Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) - THE BEST INTERNET MOMENTS OF 2024: the minnie awards!

Episode Date: December 31, 2024

This week, Jamie hosts the iconic award show THE MINNIES, where listeners voted on their favorite moments on Sixteenth Minute this year and Jamie talks about the year in fifteenth-minute internet history. See you in the new year, babes! Bechdel Cast tour tickets here: https://linktr.ee/smalliceresurfacer Learn more about Kulture City here: https://www.kulturecity.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. It's Black Business Month, and Black Tech Green Money is tapping in. I'm Will Lucas spotlighting black founders, investors, and innovators, building the future, one idea at a time. Let's talk legacy, tech, and generational wealth. I had the skill and I had the talent. I didn't have the opportunity. Yeah.

We all know, right? Genius is evenly distributed. Opportunity is not. To hear this and more on the power of Black Innovations. and ownership, listen to Black Tech Green Money from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Tune in to All the Smoke Podcast, where Matt and Stacks sit down with former first lady, Michelle Obama. Folks find it hard to hate up close. And when you get to know people, you're sitting in their kitchen tables, and they're talking like we're talking. You know, you hear our story, how we grew up,

how I grew up. And you get a chance for people to unpack and get beyond race, All the Smoke featuring Michelle Obama. To hear this podcast and more, open your free IHeartRadio app. Search All the Smoke and listen now. I always had to be so good, no one could ignore me. Carve my path with data and drive. But some people only see who I am on paper.

The paper ceiling. The limitations from degree screens to stereotypes that are holding back over 70 million stars. Workers skilled through alternative routes rather than a bachelor's degree. It's time for skills. to speak for themselves. Find resources for breaking through barriers at tetherpaperceiling.org. Brought to you by Opportunity at Work and the Ad Council.

The U.S. Open is here and on my podcast, Good Game with Sarah Spain. I'm breaking down the players, the predictions, the pressure, and of course, the honey deuses, the signature cocktail of the U.S. Open. The U.S. Open has gotten to be a very wonderfully experiential sporting event. To hear this and more, listen to Good Game with Sarah Spain and IHart Women's Sports Production

in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment on the IHart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Brought to you by Novartis, founding partner of IHart Women's Sports Network. Hey, I'm Kurt Brown-Oller. And I am Scotty Landis, and we host Bananas,

the podcast where we share the weirdest, funniest, real news stories from all around the world. And sometimes from our guest's personal lives, too. Like when Whitney Cummings recently revealed her origin story on the show. There's no way I don't already have rabies. This is probably just why my personality is like this.

I've been surviving rabies for the past 20 years. New episodes of bananas drop every Tuesday in the exactly right network. Listen to bananas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. CoolZone Media. Hey, everyone. Jamie here, just reminding you that I will be on tour with Caitlin Durante for the Bechtelcast Tour in Los Angeles, San Francisco, in Portland. Portland, Oregon this January. You can get IRL and streaming tickets in the description of this episode. See you there. But today, we're talking about hogs. Let's get into the show.

Wow, wow, it's so great you're here. Welcome to the minis. The first and last 16th minute award show where we give out seven. I'm pretty sure seven made up awards to your favorite moments on the sometimes goofy, sometimes depressing, often both podcast 16th minute. I'm your host, Jamie Loftus, and next week we'll be back to your normally scheduled programming, taking a look at the Internet's characters of the day and seeing how their viral moment affected them and what it says about the Internet and us. But to close out the year on our New Year's Eve episode, I wanted to take some time to reflect on this year on the Internet,

and on subjects of this show specifically. I recently asked listeners on Twitter and Blue Sky and Instagram ever heard of them about your favorite stories on this show and what you'd like to see in the future. And I encourage you to keep letting me know what stories you'd like to hear about. And in the meantime, I wanted to give a trophy, and by a trophy I mean an ugly drawing of a trophy that I made, to my favorite moments not just on this show looking backward, but to the moments whose 15th minute has not yet concluded. Because, folks, it has not been a fun year on the internet or in the world.

I wanted to take a moment to have a little fun with my parisocial little friends. And for the record, the minis are fully inspired by one of my all-time favorite podcasts, Who Weekly, whose whomies episode I look forward to every single year and the Las Culturistas Culture Awards. So sit back, crack a Mike's Hard Lemonade, or whatever your personal equivalent is. And let's dive in. Thank you for being a listener, and welcome to the Mini Awards. I'm not so bad when you turn up the lights, but I can be perfect all at a time.

So make me a start, let's take it too far, and give me one moment. We're a minute of fame 16 minutes of face One more minute at me We're not so bad When you take me of my mind We all know, right? is evenly distributed opportunity is not.

It's Black Business Month, and Black Tech Green Money is tapping in. I'm Will Lucas spotlighting Black founders, investors, and innovators, building the future, one idea at a time. Let's talk legacy, tech, and generational wealth. I don't think any person of any gender, race, ethnicity should alter who they are, especially on an intellectual level or a talent level, to make someone else feel comfortable just because they are the majority in this situation and they need employment. So for me, I'm always going to be honest in saying that we need to be unapologetically ourselves.

If that makes me a vocal CEO and people consider that rocking the boat, so be it. To hear this and more on the power of black innovation and ownership, listen to Black Tech Green Money from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. When your car is making a strange noise, no matter what it is, you can't just pretend it's not happening. that's an interesting sound it's like your mental health if you're struggling and feeling overwhelmed it's important to do something about it it can be as simple as talking to someone

or just taking a deep calming breath to ground yourself because once you start to address the problem you can go so much further the Huntsman Mental Health Institute and the ad council have resources available for you at love your mind today.org hello puzzlers

let's start with a quick puzzle the answer is Ken Jennings' appearance on The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs. The question is, what is the most entertaining listening experience in podcast land? Jeopardy-truthers who say that you were given all the answers believe in... I guess they would be conspiracy theorists. That's right. Are there Jeopardy-truthers?

Are there people who say that it was rigged? Yeah, ever since I was first on, people are like, they gave you the answers, right? And then there's the other ones which are like, they gave you the answers, right? the answers and you still blew it. Don't miss Jeopardy legend Ken Jennings on our special game show week of the Puzzler podcast. The Puzzler

is the best place to get your daily word puzzle fix. Listen on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The U.S. Open is here and on my podcast, Good Game

with Sarah Spain, I'm breaking down the players, from rising stars to legends chasing history, the predictions, well, we see a first-time winner, and the pressure. Billy Jean King says pressure is a privilege, you know. Plus, the stories and events off the court, and of course the honey deuses, the signature cocktail of the U.S. Open. The U.S. Open has gotten to be a very fancy, wonderfully experiential sporting event. I mean, listen, their whole aim is to be accessible and inclusive

for all tennis fans, whether you play tennis or not. Tennis is full of compelling stories of late. Have you heard about Icon Venus Williams' recent wildcard bids? Or the young Canadian, Victoria Mboko, making a name for herself. How about Naomi Osaka getting back to form? To hear this and more, listen to Good Game with Sarah Spain, an IHeart Women's Sports production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. Welcome to Pretty Private with Ebeney, the podcast where silence is broken and stories are set free. I'm Ebeney, and every Tuesday I'll be sharing all new anonymous stories that would challenge your perceptions and give you new insight on the people around you. On Pretty Private, we'll explore the untold experiences of women of color who faced it all, childhood trauma, addiction, abuse, incarceration, grief, mental health, struggles, and more, and found the shrimp to make it to the other side. My dad was shot and killed in his house. Yes, he was a drug dealer. Yes, he was a confidential informant, but he wasn't shot on a street corner. He wasn't shot in the middle of a drug deal. He was shot in his house, unarmed. Pretty Private isn't just a podcast. It's your personal guide

for turning storylines into lifelines. Every Tuesday, make sure you listen to Pretty Private from the Black Effect Podcast Network. Tune in on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Welcome back to the Minis, 16th Minutes first and only award show for your favorite moments on the show this year and my favorite moments on the internet in general.

Let's get started with a very competitive category. Best Support, reporting character in a 16th minute story. Your nominees are. The cousin from the Wicked Witch of the East Bro story, who pulled out a knife, even though most people who watch the video don't notice that. From our Tumblr Bone Witch episode, The Bones.

From our Mormon episodes, the torturous search for meaning and order in life that often can lead one down the path of subservience and even cruelty. From our fish who fell from the sky episode, Alice the Fish. The wickedly talented, 30 to 50 feral hogs. And finally from our Boston Slide Cop episode, The Slide. Very competitive category, tell you what, but there can only be one winner. And that winner is...

The slide. Congratulations to the slide. Very, very close race. People love those damn hogs. We're so thrilled for them. And unfortunately, the slide is still stuck in Boston due to being an inanimate object. But sent along this following message as an acceptance. I'll try to read it in character.

What the fuck's up, you guys? Thank you for my flowers for wiping out that fucking pig. Go Bruins. Wow, really amazing. Congratulations to her. Next up, we have our technical categories. There's just a couple, and we're going to start with Best Cinematography in a Viral Moment, 24. Your nominees are Atthapon Nundee or Mudang Zookeeper, who shot her to fame earlier this year. The next nominee, I honestly could not find a name for, but hopefully the more respectful photographer who caught the

You Were So Rude to Me moment at the Grammys from Chapel Rhone as she yelled at a different photographer. Correctly, I might add. You are so much a time. Oh, here we go. To yell at the Grammy party at the age and at the University of her. You said, I remember. You were so rude to me. And you, I deserve an apology.

Your next nominee, Risa Tisa of the Who the Fuck Did I Marry TikTok compilation, some of the most thrilling in-the-car multi-part vertical cinematography ever committed to a lady's phone. Please excuse the hair, but here is part one of who the fuck did I marry. And finally, the camera person who managed to not even laugh a little as the holding space for defying gravity moment happened during the wicked press. store this winter. I've seen this week people are taking the lyrics of defying

gravity and really holding space with that and feeling power in that. I didn't know that that was happening. I've seen it, yeah. That's really powerful. Oof, a lot of moments, lot of moments, a lot of innovation in the field.

But the winner is Risa T-Sy-Sy-Sy-Sy. who would have also won best writing for an original set of viral videos, showing some of the strongest work, in my opinion, in that genre, since Zola, a true storyteller. Incredible, great cinematography from Risa Tisa, and now for a 16th-minute specific technical category. Sound. Or, the only thing that I am able to provide you with in this flawed and imperfect medium.

Let's check out the nominees. Best Use of Sound in a 16th minute episode. Our first nominee has been nominated, kind of the Meryl Streep of this category, you could say, the air horn. Here's an example of some really powerful airhorn use in 2024. Your next nominee, Sad 13, aka Cedi Dupuis, for the 16th minute theme. Oh, this is thrilling. The third nominee is me, saying, hell yeah, every time I got very uncomfortable while interviewing the curvy wife guy. And finally, in exchange I had with the Philadelphia chicken man, Alex, when I asked him why he was cutting up traffic cones with copper wire,

I said, to what end? And he replied, nominee number four, to the very end. very competitive category. And the winner is a dead tie between two Philadelphia legends. First winner, to the very end. Yes, indeed. Tied for the best sound aired on this program in the last calendar year,

was my voyage to Philadelphia to go to the man who ate 40 rotissory chickens in 40 days, an icon, a legend. And for some reason, in the middle of the interview, he let me know that he cuts up traffic cones using copper wire allegedly to relax. You remember it, and I certainly can't forget it. It haunts me in a good way.

So congratulations to the tying winner, Alex Timminsky, who said this very scary thing to me and is a wonderful guy. Let's take one more listen. I was doing this one really strange thing where I was cutting traffic cones with copper wire in my basement. To what end? The very end. Okay.

Hell yeah. And bonus, he was generous enough to send along an acceptance speech. Here it is. So I was informed that there was a handful of people that found interest and enjoyed the story of how I spent a good amount of time cutting orange trunk. of cones in my basement with copper wire. Yeah, super honored and touched that, you know, people found something good about it. Yeah, just a big thanks to all of you and to Jamie for giving me an opportunity to share my story. And I hope everyone out there can find their cone and cut it.

Thank you so much again to Alex. He's the best. And he shares this distinction with Sad 13. Sadie de Pui, tying with the 16th minute theme. This is by far the least prestigious award Sadie and company have ever received, as she is one of the most decorated women in her field of her generation. I'm not kidding, the fact that she's even willing to collaborate will always be a baffling honor to me,

which is why she is also receiving tonight's special award. Let's get some air horns. The 16th minute Lifetime Achievement Award, goes to Sadie Dupuy and to accept it here is a voice memo I asked her to text me Imagine my surprise

when I was walking into a mafia-themed pizza restaurant in a strip mall in the suburbs to find out that I had won some awards I was not expecting to win anything this year I want to give a big shout out to Jamie and to Sophie

and the whole Cool Zone Media team and everyone who works on 16th Minute. I love this show. I listen obsessively every single week. I skip past my song because that's the mental illness that I have. And I had a really fun time going on Reddit to talk to some of you guys and talk about the theme song, which apparently most of you like, other than the one of you who thinks you can make it better, shout out to that person.

I am recovering from a surgery right now. I haven't played guitar or sang in quite a while, but when I heard that I'd won some awards, I felt just recovered enough to do a little special rendition of the theme song. So this is the preamble to my acceptance speech. My acceptance speech is the unrehearsed song to follow. Thank you, Jamie.

Thank you, Sophie. Thank you, 16th minute. Thank you to Internet main characters. everywhere. This is Sadie DuPuis, aka Sad 13. Signing off with gratitude. I'm not so bad when you turn out the lights, but no one can be perfect all of the time. So make me a star. Let's take it too far and give me one more minute. Fifteen or not enough. 16th, 16th minute of fame.

16th minute of fame 16th minute of fame One more minute of fame Wow, I mean Not so bad when you take me a flound But I'll be your main character Totally say goodbye Wow, I mean

things are heating up tonight. And our next category is my personal favorite. Best niche character no one has ever asked for an episode about, but I would like to make anyways. And the nominees are. Lucas Cavar, aka the 19-year-old who got locked in a cave the first week of his freshman year of college

and it was reported in the New York Times but never broke through to the mainstream, although I think about it constantly. Your next nominee, Club Shalamee. Hi, everyone. This is Simone Kromer. I'm the administrator of Club Shalamee. And today is the first episode of Club Shalemay Conversations.

Interesting third nominee, Joey Chestnut and Dekiro Kobayashi, because no one asked for this, but I already did it. And finally, a popular nominee in this category, every single story about a baby that's a little too big. I have a question for everybody. Who wants to go to the Four Seasons Orlando? And the winner is? Yes, Lucas Cavar, the Cave Kid.

Thank God. Yes, while Club Chalabay still stands to get a chance to get her own episode down the line, and I may be forced at some point to write a story about a baby who used to be a little big, but is now 19 or something. But no, there will never be an episode about my favorite story of all time, a story absolutely no one remembers about Lucas Cavar, the Cave Kid. And I'm pretty sure Lucas wants it that way. But I won't allow it to happen.

Here's a story from the New York Times in the moment. Ian, let's get a little action music going here. Lucas Cavar screamed for hours, hoping to get someone's attention. Bats, salamanders, crayfish, and beetles were his only company. Stranded in the cave, without food or water, he was unsure that he would ever see his family again. He wrote notes to loved ones on his phone, which did not have a signal. He licked moisture off the cave walls and became so hungry, He thought about eating crickets.

What was supposed to be a fun adventure turned into a hellish 58 hours for Mr. Kavar, a 19-year-old Indiana University student who was left behind during a group expedition on September 17th to Sullivan Cave near Bloomington. It's the greatest story ever told. It's poetry. You wouldn't get it. Congratulations to Lucas Kavar, and let's throw an extra trophy to the cave. And when we come back, two of the most contentious awards of this year's minis. 16th Minutes guest of the year, and yes, folks, 2024's main character.

We'll be back. We all know, right? Genius is evenly distributed. Opportunity is not. It's Black Business Month and Black Tech Green Money is tapping in. I'm Will Lucas spotlighting black founders, investors, and innovators, building the future one idea at a time. Let's talk legacy, tech, and generational wealth. I don't think any person of any gender, race, ethnicity should alter who they are,

especially on an intellectual level or a talent level, to make someone else feel comfortable just because they are the majority in this situation and they need employment. So for me, I'm always going to be honest in saying that we need to be unapologetically ourselves. If that makes me a vocal CEO And people consider that rocking the boat I'm so being To hear this and more on the power of black innovation and ownership Listen to Black Tech Green Money from the Black Effect

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your state forester and the ad council. Hello, puzzlers. Let's start with a quick puzzle. The answer is Ken Jennings' appearance on The Puzzler with A.J. Jacobs. The question is, what is the most entertaining listening experience in podcast land? Jeopardy truthers who say that you were given all the answers believe in... I guess they would be conspiracy theorists.

That's right. Are there Jeopardy Truthers? Are there people who say that it was rigged? Yeah, ever since I was first on, people are like, they gave you the answers, right? And then there's the other ones which are like, they gave you the answers and you still blew it. Don't miss Jeopardy legend Ken Jennings on our special game show week of The Puzzler podcast. The Puzzler is the best place to get your daily word puzzle fix. Listen on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The U.S. Open is here, and on my podcast, Good Game with Sarah Spain, I'm breaking down the players from Rising Stars. to legends chasing history, the predictions, well, we see a first-time winner, and the pressure.

Billy Jean King says pressure is a privilege, you know. Plus, the stories and events off the court, and of course the honey deuses, the signature cocktail of the U.S. Open. The U.S. Open has gotten to be a very fancy, wonderfully experiential sporting event. I mean, listen, the whole aim is to be accessible and inclusive for all tennis fans, whether you play tennis or not. Tennis is full of compelling stories of late. Have you heard about Icon Venus Williams' recent wildcard bids? Or the young Canadian, Victoria Mboko, making a name for herself. How about Naomi Osaka getting back to form?

To hear this and more, listen to Good Game with Sarah Spain, an IHeart Women's Sports production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. Welcome to Pretty Private with Ebeney, the podcast where silence is broken and stories are set free. I'm Ebeney, and every Tuesday I'll be sharing all new anonymous stories that would challenge your perceptions and give you new insight on the people around you. On Pretty Private, we'll explore the untold experiences of women of color who faced it all, childhood trauma, addiction, abuse, incarceration, grief, mental health, struggles, and more, and found the shrimp to make it to the other side.

My dad was shot and killed in his house. Yes, he was a drug dealer. Yes, he was a confidential informant, but he wasn't shot on a street corner. He wasn't shot in the middle of a drug deal. He was shot in his house, unarmed. Pretty Private isn't just a podcast. It's your personal guide for turning storylines into lifelines. Every Tuesday, make sure you listen to Pretty Private from the Black Effect Podcast Network. Tune in on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Welcome back to the minis,

the first and last 16th minute award show where, unfortunately, you just missed our special musical performance tonight. It was, of course, the Kids' Bop rendition of Espresso. Really good stuff, you guys. Better than the original? Well, no. Amazing job, kids. I look forward to seeing you as future victims on cable procedural shows. And now we have gotten down to it, Babes, the final two categories of the minis. One for the character of the year, and one to the character who made this show very special. Yes, our next category is, favorite 16th minute guest.

Your nominees are The Philadelphia Chicken Man. Tasica Brown, the Gorilla Glue Girl. Willie McNabb. 30 to 50 feral hogs man. Antoine Dodson. Hide your kids. Hide your wife.

Ken Bone. And finally, Laina Morris, the overly attached girlfriend. This category genuinely has been stressing me out. I asked you, the listeners, to choose your favorite 16th minute guest. This is not my favorite guest. They're great, but you guys chose it. And after tallying, tallying, tallying up, your winner is. Willie McNabb, the 30 to 50 feral hogs man.

Congratulations, Willie. He won your hearts and minds with the truth. You should be concerned about between 30 and 50 feral hogs coming for your children, it turns out. And Willie did an excellent job of highlighting how the Internet is dominated with CityDenold. dwellers, often to the detriment of rural internet users. I was inspired to make this episode by a reply-all episode from years ago. Willie is such a wonderful person, and I am so pleased that he won. I informed him that he had won this prestigious award, and he sent along a memo.

First, I want to say thank you, Jamie, for inviting me on. Your willingness to discuss this topic speaks to your desire to actually addressing a very difficult cultural issue. You were respectful to those with different opinions than yours. You are kind, balanced in your reporting, and thoughtful of all parties involved. 16th Men in Fame, being named one of the top 20 podcast of 2024, is no surprise to me. I wish you nothing but continued success and happiness in all aspects of your career and life. Second, because of this episode and your listeners, a lot of money was donated to Culture City, which is a nonprofit for sensory accessibility and acceptance for those with invisible disabilities.

So a very good thing did come from all those t-shirts which sat in boxes for almost five years. Thank you to everyone who donated. Third, the reason all of you found out about me was because of my reply tweet. I know there is new ownership of the platform and I know he can make the platform to feel less inviting than it was. But in my way of thinking, substituting another billionaire social media platform for his doesn't make much sense. anywhere we go or any platform we use, the platform will be owned by someone who is using our words as a profit center. Don't let that dissuade you from speaking out about what you want or what you believe in. Finally, if the jokes made at my expense, help bridge the gap

between rural and urban life. If it helps people from different walks of life, sit down with each other with an earnest desire to listen to someone who doesn't look like them, talk like them, or live like them, solely to understand one another better, I'm here for it. If that sentiment becomes my legacy because of this tweet, I'm perfectly fine with always being known as the Farrell Hogg guy. Once again, thank you, Jamie, and your listeners for your love of this episode. And in keeping with the lovely Willie McNabb's work and mission, you can learn more about Culture City in the description of this episode.

And now, everyone, our final category of the minis. It's the big one. 2004's main character of the year. Your nominees are Mooh Dang. Moodyng heads into the new year

bigger than ever. Ah-huh. A late entry, but significant nonetheless. Luigi Manjone. We definitely know who wins time's sexiest alleged murderer of the year. That would go to Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of the CEO of United Healthcare, who's become the hottest cold-blooded killer. Hawk to a girl, Haley Welch.

What's one move in bed that makes a man go crazy every time? Oh, you got to give him that hawk, too, and spit all that thing. Jules LeBron. who popularized the word demure. You see how I do my makeup for work? Very demure, very mindful. I don't come to work with a green cut crease. I don't look like a clown when I go to work.

I don't do too much. I'm very mindful while I'm at work. What category would be complete without the Rizzler? I'm going to say Scooby-Doo snacks. The Scoop, the gummies? No, the... Oh, the cookies? Yeah, the cookies, the bone-shaped ones.

And finally, Australia's own. her breakdancing had everyone talking for all the wrong reasons was that is that a kangaroo reference rani now breaking her silence a week after she left fans reeling from that performance at the paris olympics now this was a very difficult decision for the board to make and by the board i mean me at three in the morning it's impossible to know which of these people will stand the test of time even though we all know it is probably Luigi, but when it comes down to it, the main character of 2024

is not the most historically significant. It is the person who represents the year. A year on the internet that has been defined by grift, by lies, and by desperation. No, I am not talking about the Rizzler. He's a kid, and that would be bullying. The winner can only be...

Hawk to a girl. Yes, indeed, Haley Welch absolutely speed ran through the main character experience in 2024. And while I will wager a guess that her 15 minutes will continue, going from summer TikTok talking head star to Crypto Grifter in six months or less is truly astounding. But of course, the story is far more complicated than that, right? So even though Hawk Tua and Haley Welch's story will continue, I have a feeling

I won't be talking to her anytime soon. So we're going to take a look at her fame and what it means about us next week. And that will conclude the first and final annual mini awards. Let's have those kids Bob kids play us out. Just terrible. Thank you for listening to 16th Minute this year.

We'll be back next week, breaking down the Hocktua Crypto Grift with guests Molly White and Ed Zittron. And then we're going to get back into the main characters know and love. You can comment on episodes you'd like to hear in 2025 on our Reddit board and follow me over on Instagram at Jamie Cray Superstar, as well as on Blue Sky and Twitter. Next year is going to be so much better, guys. Just kidding. See you next week. 16th Minute is a production of Cool Zone Media and I Hard Workout. It is written, hosted, and produced by me, Jamie Loftus.

Our executive producers are Sophie Lichten and Robert Evans. The Amazing Ian Johnson is our supervising producer and our editor. Our theme song is by Sad 13. Voice acting is from Grant Crater. And pet shoutouts to our dog producer Anderson, my cats fleeing Casper, and my pet rock bird who will outlive us all. Bye. It's Black Business Month, and Black Tech Green Money is tapping in.

I'm Will Lucas spotlighting Black founders, investors, and innovators, building the future, one idea at a time. Let's talk legacy, tech, and generational wealth. I had the skill and I had the talent. I didn't have the opportunity. Yeah. We all know, right? Genius is evenly distributed.

Opportunity is not. To hear this and more on the power of Black Innovation. the ownership, listen to Black Tech Green Money from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I always had to be so good, no one could ignore me. Carve my path with data and drive. But some people only see who I am on paper. The paper ceiling, the limitations from degree screens to stereotypes that are holding back over 70 million stars. Workers skilled through alternative routes rather than a bachelor's degree. It's time for skills to speak.

for themselves. Find resources for breaking through barriers at tetherpaperceiling.org. Brought to you by Opportunity at Work and the Ad Council. Tune in to All the Smoke Podcast, where Matt and Stacks sit down with former first lady, Michelle Obama. Folks find it hard to hate up close. And when you get to know people, you're sitting in their kitchen tables, and they're talking like we're talking, you know, you hear our story, how we grew up, how I grew up.

And you get a chance for people to unpack and get beyond race. All the Smoke featuring Michelle Obama. To hear this podcast and more, open your free IHeart Radio app. Search All the Smoke and listen now. The U.S. Open is here and on my podcast, Good Game with Sarah Spain. I'm breaking down the players, the predictions, the pressure. And, of course, the honey deuses, the signature cocktail of the U.S. Open. The U.S. Open has gotten to be a very wonderfully experiential sporting event.

To hear this and more, listen to Good Game with Sarah Spain, and I Heart Women's Sports Production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Brought to you by Novartis, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports Network. Hey, I'm Kurt Brown-Oller.

And I am Scotty Landis, and we host Bananas, the podcast where we share the weirdest, funniest, real news stories from all around the world. And sometimes from our guest's personal lives, too. Like when Whitney Cummings recently revealed her origin story on the show.

There's no way I don't already have rabies. This is probably just why my personality is like this. I've been surviving rabies for the past 20 years. New episodes of bananas drop every Tuesday in the exactly right network. Listen to bananas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast.