Peachy Keenan: Domestic Extremist
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: Peachy Keenan and Domestic Extremist
2:56 – Reading your writing out loud
5:58 – Purity tests in knitting circles
8:39 – Five kids, Catholicism, and leaving the left
11:54 – Karen as an anti-white slur
16:32 – Trusting your gut around strange men
19:24 – Lou crosses the street at night
23:27 – Lou confronts a man on the subway
27:02 – They voted for this, and Daniel Penny
30:17 – Homelessness in LA County and Karen Bass
33:31 – Calling 311 about a man passed out near a school
36:08 – Culture wars in Lou's New Jersey town
40:12 – Writing anonymously and fear of being doxed
43:41 – Are we winning the culture war?
46:22 – Gen Alpha boys mocking Joe Biden
48:53 – Antisemitism and the Zoomer far right
52:37 – Bari Weiss and a joke that fell flat
56:35 – Ambitious sketch comedy and a sketch too hot to make
1:01:26 – Peachy's sitcom pilot and development company
1:04:30 – DEI quotas and pilots moonlighting as actors
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Peachy Keenan, the writer behind Domestic Extremist, joins Lou to talk about leaving the left, homeless privilege in LA County, trusting your gut around strange men, and whether we're winning the culture war.
We also get into purity tests in knitting circles, five kids and Catholicism, "Karen" as an anti-white slur, Lou confronting a man on the subway, Daniel Penny, calling 311 about a man passed out near a school, culture wars in Lou's New Jersey town, writing anonymously and the fear of being doxed, Gen Alpha boys mocking Joe Biden, a sketch too hot to make, and Peachy's sitcom pilot.