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Erin Ryan & Alyssa Mastromonaco Talk Ms. Rachel, Serial Killers, & Advice For Men | Hysteria Mailbag

Hysteria | February 9, 2026



hysterErin and Alyssa are joined by their producer, Caroline Reston, for a Hysteria Thanksgiving special. They answer juicy questions from the conversation tin, dish out solicited advice on holiday woes, and do an extra petty edition of Sanity Corner.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Intro
01:05 – Conversation tin questions
15:42 – Ad break
19:00 – Conversation tin questions (cont’d)
29:19 – Solicited advice
36:50 – Ad break
39:27 – Sani/petty

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. New episodes drop every Thursday. Get in touch: hysteria@crooked.com.

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  2. @aa11ct9

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    Mindblowing how Erin Ryan thinks Ms. Rachel would be a challenge to a "male-dominated" world. We don't live in an agrarian society anymore. Gaza kids are being attacked by guys and girls. It's very inclusive, you see. Loved Ms. Mastromonaco, though. More mature

  3. @cyclonight

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    well forced fed goose stepping so the French even parts of Africa probably because of Europe but that practice is still there so forced fed goose makes me giddy and im no animal rights activist but it just seems wrong but ok even wild boar is different in Europe than usa the Europe boar are bigger and the tusks are large

  8. @normanprice1961

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    I would date Dahmer. He was gay, so I would be safe, and he’d have someone to confide in with confidence. Maybe he wouldn’t have drugged/murdered so many men OR Richard Ramirez

  10. @SAHFpodcast

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    The collective exhaustion over end-of-year financial sprints (from Sephora refills to elaborate parties) really hits home. It underscores how often women are expected to manage the emotional labor and the financial/logistical details of social expectations. If you're nodding along, wondering how to gracefully subvert consumerist holiday scripts without being called "unfun," we've built a whole space for unpacking those kinds of pressures at SAHF.

  12. @catherinenelson145

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    I absolutely love Ms Rachael 🥰
    She’s such a beautiful person and my granddaughter and I have watched her from a few months old. My granddaughter has learned so much from colors, shapes, counting and letters. More importantly Ms Rachael teaches and demonstrates emotional intelligence which I love and feel is so important for our children to understand and communicate. She’s now a 4 year old well adjusted kind little human So thanks for sharing 😊

  13. @demonwolf1316

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    for the other men who might've seen this or heard the podcast (no hate but there should prob be more tbh…): basically be mindful! and for some of us that's harder to do or even just recognize when we arent. Be mindful in your interactions w others, be mindful of your behavior and what kind of influence that might have not just on other men or your sons, etc but w everyone regardless of their direct relation to you fam, strangers, all genders, races, sexualities and so on, be mindful for your presence. Just be mindful! just that little push to rlly be aware of yourself, your speech, actions/behaviors, interactions/relationships can have such a exponentially positive on not just your life but the lives of everyone around you too!! ps: it wont make u any less of a man or masculine or any of that bs it just takes from the toxicity and bs of what we (men as a whole) have been conditioned and socialized into – and if you are a man that is offended by what i said i highly recommend you take some time and reflect… and maybe good to therapy too.. it's not u being a "p*ssy" lol it is you improving yourself and being a good person, it is rlly that simple lol

  16. @l.p.5703

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    Did anyone else feel sick going from Ms. Rachel to “Kim K apologist?” You might as well say you are an “all lives matter” or “male rights” activist. Hurray for White feminism I guess. Please go to jail with R. Murphy.

  21. @l.p.5703

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    I too would choose Aileen Wuornos. I’d be her gay bestie and give her a make over. My love would change her (but not in a man-splaining way but a woman supporting woman way)

  22. @dae90101

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    Re: "If there's a f'ing guy you'd like us talk about" and reply in the comments. Why limited yourselves to American f'ing guys? I'm Australian. We have so many great choices. If you're game, can I suggest Barnaby Joyce (Not to be confused with Barnaby Jones. I do that all the time. He was way better as Jed Clampett. WEVS.)? This f'ing guy is associated with our f'ing girl who just got banned from parliament for wearing a Burka (Again). Yeah, as a protest against Muslim immigration. It's like we're not just limited to f'ing guys here. We have whole f'ing families of these tools. ;D

  26. @corinnapetry65

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    Yes, Erin! I am a boomer and I made the customer service desk person at my chain grocery store both install the app for the savings/coupon/discount program and show me how to use it, and I always go to a real person at checkout to make sure it works every time. I also told them that the app is discriminatory to senior citizens and people without cell phones and that any discount should be available for all. Clearly, they are using the app to track customer purchases individually. Which is rude, oppressive and another mark of a surveillance state. Rant over.

  28. @brianarmstrong3731

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    I'm a 69 year old British man and I do what you say and pick stuff up and put it away on my way to doing something else. Unfortunately, when I do this I usually forget what the something else was….

  31. @Tim_Russert

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    Christian masculinity = exaggerated gender polarity
    Have you noticed that John Wayne pretty much just played in cowboy or war movies? His version of masculinity doesn't make much sense in Sam Space's detective agency, Chaplin's factory, or George Bailey's Building and Loan. His version of masculinity is pre-industrial, before brawn was made largely obsolete by machines.
    Men's idea of masculinity needs to be more mature. If a guy sees another guy taking a drunk girl upstairs from the party, masculinity dictates that he intervene. Too many men instead think masculinity is surrounding a father they see at a sporting event wearing a pink shirt gifted by his little daughter, surrounding him, and shouting, "USA! USA!" because they think the man is gay.
    They thin masculinity is reading something into children being naked or half-naked when choppers descend on a Chicago apt bldg to look for (unsuccessfully, à la Pizzagate)TdA, instead of considering these are families too poor to have A/C.

  33. @normatrankle9150

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    As someone who lives in St. Louis, MO? It is an open secret the caretakers have to regularly clean the Belle Fountain grave of Rush Limbaugh because he regularly gets passed on.

  37. @artist_scum

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    Omg! God street wine!!! I just went and pulled out my ol' CD collection to confirm….still know almost all the words. Thank you for having great music taste and reminding me. ❤

  43. @richegenriether8161

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    I just happened to watch Mr. Blandings waiting for the turkey dinner. Advice for men: if you share a bath, shave before showering!
    I think Myrna Loy would've been a great guest on Hysteria!

  48. @teracorona

    February 9, 2026 at 10:39 am

    My parents were not June and Ward Cleaver we were lactchkey kids both of our parents had to work, most of my neighborhood was like that. Not all boomers had a structured life. As a matter of fact I would say most didn't have structured lives. I get really tired of the boomer bashing😂

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