Emily Austin
Appearances
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
So I went to Hofstra University in Long Island and you could hear the accent slip out here and there. And they initially say when you want to do journalism, you have to choose politics or sports. And at the time, I was like, well, of course I'm going to choose sports because I hate politics.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
And it's funny because all of my professors ended up being so politically involved on like the woke left and always proselytizing the students with like their ideologies and especially the gender ideologies. And it became so nauseating that the focus was never about sports. Prime example was sports.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
Sports journalism, which I did not do well in because my professor failed me for going to the Super Bowl and missing four classes. Being 19 and covering the Super Bowl was pretty impressive in my book. I mentioned I'd be voting for Trump and the entire class transitioned into a why if you vote for Trump, you support Hitler, even though he's not a Jew and he's lecturing me about supporting Hitler.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
And just completely had this bias towards me the rest of the semester. So backtrack a little bit. In the same sports journalism class, it was Women's History Month. And I grew up a star tennis player in New York, all over the country. I played in Chris Everett Academy. And I just found out Chris Everett was battling cancer.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
So I wanted to write a piece about how she inspired me to become the tennis player I was. And he was like, I prefer you write about Leah Thomas. And I was like, who's Leah Thomas? And I found out that he was the swimmer that took the medal at Kentucky. Then I found out who Riley Gaines was and I was like, I'd rather write about Riley So I did and I failed and I was like, this is like abhorrent.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
I actually have no words So I tried to leave his class. It was too deep in the semester and it really affected my GPA and My next professor was they them, which was really new to me at the time because you look like a man. You have chest hair that you love to flaunt. You have naked pictures on Instagram with your genitals out.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
And I was like, don't tell me you're a woman because that's insulting to me. But he wasn't a woman. It was he was nothing. He was just this was new at the time. This was like COVID kind of. And he said, I would really prefer if you call me they, them. And I said, but that's plural. This is a journalism class. That doesn't make sense.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
And they proceeded to tell me how transphobic I was for not referring to they as them. I said, professor, he said, that has like a male connotation. I'd prefer not to be professor. I said, sir, by accident, he said, I'll penalize you if you do it again. And I was like, I need to leave this school completely.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
So I left the school, I went to Turo University, but I found out it's not just the school, it's the new world we're living in under Biden. And it was a bigger problem than just my university. So I just became very attracted to common sense.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
And once my sports platform was growing through like working for the Nets G League and then growing to the game day and starting like my own podcast, the hoop chat with, you know, star NBA players, I was definitely more politically active in my own opinions.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
And a lot of people resonated with common sense, but there was a loud opposition of just like this lunacy that took over the media during Biden's presidency.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
I can tell you from a sports reporter perspective that when we had, Hofstra had a Division I basketball team and a lot of the star athletes on the team would just be dancing in the locker room on TikTok. So I would go on my algorithm and I see them hitting the whoa and doing really zesty kind of dances.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
And I was like, if I'm your opponent and I see you in the locker room dancing and I don't see you on the court doing drills, I'm going to come into this game with more of... Less of an opinion on you, but more confidence in myself. And I feel like it actually took a toll on the players because we were looked so down upon for dancing in the locker room. So that's a good coach right there.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
Dylan Mulvaney... seems to have almost like a fetish of cosplaying women. Because when I saw her as a man, or he as, I can't even keep up anymore. When he was a man, his personality was almost the same. Not that I think he's a woman, I think he likes the attention and because it became so normalized, he just was like, let me hop on the wave while I can. But he doesn't understand.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
No, he does understand. He's just mocking women. So his TikTok transition, he vlogged every day. And day one, he said, it's day one of me taking estrogen and I cried three times and I didn't send an email because I was overly hormonal. He talks about how he carries tampons in his purse when we know very well you're not getting your period ever, no matter how much you wish and pray.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
And he's insulting real women that go through womanly problems that he will never relate to. He doesn't know what a hormonal mood swing is like. He doesn't know what going through puberty is like as a kid. He'll never understand these things. Same issue I had with Miss Universe. As a judge, I said, I really hope there's no trans people in my years contest because I don't care how bright they are.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
They're not moving forward and under my jurisdiction. And they asked me why, and I said, because I don't care if you physically, you know, identify as a woman. I don't care if you try. First of all, biologically, you never will be. Mentally, you never will be, and no amount of hormones will change that.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
But what you are doing is you're hurting the real women who deal with these, who have a chance to take this platform, and you're robbing them of their platform. In sports, I'm not even going to go there. It's an abomination that ever was allowed to happen, but it's in every industry. They're making a mockery out of hard-working women that fight for their place to be there.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
And then for them, for Dylan to be featured on Women's Day, for Leah Thomas to be ESPN's Athlete of the Month, they should be so ashamed of themselves.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
You know, they need to get off of TikTok, for example, and start focusing on their policy issues. And that's obviously amongst the many things that hurt Kamala Harris. That was her biggest flaw, is that they played too much into the identity politics and the race and the gender ideology. You know, such a big distraction as to the real issues that we're facing, which is the economy.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
It is the border. It's safety. It's immigration. These are the problems that even people my age want to hear about. Like, we have a future ahead of us we don't want to worry about. being murdered on the streets of Manhattan, or if we could afford a mortgage and a house one day.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
So the Democrats would rather play into the identity politics and not focus on any policies that actually influence real people. So they play out to this small percentage of people, and you don't win an election that way. But, in fact, them switching over I think hurts them more. Like Gavin Newsom's podcast I think backfired because he said, well, I never went by pronouns. I never said Latinx.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
I never did this. I never said men should be in women's sports. But the facts show otherwise. You did, in fact, say you believe men should dominate women's sports. You did say Latinx. You did use pronouns. So now you're showing the people I never cared about you. This was about politics.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
And because I want to win, I'm going to turn my back on all you wokies, even though this is what I've been claiming I care about. just to win whatever it is, let's say presidency that he's running for. However, and I don't think Republicans should head into 28 with a hothead.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
I don't know if the Democrats could manage the disarray that they're in because they're so conflicted within that I feel like they need to focus on their own issues before competing with Republicans. And like the men and women's sports, like John Fetterman voted against it. You have a daughter. You have a daughter. Imagine a man.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
First of all, imagine a naked man in the locker room with your daughter. Would you not feel violated by that? Secondly, imagine your daughter spends her whole life, let's say someone like me, for example, five days a week tennis, sacrificing my weekends, not being able to keep Shabbat over something like that, full ride to school, and then a man takes her spot.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2159 - Trump SOARS in Polling, UNLEASHES On Houthis!
How could you possibly sleep at night knowing that you voted for something like that? I'll never understand it. So as long as they have these crazy... Manic beliefs, I don't think they'll get far. So I hope they keep them.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2134 - Democrats Fear BIG BALLS!
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The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2134 - Democrats Fear BIG BALLS!
So it's a good marketing tool, but it's not the reality. In fact, there are bigger problems in the country than racism. Not saying it doesn't exist, but it's not the biggest deal and it's not so prominent the way the NBA and the NFL made it seem over the last few years.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2134 - Democrats Fear BIG BALLS!
know the president was utilizing grok to get all the spark notes on who's in this game and what but i think there's nothing more patriotic than a president attending the super bowl the fact that biden hasn't done it over the last four years just speaks to what his presidency was you never felt more of a lack of pride in your country than under the biden administration if you're an american president you have the annual biggest sporting event of the year with the highest ratings
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2134 - Democrats Fear BIG BALLS!
There is no excuse for you not to be there. In fact, this is going to really stir the pot this morning on X. But Travis Kelsey even said that he's honored or flattered that the president will be in attendance because he's the commander in chief of the United States. It makes perfect sense.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2134 - Democrats Fear BIG BALLS!
This is a very serious bet, so I'm going to break it down for you. There's about four quarters. We know that there's the halftime show. Taylor, of course, is not performing. That would have been iconic. She rejected that. So I say in between each quarter, they show her a glimpse, assuming how she'll react to Kelsey's performance, especially if he does outstanding or bad.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2134 - Democrats Fear BIG BALLS!
I'm assuming he'll be great. So that's four times. Let's just say they stick her in there after they win or lose. That's five times. And arguably even once during halftime, that's six times. That's still under six and a half. I don't think they'll go over because truth be told, the NFL fans are not happy.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2134 - Democrats Fear BIG BALLS!
With Taylor Swift hijacking the entire season's narrative, it's actually downplaying Kelsey as a player. And it's bringing a lot of that drama, including a lot of Democrat drama with her endorsement with Kamala to the sport that they didn't need. So I'm going under six and a half.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2134 - Democrats Fear BIG BALLS!
I don't think so. Honestly, I'm second guessing my whole life this morning when it comes to pop culture. If Taylor really endorsed Kamala and Kelsey saying he's honored to have Trump at the game, I could never marry a Democrat. Can they work through those like political issues within their marriage? I don't know. But maybe the Democrats just gave her five hundred billion dollars to endorse Kamala.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2134 - Democrats Fear BIG BALLS!
Who knows? But now I'm starting to question if they're even going to last at all. So I don't think there will be a proposal then.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2148 - The Epstein File Release FIASCO
Yeah, it definitely wasn't planned. It wasn't our intention to. Whoever didn't want to post it or publish it necessarily didn't have to, they didn't like definitely did not have to. And one thing I definitely want to debunk is that there's this narrative going around that we were like paid or instructed to leak it, or we were encouraged to do literally nobody was encouraged to do anything.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2148 - The Epstein File Release FIASCO
Obviously we're independent journalists. If there's something in there to leak, of course we wanna leak it. And one thing that people are forgetting is Trump did make a promise that he was going to enable the independent journalists and not only rely on traditional media.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2148 - The Epstein File Release FIASCO
One thing that was mentioned yesterday was that they wanna start getting more conservative, independent journalist resources in the press room. They want Breitbart to be able to have access. They want more than just Fox News and CNN and CNBC to be able to have access. But then it seems like when they give access to the independent journalists, everyone's mad about it.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2148 - The Epstein File Release FIASCO
I think my take on it was that they wanted outrage. I don't think they wanted it directed at us, but they wanted it more so. We requested the Epstein files. They gave us a bunch of baloney in a binder. They expect us to be satisfied with it. So everyone should be very unsatisfied with it. And now it's Kash Patel's job to get the remaining files.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2148 - The Epstein File Release FIASCO
And it wouldn't have happened, by the way, that letter, until the whistleblower from SDNY came out and said, hey, we're actually sleeping on a bunch of files here in the New York Bureau. You know, you should get on it. If that hadn't happened, I don't know where we'd be today. Why the whole... Public thing, I think it was a publicity stunt where it's saying, hey, look, this is what we got.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2148 - The Epstein File Release FIASCO
We don't buy it. We're going to investigate it. And regarding the whole leaving the West Wing with the binders up in the air, I'm going to be very blunt about this. They were not supposed to do that. We were instructed when we got the binders that they want Pam Bondi to have a first say in it. And then we can be the first ones to have the access on it.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2148 - The Epstein File Release FIASCO
there were a bunch of reporters outside of the West Wing waiting for the UK's prime minister to come. They lifted their binders. We were on a, I call it an embargo for three hours. They said, don't post till 3.30. I honored that. A few others honored that. A few others clearly did not. And they kind of ruined it for the whole team and actually made it a lot worse than what it was.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2148 - The Epstein File Release FIASCO
Right. So initially we were invited to the White House, a delegation of, you know, Republican, conservative media, independent journalists, influencers, whatever you want to call it, to meet with Vice President J.D. Vance. And then to our surprise, Kash Patel was joined and Pam Bondi came and it was a really nice, you know, environment.
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2148 - The Epstein File Release FIASCO
And we were being briefed on policies that they're implementing, et cetera. Now, coincidentally, that morning was the morning that Pam Bondi received the exact binder we received on her desk in which we didn't open it in the briefing. But later on, like everyone else, we find out
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2148 - The Epstein File Release FIASCO
that like you just said there's not much new information about here but the point of the binder that everyone seemed to be missing was that this is what the fbi gave pam bondi and expected us to be satisfied with these files rather than being outraged that they're withholding thousands of documents and being outraged at us for being the messengers trying to show you this is what the attorney general received this is what we received it's a step in the right direction but all the outrage towards the media personalities that were there rather than
The Ben Shapiro Show
Ep. 2148 - The Epstein File Release FIASCO
the FBI corrupt agents that are holding this information is just kind of ironic and it's just dividing the party for no reason.