This Week on the Daily Whatever Show
Week of Feb 23-27, 2026
The memoirist
Dana DuBois
Dana DuBois is a memoirist and Gen X word nerd based in the Pacific Northwest. She founded I Write Out Loud, her Substack publication, where she writes across a range of subjects; parenting, music and pop culture, relationships, and feminism are her favorites. She co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show. Em dashes, Oxford commas, and well-placed semicolons make her heart happy.
Stories by Dana
TDWS: Effed-Up Friday with Nick Paro
Reclaiming masculinity in a culture built on chaos...
TDWS: Fine Feminist with Dana DuBois and Guest Anna Wick
From purity culture to sexual reclamation — Anna Wick tells all
TDWS: Digging into the Epstein Files with Ellie Leonard
Inside the Fergie emails and the culture that protects powerful men
This Week on the Daily Whatever Show
Week of Feb 16-20, 2026
Saturdays for Sanity with Michelle Kinney, Dana Dubois and Lawrence Winnerman
Send in the clowns, they said. And then they invited me and Dana...
TWDS | Fucked-Up Friday with Michelle Kinney
When voter suppression gets rebranded, surveillance gets a Super Bowl ad, and the extremists stop whispering.
TDWS: Fine Feminist with Dana DuBois + Guest Lana Li
What 100+ dates can teach you about standards, self-respect, and emotional leakage
The Daily Whatever Show, Feb 11: Lorissa Rinehart
From Jeannette Rankin to the Save Act: A History of Women Pushing Back
The Daily Whatever Show, Feb 10: Political Stars with Grey Galaxie
Today we explored the ultimate woo of life, politics, and chaos magic.
The Daily Whatever Show, Feb 6: Fucked-Up Friday with Mike Nellis
Our Fucked-up Friday took a deep dive into AI racism, billionaire rot, voter suppression, and nuclear brinkmanship.
The Daily Whatever Show, Feb 5: Fine Feminist Hour & the SAVE Act
Today was a wake-up call about the SAVE Act, administrative voter suppression, and the terrifying speed at which women’s rights are being rolled back
I Write Out Loud with Dana DuBois & Margaret Williams
Dana gets into essay writing as a defiant act, dating men who would rather open her essays than open their hearts, and so much more.
The Daily Whatever Show, Feb 4: Cliff Schecter
A hilarious-but-dead-serious spiral from feminist takeovers and queer resistance into the terrifying reality that Trumpism is coming for the press, the vote, and democracy
The Daily Whatever Show, Feb 3: Teri Leigh
Direct from Minneapolis, we discussed the omnipresence of ICE and the importance of leading with love.
The Daily Whatever Show, Feb 2: Guest Bob Cesca
How do people keep showing up—creatively, politically, and personally—in a moment that feels unstable and dangerous? Sprinkling shows with Star Trek helps.
The Men Who Still Open Me
A memoirist's guide to parasocial exes and emotional analytics.
Big News! I’m Launching Two New Projects
Announcing a feminist takeover of The Daily Whatever Show + the launch of my new writing project, I Write Out Loud.
The Daily Whatever Show, Jan 30: Effed-Up Friday with Kait Justice
We wrestled with a week defined by escalating political abuse, from the arrests of journalists to a sick five-year-old in ICE detention to the U.S. pushing the UN to total collapse. So, fun times.
Crone Cocktail Hour: Neptune in Aries with Karen Shelton and Dana DuBois
A recording from Dana DuBois and Ossiana Tepfenhart's live video
The Daily Whatever Show, Jan 28: With Frederic Poag
Who needs a script when Frederic comes to chat? Today's show touched on topics related to media power, political danger, and masculinity in crisis.
Dash Talks with Dana DuBois
Huge thanks to Dash for having me on his Brain Talk podcast
The Daily Whatever Show, Jan 27: With Dissent
Today we explored how nursing is inherently political because nurses see the real-life consequences of corporate healthcare, unaffordable medication, and systemic neglect.
The Daily Whatever Show, Jan 26: With Arturo Dominguez
Today we talked about some hard topics including escalation—not violence and but collective pressure. How far are we all willing to go to withdraw our consent?