
Bridget Phetasy admires grit and authenticity. On Walk-Ins Welcome, she talks about the beautiful failures and frightening successes of her own life and the lives of her guests. She doesn’t conduct interviews—she has conversations. Conversations with real people about the real struggle and will remind you that we can laugh in pain and cry in joy but there’s no greater mistake than hiding from it a... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 414 | Founded | 8 years ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Listeners | Categories | Society & CultureNewsNews Commentary | |||

Bridget sits down with screenwriter and showrunner Daniel Knauf — the creator of HBO’s cult classic Carnivàle — for a wide-ranging conversation about morality, art, and the strange culture we’re all living in now. Daniel makes the case that we’ve sto... more
Writer Sarah Hepola returns to the podcast to talk about her long-awaited new book, The Only Thing There Is To Want, and the hard truths at the heart of it: what it actually feels like to want the traditional life, the marriage and the kids, and to w... more
Bridget checks in with Maggie right after finishing the first draft of her book, The Left Can’t Meme: How Comedy Wins Culture Wars. She walks through the brutal, years-long process of selling and writing it — the endless proposal feedback loops, the ... more
Original Air Date - October 10, 2024
Author Brendan O’Neill joins Bridget to talk about his book, After The Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and The Crisis of Civilization. They discuss the aftermath of Hamas's attack on October 7th, 2023, what it told us a... more
People also subscribe to these shows.





Still one of my favorite podcasts but Michael Tracy is so obnoxious. To be so skeptical that you don’t believe anything is enough to make him incredible. To not believe that humans have the capacity to harm others, that a 40 something man should have credibility over a young woman who may not understand the consequences of saying yes to $ when you are broke (supposedly theft is committed by the poor because their poor). It’s obvious that Michael doesn’t think men can be bad people and just becau... more
So very much regret clicking play on this — absolutely irrelevant, misinformed, agh.
All of you are lying about kirk.!
right wingers do most of all killings.
What’s wrong with you and others
like especially batya and many others.
She’s a FN NutBag FN Liar. I don’t get it.
I believe in order to be a rep. is….
Racist, Great Liars, no matter what
Always defend whatever trump does.
Even though no one should be shot.,
But kirk was a Horrible person. What’s
wrong with saying the FN Truth & Facts.
All the Liars, Oh I Didn’t See That. Well
Either You Don’t WANT To See It Or…..
You’re... more
Great convo! I would add, though, that there's a real mindset transformation going on in the culture wars--which left-wingers tend to blame on the right but (IMO) are more often to blame themselves. Politics has become their religion (socially, *not* spiritually), and it's as dogmatic as any monotheism, dictating that there can be no compromise on what they deem to be the moral truth, thereby leading them to believe with all their heart that the right is not simply wrong; they're evil.
Your insight and humor are always spot on and I’ve been listening for awhile now but this weeks episode really hit home. Thank you for talking so honestly about alcohol and alcoholics.
Key themes from listener reviews, highlighting what works and what could be improved about the show.
How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.
Apple Podcasts | #145 |
Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.
Listeners, social reach, demographics and more for this podcast.
| Listeners per Episode | |
|---|---|
| Gender Skew | |
| Location | |
| Interests | |
| Professions | |
| Age Range | |
| Household Income | |
| Social Media Reach |
Walk-Ins Welcome features candid conversations with real people about culture, politics, and everyday life, often blending sharp political takes with personal storytelling. Episodes frequently explore culture wars, media dynamics, tech influence, and personal resilience, offering guests who are authors, journalists, political commentators, and thought leaders. Notable for a direct, conversational style that mixes humor with provocative analysis, it tends to attract listeners who value candid discourse, intellectual rigor, and unapologetic perspectives on current events.
Rephonic provides a wide range of podcast stats for Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy. We scanned the web and collated all of the information that we could find in our comprehensive podcast database. See how many people listen to Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy and access YouTube viewership numbers, download stats, audience demographics, chart rankings, ratings, reviews and more.
Rephonic provides a full set of podcast information for four million podcasts, including the number of listeners. View further listenership figures for Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy, including podcast download numbers and subscriber numbers, so you can make better decisions about which podcasts to sponsor or be a guest on. You will need to upgrade your account to access this premium data.
Rephonic provides comprehensive predictive audience data for Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy, including gender skew, age, country, political leaning, income, professions, education level, and interests. You can access these listener demographics by upgrading your account.
To see how many followers or subscribers Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy has on Spotify and other platforms such as Castbox and Podcast Addict, simply upgrade your account. You'll also find viewership figures for their YouTube channel if they have one.
These podcasts share a similar audience with Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy:
1. Dumpster Fire with Bridget Phetasy
2. "YOUR WELCOME" with Michael Malice
3. The Same Drugs
4. TRIGGERnometry
5. After Party with Emily Jashinsky
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy launched 8 years ago and published 414 episodes to date. You can find more information about this podcast including rankings, audience demographics and engagement in our podcast database.
Our systems regularly scour the web to find email addresses and social media links for this podcast. We scanned the web and collated all of the contact information that we could find in our podcast database. But in the unlikely event that you can't find what you're looking for, our concierge service lets you request our research team to source better contacts for you.
Rephonic pulls ratings and reviews for Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy from multiple sources, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, and Podcast Addict.
View all the reviews in one place instead of visiting each platform individually and use this information to decide if a show is worth pitching or not.
Rephonic provides full transcripts for episodes of Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy. Search within each transcript for your keywords, whether they be topics, brands or people, and figure out if it's worth pitching as a guest or sponsor. You can even set-up alerts to get notified when your keywords are mentioned.
Recent guests on Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy include:
1. Sarah Hepola
2. Brendan O'Neill
3. Peachy Keenan
4. Dave Landau
5. Mike Solana
6. Max Marion
7. Lou Perez
8. Katharine Birbalsingh
To view more recent guests and their details, simply upgrade your Rephonic account. You'll also get access to a typical guest profile to help you decide if the show is worth pitching.