# Gad Saad: Suicidal Empathy Started in Colleges and Is Ruining the West + Spencer Pratt DESTROYS Toxic Femininity Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/adam-carolla-show-7284712/gad-saad-suicidal-empathy-started-in-colleges-and-is-ruining-the-west-spencer-pratt-destroys-toxic-femininity Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/adam-carolla-show-7284712/gad-saad-suicidal-empathy-started-in-colleges-and-is-ruining-the-west-spencer-pratt-destroys-toxic-femininity.md Podcast: [Adam Carolla Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/adam-carolla-show-7284712) Published: 2026-08-25T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/b25ba908-fe15-4b3f-91c9-c74b4ecf30de.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/b25ba908-fe15-4b3f-91c9-c74b4ecf30de.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/adam-carolla-show-7284712/episodes/gad-saad-suicidal-empathy-started-in-colleges-and-is-ruining-the-west-spencer-pratt-destroys-toxic-femininity Duration seconds: 6344 ## Resource Gad Saad is a visiting professor at the Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom at Ole Miss who pioneered the application of evolutionary psychology to consumer behavior, publishing 75+ scientific papers and several books. He later became a prominent public intellectual through his books The Parasitic Mind and The Consuming Instinct , as well as his podcast and YouTube show The Saad Truth , where he frequently discusses free speech, political correctness, and ideological trends. Check out his new book Suicidal Empathy: Dying To Be Kind , out now!  IN THE NEWS: Spencer Pratt calls out toxic femininity: “When you see the invasion of Spain, you see a woke woman gleefully waving the invaders in. Is this what Matriarchy looks like?”, Dr. Jill won't rule out that Joe Biden was drugged before his historically bad presidential debate, Memphis politician blames racism for thunderstorm that knocked out power, RFK Jr takes MAHA to the kitchen with HHS cooking series promoting healthy meals for under $5 Get It On! FOR MORE WITH GAD SAAD: BOOK: Suicidal Empathy: Dying To Be Kind OUT NOW- Released January 2026 PODCAST: ‘The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad’ Wherever you find podcasts WEBSITE: GadSaad.com FOR MORE WITH ELISHA KRAUSS: WEBSITE:  elishakrauss.com YOUTUBE: ElishaKrauss INSTAGRAM: @elishakrauss   TWITTER: @elishakrauss   LIVE SHOWS:  August 28 - Tampa, FL August 30 - Point Pleasant Beach, NJ September 11 - Las Vegas, NV (2 Shows) September 12 - Las Vegas, NV (2 Shows) Thank you for supporting our sponsors: hims.com/adam   HomeChef.com/ADAM forthepeople.com/adam   oreillyauto.com/adam   Pluto.tv SimpliSafe.com/ADAM See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/adam-carolla-show-7284712/episodes/gad-saad-suicidal-empathy-started-in-colleges-and-is-ruining-the-west-spencer-pratt-destroys-toxic-femininity/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/adam-carolla-show-7284712/gad-saad-suicidal-empathy-started-in-colleges-and-is-ruining-the-west-spencer-pratt-destroys-toxic-femininity.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.