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Episode Date: March 26, 2026

In episode 2030, Miles and guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan are joined by comedian and co-host of The Bechdel Cast, Caitlin Durante, to discuss… Stephen Colbert Is Writing A Lord Of The Rings Movie?? TSA: Wait Times The Highest In History…, CEOs Are F**kin Tired of the TSA Shutdown, Some Good News! Meta/Google Found Liable For Mental Distress, New York Post Declares That “Smoking Is Cool Again” and more! Stephen Colbert Is Writing A Lord Of The Rings Movie?? Darrylgorn TSA: Wait Times The Highest In History… CEOs Are F**kin Tired of the TSA Shutdown Smoking is cool again! Here’s what you need to know Murdoch’s ties to Big Tobacco Cigarette smoking in America plummets to historic single-digit low, new study finds Back on Screen: The Return of Smoking in Films and Its Public Health Implications ‘Avatar’ Joins Holiday Movies That Fail an Antismoking Test Smoking is making a pop culture comeback (even if the risks haven’t changed) Why Is Smoking on Screen Popular Again? Smoking Is Back in Movies. Here’s Why Netflix to cut back on smoking after ‘Stranger Things’ criticism Cinema, sex and cigarettes - how Hollywood icons used smouldering image to reveal their passion Sex in Movies Has Dropped Sharply, Yet Gotten More Graphic, Study Says LISTEN: asian linen. by saimingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Caitlin, what did you think of Paddington at the Oscars? I was thinking about you. He was at the Oscars? Yeah. It was, wait, I thought it was the BAFTAs or something. Oh, yeah, my bad. Was it the BAFTAs? Baby Grogu was at the Oscars.

Oh, yeah. Sorry, I'm getting my cryptid freak animals mixed up. What did you think about? What? Could you say that? What did you think about Paddington's a nice open? Didn't it feel, did it feel a little freaky? A little.

Yeah. But I have some big Paddington news and I don't like I want to I want to wait to share until Oh shit. Oh, fuck. Okay. Can I ask a quick Paddington question? Not if it's going to reveal something that.

Well, that's a good choice of words. Because is he wearing anything under that trench coat or? Okay. All right. Pervert. Okay. Well, I just. He literally looks like he's just wearing a coat over nothing.

And I'm like, are you like? going to live in our society? Are you going to abide by our public decency rules or not? Bear penises aren't like a thing. You know what I mean? Like I can actively picture. You know what I mean? Like everyone see that. That's kind of actively picture bear bear. Yeah. No one who's ever seen a bear penis. Well like a dog penis, you know, like people see dog dicks, a horse dicks. I'm going to be like, yo, that bear's dick. So I think they're cool. Like we're not even. They're cool. And he's got a layer of fur covering everything up. He's wearing pants. They're just fur pants that his fur. Wow, it's called

a baculum. Ooh. Did you look a bear penis? Yeah, I looked up, I was a bear penis called a baculum. Have you seen those hairless bears? You know, they have, yes. They have like a condition and they,

like if you see a hairless bear, it looks like a giant like rat with claws, with like big claws. Oh my God. But I still like love them. What's that? I guess it's maybe like a tongue twist or something, but Fuzzy Wuzzy was he was a bear. Fuzzy, was he had no hair. Fuzzy, was he wasn't very fuzzy, was he?

Was he? He had that condition. Yeah. He had that genetic. I'm looking. Oh, my God. Yes, I'm looking at a picture of a hairless bear. Why didn't you?

That is not real. Why does it look like it's posing? I know. This bear looked like it's a pervert on the hair dick pics. This is for everybody in the Zoom. This looks like somebody just riding the New York subway. Yeah. He's man spreading.

He's bare. man. He got like a hand on his knee. He's trying to show it off. Yeah, yeah. And it ain't much. So you know what? I like that. He's confident. But all that to say is you have to find a picture to really be like, oh, right. You have to go out of your way to know what a bear penis. All that to say is, is that what you're getting at when you're wondering about Paddington wearing a jacket?

No. What that dick do? No. Not even a little bit. Not at all. Okay. Well, that's what I was wondering. And I found out. Also, Paddington is famously asexual in my mind. Oh, yeah. You've said that before in your head can. Yeah. Yeah.

So. Which bear has the longest. Which bear has hair? Which bear? Tail. Where did you think I was on that? Okay. Figure that.

Which bear has thickest fur? Fur. Okay. This is a very funny bit. Which bear has gertiest fur? What? Oh, you're sick. Oh, you thought I was good.

You're fucking disgusting. Oh, my gosh. Which bear has the most throbbing? Throbbing hearts. Throbbing hearts. Which bear has vaniest biceps. There you go. There you go.

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But I choose to put. I'm telling you about my time at the Wuhan Lab. I took a few things home with me. Let's just say, I don't want to focus on maybe these mysterious illnesses. I'd rather say they're a fantastic comedian, scientist, giver, activist, just all around fantastic human. You know, they got second screen comedy, facial recognition comedy. We know them as the reason Jack is out today and the reason my house burned down,

welcome Paula Viginalding. Welcome to the Daily. guys right here on iard radio this is my Goddick and Holland filling in for Jack O'Brien Pallavi, great work today. Jack's out just as you planned it and he

ain't coming back so we'll see what happens maybe he'll come back tomorrow we'll see you might have to drop off another care package at his house we shout see but Paula V we're joining coming out of this care package as soon as I opened it just blew into my face like it was wind power

We are thrilled to be joined by our guest today. I don't even know what else I need to say. You know, they know how to write. They know how to podcast. They know how to teach. They got fucking advanced degrees. They got the names that turn into fantastic anagrams. Nine trit.

I said nine trit. I meant nine tit, Dracula. Okay. Latin dancer UTI. The list goes on. But we also, as a show actually we have people on this show who are

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come through for some improvised stand-up comedy from our very beloved Caitlin Durante What? Sift through the mixes after many letters which is, I'm the one they call nine-tit-dragula. Hell yeah. We got some Rob Zombie in the building?

That's courtesy of infinite joist. Oh, man. Nineteet, Dracula. I guess it should be, I mean, I'm nine-tit-dracula, but the song is Dracula. I sung it wrong, but it should be nine-tit Dracula. Oh, thank you for that. That was good. Who was someone that gave you that?

Infinite Jost. Infinite Jost. Did I am the one exterminating? That song, I used to love that shit. It slacks. Yeah, 98, 97. Anyway, here we are. Caitlin, you've been good?

I mean. I'm not asking you to take in everything that's happening on planet Earth and in our sightguise. I mean, very narrowly, if you could. Okay. I know. But I'm asking Caitlin. We are written.

If you can put all that around, cauterize all those parts of your brain that perceive that information and just kind of goal, just focus on you, keep it at focus on the home. Then, yes, I suppose I've been okay. Then not really.

Then it's still horrible. Oh, no. Oh, then definitely not. Caitlin, I was asking you before, we were having a little bit of back and forth about Paddington. naturally. When are we not?

I got some shit to say, is that, is that something that will be revealed in the search history overrated, underrated? No, that's a separate thing. Okay. When do we want to hit people with your Paddington news? Right now. Right now. Okay.

So what's the one? Because I asked you, started off, I said, what did you think about the BAFTA performance? And he said, I got a lot, I got a lot of Paddington shit on the brain, but I have something I got to say. Yes. So the last, I believe the last time I guessed it. on this show. It was late last year and I was kind of goofing. I was just like, look, I'm trying to go on a trip to London to see Paddington the Musical.

Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That was the last update. Yeah. And wouldn't you know it? I am going to London to see Paddington the Musical on April 3rd. Oh. Yeah. In mere days. Before that, earlier in the day, I am going to both the Paddington Bear Experience and the Paddington afternoon tea bus tour. Oh, my God. All in one day. And all that happens not in the United States. Correct.

Even better. Even better. I mean, if I can get out of the country, you might not. You should probably go here a few days earlier to the airport. You might want to go now. You probably should leave. Yeah, actually, you're late. I should leave right now.

Yeah. I got to go. I head to L-A-X. That's so fucking... Sorry, you must be fucking stoked. I'm so jazzed. What's the most exciting of the three things on offer for you?

I think the musical. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. I splurged for a good seat, too. Normally, if I'm, like, going to see a show like that, I'm like, nosebleeds, I don't care. Like, put me in the back row. I'll buy the cheapest ticket. You gotta live your life.

Yeah. But this, I'm like, I'm in the one of the front rows. What fiatas is it at in London? The Savoy, I think. it's called. Oh, yes, yes, yes. Are you familiar with London theater? I believe Her Majesty saw a production there many years ago. There's like a time when, anyway, it doesn't matter. It's not irrelevant. I think I know what you're talking about, but it's very possible. I fucking don't either. Well, good for you. I'm very keen. I need to hear shit like that. Are Paddington fans

called marmalags or like, what are they called? And marmalades. Marmalades and marmalades. Oh my God. And marmadays. Yeah, I don't know, but now they are. Yeah. That's great. Palladie, man, you got to hold these cards to your chest. That's like a whole fucking marketing deal you could have brought over the publisher.

I would never do that. Paddington is for the people. Wow. He is. But I do have. But Paddington ain't given out these tickets for free, are they? So, you know. It's true. No.

I mean. Still is a capitalist enterprise. You know, but you got to get yours, Paddington. We all trying to get my sandwiches up. Has Paddington made any statement? statements on the war in Iran, do we know? Yeah, what's Paddington's position? Paddington silence is deafening.

It is, but if we're booing Paddington at the musical. Speak out. Speak out. People are dying. Look, if I, if, I mean, if his indication, if his, like, stands on, if his, if his, if his stance on prison abolition and, you know, um, anti-colonial sentiments, is any indication he's he's anti he's got it yeah yeah well he's anti the war he's against it he's against all the bad stuff yep uh well katelyn thanks for joining us we're gonna get a little bit more information from you with the search issue over it underrated uh first we're gonna talk about everything going on

in the news and you know there's actually some good news today so i'm i'm gonna we're gonna hit on that uh right now because first of all stephen colbert is right right a Lord of the Rings movie? Yeah. Fucking nerd. Okay. So, okay, Colbert. We'll see what happens with you there.

Also, TSA wait times. Yesterday, the TSA administrator was in front of a house panel for a hearing on TSA funding, and it confirmed everything we already knew that the wait lines are horrific, and they've never been this bad ever. We'll also talk about how the CEO. of airlines are also tired of the shutdown and they might actually have a way to maybe make this hurt for people in Congress. And then good news, meta and Google have been found liable for the mental distress and depression and anxiety caused to a woman who was compulsively using social

media since they were a child to the tune of $3 million. There are thousands of lawsuits like this. When did I win three million? I'm just hearing about me winning $3 million. You better get your lawsuit in yesterday because they're lining up. Yeah. Bitch. That's my whole brand. Right now, yeah, there was a decision there.

And also in New Mexico, there was also a huge decision against META for being like, yeah, you're not protecting children like at all. So, yeah, you know, with that and the SORA news. Fucking glasses. What about? the meta glasses. Yeah, how they're filming everybody. Oh, yeah.

I mean, that's a whole other thing, too, where it's people thought like, oh, it'd be good, it's cool for, like,

people to catch memories. It's now being used to, like, surreptitiously film people in really bad ways or do like, really annoying content. Bad for women,

like children. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But I think what Mark Zuckerberg, he kind of tried to say, he's like, well,

if it's like not working for you, then you should just maybe not use it. And you're like, well, Here's where I differ. Are they hot or not? Yeah, exactly. And then something that I had thought was happening

since I saw the Beyonce Cowboy Carter tour, smoking is back. And you know what? The New York Post, not that I'm agreeing with them, but there's, there are more grumblings now about how smoking is fully back.

I go, I use a pet name. Oh, okay. Yeah, I run under the pseudonym Jack O'Brien for the video post. But we'll get into that, the resurgence of the cigarette. Before we do all that, though, Caitlin Durante, what's something from your search history that's revealing about who you are, what you're interested in right now? Well, I don't know how revealing this is, but it is the most recent thing I searched, which is the Rob Zombie music video to Dragula. That one's like, what, just like colorful backdrops?

Like, it's like kind of psychedelic, right? It's very psychedelic. It's, you know, Rob and his band in their kooky outfits and makeup and just singing the song. And then sometimes there's like random clips of like an old black and white movie or like a random child. And then it cuts right back to Rob jamming. And sometimes driving in his Dracula, which I guess is a vehicle. Okay, so that's what I was confused about, because to me it sounds like drag Dracula. Right, right, right.

Yeah. It's some sort of car thing? Yes, I think. Dragula, a custom-built coffin-shaped drag racer from the Munster. Okay, so drag race, again, back to drag. I know, there has to be a drag queen named Dragula. Obviously. You would think.

Yeah, yeah, that feels like something that's about to happen. Okay, gosh, the things we learn on this show, look at us. What's somebody you think is underrated, Caitlin? I think that practical effects in movies and stuff are underrated. What, Paul, you just got so excited. No, I get, this is something I'm very passionate about. I'm like, I get so tired of seeing, like, CGI and stuff and, like, watching, like, old movies, like, Jurassic Park. Like, the practical effects are amazing.

and that's also I think why Mary is doing so well too. Like everything was practical effects. I'm just obsessed with like... In outer space? Physical. Yeah, they went to space. They filmed it there.

It was a documentary. Oh, my God. Yeah, sorry. Oh, fuck. No, okay, but yeah, I get what you mean. I get what you mean. I love it. I love the building of it.

What brought your love of the practical effect back? I mean, it's been there. It's been being there. I hate this whole, like, everyone's standing in front of a green screen or blue screen. The sets aren't practical. The effects aren't practical. This has been going on for decades now.

But I rewatched for the first time in many years for an upcoming episode of the Bechtelcast. Honey, I shrunk the kids. Oh, my God. And all of the like sets with the kids just like walking through the grass and like being in the big bowl of Cheerios. The aunt. It's all little puppets and stuff. So I just, I was like, man, they just don't make them like this anymore. It's like animation too.

They don't do like the 2D animation. That's like really good. You know, like we got to find that 90s niche, you know? It was so good. Yeah. I mean, I think that's why like, yeah, practical effects just look better. You know, it's just something about when the camera is actually filming something that is physically existing. It works really well.

Yeah. The physics of things. Like when there's a CGI effect or a care and look again, one of my favorite movies is Paddington. And that's on the set of that, that's a pile of tennis balls. And then obviously Paddington is CGI. But aside from that. Whoa. Whoa.

I know kind of wild. Yeah. Okay. Because you're kind of the duality of the films that really capture your mind. I mean, like, I know you've got a Fury Road tattoo, right? Which is a lot of practical. Oh, my God. I love the road.

Right? Yeah. A lot of practical. Titanic. Motherfucker built a gigantic Titanic out of Mexico. Okay. Yeah. And then your other king is a non-existent bear, Caitlin. Okay.

I contain multitudes. What the fuck are you guys saying? Paddington is real. How else is he doing the musical? How else was he at the BAFTA? Well, that's why I'm so excited about the musical. Yeah. Because it's practical.

Real. There is a little person actor inside the costume on the stage. stage. Yeah. Yeah. And it's, I'm delighted. I'm excited.

But yeah, no, I, the, the, like the physicality and the lack of, like,

gravity and just every, like, the physics of CGI effects looks like ass. Yeah, yeah, for sure.

It's never done well, and I just need everything to be proud of it. I feel like the moments, CGI ass. CGI ass. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sometimes the C.

I can get it, but other times, not looking right. Yeah. They don't get the thigh thickness right sometimes. That's true. The thing with, like, I'm trying, like, the moments I've really been wowed by special effects have always been practical effects. Like, even for, like, even with Avatar, I was like, okay, fine. But like, Jurassic Park, I was like, holy shit. Muppets and Space.

My first. My first. Treasure Island. Thank you. Muppets Christmas Carol. I love Muppets Christmas Carol. I don't know why they would need to do Citi for any. that one, but yeah, why not?

No, they're all practical. Like, even Star Wars, too. Like, some of the first movies I grew up really being, like, interested in, all the miniatures that were being used. And just how much, like, too, like action movies were using miniatures to blow shit up. And I remember always watching on HBO. They'll have, like, HBO first look. It would be, like, the behind the scenes, little featureettes they would put on.

And I was obsessed with those because it always blew my mind that, like, it was a job that you got to basically build little toys to shoot with. And they're usually exploits. It's art and engineering. I know. Imagineers were gods. Sorry, I keep talking. No.

I mean, we're just all so passionate about this. Like, never forget an Independence Day when they built that miniature set of the White House and then it. Spooed it up. Yeah. Also, I feel like, like studios should be aware of how much people love that shit because, like, we literally, during like, Halloween or Christmas, we will drive to completely different neighborhoods just to, like, drive. drive alongside and see like Christmas and Halloween decorations and like we go to haunted house. Like we love practical effects. Like we love being in the place and seeing all the effort and ingenuity that people put into it.

Right. Yeah. And that's what the Paddington Bear experience that I'm doing at noon on April 3rd. Yeah, you wanted the real practical effects in your face. Yeah. I get it. What's something you think is overrated? microwave popcorn.

Oh. And I, I haven't had that in a long time. I feel like it's always burnt or there's like 78 kernels on popped at the bottom of the one time. I popped every single kernel and it was the best day of my whole fucking life. No, you did. No one ever happened. Yes, I did.

Yes, I did. I had to like carefully like do it again. I can't. I just like I can't use up a whole chapstick again. It happens once in your life and that's it. Like using a full chapstick. It's never happened to me. people like I don't know I mean maybe it's not overrated or I don't know how much people

but I feel like people are like they're out there buying it they're out there eating it I'm like this tastes bad the butter flavor is all wrong even when it's like the like movie theater flavor it's never nearly as good as movie theater popcorn and it it's I don't know it has like a weird artificial taste a lot of the time you're sounding a little elitist AMCA list okay well I am A list. Wow. Preferred. And I'm using my $5

rewards that stack up so quickly. Oh, yeah. How much butter are you using? At the theater? Yeah. Like the liquid butter? Yeah. Zero.

That stuff is nasty. That's the other overrated thing. Liquid butter that you pump onto your already buttered popcorn. In India. I needed to be soaked in coconut oil pretending to be butter, which is usually what that is.

Which I love, because that's vegan. In India, they have, like, a bunch of different, like, spices and stuff you can add to it. It's so nice. Because you guys know how to eat. Yeah. In the U.S., they're like, pour oil. They're pretty soon, they're going to pour crude oil on it. Crude oil.

Powers are cars. Why can it power you? It'll power your intestines to the bathroom and you'll miss the whole movie. RFK Jr.'s next video with Kid Rock. I'm just at a gas station. just drinking from the pump. Out of the pump. See? Not a drop spill. Did you see that?

Fuck. Which the war boys do in Mad Max Fury Road to bring that up against. But then they spit it back out usually into the engine, like directly into the engine. I don't understand how that works. There's also seen in three kings where when Mark Wahlberg is being held captive, the Iraqi soldier makes them bite a CD and pours crude oil down his mouth. And he's like, this is why you're fighting the war. main man. And it's kind of like powerful. Damn, bro. Make him drink that

fucking oil. Damn. Yeah, yeah. Not, you know, in hindsight, you're like, this is all just terrible war propaganda, but I remember the scenes that my friends always talked about was when, yeah, Mark Wahlberg is getting absolutely, just getting getting his. Anyway,

anything else about the movie I just can't, I hate microwave popcorn because I like movie popcorn. Yeah. And also, real butter actually is really hard to get right on movie popcorn, so I'm fine putting coconut oil simulated butter product on mine. I just don't want the wetness.

Do you guys do that? My dad used to do that because we didn't have a microwave towel is like in eighth grade. Oh, here's a thing. I don't cook. So that's cooking. Yeah, not me either. In fact, like stovetop microwave or stove top popcorn, that's too many steps. Is two ingredients? No, thank you.

Yeah, just one, preferably. I don't want to cut it or anything. Just bite it. All right. We'll take a quick break. And when we come back, the news. I became a millionaire overnight, but lost everything that actually mattered. Wait a minute, Sophia. Did you just say he lost everything? That's right. It's inheriting too much drama week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, I just inherited a fortune after losing my mom.

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You probably won't believe it either. Okay, I don't think that's true. I'm telling you. I was a spy. Did you know Doll got cozy with the Roosevelt? played poker with Harry Truman and had a long affair with a congresswoman. And then he took his talents to Hollywood, where he worked alongside Walt Disney and Alfred Hitchcock,

before writing a hit James Bond film. How did this secret agent wind up as the most successful children's author ever? And what darkness from his covert past seeped into the stories we read as kids. The true story is stranger than anything he ever wrote. Listen to the secret world of Roll Dahl on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Bailey Taylor and this is it girl. You may know me from my It Girl series I've done on the streets of New York over the years.

Well, I've got good news. I am bringing those interviews and many more to this podcast. Yes, we will talk about the style and the success, but we are also talking about the pressure, the expectations, and the real work with the women's shaping culture right now. As a woman in the industry, you're always underestimated. So you have to work extra hard and you have to push the narrative in a way that doesn't compromise who you are in your integrity.

You know, I like to say I was kind of like a silent ninja. Each week, I have unfiltered conversations with female founders, creatives, and leaders to talk about ambition, visibility, and what it really takes to build something meaningful in the public eye. Because being an it girl isn't about the spotlight, it's about owning it. I think the negatives need to be discussed and they need to be told to people who maybe don't do this every day just so they know what's really going on. I feel like pulling the curtain back is important. Listen to It Girl with Bailey Taylor on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Why hasn't a woman formally participated in a Formula One race weekend in over a decade? Think about how many skills they have to develop at such a young age?

What can we learn from all of the new F1 romance novels suddenly popping up every year? He still smelled of podium champagne and expensive friction. And how did a 2023 event called Wag Agetted? change the paddock forever. That day is just seared into my memory. I'm culture writer and F1 expert Lily Herman, and these are just a few of the questions I'm tackling on No Grip, a Formula One culture podcast that dives into the under-explored pockets of the sport.

In each episode, a different guest and I will go deeper into the wacky mishaps, scandals and sagas, both on the track and far away from it that have made F1 a delightful, decadent dumpster fire for more than 75 years. Listen to No Grip. on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And we're back. And so is Stephen Colbert with a new... He already lined up the new gig.

Okay, so we know he's ending, or, you know, the late show is, is it going to be ending in May after, you know, the FCC came down and was like, uh, CBS, been to our will. We don't like people that have anything negative to say about this government or this administration especially. And, you know, other people are like, okay, what's next for Stephen Colbert logically? You're like, this guy's a comedian. He has a background in, you know, comedy. He's a host. Is it a

new show? He was on Strangers with Candy. Yeah, let's not forget. Oh, let's not do it. All the greats. Do you watch Strangers with Candy still? I periodically go back to watch it. It's... I haven't seen it recently, but... So fucking... It's so dark. Yeah.

That I can't believe it was on TV when it was on TV. Like, the shit that they're touching on just with the character of Jerry Blank, Amy Sideras' character. You're like, huh? I feel like we got away with, like, a lot darker stuff back then because there wasn't as much, like, real life dark stuff that we could, we had access to. So, like, I feel like even the cartoons could be, like, dark, you know?

Yeah, because she's just like this old scummy, like 70s person. Yeah. But also, like, like, racist in the weirdest fucking ways. Yeah. But I still, I remember as again, that shit pulled on my whole. I was like, finally, a show that's like saying some, I don't know, I'm really fuck with this dark, the dark comedic stylings of Amy Siddhers and co. Okay. So, uh, for all of that, you know, what could it be?

Is it in line with him? It turns out the next gig is a Lord of the Rings sequel movie. So it was just announced that Stephen Colbert and his son are developing a quote, brand new Lord of the Rings movie. So after 20, do we think, do we think he developed? or do we think he had that in his back pocket this whole time? Well, here's a deal. Okay, so it's interesting what's going on. Oh, 100% is because anyone who knows, like, Colbert is,

I think one of the most famous Tolkien nerds, like, out there, at least most visible in terms of like, you know, whatever list of celebrities on A? Yeah, we call that A. But the, so in 2027, we're getting Lord of the Rings, the Hunt for Gallum, and then we're getting Colbert. We're getting Colbert's, Lord of the Rings, Shadows of the Past. And you're like, okay, so how does this work?

Because these movies came out like fucking 20 years ago. Like, what are we talking about here? So apparently Colbert's film is based on chapters from the fellowship that, quote, didn't make it into Peter Jackson. Tom Bombadale. Are they going to bring Tom Bombadil back? I'm like, okay, I'm a Lord of the Rings. You're back in. You're back in.

I wanted to see Tom in the original so bad, but they were already like a million hours long. Yeah. So I'm like excited. Yeah, this is what he said because Peter Jackson did like a cheeky thing. He's like, and I've got a very special collaborator. And then like in the video call like Colbert comes in. And this is what Colbert said, quote, you know what the books mean to me and what your films mean to me. But the thing I found myself reading over and over and over again were the six chapters early on in the fellowship that y'all never developed into the first movie back in the day.

basically the chapter three is company, chapter three, through fog on the barrow downs. And I thought, oh, wait, maybe that could be its own story that could fit into the larger story. Could we make something that was completely faithful to the books while also being completely faithful to the movies that you guys had already made? And it sounds like that's what it is. So the log line, quote, 14 years after the passing of Frodo, Sam, Marion Pippin set out to retrace the first steps of their adventure. Meanwhile, Sam's daughter, Eleanor has discovered a long long.

buried secret and is determined to uncover why the War of the Ring was very nearly lost before it even began. So, yeah. So who's going to play these people? Me? Me? You? I'll play Tom. Hurry.

This could be your time. Cut to me like hitting Andy Circus in the knee. Right. He's like, it's my voice really that's paying the bills here. I don't give a fuck. And it's my facial reactions. It's your fucking knee, fucker. Yeah, so I also didn't

I forgot that he was in desolation of small Wait, yeah, Colbert was? Yeah, that was a big thing. He was like so excited to be in it. Yeah. Who did he play? He, I don't know, I think he was just some, I don't know who he was.

I remember seeing him like with ears. Cool bear. I thought like his family was like, did his kid get in a kid? Secret cammy. He played a spy. Yeah, he was just sort of like, it was there and you go, oh, there it is. So, boom.

Remember when we saw Ed Shearin in Game of Thrones and we were like, no? Yeah, you're like, bleh. No, get him out. That face doesn't belong there. Yeah. Well, I mean, but he doesn't like he has iPhone face. I think it was just sort of like, he doesn't have iPhone face.

I know Ed Shearin when I see him and I don't like seeing him in this context, I think is how I, that was my reaction. Does everyone just have the it from it? Ed Sharon or did he do something bad? I don't know of, but I can't stand him. The TLC lawsuit was like the only thing I could think of. Oh, wait. What was that?

Because he was there like, yo, you just basically ripped off scrubs. He's like, I don't want your love. And then TLC was like, oh, that's our song. Hold on.

Can you sing that shit back one more time? Because it sounds like, I don't want no scrubs. Yeah. And then so that ended up, they ended up getting a writing credit on that because they sued. But like, I don't, to me, it didn't seem like egregious or anything, but although I don't know. Okay. I kind of like that he's not a bad man in the typical way and that we just don't like him.

I don't think there's anything. Bring that back. Bring that pettiness back for no reason. When it's just be like, I don't like their face rather than I don't like them because there's some kind of predator. Because they're proletor. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Bring that back. Bring that back.

Just hating somebody because you don't like. their face for no fucking reason bring back looks based discrimination bring back body shaming i don't like his floppy ginger hair i don't like that baby's vibe is off oh gosh that baby's five i'm i'm pretty sure people are still saying that today elsewhere now kately like we were saying you got to go to the airport soon and by that i mean maybe you should get in line today because uh the tsa's acting administrator when McNeil testified in, you know, saying like, what's good with a funding? Give us a status report here. Yeah. Yeah. Hey. What's good, Miley? Hey, excuse me, Ms. Administrator. What's good? Can you give us a vibe check out there? What's the feeling? And we've all seen the videos. We've all talked to people who have been to the airports that have been slammed. Not surprisingly, she said that the airports are experiencing, quote, the highest weight times in history. Because again, now we're at like almost 500 TSA officers have just quit. This is like even considering when the Wright brothers were just bringing people on practice flights.

Even then, even though it took years. We're actually factoring in the development of air travel into the wait time. For even the centuries, people waited prior to the invention of modern air travel. We still have the longest wait times in history. And right now some like absences because people call in sick too because like, well, fuck it. If I'm not getting paid, I can't come. Yeah, why the fuck would I? 4% in some places to over 40% at others.

That's why it's like, you know, it's not consistent across the board because there's also airports like SFO and there's like about 13 other airports that contract private companies to be TSA rather than TSA directly. So those people are getting paid. Okay, I'm learning about that for now. No, there's just like contract. contracted sort of TSA people, but their payment goes through these other contractors versus waiting for DHS money to come through. And I think, yeah, this is the crazy part.

So McNeil was asked, so like, okay, so you've lost about maybe almost 500 people. What does it look like to get restaffed? McNeil said, quote, training for new officers takes four to six months, meaning replacements would likely not be ready before the start of the 2026 World Cup. She called the situation a, quote, perfect storm. Because it's like, you got this shut down. You got people who just fucking quit. You got to onboard 500 people. It takes four to six months.

Babes, this shit is kicking off in like under three. So what a fucking mess. Also, like, I saw two things about this. I thought were interesting. There's this one TikTok of this girl who like left her mom's place in Atlanta, went to the airport like five hours early just barely made her flight like after waiting in line for five hours

and then the flight took off and then the airport she was going to go to was closed and they had to come back to Atlanta so she traveled for 12 hours to end up back at her mom's place wait could she even land or they were just like they landed back in Atlanta like no but I'm saying did they land at the destination

or they're like the first oh they were just like They just stayed in the air. I don't think they could land. I don't think so. But like, and I was like, what the fuck? Like, so even if you get,

if you breathe that sigh of relief of like, I got on the flight, that's like, until you're off that fucking plane. And then also like, I saw the delay is all effect, like every single delay affects every single other flight. Yeah.

This is also like, did you remember when Southwest was like not doing well during the winter storms? And it's because I looked this up. It's because most airlines, lines have a hub and spoke type of situation, but Southwest has like a, uh, one plane goes to the next, goes to the next, goes to the next. So they don't have like a hub. And that works better for fitting as many flights as possible into your schedule during normal times, but it's terrible for

emergencies because they don't have like a place to like regroup and like reorganize like the pilots and shit. But this is like fucking up all the hubs, I think. So it's like they can't even find a place to group. And then I saw that like ice or whoever was like handing out waters to people online and then they were forgetting that they had waters and then they were trying to go through security. Yeah.

Went to water. That's probably on purpose because I'm like ice would never do anything kind. Nice. Yeah. I mean there I've read like there have been so many articles written with people talking to people at people at airports and what their feelings are and like some people are like

it's fucking gross. Other people like they're doing fuck all and they're like they handed out water and they're kind of trying to talk to people. But from what I've seen, most of these people don't. I think them with their faces out in the open like that, I'm just being like, huh, okay. They're scared. Yeah. Yeah.

And it's like one of these things too. We talked about on, I think, yesterday the day before show that, you know, this like woman called into like the Buck Sexton showed. And people are like pointing at this woman from Arizona calling into a conservative radio as the, as the why. like as the genesis of this idea because she's like, oh, the libs are going to hate it. Imagine if ICE is now at the airports and like helping TSA. And then that that host went on Fox and pitched the idea. And then Trump the next day said, yeah, we're going to be putting ice at the airports. And then the logic there was like, having ice at the airports.

Wouldn't it be crazy if the libs got free health care? They fucking hate that shit. You got to, you've got to be a little, you got any, you're going to add one more dimension of chess right there. And I'm sure they'll figure out. Yeah. They'll be like, wait, huh? They won't like it.

Which brings us, though, to, this is where I think maybe things might change a little bit because the CEO class now is starting to grumble about TSA checkpoints. And when I say the CEO class, I mean the CEOs are the airlines. Right now you have the head of Delta, or no, United. He's been basically saying, like, look, dude, this is. fucking, he said, this is ridiculous. Scott Kirby, that United CEOs said, quote, we're holding airplanes, but when there's a five hour wait, we can't hold for everybody. It's just ridiculous to me that it has got, it has to get this bad before they can get a deal done.

Please get the deal done soon. This is a quote, political football amid another government shutdown. And I'm sure for them, they're like, dude, we're hemorrhaging cash because of this. On top of the price of jet fuel because of the fucking war. Yeah. Like this is like the worst Worst time ever for the airlines That like to squeeze every penny out of us I mean can't Scott Kirby just fill his body

With hot air and float away He could He should But he won't Kirby Oh yes Kirby's dream world I get it That was good

Oh Kirby I didn't think about that Video game Reference alert Yeah I'm a fucking nerd You know Kirby you fuck with Kirby? I've never played a Kirby game. Yeah.

Okay. I played the first one I remember on gay boy. Delta Airlines, though, I think this is the thing that might work because the Delta CEO is like, no, this is, we got to do something about this. This is the statement that came from the company. Due to impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown, Delta will temporarily suspend specialty services to members of Congress flying Delta. Next to safety, Delta's number one priority is taking care of our people and customers. which has become increasingly difficult in the current environment. So apparently, at like a lot of major airlines have like a special congressional service desk

for members of Congress on Capitol Hill. And the Delta ones known as the Delta desk. And I guess a lot of members of Congress fly Delta and have like their, you know, points with Delta or whatever. And so that desk helps members get like government rates, book their trips, last minute ticket stuff. just like basic saving seats like you know it's like a bespoke concierge for delta that like will interact directly with members of congress now they're saying like bro kiss that fucking desk goodbye so now you're going to have to live in our world which i hope you know i think that's the only thing that'll happen that might incentivize people in congress to if they have no perks i mean obviously

the only thing that's going to get members of congress to do anything is if trump says something but at the very least they have to suffer like everyone else because as as you're a we look at things that happens with, you know, most policies. It's about those people insulating themselves from never having to live in our world. And I think- Pisses me off that I, that I'm now finding out about all these perks that are going to be taken away because of this. Like, I didn't even know that they got that shit. Yeah. I mean, it's like, I mean, yeah, they get a government rate, you know, same day travel or whatever, but I don't know.

But then you also have to be in Congress, apologies. So, you know, there's that whole thing. But here's some good news. So Open AI, there was the big announcement that SORA, the video generation nonsense, Slop Maker factory is being shut down, despite all the articles that said, this is going to change Hollywood. This will revolutionize filmmaking if AI can make everything now. And then.

Practical effects ever heard of them? Exactly. Exactly. I don't need to see Darth Vader breakdance against Elsa from Frozen in a B-Boy battle. Actually? I kind of do. I already seen it. I need to see it real life, though. Bro, Darth Vader can't up rock for shit.

Windmills were sloppy as hell. No, fuck that. You got the force and shit. You can't even forget it, bro. But now other of the big, other big tech companies are having to legally reckon with their mental health eroding apps. Quote, a California jury on Wednesday

found that meta and Google were to blame for the depression and anxiety of a woman who compulsively used social media as a small child awarding her $3 million in a rare verdict, holding Silicon Valley accountable for its role fueling a youth mental health crisis. The jurors concluded that META and Google should pay the woman $3 million in compensatory damages, with MET on the hook for 70% of that amount. The jury also decided that META and Google's actions could trigger punitive damages, which means there will be a separate phase of the trial where the jury will decide what amount of damages are

appropriate to punish the multi-trillion dollar companies for their conduct. Yeah, the plaintiff who just was like for anonymity, K. Lee, but was being legally referred to as KGM has like a story like, I think millions of other young people, especially like kids who like grew up firmly in the social media internet era where they're like, this is all there's ever been. I think she just turned 20 years old. And basically their lawyers, you know, like are arguing, you know, Instagram, it's the reason it's Google and Met, it's like, Instagram and YouTube were deliberately designed to be addictive, and the companies knew that, and they knew the harm that was coming from it. And we've saw, like, there was that whistleblower from META who was like,

it's talked about at the company that this is bad. The people who work on this shit don't want their own kids using it. And that was like what the plaintiff's team did. The team showed, quote, the jury internal documents from META in which META CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives described its efforts to attract and keep kids. and teens on its platforms. One document said, quote, if we want to win big with teens,

we must bring them in as tweens. Another internal memo showed that 11-year-olds were four times as likely to keep coming back to Instagram compared to competing apps despite the platform requiring users to be at least 13 years old. Like, yeah, it's also like, I'm surprised, have there been any cases of like chat GPT telling you to kill yourself or like the people who have,

People who have. Yeah. Yeah. I'm sure that's going to be next. Any like lawsuits. Like have they? Yeah, there have been. Yeah.

Let me see what happened. Because last time I believe that parents were suing and. Okay. So character AI was one of which I believe this person thought like Colisi. He was in a like relationship with Colisi or some shit. They, they settled. Yeah. She loves me.

Before the verdict. But like that's it. So, I mean. I mean, like, I think a lot of them are trying to settle before maybe some court precedent is set, because the lawsuit with this young lady also had Snap and TikTok as defendants, but they settled before the trial. They were like, no, we're not going to do that. What you want?

There you go. Take it. We don't want any of this. We don't want any of this. The concept of me having a child to induce AI psychosis in the child to them suit for money. I mean, this is the thing. It's like it's, you, the doc, like, when the companies have documented themselves that they're doing this shit, it's hard to argue against it. Obviously, they, the lawyers for Met and Google, like, well, we're going to appeal.

We're going to look at our, what our, evaluate our options here to skirt responsibility. But here's the thing I'm going to say. We have like, Epstein emails that are like, we did it. We hooked the kids on this addictive substance. Yeah. I mean, they probably just think that they have enough money and resources and like, whatever powerful enough attorneys that they will win. Any case? I mean, I think it was just announced, too, that, like, Mark Zuckerberg was named to, like, the, like, White House Science and Tech Council.

So trust that this guy, obviously, because all these assholes are only, they're siling up to Trump because they're trying to figure out how they keep their, you know, evil fucking empires rolling without any kind of regulation. And, like, Zuckerberg, when he was asked about these documents, like, that are saying, like, hey, man, it's saying right here. that you guys are trying to keep these kids here to fucking get them like stuck in an algorithmic loop. His response was, quote, if people feel like they're not having a good experience, why would they keep using the product? Like, what kind of victim blame or ass shit is that? I want to say really bad things. I want to say really bad things about this grown ass man.

I think you should make him some brownies. You know, I think he needs a care package. Oh, my God. I'm going to the neighborhood. I'm immediately arrested and taken off screen. I'm like, ah. They're listening right now. Lore from the show is used as legal evidence in your trial.

I mean, you said it here. You have access to polonium? In this, AKA lyric, you stated. It's like the young thug trial all over again. But yeah, this is like, again, right now, there are, like, this is a belt. There's 2,000 other pending lawsuits brought by parents and school districts. arguing that these companies like are like at the

very least should be considered manufacturers of defective products for hooking We need that PTA energy over on these companies. We need you to take all of that banning books momentum and fucking bring it to these social media

companies. And in another great verdict for people who don't like predatory tech companies a separate jury in New Mexico ordered MEDA to pay $375 million in damages for failing to protect users from child predators on Instagram and Facebook. So the jury there in New Mexico said, you guys are responsible for misleading consumers about the safety of your platforms and declaring that the tech company had flouted state consumer protection laws. I just saw a reel of this lady who used to post her kids.

And then now she doesn't anymore, but she showed examples of images and videos like with her kids. like with her kids versus without. And like the breakdown of like who the post was shared to do was like 80% men, 90% men for the ones with kids. And then the ones without kids, it was like more women. And she was like, they're literally using the algorithm to pump these children in the front of the eyes of pedophiles. Like that is the whole purpose. And so like anytime I see like now anytime I see a child online that's like saying something cute or whatever, oh, this is sweet, but also get that kid the fuck off because of this site because it's just so scary.

Like, it's so scary. Yeah, yeah. It's wild. It's wild. And it's like, I mean, it's one of those things that everyone without like research anecdotally saw. They're like, bro, like, I'm stuck on these fucking things. And like half the time I'm like, why the fuck am I looking at? I mean, for adults, that's probably what hits your brain first.

But if you're younger and you're not kind of like a fully formed person yet, you're that shit's probably going to be like, why don't you look like this? Why don't you? How can you not wearing this? How come you don't look like that? Can you make my Instagram stop being like, hey, are you a woman who's never worked out a day in her fucking life, you lace a piece of shit?

Do you want to get abs in two days? Those are all my ads. Please stop. My algorithm is, you know, news about all the horrible things happening in the world. Lord of the Rings me. speaking of Lord of the Rings. I've been getting a lot of that. Cat videos.

Oh, that's good. Very well curated. It is, but also I'm on it way too much. I find myself just like holding my phone being like, oh my God, I haven't accomplished anything today because I've just been doom scrolling. And yeah, I'm a full adult, so I can't even imagine what it would be like for a tween. They're also talking about like the inability of kids, especially in the U.S. to like fucking learn anything right now.

And part of it is like the pandemic. Part of it is like teachers not getting paid enough or not having enough resources. And then part of it is like our cognitive decline with being online so much and the increase in like dementia risks with like your scroll time and stuff. It's crazy. I mean also too, like you think about the amount of people who are like outsourcing their like normal cognitive things to like AI. Yeah. Yeah. Or it's like, holy.

Hey, man, we might have to save this planet us old crusty, well, least me, a crusty elder millennial. Tell kids about what it used to be. Remember when we used to put our hand in one sleeve and then do the little thing that made us look like your hand was coming up like this? Oh, yeah. Kids ain't doing that. I still write in cursive and I'm like, a relic. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah.

You know that meme where like somebody's writing and it like lights on fire when. anybody's like, oh, that's like bars. I'm like, every time I look at my pen, I'm like, it's like it's got a quill. My pen is fucking spinning magma right now, not even ink. Look at these lines connecting. All right, let's take another break when we come back. We'll talk about an old school scourge on society that's back. Scorge.

Bye. We'll be back. I became a millionaire overnight, but lost everything that actually mattered. Wait a minute, Sophia. Did you just say he lost? Just everything? That's right, it's inheriting too much drama week on the OK Storytime podcast, so we'll find out soon. This person writes, I just inherited a fortune after losing my mom, and now my girlfriend's entire family is coming out of nowhere with their hands out. One sibling wants me to fund their whole lifestyle. Another vanished for four years and suddenly reappeared. And my girlfriend is already giving my money away.

Hold on, Sophia. So the girl he wants to marry is already sending money out the door. And that's just the beginning. He makes a plan, sets up a trust, and finally thinks he has everything under control. Okay, so things work out then? Let's just say the people he trusted the most are the ones who ended up shocking him the most. So does the money end up being worth going through all that? To find out, listen to the OK Storytime podcast on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Why hasn't a woman formally participated in a Formula One race weekend in over a decade? Think about how many skills they have to develop at such a young age? What can we learn from all of the new F1 romance novels suddenly popping up every year. He still smelled of podium champagne and expensive friction. And how did a 2023 event called Wag Agetten change the paddock forever? That day is just seared into my memory. I'm culture writer and F1 expert Lily Herman, and these are just a few of the questions I'm tackling on no grip, a Formula One culture podcast that dives into the under-explored pockets of the sport. In each episode, a different guests and I will go deeper into the wacky mishaps, scandals, and sagas, both

on the track and far away from it that have made F1 a delightful, decadent dumpster fire for more than 75 years. Listen to no grip on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Your music awards are coming back. Thursday, March 26th, live on Fox. Watch as we honor the biggest stars from all genres of music that you loved listening to all year long on your favorite IHeart Radio station and the IHart Radio app. Hosted by Ludacris. Icon Award recipient John Mellencamp. Innovator award recipient.

Miley Cyrus. With performances by Alex Warren, Kailani, Lainey Wilson, Ludacris, Ray, TLC, Saltin Pepper, and Invoke. Swift makes her first award show appearance this year. Aikolscher Singer, Nikki Glazer, Sombor, Weiser, and more. Watch live on Fox. Thursday, March 26th, Eddie 7 Central. And listen on IHeart Radio Stations Across America,

the free I Heart app. I'm Bailey Taylor, and this is It Girl. You may know me from my It Girl series I've done on the streets of New York over the years. Well, I've got good news. I am bringing those interviews and many more to this podcast. Yes, we will talk about the style and the success, but we are also talking about the pressure, the expectations, and the real work with the women's shaping culture right now. As a woman in the industry, you're always underestimated.

So you have to work extra hard and you have to push the narrative. in a way that doesn't compromise who you are in your integrity. You know, I like to say I was kind of like a silent ninja. Each week I have unfiltered conversations with female founders, creatives, and leaders to talk about ambition, visibility, and what it really takes to build something meaningful in the public eye. Because being an it girl isn't about the spotlight, it's about owning it. I think the negatives need to be discussed and they need to be told to people who maybe don't do this every day just so they know what's really going on.

I feel like pulling the curtain back is important. Listen to It Girl with Bailey Taylor on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You know Roll Doll, the writer who thought up Willie Wonka, Matilda, and the BFG. But did you know he was also a spy? Was this before he wrote his stories? It must have been. Our new podcast series, The Secret World of Roll Doll, is a wild journey through the hidden chapters of his extraordinary, controversial life. His job was literally to seduce the wives of powerful Americans.

What? And he was really good at it. You probably won't believe it either. Okay, I don't think that's true. I'm telling you. The guy was a spy. Did you know Dahl got cozy with the Roosevelt's? Played poker with Harry Truman and had a long affair with a congresswoman.

And then he took his talents to Hollywood, where he worked alongside Walt Disney and Alfred Hitchcock, before writing a hit James Bond film. How did this secret agent wind up as the most successful children's author ever? And what darkness from his covert past seeped into the stories we read as kids. The true story is stranger than anything he ever wrote. Listen to the secret world of Roll Dahl on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And we're back.

The New York Post. Scorch? Scorch. Scorch. Scroach. Scroach. Scroge. Scroge.

Scroge. Scroge. Scroge. Scorge. Scorge. Scorge. Scorge. Scroge.

Scroge. Scroge. So the New York Post recently got a lot of attention with an article dubbed smoking is cool again. Here's what you need to know. Whoa. And you're like, the camel's back,

bitches. Yeah, like, huh? Smoking is cool again. Here's what you need to know. The article itself was actually about, you know,

the prevalence, the abundance of cigarettes in like recent film and TV stuff, like Love Story and I love L.A. And the everything you need to know part of the article is that it's, Yeah, cigarettes are bad. It's killing people globally still. Nothing's changed in that department. The bad part is still very bad.

So people are like, what a fucking wild, like, who? Who writes articles like this? Like, why are you even presenting it like this? And then people are like, this is a Rupert Murdoch, like, rag. You know what I mean? Like, and he has. A Rupert Murdoch joint. This is a Rupert Murdoch joint.

You already know long history of having those outlawful. let's shill for big tobacco. So it was just like, yeah, yeah, this is, this is part for the course. But in any case, cigarette use is declining sharply among American adults, partly because people are just switching to vapes and e-cigarettes. It's increasing amongst American babies. I'm kidding. Yeah, this pacifier-shaped vape, your newborn will love.

But there is more smoking in movies now than there was in the early 2000s, like because there was a you know Hollywood had a there was a massive pushback against glamorizing tobacco in team film back then because there all of those campaigns what was the fucking what was that orange fucking campaign that got us everybody off tobacco back then the truth one yeah yeah yeah like that was a huge I remember they like also had like follow ups on like the Marlboro men and how they like their lives were ruined because they got like camp yeah yeah yeah but I mean like those truth. like dot org things were definitely like the kinds of things that were like man fuck it man you don't need this shit it's bullshit it's whack it's like fucking like you know cowboys or some shit it's not for you the cool youth have a Pepsi I think that our generation had that the got milk campaigns and like beheading videos like we just had like the weirdest disordment of yeah yeah we got a really cool fun I've got front row seats to a financial crash multiple ones.

We've seen it all, man. We've seen it all. And I'm still not smoking Sigs. What can I say? What can I say? But by 2010, the quote depiction of smoking in mainstream cinema had declined sharply as evidenced

by the fact, if you remember, an avatar, Sigourney Weaver, her character was had like with smoking cigarettes. And that was like getting headlines. Oh, yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Exactly.

Like this is, it's just, She's like, I had an alien come out of my body at one point. This is what you're right. The fucking cigarettes. I mean, couldn't you talk about like the colonial themes in this movie? Maybe that's problematic too. I don't know, man. We collectively as a culture haven't gotten to having critiques on colonialism yet.

So but cigarette. Smoking. Bye. I miss old woke sometimes. I miss that. Quaint woke, quaint woke. Quaint woke. Cotting.

Yeah. Hobbit woke. But after that, Shire woke. Shire woke. But after that sort of like sort of controversy like in 2010, not much happened. One study found between 2010 and 2018, the number of times tobacco use appeared on screen

in PG-13 films jumped 120% overall on-screen tobacco use jumped 57% in all films during that period. And I think apparently it was partly due to the influx of influx of biopics which allowed

smoking in PG-13 films for the sake of accuracy yeah biopics maybe hit period pieces back when everyone was smoking in the 50s or whatever right right and like I still blame British actors I'm just going to blame them it's easier you're going to blame them

yeah I mean it's always taking our job smoking these cigarettes I mean, I love the way they're in Broken Arrow, the way John Travolta smoked a cigarette and Broken Arrow. I remember that. That was my first entry point into smoke. He would go like, it was very flamboyant. Like his fingers were doing a lot. It wasn't just like merely smoking. The old wraparound.

Yeah, it was doing a lot of that. Yeah. Lord of the Rings did glamorize smoking because Gandalf was a dope head for sure. Didn't he blow like a wild cloud? He made a little shit. Yeah. And then Aragon. Horne's introduction, he's like smoking like a cigar or some fat.

It's a blunt. It's a blunt. He's smoking a blunt. Yeah, he's smoking a blunt. So like it, Timberland's on. Yeah, yeah. That's the New York. That's the Bronx cut that people didn't get to see.

But yeah. So I think, you know, whether it's biopics or not, it could just be like we love the past. You know, like there are movies like that are sort of past facing, like the holdovers or saltburn, which had like cigarettes. to sort of like, be like, hey, man, this is a period film. Because like, why the fuck would this guy be smoking in a bar if it wasn't 20 years ago? Because like salt burn was set less than 20 years ago. But still, I think, wanted to make a point of like, you could fucking rip a sick indoors.

You know what I mean? When people weren't all fucking scared. A fart of a smoking person. But I think the other thing, too, is, you know, the nostalgia obsession and tobacco criticisms, just come into conflict. The most famously and stranger things, too. There's a lot of smoking in the first couple seasons. And, you know, people were like, oh, yeah, the 80s.

That's right. I remember being a kid in the 80s. I stunk of cigarettes wherever I went, because, like, especially in Japan, oh, my God. Dude, India was so bad. I was like, I cannot talk to any of my uncles. Like, get that fucking out of my face. Do you have sense memories of hugging, like, when you hug a cigarette-y smoke person, you're like, my family?

They would just spread up smoke around me, like, in our faces. And we were like, get the fuck out of here. Or like, I remember I had a lot of like friends from India in my master's program. And I would be like, do I want to go hang out with my friends tonight or breathe? Like, I was like, what are my choices? Hmm. Yeah. Man, because I have so many, like, all of my family members in Japan would smoke basically.

It's so bad. Yeah. And I like, I mean, God, I just like all. It's funny because like, I just think of, like, I just think of, like when my mom would like come home from like a work thing like late and I'd be like, mommy come say hi to me when you're home. And she would always smell like cigarettes. And like that was always like a comforting thing because I was like, mommy's back and smells like six.

Because it was 1988. Yeah. I could. I like, I hate. I was always like kind of like a little bit like allergic to it. So like even when people smoke like spliffs or whatever, I'm like, is there, is there fucking tobacco in that? Like I can.

Get that shit out. Yeah. Stop fucking around. Just smoke weed. Yeah. Fuck is wrong with you. grow up and smoke nothing. Yeah, exactly.

What's wrong with you? Although there's another reason for the smoking comeback is could be that more movies and shows are on streaming services, which has very loose regulatory oversight, too. So there's many, many potential, potential reasons for this. And another possible thing, right, like, because in old movies, cigarettes are kind of like a shorthand for sex, you know, like the whole thing of like, oh yeah like they boned because they're smoking a cigarette right now that's that's what you do uh and i think that was supposedly ice cream sunday just a big sloppy cone it's like melting it's on the sheets that was great honey you're like whoa this movie's risque this is like PG-13 spancy 17 yeah people said it was like an early haze code workaround um supposedly i don't know how

It would indicate. Yeah, to be like, you know, rip a sick, rip a sick, my darling. But again, but since sex scenes were less common back then, I think just cigarettes, maybe are now just filling the gap now? Because, like, you know, we don't even, like, right now, I'm compared to then, there's even less sex. We always talk about how, like, not sexy. There's no sex in movies.

There's no practical effects and there's no sex. No practical effects. Practical sex. There we go. Sex and effects. My Rex in effect. cover band. They want effects.

The practical effects. Yeah, I don't know what, I don't know. I don't know what's going to do it. But again, like I, for me, too, one of the things, you know, like, it's coming back mainstream was when Beyonce was just like posing with Stokes and shit and having a cigarette, like smoke coming out of her mouth for the visuals. I thought it was.

Oh, we're back. The bear when they were filming that and everybody was in the alley smoking. And they're like, smoking so back. Well, yeah. I mean, I think it's all for different people. right? You know, like, there's certain inputs where you're like, oh, okay. To me, when I see like Beyonce, like one of the biggest entertainers on the planet being like, doesn't it look pretty cool when I got smoke around me and shit? Then you're like, oh, yeah. You're starting to sound

like Fox News blaming Beyonce for. No, not at all. You know what? Like, I love cigarettes. I love, I love it. I think it's good. I love cigarettes. I think all of the risks are overblown here. You know, people were talking about, you know, the health risks. Anyway, my name's Philip Morris. I had to change my name legally for this episode. This is a Rupert Murdoch joint. So Rupert Murdoch, hey, welcome with my boy Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds. Caitlin Durante, thank you so much for joining us today on the Daily Zite.

Guys, where do the people find you, follow you, support you, all that? Oh, my gosh, you can follow me on Instagram where I look at my my cat videos and my Lord of the Rings memes at Keelandland Durante. You can listen to the Bechtel cast where we have covered so many of the movies we talked about today including Lord of the Rings and Paddington.

And also look of the Irish. I clock that comment on the thing when we were talking about Michael B. George Ryan Coogler. Yes, yes. You know what I mean? Yeah, we just covered that one. Yeah, yeah.

So you can listen to that. you can come to the show that I have tonight in Highland Park. If you're in the area, it's at video tech. It's at, I believe, 8 o'clock. It is improvised stand-up. So wish me luck. I don't really know how that's going to go, but I'm going to do my very best.

And then I believe, if there are any listeners, in Porto Portugal. Puerto Portugal, okay. Because after my London trip, where I'm going to become best, friends with Paddington, I'm going to Porto, and I believe I have a, I'm booked on a stand-up show there on April 8th. Okay.

Hell yeah. I'm not sure. Like, dare show up. Yeah. If you want more details, feel free to, like, DM me on Instagram or, like, message me via my website. So I'm just like, I don't even know if I can promote this, because the thing with so many, like, people who run a stand-up show, especially one that's not at, like, a big venue or something

like that. If it's just sort of like an indie show at a space, they are not actually very good at organizing or communicating. So I'm not actually sure. But I think I'm booked on a show in Porto on April 8th. So, yeah. Contact me for more info about that. Have you been to Portugal before? I've never been. I have it. People say Portugal is dope. Everyone said, yeah, people love it. I've never been. So very excited. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Shout out the Iberian Peninsula. Is there work of media, social or otherwise, that you're enjoying? Oh my gosh. I'm always going to recommend a movie because I'm not really consuming a whole lot on social media.

Nirvana, the band, the show, the movie. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's already probably out of theaters by this point, but it's my favorite movie of the year so far. I had the best time. Okay. I like that. The end. The end.

Paula Viginalin, thank you for keeping me at least healthy so we could have a show today. I respect you. I honor you. You're a kind, forgiving God. Where do people find you, follow you, and what's the work in media that you're enjoying? I'm Matt Pella Viganalan, P-A-L-A-B-I-G-U-N-A-L-N-A-N-E Everywhere. Second Streams Comedy, April 25th, Facial Recognition Comedy, the crossover with The Laugh Factory Show on April 9th come through.

I'm going to be in Arizona in Texas this weekend with Mahana Del Shecki, a good friend, good friend of mine. Yeah, two works in media. There was two tweets that I saw. One was a, it was a, a picture of the Scooby-Doo World Premiere with the four main actors. And then at Codd Strangier, two-eys, tweeted, I was trying to figure out who is missing and realized Scooby isn't real. That's just the four guys. And then there was another tweet I saw by at Minnie's version. Period finally came.

A whole 22 days late. I really thought my bitch did it. Oh my God. Love that one. Me, there's this video for, this is like such an LA-centric thing, but on Instagram, I got served this video from like some like,

not huge like real estate agent person who posts on Instagram, like not even like maybe like 2,000 followers. So it wasn't like a huge account. But this video had hundreds of thousands of views. And I just want to play this for those of us who know L.A., I just want you to listen to this because it is absolutely fucking,

inaccurate and rage. It has to be rage bait. I don't know why, but this is a real estate person describing Glendale, California. Why does Glendale feel like New York? I hear this all the time from people relocating here. So many New Yorkers I've run into.

They love the small boroughs of Montrose and Kenneth Village, big city vibes of downtown, Nightlife, too. They also love the architecture. That's what makes Glendale so. They're showing Spanish architecture. This has to be rage bait. You know how it's exactly like New York?

They also love the schools and the passion behind them. And they also say you cannot find a bad meal here. I can find a bad meal in Lindo. Why is this a Meg Stalter video? Right. And here is top rate and just getting better. Okay. So the amount of comments, I don't comment normally on Instagram posts because it's like, what's the fucking point?

I had to be like, what are you talking? So many, some of the comments I'm like, said no one ever. or I just said your LA pass has been revoked. I want the Americana account to weigh in. Oh, they should. I need the American account on there. Calling it the boroughs of Montrose. There's no way this isn't satire.

Well, I look, this person has like an earnest account where they're trying to sell like real estate. Yeah, that was probably, that's got to be a silly one. It's hard one of those things where it's like, clearly you're, none of your content is like satire. Is it like April Fool's Day when we don't know about it? They came out March 11th.

The April Fool's of March. Like they said it might look a lot like one parking in parking confidence. If you can parallel park on brand or Glen Oaks, you could absolutely survive Manhattan. False. False. There's no way they're not trolling New Yorkers. People don't even survive walking

in Manhattan. Okay. So miss me with that. It's a completely different beast. Our cities are so fucking different. Food loyalty is insane. Okay, I get that. Sure. Neighborhood identity is strong. Do not get Rossmoin people mixed up with other parts of Glendale. What? What? Rossmoin? Well, you're forgetting that the Americana is basically Times Square. Yeah, right. They're exactly the same. Just so, just so fucking odd. Like, it's, I don't know, like, I don't know. It was so upsetting for me. I know, like, it's actually brilliant

because it has the amount, it's like getting ratioed in terms of like to... Los Feliz is like the Abista of LA. Exactly. Lo Feliza is what they call it. With its burgeoning electronic music scene similar to the thing.

What are you fucking talking about? Welcome to North Hollywood. Uh-huh. Some call it the Mediterranean of Los Angeles. It's landlocked. Anyway, that's one. That was from Nicole Schluter. Schluter.

Who put that one out there. Go ahead. Schluter! Jurassic Park, shout out. Yes, yes, yes, just. Hold on to your butts. Shout out, cigarettes. Oh, yeah, exactly.

Anyway, you can find me everywhere at Miles of Gray. I'm talking shit about 90-day fiancé over at 420-day fiancé, talking about English soccer and European football on AINFooty. You can find us on Twitter, Blue Sky, at Daily. Zykeyes. We're at the Daily Zayk Guys on Instagram. Go to the description of the episode, wherever you're listening to it at the bottom. That's where you'll find the footnotes.

Foot notes. Thank you. Both, y'all. God bless you both. Thank you. Which is where we link off to the information we talked about in the episode. We're also going to link off to a song I think you might enjoy. This is a bit of UK rap in it with Caitlin going off across the Atlantic. Oh, no, this one is even better.

This one is actually, this guy, this is a rapper. I'm pretty sure it's Blasian. I'm looking at his face. I'm like, the devil knows his own. Wait, who is it? Sai Ming,

S-A-I-M-I-N-G. Dope rapper. Dope flow. He kind of sounds like Skepta. This track is called Asian linen. Really cool, like sort of like... That's giving glacial to me. Oh, yeah, yeah.

Look, like I said, Blasians, when we see each other, we look, hmm? And we figure it out very quickly. But this one's called Asian linen by Saiming. Check it out. It's very, very, very dope. And you're going to like it.

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