The Daily Zeitgeist - GhostZeiters in the Sky 11/12: Squid Game, Acura Integra 2022, Borax, Steve Bannon, Jan. 6th Commission, MX vs. US

Episode Date: November 12, 2021

In this edition of GhostZeiters in the Sky, Jack and Miles discuss the agency 'feeding frenzy' surrounding Squid Game, the new Acura Integra, anti-vaxxers bathing in Borax?, Steve Bannon getting indicted, a sedition vibe check, and MX vs US soccer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I did not know that. I did not know that. But good name for anything, really. Ghostsiders. Ghostwriters in the Sky? Ghostsiders. Ghostsiders. I'm Jack.

Ghostsiders. Ghostsiders. I'm jack ciders go ciders uh i'm jack your miles uh it is the end of the week uh we're a little punchy um but we made it friday and uh uh here are some things that are trending apparently miles there is a feeding frenzy going on among the agencies when it comes to squid game okay um that's what deadlines reporting which is always uh i don't know i i haven't got my mind around like the very strange way that people write in the industry trades but um i like even though i've been reading it for 15 years there's just still something so uncanny and uh like i can't get my mind around what i hate about it or like if i hate it but it's just so strange um but anyways uh the thing that none of the actors or even the writer-director of Squid Game were not repped by any of the big agencies in Hollywood.

Keep it that way. So they're getting the stops thrown out for them. Netflix is doing a Squid Game event where they're like, hey, you guys see this thing we fucking nailed it in in hollywood uh and i think it's also probably at least partially because the agencies were like get these people over here get them all in one place um but yeah you know super talented uh cast and you know of of probably for the most part, very extremely successful actors in already. Absolutely.

But I hadn't realized they made that show for two million dollars an episode. Each one of those episodes cost two million dollars. That thing looked better than most of like the Daniel Craig Bond movies. Like that thing looked better than most of like the daniel craig bond movies like that thing looked fucking amazing that dude is i went from being like that guy's really fucking talented to that motherfucker is like you're like i hate this talented motherfucker stretching two million like hating him i mean that's not i mean that's definitely that's a significant budget for tv but i mean when you consider i mean that's definitely that's a significant budget for tv but i mean when you consider like everything that you get out of it you're like i mean that

looked really good i've never liked a uh a first season as much as i like that without wanting to see a second season as much as i don't want to see a second season this quick game yeah um like i just don't i don't know the director was talking about how they had to like really figure out like how to really end it and they're like is he going to do the you know like is this character is it is it only about seeing his family after that or has going through the squid game sort of put in him this desire now to understand why these people that he eventually became friends with all had to die. Right.

Um, but yeah, and I guess they're both like heroic directions to go. Like, cause a lot of people died or personally, he wants to add something to it, but yeah, I don't know.

Like I, even the ending, I like better if it doesn't like, if it's not setting up a second season, if it's just like, that's how they ended the story with him making a difficult decision. And also like showing that he's been like, just,

he can't get out of this. He's unable to escape that, uh, that gamblers, uh, you know, dilemma chasing that dragon. But I'll watch season two so yeah yeah i

will too i just like really i let like loved season one to the point that i don't want to see it get fucked up by season two and i'm usually not like that i'm just like do whatever but like with with that show in particular i just really loved it acura integra hey Acura Integra. It's back, baby. I love it. I love it. People are feeling a certain way. People are hating on it.

People are really hating on... They haven't made an Acura Integra since 2006, I think is what I saw. They're bringing it back. It's a nostalgia play. Some people're bringing it back. People are like, it's a, it's a nostalgia play.

Some people are calling it a cheap nostalgia play. The font is that they have written on the, I mean, it's not, not all cars will have right. Integra blazing. Right. But it does look like it's from another era,

the font, but it's yeah, I don't quite get why people would be, feel any sort of way. Like, is there a, there must be a car culture that I'm just not aware of that's like, how dare you treat us this cheaply? I mean, I don't know if it's nostalgia. I mean, shit, I would love for, I mean, really,

bring the old body style Integra back. I would love it if they brought the fucking honda prelude back i'd be fucking right there but i think over time the two-door coupe style has just become like not practical and i think you know like two-door coupes are for people who sell drugs okay not people with families like let's be real all my friends if you're serving you had a two-door coupe and put a wild ass exhaust on it um but i mean i i like this i i just i there are there's a recent like hyundai brought back a like old school econo luxury car that they want to make all electric and people and i was like yo this is fucking tight i love seeing this old body style but the complete modern treatment on the interior um is wonderful um and with this i'm like why are they talking about cheap nostalgia plays meanwhile everyone's

losing their shit over that bronco coming back and are people saying that shit they're like yeah so whatever like i think it's cool get Don't get mad, but I don't understand the outright hatred of it. Right. I do really like the Bronco for some reason. That old Bronco is really having

its time. I think we all just saw oj driving it and we were just like we're saying like see there goes an innocent man that's how it's done um but i remember as a kid the bronco was like a meme car you know like oh bronco okay i feel like in la that's how we were all on that shit because like you know like that chase happened when we were all like in fourth grade and oj i feel like in la that's how we were all on that shit because like you know like that chase happened when we're all like in fourth grade and shit and i was like bronco is a dumb car but then you see the new body type and like okay that's i'm kind of fucking with that

but again leave the integra alone shout out to all the the honda fans out there you know yeah i mean this jalopnik article that is like them the backlash to the backlash but they're just like a manual five-door hatch with a limited slip i don't know what any of this shit means differential is that where you're going with that yeah limited there he is a limited slip diff that'll probably get the type r motor down the line damn yeah you want that type r oh god it comes in fun colors too anything but that so i mean yeah like what this shit looks dope yeah bring back more retro cars honestly like i feel that like that's what somebody i heard somebody make that claim on a podcast like a while back but like yo we love like retro shoes why aren't you doing that

with cars and that right yeah like bring that shit back like why why not um 100 100 they need to retro all car designs like i'm not i'm not joking i would probably rebuy my fucking Honda Prelude if they brought it back. That's how much I love that fucking car. I would buy a fucking Volvo weird tank Volvo my mom used back in the day. I don't know. They're just things. If I saw them and

I'm like, wait, that shit's electric or a hybrid plus Bluetooth and speakers? I'm like, okay. Somebody was sharing a picture of like a chrysler from back in the day that uh they were acting like it was a new a new release and uh it was dope like it's like yeah man that that shit actually looks really cool uh borax is trending uh what's this who's who's that well uh borax is not a new sasha baron cohen character but it's trending because of a phenomenon that is sweeping anti-vax culture um there's a piece

out from nbc news that's talking about how you know anti-vax quote anti-vaxxers are caving to mandates and getting the shot then they're're scrambling to, quote, undo it by drawing blood, cupping, or, drumroll please, bathing in Borax. So they're undoing the vaccination? Mm-hmm. Oh.

That's how fucking easy it is you bathe in fucking borax to undo i'm i don't even know man i really don't know and i don't know if i mean is there like a is there are we starting to see like a trend of people who are trolling anti-vaxxers who are so desperate to be like yeah man i bathe in borax y'all right just like start a trend because they will do this shit they'll do anything but yeah but unfortunately it's someone who's like a care like a doctor on tiktok damn um yeah all right let's uh let's take a break before i lose consciousness from that story and uh we'll we'll do a quick sedition vibe check when we come back.

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And don't worry, we promise to avoid any black holes. Most of the time. And we're back. And, you know, the Jan 6th committee is still out there. Bannon just got indicted that got the bannon bannon uh that got the like siren treatment on the front page of drudge like bannon's been indicted what um so uh yeah there can be consequences or something yeah let's see what he's at is if he's tough at his arraignment uh see what happens there but prior to this

like i mean there was so much pressure on merrick garland to be like hey what the fuck you didn't show up here we go you need to actually do this shit or else you could you might as well usher in i mean i think it might be too late but uh the fascist fix might be fully in if you don't take uh

control of the situation. And yeah, the grand jury is ready. Uh, so we shall see where that goes. I also know Mark Meadows, the chief of staff, Trump's old chief of staff.

He was a no show for his, uh, appointment with the January six panel. So people are testing the waters, uh, and I guess we'll see how far it goes i guess we'll see what bannon is like uh you know in this at his arraignment if he's trying to still be tough if he i don't know that's what i'm really curious to see is truly where where where does he go from

here because now he can get he can get a pardon yeah so i mean this is you know we we've been on a run of stories where somebody did some wild illegal uh deadly murderous shit uh on camera in front of us we got to see it we saw what happened and then like with written house with ahmaud arbery like and fucking january 6th where it just seems like and then people are just like now you actually can't get them to show up to court because uh they're ignoring it and it just seems like we're i don't know maybe this is a small small win but uh i i just am tired of being told that the illegal murders that happened on camera...

Technicalities only apply to white supremacist murders. So, yeah, we'll have to keep our fingers crossed to see if there is something called justice. At this point, they've called more people to testify in front of the

committee. There's people from Pence's inner circle because now they're trying to be like, okay, let's see what we can put together based on what people on the, on Pence's team were experiencing on the sixth. Um, then there's like,

there's a couple of people who they've invited to speak like Michael Flynn, Jason Miller, this guy, Bernie Carrick that are probably not going to cooperate just given their reputations they you know like it's like no i don't i don't i don't see them doing this i feel like they're gonna put up a big stink then there's some other people like angela mccallum who is the national executive assistant of election day operations whatever that means and she was a recent college graduate.

But they have a voicemail of her where she's leaving a message for a Michigan legislator just basically being like, you got to approve an alternate slate of electors because fraud. So they're trying to be like, OK, so who the did you just do this on your own? Or who told you to say that? Who told you to lean on them from this position? It'd be interesting to see if Pence's people continue to carry that water i mean probably because he's a coward but uh trump had a had an interview with uh someone named jonathan carl from abc news jonathan carl asked him if he was worried this is actually a pretty smart line of questioning

from jonathan carl because uh he asked we worried about him like pence during the siege asked him if he was worried. This is actually a pretty smart line of questioning from Jonathan Karl. He asked, were you worried about him, Mike Pence, during the siege? Were you worried about his safety? Trump, no, I thought he was well protected and I had heard that he was in good shape. No, because I had heard he was in good shape. But no, I think. Because you heard those chants.

That was terrible. I mean, he could have, well, the people were very angry. I mean, they were saying, hang Mike Pence. Well, because it's common sense, John. It's common sense that you're supposed to protect. How can you, if your vote is fraudulent, right? How can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress? And a little later on, how can you pass a vote that you know is fraudulent?

Now, when I spoke to him, I really talked about all the fraudulent things that happened during the election. Oh, boy. Now, when I spoke to him, I really talked about all the fraudulent things that happened during the election. So, he's basically defending the people who are... Yeah, 100%. 100%. Couldn't be clearer that he was like... Honestly, that motherfucker should have caved. I don't know

where he found his fucking spine. Right. But... Yeah! I mean, I feel like it's pretty clear. It's like again one of those things it's like uh let the let whatever this conclusion the panel comes to is are is it suddenly going to be like people don't care about that anymore it's like oh no yeah it's a lot of clear and present dangers people don't care about. So I guess that's par for the course given today's discourse.

Not being able to fucking nail this one on would really be a new high watermark for Democrats just being incompetent. It will be a whole chapter in a history book about this country. Fucking this up that bad. It's really weird. They just let the people walk closer

and closer to them with a knife. And they're like, hey, hey, hey, you better not. You better not. And it's like, Well, it turns out people are less concerned about the person walking close to me with a knife

while playing the sneaky music from pink panther so i think uh i think we're gonna have to just let this one let this one go oh they wouldn't they wouldn't they wouldn't they wouldn't they are they did i'm in a camp the we used to talk more about a civil war that's starting to become a popular uh conversation piece oh it's still hitting yeah i i feel like people are starting to catch up to i'm seeing like outlets that used to be like that's crazy uh start being like that's uh i i used to think that was crazy and now i'm uh like i literally saw somebody open an article being like like this is a thing that only people who are like part of the fringe or like you know paranoid used to think um but now i i'm taking it more seriously and it's like well maybe they

saw something you didn't right um i don't know how the fringe these fringe journalists figured it out i think they were like talking to people and comparing that with other trends across history but yeah i mean i think it is it's probably very unsettling for very comfortable people to think that the country they live in could become so unstable and i guess it's easier to just ignore it than really try and be like no this is a fucking problem it has to be addressed uh mexico versus usa is trending grudge match yeah this is the big the main rivalry in especially as it relates to qualifying for the World Cup. I mean, Mexico and the U.S. are the big, like, you know, the big teams

in CONCACAF, which is our regional confederation. But this is always a big game. It's always a big game for U.S. soccer fans and Mexican soccer fans. Yeah, hopefully the U.S. You know, the U.S. looks a lot better on track to qualify for not this coming summer's World Cup, but next winter's World Cup in Qatar. So people are watching with bated breath.

Wow. Why is it happening next winter? next winter oh because they these uh these human rights violators were able to buy a world cup to greenwash and sports or rather sports wash their whole reputation um and then fifa's like okay yeah yeah yeah we'll cooperate with you oh but your your climate is all it's actually unfit it's not even feasible to have an athletic tournament in the summer there they tried to be like we'll build air conditioners so big it'll blow your fucking face off and be like that's the most impractical thing i've ever heard of yeah and they're like fuck it just do it in november and then everyone's like what the

fuck is that why this doesn't even make sense supposed to be in the summer and you're going to interrupt domestic leagues and shit like that so it's all part of the farce that is the 2022 world cup and so mexico versus usa is going to determine who represents north and central america no i'm no like they're they're they're gonna qualify the us and the mexico are gonna qualify like it's only because last time it was a pretty abysmal performance from the U.S. Because right now, in the standings, in the final round, the U.S. and Mexico are 1-2. Got it. Okay.

Don't disappoint us, USA, in soccer, or as it's known internationally, the kicky sport. Internationally is Sacker. Sacker, the kicky game. And the NBA, the beautiful game. As we all know. As we all know. All right.

Those are some of the things that are trending here on Friday afternoon. We are back on Monday with the whole last episode of the show. Until then, be kind to each other. Be kind to yourselves. Get the vaccine. Don't do nothing about white supremacy. And we will talk to you all on Monday. Bye.

Later. Hey, I'm Gianna Pradenti. And I'm Jermaine Jackson-Gadsden. We're the hosts of Let's Talk Offline from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. There's a lot to figure out when you're just starting your career. That's where we come in. Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice. And if we don't know the answer, we bring in people who do,

like negotiation expert Maury Tahiripour. If you start thinking about negotiations as just a conversation, then I think it sort of eases us a little bit. Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Jess Casavetto, executive producer of the hit Netflix documentary series, Dancing for the Devil, the 7M TikTok cult. And I'm Clea Gray, former member of 7M Films and Shekinah Church. And we're the host of the new podcast, Forgive Me for I Have Followed. Together, we'll

be diving even deeper into the unbelievable stories behind 7M Films and Shekinah Church. Listen to Forgive Me For I Have Followed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Carrie Champion, and this is Season 4 of Naked Sports. Up first, I explore

the making of a rivalry. Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. Every great player needs a foil. I know I'll go down in history. People are talking about women's basketball

just because of one single game. Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's sports. Listen to the making of a rivalry. Kaitlyn Clark

versus Angel Reese on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports. I'm Keri Champion, and this is Season 4 of Naked Sports.

Up first, I explore the making of a rivalry, Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game. Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's basketball. And on this new season, we'll cover all things sports and culture. Listen to Naked Sports on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio apps, or wherever you get your podcasts. The Black Effect Podcast Network is sponsored by Diet Coke.