The Daily Zeitgeist - Catch Me Zeitin’ Dirty 2/24: Katherine Johnson, Kobe and Gianna, New Order x Pet Shop Boys, Chicago Weather

Episode Date: February 24, 2020

On this edition of Zeitin’ Dirty Jack and Miles discuss the passing of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson, the Kobe and Gianna Memorial is happening right now, New Order and Pet Shop Boys are going on tour, and Chicago is getting a lot of snow! (Just in time for the live show!) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hey. Let's tell the people what is trending today at the moment that we're recording this. So, Katherine Johnson is trending. She is the mathematician that most people might be familiar with from Hidden Figures, who worked for NASA. She passed away recently. So, her name is trending. I want to say her age was?

101. 101. Wow. What an amazing story. I mean, that want to say her age was? 101. 101, wow. Amazing. Like that, what an amazing story. I mean, that's just one, like the thing she had to fight against in terms of discrimination, pretty wild. Yeah.

And just ended up doing like amazing work that put America on the moon before anybody else. Well, and resonates in so many other ways technologically also. Yeah. Yeah. What was the, I'm trying to, 101 years old is,

they don't make them like that anymore. Shout out to her. You think you lived 101 without medicine? No. Without medicine? Wait, what? Like a G?

Just sheer tyranny of will. Yeah, exactly. The medicine? Wait, what? Like a G? Just sheer tyranny of will. Yeah, exactly. The Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant Memorial is happening right now. That is trending. Jesus, man. This is brutal, but very beautiful. Yeah. Brutiful.

I can't really. I don't know if I'll be able to watch it i mean i've watched i've barely been able to watch much stuff in general just because i don't uh get emotional yeah but uh yeah it the whole city uh is i saw three cars where people just painted their cars like with their own paint to make them purple and gold. Oh, really? Yeah, man. Yeah, the whole city is kind of, it's been in a perpetual state of mourning since the accident, and this feels like it's kind of a culmination

and a celebration, but also a culmination of the mourning. And I can't believe Vanessa Bryant, like she's there and speaking I think and that is that is strength right there yeah anyway

what about some other news oh no new order okay and Pet Shop Boys yeah are co-headlining a tour okay they did Blue Monday right And Pet Shop Boys are co-headlining a tour. Okay. They did Blue Monday, right?

How does it feel to treat me like a doe? Yeah, yeah. I think that's them. Good, great. I actually don't know. Well, I think because they used to be Joy Division. Right. And that's all I know.

You're working this out in a one-way street, because I don't know any of this shit. Pet Shop Boys? Uh-uh. No, really? I mean, I've heard the name. Oh, man. What about those West End Girls, huh? I know. I know that song. All right. West End Girls. I remember very

specifically the year that I became cognizant of popular culture and music. And I think it was like 87 or 88. And that song, Got My Mind Set On You by George Harrison. The Kokomo Don't Worry Be Happy, which, by the way, I played for my... I had the boys by myself this weekend. And you were blasting Bobby McFerrin? Blasting Bobby McFerrin.

There you go. And they were feeling it. Oh, really? And the one-year-old was even singing Don't Worry, Be Happy. You really should learn his name eventually. Yeah, the little one. Yeah. Little guy.

Number two. He's got the cheeks and shit. Hey, Chicky, come here. Give your old man a kiss. I really – there is something about Bobby McFerrin, Don't Worry, Chicky, come here. Give your old man a kiss. There is something about Bobby McFerrin, Don't Worry, Be Happy that I feel like, didn't they send a record, a gold record into space that was supposed to be like our humanity on one disc or something? I feel like Bobby McFerrin's song, Don't Worry, Be Happy, it might be universal. It's timeless. I'll hear it now and be like,

I don't know man this shit is this this shit goes yeah oh yeah and babies know too yeah yeah babies know the truth babies get it um and yeah uh also trending is wait so are you excited about this new order pet shop boys uh i just know it as like two bands that i know are big and i know there is probably a generation of people who are like oh fuck yeah yeah i think i don't know there is probably a generation of people who are like, oh, fuck yeah. Yeah. I think. Yeah.

I don't know. Or it might be one of those things where people are like, you know, honestly, at this point it's a little late. I wish they maybe done this 15 years ago, but I'll take it. I'm a big fan. Right. You know what I mean? I do know what you mean, Miles.

Thank you. Hey, speaking of joy, we're about to be in Chicago spreading the joy. And as we were looking at the trends for today, what do I see? Number seven, Google trending subjects right now, Chicago weather, which is something I was already aware that I should be worried about. Does Chicago get bad weather-wise? I heard it's a paradise. Yeah, it is during the summer, man. The light, breezy city. Chicago's the best during the summer, but woof.

Yeah, they say heavy snow. Yeah, it might be up to nine inches, which us people who are accustomed to the balmy, you know, where cold is 55 degrees, Los Angeles weather scape are probably not ready. I mean, we're not ready for whatever it's going to be. I'm not ready for wind. Certainly not. Number seven trending subject the day we take off. Chicago weather.

Right. Again, I've been begging for Earth to just, you know, swallow me whole with her coldy breath and embrace. Coldy breath? embrace coldy breath cold frosty i think her coldy breath coldy the snowman uh so hey i might get my wish yeah so if you see me out there frozen please remember me as i lived uh yeah a warm fellow yeah first, we're in Minneapolis tomorrow night. It's going to be dope. Tickets still available.

Come on, Minneapolis. Come through. Come through. Say hi. POS. Yeah. He's going to be our guest. Then Daniel Van Kirk in Chicago, if he makes it.

If we make it. Yes. If not, look, we will literally bike across the plains, the hills, to get to you. Yeah. So don't worry. I plan to get to you yeah i plan on either way i plan on biking to the show i know you keep saying that yeah and i got worried because when i saw your suitcase it was a bike broken up in a bunch of parts i'm like oh this dude's really gonna do it i thought he was a bluff and all my all the clothes i've packed are biking outfits just those uh shorts single body leotard short thing. Midlife crisis, cosplay man stuff.

Yeah. That's like the new. I will never get there. If I ever get there, Miles, just take me out. What's our, what's our generation's Lance Armstrong outfit going to be? You know what I mean? Cause that's a specific thing. Like where it's like, yeah, they thought I was down.

Right. And now I'm on this bike, Brenda. And I got a cool, it looks like I have sponsors. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Like, what's, I'm pretending we're on, like wearing the full basketball uniforms. Maybe, but I mean.

Like we regressed so hard. I'm like, I'm Cedric Sabalos. That's still one of the funniest things I've ever pictured is one of my friends was like Chris, who you've met, was pointing out that we should have NBA coaches have to wear the uniforms of their team as well, just like baseball managers do. Oh, wow. Just picturing like Jeff and Stan Van Gundy, the Vans Gundy wearing their basketball uniforms. Oh my God.

Really just blew my mind. That honestly, Steve Kerr would, I would. Steve Kerr would look fine. He'd still be like, I'd be like, oh, Steve Kerr's still playing. Yeah, Steve Kerr looks fine. Longevity. But yeah, I mean, the fact that the baseball managers of, of all the sports, probably the worst uniform for a, uh, out of shape person to wear, uh, still rocket.

I had shots, shouts out to them. Uh, maybe that'll be the thing. Baseball uniforms. I don't know. There's going to be, I feel like I had articulated this at some point, but I, I know it's something I know there's going to be something that like like Gen Z, people will look at us and be like, there he is. Yeah.

It happened. Okay, millennial. You're now dressed like Tom LeBonge from Blink-22. Yeah. Maybe it'll be just all the, do Zoomers get tattoos at the same rate as millennials? I don't know. Dial in, Zoomers. Let us know.

Dial in, Zoomers. Let us know. Dial in on Zoomers. Let us know. Dial in on your rotary phone. Yeah. All right. That's going to do it for this afternoon. We'll be back tomorrow with another whole podcast, and we will talk to you then. Bye.

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