The Daily Zeitgeist - Quarantine Choice Awards, Bloomberg Pays for Friends 2.24.20

Episode Date: February 24, 2020

In episode 575, Jack and special guest host Jamie Loftus are joined by Get Rich Nicks and Deckheads podcast co-host Nick Turner to discuss Trump clouding the Russian election meddling discussion, Mike Bloomberg's Instagram meme campaign, how the REAL ID is connected to Trump's border wall, the 2020 White House Correspondents Dinner, a study about dog owners, the coronavirus, and more!FOOTNOTES: Trump Names Richard Grenell as Acting Head of Intelligence 8 U.S. Intelligence Groups Blame Russia for Meddling, but Trump Keeps Clouding the Picture Bernie Sanders on Bloomberg debate performance: "I think it's quite likely that Trump will chew him up and spit him out." How Bloomberg Bungled a Debate That He Had Been Prepped For Bloomberg hired Fyre Festival promoters to make his campaign memes BLOOMBERG PLAGIARIZED PARTS OF AT LEAST EIGHT OF HIS PLANS Michael Bloomberg’s Campaign Suddenly Drops Memes Everywhere Mike Bloomberg Is Paying ‘Influencers’ to Make Him Seem Cool Mike Bloomberg is paying people to send their friends texts about him Meet the developer that's making apps for the conservative movement It Looks Like the Trump Campaign’s App Will Track Users’ Locations. Is That Normal? Trump Administration to Waive Contracting Laws to Speed Border Wall Construction REAL ID ACT SHOULD BE REPEALED, NOT “FIXED” THE LITTLE-KNOWN LAW THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS USING TO BUILD A BORDER WALL Air Travelers Must Have REAL ID-Compliant Driver’s Licenses by October 2020 Trump Is Blowing Up Native Burial Grounds to Build His Wall Native American tribe says Pentagon failed to consult on border wall construction Kenan Thompson to host 2020 White House Correspondents' Dinner Study: Dog owners take more photos of their pet than spouse, family Diamond Princess ordeal ends for passengers who tested negative for COVID-19 Updates on Diamond Princess WATCH: DHL - Frank Ocean Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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and say, officially off the top, fuck the Koch brothers! What? And fuck Fox News. Yeah, both of them. I know, I said it. Brave again. I'm brave. Brave O'Brien. I'm brave O'Brien. It's Monday, February 24th, 2020.

My name is Jack O'Brien, a.k.a. New guy on the stage can't answer shit. Mike Bloomberg makes me sick. And I think Liz just gave Mike a stone cold stunner. Stone cold stunner. Courtesy of Christy Yamaguchi-Maine. And I'm thrilled to be joined by my special guest, co-host, Jamie Loftus! Miles isn't here, and Jack is here, and Miles, I just started it late, Jack is here, Jamie

is here, Miles not here, Jamie's hosting, Miles isn't here, and Jack is here, and we got a guest, but Jamie's hosting! Woo! That's, that's, I wrote that myself, do you believe? That was amazing. I wrote that myself. You just came up with that on the spot? Jamie's hosting. Woo! I wrote that myself. Do you believe? That was amazing. I wrote that myself. You just came up with that on the spot? Jamie's hosting.

That's why they pay me the big bucks. Jamie, did you know that Miles and I are going on the road? Yeah, I knew. With our time machine? Why don't you tell me about it? This very week. Jeez. Also a super producer, Ana Hosnier, and some special guests.

We're in Minneapolis. February 25th. That's tomorrow. Holy shit. Hey, I know someone. At Parkway Theater with P.O.S., the rapper. We're going to be in Chicago, February 27th, at Sleeping Village with Daniel Vangel Kirk, and Toronto, the grand finale, February 28th,

at the Great Hall with Mark Little. For tickets, go to dailyzykeice.com and go to the live appearances tab for links. We are thrilled. Sorry, were you going to say something? What? Were you going to say something? I was going to say a minute ago that I know one person in Minnesota. Okay.

Well, that's good. I'll see if he wants to go. It's not Kirby Puckett? Who's that? No, he died. Damn it. Oh, shit. Anyways, we are thrilled to be joined in on our third seat.

That's how you throw to me? Kirby Puckett died? You drop that? And gang, I want to let you know Kirby Puckett died. Anyways, we are thrilled to be joined in our third seat by the hilarious and talented comedian and host of our newest podcast on this very network, he is Mr. Nick Turner. I may not be the best, but I am today's guest. Wow. Thank you.

One rhyme is harder than you think I like it One single rhyme Acapella too That's how all the rappers started That takes bravery That's true A lot of people bring a backing band

I usually bring a string quartet To back me up What I'm trying to sleep guys What song was that? That was Nick Turner is the best. Okay.

May not be the best. Right. Nick. Yes. You got a new show on our network. I do. It's called Deckheads. And it's with the best among you.

Yeah. The best of us. Anna Hosnier. Yeah. Which I have said Anna Hosnier over one million times. I know. And guess what she doesn't do? Correct people. Nope. She's out of us. Anna Hosnier, which I have said Anna Hosnier over one million times. I know. And guess what she doesn't do? Wow.

Correct people. Nope. She's out of time. She's busy. I think that should be commended. She's got shit to do. That's on us. We need to learn.

Yeah. Yeah. Do you guys say Anna? I say Anna. Oh. When I think. I made the switch. When I think about it, yeah.

You made the switch. I made the switch. I finally made the switch. Yeah. I finally made the switch. Yeah. I finally made the switch, and let me tell you, it feels great. I'm never going back. All right, Nick, we're going to get to know you a little bit better. You know what's weird?

Hold on. Yeah, please. Ana did not smile once through that whole thing. No. The whole room's talking about her. That is pretty standard for her demeanor during this show. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. The best you get is an exhausted sigh.

It's good. It helps keep us in check. I think we would just go flying off the rails every time. No one should be having fun. Yeah, nobody should be having fun. Yeah. Too much fun. Bad.

Bad news. Makes the baby go blind, baby. That's right. That's what they say, right? Mm-hmm. Nick, what is the show? You and- Oh, it's what they say, right? Nick, what is the show? Oh, it's called Deckheads and it is about the Bravo reality show Below Deck.

We watch and recap every episode with our own special brand of humor. It is very special. Pop on. Pop on. Wait, who the hell is that? Oh, why is she frowning so hard? You do that every time. Do not knock your drink over. Okay. Here we go again. Mom not knock your drink over. Okay.

Here we go again. Mom's here. Hey, Super Producer Anna Hosnia. How's it going? Hi, yeah. Nick has a classic thing where if we're recording, he'll knock his drink down. You just had to get on mic to let us know. Oh, yes.

Below Deck is the show we recap on Deckheads. Yeah. And you guys are going from episode one. Oh, yeah. It's the whole ride. When did it start airing? It started airing in 2011 on Deckheads. Yeah. And you guys are going from episode one. Oh, yeah. It's the whole ride. When did it start airing? It started airing in 2011. Oh, okay.

Yes. Bravo. Or Bravo's Below Deck, you mean. Bravo's Below Deck. I got confused. I thought it was The Suite Life of Zack and Cody Below Deck. Sure. Sure.

Oh, we should cover that, too. You should maybe, yeah. Eventually. As a Patreon series. It could be cool. If we run out of episodes ever yeah we will look for that but i don't think we're going to because when we started this there was one spinoff mediterranean yeah and a week ago we found out there's a brand new show called below deck sailing yacht and so it will never end. Below Deck Sailing Yacht. Sailing Yacht is a good name.

Is that for the sailing heads out there? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Uh-huh. Sailing Yacht's a good name for a baby. Well, there's decks on sailboats as well. Right. Damn.

That's a thing we do on the show. We do a lot of boat facts. Yeah, boat facts. We really get to know the world of boating. What's something that we wouldn't know about a boat? Anna, what have I taught you? Oh, boy. I can't think of a single thing.

Wait, wait. What's the left inside of a boat called? Right, yeah. That's what I keep telling you. Stern? Stern. No, stern is the front, isn't it? Okay, first of all, you're not supposed to know these.

Okay, sorry. Port? Port? Port's one of them. Starport? The rear is something. What do they call the butt? What do they call the caboose?

I think I call it a butthole on the show. I think that is the technical term. So the show is, you'll learn about it. Maybe don't listen just to learn about butts. We do have the facts correct on the show. We just can't remember them. For nautical training, do not come to this show. But if you want a great reality show recap podcast

that has we go hard the hardest most palpable chaotic energy I think out there we do mention that Christopher Walken killed Natalie Wood yeah that's a big thing we talk about on the show do you think that he should be he should like

say something he should at least be me too I think he should speak it's crazy right he should say something? He should at least be me too'd. I think he should speak. It's crazy. He should admit it. Right? He should say he did it. I can't wait to listen. It's really very wild.

I don't really strongly believe that. I mean, can you, like, they went off on a boat trip and came back, no Natalie Wood. No Natalie Wood. How is that a thing? How many people were on the boat? It was just the two of, the three of them. No, no, it was like two other people, wasn't there? Her abusive.

No, it was her. Significant other. Her beau at the time of them. No, no, it was like two other people, wasn't there? Her abusive. No, it was her. Significant other. Her beau at the time, yeah. Robert something, I think. No. Pattinson. No. He's a vamp.

It's not Robert Durr. Let me get the. Not Robert Durr. Warren Beatty. Something like Warren Beatty, but not him. Yeah, no, it was, it makes me so mad. Wagner, Robert Wagner. Robert Wagner, yes.

We know a lot. Our wags. Anyways, that's the sort of thing. Just a taste of what you'll get. Yeah, justice for Natalie Wood. Yeah, justice for Natalie Wood. On Deckheads. Yeah, it actually, yeah, Deckheads becomes a true crime podcast where they solve Natalie Wood's murder.

So tune in. All right, guys. Nick, we're going to get to know even more stuff about you in a moment first we're gonna tell our listeners a few of the things we're talking about um trump says the intelligence report from his intelligence agencies uh about the fact that russia is meddling on his behalf already in the 2020 election he says that's a hoax. Replace the guy who reported that with a Trump stand. We're going to talk about Mike Bloomberg's debate performance last week. I know there is a new debate tomorrow evening, but people have just continued dunking on his debate performance from last time, including his advisors.

Like his advisors gave interviews with the New York Times where they were like i he we prepared him he just fucked up he's an idiot do we have like a like definitive list of uh like low-grade meme influencers who have been paid to endorse bloomberg we do actually that's the next story oh really yeah wow i'm doing such a good job today. You are. Thank you. Yeah, he's paying meme influencers. He's also paying people to just text their friends and be like, I like Bloomberg, man. How about you? What'd you think about this Bloomberg guy? You know who said no to Bloomberg? The fat Jew.

Did he? The first ethical thing he's ever done in his whole career. That is a online influencer and not just something that... Oh, yeah, please don't cancel me. That's what he goes by. Yes. But he did get Fuck Jerry, which is very similar.

Fuck Jerry, definitive trash. Yeah. That's the Fyre Fest guys. Yeah, yeah. You don't know. We're going to talk some coronavirus outbreak. We're going to talk some dog owner polls, all of that, plenty more.

But first, Nick, we like to ask our guest, what is something from your search history that's revealing about who you are, sir? Yes. Well, I just looked it up. My last search was how to sell a brand new car. Ooh. Yeah. You got to do that?

Because I have to sell a brand new car. Why? You got to move some weight some hot hot stuff yeah well i fucked up and won a car on the price is right wait and are you serious yeah today it aired today wow so this is officially the first time i can i can talk about it you've been here for an hour you just I fucked up and won a car on the Price is Right. Wow. A Honda 2020 Honda HR-V LX, baby. That's the base model.

Oh my God. So now you just gotta get rid of it? It comes out today, Monday? What? Or today? Well, it's out Friday. Okay, it came out Friday?

Yes, yes, yes. Out Friday, February 21st. You can check it out on your CBS All Access. So wait. I'll give out codes at the end. How long did they wait? When did you actually win it?

I won it on December 17th. So it's been two months. So you just had it? A little over two months. No, I don't have it. They don't give it to you until it airs. And they don't give it to you if it doesn't air. Oh, shit.

What a scam. What? until it airs and they don't give it to you if it doesn't air so yeah yeah what so uh i but i don't know anyone who's won a car and they haven't given it to them um a friend of mine tim palazzola shout out won a car on uh let's make a deal and his didn't air till like six months later wow and it's just like this this this is relatively, two months. But then apparently, they also said it would definitely air. So I wasn't worried about it because it's Dream Car Week. Oh, right. So they got a lot of money. They also said it would definitely re-air. Wow.

And when it re-airs, you get nothing. Was it ever in doubt because Drew Carey had to cancel some of the shows? It was a scary week for someone who won a car that's airing this week. Yeah, because his ex-fiancee was murdered and they stopped production this week, but they didn't stop airing new episodes. Got it.

Don't let a murder get in the way of your free credit. It's harder to promote. Yeah. I just wanted to make sure we brought that up to put a damper on everything. Oh, good. Thank you. So you couldn't feel pure joy. What kind Yeah. I just wanted to make sure we brought that up to put a damper on. Oh, good. Thank you. So you couldn't feel pure joy.

Yeah. What kind of car is it? It's a Honda 2020 HRV LX. Yeah. It's a small SUV. Yeah. So you're selling it. 23K.

You're selling it. I'm selling it. Yes. This is a good place to talk about it. I want to put this out there. Yes. If anyone lives in the Southern California area and wants to buy my car, highest price wins. It's a weird way to do it.

Highest bid, I guess, you know. Yeah, there you go. Makes sense. In the spirit of the show. Well, that's awesome. Yeah. Congratulations. Yeah, thank you.

What game did you win it on? I won it on the dice game. Okay. And there was basically almost nothing I had to do because I just rolled everything. Right. And do you have any secrets for how to get on the prices? Right? Yes, absolutely. Okay. Well, I went as part of my other podcast, Get Rich Nick, where every week we try a different way to get rich quickly. We interviewed my co-host, Nick Vatterot's college roommate, and he had won a car on P is Right. So we interview him. He gives us tips on how to get on.

And then I go and I use them and I got on. And here's a big tip. Lie about what you do and where you live if you live here. Okay. And you're in the entertainment business. Okay. So I said that I was a karaoke host from Richmond, Virginia. Oh, that's great.

Because I thought that would mean, you know, like I have a lot of energy, but I have no designs on the biz. Right. There you go. I'm just in. The perfect crime. Peak of my aspirations, karaoke host. Yeah. Yeah.

And, you know, be charismatic. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. You gotta want to be there. Just try to do it. Wow, that's so exciting. Yeah.

Although my dreams were just dashed on that last rule. What is something you think is overrated? Oh, well, you've already mentioned him, but Bloomberg. I love it. This has been the greatest week of my life. Leave him alone. He's topping all these polls in places where people only watch TV to get any information. And then he pops out.

He pops his head out once and just gets blasted by the world. Unloaded on. I have never rewatched a debate immediately until this one. It was fun. People were saying it was the most entertaining debate ever. It was some of the best TV ever. Because it just like from the start, it was knives out. It was some of the best on ever because it's just like from the start it was knives out it was some of the best

on stage unity I'd ever seen where it just everyone was just united and just absolutely murdering him it was exciting

they'll go they'll be back to Bernie next week yeah no they're gonna come after Bernie but a good week but a good week

a period week a lot of mainstream media people are like why are they focused on him why don't they focus on Bernie take my shoes down

let us have one night, okay? Save us from the billionaire. Right. What is something – yeah, it can't be that the guy is just clearly wrong and so everyone's making the same point. Because he's wrong, it has to be like a strategic thing. Yeah, I was a New Yorker the entire time he was mayor. Yeah. And when he became mayor, he had $4 billion

that divested from his company. Illegally was mayor for an extra four years because he bribed the council to let him do it. And then at the end of the 12 years, he left. And boom, he had over $30 billion. Yeah. And now he has 60. I don't know how it happened.

And now he's got 64. I don't know what's going on. He's crushing it. And he's giving away all of it. And every year he's got more. He worked very hard for that. Very, very hard. Much harder than everyone else.

Yes. Yes. Yeah. I worked very hard for it. Uh-huh. In his defense, he worked very hard. Did you work 100 billion times harder than everybody else? Please let me see a photo of you sweating.

Right. Ever. Ever. I mean, there's that. I think there's a lot of photos of him sweating but just in like doing menial tasks oh sure but they've all been caught and killed yeah i feel like there there is that one the footage of him doing like an integration with the little mermaid have you seen that video no no that's you you can feel his soul sweating because he has to sing a song, but he doesn't know how music works.

Oh, that was a transition because Giuliani would just get in drag and sing at every function. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. What is something you think is underrated? Oh, Stacey Abrams. Here's what's going on. She's going to be president very quickly. Okay. Because I 100% believe she will be Bernie's pick.

This is the woman who was running for governor of Georgia who was very much cheated. The most cheated of the whole. Yes. The guy who was keeping track of the rules was the guy she was running against.

The attorney general. Yeah. And so anyway, she is a front runner. And I believe that Bernie will tap her. I have my money on predicted.org. Really? On Stacey Abrams. She's only 15 cents right now.

Get in early. You found out about predicted.org the last time you're on this show and have since. It's all I live for. Put out a second mortgage on your house. Predicted.org? Yeah time you're on this show and have since put out a second mortgage on your house. You can predict. It's just like betting on stuff. Like events. There's lots of political stuff you can bet on.

I have money on most of Super Tuesday. But anyway, Stacey Abrams is my pick. If Bernie gets picked, and he probably will she's going to be the one and then bernie will of course be dead in two years and then stacy abrams president pretty pretty exciting i i love them both the betting markets are pretty uh they're pretty sure that bernie is going to be the nominee yeah seems that yeah pete butta judge worth a dime

right now Nina Turner is the number one at the moment for vice presidential yeah Abrams would be an amazing pick though that would be so cool somebody was pointing out that I think it was one of the

Ringer podcast the press box they were talking about how fucked it would be if there was a brokered convention or contested convention and they went with somebody who wasn't Bernie. And that was kind of the first time I just kind of assumed they were going to do that. But maybe that is very stupid of them. Like if he gets the plurality

of the votes and then they do a brokered convention, that would be a pretty ballsy pick for a party that has spent the last year pounding the table about norms and how Donald Trump is destroying the norms and the sanctity of American democracy to then be like, yeah, but we're going to go with Bloomberg.

But they're like, we got to keep a norm in the crowd. Right. I just signed up for predicted.org. Yeah. Oh, wait. They can't verify my identity. That's fine. I will ask no more follow-up questions.

What is a myth? What's something people think is true, you know, to be false. People do not realize that survivor is a still on or be still incredible or see ever incredible. And I am here to tell you, I, I do not. I talked to so many people who are like survivor. That's still on. And I just,

I just want to scream at their face. Here's what's going on over at Survivor. Every year it gets deeper and more interesting for return viewers. And they have their own celebrities. And this season is all winners called Winners at War. Wow. And it's 20 people who have one survivor. And it is batshit.

And I cannot stress this enough. You need to watch it, but only after watching the other 40 seasons. 40. They're all on CBS All Access and I know you're going to be getting your free week to check me out on The Price is Right. This is the second time you've plugged CBS All Access.

Is this your Get Rich Nick's scheme this week is go on and plug CBS All Access for an ad fee on other people's podcasts because that's actually pretty brilliant. I actually pay for it. You pay for the rights. And I'm sick of it. You hear that CBS All Access?

Do you remember the season where they broke the tribes up by race? I do, yes. Race Wars. Yeah, Becky Lee, who came in third, is my sister-in-law Oh no shit So that's the one season That I watched very closely

That's the one that Yule won Yes The one that Wow You really are He's on this season also Is he really Yeah

Shout out to Yule Do they have winners Going back like 40 seasons They do They have winners From every season But you know They do two a year

So you know It's obviously 40 years. I probably didn't need to say that. Well, no, I mean, I'm sure for our younger listeners, it might as well be 40 years. That's true. Like 2000. It's amazing that we don't have any politicians from Survivor. Yeah.

We got that real world one, the congressman Duffy from Massachusetts, Republican. Wait, really? Yeah, he actually retired. He was... Duffy? Yeah, that's his last name.

Yeah, something. Sean Duffy, I believe. Okay. That sounds like someone from Massachusetts. Yeah, we talk in our live show about the first year that Survivor came out and oh yeah blew us

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We'll follow the quest for lost treasure across four decades. It's almost like a metaphor for the industry and Atari itself in a way. Listen to The Legend of Sword Quest on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And we're back. And let's talk briefly about this intelligence report from American intelligence agencies that says the Russians are already meddling in the U.S. election, which is always the fun word they use for cheating on Trump's behalf.

Right. Already in the 2020 election. And Trump has officially come out and commented on it and said it is a hoax by the Democrats. So that that is going to be his position. It's pretty. This is one of those things that is, you know, it's worse than it sounds and it's way worse than the media is acknowledging because they're deflated from impeachment, like being from there being an acquittal. So yeah,

I feel like the coverage of this has gotten pretty buried and other stuff, whether it be like debate coverage or whatever. Like I had to do research on it this morning to even figure out what it was. Yeah. But yeah, so he'll be cheating or they'll be cheating on his behalf with impunity and presumably with his assistance since he is already seeking foreign influence in the 2020 election. And there's nothing we'll be able to do about it. Well, you got to start earlier every year.

That's right. You learn from lessons passed. You're like, oh, I almost got caught last time. You got to start earlier. Right. Giuliani just has to go. We can't be recording these conversations.

I mean, yeah. But we'll just never know. You know, like Trump will win and then we'll just never know how much of it was due to Russian interference because he has replaced

the acting director of national intelligence joseph mcguire removed him and replaced him with uh richard grenel who is the ambassador to germany and a fervent trump loyalist so there won't be any investigations into any of this shit it'll just be straight up cheating with with no impunity. So that's how our country works these days. Maybe we do need Fuck Jerry. Yeah. Because Trump was all through the memes, you know?

Right. And no one has the power to make memes like Fuck Jerry. Yeah. Powerful Fuck Jerry endorsement on Zeitgeist this morning. No, no, no. Fuck, fuck, fuck Jerry. Sorry, Meg Wright. The Meg Wright stans are going to come for you. People are continuing to dunk on Bloomberg's debate performance.

On 60 Minutes last night, Bernie noted that you can't possibly think Bloomberg is electable after seeing that debate performance. And even the New York Times interviewed performance uh and even like the new york times interviewed his advisors and we're like what hat like well did you guys not know that those attacks were going to be coming because those are the like the three angles everybody else knew were coming and he seemed totally caught off guard and they're like no i mean we prepare i know this is gonna sound crazy but we prepared him we like reviewed answers and he just went off prompter and totally fucked himself um jesus they're throwing him under the bus yeah they're just like some jokes they didn't like

it is kind of fun to just to watch someone set $375 million on fire just for no reason. He's richer now, though. Right. Because all that just made him more famous. More powerful and famous. And he'll use that to influence something to make himself richer. He got an endorsement from Sam Donaldson. Did he really?

Who has never endorsed anybody because he's a journalist. He had this whole long thing where he's like look, this one is too important. As a journalist, I don't take sides, but this year I have to say something. I am endorsing and you fully expect Bernie. Mike Bloomberg!

What? Well, there was also a story that was circulating, speaking of Natalie Wood, there was a story circulating about Kirk Douglas' death where Michael Douglas was saying that Kirk Douglas' last words were, Mike can get it done. So he like, they're saying on his deathbed. And referring to Mike Bloomberg. Mike Bloomberg. Yeah. His last words were a Mike Bloomberg endorsement, which I think is just a big swing of a lie on his son's behalf.

Oh, I think that he said Mike can get it because he's sexually attracted to Mike Bloomberg. And then when he's dying, he says, done. Yeah. Done. Yeah, that is very strange and a really powerful endorsement. Big swing from the Bloomberg campaign. Bloomberg actually endorsing

Bloomberg may kill you. Yeah, but I mean they staged that death and had him stage the last words specifically. I mean, Kirk Douglas has been dead for a while. They've had him on ice for a while. Another exploratory committee?

We gotta get this guy. But anyways, so another way that he is trying to just turn his money into voters, I think he should probably just start paying every American like $100 or something, because that's sort of the equivalent of what he's doing. You mean like Andrew Yang wanted to do? Right, exactly. But that was an actual plan that made sense of the policy

whereas Bloomberg is just throwing money at the youth. He's literally just making it rain on the United States. This Jerry Media thing, I feel like once people called them out for Fyre Festival, they're like,

fuck it, we're going full chaos. Right. We'll take money from anyone. Yeah. They're chaotic evil. Yes. So they,

he's been paying like meme lords like the fuck Jerry people. Yeah. To make really like confusing memes that aren't like good in any way don't say

anything good about mike bloomberg and are just i don't understand you're not laughing at these memes right like what one of them uh that we talked about but we were confused as to whether it was an actual ad uh is from the grape juice boys Boys and it's basically Mike Bloomberg saying can you post an original meme to make me look cool for the Democratic primary and they're like no we don't like your vibe

because that's what you would say to him and then he says I put Lamborghini doors on the Escalade and they say what because it's a confusing and nonsensical thing. And then- But it says paid for by Mike Bloomberg on it. Yeah, it's paid for by Mike Bloomberg.

So we were like, wait, are they making fun of Fuck Jerry by doing that? Like just being like, this is absurd, but no, it's an actual ad and the person who made it with like some social media influencer was like it's the most successful ad that i've ever posted and i think a lot of it came from people being confused whether or not it was real well yeah there's other ones there's a tank sinatra one that is like mike bloom they're like the format of all of them is their dms from mike bloom. And then there's one where Mike Bloomberg sends this meme account, a meme of Bernie Sanders.

It's too much. Yeah. It's too much. Yeah, I mean, it's got that like Putin thing where he creates enough weirdness that you don't know what is real and what isn't. But it doesn't, like with Putin, it's always like, oh yeah, he's like sowing chaos

to undermine the Western world and, you know, at least contribute to Russia's power. With this, I don't understand how it does anything whatsoever. The goal is so unclear. Yeah, it's just like put Bloomberg's name in your head, I guess. He's just fucking around. I don't know. Well, speaking of Meg Wright, who runs the Fuck Fuck Jerry campaign, I guess that it's been reported somewhere that Bloomberg has been trying to hire comedy writers, which could mean anything.

Right. But people are trying to figure out who he's employing to mastermind these memes and other shit. It's all so confusing. Well, the most successful thing in his campaign so far was that UCB crowd doing the Bloomberg dance. Right, which was with Nick and Brad making fun of him. I got those

moves like Bloomberg. I got the moves. Bloomberg should pay Nick and Brad for that. Yeah, that was a joke. That was a joke where the joke was, could you imagine if somebody was actually passionate about Mike Bloomberg's candidacy? And that was a joke. That was a joke where the joke was, could you imagine if somebody was actually passionate about Mike Bloomberg's candidacy? And that was a double joke

because they were also making fun of Pete Buttigieg's supporters doing that shitty dance. Right. So the point is, Bloomberg should cut a check to Nick and Brad. Yeah. It was reported this week that, or it was reported last week

that Bloomberg was going to be paying people to literally just text their friends about how great Bloomberg is. They're called deputy field organizers. They're paid $2,500 a month for 20 to 30 hours a week to bother their friends

and loved ones with texts about Bloomberg. I hope I get a message from an ex. Right. Hey Jamie, haven't talked, talked oh jesus yeah it's kind of a bummer it's uh what our world has come to and i mean there are these apps that apparently the republicans used them uh to great effect in uh in the 2016, there was one called... Oh, boy. Oh, my God. Talking to Siri. Sorry.

She's not sure she understands, Nick. Is she making fun of me? Why am I being escorted out? Nobody undermines me. So there is an app that was called YouCampaign. It was lowercase U campaign that the Republicans used. And so there are these new apps that the Democrats used in the 2018 midterms called Outvote. And it's basically just apps that you put into your smartphone that looks through your contacts and and matches contacts with voter databases,

which seems wildly invasive, but at the same time could be an effective way to get voters out who you know and love and help mobilize for the candidate you like. But because they're doing it for the Bloomberg campaign, people are just doing it because they're being paid and it's making it way less effective. They found that people who are doing volunteer work because they want to as opposed to being paid to do work on behalf of a campaign,

the volunteers are actually way, way more effective because they're just actually motivated in every single little thing that they do. Ugh, it's so fucking dystopian. Yeah. I mean, he's basically using an effective technology but adding his billions of dollars to make it no longer effective.

He should do cameos. Right. There you go. That would be dope. Yeah. You know if someone doesn't answer your cameo and they miss it,

they still have to do it and then it's free? Really? Yeah, so you just gotta choose a cameo person who's on vacation? Who, yeah, who seems like,

oh, maybe this person wouldn't be very on top of their cameos and then you get it for free. That's scam of the century. Wow. That's so sad. I know.

It's kind of mean. I hope you know too. I just got a free cameo. I hope they learn it right before they film it and they're like, hey, free one. Hey, happy birthday, Todd,

you piece of shit. I think she knew. You fucking jerk. She knew. Wait, you did that? Oh, yes. With who? Well, I did it with Caroline Calloway.

Oh, wow. Yeah. That's perfect. Shout out to her. It was fun. Was she mad? She was kind of passive aggressive in it. That's not sad at all.

Yeah. It was fun. How much is a Caroline Calloway? It's 50 bucks. Wow. 50 bucks. Yeah. Nice.

Go into big Calloway. We should just do an entire episode of this show or a segment on the show where we just go through people's Cameo rates as like, that's like their Q rating. Someone would shock you. Dude, Billy Zane charges 500 bucks on Cameo. Well, because there's that line from Zoolander and people are like, ah, that would be tight. You know, you can just say on Cameo like, hi, I'm $1,000. No one will ever buy you. but every time someone looks at you,

you'll be like, wow, you must be doing great. Right. Yeah, that's true. Let me hire him for a million dollars. Yeah, apparently Billy Zane is the most successful actor in Hollywood. Tom Hanks is $60. He just likes to do it. He likes to get out there and mix it up.

He's a man of the people. Yeah. He waits too long do it. He likes to get out there and mix it up. He's a man of the people. Yeah. He waits too long on purpose. Yeah. But that's a good, I like that strategy. It's like a benign version of all these things people are doing where they watch celebrities' social media and then rob them when they know where they are and they have a lot of money on them. Bling ring. Yeah.

Yeah. It's happening like murderers now. Oh, pop smoke. Rappers, pop smoke, yeah. Very sad. Let's talk about Trump's wall, because they are... So have you guys gotten your real IDs yet? Yeah.

I have not been asked for my ID in some time. Wow. I got mine because I lose my ID every six months. This is the one where you need to fly with a real ID now? When's the date? It is October of this year, 2020. This is all part of an act that was passed in 2005

and it was condemned by the ACLU back when we didn't pay attention to what they said because we were still mad about 9-11. So it requires federally approved ID for air travel, which has taken them 15 years to, like, they were like, okay, we're going to need a long time because the DMV is not the fastest place in the world. But they are, this law also was just like, and the federal government

can break any law they want. So they're just like, yeah, I mean, in the name of homeland security, they can, they have the authority to waive all legal requirements. And the Trump administration is using that to do some wild shit with the wall on the southern border, the building of the wall. They are making it so they can just ram through all these deals with construction companies and contractors. They are dynamiting burial grounds of native peoples to build their wall. Just all sorts of horrifying stuff that will hopefully leave Donald Trump haunted for generations and generations of his family. Oh, yeah.

They're going to feel so bad. Not like haunted like, oh, he's so haunted by that experience, but like literally haunted by the poltergeist ghost. Because he's literally blowing up. I prefer that interpretation. He's blowing up like, quote, sacred areas of Native American, like bone fragments of indigenous fighters have been discovered there. And they're just like dynamiting it to build a wall

to keep people who aren't white out of the United States. Jesus Christ. Well, you make it seem like it's bad. Right, yeah, but on the other hand, probably looks pretty cool. Well, now we're all depressed. I was just like, jeez, I just want to put my head down. I don't. We can't win, you're saying?

That's. All of our earlier talk about who should be the Dem nominee doesn't matter? And then we're like, oh, the election is going to be stolen again. But. Yeah. Right. Bloomberg meetings was kind of funny. Yeah.

Yeah, exactly. And they're also doing shit that's bad for the environment. All right. That's it. That's it. I swear. I'm not going to say any more depressing stuff. Alright guys, let's take

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And we're back! And we're back. So, one piece of good news. They are bringing the smiles back to the White House Correspondents Center. What do you mean? They haven't had a comedian there in a long time. Last year was...

It's been... They didn't have it one year. Yeah, it's been historians. I thought it was two years. I think Michelle was two years ago. 2018, right? 2018. I think so.

Time is so confusing now, but I'm pretty sure that's 2018. So time is so confusing now, but I'm pretty sure that's 2018. Anyways, Kenan Thompson and Hasan Minhaj are going to host this year. That's great. And Trump won't be there, so nobody, no harm, no foul. Wasn't Hasan the year before Michelle? I don't know. Let me see.

Let's see. I feel like he's done it before. Yes, he has done it before. Yeah. That me see. Let's see. White House. I feel like he's done it before. Yes, he has done it before. Yeah. That's weird. Yeah. 2017. Well, I wish him a lot of luck.

Yeah. Me too. I mean, it's much lower stakes when the president is in the room. Yeah. Also, the softballs from SNL, you know, they're a lot softer than from the Daily Show people. Right. So, Keenan in there will'll be that is really like the least threatening of of anyone yeah i think that's actually good news for uh it's more smiling and dancing yeah who would be the least threatening jimmy fallon colin jost oh my jay's on well no yeah jimmy

fallon would kiss trump on the mouth or something like yeah uh but that would be funny because probably be dressed like a yeah you'd be the least right me baby i get in there get in there it's all it's all jokes hey sorry mr prez he'll be there he'll definitely be there old uh like impress there there's one guy who i think reagan H.W. Bush used who was like, he just did impressions of like 50s era celebrities. Oh, yeah.

Hilarious. Little. Yeah, yeah, Rich Little. Rich Little, yeah. The Astros cheated at baseball, as we all know. We've talked about the fact that they were using trash cans and buzzers to cheat at, you know, to find out when an off-speed pitch is coming. LeBron James tweeted about the fact that the commissioner of the Major League Baseball didn't do anything.

He was just like, yeah, whatever. It's no big deal. Just the Astros, one of the Yankees. Right. Yeah, exactly. But yeah,ros, one of the Yankees. Right. Yeah, exactly. But yeah, he's like, do something, man. This is bad for sports in general. He is kind of as close to a czar of professional sports as America has.

The Astros cheating scandal sounds almost identical to how they used to cheat on who wants to be a millionaire. Oh, really? Yeah. They had like a cough cough system in place to cheat on who wants to be. There was like a married couple that like they both ended up winning because they had their spouse coughing in the audience. Wow. Pretty smart. Do they take the money away?

Yeah, they did. Wow. You know, you hate it when people use and abuse uh game shows you know a lot of people do it the right way and i'm sorry it's hard to win listen if anyone's interested in buying nick's car this is your second reminder please stop making me google about how to sell this thing there is no information on how to sell a brand new car because no one is trying to do it. Right. Generally, people have just bought that.

Oh, my God. Are there tax implications that you have to watch out for? I mean. I remember that was the thing. You got to pay the taxes. Right. And there's no cash equivalent. You either take the car and pay the taxes Or you don't take the car

Oh You can just deny Yeah But a lot of people Don't take prizes If they're stupid Right But expensive

Right right Like a trip somewhere Close Right Nick do you have a dog? I do have a dog Cheetah Cheetah

The most beautiful dog In the world And we of course know About Jamie's dog Yeah Sunny Sunny Nick, do you have a dog? I do have a dog, Cheetah. Cheetah. The most beautiful dog in the world. And we, of course, know about Jamie's dog, Sunny. Sunny. All right. Sunny is a dog. Sunny is a dog.

Sunny, well, Sunny, yeah. Sunny came on stage at my show last night to endorse Biden again. And it's frustrating because it's hard to get stage time in this town. That is hilarious. People just come on, they start endorsing Joe Biden. And I'm like, well, great. I only had, you know, nine minutes. And he fucking used eight of them.

So you were just doing stand-up and Sonny kind of barged on. Yeah, I was at the theater my boyfriend worked at and he was upstairs. And Sonny just marched downstairs and fucking took the mic. It was ridiculous. And he started to get people really excited about the Biden campaign as well. He kept saying, Pete is a radical, and he must be stopped. And people agreed. People agreed.

Interesting. Wait, Pete is a radical? Yeah, that's Sonny's new platform. Pete is a radical. Pete is too far left. Pete has gone too far this time. I wonder at the Pete campaign and at the Klobuchar campaign, if their war room is just them talking shit about the other. Amy Klobuchar's whole strategy is focused on Pete and vice versa.

Well, she's a terror behind closed doors, Amy Klobuchar. They strategy is focused on Pete and vice versa. Well, she's there. She's a terror behind closed doors. Right. Amy Klobuchar. They're so mean to each other. The clip, it's like Battle of the Centrists. It's wild. Yeah.

It's fun. It's fun to watch. That look that Amy Klobuchar shot whatever staffer she was going to snap the neck of and eat for dinner after she didn't remember the name of the Mexican president. Oh, you mean President Lopez Robobor? Love him. Oh, Pete was like, I knew it. Right.

Of course you did. Great, Pete. You're perfect, aren't you? Anyways, Sonny says Pete's a radical, so. Yeah. Well, anyways, there's a new dog owner poll. A rover.com poll is out and I don't know how revealing any of this stuff is, but it revealed some things to some people about dog owners. The study shows that 65% of dog owners admit to taking more photos of their dog than their significant other.

Oh, for sure. Yeah. I mean, that's a given. Well, because your dog never says, oh, no, I look terrible. Right, for sure. Yeah. I mean, that's, yeah. Well, because your dog never says, oh no, I look terrible. Delete it. Yeah. 94% of dog owners consider their dogs to be part of their family. And 56% greet their dog as soon as they walk in the door, usually before saying hello to the rest of their family. Well, if anyone else would jump on my face, as soon as they walk in the door, usually before saying hello to the rest of their family. Well, if anyone else would jump on my face, as soon as I walk in the door, they'd get it first too.

The dogs are cheating. When you think about it. Dogs are the only burden that are fun. I like what a big burden my dog is. Yeah. Also, shout out to my Rover fam. We did an episode for Rover, and I'm a licensed registered Rover walker

Wait really? Yes Wow Nice It's not worth it No Spoiler alert on that episode Don't do that

What just too much of a pain in the ass? No it's just not worth Yeah it's not worth the money And then like sometimes I had a woman do a little too much heroin While I was in the middle of walking her dog and i had to uh lie my way into the building and then find the landlord and then get her her door number and then go and then knock on her door a bunch of times before she

finally answered and she's like what's going on? And I was like, I have your dog. I saw you 15 minutes ago. She said, oh, are you mad at me? No. And I said, I'm probably not getting a tip. Right. Yeah. Anyway.

Holy shit. No good. Wait, had you just seen her? Yes. No, I saw good. Wait, had you just seen her? Yes. No, I saw her. She was perfectly fine. And then she was not on heroin. Right.

And then when I came back. That can change pretty quickly. I was texting with her beforehand. And then afterwards, I was like, hey, I'm back. I texted her. And then she texted back, wrong number. Oh, really? I was like, what's going on? Can you look directly above this message above and then when i knocked on her door there

was another dog in there just barking very loudly every time i knocked on the door and then she said she said to her dog shush i think she tried to give me a dog yeah oh wow yeah she was like it was a new dog i don't know what her story was but but it involved heroin. Dogs can deal drugs. Yeah. That is a fact. That is a fact.

Yeah. That was her drug dealer. You said it. All right. Let's move on to the coronavirus outbreak. Obviously, a tricky subject because a lot of the you know bad news around this has included some weird you know quasi racism or open racism um some pretty iffy travel bans uh but there there's just there's some aspects of the outbreak and the the way it's being covered and the way it's being treated uh that have the ring of you know they they feel like sort of end times type shit yeah the way

it's been i mean the way it's been being covered has been uh in a lot of cases like pretty overtly racist and xenophobic and there's even been um some uh some data that uh says that um business has like fallen in chinatowns across the country which has you know nothing to do with anything and it's just straight up xenophobic um i think that like something interesting about uh and and like upsetting about the way that this story has kind of been developing is just that like there's been disease spreading since the beginning of time and people are still fucking it up in such basic ways yeah that are there have been two like major quarantines uh so where things are at right now is there's been over 76 000 cases diagnosed which is a lot uh there's been uh as of right now 20 2,250 people have died but like for perspective cdc says that

about like over 50,000 people die of the flu every year so right the casualty rate is actually i mean yeah we talked about that like because i kept bringing that up and being like it's not as deadly as the flu when this first started happening but people it is escalating. Yeah, and people just talked about how it's more about this is just qualitatively and quantitatively completely different from the flu because it's a thing that we don't have any experience with and it's spreading fast. And nothing's scarier than when the doctors are dying.

Right. Yes, that is scary. So, I think the most like uh the biggest quarantine story took place on a cruise ship uh that where that as of this recording people have just been getting off the cruise ship but they were quarantined on the cruise ship where the virus was located for over two weeks and they were were just docked. So it was the Diamond Princess. They were carrying 3,700 passengers and crew. There were over 600 people confirmed

with coronavirus by the end, and there was a pretty good piece about it on BuzzFeed Nudes. Nudes? Oh, my God. I love BuzzFeed Nudes. I forgot there was a regular BuzzFeed. Yeah.

Spent so much time on BuzzFeed Nudes. I do one story. Okay. Okay. So there's a good story on BuzzFeed Nudes about how basically just where you quarantine people makes a really big difference of how effective the quarantine is. Right. a really big difference of how effective the quarantine is, which is kind of, I guess, basic stuff. And it's kind of alarming that this cruise ship quarantine went on for as long as it did because just like the ways that like air travels and like whatever the ventilation on the ship makes it like you can't really quarantine yourself from the disease.

And so it spread faster than it would have if they had docked and let people off. So it became a whole thing. There was a separate quarantine on a naval base in upstate California that I think contained the disease a little better. But again, they're just like, no one's prepared for a quarantine. Yeah. I mean, of all the places to be stuck with, people with this disease that nobody understands that is deadly, like a cruise ship, the thing where viruses and like disease and stomach ailments notoriously spread so quickly. Yeah, it's like, why don't we put you, we'll quarantine you all in a ball pit. ball pit uh and it's and it was like there were over 600 cases and only two casualties that we know of but it just seems like just based on all the reporting that's been done that it was preventable but that people are just like not ready for for an outbreak like this they don't

know what to do so they're like just stay where you are and then more people get sick yeah so people always wonder why comedians hate performing on cruise ships so much there is a guy on that ship right now doing his 28th performance oh my god i would watch that 824 less and less people but he's gonna come off and he's gonna have the best coronavirus material like just like such good tight shit on that. Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of it might have more to do with like what- Who out here has the coronavirus? I think it might have to do with- Coronavirus only performances. Right.

Like there was a Carnival Cruise Westerdam cruise ship, which eventually docked in Cambodia, but had been turned away at other ports because of, you know, people were concerned about the virus getting out. So I think that could be what's happening is like, it's not that we think it's a good place to quarantine the non sick people who are on the cruise ship. It's that like, we're just like, yeah, y'all stay the fuck out there away from me. This has to be taking a toll on Corona's sales. Yeah, I think it is. I think for certain it is.

I think it's taking a toll on the global economy. There was a New York Times graphic or animation that was showing like what flights look like at a nor on a normal day like just with a little uh dot representing a flight like around china and then yeah during this outbreak and it's just well i mean even i've i've been i mean i'm sure you you've seen it too jack like i've been touring for the past like month and a half or so and the the way that people are like suiting up at airports is different like you there's a lot of face masks at the airport. Like, yeah, you can definitely see the coronavirus's impact. Yeah, absolutely.

Yeah. Absolutely, Jamie. Thanks, Jack. Back to you. We've been on tour. We've been on the road lately. Plug those dates again. Well, shit.

Everybody stay safe. Just wash your fucking hands. Don't be mean to other people. Just wash your fucking hands Don't be mean to other people Just wash your hands How about that? Is that okay? Finally Yeah

Thank you dad Just wash your fucking hands Wash your fucking hands And wear a jacket For Christ's sakes It's cold out I'm gonna catch a chill Nick

Yes It's been a pleasure As always Having you friend Thank you so much for having me This was a pleasure as always having you thank you so much for having me this is a good one uh where can people find you follow you um you can find me at nick's turners on the socials and uh nick's turners at nick's turners all right yeah i don't want to get into it check out deckheads check out uh get rich nick uh Nick, and that's it. Yeah, and go check out Deckheads, listen to it, love it,

and then write a five-star review. Write a five-star, baby. As with any comedy podcast, when it first comes out, you get a lot of people who don't know what comedy is and are like, hey, what the hell? What's all this laughter? I didn't read these reviews what reviews are you getting right um but anyways they're great yeah yeah also i often say

on the show uh if you want to write us in any way if you want to talk to us we will only read messages that are in five-star reviews on on itunes that's smart. Effective. Yeah, that's going to be my policy too going forward, unless you mention me in a tweet, which I read every single one of them the second they go up. Yes, of course. Like somebody said that wasn't cool. Please don't add me.

I can't handle it. My example of myself. Nick. Yes. What is a tweet you've been enjoying or some other work of social media? Yes, I have some tweets more than one oh a light of the new york comedy scene passed away uh overnight um steve whalen

mr jokes as he is known an old school comedian type unapologetically himself this dude is fucking hilarious and fucking great and he's gonna be sorely missed and you can't really take in steve's humor with one tweet so i'm gonna i'm gonna read a few okay this is a man who is not afraid to tell you when a punchline is okay um all right where did i and now i've had it up for one hour. Okay. Here we go. Steve, a parasite defeated the Irishman.

Sounds like my agent. My mother's name is Miranda because anything I say can and will be used against me. Madonna, like a virgin? I don't think so. Me, what sandwich shop is this? Them, sir, this is an Arby's. Boy, improvisational comedy is done by so many white people. They shouldn't say yes and.

They should say no but. No but. White people. I'm fat. When I go get my shoes shined I find that I have already eaten them

because shoes are dried cow leather oh my god incredible oh Steve RIP Steve Whalen I love you bud

um Jamie yeah where can people find you follow you you can find me on twitter.com at Jamie Loftus Help.

On Instagram at Jamie Christ Superstar. You can listen to my year in Mensa. And that's all I got to say. Oh, you listen to the Bechdel cast. That's been on for four years. And it's so good. It's so going. It's so good.

Yeah. Also a great live show if people ever get a chance to see yeah you should come we're gonna be in we're gonna be in Austin in April cause I'm going to

officiate a stranger's wedding I know isn't that exciting a stranger who is a fan through the podcast or just a stranger I believe a fan

of Zeitgeist oh wow who DM'd me and was like will you officiate my wedding and I was like I've never been to Texas holy shit

so I had a Zeitgeist fan contact me and ask me to put his dog down. So I'm getting different. So you're getting officiated. Yeah, very different than what you're getting. You can do that when you get officiated. You are also licensed to kill dogs. Something I don't tell you.

Is there a tweet or some other work of social media you've been enjoying? Yeah, this is a quote tweet. It's hard to talk about a quote tweet, but I'll try. There was a quick, we didn't get to it today, but there's a story about how Martin Scorsese wrote Bong Joon-ho, a congratulations note that was very sinister. And it said, my favorite quote from it is, quote, you've done well, now rest. I know.

That's something that you say to somebody right before you twist their head really fast and say, shh, into their ear as they die. You've done well, now rest. And so, at Annie Wu said, holy shit, Scorsese's going to kill Bong Joon-ho. Made me laugh.

Some tweets I've been enjoying. Yeah, Jack, I'm sorry, what tweets have you been enjoying? Oh my God, Jamie, thank you so much for asking. No enjoying. Yeah, Jack, I'm sorry. What tweets have you been enjoying? Oh my God, Jamie. Thank you so much for asking. No one ever asked, Jack. End of an era at Cracked. Jason, quote, David Wong Pargin,

at John Dyes at the end, tweeted, I'm walking away from Cracked. Here's my disappointingly drama-free announcement. He's been being like the executive editor and like the hardest working person i've ever worked with or encountered uh for the past 10 years despite being a best-selling author who doesn't didn't need it uh but just like out of a sense of i don't know ownership of the. And so he's deciding to step away from it and really smart, funny, hardworking, kind person.

So people should follow him at JohnDiesAtTheEN because he couldn't spell out the whole name of his novel. If you don't already to see what he's up to next. And then I also liked a tweet from former Cracked writer-editor Christy Harrison at Here and I'd, who tweeted, Sorry if I've already asked this question a thousand times but do people know how hot Stevie Wonder was back in the 70s

and he was holy shit yeah he really was yeah very good looking dude and then Natalie sure who's a great follow on Twitter just very smart political thinker, researcher, writer,

tweeted, this is such a perfect distillation of what Bloomberg's problem with Trump boils down to. And it's just that photograph of a billboard that says Donald Trump cheats at golf, period. And then underneath, Mike Bloomberg doesn't, paid for by the Mike Bloomberg campaign so

he's a man of the people yes yes yes so that's those are some tweets I've been enjoying you can find me on Twitter at Jack underscore O'Brien you can find us on Twitter at Daily Zeitgeist we're at The Daily Zeitgeist on Instagram

we have a Facebook fan page and a website, DailyZeitgeist.com, where we post our episodes and our footnotes. Footnotes. Where we link off to the information that we talked about in today's episode as well as the song we write. Out on, Super Producer Anna Hosnier. Oh, thank you. What song is it going to be?

Thank you for having me. I just want to reiterate, go listen to Deckheads. It's out right now as we speak. Oh, Deckheads, I get it. Deckheads. Wait, that's naughty. Naughty, naughty, naughty. Be careful how you say it.

And again, to reiterate, five-star reviews save our asses. People leave reviews like, why are they joking? Can they do that? They go like, why are they joking? I feel like you people have never seen reviews before. They're not. They're fascinating. But anyway.

No, I've seen this happen to literally every one of our shows when we launch. Nothing matters. They're all good. If you leave a review and it's bad, guess what, baby? That bumps up my shit. You know, it's fascinating because Nick's the type of guy that goes, hey, I know. Hey, all press is good press. And I always want to stab him over it.

So here we are. Just a happy guy. I want a car today. I don't know what to tell you. You're going to sell. Fascinating. All right. So today I'm going to recommend a song that I've been listening to.

It's a single that Frank Ocean dropped last year at some point. It's called DHL. I really like it. It's a bop. And I've been enjoying listening to it over and over again. And I've lost my mind. So I think you guys will enjoy it. He really picks it up on this one.

Hey, let's just say Frank's not sad anymore. Well, maybe he is. Who am I? He's so good at being sad, though, too. I know. He loves it. I'm singing about him. Okay, well, anyway, I love Frank Ocean.

Listen to this track DHL Check it out Alright well the Daily Zeitgeist is a production of iHeartRadio For more podcasts from iHeartRadio visit the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite shows That's gonna do it For this Monday Morning

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