Prettier in Person w. Akilah Hughes & Kiran Deol
Hysteria
Hysteria
4.7 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Erin Ryan and Akilah Hughes dig into the results from Tuesday's primaries, Trump’s Armageddon war in Iran, Hillary Clinton’s Epstein deposition, and the ever-moving goal posts for women in Washington. They also cover a horrifying new law in Kansas targeting trans people, Kristi Noem’s bad day at the Senate, and Politico’s unsettling profile of Nancy Mace. Then Kiran Deol joins for a very petty edition of the Sanity Corner, where they rant and rave about curling, tall men, and revisit a perfect network sitcom that was canceled too soon.
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Check out Kiran’s film, Didn’t Die here
Why did US and Israel attack Iran and how long could the war last? (BBC 3/2)
Dubai’s image as a safe, tax-free haven is rocked by blasts from Iranian airstrikes (AP 3/1)
‘South Park’ Writer Sets Up Site Calling for Barron to Go to War (Daily Beast 3/2)
Transgender Kansans Sue After Driver’s Licenses Are Abruptly Canceled (NYT 2/27)
Girlfriend's Defense Of Kash Patel's Winter Olympics Trip Goes Off The Rails (Huff Post 2/27)
Takeaways from Kristi Noem’s combative Senate Judiciary Committee hearing (CNN 3/3)
Scoop: Noem burning deportation cash on luxury jets (AXIOS 2/28)
‘I Don’t Know That I’ll Ever Be OK With Myself’ (Politico 2/27)
Live Election Updates (NYT 3/4)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Hysteria. I'm Erin Ryan. |
| 0:10.4 | And I'm Akela Hughes. |
| 0:12.0 | Alyssa Master Monaco is out this week, but we are so glad to have Akela this week. |
| 0:16.1 | Thanks for having me. I'm back. |
| 0:17.7 | Welcome. Okay, so I'm going to start with a question. |
| 0:19.7 | Akela, why do these two things |
| 0:21.9 | have the same vibe? Okay, the CEO of McDonald's, tasting his own restaurant's food like a three-year-old |
| 0:29.8 | that is being asked to try a Brussels sprout. Okay? And every Republican who was not issued |
| 0:37.3 | messaging guidance on this war against Iran trying to sell us on the war. |
| 0:42.6 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:43.6 | It feels 100% the same. |
| 0:46.3 | I'm surprised they haven't called the war the product. |
| 0:50.0 | Right, right. |
| 0:50.6 | Or just started gagging anytime somebody asked them about it. |
| 0:53.7 | I mean, Mark Wayne Mullen, Mark Wayne Mullen is close. |
| 0:57.8 | Yeah. He is close to gagging. Every single time I see him, I'm like, that little boy is going to throw up. |
| 1:02.9 | He's like, Mom, I'm throwing up. |
| 1:06.1 | That's how he feels. |
| 1:07.2 | Mom, I'm throwing up. Oh, that really hits close to home. |
| 1:12.1 | Today, we are talking about Tuesday nights election results in Texas. Trump's Armageddon War, the latest on the Epstein |
| 1:18.1 | saga, including Hillary Clinton's justifiably exasperated testimony to a congressional committee. |
| 1:23.8 | Kansas's new law rescinding trans people's driver's licenses. |
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