The Daily Zeitgeist - The Geist is Right 4/23: ICP, Elizabeth Warren, Elijah Wood, NFL Draft

Episode Date: April 23, 2020

On this edition of The Geist is Right Jack and Miles discuss the Insane Clown Posse have cancelled this year's Gathering, Elizabeth Warren has lost her oldest brother to COVID-19, Elijah Wood showed up to a random stranger's island in Animal Crossing to sell turnips, and the NFL Draft is happening and how much Jack and Miles care is very little! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hello, the internet, and welcome to this very special episode of Come on down to the Geist is Right. There's courtesy of Johnny Davis. This is the second time doing this intro because i forgot to hit record uh i can't believe that's the first time i've done that because i'm a very forgetful dumb human i'm jack o'brien that is miles gray uh miles how are you this fine thursday? I've never been better, Jack. Things are sunny in the San Fernando Valley right now. We are approaching 91 degrees Fahrenheit.

Wow. And it has me actually really messed up emotionally because I would love to go outside and enjoy it with many people. Yes. Yeah, I feel you. Let's tell the people what's trending get their mind off of the world beckoning outside their window yeah uh i c p is that what i think it be

yes when you tease your child for wetting their pants i see that's a good joke no it stands for uh the ableist rap group insane clown posse uh they are basically out here making a lot of waves uh for saying that hey look they we're not gonna miss the gathering of the juggalos okay but we're also we are going to uh some of our merchandise to help make some protective masks as well. But they said, first of all, though, we cannot put the juggalos at risk. And shout out to them for, you know, doing a lot to protect their own people than actually some governors are. So in a way, you know, I guess Whitmer might be the governor of Michigan, but so might, uh, Shaggy and whatever the other one's name is. Uh, more like the impressive clown posse.

Cause I'm impressed. Wow. Uh, no, who is a shag and violent J I shouldn't know. Give it to violent J violent J. Yeah. And Shaggy too dope.

So yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's a big, big moment. I'm sure like everybody who has a, as a fan of everything, they're finding. Yeah, I mean, it's a big, big moment. I'm sure like everybody who has a fan of everything, they're finding their annual, you know,

big tentpole event being canceled unless it happened like up in February or January. But yeah, like Comic-Con's done. Gathering of the Juggalos is a wrap. No Coachella. I mean, this is what we have to do. When are we going to stop being surprised or even announcing when something

is canceled? More than that, Jack, when are we going to stop these experts from killing the economy? Really? Yeah. That's all I'm reading. Truly, Miles. That's a lot of Faygo that's not going to be sold at that gathering of the Juggalos.

That's not going to do much for Michigan's economy, I can tell you that much. I've always had a soft spot for the juggalos. That isn't, that's not going to do much for Michigan's economy. I could tell you that much. I've always had a soft spot for the juggalos just because they were definitely the target of like one of those middle America, um, like straight, uh, mainstream culture panics where anybody who committed a crime and listened to the uh insane clown posse like

was seen as they were like see they're a gang they're a violent gang um it was kind of like a soft satanic panic well i mean the lyrics were pretty dark the lyrics were definitely not oh yeah i mean like there's i like i said i don't i don't believe in saying clown posse to be a satanic cult but if you were some quote just in the same way when gangster rap was coming out people just took what the words were and were like how could someone even say that as a song like how are they talking about this as a song and like when you talk about about stealing the souls of kids at the wild carnival of souls, people are like, oh my goodness, their souls.

Yeah. But that's part of the fun, right? They also, Juggalos, star in one of my favorite Workaholics episodes. Let's talk about Elizabeth Warren. Shout out to her and her family. She lost her older brother, uh,

to COVID-19, uh, this morning. The, oh man, just like her statement this morning. Yeah. Just the statement on it.

I mean, again, you know, this, this illness, this virus knows no bounds, no boundaries. There's,

it can get anybody from the highest to the lowest, the relatives of presidential candidates. When there was just this part that she had written in her statement or that was part of her statement, just saying how she just really was, you know, obviously there wasn't much that can be done, but she felt really terrible that no family could be around her brother, you know, before he passed away to like, you know, at least like hold his hand or say that he was loved. And like, when you I mean, yeah, anybody who's lost anyone, you know, like if you're fortunate enough to be able to say goodbyes and things like that, how important or how that can be part of your healing process. And just to even comfort the person who is going through, you know, something like this.

But yeah, that was really that was that was tough to read. Had they tried one of President Trump's economic advisors idea of putting everybody in space suits or space outfits, as he called them? Who said that? Stephen Moore. Stephen Moore, member of Trump's Economic Task Force, spoke to the New York Times and said that he's been advising the president

about how we have to really get things opened. May 1st, too late. But maybe the way to do it is to put people in spacesuits or space outfits. Wow. No, seriously. be the way to do it is to put people in spacesuits or space outfits no seriously um he said so does he work for big spacesuit or a big space outfit i'm sure i mean think about all the money you make off of that spit those outfits he's like honey put all of our stock in space outfits what company is that i don't know just fucking do it space outfits space what. Just fucking do it. Space outfits. Space? What is that?

Just do it. The shit the space people wear. Let's talk about Elijah Wood for some reason. Yeah. Again, in this age, especially now, like we've already, from the beginnings of this trend show, whenever we see a name or anyone sees a name,

we go, oh oh goodness what has happened what tragedy has befallen this trending person uh but it seems okay elijah wood is fine uh but he apparently made a big splash because jack i'm sure you saw this because you were on your nintendo switch playing animal crossing with everyone else yep this dude pulled up and he was just he was just selling turnips, doing whatever. Slanging turnips. Just doing his good old thing on Animal Crossing. Hey, I like to turn up on Animal Crossing on my Switch as well.

Oh, my God. All right, kids? Call the police. Here, I'm going to go skateboard off into the distance. I'm going to go crash my wheelchair on this half pipe. Yeah, I think it's just like everyone. People were just really excited to see him, you know, just have a celebrity interact with them

and kind of doing the same thing like everyone else is doing. And I'm sure, Jack, seeing this now, that probably puts your plans to go on Animal Crossing on hold because you kind of wanted to be the OG of that, but I guess he beat you to the punch. Yeah, I wanted to be the first person to really surprise people with a bushel of turnips. So I'm going to have to come up with a new line

where I show up on someone's island and say, time to turn up. Right, right, right. Fucking Elijah Wood. Once again. Fuck. First, he takes my idea to be the biggest asshole in Hollywood at poker games, and now

this. Wasn't that him who was the asshole in Molly's game was supposed to be based on? Oh, shit. Was it supposed to be Elijah on? Oh, shit. Was it supposed to be Elijah Wood? Yeah, maybe. I actually never saw Molly's game. I just heard that it has a really unflattering depiction.

No, it's supposed to be Spider-Man. Toby. Is that not Elijah Wood? No, no, no. He's Frodo. You're thinking of... No, no, no. Peter Parker, bro.

Toby. It was Toby. Toby McGuire. I think they're the same person, but we'll agree to disagree on that one. Way to set two fandoms against each other. I know. I apologize, guys. But they're the same person.

And finally, NFL Draft. I prefer it in the bottle, but... Ah, you son of a bitch. I knew you were gonna do that. I'm on fire. I'm on fire right now. Come on. The dad jokes are just flowing through me. Oh, my goodness.

You're like the emperor in Jedi, just shooting out of your fingers. Ah! Exactly. I don't care about the NFL draft. This has always been a thing that happens on a day in the spring where, like, I think it used to happen on the same day as the Kentucky Derby or, like, around the day of the spring where like i think it used to happen during the on the same day as the kentucky derby or like around the day of the kentucky derby uh and yeah it's just this random like media day where like all anybody talks about in sports is the nfl draft and i'm just tuned the fuck out too many positions too many football players for me to keep track of uh as someone who just

doesn't know you know you every i'm famously not engaged with the nfl so yeah the one thing i remember the last time i think i remember about the nfl draft was that it had happened around the oklahoma city bombing because i remember i was on a trip like i think it was my spring break when the oklahoma city bombing had happened and then i feel like the news cycle was just the nfl draft or the oklahoma city bombing right oklahoma city bombing happened on the anniversary of the waco uh standoff which is april something we talk about on tomorrow's episode april 19th you know who was first draft first pick that year in 95 kijana carter oh wow holy shit i don't wait kijana carter i actually don't know who that is running back for the bengals uh played for penn state because i just remember that was like one

of the you know back in the day like when the nike would make like college football jerseys like the one from penn state was Kajana Carter's jersey that's the only reason I know that person so people would be like oh shit does dude know about Nittany Lions I'm like no no dude I know Nike shit from the 90s right right right right wow a running back who goes number one now that's something that dates that draft am right? You're telling me. We've never... Well, that's plenty. That's four things that we're trending right now. We hope you guys

are having a good quarantine, a good afternoon. Staying safe. Wash your hands. Be good to each other. We will be back tomorrow with a banger of an episode. We will talk to you guys then. Bangar.

Talk to you then. Bye. There's so much beauty in Mexican culture, like mariachis, delicious cuisine, and even lucha libre. Join us for the new podcast, Lucha Libre Behind the Mask, a 12-episode podcast in both English and Spanish about the history and cultural richness of Lucha Libre.

And I'm your host, Santos Escobar, emperor of Lucha Libre and a WWE superstar. Listen to Lucha Libre Behind the Mask on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you stream podcasts. In California during the summer of 1975, within the span of 17 days and less than 90 miles, two women did something no other woman had done before, try to assassinate the President of the United States. One was the protege of Charles Manson. 26-year-old Lynette Fromm, nickname Squeaky. The other, a middle-aged housewife working undercover for the FBI. Identified by police as Sarah

Jean Moore. The story of one strange and violent summer, this season on the new podcast, Rip Current. Hear episodes of Rip Current early and completely ad-free and receive exclusive bonus content by subscribing to iHeartTrue Crime Plus, only on Apple Podcasts.

I'm Dr. Laurie Santos, host of the Happiness Lab podcast. As the U.S. elections approach, Apple Podcasts. than most people think. We all know something is wrong in our culture, in our politics, and that we need to do better and that we can do better. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. MTV's official challenge podcast is back for another season. That's right. The challenge is about to embark on its monumental 40th season, y'all,

and we are coming along for the ride. Woo-hoo! That would be me, Devin Simone. And then there's me, Davon Rogers. And we're here to take you behind the scenes of the Challenge 40, Battle of the Eras. Join us as we break down each episode, interview challengers,

and take you behind the scenes of this iconic season. Listen to MTV's official Challenge podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.