Andy Beckerman
@andybeckerman.bsky.social
I host the Beginnings & Couples Therapy podcasts. TV writer. Former philosophy professor. Casiopop king. Figuring out dystopia.
When I was a child, Americans believed in something real. Amassing a fortune through stock fraud in order to buy a gaudy, art deco midtown apartment. Or letting the CIA sell drugs to pay for black op massacres. But kids these days? It’s all GLP-1s and Rizzlers and pregnant Sonic the Hedgehogs.
January 16, 2026 at 2:11 AM
When I was a child, Americans believed in something real. Amassing a fortune through stock fraud in order to buy a gaudy, art deco midtown apartment. Or letting the CIA sell drugs to pay for black op massacres. But kids these days? It’s all GLP-1s and Rizzlers and pregnant Sonic the Hedgehogs.
Two years from now, this guy is going to introduce a bill that demands the Zyklon-b they use in the death camps be FDA approved
January 14, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Two years from now, this guy is going to introduce a bill that demands the Zyklon-b they use in the death camps be FDA approved
FYI ‘STOP to quit’ don’t work
January 14, 2026 at 1:51 AM
FYI ‘STOP to quit’ don’t work
"Stop it with this cheap Trump Suffocation Gas™ and just use Zyklon-B for fuck's sake."
-being interviewed at Auschwitz II by the Subway Takes guy before I'm murdered by an ICE guy in a Joker mask
-being interviewed at Auschwitz II by the Subway Takes guy before I'm murdered by an ICE guy in a Joker mask
January 13, 2026 at 5:25 AM
"Stop it with this cheap Trump Suffocation Gas™ and just use Zyklon-B for fuck's sake."
-being interviewed at Auschwitz II by the Subway Takes guy before I'm murdered by an ICE guy in a Joker mask
-being interviewed at Auschwitz II by the Subway Takes guy before I'm murdered by an ICE guy in a Joker mask
A lot of severe existential whiplash today between posts about who wore Schiaparelli to the Golden Globes and posts about America finally pulling off the Uncle Sam suit to reveal it was Hitler all along
January 12, 2026 at 3:03 AM
A lot of severe existential whiplash today between posts about who wore Schiaparelli to the Golden Globes and posts about America finally pulling off the Uncle Sam suit to reveal it was Hitler all along
Where is everyone getting that Orwell quote from? Because I just pulled out my digital copy of 1984, and all it says is, "Everything The Party tells you is in your best interests! Why are you bothering reading anyway? I bet you haven't even watched the Stranger Things finale yet."
January 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Where is everyone getting that Orwell quote from? Because I just pulled out my digital copy of 1984, and all it says is, "Everything The Party tells you is in your best interests! Why are you bothering reading anyway? I bet you haven't even watched the Stranger Things finale yet."
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
The wonderful Kassie Carlson of @guerillatoss.bsky.social joins me to talk dealing with narcissists, growing up in Cape Cod, church radio, the creative upside of being hypervigilant + MORE!
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The wonderful Kassie Carlson of @guerillatoss.bsky.social joins me to talk dealing with narcissists, growing up in Cape Cod, church radio, the creative upside of being hypervigilant + MORE!
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January 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
The wonderful Kassie Carlson of @guerillatoss.bsky.social joins me to talk dealing with narcissists, growing up in Cape Cod, church radio, the creative upside of being hypervigilant + MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsKa...
The wonderful Kassie Carlson of @guerillatoss.bsky.social joins me to talk dealing with narcissists, growing up in Cape Cod, church radio, the creative upside of being hypervigilant + MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsKa...
Please permit me my tiny joys in this life
January 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Please permit me my tiny joys in this life
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My doctor told me that in the new Avatar they keep eating vegetable dip and the dip is so perfectly rendered and immersive that viewers are getting too enthralled by it and are unable to successfully re-enter society once they leave the theater. Medical professionals are calling it dip brain.
January 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
My doctor told me that in the new Avatar they keep eating vegetable dip and the dip is so perfectly rendered and immersive that viewers are getting too enthralled by it and are unable to successfully re-enter society once they leave the theater. Medical professionals are calling it dip brain.
Can everyone shut the fuck up about “the US fully transforming into Nazi Germany, but a version of it where all the high-ranking fascists are barely-literate pedophiles with CTE”? I’m trying to read recaps so I can find out if the middle-aged kids in Stranger Things finally defeat that monster guy.
January 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Can everyone shut the fuck up about “the US fully transforming into Nazi Germany, but a version of it where all the high-ranking fascists are barely-literate pedophiles with CTE”? I’m trying to read recaps so I can find out if the middle-aged kids in Stranger Things finally defeat that monster guy.
Excited to announce my latest novel was shortlisted for the FIFA Award for Excellence in Literature, which was previously awarded to both Thomas Pynchon and SCC Berlin mascot "Hans the Pretzel"
January 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Excited to announce my latest novel was shortlisted for the FIFA Award for Excellence in Literature, which was previously awarded to both Thomas Pynchon and SCC Berlin mascot "Hans the Pretzel"
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SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy!
It's our annual "Just Us" episode! A rainy NYE! Some exciting updates from previous advice seekers! We answer YOUR questions both serious and sprightly!
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It's our annual "Just Us" episode! A rainy NYE! Some exciting updates from previous advice seekers! We answer YOUR questions both serious and sprightly!
🔊 tinyurl.com/CTCameoVal
January 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy!
It's our annual "Just Us" episode! A rainy NYE! Some exciting updates from previous advice seekers! We answer YOUR questions both serious and sprightly!
🔊 tinyurl.com/CTCameoVal
It's our annual "Just Us" episode! A rainy NYE! Some exciting updates from previous advice seekers! We answer YOUR questions both serious and sprightly!
🔊 tinyurl.com/CTCameoVal
A lot of people said 2025 wasn’t a great year for film, but my Letterboxd year in reviews proves we still have a vibrant culture of cinema
January 4, 2026 at 10:14 PM
A lot of people said 2025 wasn’t a great year for film, but my Letterboxd year in reviews proves we still have a vibrant culture of cinema
If 2025 was America doing a speedrun through 1930s Germany, then my only solace is that we’re going to hit 1945 by July.
January 3, 2026 at 10:09 PM
If 2025 was America doing a speedrun through 1930s Germany, then my only solace is that we’re going to hit 1945 by July.
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So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
I am trying to watch If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You, but all I can think about is this for some reason, and I am praying making it will purge it from my brain and allow me to watch the film untroubled by the churning of my mind.
January 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I am trying to watch If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You, but all I can think about is this for some reason, and I am praying making it will purge it from my brain and allow me to watch the film untroubled by the churning of my mind.
“Hey, do we need to get the font approved?”
“”Who gives a shit? It’s just a stupid font!”
“”Who gives a shit? It’s just a stupid font!”
December 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“Hey, do we need to get the font approved?”
“”Who gives a shit? It’s just a stupid font!”
“”Who gives a shit? It’s just a stupid font!”
"Regarding the revolutionary motto 'Live free or die!', most Americans have opted for a zombified in-betweenness, Schrödinger's dipshits, if you will..." I think to myself as I wait in line at McDonald's to buy their new 30-piece Margarita McNuggets™, which promise "a 4.0 BAL or your money back!"
December 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"Regarding the revolutionary motto 'Live free or die!', most Americans have opted for a zombified in-betweenness, Schrödinger's dipshits, if you will..." I think to myself as I wait in line at McDonald's to buy their new 30-piece Margarita McNuggets™, which promise "a 4.0 BAL or your money back!"
“I can’t believe my fuckin’ eyes, a knife or some shit. Oh baby, I wanna grab that handle!”
-from my modern interpretation of “The Scottish Play”, MK-Beth, about a government program that churns out pliable assassins. The Guardian called it “a generational travesty that heralds the end of all art”!
-from my modern interpretation of “The Scottish Play”, MK-Beth, about a government program that churns out pliable assassins. The Guardian called it “a generational travesty that heralds the end of all art”!
December 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
“I can’t believe my fuckin’ eyes, a knife or some shit. Oh baby, I wanna grab that handle!”
-from my modern interpretation of “The Scottish Play”, MK-Beth, about a government program that churns out pliable assassins. The Guardian called it “a generational travesty that heralds the end of all art”!
-from my modern interpretation of “The Scottish Play”, MK-Beth, about a government program that churns out pliable assassins. The Guardian called it “a generational travesty that heralds the end of all art”!
You all mock and sneer at AI, yet thanks to it, I was finally was able to live out my creative dream of putting Yoda in Meet the Fockers, and it only poisoned 18 Texas municipalities!
December 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
You all mock and sneer at AI, yet thanks to it, I was finally was able to live out my creative dream of putting Yoda in Meet the Fockers, and it only poisoned 18 Texas municipalities!
Me: It’s a drawing of a pregnant Sonic the Hedgehog. And he’s using a breast pump.
Alex Horne: The category was “Most intellectual green thing”
Me: Well, then change the fucking category. “Most pregnant Sonic”. Okay?
Greg (screaming at a producer): This is the 8th episode in a row he’s done this!
Alex Horne: The category was “Most intellectual green thing”
Me: Well, then change the fucking category. “Most pregnant Sonic”. Okay?
Greg (screaming at a producer): This is the 8th episode in a row he’s done this!
December 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Me: It’s a drawing of a pregnant Sonic the Hedgehog. And he’s using a breast pump.
Alex Horne: The category was “Most intellectual green thing”
Me: Well, then change the fucking category. “Most pregnant Sonic”. Okay?
Greg (screaming at a producer): This is the 8th episode in a row he’s done this!
Alex Horne: The category was “Most intellectual green thing”
Me: Well, then change the fucking category. “Most pregnant Sonic”. Okay?
Greg (screaming at a producer): This is the 8th episode in a row he’s done this!
FYI, production design on War of the Roses was done by a Toast of London character
December 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
FYI, production design on War of the Roses was done by a Toast of London character
I always felt @naomiekperigin.bsky.social had an all-time bit with this one that, depressingly, is more and more relevant every day.
December 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I always felt @naomiekperigin.bsky.social had an all-time bit with this one that, depressingly, is more and more relevant every day.
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Nice talk with musician Amy O! I love her albums a ton & we talk Back-to-the-land hippies, the ego death of parenthood, grief & creativity, art & commerce + MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsAmyO
Nice talk with musician Amy O! I love her albums a ton & we talk Back-to-the-land hippies, the ego death of parenthood, grief & creativity, art & commerce + MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsAmyO
December 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Some distraction from dystopia with a brand-new episode of Beginnings...
Nice talk with musician Amy O! I love her albums a ton & we talk Back-to-the-land hippies, the ego death of parenthood, grief & creativity, art & commerce + MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsAmyO
Nice talk with musician Amy O! I love her albums a ton & we talk Back-to-the-land hippies, the ego death of parenthood, grief & creativity, art & commerce + MORE!
🎧 tinyurl.com/BeginningsAmyO
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Reports say Dr Ruth came back to life and is talking about something called “Dark Sex”
December 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Reports say Dr Ruth came back to life and is talking about something called “Dark Sex”