Heated Rivalry, Expensive Bags, and Law & Order: SVU | Liza Treyger

Matt Buechele wonders whether American capitalism has finally become too absurd to parody. 

Then Matt sits down with actor, writer, and comedian Liza Treyger to talk about expensive handbags, her obsession with Heated Rivalry, and how the show inspired her to brush up on her Russian. They discuss her newfound love of reading, and why books have changed the way she writes and sees the world. Liza and Matt also get into why podcast bros appeal to men, women’s increasing independence, and the strange power of celebrity culture. Plus, they make predictions about THC-infused food, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, and whether America could one day elect a comedian president.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Buying a $3,000 YSL bag for a book

00:03:48 Obsessing over Heated Rivalry 

00:07:22 Finding 1 of 8 designer bags in the country

00:11:03 Social media addiction and Soviet Ukraine roots

00:15:08 Hiring a Russian professor to book auditions

00:18:22 Olivia Wilde, Keke Palmer, and talking shit

00:21:48 Male entitlement and why men fear single women

00:25:47 Trump, political comedy, and the Reagan effect

00:29:16 Matt reveals his Law & Order SVU history