Aug 8, 2026 · 41 min
Hosts expose the politics behind a WNBA controversy
Share & Vore & Tell with Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne
The episode connects a sports-media dispute to manufactured victimhood, anti-trans politics, and the unreliable internet data that fuels cultural arguments.
- 1The hosts argue that Sophie Cunningham’s controversy became a political prop rather than a substantive debate about women’s basketball.
- 2Conservative media coverage is framed as exploiting sports outrage to target trans people while claiming to protect women and girls.
- 3A state-by-state fetish survey becomes a comic case study in dubious methodology, strange categories, and internet-driven certainty.
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The hosts inspect the fetish map and jokingly conclude that its results may have been manipulated, demanding a recount.
The brief
Pablo Torre, Katie Nolan, and Michael Cruz Kayne begin with the Sophie Cunningham controversy, arguing that online engagement transformed a WNBA incident into manufactured victimhood.
The hosts say conservative commentators used the controversy to advance anti-trans politics while admitting they do not meaningfully care about women’s basketball.
The discussion pivots from Cunningham’s media complaints and sudden attention to her feet to reports involving former Jets coach Rex Ryan and foot-fetish videos.
Pablo introduces a Clips for Sale survey ranking each state’s top fetish, sending the group through balloons, vore, CPR, chastity, and other increasingly dubious categories.
The episode ends with the hosts treating the survey as a disputed election, questioning how foot fetishism could rank first in no state and calling for a recount.
Featuring
Sophie Cunningham
Riley Gaines
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