The Audaci-Tea

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign are joined by psychologist and certified sex therapist Dr. Kate Balestrieri for a conversation about what sex can look like after decentering men.

From attachment styles and emotional regulation to celibacy, sexual freedom, solo exploration, and the lingering effects of purity culture, Dr. Kate answers some of the hosts’ most unhinged questions ...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign are asking a question women have been wondering for generations:

Have men ALWAYS been bad in bed?

From the rise of pornography and increasingly extreme sexual expectations to erectile dysfunction among younger men, they dig into why so many men seem to struggle with sexual communication, performance, and prioritizing women's pleasure. They also exami...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign are turning beauty standards back around on men.

From skincare and body hair to fashion, fitness, height, aging, and grooming, they ask a simple question: what would happen if men were judged by the same impossible standards women have been expected to meet for decades?

Together, they explore the growing gap between the amount of time, money, and eff...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign  are calling on women everywhere to stop apologizing for existing.

Whether it's having boundaries, changing your mind, aging, taking up space, speaking confidently, choosing not to have children, or simply refusing to make yourself smaller to keep other people comfortable, they argue that women have spent far too long apologizing for things men r...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign take a hard look at the wildly different dating advice men and women receive and ask one simple question:

Who does it actually benefit?

While men are often encouraged to make more money, build muscle, project confidence, and pursue as many women as possible, women are taught to be softer, prettier, more accommodating, and endlessly patient while waiti...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign unpack one of the most uncomfortable questions at the center of modern dating and gender dynamics:

Why do so many men seem to resent women?

From women's financial independence and reproductive autonomy to dating standards, beauty, confidence, and success, they explore the many ways resentment manifests and why so much of it appears rooted in insecuri...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign are breaking down all the things men should NOT be allowed to do.

From financial expectations and domestic labor to dating, sex, marriage, and emotional responsibility, they unpack the standards society places on women and argue that perhaps it's time men were held to a higher standard instead. The conversation explores why equality doesn't always mea...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign are joined by special guest Jennie Gage, also known online as LifeTakeTwo, to unpack one of the most romanticized lifestyles on social media and the devastating reality that can exist behind it:

The Mormon tradwife dream.

Jennie shares her powerful story of growing up in the Mormon Church, being pressured to marry the man who assaulted her after know...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign tackle a frustrating pattern women know all too well:

Men are absolutely allergic to accountability.

Together, they unpack why so many women are expected to absorb the consequences of men's behavior while men are shielded from the discomfort of accountability. From victim blaming and relationship double standards to emotional labor and personal respo...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign are joined by former evangelical pastor turned author and advocate Brian Recker to unpack a question many women who grew up in religious spaces have been asking:

Was the church designed to control women?

Together, they explore how evangelical teachings around gender, marriage, sexuality, and obedience can reinforce patriarchal power structures and sh...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign unpack a growing trend many women have started noticing in modern dating and relationships:

Men are using therapy language to manipulate women.

Together, they break down how words like boundaries, triggers, healing, intimacy, and radical honesty can sometimes be used less as tools for growth and more as shields against accountability. They explore th...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign are joined by comedian, podcaster, and content creator Priscilla Davies (PrisTheGoddess) to tackle a question that sits at the center of modern feminist conversations:

Why is solidarity among women so difficult to achieve?

Together, they unpack how race, culture, class, and lived experience shape the way women experience the world, and why conversati...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign are here to make a bold proclamation:

Men should SUBMIT to women.

Together, they unpack the assumptions people make around leadership, power, and submission, and explore why traditional ideas around male dominance continue to shape modern relationships. They challenge the expectation that leadership must always be tied to control and discuss whether ...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign tackle a question many women are increasingly asking in modern dating and relationships:

How do you find out if a man actually respects women?

Together, they break down the subtle behaviors, coded language, and red flags that often reveal underlying misogynistic beliefs long before they become obvious. From dating apps and first dates to long term re...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign take on one of the internet’s favorite anti feminist talking points:

“Did feminism ruin society?”

Together, they break down why the answer is no, and how feminism is often blamed for problems it did not create. From rising living costs to changing relationship dynamics, they unpack the real systemic issues shaping modern life and wh...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign are joined by journalist and author Stefanie O’Connell to ask a question more women are starting to confront head on:

Are ambitious women being punished for doing everything “right”?

Drawing from her book The Ambition Penalty, Stefanie breaks down how corporate culture encourages women to lean in, speak up, and achieve more, only to...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign take on one of men’s new favorite new buzzwords.

“Misandry.”

Is it real, or is it just another way to silence women? Together, they break down why misandry does not exist as a systemic force, and how the term is routinely misused to dismiss women’s lived experiences. They unpack the difference between individual feelings and i...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign are joined by returning guest Sarah, also known as Horrible Mean Bad Woman, to ask the question men desperately don’t want you to: 

What if being a “good woman” is the problem?

Together, they break down how women are socially conditioned into constant niceness, emotional labor, and moral responsibility, all while men are never ...

In this week’s episode of The Audaci-Tea Podcast, hosts Lisa and Sovereign take on one of the most predictable deflections in modern gender discourse.

“It’s not all men.”

According to who?

Together, they break down why this argument falls apart under even the slightest scrutiny, examining the full spectrum of male behavior from overt violence to passive complicity. The hosts explore how even “good m...