Megyn Kelly opened her latest show by tearing into former California Rep. Katie Porter’s meltdown on the governor debate stage, then moved quickly into a broader culture-war lineup with Adam Carolla that touched Alex Cooper, Olivia Wilde, Jasmine Crockett and Los Angeles politics. The episode, Ep. 1307, was recorded on Oct. 20, 2025, and framed Cooper’s dating advice as something young women should ignore.
Kelly and Carolla mocked Cooper’s advice for women to have sex on the first date, calling it terrible guidance and singling out younger listeners as the people who should steer clear of it. Carolla, host of The Adam Carolla Show, also joined Kelly in ridiculing the unwell appearance of Olivia Wilde and the number of celebrities and politicians who seem to be on Ozempic. The show then turned to Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a D-TX lawmaker, with Kelly and Carolla criticizing what they described as her narcissism and obsession with race.
The episode was not only about celebrity chatter. Kelly also revisited Porter’s awkward attempt to address her viral “get out of my shot” moment after sparring with rivals including Tom Steyer and Chad Bianco on the California debate stage. That segment set up a longer political argument about whether Los Angeles could end up with its own socialist mayor in Nithya Raman, whom Kelly and Carolla linked to New York’s Zohran Mamdani and to past comments they called insane on homelessness and crime.
The show’s hard turn came with the killing of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman, whom Kelly said was killed by an illegal immigrant from Venezuela. Kelly criticized a Chicago alderwoman’s description of the case as being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and she also took aim at Gov. J.B. Pritzker for trying to blame the murder on President Donald Trump. The episode then pivoted again, this time to breaking news about the would-be assassin tied to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Between the political combat and the tabloid jabs, Kelly also gave space to Joseph Massey, author of Invisible Current, who discussed his new poetry book and read from powerful poems, including a tribute to Charlie Kirk and a reflection on the seasons. The mix made the episode feel less like a single interview than a snapshot of the arguments driving conservative media right now: parenting, celebrity image, crime, race and the kinds of cultural cues that keep pulling the audience back in.
If Kelly’s headline question was whether Cooper’s advice had any value, the episode answered it plainly: no, not in the way she framed it, and not for the young women Kelly and Carolla had in mind.
