The Daily Zeitgeist - 2023's Year In Review, In Review

Episode Date: December 27, 2023

In this holiday special, Jack and Miles are joined by super producers Anna Hossnieh and Becca Ramos to do a review of the year in review. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I'm Jess Casavetto, executive producer of the hit Netflix documentary series Dancing for the Devil, the 7M TikTok cult. And I'm Clea Gray, former member of 7M Films and Shekinah Church. And we're the host of the new podcast, Forgive Me for I Have Followed. Together, we'll be diving even deeper into the unbelievable stories behind 7M Films and Shekinah Church. Listen to Forgive Me for I Have Followed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Keri Champion, and this is Season 4 of Naked Sports. Up first, I explore the making of a rivalry.

Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. Every great player needs a foil. I know I'll go down in history. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game. Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's sports. Listen to the making of a rivalry Caitlin Clark versus Angel Reese

on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports. Hey, I'm Gianna Pradenti and I'm Jermaine Jackson-Gadson. We're the hosts of Let's Talk Offline from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. There's a lot to figure out when you're just starting your career.

That's where we come in. Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice. And if we don't know the answer, we bring in people who do, like negotiation expert Maury Tahiripour. If you start thinking about negotiations as just a conversation, then I think it sort of eases us a little bit. Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the iHeartRad the iheart radio app apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts hello the internet and welcome to this year in review in review holy shit i've got so much energy

wow uh jesus christ relax uh my name is jack o'brien that over there is mr miles yay i have so much energy too oh my god we tried cocaine we have never done this before we're doing cocaine before the show and it turns out no i listened i i went back and listened to last year's year in review and review man i was tired uh because i think i think it was the very last thing we recorded and yeah it happened yes it happened uh it was a lot it was a lot and uh and miles we were thrilled to be joined by super producers anna hosnier and becca and Becca Ramos! Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello! Holler!

Holler! What a year, huh, folks? What a year. What a year in review. This was actually fun. I enjoyed some of these years in review. Some of what we found just looking back at the

media from trying to wrap up 2023. some of what we found just looking back at the, at the media, um, from, you know, trying to wrap up 2023. Uh, but yeah, I,

uh, should we start with the Google year in search? Yeah. Well, any top line thoughts from people just, you know, just to open it up, you know,

what, how would you, I guess everybody describe, uh, 2023 in two to three words oh top line thoughts so sort of a dumpster fire okay dumpster fire i would say shit's fucked that would be mine shit's fucked is great i can't even think past genocide sadly you know not to bring a damper at the beginning of the episode but it's like to me i'm like how can we talk about the rest of the year when we've just been

having a really rough time since october right person of the year a dead baby ringing in that new year baby i'll sum it up in one word. Barbenheimer. Oh, God. Hey, you're right about one thing. There's been a lot of bombs. Thank you. In and out of the box office, for sure. Taylor Swift, Barbenheimer, that's three for you.

That's my year, 2023. That's going to do it. I think we wrapped it up pretty nicely. We'll cut out all that other stuff that everyone's talking about and just you know it's a two second episode that's right so yeah there's definitely some shit

like I the story that happened this year but most like registers for me is like that definitely wasn't this year for some reason the fact that the last of us came out this year seems impossible to me but it does really feel like that was last year's moment was it last year wait did it like am i crazy did it feel like the last of us heyday topic

felt like we talked about at the end of last year but the show was definitely airing in the summer because i remember so vividly my partner's sister living with us catching up on the last of us every week on hbo on our couch wow you know the release date was what everyone january 15th 2023 yeah wow maybe that's what it was. Maybe the buzz was coming at the end of last year. Right. Hey, Miles, that's not true. That's not true. That's our first live that Miles was telling

on this year end. I'm not expecting y'all to fact check what I say right now. I'm just going on vibes. That's not true. Vibes-wise, that show did not come out this year. No, vibe-wise, that's a 2022 show. That was, like, a 2021 show, maybe?

If we're specifically looking at vibes, this ain't even it. This ain't even it. It's not even registering. This ain't it. Yeah. But, so, the AP did a bunch of like gear and review shit um and the main thing that i took away from it is that it feels like this was the year they started to truly not give a fuck when writing the internet um you don't say there was like one of their articles was top TV of 2023. AP selections include succession, jury duty, shrinking swarm.

But then like the writing underneath that, like the subhead is, did you watch beef yet? What about the bear? It seems there's always a show or two that maybe you've meant to watch and just haven't gotten around to yet. Just haven't gotten around to it yet. and just haven't gotten around to yet. Just haven't gotten around to it yet. Like, that is some saying shit without saying anything ass copy. Like, it reads like a copy in a spam email

and it is in the AP, like, year in review. That's fucking wild, man. Like, they just, like, stopped giving a fuck at all. It feels like it was the notes that they published. Yeah, I don't understand. Also, all the web pages are fucking broken. There's one thing I know, and it's that headline culture is dead.

Right? Oh, yeah. Nothing makes any sense. I read the most insane headline earlier today, which actually was a headline that normally I would be like, yeah yeah this is a positive headline but can i just read it to you right now yeah yes please this headline literally it made my brain explode and it was from democracy now of all places so i was like okay well i know they're trying to do good but like come on amy it's this is it says new york times israel encouraged hamas control of gaza to buy quiet

what does that mean to buy quiet to buy quiet in quote and buy quiets in quotes so like as it purchased bui to buy quiet israel encouraged hamas control of gaza to buy quiet to buy quiet i heard i heard dubai choir to the dubai choir the dubai choir oh the dubai choir have you heard them those little kids they're so they sing like little angels yeah right after their shift building a stadium it made me think that with like they're trying to um sort of like instagram, infographicify all headlines. Yeah. To a point where it's just like a bunch of words they put together and removed sort of like any like, you know.

Right. Anything else. So it just sounds like nonsense. So you're like, yeah, well, you know, the thing you need to understand about is that Israel did something. You're like Hamas to buy quiet. Yeah. And you're like, what are you talking about? Yeah, because headlines used to be

something you could just read and then go into a conversation with the confidence of a con artist and be like, oh, yeah, yeah, of course, of course. I mean, we all know that Israel is Hamas for buy quiet. Now you do it and people are like, are you alright?

Can you read? A net graph is to mean something, you know? Yeah, exactly. I feel like this is why I think if it wasn't going to be Times Person of the Year, if it wasn't going to be labor, it should have been AI. Because I think, like we

talked throughout this year, we were like, AI isn't there yet, but it like, it's broken. It sucks. But they just like went with it anyway. They're using it to write the shit anyway. Yeah.

It doesn't work. And these, all these headlines has broken down each. Yeah. Well, I get these ads on Hulu all the time about AI. It's like scary. It's like, use AI to help your company grow and i'm

like the fact that i'm getting like mainstream tv ads about ai is like super scary to me well that's why it has it has crypto vibes all over it you know what i mean it's like here's a thing that maybe we can get enough people into and that'll make me rich and i'll just say it's the future even though it's not even really close yet i mean we had this whole evolution with it we're like fuck we're gonna die and then we like spoke to enough people who know what the fuck they're talking about we're like oh this thing is a fucking joke yeah it's not good but they are using it right it is impactful the one we googled or ai'd ourselves, it said that me and Miles were both married to his wife. Oh, yeah, right.

And that is fact, and that is canon. The Anna Her Majesty Miles throuple. The Daily Night Guys was started by a throuple. And we gave birth to our son Jack O'Brien. Yeah.

Jack O'Brien. Jack O'Brien. Or Bach. Jork or Burger. son jack or briar yeah yeah but yeah so that seems significant to buy choir uh just stopped everything stopped making sense it was cool that that movie was re-released stopped making sense the uh talking heads concert film because everything truly did just stop making sense this year um truly google year in search i was listening back to the year in review from last year and the top shit was like wordle and this year it was not fun. It was just war in Israel. I guess the closest we got to a fun top search thing was the Titanic submarine. That one was like... Oh, yeah.

When all those people died, tragically, we were like... That's like joy! Honestly, the closest... Including the guy's son? Yeah. But everything else is earthquakes, hurricanes, shooting. There is a space mission that I believe nobody blew up in. So that's the good one.

And then right back to war in Sudan. I do want to call out. So people, the top searched people in Google. Globally or in the United States? This is in the United States. Okay. Can I guess? Taylor Swift. No. Taylor Swift doesn't in the United States. Okay. Can I guess? Taylor Swift.

No. Taylor Swift doesn't crack the top ten. The top five is wild. That's not true. Yeah. Mild. Hit it. Top five. DeMar Hamlin. Okay. The Buffalo Bills player. The NFL player who died on the field and then was brought back. And then brought back to life. Number two,

Jeremy Renner. Number three. That one blew my fucking mind did he did he drop he dropped that hot track this year right no it's when he got ran over by the snowplow he got hit by a rock after he dropped that hot track or a snowcat right it just ran over it was everyone was calling it a snowplow i had i think it was like a big one no it's a snowcat like a thing that had full on tank treads on it I'm pretty sure Number three this is where you get Swifty

Travis Kelsey People are like who the fuck is this guy That's number three for you? It's five for me In the US? Oh I'm looking at people in general You're looking at people globally People globally

Number five Lil Tay Oh that's right when she like you're looking at people globally people globally yeah in the US for Tucker Carlson number five Lil Tay oh that's right when she like died and then made it back to life wow that's a theme there huh

yeah and then Andrew Tate Carly Russell Jamie Foxx Danny Masterson Matt Rife but it's all people who have like tragic things happen to them

or people are angry at who's Carly Russell that isn't actually a person that was a mistake let me find out Carly Russell? That isn't actually a person. That was a mistake. Let me find out. Carly Russell. That is actually not. Oh, it's a person who.

Oh, the lady who faked her own kidnapping. Yeah. That lady, right. So here's the thing. It looks like it's just people being like, what happened? Right. That's what all Google searches. What happened?

Who's this Lil Tay that died or maybe didn't die? Who's this Andrew Tate men's rights guy? And then it's like, oh this lil tay that died or maybe didn't die who's this andrew tate men's rights guy and then it's like oh my god jamie foxx almost died danny masterson is a sexual predator matt rife has a fake chin like those are kind of the rest of it right that's a fake chin and hates women yeah yeah i heard he actually like to save jeremy renner had to have his chin transplanted into his jaw um the jeremy renner thing totally like i remember that being a thing i don't remember it being a thing that like everybody cared about and so yeah usually usually we take a look at these and we're like what is wrong with america um for for me this this one was all about what is wrong with me? I am missing the zeitgeist. I'm missing all

the stories that people care about. But you knew it passively. You knew what happened to Jeremy Renner, and then you're like, I'm up on the Renner lore. It's fine. I did not care enough. What do you mean you're missing all the stories? You literally host a daily news podcast. I know. We actually

talk about this. And you talked about it. Yeah, you for sure talked about it you just didn't have to google it because you probably had all milly rock over here googling was it the number two story in my life this year about a people you know why because i failed and that's why i failed you host a daily podcast so you have like 6 000 stories on your feed at all times so like yeah you're like oh that woman faked her own death haha when this was pulled because i feel like maybe it's just my new circle but i feel like the diddy stuff has been really big in my google search like in my like in my popular culture so i do wonder when these people were selected for us i think it's weird the p diddy

stuff has didn't hasn't quite broken through the mainstream which is really i mean i think i mean i know about it i mean i'm not on tiktok but the second all my tiktok is oh man the theories that are like people trying to connect all these dots about him is wild but yeah he's managed to well he even made it to um paper tabloid because i was at the uh a good old suburban kroger this morning with my mother shout out and it was like on the front of like star magazine it was like j-lo's horrible two years of nightmare with diddy and i was like damn wow okay that's chill that is yeah so producerdus Rebecca Ramos went to an actual grocery store, looked at the actual magazine rack and came back with a time magazine year

review. So we'll just add, we'll be asking you to open to a random page. Please. And I will. Yeah. And we'll learn what Time Magazine has to say. But we're going to

take a quick break and then we're going to come back and talk about the thing that we all really want to talk about, which is the top

memes of the year. We'll be right back. I'm Jess Casavetto, executive producer of the hit Netflix documentary series Dancing for the Devil, the 7M TikTok cult. And I'm Clea Gray, former member of 7M Films and Shekinah Church.

And we're the host of the new podcast, Forgive Me For I Have Followed. Together, we'll be diving even deeper into the unbelievable stories behind 7M Films and L.A.-based Shekinah Church, an alleged cult that has impacted members for over two decades. L.A.-based Shekinah Church, an alleged cult that has impacted members for over two decades. Jessica and I will delve into the hidden truths between high-control groups and interview dancers, church members, and others whose lives and careers have been impacted, just like mine. Through powerful, in-depth interviews with former members and new, chilling firsthand accounts, the series will illuminate untold and extremely necessary perspectives. Forgive Me For I Have Followed will be more than an exploration. It's a vital revelation aimed at ensuring these types of abuses never happen again.

Listen to Forgive Me For I Have Followed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Gianna Pradente. And I'm Jemay Jackson-Gadsden. We're the hosts of Let's Talk Offline, a new podcast from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. When you're just starting out in your career, you have a lot of questions. Like, how do I speak up when I'm feeling overwhelmed? Or, can I negotiate a higher salary if this is my first real job?

Girl, yes. Each week, we answer your unfiltered work questions. Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice. And if we don't know the answer, we bring in experts who do, like resume specialist Morgan Saner. The only difference between the person who doesn't get the job and the person who gets the job is usually who applies. Yeah, I think a lot about that quote.

What is it, like you miss 100% of the shots you never take? Yeah, rejection is scary, but it's better than you rejecting yourself. Together, we'll share what it really takes to thrive in the early years of your career without sacrificing your sanity or sleep. Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Keri Champion, and this is season four of Naked Sports, where we live at the intersection of sports and culture. Up first, I explore the making of a rivalry,

Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. I know I'll go down in history. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game. Every great player needs a foil. I ain't really near them boys. I just come here to play basketball every single day, and that's what I focus on.

From college to the pros, Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's sports. Angel Reese is a joy to watch. She is unapologetically black. I love her. What exactly ignited this fire? Why has it been so good for the game? And can the fanfare surrounding these two supernovas be sustained?

This game is only going to get better because the talent is getting better. This new season will cover all things sports and culture. Listen to Naked Sports on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The Black Effect Podcast Network is sponsored by Diet Coke. And we're back. And does Time Magazine have an opinion on the top memes? On the memes, no.

They have a culture section, though. Let's see. Science, sports, farewells. What did you say? Culture section? They do. It's, hmm. Oh, wait, farewells. What did you say? Culture section? They do. It's... Oh, wait, no. That's actually where I get all my movie and music picks each year

is I just wait for Time Magazine's year in review and then just find out. Buy everything. Well, they have images for the year. They have the Migrant Crossing show of support for because they're zionists for israel um anything for palestine no it's a show of support for israel baby wow even the cats we don't understand the question even one of the captains says we are not jewish but we came to support israel so okay big zion

is over here at time magazine but are we are we really surprised they obviously nations of hamas this year they obviously promoted taylor swift over beyonce i think they have like one little photo of beyonce but they have like multiple photos of taylor swift so the war continues between the two but they've multiple photos of Taylor Swift. So the war continues between the two. But they've, obviously the women do not believe in the war. They were at each other's premieres. Yeah, exactly. But the media.

They're here to support. They're here to support. Just stop it, Time Magazine, you messy bitches. Alright, back to Google. Top memes? Top memes, baby. Kevin James, the number one. I love that meme.

Just that cute little picture of him being a cute little rascal just with his hands in his pocket. Just that smile. King of Queens? Yeah. Don't act like you don't know what the set that is. Yeah. I see that.

I don't see Kevin James, actually. When they said Kevin James meme, I said, that's not a Kevin James meme. That is a meme starring the King of Queens. I don't know his name, though. I don't know his name. That's the King of Queens. Well, what I love about that meme is that it started to pull weird photo shoots that sitcoms of the 90s had to do for press because they like i started seeing ones from friends that were like why are they in i don't even remember what it was

it wasn't like a normal setting it's like why are they holding hands like this why are they all like oh i think one of them they were in boxes like just like geometrical shapes and they were like having to like almost like kiss in these geometrical shapes and you're like what is happening and yeah so i liked that the kevin james meme brought up that we used to do really weird tv promo photo shoots yeah and they gotta bring him back number two was the ohio me i don't i mean i was that everything was like only it's like the only in ohio kind of shit right? It's like Ohio must be stopped. Like everything is Ohio. Yeah.

I know it's big in New York because there's a giant billboard by my house in Brooklyn that is like, you're paying that much rent here when you could be in Ohio. And we're like, but none of us want to go to Ohio. This billboard ohio just kidding have you been to columbus gorgeous yeah i have um columbus is beautiful i'd hang out in columbus i want to live there but i would have like a little house in colombo a lot of people i know from columbus would beg to differ but uh yeah that's stupid nice place to well then they're dumb well they're fucking idiots um yeah a lot of a lot of these are like ohio is just like uh i don't know like i had to look up on know

your meme and it's like you know every like all these weird kind of inside jokes based on like a 2016 picture that was like ohio will be eliminated. That was written on a bus stop. And then they were like, what if Ohio was this like powerful cause? And so it's just a lot of Ohio shit. I think the ones that are most powerful in our minds probably is, I think, to start folding chair, folding chair, me and the river ball. Yeah, that to me was was one of the best things. Best meme stories of the year. 100%.

Really great stuff. There's the person of the year. The person of the year. No, the folding chair person of the year would have been fucking neat. The way we found everyone training was folding chairs. Yeah. Just everything leading up to it. And then people reenacting it in pools

and stuff yeah yeah gorgeous fantastic that's when you know it's that's real like meme ubiquity for sure oh yeah it struck culture in a way and also it is like basically like literal like race wars yeah but in the funniest way possible the wild thing too is how it played out too the white lady won't face charges but the black guy might and then there's this whole back and forth and it's like okay maybe not anymore and you're like what the fuck

but did you see that white guy's Crocs? even Crocs was in on it it was an incredible sort of intersection of all culture coming in together. Yeah. Wrestling. Yeah.

Racial tension. Politics. Comedy. Wrestling. Swimming. Swimming. Cross. Aquaman.

Geography. Aquaman. Aquaman. Aquaman. Climate change. And then also like fairy culture. Right, right, right. Wait, what was the fairy culture of this?

They were asking them to move their boat so the fairy could pull it yeah so like the fairy yeah yeah yeah but the forest fairies and then the real culture Boston cop slide also desktop bins and we

have here our man on the street on a hosni that's right when I was in Boston for the street on a hosni that's right when i when i was in boston for the tour i went i that slide was like 10 minutes from my hotel not our tour just to clarify this is important sorry i said not our tour from people yeah no no this show that a much bigger show this is important friends who she likes much better than us yeah we can't we can't provide private chats so i'll give her that that's very true uh we i walked over there i waited in line behind a bunch of children

down the slide unfortunately here's the thing i was alone so i would have gotten video if i had like another adult with me but instead I didn't really feel comfortable asking a child to take a video of me so I went down the slide because I was like I have to understand what this slide is completely pleasant absolutely no reason for a man to fly down that slide and lose his gun like

your phone didn't fly out of your pocket when you went down and you didn't like go ass over tea kettle no here's the thing my body stayed in the same position from when i started the slides when i ended the slide okay standard slide fair basically like had he just not been had he not heard of slides before and he was even if you had it but even if you had it i was asking anna like is there a way to launch yourself down and it's like not really it's like so is he some kind of physics anomaly as like a human being i think that man had never gone on a slide before and was

not ready for like slide culture in any way yeah slide culture is real um but maybe his uniform was like made of teflon right and like maybe it just like sped down there right it's just god i love it picturing you in a line with like five children in front of you and like three behind you yeah it really was what it was i was like minding my business yeah i had kind of because i'm so internet poisoned i i had assumed it would be like a bunch of people with their phones and like there were people there but it was funny because you would like make eye contact with a parent, but they would nod like, I get it. I know what you're here for. I know what you're here for.

It's okay. No one was looking at you weird because they all knew like, we know. Yeah. Yeah. You're here for the fucking slide. Yeah, we get it. We get it. Welcome to Boston.

We know what this slide holds. Welcome to Boston. You're here for the slide. Skibbity toilet, which i still don't totally understand i had to google that one i was like what oh man so becca who is canonically uh 18 years old um it was like ironically he's so young uh does not even know i don't even know i mean the other ones i know very young so becca's the youngest person possible as far as i know yeah and you have kids which is crazy yeah no becca's younger than my kid um younger than my kid yeah what uh what what does time magazine have to say about skibity

toilet you know what i'm gonna say analysis? They didn't quite cover that one. It was not on their Times cover. Fucking Zionists. The Vegas Dome. They got six pictures of that thing. Of course they got the sphere in there. Time Magazine loves the Vegas Dome. I bet there was a conversation

where they were like, should James Dolan be the person of the year? Oh my god. I don't know a special sphere is a special sphere wow okay a special sphere is that a play on words no not at all just alliteration yeah um and the next one is uh the second story that uh based on vibes did not happen this year as far as i can tell um that this one does not see am i wrong angela bassett did the thing did the thing this year see that was this year that was this year that seems so long ago to me right well you know but that's yeah i mean angela bassett did the thing and she's coming back to host again That seems so long ago to me. Right. Well, you know. Yeah, I mean.

Angela Bassett did the thing. And she's coming back to host again. Big slay for her. Yeah. Incredible. I think the one that we got also a shout out to that was very of personal interest to the show was Grimace.

See, that didn't feel like this year. That felt like last year. I was like, that was this year? Yeah. Grimace Cup Milkshake is eternal eternal so i can see how it feels it's also the top searched recipe in the united states really the grimace shake yeah next to lasagna soup chicken cobbler oh yeah lasagna soup went viral on tiktok black cake pump teeny, the Hugo Spritz, cowboy butter, coronation quiche,

Brazilian lemonade, and cottage cheese ice cream. Cowboy butter? Yeah. I don't know. That sounds too optimistic. Yeah. That sounds like,

yeah, that sounds like what forms when a cowboy hasn't bathed in like three weeks. Ew, Jack. No. I'm sorry. It's what it sounds like to me.

Just going off of vibe. Wait, what did they say the Grimace milkshake is made of? Are there like grapes in there? Eight cups of sugar. And then bring Grimace over and jack him off directly into your blender. For that unforgettable purple hue. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

That's what it is. You're our boss bro the roman empire is also on here i don't that shit's funny not true because when you really think about it uh-oh it's quite present oh it's present in everything we do yeah like i literally say that like i don't even here's the thing even before the meme like when my team would start like losing in tennis i would be like that's how the roman empire fell and true but that thing is like we talk about the roman empire actually quite a lot it's it's it's a that meme is actually quite on the nose

dare i say it? And don't act like men out here aren't being like, well, the thing you need to understand about history. Okay, because you know you guys all are. We are. I literally had that conversation with my dad this morning. Have you ever talked to a white man before? Have you ever talked about history?

You bring out history so quick. I would actually posit that the United States is more like Carthage than it is the Roman Empire. That's my whole problem. Yes. But see how you're already talking about collapse. See, what you have to understand. Hold on, I'm transcending. She's turning into a Grimace milkshake.

Going out of body. Let's take a quick break. We'll come back. We'll do Wor movies of the year and wrap it up. We'll be right back. I'm Jess Casavetto,

executive producer of the hit Netflix documentary series Dancing for the Devil, the 7M TikTok cult. And I'm Clea Gray, former member of 7M Films and Shekinah Church. And we're the host of the new podcast, Forgive Me For I Have Followed. Together, we'll be diving

even deeper into the unbelievable stories behind 7M Films and LA-based Shekinah Church, an alleged cult that has impacted members for over two decades. Jessica and I will delve into the hidden truths between high control groups and interview dancers, church members and others whose lives and careers have been impacted, just like mine. Through powerful, in-depth interviews with former members and new, chilling firsthand accounts, the series will illuminate untold and extremely necessary perspectives. Forgive Me For I Have Followed will be more than an exploration. It's a vital revelation aimed at ensuring these types of abuses never happen again. Listen to Forgive Me For I Have Followed on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Gianna Pradente. And I'm

Jemay Jackson-Gadsden. We're the hosts of Let's Talk Offline, a new podcast from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. When you're just starting out in your career, you have a lot of questions. Like, how do I speak up when I'm feeling overwhelmed? Or, can I negotiate a higher salary if this is my first real job? Girl, yes. Each week, we answer your unfiltered work questions. Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice. And if we don't know the answer, we bring in experts who do,

like resume specialist Morgan Saner. The only difference between the person who doesn't get the job and the person who gets the job is usually who applies. Yeah, I think a lot about that quote. What is it, like you miss 100% of the shots you never take? Yeah, rejection is scary, but it's better than you rejecting yourself. Together, we'll share what it really takes to thrive in the early years of your career without sacrificing your sanity or sleep. Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

I'm Keri Champion, and this is season four of Naked Sports, where we live at the intersection of sports and culture. Up first, I explore the making of a rivalry, Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. I know I'll go down in history. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game. Every great player needs a foil. I ain't really near them.

Why is that? I just come here to play basketball every single day, and that's what I focus on. From college to the pros, Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's sports. Angel Reese is a joy to watch. She is unapologetically black. I love her.

What exactly ignited this fire? Why has it been so good for the game? And can the fanfare surrounding these two supernovas be sustained? This game is only going to get better because the talent is getting better. This new season will cover all things sports and culture. Listen to Naked Sports on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The Black Effect Podcast Network is sponsored by Diet Coke. And we're back. And so metacritic no longer doing their digest of like the top 10 lists of of movies like critic top 10 list uh because they're a website and websites just decided to stop like paying humans to run them editorially uh so, so, so they don't do that anymore, but they do do the worst movies of the year.

Um, which is, I always find it revealing because it's like, Oh, that's what like that person has been doing for the past year. Like John Cena and Alison Brie were in one of the worst movies of the year. That was like a action adventure it seemed like very similar in theory to the sandra bullock um channing tatum one from last year

right like a adventure romancing the lost city right i didn't even realize that movie came out with alice and brie and that's so many movies this year yeah the strike also kind of helped blur those things because no one was promoting anything so you're like huh I saw the previews for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 and you know I remember when the first and second one came out and then this one they were

showing the previews and then it like never came out but it did it was just bad whoa whoa watch watch your mouth don't talk like that about my big factory good reviews is all i mean i did not think it came out i was shook when i was prepping for our um year in movies episode i was like wait my big factory wedding and i missed it because let me tell let me tell you, I'm a franchise fan. I love it. You're a franchise fan. Have you watched number one recently?

Still holds up. Yes, I watched it last year around Christmas actually with a friend and I was like, this movie still fucking slaps. I love it. I did three weeks ago

for the very first time. The first time. After literally five or six years of me, since I met you, I've been saying, you haven't seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding?

This bitch. You finally watched it after all this time? I couldn't. I was with some people, and they're like, oh, let's watch it. And I got the same response. Like, you haven't fucking seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding? So they strapped me to a fucking chair.

Yeah, they had those eyelids. It touches class. It touches culture. It's like, as a person of color in this country who doesn't have a lot of rom-coms i feel like that was the rom-com for us back in the day you know yeah like did touch on like the immigrant experience yeah it was family i've never seen that represented my family in any way it was funny because like growing up with some greek people i was like watch what one of the first lines gonna be about how to use windex on everything cut to windex on everything i was like okay okay but i guess that's just ubiquitous

did you enjoy it yeah it was yeah it was great i don't oh he went high on that one you guys yeah you're full of shit i'm not mad at it here's the thing my favorite line when he's like when the aunt is who by the way um every single casting in that show in that movie incredible work uh when um the aunt is like come over we'll make you dinner and they're like well you know he's vegetarian and she's like vegetarian i'll make lamb i literally was about to say that that line reading is the most legendary. Like to this day, if someone says anything about vegetarian, I say, I'll make lamb. It is a cultural touchstone for me. I'll make lamb.

Like just doesn't give a shit that you're vegetarian. We're Greek. I'll make lamb. That's literally my parents around the holidays because my partner doesn't really eat a lot of pork. And my parents are like, I don't know what to tell you, my guy. We're making a pernil. Okay, so yeah. Figure it out.

Your blood type is going to be pernil, man. I hope you're ready. Miles, the family switch is on there. I believe. Did you? I saw that shit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's funny.

You can count on me to watch the worst movies of the year and know nothing of the actual achievements in cinema this year. Yeah, that definitely can be on there. It's one of those movies where I feel like anyone watches and you're like, I could have done a better job blackout drunk writing a film than whatever this was. Maybe that is the method. Maybe you just have to get blackout

drunk and then write the film. The Expend For Bless or Expendables 4 but it's written with the four in place of a because the four i guess looks like a capital a but you don't capitalize that part of the word anyways that came out i didn't realize it existed that charlie day movie i don't know why this was on my radar but it was like charlie day wrote and directed this movie seemed like a classic like i don't know peter seller's premise uh where he's like this strange character the strange figure who gets like mistaken identitied into being a movie star

and then it didn't come out oh it did it came out in may it was just nobody nobody was checking for it um and yeah that that one looked like i like charlie day people are like this is his big swing i feel like you should have known that when it was coming out in may that like so many things you're like people are gonna be looking back like how will afford is like my career tanked because of 9-11 because my album came out on 9-11 right and like it's gonna i feel like the same way the strike is like just we've like shows just disappeared in like the pop culture memory because no one was actually talking about it her album dropped on 9-11 yeah that's why she was like that's hilariously fucked

she's like hey guys just want to promote oh cut off yeah oh never okay well that was tough i was like read the room philippa who's like one of the leads in hamilton and she was in like this kids movie that my kids like over the moon so i was like i'm checking for her she's in moana i was like she's gonna have a career and then like she disappeared but she was in one of the 20 worst movies this year called one true loves oh i saw the trailer for this yes yes she uh her husband dies she falls in love with uh the famous actor from uh cheng chi um oh uh simu simuli yeah yeah famously disliked actor hilarious stuff falls in love with him and then her husband come back from dead

what wait what her husband come back from dead whoops he was in a coma right or something yeah or maybe he was like missing or i don't know yeah oh no yeah he's missing along he miraculously resurfaces yeah they were like oh well i have to move on my life it's been five years yeah that husband has to he's got to cut his losses sorry bro you're out for that long we saw cast away we saw cast away you know what happens when you're out there shit so it's just like what if cast away was focused on helen hunt this is basically the premise of this it seems like it could be a good one uh but that's so much yeah um and then finally winnie the poo blood and honey uh was that is the number one worst reviewed movie that came out uh this year according to metacritic and see that coming

yeah we kind of had a feeling it felt like they made a movie and then got attention and then we're like we're gonna keep making this movie we're gonna add movie to this movie and then got attention and then were like, we're going to keep making this movie. We're going to add movie to this movie and apparently didn't hang together very coherently. We're going to need more movie. We're going to need bigger movie. Put some more movie on it. Yeah.

Could we sprinkle some more movie over here? Oh yeah, for sure. This part is a little weird. Hey, speaking of tasty, grub hubs trendiest foods of 2023 based on orders is something we always like to check in with on this episode yeah a couple notes that they said that their whole thing was like sort of about like vibes so like all the like copy in this blog posting is doing like trend one it's giving fire school scales went off the charts uh it's like gen z samantha um but they're talking about how this year a lot of people were adding spicy shit to

their food it was up a certain like a percentage of over last year the next one it's giving fizz work breaks hit different with a diet soda apparently the hashtag diet coke break trended with over 43 million views on tiktok and people wanted to get their fix they said diet coke orders increased by 17 in 2023 just ordering a diet coke on grubhub like along with something oh you know like if you're ordering something with your food. Another one, it's giving midnight oil, Jack. Caffeine cravings went after hours. This one is interesting. It said people were winding up, not winding down this year with over 10 million coffee beverages ordered after 5 p.m.

Which I think is kind of grim. Yeah, it's not good for you. Yeah. Yeah, like, ooh, either you're accidentally up all night or you need to be in which case my heart goes out to you grinding we're we're on that grind as a nation and then it's giving aloha pineapple on pizza goes mainstream it said people didn't hold back when it comes to ordering on their pizza in 2023 hawaiian pizza lovers ordered pineapple with pride. The topping rose 33% since last year. That's wild.

I'm not a pineapple guy. We had a two-month dalliance with pineapple a couple years ago, and then my kids got tired of it. Oh, really? It feels like a thing for the children, is pineapple on pizza. Pineapple Twitter is going to come for you. Uh-oh. It's not just for kids. Pineapple on pizza is like,

that's not new. I know. I know, but why this year though? Like, did it go up by 33%? Did someone, did the older people figure it out? The old? Maybe.

And then finally, it's giving tangy. Wow. From food to fashion, pickles were on everything. Pickles had the largest increase since last year with an 89 increase uh with people ordering stuff tiktok there's a girl on tiktok who sells these pickle sweaters and they like went viral and they keep selling out and then

definitely having a moment uh they're having a moment i'm on pickle tiktok i'm seeing girls make pickles from home. I tried to make some pickled carrots the other day. It did not go well. How does it not go well? You just do it too soon? You eat it too soon? I don't know.

I left it for a minute. And I just feel like they didn't taste... Just one minute? Okay, yeah. Just one minute. No, I left it for probably a week. Oh, yeah. Leave that shit for six years, honey.

Okay. Well, now I know. Because I was like, I just felt like they weren't very Oh, yeah, leave that shit for six years, honey. Okay, well, now I know. Because I was like, I just felt like they weren't very flavorful. And I just had soggy pickles, you know? Right. Ooh, I don't like that. Yeah, no, you got to be like my parents where you're like, you pick up like a cobweb covered, like so, like even the canister's color has turned.

And you're like, is this good? And they're like, oh, that's best. It's the best. Yeah. You open the lid, it doesn't even pop. Just like, oh, shit. And like a smoke comes out. Oh, that's when you know it's been the smoke monster from Lost.

Makes the sound that when you rub a genie lamp. Yeah, exactly. I'm impressed that they stuck with the it's giving uh format for the entire thing once again just more evidence that ai was the person of the year and it's just they're just like i don't know just do a gen z spin on right these trends oh oh man what are you Oh, man. What a year. Cocaine. It's giving national ego death. Let's all bury ourselves alive. All right, guys.

Well, that has been our review of the year in review. So many. So overall, you know, thumbs up, thumbs down. 2023 nailed it. Right up, thumbs down. 2023. Nailed it, right? Seven thumbs down. We were talking on last year's year in review and review about the trend of people being like, this was probably as recently as like two, three years ago, people being like,

goodbye 2023, bring on 2020. Yeah. Like where they just assumed that the thing that was wrong with the year was the year right they're like this year was so bad can't wait for 2017 2016 was dumps bill can't wait for 2017 when the guy who made 2016 bad is the president of the united states uh yeah if only yeah if only worked like that it's like yeah because the second january 1st hits there will be a global shift in consciousness and empathy that will change all of the norms then we go back to how it always used to be oh yeah when in reality it's like get ready trump's coming back, get ready. Trump's coming back, everyone. Get ready. Shelters ready. I feel like there's never been a year so bad that I'm also like this year was very bad. Twenty twenty three.

And I'm almost certain twenty twenty four is going to be like far worse. Yeah. Just based on like the inevitable, like the presidential election. Don't spoil it. Check into our predictions. Check into our predictions episode where we will see into our sordid future. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. We have our

predictions coming. The bad predictions of 2023 and the good predictions of us. What's actually coming in 2024 is an episode coming in the coming days. We will talk to y'all then I hope you're having a

blessed holiday stay tuned for the image of 2024 it's going to be Sarah Connor watching her son play in a playground that's 2023 and then we'll see what happens in 2024 oh my god

oh no we'll be back for that bye see what happens in 2024. Oh my god. Oh no! We'll be back for that. Bye! Take care, everybody. I love you. I'm Jess Casavetto, executive producer of the hit Netflix documentary series Dancing for the Devil, the 7M TikTok cult. And I'm Cle Casavetto, executive producer of the hit Netflix documentary series, Dancing for the Devil, the 7M TikTok cult. And I'm Clea Gray, former member of 7M Films and Shekinah Church.

And we're the host of the new podcast, Forgive Me For I Have Followed. Together, we'll be diving even deeper into the unbelievable stories behind 7M Films and Shekinah Church. Listen to Forgive Me For I Have Followed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Keri Champion,

and this is season four of Naked Sports. Up first, I explore the making of a rivalry. Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. Every great player

needs a foil. I know I'll go down in history. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game. Clark and Reese have changed

the way we consume women's sports. Listen to the making of a rivalry, Caitlin Clark versus Angel Reese on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports. Hey, I'm Gianna Pradenti.

And I'm Jermaine Jackson-Gadsden. We're the hosts of Let's Talk Offline from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. There's a lot to figure out when you're just starting your career. That's where we come in. Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice.

And if we don't know the answer, we bring in people who do, like negotiation expert Maury Tahiripour. If you start thinking about negotiations as just a conversation, then I think it sort of eases us a little bit. Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.