Comedian Meg Jager joins me for one of the funniest and most insightful episodes yet. We dive into autism, anxiety, anger, identity, dating, chaotic life choices, unhinged DMs and why only boring people get bored.

Meg opens up about discovering she’s autistic in adulthood, how that reframed her entire life (including realising she was bullied without knowing), and why her autism actually protected her. We also explore OCD, everyday rage, Melbourne tram etiquette, mental health as physical health, antidepressants, grief, burnout and the strangely calming world of pimple-popping videos.

And of course… we expose some of Meg’s wildest DMs — from unsolicited “confessions of love” to sour reactions when she doesn’t reply. The parasocial relationships are real.

If you love episodes about autism, mental health, dating, feminism, comedy, boundaries and modern adulthood, this one is for you.

• Autism in adulthood & the moment everything “clicked”
• Why Meg thought her bullies were confusing her with another Meg
• OCD, anxiety & the physical symptoms no one talks about
• Everyday rage & Melbourne’s complete lack of spatial awareness
• Why some people get bored — and why Meg never does
• The mental load on women vs men’s learned helplessness
• Parasocial DMs & men treating comedy like Hinge
• Boundaries, love languages & being misunderstood
• Weight, antidepressants & navigating burnout
• Grief, family, community & the butterfly effect

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Emily Grosser enters Mads World! We get straight into the chaos: the TikTok Awards scandals, fake attendance stories, influencer delusion, the terrifying rise of the red-pill pipeline, why men in pearls can’t be trusted, unhinged dating experiences, the three-week ick, unstable situationships, the politics test for first dates, and why Australia only has ten celebrities.

Emily shares wild truths about the creator industry, being verified, living in Belgium, why she never laughs on dates, how to spot an undercover misogynist, and every hot take she’s been dying to say online but can’t.

We dive into:

• The real story behind this year’s TikTok Awards chaos

• Dating men who reveal traumatic stories within two minutes

• The anti-vaxxer date that escalated in a café

• Incels, the red-pill pipeline, and teen boys falling into it

• Luke Bateman, BookTok, and why publishing is cooked

• Why Travis Kelce might be a beard

• Taylor Swift’s confusing fashion era

• Making men feel inferior as a talent

• Personal Roman Empires and 2016 nostalgia

• The things we misunderstood our whole lives (snowflakes… wind farms…)

• Influencer delusion and the blue-tick drama

I'm joined by Sam McGowan, we get into everything from Grindr unhingedness to meat-tray premonitions, the curse of dating ugly men who still mistreat you, why Meghan Trainor has the gays in a chokehold, accidental comment-section wars, the insanity of AI boyfriends, head-canoes in prisons (don’t ask), The Traitors lasagna discourse, and which one of us would survive an orgy invite we weren’t invited to.

Sam is equal parts comedian, philosopher, and reluctant therapist on Grindr, and this episode is full of the funniest stories you’ve ever heard about dating, sex, men, sausages on planes, childhood hallucinations, and being read to filth by strangers with no profile picture.

We also discuss:

• ChatGPT men giving themselves away with em dashes

• Why gay dating red flags hit different

• Emergency excuses to leave a date (including the best meat-tray escape of all time)

• The psychology of wanting to “win” breakups

• Why women can’t have water until they’re at least 6 months old (apparently)

• Butter-measuring superpowers and niche X-Men abilities