Das Talks with Lawrence Winnerman
A recording from Lawrence Winnerman and The Halfway Cafe's live video
The science fiction writer
Lawrence Winnerman
Lawrence Winnerman is a science fiction writer in Fort Wayne, Indiana. After twenty-five years leading technology programs at Amazon and Microsoft, he was chief operating officer of Blue Amp Media. In his Substack publication, The Hinge & The Near Field, he writes about AI and democracy and is serializing his novel Light Shines Through. He co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show.
Stories by Lawrence
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 26: Fucked-Up Friday with Qasim Rashid
Our final Fucked-Up Friday for 2025 touched on the next potential pandemic, Trump’s global war posture, and why student loan borrowers are about to get crushed again.
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 24: Ellie Leonard on the Epstein Drops!
A conversation about the Epstein files, journalistic restraint, and what it means to take truth seriously in an age built for distortion.
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 23: Can You CECOT What I See? With the Opinionated Ogre
A recording from Lawrence Winnerman and GenXy's live video
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 22: Melissa Corrigan!
An unexpected conversation about trauma, abuse, and healing.
We Missed the Daily Whatever Show Recaps—So Here’s the Whole Week
See what we got up to the week of Dec 15-20, 2025
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 20: Feminist Rants, Burnout, and More
A recording from Dana DuBois and GenXy's live video
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 19: Fucked-Up Friday with Dr. Eric Lullove
A recording from Dana DuBois and GenXy's live video
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 18: With Walter Rhein!
A recording from GenXy's live video
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 17: Dr. Allison Wiltz
A recording from GenXy's live video
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 16: We Spill the Tea - Love Lost in 2025
A recording from GenXy's live video
This Week on the Daily Whatever Show
Week of December 15-20
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 13: Christmas Songs Breakdown with Stewart Mason
The one where we celebrate, defend, and drag the Christmas songs we love, hate, and can’t escape.
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 12: Fucked Up Friday with Cliff Schecter
Cliff Schecter joins us for Fabergé eggs, “fecal exits,” and a mid-show Epstein photo dump in the most unhinged FUF yet.
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 11: Dating Post Purity Culture with Anna Wick
Anna Wick on emerging from purity culture and learning to live a life that finally belongs to her.
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 10: Latin American News with Arturo Dominguez
A powerful conversation about Cuba, racial truth-telling, and the stories Americans never hear about Latin America.
This Week on the Daily Whatever Show
Week of December 8-13
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 6: Solidarity & Agency with Your Weirdo Friend
A community-college professor turned reluctant dissident walks us through fascism, safety, and the power of neighbors
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 5: Fucked Up Friday with Dissent in Bloom
A nurse’s truth beats a billionaire’s lie—and Dissent in Bloom wins Fucked-Up Friday by a mile.
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 3: Identity Fusion with Rachel of This Woman Votes
Why the right fuses and the left fractures — and why that’s actually a feature, not a flaw.
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 2: Besties Day!
It’s just the two of us — unpacking life, men, motherhood, moisturizers, and the deranged state of the world.
The Daily Whatever Show, Dec 1: An American Abroad in Iceland with Larry Jaffee
From EastEnders fandom to a geothermal, plant-based vinyl startup — Larry’s story is one long, glorious reinvention.
This Week on the Daily Whatever Show
Week of December 1-6
The Daily Whatever Show, Nov 29: Surviving Evangelical Holidays with Stephanie Drury
Our favorite exvangelical returns to talk boundaries, estrangement, Old Testament chaos, and how to turn your family dysfunction into a party game.