The Daily Zeitgeist - Academy Award Winner Michael B. Trending 3/16: Academy Awards, Trump/Strait of Hormuz, Marco Rubio, Banksy

Episode Date: March 16, 2026

In this edition of Academy Award Winner Michael B. Trending, Miles and special guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan discuss their respective weekends, the Academy Awards, Trump begging for help in the Strait of Hormuz (and receiving NONE!), Marco Rubio having some big shoes to fill, the Banksy reveal and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Oh, you know, you got to do it over and under, too, you know, right, right? with trends. Oh, fuck. What is that? What do you mean? An overrated and underage? Oh, I thought... On trends, we both do overrated underrated.

When you said over under, I was like, like, betting? Yeah, yeah. Which I don't understand. What's the over under on you? I'm just naturally, I'm raw dogging being poor because I don't understand

finances enough to gamble. There you go. Gambling's fucked up. I don't... Honestly, I was the worst the worst bets I made gambling were when I was the most down and out financially. Really? Oh, yeah, I mean, because that's how this shit works.

Yeah, no, I mean, that's how it works. Like, you're fucking hoping for a miracle. And you're like, maybe my last $60 can turn into $500. I actually am on the predictability markets, and I did make a bunch of bets that we would bring up gambling today. Are they taking action on that? But sure, sure. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. So I am winning a lot of money if I put it, put the money in right, because I actually don't know how to do that. So. I mean, God, I'm trying to think of like, what could be the closest, like, what is the closest Cali market we could manipulate?

Like, is it has to be significant enough that people are taking act. You know what I mean? Over under on if I poisoned you today. I don't think not enough people care. Not enough people care. People are invested. People are really invested. You think I'm doing this for myself, Miles? I don't know. I hope.

In a way. Initially, I did it for the love of the game. In a way, I admired your dedication to your own sadistic nature. But if you're just saying it's for the coin, that kind of bums me out. I thought I was a victim of a true sadist. Initially, yeah, but now I'm selling out.

Now the people want it. I fucking knew it, bro. You sell out motherfucker. they better not find out because people were in it because they thought you were legit fucked up and crazy and now it's a grift.

Now I'm just I'm sponsored by Nike actually You got your fucking whole commercial They're like we're proud Yeah they're like just fucking do it Just do it Just do it Just do it poison him one more time

They said it couldn't be done All the doubters They didn't believe in you Look at you now Yeah You got your own sneaker I got a Gatorade commercial, too, where the poison is bright purple. She's a Gatorade flavor.

Yeah. It's always me working out, being like, oh, God, I can use something to drink. You're like, here. Here, here you go. And then right before I drink it, I'm probably, Poverty Purp. Hello and welcome to, I don't know how Jack usually starts this shit, but it's Monday. And we're about to tell you what the fuck happened over the weekend. It's Monday, March 16th.

My name is Miles Gray. I'm here with my guest host, Pallaby Ginalin. Hello, Pauli. Oscars, this is where we just tell you everything that's going on. We'll get to the Oscars, but first we've got to do some underrateds and overrateds. You just said you live streamed, you live tweeted,

live X from your couch. Yeah, I did. Any banger tweets or? Yeah, I had one that went, Like, not even viral. It doesn't matter. I'm done. I had one.

Not even viral. Uh, whatever. Put me down. I'm done. Send me to the glue factory. You know the Britney Brosky meme where she's like, oh, like, she's like, the kombucha one? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah. So I had the one where like sentiment, uh, the first one was, uh, sentimental value winning over the voice of Hindra job. Like, what? And then the one where she's like, okay, is like the filmmaker referencing James Baldwin in protecting the children of the world and advocating for politicians to do so. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it was there was a like a mixed bag of political statements. Some were specific. Others were quite vague that if you squinted your eyes, it could be about anything.

Yeah, shout out. Shout out Javier, Bardem. Also, shout out Priyanka, because I know she was fuming inside. I'm going to tell Nick about this immediately. I cannot believe he ruined my moment. Bianca. Isn't she so much, isn't she so much more loaded than the Jonas brother? Oh my God.

She's like crazy rich. Yeah, because she has it like that. When we say she has it like that, we mean a giant population of a country backing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. because that was the thing is like when she came over here they're like bro she was already popping in India like oh yeah yeah yeah yeah she was huge that's why she could come over here

the people who make the transition are like mega stars right they truly they're like bro I couldn't there's no way I could lose even if because like I'm like you're doing on Quantico she's like I could buy Hollywood yeah she's like I do Quantico because I can take whatever work I want just get my fucking foot in the door in here I is um all right we're going to talk about that some other news going on obviously with the world. First,

I'm going to give you a glimpse into our hearts and minds, a little underrated and overrated. Paula V, would you like to kick us off with something you think is underrated? No. Moving on. Underrated. I will say,

apropos of the Oscars, I really liked when Conan shit on the Netflix CEO. And he was like, he just like, he wasn't even joking. He was like, you motherfucker think that a lot of, live theatrical experience is bullshit.

And yet you're here and we're all enjoying it and fuck you. And so I will say a live theatrical experience. Even if it's like in the subway with live music playing, you know, I love that shit. That's beautiful. That's human nature. Watching people perform is like one of the few pure joys I still get. It's so beautiful. Because you're like, damn, bro, you're up there flowing.

Whatever you're doing. Like, you're flowing. Maybe you're performing. You're doing. comedy, you're playing music, you're acting or whatever, but it's so, I don't know, like, it's, it's, uh, I, I live vicariously through watching people perform a lot of time. And it's community. It's, we're all experiencing the exact same moment at the same time and it won't ever be replicated in the exact same way. I like, no, but you should be in your houses. Yeah, exactly.

And doing this like goblin kind of bit and Ted Sarandos is in the audience, be like, ha ha ha ha, so funny. I don't understand. It's like, bitch, they're laughing at you. Yeah. Also, like, I feel like you would, after COVID, like you would understand the importance of people wanting to be outside together. Like, he learned, you're the only man who learned nothing from COVID. Because I'm sure for those people who were big juggiers, they just did whatever the fuck they wanted. They're like, well, fuck it. Then I'm just go get an island and we'll kick it with everybody. I'm outside. But I have the means to pretend everything is all good. You know what I mean? Like, that's why I think that was the beginning of these. motherfuckers not living on the same planet as people and then we're like fully in that era now.

It's like all my ideas are bad and disconnected from reality or something. They would never be that self-aware. I think that's us first noticing like when Kim Kardashian was throwing her 40th birthday party and we were like, wait a goddamn minute. Right. Wait a minute. And they imagined video too when everybody like that was. Oh, but that cured me.

I was like and then I watched the imagine video and I was like, Like, ah, you know. Underrated for me, like again, to your point to being with people, watching the Oscars at a big ass, just a bunch of fucking people, cramped space. There's no such thing as being too old to cram 70 people into one room. Shout out to House Party hosts. Yeah.

Specifically, Demi, Adjuebe had an Oscars party, Hermazi and I went to. And it was so crowded, but it was, it was, made it so much more enjoyable because everyone's like hooting and hollering uh you know people got their little prediction cards out he had a fantastic uh thing where you could do a porn parody

uh suggestions for names i was surprised how many people did some version of k-pop demon hunters uh there was k-pop seaman hunters that sounds about right there was uh gay pop

demon something I did gay cop. I did gay cop semen hunters, which I thought was pretty good in terms of syllables matching up. But ultimately did not win. There was another one that was like F1ST. Like fist.

Anyway, but that's like the fun of being in a room with a bunch of fun people. And I forgot how much more like you kind of age out of doing shit like that. At least I feel like that being a parent and 41. That's like getting together with a ton of of fucking people to watch a thing on TV

felt like such a bygone like gathering social event and honestly it's fucking great because again you get to be around people you see people you haven't been around a long time. It's just, it's beautiful. Well that's the thing that that like joke that

that keeps happening where people are like what happened to house parties and then it's like none of us have houses. Right, right. And that's why like because all of when our parents were you know like this age they were still throwing like dinner parties and stuff or at least like in the Indian community everybody would gather at one person's place all the kids would eat pizza on the floor and adults would go eat

actual Indian food and like and that was like a it's like a bygone era because nobody can fucking afford to throw parties anymore because none of us have the space or the like money to eat but aren't aren't gatherings a like consistent thing for Indian culture? It is but I think like the more like that's one tradition. Like at this point, I would have been throwing parties if I was, but I can't. You know what I mean? Right, right, right. Yeah.

But I can't because I have a one bedroom apartment in L.A. And so I can't. I think by this point, my parents had a down payment on a house, you know? Right, right, right, right. Yeah. So they were looking at buying a condo as a rental property. Yeah. Wow.

Y'all was landlording that soon? So like now our generation is like, let's meet at the park for my birthday. Yeah, yeah. right? Yeah. I think that's why now just cram the wherever people fit in, just get it in. You know what I mean? Because it's just a good time.

So you know what? It is. I massively, because at first two, I tend to look at stuff and be like, man, I'm too grown for this shit. Or like, I'll do this or that. But there's no such thing. It's more like you have to get in touch. Experience life. Yes.

Yes. Andrew T. T. Andrew T. was there. Andrew T. Andrew T. Yeah. Andrew Tate was there.

fresh off the Manosphere documentary. Did you watch any of that? No, I didn't. Where is it? It's on Netflix. It's like Louis Thoreau. Oh, really? Okay, now that makes me want to watch it.

Louis Thoreau did like great work in Palestine. Yeah, this one is funny because I haven't gotten all the way through in some people. I think for people like maybe you or I or just maybe our listeners who know what the Manosphere is understand how fucking like just far gone these losers are. Yeah. It might not be like, oh, fuck. But definitely, like, for Her Majesty, who understands the Manistphere, but she doesn't know all the fucking characters like I do.

Really? She was like, what the fuck? She's like, I mean, I know this shit's out there. But, yeah. I bet she's so mentally healthy. Oh, yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah, yeah.

Because she has a job dealing with, like, stuff that's being fun. You know what I mean? She gets to focus on shit like that. She doesn't understand how funny this shit is. It's fucking hilarious The president has dementia And we're gonna see thermonuclear war Probably

Um, overrated What's something the thing is overrated Fucking overrated underrated's on this goddamn show Every time I forget It's all we got Does it really do you guys like it Respondon respond below? Stand now, yeah yell out loud wherever you are

We'll hear it I keep having to think of things that I have an opinion on. And I'm like, I do this online. Miles, how can I get this in person? My tanks aren't hot anymore. They're lukewarm at best. Yeah, it's all right. It happens.

Hey, put it in the microwave. Just put it in the microwave. Get them hot. Reheat those nachos. Here, I'll go first. Okay. You know, uh, for me. That counts.

That counts. Let that stand. Overrated. Demanding. I keep having to think of things. to have a strong opinion on. I participate on this podcast that you invited me to participate on.

Yeah, look. Sorry. I'll do better. Thank you. Women's History Month. Overrated? Fucking telephone cases. I said telephone.

Yeah, I'm old. Telephone. Cell phone cases. I recently. Do you mean like the Lady Gaga invention? No. I meant like right now my phone is out here. Sashimi raw.

Okay. Oh, no. I can't. Look at how destroyed. I have to have the camera. It also gets destroyed. I have to have, I have to have. Looks like you bang it on a bunch of rocks.

Oh, yeah. Every morning I wake up like an otter eating breakfast, just slamming shit together. Just trying to fucking shuck a big fucking clamshell of your phone. That's how I answer a phone call. If you call me, I'll answer a call like, oh no, no, no, no, no, no. And then you hear a crash.

Yeah. It's like in water. You can hear the air escaping. No, because I left, fucking last week, I left my cell phone case in my friend's house because I was charging my phone and like, whatever,

I had to take it off. And I left it there. This whole last week, I haven't had it and I haven't had the chance to go stop by my friends to pick it up. But I realized it, it reminds me of this shit. I'm like so careful with it

because there's no case. I'm like, oh fuck, oh fuck, fuck, fuck. Like, I'm fucking it up. Yeah.

And I'm very, mindful. I'm putting it down more. I used to just fucking fling that shit, have that shit not in my pocket as secure as it could be. I give a fuck so much more because I like the idea of me fucking up this phone that I'd pay so much fucking money for, like it freaks me out. Somehow I'm not going to buy another case. I'm like, let me respect it. It reminds me of when I may or may not have driven drunk as a young person. And you think because you are a little bit fucked up, it's going to make you a better driver. And you go.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because you're like, well, I can't fuck this up. I got to be, I got to get my shit together. Okay, but that's like statistically not true.

Yeah, yeah, I understand. That's the perception. Terribly reckless. Luckily, uh, I wasn't usually the one driving

because I put off getting my license for so long because I've done my friends are driving me at the time. Uh, but it just, it's like that same weird thinking of like, because I'm in terrible danger, I'll be better at this thing. When you're drunk and you use big words, you're overcompensating.

Yeah, yep. Exactly, dude. Exactly. But his cell phones is going to be pretty, right now, zero scratches on here. Zero scratches. I think by just interacting with me through the computer, your phone's going to be fucked by the end of this episode. I'm bad, bad.

I am so, it's not fair. People who are clutzy, we should have like a budget that's covered by health insurance. Right. We should have a phone case budget. It's not my fault. This is something I was born with. Yeah, you klutzy.

I get it too. Do you ever do that shit you're looking at it in bed and you drop that shit on your starnum and break your whole chest? I do my face, dude. I do my face too. For whatever reason, I think I broke my sternum last week. Just directly on my fucking chest bone. And you're like, oh, I heard it crack. I hope it's not my phone.

Yeah. It's my fucking chest bones. fucking shattered. Yeah, that's when I know. That's my, that's my, it's time to go to bed, honey. Yeah, when you, when you beat yourself asleep. Yeah, you'd be just fucking doom scrolling and then the shit fucking break your chin and you're like, oh, okay.

Can I blow your mind? Yeah. In multiple ways. Sleep on your side. I already know you burned my house down. Yeah. Well, that. Sleep on your side in the ashes of your home.

Sleep on your side. Wait, why side sleeping for what? It's good for your breathing. and for sleep apnea patients and stuff. And then also you won't drop your fucking phone on your face if you're looking at it on your side. I am, I start off on my back. I end up on my side usually is how I sleep.

Anyway, that's just a little thing about me that I feel like everybody should. Okay. Starts on the back, ends up on the side. Let them know. I mean, I knew that because I stalk you, but like other people. And I'm stupid for when you keep doing like,

I'm doing a sleep study miles that I really like to just get you involved. I'm like waving at you through the window. You're like, oh, she's going to poison me again. I'm just so dumb. Like, I think she's like my her bad. She's like, is that Paula? She's doing another sleep study, she said, or something.

Don't worry about it. Yeah. She's got a can of gas. That's fine. It's fine. To see what the effects of the fumes have on my sleeping. All right. Let's, uh, take a break.

Is that gas mask a C-Pap? It looks like one of those words. World War I, like, mustard gas trench warfare mask. Kind of fucked up looking. All right, let's take a quick break. We'll come back and we'll talk about what happened over the weekend. Starting with the Oscars. I'm Nancy Glass, host of the Burden of Guilt Season 2 podcast.

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The best lie is partial truth. For 22 years, only two people knew the truth until a confession changed everything. I was a monster. Listen to Burden of Guilt Season 2 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Good people, what's up, what's up? It's Questlove. So recently, I had the incredible opportunity to have a real conversation with actors and producer, Jamie Lee Curtis, ahead of the release of her new thriller series, Scarpetta. I can honestly say I've never done an interview like that before. You know, at one point, I shut my laptop down. And we just started chatting as old friends, recent Oscar recipient. So we have some commonality there.

I predicted that, by the way. And you said these words to me, dust off your mantle. Yes. And I looked at you and I said, what? And you said, dust off your mantle. And then I left and that was it. And then when all of that happened, I remember the next morning, I think I wanted to like write you and go, How did you know?

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Oh, Lori wrote on that? Oh, hell yeah, it was funny. Oh, yeah, that makes sense. Because Conan. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, the Conan gang. Conan was, I thought it was fun. I thought the opening was great. He felt, it felt much lighter, which was really nice.

Conan's always amazing. Yeah, but I mean, last year, if you compare last year to this year, I thought this year was a lot better, like, in terms of, like, his sense of humor. Oh, I think last year, the fires were, like, happening. So I feel like everything felt a lot heavier. Okay, but, like, I lost my whole shit burned down, and I thought that should It could have been fun near dog. Yeah, but yours was because of me,

not because of like the general fires. Oh, right, right, right. So, like, it's specific. No, that, I guess that does make sense, a somber tone. During, like, the arrivals, did you see this thing with Kevin O'Leary, Mr. fucking wonderful? Yeah. With his dumb ass histrionic outfit, he was wearing like a $12 million basketball card

around his neck. Um, and then fantastic pan to Jafar Panahi. Right here. Looking at him like, the fuck is this dude? It's so stupid. Yeah, like he just, it's the most annoying shit.

I just, these are the kinds of people who absolutely deserve to be strong arm robbed in broad daylight. You're walking around with a fucking $12 million card on your neck,

being like, wait, I didn't even know that was a thing. That's what he was doing. That's what that whole stunt was about. Um, I got to go. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I got to go find Kevin O'Leary. I pull on a mask as I'm leaving. Yeah, you're getting juxt, bro. That's just the only way to do it. He did the same thing at the actor awards last week where he had like $19 million worth of shit on. It's so fucking. Why? Is that his stuff?

No, it's just like we're just living in this new era. Like, because, you know, Logan Paul was flexing a fucking like millions of dollar Pokemon card like on a neck. And it was like, the new. fucking, you know, platinum chain is to wear fucking $12 million paper square rectangle on your neck. Anyway, cool loser. I mean, again, everyone's fucking hands. This is again, like, okay, when black people wear like expensive chains, everybody's like, why are they putting their money around?

And it's not even nearly as unnecessary as this. For sure. And also, if you listen to Pimp C from one of his famous quotes, is because we descend from kings in Africa. Okay, that's where we got all this jewelry on. Kevin O'Leary's like, yeah, me too. I descended from Canadian kings. Okay, dude.

All right, man. Only Canadian king. The hockey team. Yeah, yeah. Wayne Gretzky. So then the movies, right? One battle after another, one best picture. P.T. Anderson got best director.

Ryan Pugler got his for original screenplay. Yeah, he got involved with that. Yeah, you know, uh-oh, you know, I shot sinners on 24-millimeter film. I don't really drink sodas. But when they allow you to mix and match the flavors, I had to get involved with that. That's incredible. That's the best. Have you seen that Ryan Coogler as my sleep paralysis demon?

No, I haven't. That's the whole video. Is this dude just saying shit Ryan Coogler has said? Oh, wait. Yeah, I have. I have. have. There's also this girl who puts on a giant mustache and pretends to be him and I enjoy her a lot. It's great because he's got such a, because he's so, so Cali with. He's so offensive. He has, he has already of, of, like a voice, like a characterization.

We can all latch on to and then let the fucking fun flow from there. And then his mannerisms are like, said, like the things he says are so I got involved with that. was about soda mixing. Hell yeah. Had to get involved with that. Also, shout out to his inspirations being luck of the Irish and, um, uh, Pousin Boots because I also was inspired by Puss and Boots and I was like, this is the villain I'm gonna be. Yeah.

Um, but I, I think it's so great because it also makes me feel connected to him as like a millennial. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we were all watching the same things and like, it does. And it's stuck with you. Yeah. And it's like nostalgia. Like, we're in our nistem.

Millennials are in their nostalgia phase right now. Yeah. You know? Oh, he's like, oh, this original screenplay, inspired by luck of the Irish, the Disney movie about the kid who was so good at basketball. Shout out Ryan Merriman. Oh, is that who it was? Yeah.

Wow. Respect of the highest honor being paid. Yeah. Michael B. Jordan won her best actor. He did it for all of us. And he acknowledged it. And he knows that we're all watching and rooting for him. And we watched him grow up on screen.

We did it. We were all there. Did you see he pointed to Jesse Plymouthins as he was leaving stage? He gave him a double pat from his chest. And he pointed to his Friday Night Lights, brother. People love. There was a clip where they were doing some kind of like a panel discussion or something. There was just a clip where like they were like, yeah, they were like dapping each other up.

And it's funny because there are people who are like, Yo, I didn't know the guy from breaking back. Like, there were people not old enough to know. Like, they're on fucking Friday night lights. Dude, that history is long. That's like him and Amanda Seyfried. Yeah, right. I love it.

So then also winners for sinners was Ludwig Gorinson, one for original score, cinematography, Autumn Dorald, Arkapal won. And Ryan Coogler brought her kid up so he could actually see his mom get the award. It was, yeah. I also want to say, Like part of the reason everybody loves them is because they aren't their traditional like nepo baby sort of situation in Hollywood. And also they like clearly form a family and a collaborative team.

Like there's like, I don't know, like 20 year old pictures of Ryan and Ludwig together. Like it's it's a type of loyalty that you don't see in like social climbing in Hollywood. and I think people root for all of them together as a family because they know the importance of community, you know? Yeah, for sure. So it's just beautiful to see, like, you can tell they're like good people. Yeah, yeah, for sure. And like, you know, the people that have worked like with Ryan Coogler typically will work with Ryan Coogler forever. Like there are people who have been, like since Fruitvale Station, you know, have been with him.

And yeah, I think it also feels kind of like what older, Hollywood sort of collaborative groups felt like where it's like, you know, this director, he's working with these same people. And it feels like such a coherent like group effort at that point because everyone's so used to collaborate together and like trust each other. And it's usually it's kind of used as like a gatekeeping thing for white Hollywood. So to see it be used as an inclusivity method for like black Hollywood is incredible. Like it's usually like Martin Scorsese working with Leonardo DiCaprio and other white men. You know what I mean? It's usually not so

diverse of the cast, diverse behind the scenes. And that's just how it is a lot of the time, especially with like productions of color and stuff like that. It's like everyone's used to kind of being kept out. So you're like, well, fuck it. Let's just do our own thing because we trust each other. Oh, and guess what? It's actually fucking good.

Take that. Michael B. Jordan did go to In and Out afterwards. The one thing was like the amount of people that were just so geeked up that he was in there. Be like, congratulations, man. But also shout out to them for giving him like a foot or two of space.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. A foot or two. But also like everyone's phone is like just two foot away from your head while you're trying to do. You don't want Creed to knock you out is all I'm saying. Yeah, yeah.

You definitely don't want that, especially not with that Oscar in his hand. And anyway, yeah, the great, great moment. You know, like Autumn Durald, Archipa when she's the first woman first black person to win an Oscar for cinematography. Then there was this like fucking article in slate that was like sinners made Oscars history

but not the kind anyone expected. And you're like, oh, okay, is it because like all these firsts or some shit? They basically framed it as, oh, well, with only four wins, it now stands as the movie with the most losses. 12 in the history of the awards. Okay, what are you variety?

What the fuck? Do you want to create more anime? Who the fuck is this person? Sam Adams wrote this shit, bro. What the fuck are you on, dog? Ew. It's so, that's such a fucking backwards perspective on it to be like, how do I make this not good for these people?

That's so weird. Oh, they lost 12 times. Weirdo vibe. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's called white supremacy. Anyway, so they got theirs. I really don't like that people are like, well, Timothy Shalamey lost because of his words. No, he lost because Michael B. Jordan was fucking amazing.

Wait, they're really, they're, they're leaning into the ballet opera gate shit. Even the people who think that they're like being good whites and like advocating like, are like, yeah, like, he shouldn't have said that, blah, blah, blah. They're not like letting Michael B Jordan's accolades stand on its own, you know? His like acting was phenomenal. Yeah, they're always, I mean, again, that's, this is nothing new to black people. Like there's always going to be caveats to whatever we achieve. You know, just like, it can't just be a win.

And also I just loved that because I did hear people be like, you might lose because it like there was like a smear campaign to get that clip out like right before voting ended. I'm like this is so dumb. Yeah. I'm like if you lose, it's because you just weren't the best. Your campaign is going up against Timothy Shalomey. Right. He's been famous since he was two years old.

Like he got like he's. He's gotten every fucking thing. Yeah, he'll be all right. He'll be fine. You'll be all right, man. You'll be all right. Maybe, maybe, I don't know, just keep at it, kid. You know, you'll get yours.

Hey, it took Leonardo to Capri a long time. And you're not even close to where he's at. So, you know, take it with a great insult, man. Yeah, also I got a shout out K-pop, Bevan Hunter, is building both animated feature and best original song. I know the Geist Child will love that. Although he, every time he sees the performers perform golden live, It kind of fucks him up because he's like,

that's not how they look in the cartoon. That's the people who actually sang the shit. But also like in that way, but they lost, but sinners lost their like original song, which I was like, I was rooting for them. But then they cut off the K-pop demon hunter's speech

like right after the first person. Like it felt very, like they were cutting people off in a weird way. Yeah, they were cut. Yeah. I mean, I wonder, Did you see that, oh, wait, I don't know if you caught the time that there was a tie for Best Short?

No, I miss that, but I saw like online after. Yeah. I thought it was fun. It felt like, like a joke. And he's like, no, I swear to God, there's, there's going to be too. I think it was Kamele who was presenting. And it because it felt like stoop, like, when a comedian's like, guys, it's a tie. I'm like.

They should not have given that to Kamel. They should have given that to like, like Ann Hathaway or so, you know what I mean? Like someone who's like a more serious. person. I, because I was like, where's this bit going? Because it's also kind of long-winded and kind of fucked up that your just announcing the winner. And that's just like, no, I'm so serious.

I'm sorry. I'm like, there are two winners. So I'm going to first announce the first one. They'll come up. And then the second winner will also come up. Anyway, Sean 10 won. Like, they don't have a tiebreaker?

It must be that it's math. Like, the votes quite literally make it so that there are two films got the exact same number of votes. I think it's happened like six times before this apparently. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah. I had no idea. No idea.

Yeah, there was, did you see the little ending bit? Like at the very end where they were doing like one battle after another, like with the gassing scene. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There was a lot of fun shit. No, his sketches were great. Yeah. Again, shout out all the writers for the Oscars. Those sketches were fun.

They incorporated all of the. the movies in like a really fun and silly way. Yeah. A couple snubs though for the in-memorium. People are like, where's James Vanderbeek, Eric Dane, Malcolm's Mal Warner, Robert Caradine, or these other people. But I mean, this typically happens. I remember last year, Michelle Tractonberg had passed away right before

the Academy Awards and then wasn't mentioned. Sometimes you were like, well, they're more known for TV than other stuff. It's like, but they've also been in films. Like, I don't know. Yeah, I think that like, Like somebody else has got to do those because they are not aware of like the zeitgeist of like who like really affects people emotionally. Right. Right.

Yeah. Yeah. It'll be like James Fitchman and it'll be like a 90 year old dude. I'm like, who fuck is that? Yeah. I'm like and I get that they probably have in, you know, quite significant contributions to film, which is why they're being like named and honored in that segment. And it's not like it should be excluded, but like include the people who. like really affect the populace, you know?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, hey, they're figuring it out. They're figuring it out. And by that, maybe they're not. Yeah, right. We're AB testing in memoriam. The Paul Thomas Anderson speech, or he was just kind of like, hey, man,

just I wrote, he said, I wrote this movie for my kids to say, sorry for the housekeeping mess that we left this world, left in this world. And we're handing off to them. But also with the incredible, encouragement that they will hopefully be the generation that brings us some common sense and decency. I'm like, dude, your movie was about, I mean, the texture was about white supremacy

and fighting against fascism. But also I think those are sort of kind of the parts of the film that felt less significant. Like it didn't have as much of an impact more so having the texture of those things, uh, on the film. But it was also about like the importance of revolution and like revolutionary action. Yeah, but like it rang hollow just in like the way. some of the characters were written. I think that's why also for me, when people were like, this is the best film I've ever seen.

I'm like, well, hold on, bro, this is not like some revolutionary tone. Like, this is, this, it has, especially like, the aesthetics of it.

Yeah, has the aesthetics of it. But like, substantively, I was like, it felt like it was lacking. Like, it felt like a move.

It didn't feel like anything. And I was like, oh shit, man. Like, you're really saying something with this movie. It felt like it was supposed to say something. And then it lost the plot. I think maybe that's where,

you know, Paul Thomas Anderson reveals his sort of limitations as a writer in terms of like how he sees things. Is it, yeah, like, I don't know. That's probably the most I can wrap my head around all of this. Maya, come get your man. He's like, sorry. He's great. All right.

Let's move on to everything else happening in the fucking world. Iran, the straight of whore moves. Still shut down. Even though Pete Hanks at the end of last week was like, oh yeah, like stuff. flowing through there. I mean, it can technically. It's like a keg stand. When you're, when you have

the correct pressure and you're upside down in the evidence party. It's an upside down just like from strange things, you know. Yeah. In the same? Trying to be the Iitol or something. Yeah.

So right now Trump was demanding China and NATO allies helped to quote, reopen the straight of Hormuz and call them oil prices. But guess what? Nobody wants anything to do with your ass, Brett.

He basically threatened NATO is like, if they don't start sending warships, it will quote, be very bad for the future of NATO. Motherfucker, you've been you've been trying to... What are you talking about? You were talking about how NATO's bullshit from the beginning

and they're like, it could be very bad. Who are you trying to motivate? I don't, like, I don't think I really feel like he, does not have object permanence. He's like, he'll do a thing, and then he'll be like, who fucking did that? Yeah, yeah, 100%. Because he's looking around.

He's been going around everybody that used to be an ally. I mean, like, hey, Japan, you want to come through? They said, Japan said, no plans to dispatch naval vessels to the straight. Australia, they were like, we would maybe, maybe you get some military surveillance aircraft and some missiles to defend shit, but we're not sending. no fucking Navy to the straight of Hormuz. Are you out your fucking mind? The German defense minister also said, quote,

this is not our war and we have not started it. Yeah. I hate, like, hate war, hate death, want all the, whatever things. But love the movies about it. I love the artistry. Love a war movie. Love the art of war.

But like, as things get more like digital and militarized and, you know, like, further away and more abstract and further away from like material tangible things. It is beautiful to see that geography can win a war. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. Like that you have to succumb to Mother Earth in some ways, you know? Just but purely by the way it, the mother earth decided to express the land masses.

Yeah. Because how are you going to get that shit through? I mean, there's some beauty to that to, to be like, listen, you can come up with whatever fucking inventions you want, but I have the last. It has to go through here So if you don't have a plan for that Because some people on the internet Like on MAGA internet

They're like, why can't you just like Buss it across Oman To the other side of the street The insurrectionists into Yeah, yeah, yeah The open desert like that. Yeah, yeah, that's surely gonna Yeah, they'll figure that out right away.

The Italians are also like, Nope, keep me the fuck out of this. Yeah, yeah. Kier Starmer, the UK Prime Minister. I cannot get over that name. I will never get over that name. Kier Starmer. Kier Starmer.

It sounds like a verb, like he's doing something. Like, he's starving. He's starving something. You're starving, you're starving the beaches of Narmondi. Starming the beaches of Narmondi. Kind of, I can see that word, R NAR. He basically said he's working with allies on a plan to reopen the straight, but quote, will not be drawn into the wider war.

Not sure what that means. That's probably the most positive thing. Yeah, it could be. Most positive thing Trump has heard. Hear that Tony Blair? Somebody stopped entering wars. They didn't have to go into. But the thing is, right?

Like, having, we were talking about this last week, having a 9-11 makes made it a lot easier for people who've been like, well, we got to get our lick back. Yeah. You know, everyone's immediate original. Who did that? We got to get them. And for enough people who were still caught in that mindset, it didn't matter if it was true or not. But the feeling of like, well, somebody has to pay was prevalent enough that they could manufacture enough consent for that, you know. Which is why everybody was worried about like L.A. being attacked by Iran last week or some shit.

That was the weirdest. Physically impossible, I think. Well, no, yeah, not with like intercontinental ballistic missiles. But like, that report was that they were going to launch drones from a ship off the coast of California. Yeah, yeah. And even then, like, it was crazy because even Caroline Levitt, the White House press secretary was like, there's no, there's nothing to this. Like, America is fine. America's fine.

And I'm like, oh, that's actually more frightening is when someone from the White House insists. But not even like, even if it's might not even be that specific threat, but just generally being like, nothing can harm us. We're okay. We're okay. It's 100%. We're okay. We are all good. But anyway, it's the thing that I always wondered, I'm like, when, when's that moment

going to come when Trump, who's pushed everyone away and burned all the allies, ends up in a situation where he's like, help me. I need help. And they're all just like shrugging at him and saying, no, fuck off. Yeah, that's where we're at. Yeah. That's where, I mean, that's why we said this was going to, people were like, oh, it's fine, it's just Trump or whatever.

And it's like, this is the fall of an empire. And it's not like, all of these decisions will have an impact. Yeah, it's textbook imperial collapse. You see it all the time. We burn those books. Oh, my bad, my bad, my bad. Yeah, this is the late stage. They were gay books.

Yeah, this is where you do late stage military blunders trying to reassert yourself as the global power that you thought you used to be, but it turns out you're not. So it's just going to be a cascading series of failures that will drain the economy and unfortunately wreak havoc on the populace. Unless something changes. That's how my parents describe my situation, cascading series of failures that will drain the economy and recaving. And I'm like, please, just give me $100, mom, please. Have you seen your phone? No.

What are you going to do with it? What are you going to do with it? I'm going to throw it on the ground. I'm going to break it open to see what's inside. It's not a shell, you damn otter. I don't know what sound otters make. Anyway, I know we're winning this war because the conservative tabloid papers are now running stories about how the new Supreme Leader Mostala Hameen might be gay. And there's...

That is so crazy. This is what the New York Post is putting out there right now. On defense to not having anything passed through the straight of whormuz is gay. We're reverting to the old texts. It's fucking diabolical. And like all of the reports like in this New York Post piece, it's just saying like how Trump thinks it's so funny. And like it's like, oh, he's like,

this was based on like US intelligence reports. To me, this sounds like some shit. Such a fucking queen. Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah. But also it seems like, and just so see now that, because also feels like one of those things where someone maybe joked around him with that. And they're like, no, it's true. And he's like, it's true. Oh, my God.

Yeah. Tell me again what's going on with him. I might be losing the war, but he's gay. Gay. And that's all he's apparently fixated on right now. So, yeah, really, really. we're really setting ourselves up for failure. And oil, just so you know,

Trump still can't get a handle on the surge in pricing because he has no cards to play here unless he ends the war. And even then, it will take months for the oil prices to, you know, somewhat stabilize. And we've also

found out, again, because he's such a senile fuck wit, he is mad at his own hand-picked general, Dan Kane, for not winning the war. already. As Trump is said to have leaned on General Dan Kane to explain why battlefield dominance has not translated into instant control of the Strait of Hormuz, despite Kane having repeatedly briefed him on the likely closure of the waterway ahead of the war.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, do you think that the reason Dean Kane is so Maga is he's like, I'm one letter off, I could be right there. It could have been me. It could have been me. Hey, Mr. President, I changed my name. I'm also Dan Kane now. Get away from me. Aren't you kind of Asian?

Yes, I mean, my mother was half jabbed out. That's crazy. Bro, he's such a disgrace to the... Superman. I mean, yeah. Super heroes. Just like, you know, it just happens all the time with these fucking token motherfuckers. Anyway, it goes on to say,

and multiple briefings ahead of the war, again, they said, Kane had repeatedly warned Trump that Iran could respond to any American attacks by closing the straight of Hormuz. But like, they're not going to do that. You know, this is what he said. Quote, Trump is said to have responded by arguing that Iran would likely surrender before even having time to shut down the waterway. That's what people are saying that like Netanyahu was like whispering in his ear,

like that like it'll be fine, like, you know, like the tail that wags a dog sort of situation. Of course, it has to be. Because that's the one thing that everyone's like, you could do it except that you're, you can't control the straight of Hormuz. Yeah. And then what you do with the fucking the economic fallout globally? Yeah.

Yeah, go ahead. And no one's talking about Epstein anymore. Yeah. I mean, it might end up happening if the Republicans want to do a talking filibuster in the Senate and get the Save Act through,

but we'll talk about that more tomorrow. But yeah, I mean, definitely like the stories are still coming out. Like there was more last week about that Zorro ranch in New Mexico. I'm so freaked out. Like, by that fucking ranch. Yeah, and people were like, they were made, like, you know,

some of the allegations were that they were like organ harvesting in there. Well, I'm not fucking surprised. Epstein was close with the Israelis and that's what they do to Palestinians. Yeah, and also, but like for his, remember, he had a whole like natalist thing about like my sperm, like the perfect, like building humans. Every fucking billionaire does that. I know. That's why like Elon Musk is the way he is.

Yeah, because right now, there's this guy who, Don Huffins, he's running for CompTroller of Texas. He's like very wealthy. He bought the Zorro Ranch. Why would you do that? In 2023. And then it was kept a secret. Like the names were kept as secret because he did it through like an LLC or some shit. I feel so uncomfortable with everything.

And then you're like, oh, everything's murky as fuck. And then there was, I don't know, but it's, everything's happening suddenly. We'll see what happens. I mean, I think there's clearly the appetite for the people, like there are people on the hill who still want to make sure that this is being talked about.

The base, though, his base still is talking about it. Or, you know, the people who were all in on the Epstein files who Trump got super animated about it. Yeah. They're still trying to, they're like,

what the fuck? We thought you're going to get the Clintons. And now there's a, what the, So that will continue to develop. But yeah, so far, so good in terms of a distraction. In the Epstein files, it's always lurking in the background. Yeah, there you go.

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Oh, yeah. Swimming in his shoes. Swimming. Open sea, open ocean swimming in your shoes. He's like he's taking inspiration from, sorry. He's taking inspiration from Michael B. Jordan. And he's like, I'm being a stack right now on smoke. Shit.

But apparently everyone's. like, what the fuck is that, like, what's going on with his shoes? And again, we, I talked about this, I think last week or the week before. Trump has, he's doing this whole thing where he keeps buying people the same pair of shoes from Floreshine, like these $150 shoes. And he's like, those shoes look like shit. Get the catalog. And he like, like peruses catalog, but ends up on the same shoe and has been buying shoes for people, not just Marco Rubio, for transportation secretary Sean Duffy, Pete Hegseth, Howard Lutton, Sean Hannity, Lindsay Graham. They've all been told your shoes look like shit and you need to wear these.

The two next week, Jack's wearing the same shoes. We're like, what the fuck, Jack? If he doesn't, you know, he's compromised. He's compromised. He's compromised. I'm wearing them on my hands. I don't know. He said I had to do this.

This is what it is. According to a White House insider about these shoes that everyone has to wear, quote, Everybody's afraid not to wear them, even when they're in the wrong size. Shout out to White House insiders. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Shout out to the brave fucking cowards who won't say this to anyone's face in there to make anything of consequence. Shout out to the White House insiders who are also probably drowning in their shoes right now. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, everybody, everybody.

So apparently, like, J.D. Vance told this anecdote in December that Trump likes to guess a people's shoe sizes. That's fucking creepy. Yeah, and he was like, Rubio and Vince, you guys have shitty shoes, and then was like trying to predict what their shoe size. Trump then said, quote, you know, you can tell a lot about a man by his shoe size. Gay. And so I don't know if like he thought, like, basically, I don't know if Trump. He thought they were big boys. Did Trump misremember his shoe size or did Marco Rubio have to lie because he's like,

what about you Marco you don't know how I got a you don't get a tiny one right tell me you're 13 yo yes sir I'm a 13 in fact he was a 10 and a half or whatever the fuck yeah because that's the only reason I can you can explain why this man is way too small of a foot for that shoe because he has to live this fucking lie he has to let Trump think he's got a big dick because he wears size 13 shoes Also, are they allowed to wear any other shoes once they get the shoes? It sounds like people like are truly like having to wear the shoes. That's so funny. Yeah, it's pretty wild.

I mean, like it makes sense like in any cult, right? Like there are these like submissive acts you have to undertake. Yeah. And it's like, are you wearing the uniform? And you know for them they probably know to keep in Trump's good graces, this is part of the fucking, this is part of the gig. like, you know, Marco Rubio's wife's like, Marco, why do you just wear, he's like, I can't wear the shoes that fit,

or he's going to fucking know. And I'm not going to be his favorite anymore. It's that TikTok thing. They're not going to know. They're not going to know. Exactly. They're not going to know. No, we're seeing it in fucking 4K right now.

I feel like if I ever had a job where someone like forced me to wear certain pair of shoes every day, I would quit. I did. quit. I mean, I remember like when I used to work at the coach store, like the bag store. Oh, you had to wear. Oh, yeah. Oh yeah. In the most glamorous year

of our Lord 2007. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. It was popping. It was popping like that. But like in like those kind of retail things, you have to wear like leather, like loafers and shit. And I fucking hated it. So my

ass would always be high in the backstock room just wrapping, you know, when people Bote-made purchases, like, I would be the gift rapper or I just restock shit. And every now and then, I have to be on the floor. I'm like, no, bro, I don't know. I guess I mean, like, if you're in a, if you're in a job where, like, shoes are not part of, like, whatever the, like, you know what I mean? Like, if someone was pressuring me to wear shoes that had nothing to do with the job.

Like, if Jack was like, yo, bro, you should wear these fucking tivas, dude, that are weak through small. I'd be like, bye, you fucking weirdo. Oh, I guess I could find another host. Oh, no, no, Jack, please. I love these. Thank you. Thank you so much. I love the fact it is true. You do get a better feel for the ground when your toes are hanging over the front of these sandals for sure. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, you're right. Exactly. That's what he says. Yeah, he's keeping grounded, right? You got to feel at least a little bit of earth on your toe or what's it all for, you know? He's fucking lost his fucking mind. But Rubio, I think the thing should be said, he definitely has higher aims. And right, right? now it sounds like I've read a story that like the donor base is starting to like coalesce around

him to maybe position Marco Rubio as the heir apparent for 2028 because they don't like his higher aims destroying Cuba like is that yeah just it yes yes and Trump yeah I mean you know you know he would love that and they're on their way to doing it I mean the president Cuba is already said he's had to engage the Americans because of the fucking you know, energy embargo. He's like wearing the shoes. I know. I know. Like, oh God. But again, the way these embargoes are set up, like the U.S. is trying to

fucking kill off the fucking island basically to force them to the table. Anyway, great country we fucking live in. So the other thing is too is Trump constantly fons over Marco Rubio. And like he's like, you're going to be known as the greatest secretary of state of all time. And you're going to be great. everyone loves him and he like tells people to like give him standing ovations and shit. So I think the donors are looking at that as like, okay, Trump is willing to most likely maybe anoint him potentially because he doesn't do that about Vance.

Everyone's like, I think he fucking hates Vance because again, Vance was forced on to him by the Silicon Valley freaks like Peter Thiel and Elon Musk. So I think he's probably like, yeah. His son was the one who recommended Vance. Yeah, yeah, too. Exactly. Because they were all, you know, they're all trying to get their 10. money. So I don't know, maybe Marco

fucking up your ankles with blisties might pay off in that you get to further debase yourself. I just like the, and hey, I like the idea that there'll be a 2028 election. So, wait, was Marco, who was the one where they were like, during the Republican debate in, like, 2016, they were, like, dick-sized slinging? Was that Marco Rubio? No.

Wait, in what part? Like, when they were, like, when Trump was, like, running, Who did he call? He, like... He called him Little Marco. Yeah. Because he was like saying he was like, sure. He's like, he's so little.

He's like, he's Little Marco. And then he was spelling it, L-I-D-D-L-E. I remember. I don't even know. I mean, God, that's so far. Everyone's got a tiny dick. It's probably just better to just go with that. You know, just, you know, we've heard.

If you're paying attention to local male comedians, that's the new vibe. everybody's talking about their tiny dicks. Oh, is that the new thing right now? They're like, yeah, I got a tiny dick. And I'm like, you'd speak your truth king. Okay. So you've, there's been an uptick in stand-up men doing tiny dick. Like, yeah, I got a little dick.

Like, self-deprecating. Like, yeah, it's now, it's, at least in the last few years, I've seen, I've seen that. Like, men just being more honest about erectile issues and tiny dicks. Not like going like, doing full like over the top it's like I got a dick so small how small is it? I just like what the fuck is this show?

screaming. Oh shit. They destroy a watermelon. Yeah, yeah, yeah. With their tiny dick. All right. And finally, I hate to say this. And if you don't want to know plug ears,

but they've they've revealed who Banksy is. Banksy has been revealed. Banksy has been revealed. Bankss he's been revealed. Are you fucking kidding me? Yep. But this was a thing that was known. Most people who have been talking about this are like,

we've known since 2008 because this guy was called out in like, I think it was the Daily Mail or something back in 2008. It's really not exciting because I'm like, all right, whatever. We haven't seen this guy though. You know what I mean? But they're like, we believe. Like they're like, his name is Robin Gunningham. And he, because he changed his name like in the office.

to David Jones, which is like the most common name in Britain. Oh. So it would be like, how are you going to find this David Jones character? Listen, as long as he's British, right? Yeah, he's English, yeah. Okay. As long as I don't have to see him being like a regular white guy with fucked up teeth, I'm fine. I think he still probably wants to be anonymous.

For the longest time, I remember people like, probably someone in massive attack or these other things. I wish it was weird. It's daft punk. It's half of death punk. In a way, it's like, I would have, I would have. I would have cared more if it was someone who we knew, like, publicly and like, shit, they were bansy the whole time.

There are pictures of him. And it's like a white dude crouching with sunglasses on. Great. Great. And I guess in that sense, I'm like, whatever. I don't care. Why can't we have wonder? Why does leave us alone?

Yeah. Yeah. What are you going to do? What are you going to do? You know, there were people I saw like in comments on some of the news stories about it. They're like, good. Now that you've identified him. get him for vandalism.

That's so funny. And I'm like, dude, someone, he's like, smack this shit out of you. Get him for vandalism. He's like, I think, I think people have kind of, have kind of been like, okay, he's kind of like old now or whatever. But like, I still, like, there's still a lot of love for like that type of street art and like, how crazy.

Yeah. And then also like, do you remember when he auctioned off that piece and then as soon as somebody bought it, it shredded it, which probably made it more valuable. But like the idea was fun, you know? Yeah. Yeah. He's a, like there's that other one like when he had the queen sitting on face, that piece had a lot of people fucking upset.

And it's like Queen Victoria. And they're like, what do you're like? Yeah, this guy's fucking happening. They were just roommates. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right. That's going to do it for. Monday this morning.

We'll be back tomorrow with a whole new episode. Hope you had a great weekend. Hope you have a great week. All right. You know, it's St. Patrick's Day. What the fuck? Oh, my God. Did you see somebody sent me a thing?

A lot of people were sending me like Kevin Sorbo's kid. No. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like his kid like been posting stuff with his dad. He's just like so unfund. Like it's just like stuff just like, hey, dad, what do you think of this?

And just says some, like, maga shit. Oh, my God. And people were, like, they're like, is this the fucking improv? And I was like, I don't know. But if this is how the guy is like in just like casual conversation with his son, I'm like, I still, we still have to figure out how we're going to fucking see this. I don't know. Of course this kid's name is Braden. Yeah, exactly.

Braden Sorboe. It's actually Sorboe. The emphasis on the, on the, so Boe. All right. Anyway, that's going to do it for us. Hope y'all keep your improv chops tight. You know, you're not entering scenes saying, what the, oh, what the fuck? Or something smells like shit, do better.

Use your mind. Please don't negate. The pineapple smells like shit. What the fuck. All right. We'll see you later. You have to close one of your eyes to do. What the fuck.

It's so. Yeah, because I don't know what people. People aren't getting to see the physicality I'm doing for the Kevin Sorbole Improbin. But you do have to scrunch your face up. You do. He's like, I learned something from the ground links. It's got to talk about big, big expressions. Although the UCB era of improv sort of dialed that back.

It's more about subtlety and realism. But I like to play in between the two, sort of where I'm at as an improviser. All right, y'all. That's going to do it. We'll see you later. Thanks, Paula. Thanks, y'all. Bye-bye.

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