The Daily Zeitgeist - Disposable AirPods? Erdogan Plays Dirty? 12.18.19

Episode Date: December 18, 2019

In episode 538, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Maggie Maye to discuss Hallmark pulling the Zola ad featuring a same-sex wedding, impeachment updates, the Turkish president getting angry that America acknowledged the Armenian genocide, a K-POP star losing 33 pairs of AirPods, Italian soccer's anti-racism campaign, Instagram attempting to fight bullying in comments, and more!FOOTNOTES: 11 Hallmark Christmas Movie Romances That Are Actually A Complete Nightmare Hallmark Channel Pulls Zola Ads Featuring Brides Kissing Group upset by Geico's 'bestiality' ad A Marvel X-Man has comics' first gay wedding as DC plans to out a hero Why Did Hallmark Have to Be Told That Anti-LGBTQ Bigotry Leveled at the Zola Ad Was Wrong? Democrats lay out case for Wednesday Trump impeachment vote More On-the-Fence Democrats Back Impeachment of Trump Impeachment hurts but Teflon Trump thrives AP count: Majority of House supports Trump’s impeachment Letters from an American: December 16, 2019 President Trump has made 15,413 false or misleading claims over 1,055 days Senate passes resolution recognizing Armenian genocide Turkish president threatens to recognise US genocide of Native Americans in response to Armenia ruling A member of the popular South Korean boy band BTS says he's lost 33 pairs of AirPods Italian Soccer Officials Combat Racism Using...Racism Our Progress on Leading the Fight Against Online Bullying WATCH: Rezzett - Worst Ever Contender Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yeah. A production of iHeartRadio. Hello, the internet, and welcome to Season 113, Episode 3 of The Daily Zeitgeist! A production of iHeartRadio. This is a podcast where we take a deep dive into America's shared consciousness and say officially, off the top, Fuck the Koch Brothers! Fuck you! And fuck Fox News. It's Wednesday, December 18th, 2019. My name's Jack O'Brien, a.k.a. Jackington O'Baron.

It's courtesy of William Speaks here. Dan, don't patronize me. And I'm thrilled to be joined, as always, by my co-host, Mr. Miles Gray! I gotta be rad, bruise gotta be cold, I gotta get higher. Dick will never be hard, so I'll never get buff but mine will be stronger I gotta be cool when Daniel drops a bomb Jack we gotta stay

together all I know all I know is I am miles of gray I just know that part one of the first CDs I bought with my own money. Who is it? Desiree. Desiree.

Or D-E-S apostrophe. You gotta be, girl. You gotta be. Yeah, that was an accomplishment. An artistic achievement. Well, no, just for me to save up my little dog shit, picking up money, walking the dog. Did you buy the full album or the single?

I don't know, bro. I was fucking, however old this shit came out. The cuff the single i only got the sit no the disc single the disc single that had like a extended mix and then like there was always like a house mix back then to every pop song that you never heard of unless you own the single right and i do so uh shout out to crispy yamaguchi main crispy i always say crispy christy crispy meme donut Donut. He's crispy, ma'am. Yeah. Ma'am. He's crispy, ma'am.

Well, it's later in the day than we usually record, and we are drunk. Yep. So we are also thrilled to be joined by the hilarious comedian Maggie Mae. Yay! Welcome. Yay! Straight from the Rio Grande Valley. Yeah.

If I remember correctly. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. How you doing? I'm okay. It's been too long. I am okay. It has been too long.

It's good to be back. Thank you, guys. You look well. I appreciate it. Thank you. What's new with you? Okay, how do we look? All so well.

Please don't tell. More well than y'all wished to me so it seems like I'm not well we just got Botox so we've been asking a lot of our guests you may notice my face does not move

at all he's smiling right now this is as big as my smile he can't even open his eyes we have to have to go get

something taken out is that how that botulism works yeah I think so is there a way to neutralize the botulism like if they go too hard you have to put your face in a, I think so. Is there a way to neutralize the botulism?

Like if they go too hard, they're like, ooh, ooh, ooh. Microwave, I think. Oh, cook it up? Yeah, just melt it. Or you just put antibiotic into it. Right, wouldn't that help? It fights the botulism. Boom. Makes you look old as hell again.

And then you're like, no, bring it back. Put the botulism back. My youth. I'm droopy now. That's my impression of somebody with a droopy face. Well, it sounded like you're doing the droopy dog animation. Was that dog called Droopy Dog? I think so.

Well, so it wasn't just a clever name. Have we talked about the fact that when you get that Botox, you can't feel feelings? Like because the face to feeling is like a two-way street? I know we either brought this up on mic or off mic, but yeah, and also like how it's also causing, or child development experts are also concerned of

what that effect is on babies who have parents who are Botoxed up. Right. Because they might not be able to emote the same way to a child as they're learning in those pivotal moments. It's a less connection. Wow. They're like, my mother never smiled at me. And she's like, I was smiling the entire time. Yeah, exactly. I'm so happy right now. It's a connection. Yeah. Wow. They're like, my mother never smiled at me. And she's like, I was smiling the entire time. Yeah, exactly.

I'm so happy right now. It's a very Orange County problem at the moment. But, you know, it's just a cautionary tale to everybody. Yeah, but people who got Botox were reporting depression because they couldn't feel feelings. So they were just dead on the inside. Oh, from the lack of being able to emote. From the lack of being able to smile,

they were then unable to feel smiling. Well, that the lack of being able to smile. From the lack of being able to smile, they were then unable to feel smiling. Well, that's what emojis are for. Feel the sunshine. Well, Maggie, we're going to get to know you a little bit better in a moment. First, we are going to tell our listeners a few of the things we're talking about. We're going to talk about the Hallmark

saga, the rollercoaster ride that was how Hallmark dealt with the Zola ad zola ad featuring two ladies what uh we're gonna do an impeachment update uh we're talking about impeaching this creep uh apparently the president is lying more due to impeachment i don't believe it yeah that sounds that sounds well i want to crunch some numbers. We'll get to that point when we get there. Would you think that he would start

lying more in defense of him? No. That doesn't sound like our Donnie. Not my Donnie. Not my Donnie. We're going to talk about Erdogan. He is basically, he came back at the U.S.,

clapped back over the U.S. acknowledging genocide. Yeah, the Armenian genocide. Armenian genocide. We're going to talk about AI. We're going to talk about a K-pop star who is just giving us like a creative new direction in flexes. So we're going to talk about that. We're going to talk about racism in football.

We're going to talk about... In football. In football. Calcio. Yes. Future ball. We're going to talk about Instagram. We're going to talk about all that shit.

But first, Maggie, what is something from your search history that's revealing about who you are? Something in my search history is how do you edit a post on Reddit? Edit a post on Reddit. Yes. What happened? You post something on your own stuff? Yeah, it should let you know that, one, I'm 100 years old. Right.

And I just joined Reddit. You don't look a day over 80. Thank you. It's the Botox. And then I posted something because I had a question that I wanted to ask but then I posted the picture and then the text didn't post and so I was just like ah

how are they going to know what I wanted to ask about this based on and so they answered based on something that I wasn't asking anyway so I was like how do you and I just deleted it and made it another one welcome to reddit some people are like well you know I just deleted it and made it another one. Yeah, there you go.

Welcome to Reddit. Yeah. Some people are like, well, you know, then they put the brackets like edit, punctuation, or whatever. Thanks for the transparency. I appreciate that. But you guys just deleted that shit. Kept it moving.

Yeah. Correction from today's earlier post. Yeah. Like the New York Times. Yeah. Do you ever do the thing where you text somebody a picture and... Where is this going? And it's your penis, but... Now where's this going?

Where you text somebody a picture and it says it didn't go through, but then it did actually go through and you're like sending it like it doesn't. Like you get the little red circle that says not delivered? You keep sending it and they're like, alright, got it, man. Yeah, got it. Your dick looks weird. Not as blotchy as you keep saying it looks.'re like, all right, got it, man. Yeah, got it. Your dick looks weird. Not as blotchy as you keep saying it looks.

Yes, it does look weird. Your dick look young. Okay, yeah, maybe it looks like a bit of a Rorschach test. But yeah, I don't know. I've not, maybe if I've been like up in the airplane, it's usually when like your cell signals going from like on to off, I've experienced like the text didn't go through. Right. But not like to the point where've experienced like the text didn't go through. Right.

But not like to the point where someone's like, yo, we get it. Like, but where the text goes through at a different rate than the picture. So you don't know what the text is referring to. It's basically what you described with your Reddit post, but like via text. The SMS arrives before the MMS. Yes. Yes, yes, yes. I hate to see it.

No, never heard of it. No, never. No, that heard of it. No, never. No, that would be embarrassing. What is something you think is overrated? Something that I think is overrated. California burritos. California burritos. Oh, with the fries inside?

Mm-hmm. Yeah. Well. They're great stoner food, but that's about it. I mean, you can't have the fries on the side. It's because, look, you just want it all in one place all these soggy ass fries inside of a see this is okay i understand what you're saying like yeah but i gotta be crispy yamaguchi man see me i'm i'm a soggy bottom boy oh really yeah love a sogger you love a soggy fries fucking mushy ones boy when the mcdonald's you always get that one sad brown

one i'm like oh that's the good one that's the baby of the bit that's the worst one oh man i'm look i'm on i'm in another plane of existence yeah i like them all i like all my fried children yeah uh but i definitely don't have because that's why even when i go to uh in and out this is people probably want to crucify me light fries i get them like fried lightly oh that's why even when I go to In-N-Out, people probably want to crucify me. Light fries. I get them fried lightly. That's the problem with In-N-Out fries is that they're not fried enough. I'm from hell. Wow.

It's like little mashed potato sticks. Damn, man. That's that. Damn, son. Where'd you get those? Where'd you get that fucking idea? That's wild. So you like them al fresco. You like your fries al fresco. Is that what it is? You get that fucking idea. That's wild. So you just like them al fresco.

You like your fries al fresco. Is that what it is? Yeah, I guess so. Yeah, sure. Al dente. Al dente is with teeth, right? Oh, is it? Yeah, that's harder.

You want to like mush. Look, I like them all, to be honest. But back to this, we digress. The California burrito, I have like desire for it very sparing normal burritos i like all the time but like i have to be in a mood for the california burrito yeah i just i just feel like people in california are always out here talking shit about their burritos and how they're so good and i'm from texas i know from the rio grande valley south texas and i went and visited recently and our burrito game is on point. What's the biggest difference to you?

Like, I know it's hard to be objective. Other than the fries. But like, what to you is the biggest? You know, and that's also the California burrito. It's almost like fall back, bro. Just let the burrito be its own fucking thing from Mexico. We don't have to California it up with fries and shit. Y'all didn't invent that.

Yeah, that's fine. The burrito didn't need to be improved much anyway. But biggest differences between the Rio Grande Valley Burrito that you're thinking of? A burrito should have rice and refried beans in it. Okay. None of these black beans, none of these loose beans that are just, no, it needs to be refried. And it melds everything together. Yeah.

What's your favorite meat to put inside the burrito? Asada steak. Okay. A burrito should have asada steak in it. That too. I thought this was going to be a hot take. Like you'd be like, a real burrito has pitted cherries inside. I'm like, what the fuck?

Huh? Okay. Oh yeah, that's how we get down to the real Grand Valley. Listen up, cucks. If you're not having a burrito. With cherries inside. You never had a grape in a burrito? Okay, boom.

What's your go-to burrito when you go home? You want to shout out a spot real quick? Yeah, Los Asados. Los Asados. Los Asados, best Mexican food out there. Their queso is amazing. Do you go queso inside the burrito? I'm a dipper.

Dipper. Oh, is that? Big dipper. You can put queso inside and Irito? I'm a dipper. Dipper. Oh, is that? Big dipper. You can put queso inside and I'm not going to be mad at it, but I'm going to also dip. Why do you like to dip? So you can get more, even more queso on each bite? So I can regulate where and when the queso is happening. Yes, fantastic.

Yeah. I like to do that with my burgers and ketchup. Dip them? Oh, you're a burger dipper? Rather than put on. Yeah. Oh, I do the thing where I- Keeps it fresh and less where I I picked up a terrible

habit from one of my homies in high school who would eat with not a joke 15 packets of ketchup per hamburger yeah and I think

he didn't realize just how much sugar that was he was eating I realize it and I'm still riding for it but I like it like each bite

just a lot of ketchup sometimes and what I do every time I pre-tear all my ketchup packets yeah so that there's no interruption I can't put the fucking thing down and then open a new one with my teeth no I do ketchup sometimes, and what I do every time, I pre-tear all my ketchup packets. Yeah, you got to. So that there's no interruption. I can't put the fucking thing down and then open a new one with my teeth.

No, I do them all ahead of time. I have a whole process. So you don't ketchup it up and then eat? No, no. I'm just squeezing the packets on each bite. Directly into your mouth. One packet per bite. Because I used to ketchup it up, but now it's like I'll bite it and then put a little ketchup smile.

Oh. Oh, like into where the bite is. In the bite? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I do that with Taco Bell. Fresh. Yeah, I do that too with Taco Bell. And also pre-tear my packets with Taco Bell.

Fire sauce. Diablo sauce. That's funny that you guys are bringing up Taco Bell because that is my underrated thing. Go off, queen. Please. Not Taco Bell by itself, but the Taco Bell freezes. The Taco Bell freezes?

The Taco Bell freezes? They're Bell freezes? The Taco Bell freezes? The slushies? The slushies. If you guys are not eating, drinking Taco Bell freezes, you are not living your best life, okay? I just had the chicken roll-up for the first time on Sunday.

Those are on point. I was taking care of myself on Sundays, the Lord's Day for Taco Bell. And I've never actually, the only thing I've ventured into in terms of desserts on Taco Bell was the caramel apple empanada. Okay, okay.

You also need to go get some of those Cinnabon Delights. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Cinnabon anything. Yes. They got cream cheese in the middle, and it's perfect. But the freezes, I was mad at them

because they got rid of the Cherry Sunset which was like their pinnacle freeze but then they brought the Skittles Sour. The Skittles by itself is, I'm sorry, it's kind of trash. But the Skittles Sour? Whoa. That's an excellent one. I like how Miles said that it was a dessert.

It's not a dessert, bro. It's like water. Yeah. You need it to fucking live. That's an accompaniment. That's a delicious pairing with a taco. You know why I don't think about it either, too, is because I don't drink a lot of liquids when I eat.

Right. I'm an end-of-the-meal drinker. All the more reason not to think of it as a dessert. Yeah. Well, no, that's why it would be a dessert to me. Right. It's the end of the meal. Yeah.

Eat my meal, then have... But I mean, it's like water, man. All right. Just take that down. Got that water. And you you know they brought the dollar menu back they got 21 new more new items they brought back the double double decker taco yeah they don't they don't tell you about that on the news they want to talk about it the liberal media will not let you come on y'all wake the fuck up man dollar menu's lit right now God bless the creativity of Taco Bell. Just unending combinations. Yeah.

Do you get anything on Taco Bell, on the Taco Bell menu well done? Is there? Their grilled stuffed burrito. Oh, you get that well done? I've never had a burrito. Like grilled well done? Grilled well done.

Leave it on twice. So you just like the grill marks like black as hell. Yeah, yeah. Because you're a real ally. It keeps it like real hard. Likeilled well done. Leave it on twice. So you just like the grill marks like black as hell. Yeah, yeah. Because you're a real ally. It keeps it like real hard. Like it gets it. It turns it. Oh, it gives you a crispy texture.

And it actually heats it. Whereas the other one just gives you a little bit of crispiness on top. Like this actually like really melds it together, as you said. That's like when you take a hot pocket and you microwave it, then you put it in the toaster oven so it's got crunch. Yes. Or just the regular toaster like when you take a Hot Pocket and you microwave it, then you put it in the toaster oven so it's got crunch. Yes, or just the regular toaster and then you start a fire. Yeah.

And finally- Rest in peace to your family dog that was lost in that fire back in 88. What is a myth? What's something people think is true you know to be false? Mexican food in California is better than Mexican food in Texas.

I'm coming for California Mexican food today. That's what I'm saying. I knew there was something about me had to evoke her origin story being from the Rio Grande Valley, and I didn't know it would summon all these just absolute verbal warfare against the Golden State. I went to a really good – there's a Mexican food restaurant that I really like in Burbank.

Shout out Paquito Mas. They are fantastic because it's the food tastes like home. I like Paquito Mas. Yeah. But OK, so tell me a place where you think like California is like gassed up on a restaurant and you're like, this is not it. I'm being honest with you. California.

Y'all don't really know how to cook. Oh my. Wow. Cook what? Anything. Oh, Maggie. No,

no, no, no. Let me tell you when I lived in Texas, I didn't have to carry my own spices. Where do you, where are you eating? Cause I could take you to some places.

The spices, you thought the spice rack fell on the fucking whole dish. Is this a mistake? Yeah. I went to a Cajun place and I had some. Oh, no. Or a crawfish place. And I was just like, what are y'all doing, though?

Which ones did you go to? Crimsy's. God, what was it called? That place sucks. It's on Santa Monica somewhere. It was good, but I was like, this is not spiced. I will say that. There's a lack of good Southern food in California, 100%.

No one here makes good barbecue. I have yet to have good barbecue in California, and I knew it wasn't going to be good barbecue here, but I was so disappointed.