Toxic
Unmasking toxic masculinity, power and control, one story at a time.
Toxic
Unmasking toxic masculinity, power and control, one story at a time.
About Toxic
Unmasking toxic masculinity, power and control, one story at a time.
What happens when toxic masculinity goes unchecked for far too long? Domestic violence journalist and advocate Amanda Kippert along with co-host Jenna Brandl shine a spotlight on the men who have chosen to abuse more than just their male privilege.
Why Join Toxic as a Guest
Advocacy‑Driven Listener Reach
You connect with listeners seeking authoritative voices on domestic violence, abuse, and misogyny, amplifying your impact among engaged advocates.
Candid, Survivor‑Centered Dialogue
You join raw interviews shaped by real cases like self‑defense prosecutions and grooming, creating space for nuanced, expert‑level discussion.
Credibility Through Investigative Hosts
You collaborate with a domestic violence journalist and advocate whose reporting rigor strengthens your message and authority.
Wide Podcast‑Platform Distribution
Your episode reaches listeners across major podcast apps, expanding your voice through every audio channel available.
Episode Angles & Guest Pitches
Understanding Abuser Escalation
Help listeners identify real warning signs before violence turns lethal.
When Survivors Are Criminalized
Explain why victims acting in self‑defense are often punished instead of protected.
Cultural Roots of Toxic Masculinity
Break down how everyday misogyny enables violence-and what real change requires.
Survivor Stories and System Failures
Show how institutions repeatedly fail victims and how advocates push for change.
How You'd Contribute to the Show
Audience Takeaways
Your episode helps listeners recognize harmful behaviors, understand survivor realities, and learn actionable ways to challenge abusive norms.
Hot Topics
Why Trust Me
The Ideal Guest
You're a great fit if you work in survivor advocacy, research power‑based violence, challenge toxic masculinity, or offer expertise that helps audiences understand and prevent abuse.
Recent Episodes
Episode 120: The Absolute Audacity of Abusers Even in Prison—Survivor Mae Scott Talks About Her Long, Messy Fight to Be Believed
Toxic • May 7, 2026
Ep. 119: Breaking News—Woman Asks Question, Man Requests Facial Expression
Toxic • Feb 25, 2026
Ep. 118: Dead Women Can't Appeal — Lizzie Weinstein, Family Court and a Death Still in Question
Toxic • Jan 28, 2026
Ep. 117: Hallmark, But Make It Cats
Toxic • Dec 24, 2025
Ep. 116: How the Manosphere Turns 'Poor Me' Into 'Hurt Her'
Toxic • Dec 9, 2025
Ep. 115: Abuser Murders Girlfriend After Judge Lets Him Out While Awaiting Trial For Strangling Her
Toxic • Oct 13, 2025
Ep. 114: Hey, Things Haven't Gotten Better. In Fact, They May Have Gotten Worse! Don't Worry, We're Here
Toxic • Sep 18, 2025
Ep. 113: Spoiler Alert—Women Don't Roofie Themselves. Men's Audacity Has No Bounds But Joy Hoover Is Here to Help Us
Toxic • Aug 25, 2025
Ep. 112: Rich, White & Wrong: Ghislaine Maxwell Girlbossed In the Wrong Direction
Toxic • Aug 6, 2025
Ep. 111: Tale As Old As Time—Survivor Accuses Politician of Sexually Assaulting Her at 18, Everyone Says "Shhhhhhh"
Toxic • Jul 22, 2025
Ep. 110: Dogs Are Now Hunting Murder Suspect Travis Decker While Trump's Circus of Distraction Continues
Toxic • Jun 12, 2025
Ep. 109: Inside the Netflix Documentary with Gabby Petito's Mom, Nichole Schmidt
Toxic • May 13, 2025
Ep. 108: Perimenopause: Understudied and Overheating Thanks to Misogyny
Toxic • Apr 29, 2025
Ep. 107: Jim Jones, Trump....It's Like All Cult Leaders Attended the Same Meeting or Something—Dr. Janja Lalich Confirms Our Suspicions
Toxic • Apr 1, 2025
Ep. 106: Deepfake Case Out of Minneapolis, Victims Are Told to Just Ask Man Politely to Stop
Toxic • Mar 12, 2025
Ep. 105: What Fresh Hells Today? Trump's Dizzying Array of Distractions Discussed
Toxic • Feb 18, 2025
Ep. 104: Patrisha McLean Is a Survivor and Her Ex is Bitter About That
Toxic • Feb 4, 2025
Ep. 103: Where Do We Go From Here?
Toxic • Jan 21, 2025
Ep. 102: Justin Baldoni Makes Sure It Doesn't End With Him—What Blake Lively Endured During His Dumb Movie
Toxic • Jan 14, 2025
Ep. 101: Hot Frosty and His Snow Nips Make Christmas Complete
Toxic • Dec 24, 2024
Ep. 100: Abusive Husband Michael Tormented His Family for Years But Family Court Dropped All Charges, Accused Mom of Alienting Kids Instead
Toxic • Dec 16, 2024
Post-Election Thoughts: We Women Will Need to Save Ourselves Again
Toxic • Nov 9, 2024
Ep. 99: Why Women Having Power, aka Kamala Harris, Pisses Some People Right Off
Toxic • Nov 4, 2024
Ep. 98: In Her Own Words—Interview with Rachel Pickrel-Hawkins
Toxic • Oct 22, 2024
Ep. 97: Chrystul Kizer Kills Her Trafficker, Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
Toxic • Oct 1, 2024
Ep. 96: OCD Affects More Girls and Young Women...But Why?
Toxic • Sep 17, 2024
Ep. 95: Rachel Pickrel-Hawkins Is Going to Jail Even Though Her Husband Is Accused of Raping Their Daughter
Toxic • Sep 5, 2024
Ep. 94: Uh, Strangulation During Sex Is Trending Among Young People—Talking With Dr. Debby Herbenick
Toxic • Aug 13, 2024
Ep. 93: Project 2025 is One Option.....OR, THERE'S KAMALA.
Toxic • Jul 22, 2024
Ep. 92: Why Don't We Believe Women? Survivor Records Abuser, Still Accused of Lying
Toxic • Jun 19, 2024
Ep. 91: Creepy Pastor John-Paul Miller Tries to Gaslight His Congregation Before Wife's Death
Toxic • May 13, 2024
Ep: 90: Women Are Fed Up: The 4B Movement Says Eff Off to Men. Plus—Why Does Arizona Need More Babies? It's Already So Hot Here
Toxic • Apr 23, 2024
Ep. 89: Power and Money Has Allowed Sean "Diddy" Combs to Abuse Women for 30 Years
Toxic • Apr 9, 2024
Ep. 88: Ally Toyos Is Silent No More—Her Story of Surviving Parental Reunification Camp at 16
Toxic • Mar 12, 2024
Ep. 87: Turns Out, Men CAN Stop Rape, Say Men Who Run MCSR
Toxic • Feb 27, 2024
Ep. 86: The Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theories Exist Because We Can't Just LET WOMEN LIVE
Toxic • Feb 9, 2024
Ep. 85: We're Talking Grooming, But Not the Body Hair Kind
Toxic • Jan 30, 2024
Season 3! Ep. 84: Jill Duggar Wearing Pants Isn't Actually the Bravest Thing She's Done
Toxic • Jan 16, 2024
Ep. 83: "The 12 Men of Christmas" Was a Banger — Jenna and Amanda Review
Toxic • Dec 24, 2023
Ep. 82: Tyesha Wayne, Another Survivor of Domestic Violence Arrested for Self-Defense
Toxic • Dec 11, 2023
Ep. 81: We Finally Need to Talk About Brad Pitt
Toxic • Dec 4, 2023
Ep. 80: Maine Shooter Robert Card Likely Mad at Women (Shocker) and a Maryland Judge is Killed for Protecting a Mom
Toxic • Oct 31, 2023
Ep. 79: When Mimi Tried to Leave for the Final Time, He Took Her Hostage
Toxic • Oct 3, 2023
Ep. 78: Dishing on Danny Masterson—Who Doesn't Do Drugs But Will Slip Them to Others—the Hullabaloo Around Catching Danilo Cavalcante But No One Else and the Gross Entitlement of Luis Rubiales
Toxic • Sep 18, 2023
Ep. 77: Will He Kill You? The Warning Signs You Need to Know That an Abuser Is Heading Toward Homicide
Toxic • Sep 4, 2023
Ep. 76: Toxic Dish—The Hot Goss, Some Personal Shiz, Lizzo Allegations and Depp Documentary
Toxic • Aug 15, 2023
Ep. 75: Not the Fun Kind of Camp—Family Reunification Camps, aka, Legalized Kidnappings, Are Disturbing as Hell
Toxic • Aug 7, 2023
Ep. 74: Toxic Dish—Sinéad O'Connor Was Totally Justified in Her Pope Moment
Toxic • Jul 31, 2023
Ep. 73: The Incomparable Tina Turner Spoke Out About Abuse When All People Wanted to Know Was "Where's Ike?"
Toxic • Jul 6, 2023
Ep. 72: Weaponized Incompetence Roundtable with Special Guests ThatDarnChat and SpeechProf
Toxic • Jun 12, 2023
Ep. 71: Dishing on Pride Month, Danny Masterson and Title 8
Toxic • Jun 5, 2023
Ep. 70: Hey Bros, Women Are Tired of Weaponized Incompetence
Toxic • May 24, 2023
Ep. 69: It's Sexual Assault Awareness Month and We Picked Chris D'Elia as Our Poster Boy
Toxic • Apr 25, 2023
Ep. 68: Leave No Tortoise Behind—Animals of All Kinds Need to Flee Domestic Violence, Too
Toxic • Apr 17, 2023
Toxic Dish - Episode 67
Toxic • Apr 11, 2023
Ep. 66: It's Brendan Fraser's Much-Deserved Brenaissance After Sexual Assault (and How Women Survivors Inspired Him to Step Forward)
Toxic • Mar 28, 2023
Toxic Dish - Episode 65
Toxic • Mar 21, 2023
Ep. 62: Talking Misogyny and Penn Badgley with Natalie Katona
Toxic • Mar 6, 2023
Ep. 64: The Injustice of Nikki Addimando—Yet Another Survivor in Prison for Self-Defense
Toxic • Mar 6, 2023
Toxic Dish - Episode 63
Toxic • Mar 6, 2023
Toxic Dish - Episode 61
Toxic • Feb 20, 2023
Ep. 60: She Called Police for Help and Was Arrested —Thanks, Mandatory Arrest Laws
Toxic • Feb 10, 2023
Ep. 59: Is Everyone a Narcissist? Interview with Psychotherapist Talia Bombola
Toxic • Jan 23, 2023
Ep. 58: Audrey Prosper's Husband Sets Her on Fire but She Survives Because Women Are Strong as Hell
Toxic • Jan 10, 2023
Ep. 57: Nicole Sinkule Was Killed For Wanting to Leave, Her Parents Speak Out
Toxic • Dec 19, 2022
Ep. 56: Is This Guy Dangerous or Just Mildly Creepy? How to Find Red Flags in Dating Profiles and Garbo CEO and Stalking Survivor Kathryn Kosmides Talks Background Checks
Toxic • Dec 14, 2022
Ep. 55: Survivor Rachel Bellesen Shot Her Abusive Ex and Faced the Possibility of Life Behind Bars
Toxic • Nov 21, 2022
Ep. 54: Unpacking My Playboy Experience
Toxic • Oct 31, 2022
Season 3, Ep. 53: Christopher Columbus Couldn't Discover His Own Butt
Toxic • Oct 10, 2022
Ep. 52: What Is Toxic Positivity and Why Is It So Annoying?
Toxic • Sep 5, 2022
Ep. 51: Andrew Tate and Alex Jones Are Our D-Bags of The Week
Toxic • Aug 16, 2022
Ep. 50: We're 50! Who Are Jenna and Amanda? The Mystery Is Solved.
Toxic • Aug 16, 2022
Ep. 49: Dana Alotaibi, Cynthia Walker, O'Keyin Riles, La'Dasia Porter, Ninoshka Maestre, Alwiya Mohamed and Ladda Donsanouphith.
Toxic • Aug 2, 2022
Ep. 48: Janet Paulsen Shot Six Times By Abuser After Police Let Him Keep One Gun
Toxic • Jul 18, 2022
Ep. 47: It's Never Been About Babies - How to Avoid Forced Birth After Friday's Supreme Court Decision
Toxic • Jul 4, 2022
Ep. 46: Ron Blake and the Barriers LGBTQ Survivors Face
Toxic • Jun 23, 2022
Ep. 45: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos and How Domestic Violence Hides Among Rich Couples
Toxic • Jun 6, 2022
Ep. 44: On the Frontlines of Abortion - Talking to Medical Students for Choice Executive Director Pamela Merritt
Toxic • May 16, 2022
Ep. 43: Abuser Carl Bohm Gets Some Gasoline and a Lighter and a Judge Says No to a Protection Order
Toxic • May 2, 2022
Ep. 42: Marissa Alexander Saves Her Life, Goes to Jail
Toxic • Apr 12, 2022
Ep. 41: Why Do So Many of Us Blame the Victim?
Toxic • Mar 29, 2022
Ep. 40: How Did Ellen Greenberg Really Die Because Suicide By Stabbing Makes No Sense
Toxic • Mar 14, 2022
Ep. 39: Kim Dadou Brown Spends 17 Years Behind Bars for Self-Defense
Toxic • Feb 21, 2022
Ep. 38: Roblox Predators Can Find Your Kids and We Ask an Expert—Can Abusers Change?
Toxic • Jan 24, 2022
Ep. 37: Aaron Robinson Murdered Army Spec. Vanessa Guillén Because Femicide
Toxic • Jan 10, 2022
Ep. 36: What Elliot Rodger Did Was Misogynistic Terrorism
Toxic • Dec 13, 2021
Ep. 35 - Online Dating, Waukesha Tragedy and Monique Faison Ross' Book "Playing Dead" Stays With You
Toxic • Nov 29, 2021
Ep. 34: Three Murderous Men and the Victims Who Tried to Get Help
Toxic • Nov 15, 2021
Ep. 33: Hold Up—Women Cadets at Military Academies Face Expulsion if They Become Pregnant?
Toxic • Nov 1, 2021
Ep. 32: The Murder of Sarah Everard by Toxic Cop Wayne Couzens
Toxic • Oct 18, 2021
Ep. 31: Together At Last — Jenna and Amanda Talk Toxic Stuff NEXT to Each Other
Toxic • Oct 5, 2021
Ep. 30: Three Women Band Together After Surviving the Same Abuser (Who's Still Free)
Toxic • Sep 21, 2021
Ep. 29: "Well, That Escalated Quickly" — Talking Abortion With the Anti-Choice Crowd
Toxic • Sep 8, 2021
Ep. 28: Tucson, AZ Mass Shooting in July — Another Man Chooses Violence to Deal with Trauma
Toxic • Aug 23, 2021
Ep. 27: Let's Talk Larry Nassar and All the People Who Enabled Him to Touch Kids
Toxic • Aug 9, 2021
Episode 26: Kicking Ass and Taking Names—Self-Defense with Badass Tara McClure
Toxic • Jul 27, 2021
Episode 25: Army Private Abuses Wife, Kills the Guy Who Comes to Help Her
Toxic • Jul 19, 2021
Episode 24: Girls Can Like Dinosaurs and Safe Partners Don't Dictate How You Spend Your Money
Toxic • Jul 12, 2021
Episode 23: Imran Khan Blames Women for Violence and Viral TikTok Shows What a Kind of Dad Not to Be
Toxic • Jul 5, 2021
Episode 22: Britney's Dad Is an Abusive A-Hole and How the Media Covers Homicide Needs Improvement
Toxic • Jun 28, 2021
Episode 21: Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein Were Bros, and Mrs. Gates Said 'I'm Out'
Toxic • Jun 21, 2021
Season 2, Episode 20: Escaping a Forced Marriage, aka, Don't Underestimate a Determined Mama
Toxic • Jun 14, 2021
Episode 19: Hollywood Loves Sexualizing Young Actresses and Mara Wilson Is Calling Them Out
Toxic • May 11, 2021
Episode 18: Interview with Josephine Wentzel, A Badass Mom Hunting Down Her Daughter's Killer
Toxic • May 3, 2021
Episode 17: "Alex" Threatens Revenge Porn and Maybe a Stabbing if He Feels Like It
Toxic • Apr 27, 2021
Episode 16: Raymond McLeod Is Wanted for Murder and Security Expert Spencer Coursen on Safety Traps
Toxic • Apr 19, 2021
Episode 15: Shia LaBeouf Had a Crappy Childhood, but That Doesn't Excuse Abuse
Toxic • Apr 13, 2021
Episode 14: Matt Gaetz is a Super Creeper and "Stalker Steve" Can't Take a Hint
Toxic • Apr 8, 2021
Episode 13: Having the Sex Talk With Teens Featuring Author Shafia Zaloom
Toxic • Mar 29, 2021
Episode 12: Robert Aaron Long Hates Women and the Army Says Okey Dokey to Domestic Violence
Toxic • Mar 22, 2021
Episode 11: Toxic Bosses, aka, Men Who Think Female Employees and Staplers Deserve Equal Respect
Toxic • Mar 15, 2021
Episode 10: Piers Morgan Feels Entitled to Meghan Markle and This Is Toxic Masculinity in a Nutshell
Toxic • Mar 12, 2021
Episode 9: Governor Andrew Cuomo Would Like to Force Himself on Subordinates Without Repercussion
Toxic • Mar 8, 2021
Episode 8: Netflix's Bridgerton—Let's Discuss THAT Scene
Toxic • Mar 1, 2021
Episode 7: The Trauma of Abuse Caused Her Brain to Split Into More than 100 Personalities
Toxic • Feb 22, 2021
Episode 6 - Pro-Sports Doesn't Want to Bench Their Lady-Beaters
Toxic • Feb 15, 2021
Episode 5: Shocker, Marilyn Manson Is an Abuser and Victims Are Getting Blamed
Toxic • Feb 9, 2021
Episode 4: The Inconvenience of Toxic Celebrities
Toxic • Feb 8, 2021
Episode 3: A Desperate Mom on the Run
Toxic • Feb 8, 2021
Episode 2: Brad, the Guy Who Strangled Two Women and Isn't in Jail
Toxic • Feb 1, 2021
Episode 1: Jòzsef Barsi, a Dangerous Dude, Father and Husband
Toxic • Jan 31, 2021
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