The Daily Zeitgeist - GAY BEAM STRIKES AGAIN, Dire Wolves For A Dire World 04.11.25

Episode Date: April 11, 2025

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I went to a Cannibal Corpse and Meshuggah concert last night and I did not eat or drink enough before I was so busy all day that I like had like low blood sugar and just kind of like no asked out in the most 40 year old way the medic asked my friends like yo what's this guy on and my buddy was like dude I think he has a baby water and he's old. He said to the medic, I remember he goes, dude, nothing. We just got here. We had some pizza and shit. He just needs water. I think he's old.

And I was like, dude, what the fuck it was. And then it was like a curb your enthusiasm moment. Like, as I got to like the edge of the thing and the security is like, OK, man, you got it, you got to get on this gurney. And I'm like, no, dude, I just need to like sit down. They're like our our liability, like if you go down or something, we need you on this gurney. So like I have to show this picture like of me on like on the gurney,

like looking confused at my friend, like in the middle of this metal show. We're like, it's like, you know, if you were truly an old, you would have been like, oh my God, I'd love to lie down on the gurney right now and watch this show. It was funny because once. Did you pay extra for those tickets? Once they got me like in the concourse, I was like, actually I'm gonna chill here for a second.

But all the EMTs, like trainees, this one person, it took like four minutes for them to get my blood pressure. I was like, guys, I'm fine. This student cosmetology school for a haircut, but it's for medical. For real, for real, for real. I would like I think that's OK that you pass out at a heavy metal concert. If you pass out at like a Jason Mraz concert, then we're going to have to worry. If you're like, yeah, just like, oh, God, this is too much. Oh, yeah.

No, we fucked with it. Yeah, something. Dude, Enya's heavy. She goes hard. Enya's heavy in this house. Bangers. Hey kids, it's me, Kevin Smith. And it's me, Harley Quinn Smith.

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Listen to the setup on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, the internet and welcome to season 383 episode 5 of the Daily Psych Guys the production of Vi Hart Radio. This is the podcast where we take a deep dive into American shared consciousness. It's fucking Friday. Thank God it's Friday. TGIF it's 4 11 April 11th.

You asked me what day is that? What are we celebrating today? Well April 11th is a national dough what day is that? What are we celebrating today? Well, April 11th is National Submarine Day. Okay, shout out to everybody trying to check out the Titanic if you're a billionaire. National Cheese Fondue Day. National Pet Day. Oh, what?

Wait, what's that? Don't they have like a submarine or some shit? Knowing every police department getting like old military hardware, I'd be surprised. I wouldn't be surprised if the Omaha, Nebraska police department also had a submarine. That's what I got into this job for, the subs. The subs. At first it was sandwiches and then they were literally giving us submarines. Any kind of sub, I'll take it.

Subs to Patricia, love that shit. Hey, for the olds out there like me who are 40 years old and having a little bit of a fainting spell at the Meshuggah show, it's also National 8-Track Tape Day and National Barbershop Quartet Day. Oh my God, wow, I don't know what those are. That's crazy. Oh, you don't know? Oh, wow. I'm so young and beautiful.

I don't know what any of that is. Look at my skin, wrinkle-free. What's an 8-Track? What's a cassette tape? What's VHS? Are you saying 8 track or eight track? Anyway, I am Miles Gray, AKA the Shogun with no gun, the Lord of Lancashen, North Hollywood's finest.

And I'm pleased to be joined today by my guest co-host, fantastic comedian, writer, talker, what else, scientist, a learned person who actually I have a thing I wanted to talk about because you were on today, relating to the dire wolf because I don't know anything about science. But also you may know her from the monthly comedy show, Facial Recognition Comedy, but we know her as the person who burned my house down. Please welcome to the microphone, Polly B. Gannolin.

Hey, it's me, Jack O'Brien. I can't do a Jack. How do you do a Jack impression? It's hard. You got it. Even I would need to study more. Yeah. There are certain aspects you have to pick up.

Well, one thing he'll talk like this sometimes with his hand on his face and it changes the acoustics. Sometimes you can tell. Really? He talks like he's going through the great depression. Is that what we consider great depression talk? I don't know, it sounds sad when you rest your hand, oh, the double hand in your face. That's K-pop. It's called tired. The one hand on your face, that's tired.

That's Great Depression. Well, Pallavi, we are thrilled to be joined by a very talented human being. Look, again, I'm a little hesitant to have people who are very accomplished on this show because it makes me look small. But in a way- That's why I'm on so much.

Thank you, exactly. I have a humility kink. I like to be humbled very, very politely. But the thing is, this person is, you probably know her from YouTube. You maybe know her from her podcasting, even as a relationship coach, or most recently as the author of the new book, Save the Date. Please welcome to the microphone, the brilliant and

talented, wonderful, Alison Raskin! Wow, that was maybe my favorite intro of all time. Thank you. Thank you. I panicked through the whole thing and I'm glad you didn't notice. It was truly not a take. He's still sweating, but it's also just from being old. Everything's from being old, dude. Shut up my boy Mike who told the medics. Dude, I think he's just old, dude. Allison, great to see you. Another book, another banger. How many books have you written now?

This is that. This is my fifth one oh my god I haven't read that many books in my life yeah it's crazy I'm still stuck on Genesis in the Bible time it's the minimum word count they'll be like it's got to be at least this and I'll be like here is just that yeah do you push like a paper back and forth across the table with your editor you're just like how about fewer No, and it gets wrinkled because you're both pushing it at each other the same time. No, no, no, no. They're like, Allison, we got your manuscript. It's in size 14 font. Double spaced. But hey, how many pages is it? So we ready? We ready? What's the new book about?

So this is a rom-com romance novel that's like based off of my own broken engagement, because in 2020, my fiance at the time just was like randomly like, hey, I'm leaving. So random. We were like in the middle of an episode of Lucifer. What the fuck, really? Oh my God. What, he ruined Lucifer for you? How dare he?

I know, I know. And then I tried to go back to it later and I was like, I can't really re-engage with this. And he didn't really give me much of an explanation. So it was like middle of the pandemic, total nightmare. I flew home to New York from LA to be with my family. And my dad started like making these jokes. He was like, well, why don't you just find a new groom

in time for your wedding? Like just marry somebody else. Condense the idea. And I was like, dad, that's like a bananas idea for a real person, but it's a wonderful idea for a novel. Wait, can I tell you, but it's a wonderful idea for a novel. But it just might work. Yeah. Wait, can I tell you, my mom had a similar thing. My brother is engaged to someone. They have a kid together, they have a house, they're a family, right? But they haven't gotten married

yet as far as we know. And so when my other, when my cousin in India was getting married, my mom just started going around telling everyone, she was like, why don't they both just get married? He can come up and they can do a dual wedding. They can both be on the dais. The priest could just marry them, get it done at the same time. Nobody had approved this. She was telling everyone. None of you, nobody was on board with it.

I love when parents just do that thing, just brute force. I'm unilaterally deciding everything for everyone, and I don't care if anyone has a different opinion. I won't acknowledge agency either. This is my idea. That's another terminal illness of becoming an old. Yeah. We will definitely see that in our news stories. But yes, Allison, good to have you. We are going to get to know you even better.

I'm gonna do the quick couple headlines up top because they are worth talking about, at least informing you about. And if we wanna talk, if you wanna learn about it more, you can check out the articles we're talking about in the footnotes, but it's just kind of like more cleaning up house in the House of Representatives. The House just passed a sweeping voter suppression bill.

This is a bill that would require everyone registering to vote or updating their voter registration information to present documentary proof of citizenship in person. Many studies have shown that millions of eligible voters lack the access to documents that prove their citizenship, like a passport, birth certificate, naturalization papers, especially where a lot of people point out that a lot of passport holders tend to reside in blue states than red states. So I'm not sure how this helps anything. But at the very least, this is also a thing, huge thing for anyone who has ever changed their name for any reason legally would essentially make it very difficult for you to vote again. So right now, as it stands, the Senate doesn't seem too interested

in picking up this bill, but so this is probably just more for them to pretend like they're doing something in the house. But something they did actually get done in the house, they did advance Trump's budget bill in a 2016 to 2014 vote with some Democrats who helped fucking get it over the line. So to that party.

What is that? How do you live with yourself? I think people are so worried about getting voted out. Like the thing these people always say, like, well, you know, this just isn't popular in in my district. And it's just something I'm going to have to do what works for me, which is bring in the gutting of Social Security and other safety nets and give a huge tax break to the wealth. OK, sure.

That's popular for is that popular because that's actually what you're doing here. and other safety nets and give a huge tax break to the wealth. Okay. Sure. That's popular for is that popular because that's actually what you're doing here. So we'll see. This is the first step of many steps to get to that bill that Trump has been screaming about that will essentially be like, how do we give more money to billionaires? Will we cut social safety programs and food stamps and things like that? This is the beginning of that process. So much fighting to come or, or not from the Democrats. I don't know, but you think this is, this is the time to

get your fighting shoes on. Uh, but anyway, Alison Raskin, our esteemed guests, what is something from your search history that's revealing about who you are? Oh, um, well, recently I've had to like Google if cottage cheese is okay to give a dog with a bad stomach. Cause my dog has diarrhea. I have to Google what dogs can eat all the time.

That's all I do. This morning I was like, is it okay for my dog to like air conditioning water? It's not, it's not okay. Yeah, that seems bad. Wait, like the condensation that comes out of like the- It drips out of, and then I walk outside my apartment and then he's just like, well, this is water.

And I'm like, you're killing me. Do you love the vet? Are you having an affair with the vet? Is that what's happening? No, it's just like bacteria and mold. I looked it up, Legionnaires disease. I'm like, I can't read this in the morning. That's for humans.

No. Legionnaires disease, come on now.. That's for humans. No. Legionnaires disease. Come on now. My dog loves found water. Yeah. You would think that this dog wasn't being hydrated on the regular. If he finds water that's not meant to be for him, he's like, I'm really interested. My dog loves where, on a sidewalk where the grass patch is at the corner,

sometimes sprinkler water pools right there. It's like, but he's like, what the fuck? That is gross, dude. You don't even like like, what is this? He like he's in his water bowl at home. He's like, fuck this. Give me that good stuff. Take me outside for that mud. Wait, so you were going to.

Yeah, is your dog. And also, you said you were going something else right after. Oh, I don't know if I was, to be honest. Honestly, what's dog, and also you said you were Googling something else right after. Oh, I don't know if I was, to be honest. Honestly, what's really embarrassing is what I've mostly been Googling is like my book reviews. So, do I wanna admit that? I guess I will.

A lot of Googling, my Goodreads page, a lot of Googling. My name slash news, you know? I mean, Alison, you don't have a Google Alerts just set up for this? I mean, let it do the work for I don't have it for me. But my dad has it and then he forwards it. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. What's the meeting is underrated. So I was thinking about this. I think in America,

at least that tea is underrated. Like we're like gossip. Um, oh, at least that tea is underrated. Like we're- Like gossip. Oh, no. Oh. I feel like is appropriately right. Okay, sorry. I mean, like black tea, green tea, herbal tea.

Like I feel like- We're out here throwing it into the Boston Harbor. We don't give a shit about tea, right? Right, and like we're a real coffee nation. And as someone with like serious acid reflux who cannot drink coffee anymore, I'm all about tea and there's so many more varieties. Yeah, truly. You're like Googling, can I take cottage cheese for my acid reflux?

And also dog diarrhea. I want to buy one thing that help works for both of us. That'd be great. Yeah. Yeah, teas. I agree. I'm sure Pala V for both of us. That'd be great. I agree. I'm sure Pallavi, you probably tea was drink in your home? Well, yeah, because I'm like half North Indian, which is like the tea half and then half South Indian, which is like the coffee half.

So we're a split household. We're a mixed drink household. Wait, so what's the coffee like in South India? So fucking good. Oh my god What's their call it madras coffee? I don't even know man It's just how they make it and then they bring it out to you in these in this like it's piping hot and these Tumblers and you have to cool it down by pouring it like into the the thing that tumbler Yeah, I just I love South Indian tea or coffee and like the tea in India is also really good They make it on the stove with all the masala and everything right like all of them Ginger or whatever they want to put in it. Yeah, I grew up drinking tea to shout out my mom

Shut out Japan because that's also just a bunch of hell Yeah, and yeah, but I feel like it's a thing like I always forget about how much I actually enjoy drinking tea like more Yeah, coffee feels like it feels like just capitalist toil fuel that you have to drink. And it's like there's varying levels. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I feel like tea just feels a little bit more like this feels like a treat versus like I need to wake the fuck up, man. I need to get through this shit.

That's true. You know, like the experience. I've like conditioned myself. I never I didn't used to like the bitterness. Like when I was like growing up of like coffee or like, I mean, I liked it, but like I had to add a bunch of sugar and stuff. But now I'm like, I have a decaf coffee that I use

because I like the taste. Right, sure, sure. And it's not fully uncaffeinated, but I'm like, I need my warm treat drink, you know, in the morning. I know, we all need our warm treat drink. Yeah. We definitely need it. What's your favorite tea, Allison, just for the record?

I really love when there's an Earl Grey that's infused with vanilla. Oh, lavender even. That's hard. Yeah. That's hard to beat. I had a lavender Earl Grey latte a couple of weeks ago and I was like, oh. There's-

Who's this? Have you been to the pie hole? That's an LA thing actually, but they have like an Earl Grey pie. That pie? It's so good. The Earl Grey pie is fucking wild. All their pies are great. They have like a Mexican taco, but this one is so good. Yeah. Well, it's always upsetting to me when it's like what black tea do you have in there?

Just like English breakfast. Yeah. And it's like, I'll do it. It's like, I'll do it. It's like, you take- But I'm not going to like it. But like, where's your Earl Grey? Yeah.

That's- You take English breakfast and then it just tastes like beans and toast. You're like, what the fuck? Jesus. What? This is literally- They're like, oh, here, we forgot your button mushrooms in there too. Oh, and then here's some rashers of bacon to go along with it.

Allison, what's something you think is overrated? Okay, so as a dating coach, I think a relationship coach, I've never referred to myself as a dating coach before. Hey, I have a feeling you probably make more money on the internet if you say you're a dating coach, though. Have you thought about being an alpha male influencer? I've tried it. It didn't work out. I can't do enough pushups. So I think something that's overrated is chatting on an app for a long time before meeting in

person. You got to meet in person. Or even like a FaceTime. You got to get it off of texting. Then people are doing it. What's that? I mean, logically, I get it, but I've been out of the dating game for, what is it? 2025, 11 years now. I'm, but I'm also assuming it's the same thing where it's like, you, there are

people can, some people are so different over text and then you meet them, like not even in a dating context, like even from working, like with people and production and then you meet them and they're so different than the way they text and you're like, am I, do they hate me or am I not as funny as I was on text? Yeah, definitely gotta meet people. Sometimes, especially when I was messaging men, I'd be like, this conversation is so funny and so good.

Oh my God, this is gonna be great. And then I looked back after meeting them and I was like, wait, I was funny. Like, I was laughing at myself. They were just being generous in their last date. They were like, uh huh, cool. And I was like making all these bits by myself. Oh, oh.

And I also think it just adds to the gamification of online dating where people don't take it seriously. Because they're just talking to a bunch of different people. And then people are like, I don't get why it's not working. Right. Because it feels I mean, I have like, like one of my younger cousins who's like in his like early 30s. The way they talk about dating, too, just feels like they're truly just playing like a numbers game.

Yeah. I'm just like, and it's not their fault because like the apps are designed that way. Right. You have to like fight against the interface. Right. Because then I'm like, but isn't the whole point like dating is just sort of like, I should I got it like pre app, you know, when I were younger, you would go and then like you just go on a bunch of dates and meet people and you're like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Sometimes you try and make it work.

I guess, I guess because of the volume of interactions you're trying to have, you're not trying to get hung up on one thing, but I feel for y'all. I feel for y'all out there. I feel for y'all out there, you know? I did take this advice. I started swiping with intention, like any red flags, I swiped left immediately.

And then I initiated the conversation whenever we matched and I made sure to respond right away and then tried to meet in person. And that's how I got the conversation whenever we matched, and I made sure to respond right away, and then tried to meet in person. And that's how I got the boyfriend that I got from, like, a dating app. Like, the one time, it was like the second person I swiped on, and we met up, and it, like, worked out at that time. Um, so... Yeah, I like to call it dating productively.

Yeah. Because then you don't burn yourself out, because you're having, less but more like quality interactions That's how you get maximum gains in your relationship Yeah, while you're working on your push-ups. Yeah You'll be doing one art one arm push-ups fucking right swiping bro Sick as fuck dude. Just wait, dude. You will not be alone. I'm there with you every step of the way All right. Have you heard of this bit?

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You won't wanna miss it. Listen to Revisionist History on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And we're back. Oh, I forgot to tease what things we're talking about. Just so you know, we're about to talk tariffs. We're about to talk right wing guys and the dire wolf coming back and no Hitler is not alive and did not end up in Colombia or Argentina like people on the internet are screaming about right now. And we'll tell you why. I think it's just called the fact that we know for certain that he is dead. But anyway,

Doesn't stop Nazi freaks from getting it looked at There what are they keeping from us? But just a touch really quickly the Trump tariff nonsense The market manipulation is so at the time we're recording yesterday like he had just announced a tariff pause and I'm like, oh shit, what the fuck is he doing and then a Little I got a little distance, you look at you're like, oh, this motherfucker is manipulating the stock market. He basically was telling followers to a be cool. And then after that very quickly was like, it's a great

time to buy stocks. And then he rescinded most of the tariffs. And then there was a brief jump in trading and the line went up for a second. But it still continues to go down. Let's not let's not kid ourselves here, even though he said announced a pause, the economy is still headed in the wrong direction and people still fear a recession is a very possible thing. Democrats are now calling for an investigation from the Office of Government Ethics. I'm sure that'll yield

something. Trump was accused of this in his last term too. So this is something he's been doing since the 80s, where he would buy a bunch of stock or his dad would buy a bunch of stock in a company then leak like a rumor that he was about to take over said company. And when the stock price went up as a result of the rumors, they just sell it off and make a profit. So like, for example, January of 1989, Fred Trump bought 8600 shares of time, Inc for like $930,000 of

his from his tax returns. Seven days later, a financial columnist who's like friends with Donald Trump broke the news that Donald was had quote, taken a sizable stake in time, Inc. And then sure enough, the share price jumped at Fred Trump sold and made like 40 grand in like two weeks. And then just kind of they just kept doing crazy. It just might work. It just might work a bunch of times since the 80s. But like when people caught on to the

fact that they kept doing this like fake ass hype takeover shit, Fred Trump ended up losing like, like almost two million dollars when they try to do this with American Airlines. So people eventually caught on. This is like what happens with those meme coins or like the new, the new bitcoins that celebrities will drop. And then so like with the Hawk tour girl. Yeah.

Get the, get all the interest going up, say I'm in it for the long haul drive the price up And then guess who's selling real quick. Oh now you're holding the bag. Do you think the leak was? Trump's alter ego John Baron or whatever Well, there's a lot who know I mean he kind of know at this point in his senility I think he's just saying he's just doing it out loud. You know, yeah Yeah, yeah, right exactly No, at this point in his senility, I think he's just saying, he's just doing it out loud. You know what I mean? Yeah. He's like, I'm doing it. But I mean back then. Yeah. Yeah.

Right. Exactly. It's also so funny that like his, his like people are like, this was a very strategic decision. We meant to do that. We meant to, we meant to get rid of the tariffs. So it was always for strategy. And then they go to Trump and Trump's like, yeah, people are getting yippy. So I'm like, I'll give up.

Then they're like, oh, he's like, you know, so many countries, at least 75 countries that are going to get relief. They're like, what countries are those? Can't tell you. Okay. But they did come to negotiate which ones don't know. Don't know. Nobody could know.

There's no way to know. What's it's so in your face at this point. Like a lot of people are like, they really do need to look into this because it's so clear, like this this point, like a lot of people are like, they really do need to look into this because it's so clear, like, this was very fucking odd, because he had chart like literally charged Charles Schwab, the investor in the Oval Office on Wednesday, right after like the the tariffs had been announced, then he like he gestures to Charles Schwab

and this other guy Roger Penske, who owns like a NASCAR team. And he goes, he made two point five million today and he made nine hundred million. That's not bad. What are you saying? What are we talking about? That's like this again. I didn't know Charles Schwab was a real person and not just a bank that you could. What I see in real life.

Me too. I was like, well, I'm surprised he he still alive? I would have thought he was a real person. He's 87 years old. And he looks he looks like if you look at me. Oh, that's Charles Schwab. Yeah, he looks like Charles Schwab. Dude, his brand is so strong that somehow he carved out a unique lane visually as like an 87 year old white guy. If they put him as like the oldest, the biggest CEO in like Mad Men, I'd be like, yeah, that's the guy. That's it. Yeah. So again, the stock market hasn't recovered. And while Trump and maybe his friends certainly made a little bit of money, the reports around the change of heart sound like Trump was being just pressured from his advisors to change course. Once people started selling off American bonds, which is something that investors usually saw as like a solid investment, they're like,

yeah, I'm confident in the American economy. And then when those bonds were people like selling them off, they're like, okay, so we could go into a depression now. And somehow, he changed course, which still makes it so weird. I'm like, it's intentional, but unintentional, but he intended to do it, but not to the point where he wanted to be like the person that they could lay all the blame on for a recession,

which I'm sorry, sir, you still are. So miss us all with this shit. The scary part about this is A, how willfully ignorant people in finance are, and B, like the stories we're reading about how the White House is managing Trump's moods. So for starters, we talked about like all the MAGA influencers that were recently enraged at all the money they lost. And some of like, some of the people to like Bill Ackman, Jamie Dimon, all these like heads of banks and mutual hedge funds and things like that. But

you're hearing more and more reporting on the fact that only now are like people on Wall Street are beginning to question his mental state. Quote, in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fan money. This is from Slate. In the last few days, we had many conversations with macro fund managers, wrote Tom Lee, the head of research at the financial analysis firm FS Insights. And their concern is that the White House is not acting rationally, but rather on ideology. And some even fear that this may not even be ideologically continued.

A few have quietly wondered if the president might be insane. What has had to happen for you to not have seen that until right now? I think greed is truly a brain destroying affliction. You know what I mean? These people have blinders on at the expense of like ecological outcomes, now until right now. I think greed is truly a brain destroying affliction. Yeah. You know what I mean? These people have blinders on at the expense of like ecological outcomes, societal outcomes to make money that they can just fucking miss or ignore, willfully ignore all of these signs that this guy rambles constantly has 45

minute brain farts on stage, swaying to the fucking village people. And then now they're like, oh. Everybody's greedy. Everybody's coked out nuts. Like what are you talking about? Right? This is fucking Wall Street. That's how you're supposed to be. So wild, yeah.

The weirdest part for me is that he's not even good at business. I know. It's not even like he's like, was actually super good at business. And so it's like, let's, let's see what happens. It's like, no, all of his businesses failed. Yeah. There's a lot.

I think a lot of people are mistaken correlation with causation here because a lot of people said, well, in his first term, I made a lot of money. And they're like, yeah. Do you, and like, but even, there were people like with wall street acumen that were part of the administration. They kept him from his worst instincts. And I figured it would just be the same thing. And you're like, are you not reading every single indication that we've seen up until now where there are no guardrails anymore?

And you are now getting- Every report was like, this is going to be so much worse. There's no one around him to read it. Yeah. This guy has lost it. Just so you know. And then the other part is that all of the people around Trump are now like have just been lying to his face over the last week

about how much people were loving the tariffs and that all the news he's reading about markets is just haters hating. So like was prolonging the situation because they didn't know what to do about this. And I think this is seen most evidently through the words of the press secretary, Caroline Levitt, who basically just lies during like briefings because she's just performing for Trump. So he doesn't like get upset because two days ago said everybody in Washington, whether they want to admit it or not, knows that this president is right when it comes to tariffs. Like that is purely that's for Trump to watch on TV.

And then they had to reboot her because their circuits got. Yeah, someone spilled too much juice on her circuit board. And now listen, it's getting wacky. This is a direct appeal for me to usher Vance. You don't have to do. Go in there. Go in there. I know she's totally complicit, but you can tell it's fucking her up.

She looks so dead inside. Every time I'm like, girl, we made a deal with the devil, baby. And it's not. And with someone who's not even respected. So it's like, yeah, like, it's not even like you're with the cool guy. You're with the guy that's the butt of the joke of the of the party that's ruining the world. Right.

And you're like also making excuses for people that are in orbit of the White House that are saying like, we need to normalize Indian hate. And and she's like, I'm sure he didn't mean it like that. Like, these are the people that work for Doe. That's her telling her kids. I'm sure daddy didn't mean it like that. It's true. Well, that internalized white supremacy, boy,

it'll do a number on you. But again, I think it's important to point out now that there is a pause, now American families are only looking about an average of $2,500 in increased costs across the board. And I am happy to pay that for America and I'm willing to be unable to afford eggs. It's fine.

I'll get chickens. I'll get chickens, not know what to do about it. One bedroom home with our six kids. I'll get it. It's just, I mean, like you for solving the birthing crisis. You will. Seriously. Well, I mean like. Thank you for solving the birthing crisis. You will, seriously. Well, I mean like there's.

Me and my wife, kids. There's reports like also that the White House is claiming that they have polling data that shows that they're not losing the working class. And there's a poll from last week. We haven't even seen what people are feeling this week. But from last week, where only non-college white male voters were

the people that were like in the majority of believing that tariffs were beneficial by 44 to 42%. So not even like run away. Whereas like even non college white women were like, tariffs are bad. Every non white non college voter just as a huge majority was like, this is fuck shit. This is going to fuck me. What are you talking about? The poles they were staring at were like barbershop poles. They were just getting lost.

Whoa, it never ends. It loops around. Whoa, that's so cool. Barbershop. What kind of reference is that? I guess barbershop quartet. I have never heard of a barbershop quartet. I'm too young and beautiful.

Not me, fella. I'm 22 years old. Now, let's sing Blue Moon and B-flat. So, yeah, we will continue to see what's going on. Look, I think Democrats at the moment are still not sure where their souls are. There are a lot of the things I've seen come out of members of Congress are them like, yes, ending what Trump's talking about. Like, they're still trying to appeal to the Trump voting independent with their words,

rather than be like, this is all nonsense. You're like, no, it is true. President Trump is right that we do need to correct some things in terms of trade imbalances and things like monetary manipulation, but, but just not like this. And you're like, this is the worst. You're not, that doesn't even sound like opposition. You just sound like a person in the Republican party that disagrees with the president.

This is not opposition. You just sound like a person in the Republican Party that disagrees with the president. This is not opposition. You the messaging is so clear. They are redistributing wealth to the up the highest levels. And they are taking away your money right now they are taking our money our futures. How are elderly family members going to get by when they vaporize things like Medicaid and Social Security? Like this is I don't understand what they're like. I mean, he does have a point. No, he fucking doesn't just get to the get to the audience. Do you have anyone that you that you guys are close with who support Trump?

Um, I not I'm not like close to but definitely I have family members that are in relationships with people like that. And everyone's like, what the fuck are you doing? I have cousins who are not in this country and would not be able to vote that are like, send me Maga merch in the cousins chat. I'm like, bro, you have your own fascists, like start at home, like, what are you doing? Yeah, Modi's not good enough. I'm just wondering if like,

if their opinions have changed at all with this. I haven't talked to him in a long time. Yeah. I mean, I had one friend who always voted for Bush and then voted for Romney. When Trump came, they couldn't quite get there, but they still voted for other Republicans in Congress. And then they were so turned off by the first administration. They're like, yeah, I'm never voting for Republicans again.

That was like the person closest to me that I'm actually friends with. That was their whole evolution. But that happened way earlier. True believers. I feel like those that group of people are like some of my friends' parents. And they're they're still, I think, having trouble coming around to it. Cause like their retirement age and they saw what happened this week. And I haven't asked her, I'm like, dude, what's your, what are your

parents saying right now? And they're like, they think it's, they think it's going to get fixed. Yeah. I think that must, I think it's like them believing that it is a master plan. And that like, that this is that he's so like, they have to believe that he's smarter than he is. This is like the definition of a cult. Like, Oh yeah, 100%.

But I think the one thing that was interesting is that with last weekend, when the tariffs went into place and people's 401ks and retirement funds, like took a huge hit. A lot of people said, why is he doing like Republicans are like not saying he needs to stop, but their first question was like, why is this necessary? Which is usually don't question the cult leader. But I think, I mean, this as long as the, you know, economy is in the going in the direction that it is, people are going to feel it. And unfortunately, that's the only

way people learn lessons in this country, like they care. I don't even think they will. I mean, you remember the people on ventilators who were pissed about COVID, like as they were dying, like, but I think people are just gonna go down. I remember the people on ventilators who were pissed about COVID like as they were dying. Sure, but I think a lot of people are just going to go down. I think it's like the number of retirees, that group of people who are looking at their retirement funds and what they think their future is like, they can get touched across the board versus people that might have like be immunocompromised or all those other medical complications. But yeah, I'm not even saying like, just wait for it. But I feel like that's really the only thing that I could potentially see them

being like, wait, but my money to do boomer, boomer heaven death, I have, I can't do it. I want to be lying down like horizontal in Florida. I need to buy a mansion in the sky. Yeah, exactly. I feel like it's the people, it's not the people that like identify as MAGA, but the people that voted for him because he'd be better for the economy. Yeah. Those are the people who will get back.

Yeah. And I think you tell those people, look at your fucking whatever, whatever money you had that was tied to the stock market, whether it's you had a stock portfolio, your retirement. I'm like, it's, it's not going to go up right now. It's the damage done. Have a 401k from my science jobs from back in the day and I am not logging in baby. Oh God.

I am staying logged out. I don't need to know. Yeah. Nobody needs to know those numbers. I don't need to know. Look, it won't matter. We'll all be toiling in the content farms or something. Yeah, it's fine.

When they put their brains up to some AI to spit out listicles. All right, let's talk about just right-wing men because they're doing okay. They don't get enough attention. We got to talk about them. No, this is just one of those, okay, I just want to play this clip because it's a journey. So there's this pastor,

I'm going to use the term pastor, this ethno-nationalist fucking Nazi, Andrew Isker from Tennessee. He's one of these weird ass Christian nationalists who like wants to misinterpret the Bible to be like, yeah, that's why I write the guys racism because this Bible verse. He was also in the news like last year for trying to set up shop in a small Tennessee town, and trying to turn it into like a breeding ground for hate and like bring more Christian

nationalist to the to the fold. And like he said, I wanted to like radicalize main street. That doesn't seem to be working out too well. But during one of his podcasts, of course, of course, because everyone's a fucking podcaster. I think I need to stop podcasting. I hate podcasters.

They were bringing up like the, the concept something there, they were started talking about like civil liberties and With this we got like an interesting take on basically how Andrew Iskher? You know how he prevents turning gay at the airport. Hmm. I always worry about that I mean look just listen to me this Just I take this. Where was the constitution when the Patriot Act was, act was passed?

Right? Give me a break. Like I had to be molested at the airport, uh, to go to Florida, right? Just to get on an airplane because I'm not going to go through the, the gay beam machine. Um, I didn't let CJ do it. I wouldn't let him do it. Uh, said you're getting patted down too, buddy. Uh, I don't want them turning you gay long pause Yeah, it appears having a guy touch you all over the place is on its face seems worse But you don't really know what's going what those things are doing to you. So I'm- Where the imaging goes or what they're doing. Or yeah, because it's like- What they're doing in the back room.

Yeah, like, yeah, they can just take a picture of me. Sort of naked? Okay, first of all, if I had fucking known there was a beam to turn people gay, I would have been using it so much. I would have been like pew, pew, pew everywhere all day. Oh my God, we have this technology. Yeah. Yeah.

Let's go, dude. Do you think he's just starved for touch? And he, he just like really was like, I got to have a human interaction. And I think he's like, Hey, does the TSA check involve a hug? I don't, I mean, I'm just what a minimum it's a get molested at the airport. Weird way to also say you get off on a pat down at the security checkpoint. I mean, it must be terrifying inside his mind. If you are your fucking

grip on you being straight is like, dude, I'm gonna fucking walk in the thing and then the thing goes, and I get out and I'm gay, dude. That's like the only thing he's like that it has to be that because why every time I walk through it that I turn gay, I go to Miami, I hang out at the clubs, I end up making out with a dude, I gotta be the beam. Exactly. Gotta be the beam. Not gay when I don't travel. Right? Yeah, I go to Palm Springs in June, just to hang out with some of my boys, you know,

during Pride out there, I turned gay. I don't know what happens to me every time I go to the airport. It's got to be the gay beam. It's like so, it's just, again, it's so horrifying because so many of these people like on their face have just such a wacky relationship with their sexuality and just the concept of it in general. And like these are somehow emerging thought leaders and very small niches. But anyway, just wanted to make sure he was, he was fine.

If they, if they dust my, my hands for bomb stuff, like I'm going to go trans dude. I'm going to go, if they, if you imagine the whole spectrum of being LGBTQ is just at the airport security. Yeah. I wonder though, he did say, he's like, I don't want somebody taking a picture of me all naked. I'm like, is that it too? Are you also humiliated by the thought of your own body? What's going on? What's going on, Andrew? Actually, I don't care, but avoid the beams, beloved. Avoid the beams. It's that same arrogance where every man is like, any gay guy would be obsessed with me

and is hitting on me. It's like, of all the people that go through this machine, they'd want to save my naked image. Yeah. Yeah, dude. You know, dude. You know they do, man. They see my mustache. They know what's up. That's what they see, you know they do man. They see my mustache. They know what's up. That's what they see the mustache in the image. It's his skeleton in the mustache. It's his skeleton in the hair. They're like, whoa. Because those things are not even x-rays, right?

It's like, I don't know. I don't understand. I think it's like kind of like an IR scan that just kind of, it's, it's not actually. Hold on. I'm taking notes. How to make a gay beam. Okay, wait, keep going. How to make a gay beam.

Oh yeah, I mean, like it kind of, I guess looks through your clothes. Oh, cool. Yeah, it's not an X-ray, but anyway. There are. If it was an X-ray, do you know how many people would go to the airport for medical care? Like that would be insane.

We'd be like, it's so much easier than no care. Focus on my lungs, on my lungs, on my lungs. Come on, up here, down here, I just fell on my arm. Yeah. I can't get an appointment for three months. Do you mind looking at my hip joint really quick? Yes. I think I have a bomb in there.

I actually think that's a hundred, they should put doctors in the airport and they become TSA. You know how there was that meme of like cops should just start picking up trash from like that Seinfeld bit. If they're just standing around, I think doctors should be at the airport as well. Just to do some, oh sir, you might want to get something. Just a quick scan. Obviously this wasn't a medical x-ray, but I would maybe just go to your primary care physician just to look at something on your back. Okay. I found out I was pregnant from the gay beam. Yeah. The gay out I was pregnant from the gay beam.

Yeah. The gay beam made me pregnant. Okay. Wow. Quite a beam you got there. Did you hear about that girl who was watching a hockey game, and she noticed a mole on some player's neck and made a sign, and then she saved his life. That happens a lot. This also happened to somebody on a reality show where they thought they might have had some thyroid thing happening because they were looking at or

it was something to do with they had a small, very subtle bulge on their neck like under their skin and someone's like, just spamming their comments like you should really get this checked out. And they're like, I absolutely had the thing that I like, like, I thank you so much. Oh, that's wild. We're look, we're our own best doctors. Yeah. I do my own research. I do my own research.

I got my own healthcare. It's called GoFundMe. Okay. Exactly. All right. Let's take another break. We'll come back and I got to ask the question if dire wolves are back. Are they?

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podcasts. And we're back. The Dire Wolf, back or no? So earlier this week, a biotech company called colossal announced that they have brought the dire wolf, which has been extinct for about 10,000 years back from extinction. It is now de extinct as they keep saying more than a few and yes, when you're if you're asking the

dire yeah from Game of Thrones, same fucking thing. More than a few outside researchers express their skepticism and they're noting that using like ancient DNA, not really useful for this kind of context because it's so damaged and noted that the process this company used is more like a remix if anything. So they used synthetic biology technology,

this from the BBC using the ancient DNA to identify key segments of code that they could edit into the biological blueprint of a living animal, in this case, a gray wolf. So what so this is from a person like one of these people who doesn't work for colossal, they say quote, so what colossal has produced is a gray wolf, but it has some dire wolf like characteristics like a larger skull and white fur. It's a hybrid. It's not that it's not a dire wolf. And like a lot of people are like, this is so weird that they're

insisting that they've brought this thing back because, you know, there are like a lot of people when they look at how I guess all these species branched off, like the closest the gray wolf was to a dire wolf was like millions of years ago. And to say that this is now de-extinct as one one research to put it as like sort of reckless because quote, extinction is still forever. If we don't have extinction, how are we going to learn from our mistakes?

It's the, is the message now that we can go and destroy the environment and the animals can go extinct, but we can simply bring them back. I do actually think that this is a dire wolf because it does symbolize the dire times we're in. And I think that's why it should be that name. I'm surprised that major media outlets are saying that they brought a dire wolf back. It's so clearly not true.

It feels like they're chumming the waters for the thirsty news consumers who don't want to hear about how everything's going. Yeah. And like, hey, what if we said that thing from Game of Thrones is real? Right. This dire wolf can roll over. Yeah. Well, one of them, there's like three of them. And it's like Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi are the three. No fucking way. Yeah. Really? Mm hmm. Mm hmm. That Khaleesi is about to burn shit down just when you trust her.

Yeah. And also, why didn't they name it like one of those dire wolf names? Like if they were really down with, you know, the with the culture. A lot of people are pointing out to like, where's the fucking book? George R.R. Martin. Like you literally brought back dire wolves before he wrote another book. Can I can we get the book or not? All right, the Rihanna of literature We are waiting we can't just keep what listening to remixes over and over again So yeah, I'm yeah de extinct sure that does feel a little wacky though. Like I definitely feel like

That it's like a slippery slope when our solutions to like ecological degradation is like, well, if like shit just goes so bad, we can just bring it back to life rather than like stopping the bleeding. The scientists will be dead. Okay. That's what's gonna happen. You can't there's a point at which there's no return. Also like, yeah, thinking about this, I'm like, if they're just taking, what do they identify as the key segments of the DNA that make it a dire wolf? Because I'm sure it's degraded, and I'm sure like, I just don't, if they're just taking parts of the DNA

and putting it into existing DNA, I seriously doubt it's gonna be enough to characterize it as such. Like, you know? One of the things they're saying, these ancient canids were like more related, like the dire wolves closer to a jackal, if anything. Yeah, it looks like a fucking jackal.

But again, I think the whole thing that this company is insisting on is that like, well, the closest relative is a gray wolf. Therefore, it is this is the this is the dire wolf. But yeah, dire times, I would say. Dire times. That's probably the best way to describe it. Okay, just one last thing, we just have to, you know, I hate throwing water on online conspiracy theories, but this one, I feel like it's so dumb that I think we should just don't believe it. Okay.

So there's a lot of conspiracy theories claiming that like Hitler survived World War II and didn't have a lead sandwich in the bunker and he escaped to South America, although that was a bit in the Simpsons. That theory has been all over social media this week because there's supposedly new declassified CIA files confirming that quote, the conspiracies are true. Just so you know, if you ever see a tweet that says the conspiracies are true, people can dismiss it out of hand, but I mean, fine or don't.

Are they doing this because they're like, and that's why we hate immigrants because one of them is Hitler. No, they love Hitler. But they like him. But they got to be like persevere. You know, they're like, I just think he's an interesting figure from history. That's I think that's the way they kind of create distance. That's why I spent all of my savings on memorabilia. Yeah, that's why I bought this SS knife.

Oh. Have you seen that clip from Succession where Tom is like interviewing a candidate for something and he's like, hey, just a quick question. Have you ever been associated with the Nazi party? And the guy's like, what is this? And then he's like, have you ever read Mein Kampf? And he's like, only like two or three times.

Yeah. I love that scene so much. It's so good. The name of that one episode, a shit show at the fuck factory, I think really rang true this week, fully, I was like, yep, shit show at the fuck factory, but it is, so it is true, the CIA investigated the possibility that Hitler survived and moved to South America more in the sense that they're like, let's just make sure. Their files even concluded a photo of the guy who was alleged to be Hitler, a guy named Adolf Schridlmeier and a lot of you were like,

bro, come on, you moved to Columbia and then make your way to Argentina. You keep your mustache and your first name and you're, and you're just, just getting by. Nobody knows you. Okay. Well, because normally when you get a disguise, you put a mustache on. So this guy, maybe he had like a slightly larger mustache. Slightly thicker than his normal sort of like paintbrush mustache.

Another document suggested that an Argentinian spa hotel may have put Hitler up because the owners were Nazi supporters. I mean, that's like, I could, sure, that might be possible, but we know that he did not leave Merlin. Okay, Hitler, I know you've been here for a while and you're hiding and we love your ideology, but you gotta clean up after yourself. I mean, come on. At least let, let our, some of the housekeeping into to tidy up. It smells awful. What are you doing with the bratwurst you don't eat? He's like what Julian Assange was in that embassy.

Yeah, exactly. He like not take care of anything. Yeah, like we're in his like cats or something pissing everywhere. They're like the whole area reeks of cat piss. Kitty leaks. Guys, I feel like Adolf is going through it. He's, Adolf is going through it in his suite right now. I don't know what to do.

I don't know how to bring him. He keeps playing my chemical romance on loud. He's reading the diary of Anne Frank because it's really difficult now. I don't know what to do. I don't know how to bring him. He keeps playing my chemical romance on loud. He's reading the diary of Anne Frank because it's really difficult now. He's like, oh my god. But oh my god. The CIA documents, just so as a note, they contain zero evidence that he survived. They also released the autopsy report that supports the historical record that he killed himself. Plus, like these documents declassified eight years ago. And in the very first, if you just if you don't just look at the part of like may have gone to Argentina that people just zooming in on, if you read the first paragraph

of the documents, they basically say, Oh, yeah, there is basically nothing in here that could be verified. Just before you read this. I feel like if he was alive, he would have been verified on Twitter, you know? Oh, easily. He would have got that silver check that only the politicians get, or the gold one. No, that's it. That's him. The other thing, though, too, is this is all coming out,, I think again, because Argentina is actually planning to declassify files on the Nazi war criminals that really did escape to that region of the country.

So I think that's just bringing added excitement because you're like, yeah, that's a big thing. That's real actually. Yeah. Abuelo Esu. Even the US, everybody was like, hey man, well, I mean, if these guys can help us make some fucking atom bombs or some other shit, well, we can look past all the Nazi shit.

It's a very, very, very wild time. If they can help us do more Nazi shit, we'll look past all the Nazi shit. I mean, when you think about how Adolf Hitler was inspired by the US's treatment of people of color here, you're like, chicken or egg? Yeah, I literally, that like blew my mind when I found that out, that he looked at like

the American genocide of the native people as like his inspiration for genociding Jewish people. Yeah, treatment of like Mexican Americans, all of that. He was just like, damn. Because you think of it in different timelines for something, you know what I mean? And then when you put it together, treatment of like Mexican Americans, all of that. He was just like, damn. Because you think of it in different timelines for something, you know what I mean? And then when you put it together, you're like, holy shit. Yeah.

But there's also this, it's so funny, there's this one photo that people like, they say like, this is a photo of Hitler as an old man. And it was like in a show during this like history channel show called Hunting Hitler. But people like were like, that is not Adolf Hitler. That is literally Moe Howard from the Three Stooges as an old. That is so funny.

It's literally Moe Howard, iconic comedian, Jewish comedian, Moe Howard that they're like, that's Hitler. That's him in 1973. Oh my God. That is so funny. Yeah. Hitler came back as an old Jewish man that would have been alive during his lifetime anyways. I mean, Mo Hauer did do in those three stooges bits from then,

like he did do the Hitler character a ton, but like it wasn't in any way where you're like, I mean, and that was from the perspective of Americans making fun of the Nazis. But even then it's like he didn't look like him so much. You're like, you know what, dude, that might, he might be able to confuse people down the road. But hey, I like that it wasn't just like a random guy that looked like Hitler. It was like a verified. Yeah, truly. That'd be like, that's Larry

Bird, with just a bad mustache. I don't know. I don't know. It's like, no, no, that's that's Larry Bird. He's wearing a Celtics uniform. He's like playing against Magic Johnson in this photo. Say it off, Hillary, dude. Say a Celtics uniform. He's like playing against Magic Johnson in this photo. Say it off Hitler, dude. Say it off Hitler. Okay. Well, Allison Raskin, thank you so much for joining us on The Daily Zeitgeist. It's been a pleasure. Where do the people find you,

follow you, support your book, all of that great stuff. Thank you. Yeah. Save the Date is available anywhere. Books are sold. If you're looking for just like a fun kind of rom-com-y escape from the horrors of our everyday life, I recommend it. And then you can find me at Allison Raskin on Instagram

and at Allison Raskin Baby on TikTok, because I messed that up at some point. I created a second account, and now it has Baby at the end. And also, if you are interested in just reading more of my non-fiction writing about all things mental health, I have a sub-stack called Emotional Support Lady, and my podcast is just between us. Oh, there it is. Is there a work of media,

social, or otherwise that you're enjoying? I've gotten really into the headlines. The New York Times really quick updates and I really into the headlines, the New York Times really quick updates, and I really love the host, Tracy Mumford, and she's getting looser. When I first started listening, she was like very, just stick to the script,

and now we've getting some goofs. So I've been really excited about that. Nice. I love when people get goofy. I know, me too. Just let them. I also think a lot about if they talk about it or they're acknowledging that she's getting goofier. Yeah, love a bit of goofing, don't we?

Polly V, thank you so much for guest co-hosting, being a fantastic guest and co-host. It's me, Jack O'Brien. It's getting worse. Hey, so Jack, where do people find you? What's the tweet you're liking, probably? OK, so I follow this fellow Caltech alum, which is unusual and fun, Katie Mack,

scientist at astrokaty.com. She had this tweet that was, the problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they're not truly random. So if you need genuine randomness, it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process, like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country. I love a little weird bit. I love it.

Oh my God. Um, yeah, let's see. Uh, there's just, just, I just, no, I was going to play the clip of Trump being like, look how much these guys made. There's it's literally on it's like in 4k him gesturing to Charles Schwab. Let's see. There's a word. Oh, this is actually funny. Zite gang put me on to this image. This was who is this who tagged me in this because I want to shout you out. This was who is this who tagged me in this because I'm gonna shout you out Tackionic sloth dot B sky dot social put me on to this post from beetle Moses dot B sky dot social It's it's like a comic book of like a dude like a vape bro like wearing a neo t-shirt And he's like okay now check the first panel like okay now check this

Second panel a bunch of giant aliens like in a circle watching him blow the sickest vape clouds and doing smoke rings. I just thought I was... I just like the idea of like... That's like the hobbits watching gandalf. Fuck yeah. Hell yeah dude. Shit sick dude. The way he timed that with the dubstep drop.

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