The Daily Zeitgeist - Beyonce In HousTrend 10/24: Polish Radio AI, Mexi-Melt, Taco Bell, Beyonce, Kamala Harris, 'Hide & Seek From The Police'

Episode Date: October 24, 2024

In this edition of Beyonce In HousTrend, Miles and special guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan discuss a Polish radio station replacing all their journalists with AI 'presenters', the return of the Mexi-Melt to Taco Bell, Beyonce for Harris @ the DNC, the disturbing 'Hide And Seek From The Police' events springing up around the country this Halloween and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Be a delusional dreamer. Just don't be a desperate delusional dreamer. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Trust me, you won't want to miss this one. All the celebrities are coming out of the portals like the Avengers to help Kamala Harris, I guess over the line, although Texas isn't quite seen as a purple state quite yet due to gerrymandering, but who knows? We will get to that trending item in a moment. My name, Miles Gray.

My guest co-host name, Pauly V. Gannolin. What's up, Pauly V.? I fucking hate that guy, gerrymanda. He slept with my wife. What? I don't know. What? We were in an improv moment.

They didn't hear that part before when I was struggling with- Jerry Manda. Hey, Jerry Manda. Hate that fucking friend. I hate that guy. I've been doing this voice for like a few days and I don't know why. It's fun.

Sometimes you get caught in a voice you like to do. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, Polly V, let's tell the people some of the things that are trending. A pretty brazen act of cut and replace with AI has occurred in Poland. A radio station in Poland is the subject of- No, nothing bad has ever happened in Poland, no. Never, never, never, never, never, never, never.

They are taking, they're in the hot seat a little bit because they fired all of the on-air human presenters and they are in the process of replacing them all with virtual characters created by AI. Okay, the reason that you guys aren't coming along with these future technologies and you don't understand why characters created by AI are actually more efficient than human characters is because you have a soul and like we're not about that at our company, okay? Because souls can be really, you know, like not beneficial to like our progress as a society.

So we gotta get rid of those. We have to like cut those out of our worldview, okay? I feel like you could hear that in like America too, like soul kind of evokes a sort of culture for some of our white listeners that they don't quite like. It's just not a good fit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like soul music or food.

You get what you kind of get where I'm going. Anyway, so apparently though, don't worry not, these robot journalists are quote, designed to reach younger listeners by speaking about cultural, art and social issues, including the concerns of LGBTQ plus people. I don't want some fucking pedo robots trying to reach my young children. Racist ass algorithm trying to give me takes on culture, art, social issues, including concerns of the LGBTQ plus community. I don't care if it makes me, listen back in my day,

we didn't have no beat boopers telling us Hitler was okay. Okay. Look, you just kind of sat back and dealt with it. That's just how it worked. But apparently the head of the radio station claimed Look, you just kind of sat back and dealt with it. That's just how it worked. But apparently the head of the radio station claimed that the journalists weren't fired because there was AI and it was a cheaper thing to do. It's because the listenership was, quote, close to zero.

And so it's just a fun experiment. They're completely unrelated. What if AI was listening and they don't count that? What if it was AI that was listening the whole time? Holy shit. And that's how they got the characters. This is what the quote from the head of the station said. Quote, is artificial intelligence more of an opportunity

or a threat to media, radio and journalism? We will seek answers to this question. Oh, so it's like- Like killing our families in their bed We will eliminate employees and then see how that goes. We'll see we don't know it's kind of like we're goofy You know, we like throwing stuff on the wall seeing what sticks and then we'll just see what happens with this is war bad I don't know but I'm gonna start one to find out. Let's engage in one though. Let's fucking go for it though We won't know until we know let's completely ignore the record of history. We're scientists. Yeah. We're Nazi

scientists. We're Nazi scientists and we don't give a fuck about history because this time it will be different. Okay. And we might win this time. So again, this is pretty shocking because the station is a quote, taxpayer supported station. This does remind me, you know, that intro scene in the dark night where like each robber is like killing the robber they're with until the last one is killed by the Joker. Right. That's what this feels like with AI, like killing each person's job and you think you're safe and then AI will take your job.

Yeah. Shit. They got somehow worse. There was one of these AI presenters recently did an interview with a Nobel Prize winning poet who died in 2012. But don't worry because that person also AI. And then the person who like represents the estate of,

and please forgive me, cause I do want to say the person's name, but I'm not great at Polish pronunciation. I think it's Wyslava Zimborska. They said, oh no, no, no, she had a sense of humor and would have liked it. Really? Really?

What the fuck? Like also like it's AI, you can make new characters. Why did you have to like put this person in your. Also, I don't know. It's really go that hard. It's is it like Tupac where they're like, we have to bring this one poet back. I'd imagine because it sounds like like a very consequential Polish poet. So it makes sense. Radio. So they. Yeah, exactly.

They're not going to have like in this dystopian future. Yeah, exactly. They're not gonna have like Haley Welch on. Yeah, yeah. But let's move on to better news. Specifically for me and my junk food, my love of junk food, the fucking Mexi Melt is back. I'm sorry, I didn't know, I didn't mean to scream it like that, but that's all I got going right now.

So the Bell, they're bringing back a few things from, they have a decades menu going. So, and when I saw this- This is like Taylor's era's tour, but with Taco Bell. Yeah, but with Taco Bell decades. Oh my God, are they going to bring it back? Yeah, it's all the different eras of violent diarrhea. So starting on Halloween, Taco will bring back from the decades the tostada from the 60s earliest form of Taco Bell, then the green

sauce burrito from the 70s, the Mexi melt from the 80s, the Gordita Supreme from the 1990s, which I fucking loved, especially when that Godzilla movie came out with Matthew Broderick and the 2000s caramel apple empanada, which I had one too many of. But again, I'm interested. I'm curious. I want to see what happens. I've always just wanted this one simple dish to come back the only downside to this It will not be 1990s 80s pricing because that Mexi Mel will now be $2.99 each but Everything will be less than $3. So look for under $3

You can destroy your insights like you used to decades ago. So good news. Yeah. Back when we had like four Loco and stuff. Oh, yeah. Did you ever drink for Loco? No, I like my friends all drank it, but I like I wasn't like drinking back then. So like, well, I never it's a different kind of drinking to. Yeah. We need to have four Locos like this. It's like the drink my friends drank after they had their breakdown. Yeah, yeah. It was like the drink my friends drank after they had their breakdowns. Yeah, yeah, right. I was like, maybe I shouldn't.

Yeah, just kind of based on, if that's kind of your vibe right now, I'm good. I'll have some water maybe. Yeah, I think I'm gonna ruin my insides with Taco Bell instead, you know? Yeah, yeah. Also, I wanna say Taco Bell, like, just have these, have your popular items on menu.

Stop taking stuff away and then bringing it back. Mexican pizza. How dare you? You know what I mean? Give the people what they want. Don't make us like, what is this? The fucking McRib. You got to chase it at night. Different McDonald's. Come on.

Yeah, I know. I know. I don't know. I mean, you can't get them. The Mexican pizza is back, though. They were. I know. I just I'm still bitter that they took it away. Yeah. No. Same. We have had. I'm still bitter that they took it away. Yeah. No. Same. We could have had so many years of memories and you wasted it.

You wasted it. Taco Bell. Exactly. Slipped right through your greasy fucking fingers. Look at you. Yeah. I don't know. I think what's also funny because their whole menu is so modular.

It's all just a weird combination of 12 ingredients they have for everything. You took that back, Miles. I'm not saying it's bad. It's so good. Just fucking do it. everything. You took that back, Miles. I'm not saying it's bad. It's so good. Just fucking do it. Yeah, I like that. I think when I get the Taco Bell I go to, I'll be like, hey, it's me.

They're like, I already know it's the dude who's always kind of trying to home brew their own Mexi Melts by talking to us on how to do it. That's so funny. Well, one of the listeners, shout out, I forget, way back, one of the listeners put me on to how to do it. And ever since I've been using that same formula. All right. Wow, let's take a

quick break. We'll come back, talk a bit of politics because we will be talking more about politics in tomorrow's episode, but just some celebrity stuff and then the police after this. And we're back. The other big thing that's trending, aside from the fact that violent Jay from insane clown posse has said he is endorsing Kamala Harris. That's a big vote. That's a big demographic. Hey, jugalos. That's not a fucking joke.

Okay. And I guess, and I know that Detroit's very own Eminem was also Going the same way and I know they had their beef a little bit, but I'm glad they put the beef down To to come together for this project, I guess but the other thing that is going People are yelling at you when you have too many Maxi mouse. They're like put the beef down put the beef down miles Put the beef down and I'm like, oh, yeah, I'm putting it down. They're like, no, no, no, no Not in your mouth not like that. Oh, I'm putting these down. I had five just right before you got here Oh, you have five more. Yep, about to do ten

We call that a decade It will be written in Taco Bell hot sauce Or on the back of one of the packets, like the hot sauce packet. Or just the paper, the wrapper. They're like, I don't know if this is legally binding, but it does seem that he did have this notarized. But yeah, Beyonce is gonna be performing in Houston.

I know a lot of people are like, she's gonna be at the DNC. It's happening now in Houston, along with I think Willie Nelson and shit. So that'll be a huge thing for all the people who like Kamala and Beyonce and you know. Willie Nelson. And Willie Nelson.

What's that Venn diagram is just a circle, the people who love Willie Nelson and Beyonce. Exactly. You'd think so, right? If you were like, I love Beyonce. He was on your album. Right, that is true. So it would be funny if someone's like,

I love Beyonce, fucking hate Willie Nelson. Like hate Willie Nelson? Alright, fine. But yes, that's all. Beyonce would never smoke weed. Yeah, even though it sounds like she's alluded to it many times in her lyrics. I don't believe it. I don't want to hear it.

And Tina Knowles will also be up there. And I will be wearing head to toe House of Darion. I am a fan. I never let go of my House of Darion clothing. And then this other thing. So along with, you know, the holidays, there's all kinds of community events. You know, there's like a spooky bike ride

I might do tomorrow, like in my neighborhood. There's like, you know, a little local spooktacular. There's no bike lanes. Oh no, you might get hit by a car door. And you can't wear a helmet. We are living in truly spooky times and your prize could be a traumatic brain injury. But the police always trying to ingratiate themselves

and the community make, you know, just kind of smooth things out because I community make, you know, just kind of smooth things out because I know the, you know, wanton violence and, you know, unpunished evil deeds that police departments engage in. I know that can be a bit of a damper on our relationships with the communities, but hey, we've got some ideas.

So there's a couple. In Moreland, Oklahoma, the local police department is hosting their third annual hide and seek from the police. Do you hear that hide and seek from the police where people sign up for a Halloween night event where they're given armbands, then hide from the police. Let's be honest who have to track them down.

These are white people signing up because every like other people are like, every day of my life is high in secret. Yeah, for real. I'm like, is this just like a preview of like the upcoming Trump administration and what it could be like? They're going to use like drone dogs to track people down and then they like shoot them and then they're like, haha, I found you. Right. I think it's like one of the things like look we're not even using all this military tech

they keep fucking shitting down on us from the pentagon that they can't justify buying so yeah I guess we use it to freak out people. This is their top city they're going to be using one of like the teslas or whatever to like run somebody over. This is so wild it says meet at the Moreland Community Center to receive your wristband. They will be released at, like, they'll get a 15 minute head start and you must remain inside city limits, no entering private yards, outside only, no buildings, and they hunt you down? This, okay.

This sounds like a horror, like, they're literally gonna, I'm so surprised they haven't killed someone already. Yeah, right. Like, cause they would pull their guns out at anything. Right, right. Our producers are like, this is a training exercise for the cops. Wait, this isn't in like an enclosed space. No, they're like hunting them down in like,

the city limits. On the streets of the city. Because the cops own, it's another reminder that the cops own the city and can find you anywhere. That's what it is. And it's like to your point for the people who aren't necessarily, who don't see the police

in the same way that most oppressed people do, they're like, oh, this is like so fun. And you hide and seek and it's like my friend. But can you also imagine like that night, like cops are gonna be trolling everywhere. So people who would not want to be around cops are going to be trolling everywhere. So people who would not want to be around cops are going to be forced with them, like trying to like barge into places.

Yes. Hey, are you part of the hide and seek? No, motherfucker. I'm changing my spare tire, bro. Can you leave me the fuck alone? They're like, play with us. Fucking play with us. We have no friends.

Hey, hands up fucking asshole. I'm joking. I'm joking. I'm no, but for real, motherfucker freeze. Oh, come on. Am I Joe? I don't know They're like or shoot. We're gonna shoot Holy shit trick or beat your ass down So this trend apparently has been spreading to other towns too because like you said, how could this get worse? Well in Sherwood, Oregon

there will be an armed and Sherwood, Oregon, there will be an armed and uniformed police officers event where they will try to tag teenagers and adults as they run through a wooded park at night. It says you are invited to hide and seek with a cop at the Stella Olsen Park in Sherwood, Oregon, October 30 at 7pm. Do you think they're just gonna like plant drugs on everyone? I know. They're just like.

Yeah. They're just gonna be like. Other confiscated guns? I don't know. Dusting us with cocaine. This baby had a gun. I don't know what you want me to do, chief. And the reaction to this hasn't been positive.

Many people were putting on social media, they said, I'd go, quote, I'd go, but I like breathing. um... many people were putting on social media they said i'd go quote i'd go but i like breathing the cops they defended this whole event they said they said that a lot of people like why are they fucking armed for a thing where it's like twelve years old twelve years and up

uh... i guess because apparently the whole point is to humanize the officers they said quote if the officers are not uniformed or armed, it defeats the goal of helping community members overcome fear of interacting with officers as they are. Events like this build those relationships and humanize us as an agency and as officers. You want me to humanize your gun? Put it in a fucking Beauty and the Beast movie, okay? Make it sing. Don't make me fucking play hide and seek with cops. Like a 12 year old is gonna tag someone

and they're gonna be like, you reached for my gun. It's fucking terrifying. Nobody wants to be around cops. You don't humanize yourselves. You kill people, you kill dogs. You kill so many dogs per year in people's private yards. Like we wanna stay the fuck away from you. But that's the thing.

If I'm not dressed as the spooky, you know, person that can kill at will on behalf of the state, then you're not gonna like connect to me. So- Wait a minute, wait a minute. Everyone should go, okay. Adults should go and everyone should dress as cops of like their local uniform.

And everyone should, because it's like a Halloween thing. We can dress as what we want, right? Right? And then we all just like trick them into shooting each other. He's got a gun. And then you dive and it's behind. Oh, if only things worked out as the amazing comedic ideas we have.

But I again, I hope this ends safely. But yeah, this is just whole just like, wow. The fact the weird part is defending that they need to have their guns or else they're not going to get respect like, holy shit, dude, maybe like interrogate that. I need to beat the shit out of people or they won't be my friend. Yeah, look, we're not gonna carry tasers though. Those are scary.

What? Yeah, what if we accidentally reach for the taser instead of the gun for once? Yeah, and I know I'm behind in my practice, but these are the things that keep us up at night. So yeah, resist the urge to do hide and seek with a cop. They should host another event that's hide and seek with a stripper cop and then like make everybody go to that one instead.

Oh, you know what I mean? Yeah. Like all the adults. It would be wild, though, to. Oh, man, this is where like if I like if I was a billionaire, I would just like buy a bunch of like tear away police uniforms that look exactly like this department. That's what I'm saying. And then suddenly like 50% of these cops are just ripping their clothes off and being like and then just having a party in the woods.

Maybe maybe not great for the 12 year olds. Why does it have to be in the woods? Like why does it have to be outside? Why does it have to be in the woods? Like it's so can't you eminent domain like a nice house? It's just so weird, right? Like you are, like you would do, like you're building a freeway overpass or something.

Just fucking steal some shit, make it more fun. You want to humanize them? Why don't you humanize the people of your community? That's the direction. Yeah, give the people of your community guns. That would be funny. Hunt a cop night and then... That's that's the direction people of your community guns That would be funny hunt a cop Yeah, yeah or tase a cop that would probably do a lot for oh

I don't know But again that the empathy does not need to be moving in the other direction like they insist If anything like to like no, we have a problem with them not seeing us as people. We have a problem with those fucking dogs not seeing us as people. Oh shit. Oh my God. Well, those are the things that are trending this Thursday, October 24th, 2024, one week from Halloween. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee coming up for you tomorrow. But until then, take care of yourselves, take care of each other, get the flu shot, get your vaccines, do all that. Don't do nothing about white supremacy. And please, please, please have a good time as you can

in our final days of who knows what's gonna happen. Okay, bless you. Bye bye. Goodbye forever. Bye bye. Bye bye. Bye bye. Bye bye.

Bye bye. Bye bye. Bye bye. Bye bye. Bye bye. Bye bye. Bye bye. Hey friends, I'm Jessica Capshaw and this is Camilla Luddington and we have a new podcast. Call it what it is. You may know us from Graceland Memorial, but did you know that we are actually besties in real life? And as all besties do, we navigate the highs and lows of life together. Big or small, we're there.

And now here we are, opening up the friendship circle to you. Listen to Call It What It Is on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Dr. Laurie Santos, host of the Happiness Lab podcast. As the US elections approach, it can feel like we're angrier and more divided than ever. But in a new, hopeful season of my podcast, I'll share what the science really shows, that we're surprisingly more united than most people think.

We all know something is wrong in our culture, in our politics, and that we need to do better and that we can do better. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. life story from being in and out of prison from the age of 13 to being one of today's biggest artists. I was a desperate delusional dreamer. Be a delusional dreamer. Just don't be a desperate delusional dreamer. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Trust me, you won't want to miss this one.