I am one of the left leaning people who follow the both of you simply because I believe in common sense. Keep up the good work you two. Some things are bigger than left vs. right.

Two of my favorite people of all time

Sydney, this my friend's story. American living in Sydney through the pandemic. Applied four times to come back to the US to see her oncologist - she was unvaccinated because she had had a very bad reaction to a vaccine during chemo - like nearly died - and the government would not let her leave because she wasn't vaccinated! Exasperating! Eventually, she could but only on her fourth appeal and because she had a death in the family.

Being a Melb Aussie honestly, it DIDN'T FEEL REAL it FELT like I was living in the twilight zone. I was in DEEP DENIAL about it. And worse than that was people ARGUING FOR THIS INSANITY! People WANTED these rules! Human rights were VIOLATED and people WANTED MORE! I HATE it here!

Whoa!! I was on a flight to NYC once, as a 16 yr old, and the man next to me thought I was asleep and started kissing me and rubbing my thighs. I pretended to be asleep. He was a fully grown man. Your story is ABSOLUTELY believable, Syd. Thanks for sharing it! Helped me heal a little 🤍

The idea of Vouche immediately writing off Sydney's story as fake, especially amidst MeToo and all that, is kind of funny and quite telling of his chatacter.

When Blaire spoke about the questions you ask yourself after...was it rape? was it my fault? did I actually consent? am I overreacting?...I started bawling my eyes out. I lived that. I still do, years and years later.

It is absolutely true. You do freeze. And it doesn’t matter how tough you think you are, until it happens to you, you don’t realize that mentally you freeze trying to make sense of what is happening. It is a strange and embarrassing reaction, or none reaction to be more precise.

I love Sydney, and I'm very much a Christian. I had no idea until right now that she was an atheist. My faith and relationship with God IS a big part of who I am and what I believe. However, you can be a good person and not share my faith. If you're going to help protect our children, I'll fight with you.... *Full stop*

I was one of those people who religiously watched YAH from start to finish while working on my paintings. So obviously I felt pretty devastated when it stopped and just kept checking back as it kind of became part of my weeknights. I think Sydney was such an amazing breath of fresh air to the typical talking points in these settings which was a huge reason for the show’s success. I really hope (maybe when the dust settles) both you and Elijah can sit down and have an honest discourse (preferably on camera) because we’re nosey😜

I love how Sydney will throw around F%#* occasionally, but also call people “buttheads” 🤣

I will never understand how Australia voted for a left wing government after how they treated their people.

The description of how we freeze in the midst of a sexual assault is so accurate 😔 “am I misreading this? This couldn’t be happening”… I wish people could understand that

I completely relate to y’all saying while a sexual assault is happening, you freeze. You question whether this is even real. You doubt that what you see/feel is reality right now. It’s very hard to describe, but I so understand.

Don't feel shame for being violated. The shame belongs completely to the man who violated you.

"I feel politically homeless." THIS. Historically, I'm very liberal. But after quitting social media, my views have softened. I'm a rationalist now. And I can listen to a lot more voices, with less judgement. The far left and far right have hijacked politics. We need to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. Cheers to my rationalists out here.

I share my story of grooming, sexual violence, and stalking in hopes I can help someone out there... Help them avoid being victimized or help them after, in knowing I am here and a source of support. My grooming happened in late 1989, through January 1990, over a 1-900 chat line. I was 14. Thinking how much easier it is to access our children today, online, is terrifying....

Sydney and Blaire... two of the first KZfaqrs I started listening to about 3yrs ago now... both of you do great work!!! Thank you for all you do, and you are both gorgeous. Brains, substance, common sense, and beauty; I can appreciate that!!

I felt so understood when Sydney talks about not feeling a lot of empathy. I definitely experience the same thing. It annoys me quite often because I don’t wanna seem like a monster who doesn’t have any feelings.

Two people I've been watching separately are now in one room together, and it's awesome! Good Show! Love from Alaska!

Thank you so much for sharing your experience, Sydney. I was sexually assaulted by a family member when he thought I was asleep (I was 13). Your description of freezing and not knowing what to do was spot on. Other family members don't get it, they don't understand why I didn't respond differently. Why didn't I immediately jump up and say no? Hearing you helps to validate the emotions/thoughts I went through.

"You Are Here" was a ritual for me, and Sidney's perspective and Elijah's zaniness was what made the show super fun. I don't know what happened, and it makes me sad.

I had been touched inappropriately so many times through middle school and high school, and every time my brain just shut down, like now I look back and say I should’ve done this or should’ve done that but the reality is I couldn’t have done anything because of what my brain was going through at that time

Ummm can I just say I never clicked a video so fast when I saw Blaire and Sydney together!!!! This is amazing !! ❤️❤️

Rant... In the Year 2007, there was only 1 gender clinic in the United States. Today there are over 300 pediatric gender clinics. Planned Parenthood gives out testosterone on the first visit. Double mastectomy, also known as top surgery, is readily available, and in some states you can get it without parental consent and in no state do they require a note from a therapist. Prior to 15 minutes ago, gender dysphoria was a condition that affected 1 in 10,000 males. It generally didn't affect women at all. Everybody my age remembers transvestites growing up, but women didn't dress as men because gender dysphoria is a MALE condition. "Gender dysphoria" is up 4000%, and primarily these are teenage girls claiming to have the disorder. This is the same group of girls that used to be the goth girls, the girls that would cut themselves, the ones with bulimia and anorexia, in other words, girls that are unhappy with their body during and after puberty, that always fall for the latest craze. They generally grow out of it. The only problem is, you can't grow out of the sterilization that occurs when you do puberty blockers followed by testosterone, and you will have permanent damage from a double mastectomy that also cannot be reversed naturally. But if you say anything about any of this, you'll be accused of being a bigot. Even the therapists that treat this "condition" use "gender-affirming therapy". There's nobody trying to talk these girls out of it. There's too much money in the drugs and the surgeries. Girls are even being taken from their parents who want to put a stop to this butchering of their children... because of "diversity and inclusion". These are words I cannot stand. Stop being afraid of being called transphobic. We need adults to not be afraid to speak out against this. The future of our little girls depends on it.

I could listen to you two talk all day long. You guys vibe with each other so well. Throw Arielle in there and it's a party.

obsessed w both of you

I think after the Jack Murphy incident, things soured between her and Elijah. During the Murphy outburst Elijah sort of remained silent and I think she assumed not just as a co-host but as a friend Elijah would jump on to defend her. It's sad cos she is\was good friends with his wife.

I love this duo. I wanna be friends with both of you 😭 such a great conversation

Here's the problem with gossip: you can't 100% vilify it (I used to), because some of it is really learning opportunities. I used to be straight edge about gossip, where I wouldn't touch the stuff, I felt very strongly about giving people their privacy, but I think I've passed up a lot of opportunities to learn what is or isn't considered normal, and it turns out I was in dire need of such understanding because turns out that my upbringing was very limited in way I couldn't have imagined with my child brain (lots of social isolation)

I was in a sexually abusive relationship when I was 19 and I still struggle with those thoughts of wondering if I somehow misunderstood it even though I know I didn't and beating myself up for not doing more to stop it when it was happening. Hearing you guys have those same feelings helps me feel less alone with that struggle

Sydney was the only reason I watched You Are Here. I felt like Elijah was a toxic person and it looks like he's spiraled since the show ended. Sydney on the other hand is thriving.

I had the same experience as Sydney but on a bus in my country Denmark. Luckily I was only on the bus for 20 minutes but I felt disgusted with myself when I got off. I also kept questioning the situation in my head, but the guy was also starting out very subtly. He was "reading" a newspaper, holding it very awkwardly at the bottom corners and his hand kept bumping onto my leg with the movements of the bus and suddenly it just stayed there... I tried to squeeze myself towards the window away from him, but it didn't help. Today I'm just angry at myself for not saying something to him loudly so everyone could hear it.

I'd love to have Blaire and Sydney talk to Matt Walsh. I feel like that would be such an amazing crossover.

Im not afraid of confrontation and I am always quick to act. I will jump in and defend anyone when I see other people being done wrong but I never stick up for myself. When I get verbally sexually harassed my first reaction it to smile or laugh bc for some reason I still want to be polite. I was sexually assaulted by a very close long term friend and I froze I was able to get out the word no a few times but I really didn't know what to do and I am never at a loss for words.

Sydney is like me, sympathy comes naturally but empathy doesn’t, I feel bad for people but I can’t feel what they’re feeling

Great episode! Glad to see Sydney on your podcast. I have missed her since You Are Here ended. I hope she is a regular guest and thanks for having her on.

I think the problem with assault is that too many people (also men) have never learnt how to set boundaries or rather have actively been discouraged in the formative years to set their limits. This is the result of the obedience training that most kids go through in behaviour focused parenting and school. Kids have naturally very strong boundaries but when we constantly tell them that they can’t say no, “give your auntie a kiss” (even if they don’t want to) and invalidate their emotions they are gonna turn into adults who question themselves when they are being assaulted and freeze.

So many conservatives give me that vibe that they are not really what they pretend to be in front of the cameras.... This is why I prefer to listen to people like Tim Pool & Joe Rogan among others

People always label her a "terf" but if Sydney really hated trans people she wouldn't be talking to Blaire at all. She hates erasure. Blaire doesn't erase women.

I only watched YAH a couple of times because I felt like there was really weird energy and power dynamics and Sydney seemed to get run over instead of treated like a real co-host. But you both were my first “Conservative” people covering political issues that I watched and subscribed to. You both have such neat perspectives and you cover topics that really resonate with you for some reason, instead of playing “gotcha” games to score points against “the other team” or just regurgitating the same story everyone else is covering today. Keep following your own compass and you’ll keep having a dedicated audience.

Sydney is Right about DC. I left DC after riding the Metro one day and the soul crushing stuff just got me down. I knew I needed to get out of there! 👋👀

The reason as to why she quit doesn’t matter. It’s the fact like she decided to up end a show. To not tell the people who pretty much pay your bills what is happening is ridiculous. If very simply could of had a last episode. You always acted like you had the hardest job on the planet. While making a lot of money. Probably much more than most of the people who watch you. All while being single with no kids. You’re at the easiest stage of your life.

Objectively speaking, these two are not right-wing. Their worldviews are each at different points on the slippery slope of philosophical Liberalism. This conversation is a perfect example of the state of the conservative movement - confused and backwards.

I’ve been groped and followed in busses, Sydney’s story is very much believable to every single woman.

I feel like Syd is low key shitting on Elijah the whole episode

I'm also feeling particularly politically homeless, I'm just going to sit over here in my own little box with a sign saying "Just be a decent person, also please leave me alone. Thanks". Both sides are just going insane at the moment so I'd prefer not to sit with either.

Sydney, in regards to religion, most Christians have it wrong. You are just fine. Continue to be a good person, work to become a better person and things will work out in the end.

The politically homeless like me should listen to "The Political Orphanage" podcast. Andrew Heaton is a treasure

You two have a wonderful way of including the audience in your chats so thank you for that ^^ Even though there were dark topics, watching and listening still felt like genuine, honest, sincere, strong friends keeping it real...and as much as I've searched, there's nothing else like that on the internet. So it was refreshing, informative, and interesting to hear your hot takes and share your experiences. I follow you both 😊

I came here to see Syndey but loved Blaire as well. The chemistry was fantastic, great interview, great video. Two intelligent, brilliant, beautiful and impressive women.

I like Syd on her own channel. Didn’t like her on YAH. She’s not a live show kind of gal. It’s just not her thing. I miss the show. But I wish it continued without her instead of just being over.

Sydney was the only reason I watched YAH. I'm sad it's over but happy that you're doing better :)

Omg!! Big fan of you both! So great to see you both together.

This was weird to watch… really lost a lot of respect for Sydney for some reason.

I'm in South Australia, wasn't so bad here with the covid shit. One thing that really made me mad was at one point they kept bottle shops open but we weren't allowed to go for walks...

Can’t wait!!! Been a fan of you for years Blaire!! Love this podcast 💞

I don't always agree with either of you, but so enjoy the tough topics you each talk about on your respective channels, and now together like this. I so appreciate how you don't shy away from the tough, controversial topics, and bring a very needed perspective to issues that msm either won't cover, or tries to act like it's not happening. Thank you both for what you do and Blaire, I love this format for you; you're such a natural at it!

As a polish person (Eastern European) it was really interesting that Australia and America cultural differences. Also different cultures in America (I has never been to America nor Australia). I'd like to say that Europe is also different and has its own problems hehe

Syd is me! I'm also a politically homeless weird egg now who doesn't belong anywhere! You two are genuinely my favorite people in this space because you are so laid back and chill without being assholes, while also spouting truth. Blaire, keep being badass and Syd keep on helping the pudding people! ❤️

Glad to see you interview Sydney! I really gained a lot of respect for her by the way she handled Jack and was totally failed by Elijah. And as a Christian, I appreciate you ladies pointing out the way that Christians fail to live up to the standards that we claim to hold ourselves to. Great episode!

SYDNEY SYDNEY SYDNEY! You are my favorite in the “conservative” space! I’ve been watching you for years, you could even say I watch your videos religiously lol even you are here. If you weren’t on that show I wouldn’t have watched nearly as much, if at all. I’m really happy to see you be able to concentrate on your own content and doing some podcasts. Can’t wait for more!

Arielle ✅ Sydney ✅ Now, when is Gothix going to be on? Y’all might not see eye to eye at this point but it would be a great conversation no doubt

Sydney is such a boring victim

Sydney’s channel and her response to chats actually is a big reason why I didn’t delete my socials after being ✨cancelled.✨ She was the best part of You are Here, in my opinion.

If Americans understood American History, they might be less surprised about their Governments Actions, or the Worlds view of them.

Honestly ... I didn't care for her on YAH ... I like her better on her own channel. She always interrupted Elijah ... It got annoying ... So much so I stopped watching. Not everything has to do with the fact you're a woman. I like that they're back on their own shows

I miss "you are here". I was there for Sydney. A fan for many years with how raw she is. Elijah was too much God for me personally but a nice mix. Now kowing it's basically done I'm still a Sydney Watson's fan and now a Blair white fan!! Thanks for the content!!!

Sydney... You should have taken control of the show... Looks like you had a hostile work environment. You had every right to change it for the better because a majority of viewers don't comment and weren't toxic. We miss your show, your opinions, you standing up for children, and your chemistry and ying yang quality with Elijah

This is where the left has it really wrong. People like myself have no problem with trans rights. I however, will not accept someone compelling me to speak a certain way. That being said, I do refer to Blaire as she, because there’s an apparent effort to live up to the identification. There’s too many people with beards and high heels to give this subject an absolute. Even with an absolute, there’s still the first amendment. I don’t condone so-called “hate speech”. But I would not ever try to silence it. There’s an inherent value in hearing what you may not want to hear.

Why does Sydney call herself right wing? She is more on the left

Loved this episode so much. Sydney is one of my favorite CCs. Y'all should do this regularly, like once a month. You'll never run out of things to talk about.

I loved YAH, But once the verbal discipline devolved into "SO 2.0", it really lost all of its draw to the more moderate audience. Don't get me wrong, I love SO as well, but I didn't watch both shows because I wanted more of the same, I watched both because they were different.

Damn, my Dad told me years ago to change seats with a female so as not to "trap" her on your flights.

Australian here, just FYI, There are no mandates on Australia anymore. Everything is back to normal life.

I miss You Are Here and I am a christian but I have to agree people were absolutely brutal and nasty in the chat and they had the audacity to call themselves christians. Nobody advertised the show as a overtly religious show yet for some reason everyone decided that's what it was supposed to be. I'm sorry things fell apart. I think you are a great interviewer Syd and I would love to see you expand your platform to include guests. 😊

The same happened to me in a public transport when i was much younger and i freezed too without knowing what to do and i did nothing.. happened to me in my own country Poland, in India and one time Indonesia so it happens everywhere. I can relate to it and I'm sure lots of other woman's. Thanks for sharing it :)

Blair waving around the weed pen 😂😂☠️

You’re amazing Sydney! You are here was great while it lasted, and I applaud you for leaving when it became toxic. The culture in right-wing Christian spaces can be BRUTAL if you don’t share every single belief they have. Thank you for always being yourself!

The problem with Sydney is she was so vitriolic towards the other guests. She wasn’t there with an open mind at all. You could tell just by her body language. She mocked men who were definitely more well read than her then used the “ you’ve never been with a woman so your opinion is irrelevant” take. And then to claim shes right wing and couldn’t even name one right wind principle Sydney is just a liberal who has made a name for her self because of the right. GRIFT

Syd is correct about the YAH audience. It was a strange combination of MGTOW, conservative Christians, and center right individuals. Regardless of who it attracted, the content was 🎯

A lot of Christians don't know what it means to actually be Christian. I'm Catholic and one of the things we believe as Christians is that "faith without works is dead" (which is literally in the Bible), but we get criticized for this belief from other Christians because they think "no! all you need is belief in Jesus!". But the idea is actually that if you do have an actual belief and a relationship with Jesus, then you WILL live a charitable and kind life because of that belief. There are a lot of "Christian" assholes because they think just going to church and saying they believe is enough.

You and Sydney should do a collab on her channel. You two are really funny and seem to get along really well. 💜

*EVERYONE* , pls remember to talk to yourself the same way you would talk to the person you Love most in this world! We are so rude, mean, judgemental and critical of ourselves, BUT if our best friend, child, spouse, sibling, parent was going through the same thing, we would likely be caring, kind, patient, supportive, defending them etc. !! We tend to be much more protective of the people we love, than ourselves! *REMEMBER YOU ARE WORTH THE FIGHT! YOU ARE NOT AT FAULT! FORGIVE YOURSELF FOR NOT FIGHTING AND/OR FREEZING! YOU DID NOTHING WRONG! YOU DESERVE YOUR OWN KINDNESS AND SUPPORT! AND ABOVE EVERYTHING, YOU ARE WORTH IT!!*

My university has a good amount of lndian students. And all of them (who are from lndia, there are canadian-born lndians who are fine) are so CREEPY. I had one man stalk me for over a year, another one tried to lead me into a dark alleyway alone as a "shortcut" (which was in the exact OPPOSITE direction of the place I was going). I am in STEM and have been told by these lndian students that I don't belong specifically BECAUSE I'm a woman and at my age I should be married and birthing children for my father (while these same men copied my notes, mind you). I had one man tell me that school ruins women and gives them opinions, and in my current state he wouldn't want me to even be a se/x sIave for him because I'm THAT "ruined"... ugh, barf. These are just a few of MY experiences. I have reported them and been told that the uni can't do anything because there's cultural differences and we have to be "understanding" of them. Screw that noise. There's a culture among women on our campus to NEVER be alone at night with a brown man, because it's THAT prevalent. EVERY woman I've known on my campus has at least one story involving an immigrated lndian man harassing them in some way. We all avoid them like the plague. And now our uni is trying to have seminars and hand out flyers about "anti-rac/ism" to all the female students. Needless to say, we're pissed, and we're not buying it. If they won't protect us, they have no right to complain about how we protect ourselves.

I remember watching the show Sydney was on and thinking her co host was weirdly combative and oddly pathetic the way he treated people. Sydney was the only one that I wanted to listen to.

Two of the few people I feel like I can always trust to bring honest perspectives to issues.

I’m not saying this will be the path that your lives take, but I was one of those people who respected the faith that I saw in other people, and 100% was convinced that I would never be the kind of person who could have that kind of faith, or any faith. How wrong I was. Also, incredibly sorry for going through an experience where your voice was given less value due to your lack of faith. Christians are called to humility, patience, gentleness. Within the church we are supposed to lovingly call out sin, but that’s an entirely different topic.

I just adore Sydney! She’s so funny! I also feel very politically homeless. I hate both sides almost equally.

I only watched a few episodes of YAH. There was plenty of it that I appreciated in terms of not pulling punches and being very blunt about things, but there were definitely moments (routinely) that got more intense than I was comfortable with and I was like "Hey maybe we should dial that back a bit". This is coming from someone who really doesn't consider themself politically correct btw. This is not me taking a side because I don't feel informed enough to do so, but I can corroborate things getting a bit wild on that show and surrounding it.

As a conservative. I can’t wait for some of the conservative influencers to be exposed. People in this space want to know who they can trust. And I definitely don’t trust some of these “conservative” influencers

I'm only at the half way point, but feel I have to stop to say, ladies, have you ever heard of a thing called Moderate? Not everyone has to be at the left or right. There is actually a sane middle where people think about issues and decide them one by one based on the information available to them, their life perspective and their ability to reason. Good honest people can come to different opinions through that process, but one thing they will have in common is sincerity and the ability to change with new information. I see both of you as this. I think you are Moderates, as am I. Welcome to the sane zone. Carry on.

You are here was one of my favorite shows. The Jack Murphy saga was glorious!!

Looking back I've had things like that happen to me I couldn't even tell you how many times, from my teenage years onward. I've never been raped, but I've had an old man stick his tongue down my throat in my 30's, another guy held me down on a bed force kissing me in my teens, I've been grabbed, touched, lewdly stared at, verbally harassed, etc., over & over again until maybe the last 6 years...and part of that is because I've become a hermit & probably because I'm now 40. I don't know why I never thought of any of it as sexual assault (except the old man & my friend's brother as a teenager), but I guess that's exactly what a lot of it was.

I grew up Catholic with my very religious family and recently walked away. Caused a lot of grief with my family who thinks I’m doing a disservice to my boys and not surrounding them with good values anymore. My own father has been trying to get me to come back to the church with guilt of leaving and saying my kids will grow up to be heathens without it, not counting in the fact that my husband and I do our best as a team. So it feels like I’m being pulled in two different directions. I’m not not religious. I’d consider myself more Christian now who just tries to understand the Bible so I can help guide my boys to what they choose to believe. I believe in standing by my beliefs even if it means winding up alone, which my husband and I largely have now with all the politically charged environments now. I will respect someone else’s decisions and beliefs until you try to make me feel shitty about me trying to do right by my husband and sons. I understand Syd. Your religion and sexuality shouldn’t be your identity, and the people who do that are typically some of the shittiest people on the planet. Whoever got this far, thanks for reading my rant. Didn’t realize how frustrated I’ve become until listening to these two lovely people.

I have to agree with Sydney on the atheism thing, and being a conservative, because you have to juggle your viewpoint and beliefs, and know that you're kind of a black sheep of the group, but as she rightly pointed out it's one of the smallest things of ones persona, but in my case it is a little more prominent. I've had very conservative co-workers, and friends, who look at me like I'm a Hydra when I tell them that I am an atheist conservative. I find it really humorous when I get those looks but then the conversations that arise from their curiosity is what I strive for. Intellectual conversations are always welcome, no matter the topic and regardless of someone else's viewpoint religiously politically or ideologically. Philosophical debates are what drive my decision to be openly honest about being an atheist despite being a constitutional conservative. Although I do have to admit I am very surprised Sydney is an atheist, because I thought she actually was a Christian. But I got no problems with it either way.

So glad Sydney got away from Elijah. I just did not see the chemistry there, he is gross. His behavior is gross. His ideologies are gross. Goes on TV drunk but then talks non-stop about God and Christianity. Give me a break.

This was fascinating. To be honest, i didn't even know Sydney was atheist. If anything, i appreciate it. I gives her a unique perspective on the right and it shows morals and freedom are not restricted to religion. I'm sorry to hear she had to deal with nonsense about that on the You are Here show. I only watched a couple episodes of that. I mostly follow her through her own solo youtube channel, which is great.

Blair, ,I know you don’t read all the comments but I just wanna say I’m so sad to see people like you and other truly trans people that I know being negatively affected by a movement that claims to support you. I see you girl. You are very brave

"not a sustainable environment for me to be in", in THAT context, sounds EXACTLY like "could'nt handle the pressure". not saying she should have been able to handle said pressure, i dunno exactly what she was going thru behind the scenes, but at least equate reality to come to your conclusion... maybe that was the problem?