{"podcast":{"title":"Hysteria","slug":"hysteria-872522","podcast_index_feed_id":872522,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166619.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166619","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43404939.jpg","author":"Hysteria","episode_count":430,"summary":"Political commentator and comedy writer Erin Ryan and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromonaco are joined by a bicoastal squad of funny, opinionated women to talk through everything from reproductive rights to romcoms. They break down the political news of the week, plus the topics, trends, and cultural stories that affect women’s lives.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T16:18:39.996794+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hysteria-872522"},"episode":{"title":"The Manosphere Grift","slug":"the-manosphere-grift","published_at":"2026-03-19T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hysteria-872522/the-manosphere-grift","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hysteria-872522","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8875935","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/arttrk.com/p/CRMDA/mgln.ai/e/284/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8875935.mp3?modified=1773965374&sid=5166619&source=rss","summary":"Erin and Alyssa react to the bombshell reporting on civil rights activist Cesar Chavez and the allegations of a lifelong pattern of sexual abuse. They also cover the election results out of Illinois, the latest on the SAVE Act in Congress, Louis Theroux’s new Netflix documentary on the Manosphere, and how the right is shaping culture from sex education to reality TV. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast. More coverage on the Cesar Chavez accusations on the Hysteria YouTube channel AIPAC faces calls to reassess strategy after split results in Illinois ( Politico 3/18 ) GOP tempers flare over how to pass SAVE America Act ( The Hill 3/18 ) Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years ( NYT 3/18 ) Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power ( The New Republic 3/12 ) Louis Theroux on the Manosphere: ‘It’s Highly Profitable to Be a Dick on the Internet’ ( Wired 3/11 ) The Fight for Facts: Defending Access to Comprehensive Sex Education from the Anti-Abortion Agenda ( Guttmacher 3/16 ) Ex-‘Bachelor’ Host Chris Harrison Sets New Dating Series on Fox Nation About ‘Traditional Marriage’ ( Variety 2/26 )","meta_description":"Erin and Alyssa react to the bombshell reporting on civil rights activist Cesar Chavez and the allegations of a lifelong pattern of sexual abuse. They als…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6056,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hysteria-872522/episodes/the-manosphere-grift/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hysteria-872522/the-manosphere-grift.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}