Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

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Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

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 all. By embracing it all, and celebrating it with the stories she’ll bring listeners, she believes that our lowest moments can be the building blocks for our eventual fulfillment. www.phetasy.com

  1. E320. Finding God In Science - Spencer Klavan

    6 DAYS AGO

    E320. Finding God In Science - Spencer Klavan

    Spencer Klavan sits down with Bridget to discuss his new book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science Through Faith. They talk about faith, science, nihilism, depression, personal growth, the false dichotomy between scientific rationality and religious belief, the fact that many great scientists were theists, and that the modern conflict between science and religion is outdated. They also cover Spencer’s personal journey to faith, his experience as a gay Christian, how he...

    1h 27m
  2. E319. The High Cost of Speaking Up For Women - Paula Scanlan

    JAN 2

    E319. The High Cost of Speaking Up For Women - Paula Scanlan

    Original Air Date - 9/21/23 Paula Scanlan, former University of Pennsylvania swimmer and team member with transgender athlete Lia Thomas, sits down with Bridget to discuss her experience on the team, her decision to speak up about the controversial issue, and ultimately testifying before Congress. She and Bridget talk about how the university tried to silence the athletes, being unable to express discomfort or feelings of unfairness, being told that they are the ones with the problem, waiting...

    1h 14m
  3. E318. Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up - Abigail Shrier

    12/26/2024

    E318. Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up - Abigail Shrier

    This episode was originally published 2/29/24Abigail Shrier returns to talk about her latest book Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren't Growing Up. She and Bridget discuss what led her to write the book, her initial premise, how it changed along the way, why kids today seem to be in a lot of psychological pain, the potential harms of too much therapy, the overuse of the word trauma, how talking about and focusing on your pain can make it worse, and how kids are being taught to make their pain an o...

    1h 33m
  4. E317. Thank God for Gen X - Drea de Matteo

    12/19/2024

    E317. Thank God for Gen X - Drea de Matteo

    Bridget sits down with Drea de Matteo, star of The Sopranos, to discuss her personal and political evolution, their mutual gratitude for being part of Gen X, how Drea never intended to become a political activist, how COVID and the lockdowns influenced her thinking and led her to start questioning her preconceptions about the Left and the Right, why it took her until the very last moment to come out in support for Trump, and why she did it even while recognizing that it could damage her abili...

    1h 19m
  5. E316. Woke vs. Working Class: The Battle for America's Future - Patrick Ruffini

    12/12/2024

    E316. Woke vs. Working Class: The Battle for America's Future - Patrick Ruffini

    Bridget sits down with Patrick Ruffini, a Republican pollster and author of Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP. The book explores the transformative political landscape of recent American elections, challenging previous narratives about the Republican Party's demographics and highlighting a significant multi-racial shift in voter preferences, particularly noting how Donald Trump expanded Republican support among African American and Latino voters. ...

    1h 12m
  6. E315. The Billionaires Behind the Gender Identity Movement - Kara Dansky

    12/05/2024

    E315. The Billionaires Behind the Gender Identity Movement - Kara Dansky

    Kara Dansky, a feminist, activist, and author of The Reckoning: How the Democrats and the Left Betrayed Women and Girls, sits down with Bridget to discuss her critique of gender identity politics and its impact on women's rights. Kara argues that the Democratic Party and left-wing activists have betrayed women by embracing gender identity ideology, which she sees as fundamentally misogynistic. They cover how this ideology undermines women's spaces, sports, and fundamental rights, why they wea...

    1h 4m
  7. E314. How To Save America - Tulsi Gabbard

    11/28/2024

    E314. How To Save America - Tulsi Gabbard

    Original Air Date - April 11, 2024 In honor of Tulsi Gabbard's nomination for Director of National Intelligence, we're re-airing her April interview. 4-Term Congresswoman, U.S. Army veteran, and 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard sits down with Bridget to talk about her new book, For Love of Country: Leave The Democrat Party Behind. She and Bridget discuss making people on both sides angry, why people feel threatened when someone tells the truth, being grounded in God, when Democrats s...

    2h 5m
  8. E313. Why Gen X Had It Better - Dana Loesch

    11/21/2024

    E313. Why Gen X Had It Better - Dana Loesch

    Bridget sits down with radio talk-show host and author, Dana Loesch, for a conversation about growing up Gen X, the freedoms they had that kids don’t have anymore, the role of technology in the development of the nanny state, what the constant ability to check on your kids does to parents, whether we’re training our kids to have no expectation of privacy from a young age, and how Gen Z are already so conditioned to censoring themselves and avoiding risks because they know their mistakes will...

    1h 19m
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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 all. By embracing it all, and celebrating it with the stories she’ll bring listeners, she believes that our lowest moments can be the building blocks for our eventual fulfillment. www.phetasy.com

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  • Creator
    Conversations with people from all walks of life.
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    320
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy
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