People Pleaser with Austin Archer

The Trump cult isn't a cult of personality, it's a cult of deception. What do I mean by that? Well... let me tell you.

Let's do this!

This is where we are. It's not on the horizon, it's not close by, it's here.

Frank Grimes was right about Homer Simpson, and he deserves our respect.

Why do we argue in bad faith? Why do we get defensive when we're wrong?

This is the last time I hope to talk about this for a while.

A brief but pretty comprehensive history of Trump's nazi tactics over the last ten years.

How do otherwise good people support bad things? Let's discuss and strategize.

The ban that wasn't? And the possible future of social media.

January 2025 is really giving January 2020 in the worst way.

The good, the bad, the whole damn thing.

In the wake of Brian Thompson's murder, maybe it's time we had a nice long chat about greed.

Letting the digital studio audience dictate the conversation.

Well... fuck.

What does it mean to be accountable? And are we inviting men to find safety and community while being accountable and attempting to grow?

Just because your anger is justifiable and righteous, doesn't mean that acting out in the name of your anger will be useful.

Breaking down abortion from a medical, ethical, and moral perspective. Dr. Stacy De-Lin is a board-certified physician and the Associate Medical Director at Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic in New York. She maintains dual licensure in Florida and New York and has served as a director at Planned Parenthood for 11 years as an abortion provider, gynecologist and provider of full-spectrum reproduc...

Chappell Roan, mormon housewives, and some thoughts on the election.

Chatting with my life long best friend Cramer England about our new Podcast "The Oner with Austin and Cramer" available now wherever you get your podcasts and available on my personal YouTube channel!

Of all the derogatory things we've said about conservatives over the years in some foolish hope that they might hear us, somehow the word "weird" has finally struck a nerve. So why is that?

The political Overton window in America is weighted heavily to the far right. So much so that voters on the left typically have to settle for candidate who are barely left of center. So what would a long term strategy look like to shift that window back to the left and provide leftist voters with actually viable progressive candidates?

We hold space for the pain of those we love, we ask them to hold space for our pain as well. But how comfortable are we asking them to hold space for our joy? How good are we at holding space for theirs?

My brother Anthony and I talk about what makes us cry and the different ways that people express their emotions.

Looking at the future of AI art, and exploring the psychology of the artificially intelligent brain.

Kristi Noem and her puppy murder, college campus protests, and why it's fine if you take a little time to text someone back.

Self-reflection is important. But like all things it requires balance. Also the bad take brigade is back. So... yeah.

Writer/Director Weston Razooli talks about the process for creating his first feature length film Riddle of Fire.

Breaking down attachment theories and attachment styles with someone who literally wrote a book on the subject.

Doing some optimistic projections of what a post-capitalist utopia could look like with Lia. Follow her @socialistsloots on IG and @ptite_lia on TikTok

This week I'll be discussing what the movie "Poor Things" taught me about avoiding the magnetic pull of cynicism.

Sometimes finding the desire to forgive and to enter the process of reconciliation is one of the hardest things imaginable. But it is precisely that difficulty that makes it one of the most transformative and healing things in the human experience.

When I was 9 years old my big sister was hospitalized as the result of a manic episode. This was how I first learned about mental illness and the ways an untreated brain can turn on a person and distort their reality. Today my sister is a beautiful success story and she shares her journey with us!

A subjective year-end recap, People Pleaser style.

It's about to be an election year. We need to have a tough chat about that.

Trying to move beyond our first, often defensive and instinctive thoughts, so that we can find the humanity in our discourse and hear each other better.

Anybody else watch that mother god doc? We're gonna talk about it. And more specifically we're gonna talk about why humans have such a hard time understanding what god is and how to use the concept of god for good.

We're back!! And my mustache is gone! And we're getting back into a philosophical chat like the good ole days. This time we'll be talking about rituals. Welcome back to the show!

I'm at TIFF to watch a movie that I'm in. How cool is that??

In memory of Joseph Muchlinsky aka VonViddy. Examining the cost of passion and an obsessively relentless creative output.

I mean... what else is there to say? The guest is my favorite woman in the world. One of the best people alive. A massive 'get'. You're welcome.

Some lies are bigger than others and have more dire consequences. But no matter the severity or size, every lie comes with a definite cost.

Is it harder or easier to be a good person the smarter you get? Let's discuss.

The Screen Actors Guild is officially on strike. Joining the Writers Guild of America who has been striking for the last 11 weeks. SAG actor Ali Kinkade is here to discuss.

What is toxic conservatism? Well... what even is conservatism? What was it, and what is it now? And how did it become... this?

At the tail end of Pride Month author and content creator Don Martin pops in to discuss why he has resolved to be wildly unreasonable when dealing with people who are still struggling to back the cause of queer liberation.

Tiffany Topol pops in to discuss our mutual love of music videos from the golden era (1980-2010) and to chat about the making of her new music video for her song "Teenage Feeling", available now on YouTube, iTunes, and Tidal!

A very surface-level, generalized analysis of what the extreme left actually believes in and fights for, and why that's objectively different and better than what the extreme right believes in and fights for.

I'm really tired, and I'm telling you why. Also a healthy dose of the bad take brigade.

Many transphobes insist that trans activists refuse to debate their ideas. Is that true? Spoiler: it's not.

What's the difference between listening and hearing? How do you be a good listener? John Lane returns to discuss.