The Daily Zeitgeist - Top 10 of 2025: #4 Zuck’s AI Glasses Suck! Kash Patel NOT Convincing? 09.19.25

Episode Date: December 30, 2025

We are counting down the top 10 episodes of 2024, as voted by our listeners. At #4, we have: Zuck’s AI Glasses Suck! Kash Patel NOT Convincing? 09.19.25 In episode 1934, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and producer of the monthly Facial Recognition Comedy show, Pallavi Gunalan, to discuss… Meta’s New AI Glasses Not Only LOOK Like Sh*t... They Also Functionally Suck Sh*t, Kash Patel Helping Keep The Epstein Story Alive and more! Meta’s New AI Glasses Not Only LOOK Like Sh*t... They Also Functionally Suck Sh*t Kash Patel Helping Keep The Epstein Story Alive SWALWELL: If you don't know how many times Trump's name appears in the Epstein files, it could be at least 1,000 times Crockett: You are the least qualified FBI Director in history. Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause LISTEN: Minute papillon by World Brain  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello, Zyte Gang, and welcome to the end of the year. During these two weeks surrounding Christmas and the new year, we take some time off. During the mornings, we'll run some new holiday and end-of-the-year content that you can listen to while we're taking a break. In addition to all that stuff in the afternoons, where we would usually drop the trends episode, we are rerunning the 10 most popular episodes of this year, according to you. You voted with your dang ears, and we listened with ours. Actually, we looked at the data. We're spying on you.

Honestly, I'm mostly in this podcasting thing. For the rich marketing data, it provides to me about each and every one of you. At the end of the year, when I look back to see what made the top 10, and this was actually my favorite year to look back at, our top 10 is full of episodes. I feel like made it because of a bunch of it. different reasons. There are some episodes that dropped after huge news events. There are some first episodes that dropped right after some hilarious news events, some great new guests, some classic fan favorite guests, and some new formats we tried out that we're very excited

to see that you guys enjoyed. Before we get into it, I just want to thank you guys for once again being such a cool community that's bloomed up around this podcast. We've been doing all these years. You guys repeatedly make us proud. You're there for us when we go through some really difficult shit. You show up at shows of our guests, and we always get great reports from our guests about our listeners. You are the rare podcast audience that makes us extremely proud to have you as listeners so far. So don't fuck this up, you guys. And coming in at number four of our top 10 most popular episodes of the year 2025, this episode.

But this episode is called Zuck's AI Glasses Suck. Cash Patel not convincing. It dropped in September of this year, September 19th. And the guest is Pahlavi Gunnallin. The great Pahlavi Ganalan. Please enjoy. Actually, you know what actually happened is the squirrel came in between me and the crows? Because then the squirrel discovered where the cash was that I was leaving for the crows.

And any time I would put it out, the squirrel would just. come down and I have a squirrel, Paula, that is so fat. Like, it's annoying because I was trying to leave it from my friends of the crows, but also because I'm worried about the squirrel because of how overweight the squirrel is. You're a pusher, dude. He's, like, not going to be able to get up a fucking tree.

You got to, you got to have, like, a squirrel treadmill. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Maybe you just put the, put the food somewhere so that he has a workout on his way to get, you know, on the ground, then yeah, he needs to run three miles on a treadmill to get there. I love America where even the squirrels are fat, you know? I know. And he's so comfortable.

There's like something so unnerving about a squirrel that like walks towards you. Like that that is like a 23 pound squirrel just like. Yeah, that just like comes up to you. Have you seen those like jacked kangaroos, but it's like a squirrel? Yeah, just walking on two legs. Oh yeah? Hey, hey, kid, this your dad? This is your father right here?

What? Don't talk to my. Shut the fuck up, bro. This is your dad? Jack comes in crying. He's like, the squirrel sunned me yesterday. Shut up, bro. Heather gut.

Header gut, homie. Heather gut. You know those words. Frigger me. You want to get punched in the head or the gut, fam? I got header gutted when I was a kid, Pahlavi. That's crazy. And I got out of it by crying.

So the people, they had empathy. They were like, well, if you cry, Oh, Victor wasn't here because Victor was in the Philippines when this happened. Oh, right, right. So my cousins and I were thrown little pebbles at houses on the Jersey Shore for no real reason that I can remember. Jesus. And these big kids, probably a couple of years older than us. Even the way you said it, these big kids came out and started chasing us, cornered me.

and my cousins immediately were like he he did it and I was like yeah okay that's I was the youngest and and then they said all right man had her gut and I burst into tears and then the big kid's little sister was like oh don't hit him he's cute oh wow and that's how I got out of that ass whoffin. Yeah, I did have to marry her. That's all right. That is so funny. It was very pathetic. This is like a meat cute for like a coming of age story. Yeah. Do we have a cold open? Yeah, yeah. I can cobble something together. Cobble. Ted Cobble. Yeah.

Talking about Afghanistan? Cobble. Cobble? Cobble. Cobble? Cobblin. Cobblestone. There you go. Ted Cobble Peach Cobble Or There you go Cobblehead night at Dodger Stadium

I like how supportive we are We're like yeah I think you really got one with that one Jack Yeah yeah Oh sorry you were talking God Sorry sorry sorry Do you think I'm cute

Yeah yeah yeah Yeah head or gut man Head or gut yeah whatever you say Have you ever listened to those true crime shows and found yourself with more questions than answers? And what is this? How is that not a story we all know? What's this? Where is that?

Why is it wet? Boy, do we have a show for you? From smartless media, campside media, and big money players comes crimeless. Join me, Josh Dean, investigative journalists. And me, Roy Scoval, comedian, as we celebrate the amazing creativity of the world's dumbest criminals. We'll look into some of the silliest ways folks have broken the laws. Honestly, it feels

more like a high-level prank than a crime. Who catfish is a city? And meet some memorable anti-heroes. There are thousands of angry, horny monkeys. Clap if you think, she's a witch. And it freaks you out. He has x-ray vision. How could I not

follow him? Honestly, I got to follow him. He can see right through me. Listen to Crimless on the IHeart Radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Stefan Curry, and this is Gentleman's Cut. I think what makes Gentleman's Cut different is me being a part of developing the profile of this beautiful finished product.

With every sip, you get a little something different. Visit Gentleman's Cut Bourbon.com or your nearest Total Wines or Bevmo. This message is intended for audiences 21 and older. Gentleman's Cut Bourbon, Boone County, Kentucky. For more on Gentleman's Cut Bourbon, please visit Gentleman's Cut Bourbon.com. Please enjoy responsibly. anything important had just happened. Now, 15 years after the Big Short's original release, and a decade after it became an Academy

award-winning movie, I've recorded an audiobook edition for the very first time. The Big Short Story, what it means when people start betting against the market, and who really pays for an unchecked financial system, is as relevant today as it's ever been, offering invaluable insight into the current economy and also today's politics. the big short now at Pushkin.fm slash audiobooks, or wherever audiobooks are sold. Hi, Dr. Lori Santos from the Happiness Lab here. It's the season of giving, which is why my podcast is partnering with Give Directly, a nonprofit that provides people in extreme poverty with the cash they need. This year, we're taking part in the Pods Fight Poverty campaign.

And it's not just the Happiness Lab. Some of my favorite podcasters are also taking part. think Jay Shetty from On Purpose, Dan Harris from 10% Happier, and Dave Desteno from How God Works and more. Our goal this year is to raise $1 million, which will help over 700 families in Rwanda living in extreme poverty. Here's how it works. You donate to give directly, and they put that cash directly into the hands of families in need, because those families know best what they need, whether it's buying livestock to fertilize their farm, paying school fees or starting a small business. With that support, families can invest in their future and build lasting change. So join me and your favorite podcasters in the Pods Fight Poverty campaign.

Head to give directly.org slash happiness lab to learn more and make a contribution. And if you're a first time donor, giving multiplier will even match your gift. That's give directly.org slash happiness lab to donate. Hello, the internet, and welcome to season 406, episode five of Dirtaley's Nightgeist! That's a production of IHard Radio as a podcast, we take a deep dive into American Shared Consciousness, and who-hmm. How is it in here? It's humid. It is humid in America's shared consciousness.

It rained in L.A. My clothes are sticking to me inside of America's shared consciousness. It did rain a little bit. Catch a bit of that rain? It's hot, humid. anything else going on not not that i'm aware of mine all right great we'll keep it moving friday september 19th 2025 yep yep guess what that means it's guess what that mean it means it mean national love your lunch day and i don't know it looks like ethnic food like an ethnic

kid lunch i wonder if this is about oh it's about lunch shaming there you go yeah hell yeah and somebody who always be like why you food smell like that i'm like because it has msg and it bitch Do something about it. Because it tastes fucking good. Yeah. Dude, I, man, I remember, like, it was around sixth grade when the shame of me not having a sandwich for lunch kind of, like, hit critical mass. Do you have little containers with, like, what do you got? They call me fucking bento Franklin, okay?

Because I had the old bento. Okay. Bento Frank Lento. Branklow, friend, Lento. Yeah, and then I was like, I'll have a turkey sandwich with my, like, I'll have a turkey sandwich with my little. Mustard. Yeah. You still eat it out of a bento box.

You just, like, cut it up. Yeah. And all the different. Yeah, my mom still made it into the shape of, like, a fucking Ultraman doll. You beat up some kid for his ordinary lunch and then give him your delicious one. Hey, look what fucking Richie has for lunch. Do some weird Asian shit, dog? Your mom's like rolling up the turkey on the outside of the bread.

Like, Mom, what the phone is this? She's like, it's a, it's a turkey sandwich knee-y. Yeah. The cilers. I want turkey sandwich sashimi, mom. It's also National Butterscotch Pudding Day. I love Butterscots pudding day because I'm an old man. Also, talk like a pirate day and National P.O.W.M.I. Recognition Day.

Hey, shout out to all of those things. My name is Jack O'Brien, aka Epstein Files. They are buried under piles and piles of bodies from the leftist wing. So Trump can have himself a fascist fling is to cover. up Epstein files Occupation and genocide Bread and Circus Just close your eyes

Got Corpo Media on their side To cover lies No, I'm just trying Shout out To Arch Cam Cam on the Discordum Discordion I'm thrilled to be joined

As always By my co-host Mr. Miles Gray It's Miles Gray I'm Blue Took something Fent and I died, or so says the orange guy. Took some Fent and

I died. My hair fell out and I cried. Shout to Tupac Chapparkour. Shaparkur. That's like the blackest and the whitest combination of things you could be. Yeah, yeah. Tupac, this, something doesn't

line up with this name, but anyway, shout off to you for that one. Yeah, just going off of those new fentanyl ads that Trump created from his mind, where it's like, tell them it'll make you blue and your teeth fall out and your hair falls out and you're ugly.

Let me make you blue. Blah, be, ba, ba, ba, ba. Wait, can I. I went on a cruise and the entertainment was interesting and there was someone who did, there was like a show that was like about, I thought it was going to be like a cool,

like, Cirque de Soleil colors thing. It was just a story about a painter and it was a musical and they sang that song as like a love ballad. Eiffel 65's blue Yeah, because they were like In the part where they were like sad Oh, I'm going through my blue period.

Yeah, so like we were watching them walk in from the audience. No, it was like the love interest or whatever And we were watching her walking from the audience And she was like, I'm blue It was so funny. I was hoping she would do the I think that's called art. The intro, the spoken word intro, like,

yo listen up here's a story about a little guy that lives in the blue world I can't remember if she did that because it was so shocking I was like I don't even I couldn't even process it I was like this is incredible but I do have a question did they bring in yellow they did they did I think they brought in some yellow they had different colors A little spit bubble in his throat? Was it like, and there was on yellow bubble? I think they did, like, they did sing it.

I don't know if he had a spit bubble in his throat, but he was definitely like a musical theater kid because he, like, energy. Because every time he had like a note, he would like plant his feet one right after another, turn his torso. Yeah. Like, every moment was a moment. Yeah. Yeah, I love that.

What cruise was that? Carnival. Oh, shit. Okay. Yeah. Well, that sounds great. is incredible. I've changed.

Speaking of great and incredible and changed, we're thrilled to be joined in our third seat by a hilarious stand-up comedian, writer, actor, improviser. You can catch her at the monthly facial recognition comedy show, which she also produces. Tonight. Check the footnotes. Foot notes.

It's Pallaby Gunnale. Hello. Hello. Hello. I was in Utah last week. I have nothing to report. Everything was calm and cozy. What's been going on with you guys?

Yeah. All right. Thrill to have you here. We'll get to know you in a moment. First, some of the things we're talking about. We're going to take a little bit of a break from the madness to talk about. We talked about the madness on yesterday's episode. If people want to check that out, yesterday's trending.

Madness abounds, y'all. Don't worry. There's plenty of madness. Abounds. We can start. We can edge with the madness a little bit. Oh, yeah. I'm edging.

I'm just sitting in my. chair with a weird look on my face. Oh, boy. We're going to talk about meta's new AI glasses. Yeah. Which not only do they look like shit, they functionally, and I think this is the technical term, suck shit. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They suck shit also. They did a big, like, keynote reveal Mark Zuckerberg up on stage. And some glorious, delicious, shodunfroid, my favorite German dish. We are going to talk about Cash Patel. helping keep the Epstein story alive with some of the worst, just, I don't know what, like trying to avoid, yeah, evasive, yeah, just some of the worst evasive maneuvers since Goose got killed. You know what I'm saying? Well, that's a top gun reference.

Guys, we're regressing, folks. Whoa, spoilers. Before we get to any of that, Pallaby, we do like to ask our guest, what is something from your search history? Let's read about who you are. I did search this last night. It was just Gugu Dahl's problematic question mark. I was listening, like, a video of him singing Iris in the Rain came up, and then I started listening to the Gougu dolls.

And I'm like, they're middle-aged white dudes now. Let's see what's happen. And then I looked it up, and it was like the only problematic thing I could see was that in 1996 they had the boy named Goo album cover that looked like the kid was covered in blood. But it was like, Walmart. Yeah, and Walmart pulled it. But it was berries. And his comment on it.

I was there. I was there. I remember it legitimately because people like, which goo goo dolls covered you? They're not selling the one at Walmart anymore. This is shit 12 girls talk about. Incredible. His response was like, it's called a boy named goo.

What else do you want from me? Like that sort of thing. Her name is the goo. Ooh, goo, dolls. Obviously, we're jacking off on dolls. Oh, my God. Yeah, I mean, like, the one thing is just, you know, I think the famous weird song is slide, where you're like, oh, your weird abortion song.

Oh, oh, yeah. Yeah. You know, I didn't even look up those lyrics. Look up the lyrics to baby back balloon gumming. Don't you love the life you killed? The priest is on the phone. Your father hit the wall. Your ma disowned you.

Don't suppose I'll ever know what it means to be a man. It's something I can't change. I'll live around it. Damn. What? Was that in the Carnival Cruise, too? Did someone do that on the Carnival Cruise? Just do a dramatic reading of slide.

I didn't even know. I like that song at face value. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like when you really, you're like, wait, what do we say? I mean, that's like the peak era. That was a popular posture to take among like 20-something white guys was like. Here's my track about abortion. This abortion is actually kind of hard on me, don't.

when you think about it. This is like fucked up for me, really? Yeah, yeah. That's so funny. Yeah, it's crazy. I had no idea, but I'm glad that that did not come up on the problematic search

because apparently it's fine. Yeah, our... Black balloon is about drug. So I don't know if you even thought about that. I don't know if you've seen drugs in a black balloon. I've never read deeply into the Google Dolls. I've just felt the emotion. All right.

So, like, Baby's Black Balloon. black balloon, what they store heroin in, make her fly. Metaphorically, she get high. Okay. Now you're going to start talking about like feel good ink or something. Like, come on, man. Everything's about drugs, dude. What is something you think is underrated?

Okay. This is something that when I used to live in the Bay and I had rich-ass friends who were in tech. Oh, yeah. And they-shout to the rich friends. Rich friends, they don't talk to me anymore. Bay Area. But they will soon start making phone calls again once they get the meta-glasses. Yeah, that's true.

They can just like point to their temple and polyvie. Call them CVS. No, Pallavi. CBS. Your extra care savings. No, no, Pahlavi. They like would outsource like all of their chores. And I'm like, I feel like,

chores are underrated, like cleaning, like laundry, dishes, cleaning. Like, you don't want to be overwhelmed by it, but if you haven't, like, changed your child's diaper ever, then, like, I feel like you're not living in the same plane of existence as me. Do you know what I mean? Oh, if you don't change your own shorts. Okay. Daddy, daddy bear doesn't get his paws dirty with do. Yeah, sorry. Can I'm not there bringing the honey home. No can do.

I don't know what your audience is, but the bear are tuning in okay they're excited that is so funny yeah i mean like when whenever i hear people like earnestly be like oh i don't change diapers i'm like you're a fucked up person it's kind of like so we talked about this with like jd vans right didn't we didn't he have something about like not interacting with his kid in like yeah it was a very humane way yeah yeah i forget it's one of the many famous vance quotes or he's like i think he's like he's like my wife like likes to like coddle them. I just kind of yell at them. And you're like, oh.

It's the mama, dad, a bear, you know. I am a mean to them and don't really look at them. I don't want to deal with that shit. And then my wife cleans up my mess. He's like, I learned it from Succession. That's how I learned. That's the parenting book I read.

Yep. Yeah. It's like, that's a show. That's a show. It's a parenting tone, actually. Yeah. Yeah. And just generally, I do think boredom, downtime. Like, I listen to podcasts a lot for a fucking living sometimes. Yikes. And, but just like carving out time to do boring tasks, like, clean up without anything,

without like anything going on, you know? Yeah. It's the mind mindfulness as a chore wheel. What's your favorite chore? What's your favorite chore? I really like doing laundry. Like, I like, I like, I like the, like the folding and putting away of laundry because it feels like a fresh start.

I also get to look at things that I have and be grateful for them. And like, you know what I mean? I'm like, oh, like, this is a cute. Yeah. And I also like don't like, I don't like things too much where I have to wash my hands a lot because my hands get like dry really quickly. So like dishes I don't like or like cleaning the toilet and like washing my hands. You know, like I just don't like weird, wet situation.

Was washing your hands after using the toilet? Listen, I think that you don't need to use shampoo and you don't need to wash your hands. And deodorant can be made out of bark. Okay, well, when the Democrats take over, you'd be a great pick for Secretary of Defense. Thank you so much. Yeah. Excuse me, germ theory. He never washed his hands after he pooped because it, like, made him stronger somehow.

I was just reading back to like the chore thing. texting a signal chat with shit hands. He's like, hey, get my cell phone, man. Bring my phone over here. You're like, oh, dude. There's some. He's like, how come the charging ports all clogged up with stuff? He's like, I don't know.

That's why I got the magnetic charger because that hole's all like crust, you know. I was reading a thing that like it was a poll of parents talking about allowances and like how kids like the financial awareness of children. And of like these 2,000 parents that they had pulled. they were saying their like average allowance is around 120 bucks a month and I was like damn inflation I'm like how come wages actually haven't gone up in like in a way with allowance is crazy really everything's gone up I got five bucks a week and if I was lucky we didn't because my parents were like this is your home but also like they didn't ask us to do too things like they did obviously like the majority of stuff but they'd ask us to help like a little bit

here and there they wanted us to be kids basically yeah and so but they were also like we're not gonna pay you like you live here like what you're talking about it was yeah like I was the thing was like they would pay me to pick up dog poop and like they had like a per bag thing I was breaking down pieces of shit and bagging it up individually that is so funny my fucking allowance and my mom was like poop trap house like just cutting up up, do you? But naked. Bat naked, bagging it up. Black balloon meant something totally different

for you. That's right. Yeah. Trying to put poop into a balloon. It's not, I wouldn't recommend it. You just need a thing that opens it up. I do it all the time. You do it now, too? Your wife is you. You get a PVC pipe thing

that's big enough, just wrap the end of it right there. Then perfect funnel. You're going to get accused of fraud and your parents are going to require back pay on this. I'm sorry. They've already demanded it. They've already demanded it. I have to pay. Paula, what's something you think is overrated?

Okay. This is something I've started to recently. I think I've done it throughout different points in my life. I think like shopping online, shopping at stores, overrated. Shop at your friend who hord stuff's place. Okay? Because they have a wonderful, unique selection of, item curated goods yeah curated goods that they find value in maybe you will too and then also

i feel like they're more likely to relinquish it to someone that they know and love so you're helping them and it's free it's like the facebook marketplace of like you know issues something yeah it's great it feels like it works perfectly like psychologically with the mentality of a hoarder who's like i have to keep that because i never know when someone might need it or i might need it exactly And if you as a third party come in and go, hey, you know, I could get a lot of use out of that. Like, oh, fucking, thank God, please fucking take it, please. Yes, yeah.

Yeah, because the throwing away, I feel like is the thing, right? Yeah, they wanted to be useful. It's like extreme sustainability. So what happened? So what did you get in your latest hoarder shopping? I got a really cool jean jacket. Okay. It was new, okay.

Oh, new with tags? NWTS? No. tags, but it was new. It was like never used. And then I got, like, I'm getting like a comforter because I like don't have a comforter. I don't want to let this person has great shit.

I thought you're going to be like an old game day program from a. No. No. But hoarders do have nice shit sometimes, you know? Sure. It's, it's, you got to, you got to be friends with the, most people that are like, I want to be friends with a guy with a boat. Fuck that.

Yeah. I don't want a boat that's full of shit. You want to be friends with someone who has 3,000 unopened Coke cans from the 1990s. Yeah. If I need a wire, I can just go I don't need to, what is

Radio Shack is out of business? Yeah, any sort of wire. I call my friend's closet circuit city. Your hoarder sounds more organized than the hoarders that I'm familiar with. You need to have like, it's a very specific type of. It sounds like you cultivate relate, you hoard relationships

with hoarders? I don't know what you're talking about. I'm so sorry. I feel like that's really minimalizing what they're going through. You're also a hoarder. I take one piece. You're a hoarding vampire. You're just like, yeah. Yeah.

Take them down by hoarding them yourself. Yeah. That's pretty impressive. People, you know, they're all these like hoarder reality shows. I'm doing the hard work away from camera. After the production team leaves,

Pahlavi pulls up. Yeah, I'm the person, I'm like the boom mic operator. And I'm like, hey, if you don't want. Hey, you need that.

You need that. All you're operating boom, you're like, hey, you need that. Hey, what's going on? Hey, what's up?

Hey, that therapist is actually really fucked up. Come talk to me after this. Because you guys talk to my place and you're like, you're actually just hoarding other people's boys. Yeah, you are outsourcing your place to be a secondary unit.

Yeah, Reverse shot. Just a wall of old newspapers. Stacked up precariously. I might need to read. I have a good friend who's in the process of moving, and he's like a reverse hoarder where he's now, I'm having to be like, don't throw that out.

Okay, I was going to say like minimalism is the opposite. Yeah. Right. He's throwing away like a work of art from his grandfather, who's like a famous artist. Okay, is he mentally okay, though? Because that's, like, worrisome, actually. I was like, that's, this is good, you'll want this.

He's like, yeah, well, I haven't used it in like a couple in the years that I've had. That's smacks of somebody who has a lot of resources. That's exactly what I was going to say. Oh, really? Yeah, yeah. Oh, no, that's really bad. Because, like, the people I know who are like that are truly everything is so fucking disposable. They're like, we can just buy whatever we want.

That's what exactly what is. And, like, this is of sentimental value. Yeah. That's so crazy. No, I would check on him. He believes in Nassing. He believes in Nassing, Lobowski. Yeah.

Does he have any nice stuff? Because, yeah, Paula V and I might. Yeah, actually, could you? Roll by, roll through. I need some grandfather art. Hey, what's up with their shoes? What size are you, my man? I'm a 12, yeah, I'll take them.

Wait, I'm wearing these. You don't need them, dude. What's that? It's sentimental. I don't have any sentiments. Give it to me. What's in this weird pot? I'm dumping all this dust out of this pot.

What is this? That was my grandfather. Oh, whatever. All right. Let's take a quick break, and we'll be right back. Have you ever listened to those true crime shows and found yourself with more questions than answers? And what is this? How is that not a story we all know?

What's this? Where is that? Why is it wet? Boy, do we have a show for you? From Smartless Media, Campside Media, and Big Money Players comes Crimeless. Join me, Josh Dean, investigative journalists And me, Roy Scoville, comedian As we celebrate the amazing creativity

of the world's dumbest criminals We'll look into some of the silliest ways Folks have broken the laws Honestly, it feels more like A high-level prank than a crime Who catfish is a city? And meets some memorable anti-heroes There are thousands of angry horny monkeys

Clap if you think she's a witch And it freaks you out He has x-ray vision And how could I not follow him? Honestly, I got to follow me. He can see right through me. Listen to Crimless on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

I'm Stefan Curry, and this is Gentleman's Cut. I think what makes Gentleman's Cut different is me being a part of developing the profile of this beautiful finished product. With every sip, you get a little something different. Visit Gentleman's Cut Bourbon.com or your nearest total wines or best. This message is intended for audiences 21 and older. Gentleman's Cut Bourbon, Boone County, Kentucky. For more on Gentleman's Cut Bourbon, please visit

gentlemen'scutturbin.com. Please enjoy responsibly. Michael Lewis here. My book The Big Short tells the story of the buildup and burst of the U.S. housing market back in 2008. It follows a few unlikely but lucky people who saw the real estate market for the black hole it would become and eventually made billions of dollars from that perception. It was like feeding the monster, said Isman.

We fed the monster until it blew up. The monster was exploding. Yet on the streets of Manhattan, there was no sign anything important had just happened. Now, 15 years after the Big Short's original release, and a decade after it became an Academy Award-winning movie, I've recorded an audiobook edition for the very first time. The Big Short Story, what it means when people start betting against the market, and who really pays for an unchecked financial system, it is relevant today as it's ever been, offering invaluable insight into the current economy and also today's politics. Get the big short now at pushkin.fm slash

audiobooks or wherever audiobooks are sold. Hi, Dr. Lori Santos from the Happiness Lab here. It's the season of giving, which is why my podcast is partnering with Give Directly, a nonprofit that provides people in extreme poverty with the cash they need. This year, we're taking part in the Pods Fight Poverty campaign. And it's not just the Happiness Lab. Some of my favorite podcasters are also taking part. Think Jay Shetty from On Purpose, Dan Harris from 10% Happier, and Dave Desteno from How God Works, and more. Our goal this year is to raise $1 million, which will help over 700 families in Rwanda living in extreme poverty.

Here's how it works. You donate to give directly, and they put that cash directly into the hands of families in need. because those families know best what they need, whether it's buying livestock to fertilize their farm, paying school fees, or starting a small business. With that support, families can invest in their future and build lasting change. So join me and your favorite podcasters in the Pods Fight Poverty campaign. Head to givedirectly.org slash happiness lab to learn more and make a contribution. And if you're a first-time donor, giving multiplier will even match your gift. That's give directly.org slash happiness lab to donate.

and we're back we're back and there's a new fashion that i feel like this is going to come in super handy for like a you know authoritarian regime yeah for the secret police like yeah see everything that's happening in front of people's faces at all times and like record everything this is coming around the perfect time yeah just with facial recognition software i was reading this article where hackers are using AI to unmask ice agents. And they were saying, like, if you have around 35-ish percent of your face visible, they're able to figure it out. So just a number to keep in mind if you're trying to avoid.

It feels like it was developed by misogynists on TikTok first. You know what I mean? Like something where they're like, let's see what's under those. Do you remember like that? Oh, yeah, yeah. Implied nudity kind of thing. It's like, I can tell what it's like under there. Yeah.

Really? person with no experience with a human woman. We need to release our creeps on ice agents. I could see what's under your mask, baby, girl. You got a real thick up or lip. It's like, no, it's a mustache, you idiot. Oh, right, right, right. Nah, it's not perfect.

But anyway, yeah, AI glasses. They're here. AI glasses coming from Mark Zuckerberg. He's got to stop doing, like Google and we, you keep trying to do this and it's not working. These ones are the good ones. They partnered with Rayban, which I do, I have seen this more places than any of the past glasses, I think. Yeah.

And that means I've seen them being worn by one person. Do you think Four Eyes is now going to be like an anti-fascist battle cry? Eat shit, Four Eyes. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe. So these are AI sunglasses, and they just released Part 2, the redesign. And as we, I think we discussed when, like, we got our first look last week, they look like shit.

Yeah, this is when Zuckerberg was like, anyone who doesn't have these will be at a cognitive disadvantage in the future, I think was the fucking line he said. It's like, a cognitive disdive. They look so much worse than I thought. You're at a cognitive disadvantage if you use Facebook regularly. Okay. So, like, what are you talking about these glasses? They're going to start being like, you know how people had like the fake glasses? and that was like a style trend.

Oh, yeah, like the peak hipster era. Yeah, it's like that, but way, these look like, you look like specs from, or I'm sorry, yeah, no, was it his name in the sandlot? I was thinking that, yeah. Yeah, what's the kid's name? The most on, like the most, the most.

Squints, that's squints, yeah, yeah, yeah. Very squints, very revenge. Somebody said you look like a moth last week, which I thought is pretty good. Oh, yeah, I think Ben Collins said, You look like a lost moth. Wait, that's actually cute. Don't use that.

A lost moth. That's really sweet. But again, like, the first iteration was successful, like, in that they were affordable enough for people to, like, want to try them out in the shape. They were just, like, extra thick wayfares with a little camera in between your eyes. Yeah. It's basically what they looked like. But now this version, and also they don't immediately, they didn't immediately scream,

please rob me. I'm not built for any kind of smoke. Yeah, the first version. These ones, baby. It says, please rob me. I'm not built for any kind of smoke. Go ahead. Just rip them off my face.

My underwear came pre-wedgied. Yeah, yeah. You don't even have to give me a wedgy. I gave myself one this morning. So we're cool here, right? Yeah. People are saying, like, there's, like, this neural band that you wear alongside it that is kind of like an interesting bit of tech.

So, like, it's augmented reality. So there's, like, a screen built into, like, the right lens. So you can, like, do gestures with your hand that, like, reads your electrical impulses or some shit and that's how you control some of the shit in it. But again, that's fine when you describe it like that. We got to see this shit work in action. And I think a lot of people pointed out, like, Mark Zuckerberg's whole, like, ethos is like, just fucking fail as fast, just move fast and break shit or whatever that fucking mantra is. And it felt like this ethos was on full display at this launch event. I just want to, we'll just share a couple clips over at

aftermath.com. They put together some highlights. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. of the really just, just the disaster of Mark Zuckerberg trying to fucking show the power of these glasses. I will just say, like, as a preamble, when the iPhone, like, the most famous version of one of these, where somebody is revealing some new tech is when Steve Jobs first show off the iPhone. And he, that, like, the iPhone didn't even work yet. It was like stagecraft and, like, they faked an iPhone that could work. Because they knew the limits of the technology. So I just, I think that's an important piece of context here.

Steve Job, good at this, and he made it seem like it was going to be cool, even though they didn't have a working model yet. It's funny that we're both rooting for, you should have lied and fucking gaslit everybody about how it works. Like Steve Jobs does. That is. All of a sudden, Elizabeth Holmes is hosting this podcast. I'm like, what? That is your job.

Yeah, truly. Yeah. Sell the product anyway. Here is him. Here is Mark Zuckerberg being like, obviously this shit is so rigidly scripted. And he's trying to be like, well, let's maybe like make a recipe. Can we listen to the part where he tries to act like he's coming up with the idea? Yeah.

So I don't know. Let's talk to you. I don't know. He's talking about the live AI. So like in real time, you're integrating AI with the lenses to help you do a task, like maybe cook something. One of the major technology challenges that we're still working through. But today, you can use Live AI for about an hour or two straight. So to get a feeling for what this is like, let's cut to Chef Jack Mancuso,

who's coming to us live from a kitchen on META's campus preparing for the after party. How's it going, chef? All right. For the after party? What do you think? Maybe let's make, I don't know what you would make. Maybe like a steak sauce, maybe Korean-inspired type thing, you know, just to show what the light-guise. Based on the ingredients that are preset in front of you.

Yeah, there's pre-selected ingredients. It's not something I've made before, so I could definitely use the help. Hey, meta, start live AI. Okay, so he has a chef involved. Starting live AI. Sick, sick. This guy seems very nervous. I love the stuff you have here with soy sauce and other ingredients.

How can I help? Hey, can you help me make a Korean-inspired steak sauce for my steak sandwich here? You can make a Korean-inspired steak sauce using soy sauce, sesame oil. What do I do first? Oh, okay. Okay, interrupting a woman, rude. What do I do first? Just again.

You already combine the base ingredients. So now grade a pair to add to the sauce. Uh-huh. What do? What's what I do first? He's panicking. This is so funny. You already combine the base ingredients.

So now grate the pair and gently combine it with the base sauce. All right. I think the Wi-Fi might be messed up. Sorry, back to you, Mark. That's so funny. I think the Wi-Fi might be, this, this has the energy. I tried to plug and unplug it. This has the energy of, like, a school project being done by, like, the football team.

or something where he's like, I think the, I think the Wi-Fi is messed up. Back to you, dogs. This is Ray J

saying his glasses are indestructible. I don't care. Yeah. Go ahead. Speedy break them. Really? I don't care.

It does feel like he was an asshole to the AI. He was like, all right, like interrupted her. And then she went silent at first. And then came back

and was like, well, it looks like you've already done that part. But it's also, I think because it's so rigidly scripted, he knew he had to do

a sequence, be like, what do I do first? And then when the shit went rogue, he didn't know. Like, again, it clearly was beginning the recipe. He could have just been like, okay, can you repeat that? And then so it was a little more coherent. The whole crux of AI is it's teaching people how not to be human and how not to be

creative. It's problem solved. So it was happening. So we kind of really did demo it accurately. Mark, what do I do? I'm going to starve. I'm going to die here, aren't I? It won't feed me? I mean, I don't know if his, it sounds

like he's just a chef they brought along for the ride, but certain heads will roll, I have to imagine. Oh, yeah. They fuck that up big time. I also, like, this is a pre-selected query that they're giving up. Just every fucking time with AI,

because, like, I just want to put this in the proud tradition of Google, advertising their AI by being like, this illiterate cow farmer uses our AI to, like, like research facts for his cheese labels and they put in the ad that went up on the fucking Super Bowl. I think they edited it last second so it didn't go live on the Super Bowl, but it was the one that, like, was their Super Bowl at. Like put a fact in it that was so obviously wrong.

It was like, it's like Gouda is the most consumed cheese on the planet or something. Guta is responsible for 60% of cheese consumption on the plant, like just so obviously wrong. A prescripted thing and they can't not. have an AI fuck up so badly. It's just wild to me that this is what the entire U.S. economy is like teetering on this fulcrum point

of like AI has got to be it, man. Yeah, man. I feel like animal actors are more reliable than AI. And now we're going to cut to a chimpanzee who's going to do a fun little trick. I mean, the show at Universal Studios does pretty

well, okay? Those birds, they're well trained. The birds are well trained. But he goes on, too, to do it's like, all right, well, that didn't go great. But here's the other thing you can do. We can do great WhatsApp video calls with these glasses. Again, what do you think? So Mark puts him on.

Looks like he's wearing literal groucho glasses. Like, he looks like he's wearing the joke groucho glasses. So it cuts to him. He looks like he's wearing the groucho glasses. Like, they're so thick and just, like, not, don't really fit his head. Like, don't blend in with, like, normal glasses in any way. They're so thick. They're so thick and big and popping off his face.

Usually that's a, anyway, this is, so this is him. Just trying to do a simple fucking video call with these revolutionary glasses. All right. So I think our call will be coming in any moment now. Boss, what's that video call? There we go. Uh-oh. Okay, pick it up, Mark.

Let's see what happened. So he's got this band on his wrist. That's too bad. I don't know. Maybe Buzz can try calling me again. And he's just standing there frozen. All right. Well, I got a missed video call.

Okay, there's the actual video call. All right. I'm just going to pick that up with my neural band. Okay, then do it. Come on, Dickhead. What's going on? This is, you know, it happens. This is, I don't know, you know, it happens.

Yeah, let's, uh, what do you think? Let's just go ahead and... All this. technology, he's never learned how to be a normal human being. No, because he's outsourced to detect. This is not, we're not like replaying this. This is a whole that's so crazy, really?

He's standing there and trying to accept a fucking phone call on this piece of technology. I wish Silicon Valley was still on. I mean, it is, Pallavi, it is. This is it. Like, it's happening in front of our fucking eyes.

This is still the video. And he hasn't said, he hasn't said a sentence yet. We're going to have Buzz come out here, and we're just going to go to the next thing that I wanted to show, and hope that will work. All right. And then his captive audience has no choice but to applaud this abject public failure. Is that audience, like, the tech workers? Because usually they, like, do it to, like, their employees. And then they're forced to applaud their dear leader.

Yeah, yeah. This is, this is like a corporate. Failure, Zuck! Sick failure, dude. Dude, we're here with you, man, and we love you every step of the way. Did I pass evaluation? The whole time he's just sitting there going,

and I don't know, well, so I don't know what happened here. So I don't know what do you think. Yeah, the chef at least knew when to just bail. He's like, people hate, people hate Wi-Fi, and that's always a problem. I know, I guess the Wi-Fi fucked up. But what a fucking claim to make when you were

on one of the most technologically advanced facilities on Earth. The meta campus. And you're like, the fucking, I think the Wi-Fi fucking sucks here. Like, really? Yeah. He's an in-a-ban plant. He's like, Starlink needs to be here now. Heads will roll.

There was another part, there was another feature because they're talking about, like, eventually this will do like translation and things like that. But this one other feature, it's called conversation focus. And he cuts to, this one, he cuts to like a pre- produced commercial for it. They don't even say it normal, like conversation focus. I know, but again, it's like, it seems like a- Well, welcome to our new conversation focus application.

It's like, what does that mean? It's like, you know, and like you're ignoring your friends while they're talking to you? This one helps like amplify the sound to your head so you're less distracted. This commercial is so fucking weird with like, it looks like a joke sketch from 2012 about hipsters. Like, these are the most hyper fashionable people. They're like, I think they're probably doing that to be like, see, they're wearing it and they're fucking they're hip but anyway here's a conversation focus thing that again

i'm not sure how this helps anyone hi johnny hello how are you got the renaissance vibes going on oh my god it's gonna be a couple minutes nice i need your advice okay every time i get my picture taken i feel like i'm not being normal this time i want to feel like just a regular person when i'm one sec jack one say metta start conversation focus starting so it started the guys like hey I don't take pictures good. Can you help me? This guy's just looking around. Looking around and being like, whoa, this is like, I can't think of anything.

I'd rather be doing less than talk to this dipshit. That Mark Zuckerberg has invented technology to deal with all of his antisocial behavior. Yeah. He's like, this is what everyone feels, right? When you want to kill the planet and not talk to people. Hey, Jack, let me stop you right there. Shut the fuck up for a second. Conversation focus.

Can you give me a. technological edge so I can listen to the boring shit coming out of this guy's mouth without drifting off. Okay, go ahead. I do just want to hear the conversation. Now focus.

Conversation focus. Okay, go on. As soon as the camera comes up, I start to have this like serious steering head like, yeah. Yeah. How do I be like more normal? Oh, man. How do I be more normal?

I think Mark Zuckerberg wrote this. thousand percent. How do I be more normal? How do I be human like behavior? He walks up to a lunch meeting like with this person and the guy goes, hey, I need to talk to you about something. I'm having trouble taking pictures. This is CEO problems. He's like, how do I pretend to connect? He gives them some good tips though, okay? This is how you look normal. Natural like when I'm getting my picture taken. Sometimes I play around

with something like your collar, fits your sleeve a little bit. I mean, just like sort of action. Like nobody's around. You know what I mean? The server said, I'm ready. Oh, the server said it was time for you to eat, but how are you going to notice when you're on fucking conversation focus? You got blinders onto the fucking world, man, with these conversations focus. Also, it sounds like the worst, like, when you're trying to clear, like when you're trying to edit a video and like, you're like noise filter, whatever,

and then it sounds all like robotic and weird. Yeah, yeah. It was like, hi, it's me. Okay. He's trying to turn everyone's voices into robots because that's the only thing he feels comfortable with us friends. Like this use case example is that your. face to face with your friend and you need the glasses to amplify the sound of their voice into your ears. I get if you have some kind of hearing impairment or something, maybe that's that,

that's something. But this seemingly just like, you know when you're, you meet up with the homie and you got to, you're a fucking two feet in front of them, but you still need to have the fucking sound pumped into your head from your sunglasses. Like, you know, when you need a robot to translate? Because that's the only thing you feel safe with. Right. Right. Yeah, imagine your friend being like, sorry, man, I can't hear a single word coming out of your boring mouth. We're in your car.

Conversation focus. What if, but then also, what if you were doing that with everyone and then you don't do it with the next person who knocks down? Yeah, yeah. They're like, conversation focus off. I don't give a shit. Can't promise you anything.

What a weird world. Meta, is this fucker still blabbing? Fuck, dude. I'm just saying it out loud. So Brian, kill focus? Can you turn the kill focus on? Can I just kill myself?

Jesus Christ. Brian the editor is our, you know, tech innovator on our team. And he said, he was like, the band is cool because, you know, you'll be able to.

And he already has some glasses that have like heads up display built into them. But he literally said, I use them as TV, though. Yeah. I use it as like a TV movie theater on my head. I will just say he then put them on for us and immediately and he was like,

I just like wear these on the plane and like watch stuff there instead of like having to hold my phone. I was like, you look so blind right now because they're like so opaque. So black, so opaque. And he's then like showing us what he does on the plane and he's just like staring in the middle distance with sunglasses on inside. It's like raw-dogging the plane, but... That's how you cheat. That's how you cheat at rock. Yeah, because we got people...

But also, like, didn't Orr-R-Ring have, like, a controversy recently about... I don't know if it was, like, data or something where they were, like, bad evil company? I can't remember. But I'm like, this band is probably going to do worse shit, given, like, Zuckerberg's politics. Oh, yeah. Just you're wearing a surveillance camera on your head. Yeah. Best case scenario for them, everybody's going to be walking.

walking around looking like a blind person like in the same way that AirPods made it hard to tell who is like talking to themselves and who you know now it'll be difficult to tell if people can they sign or a ring signed a contract with the Department of Defense that's what it was oh good yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah who knows who knows it they don't need my medical data maybe they do yeah yeah it's going to be a poor when they turn me into a row Robot Soldier, Robocop style? I think they're going to need my data. Hell, yeah. Let's take a quick break, and we'll be right back. We'll be right back. Have you ever listened to those true crime shows and found yourself with more questions than answers?

And what is this? How is that not a story we all know? What's this? Where is that? Why is it wet? Boy, do we have a show for you From Smartless Media, Campside Media, and Big Money Players Comes Crimeless Join me, Josh Dean, investigative journalists

And me, Roy Scoval, comedian As we celebrate the amazing creativity of the world's dumbest criminals We'll look into some of the silliest ways folks have broken the laws Honestly, it feels more like a high-level prank than a crime Who catfish is a city? And meets some memorable anti-heroes. There are thousands of angry, horny monkeys. Clap if you think she's a witch, and it freaks you out.

He has X-ray vision. How could I not follow him? Honestly, I got to follow him. He can see right through me. Listen to Crimless on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm Stefan Curry, and this is Gentleman's Cut. I think what makes Gentleman's Cut different is me being a part of developing the profile of this beautiful finished product. With every sip, you get a little something different.

Visit gentlemen's cut bourbon.com or your nearest total wines or bevmo. This message is intended for audiences 21 and older. Gentleman's Cut Bourbon, Boone County, Kentucky. For more on gentlemen's cut bourbon, please visit gentlemen's cuthuburn.com. Please enjoy responsibly. Michael Lewis here. My book, The Big Short, tells the story of the buildup and burst of the U.S. housing market back in 2008. It follows a few unlikely, but lucky people who saw the real estate market for the black hole it would become and eventually made billions of dollars from that perception. It was like feeding the monster, said Isman.

We fed the monster until it blew up. The monster was exploding. Yet on the streets of Manhattan, there was no sign anything important had just happened. Now, 15 years after the Big Shorts' original release, and a decade after it became an Academy Award-winning movie, I've recorded an audiobook edition for the very first time. The Big Short Story, what it means when people start betting against the market, and who really pays for an unchecked financial system,

is as relevant today as it's ever been, offering invaluable insight into the current economy and also today's politics. Get the Big Short now at Pushkin.fm. slash audiobooks, or wherever audiobooks are sold. Hi, Dr. Lori Santos from the Happiness Lab. here. It's the season of giving, which is why my podcast is partnering with Give directly, a nonprofit that provides people in extreme poverty with the cash they need. This year, we're taking part in the Pods Fight Poverty campaign. And it's not just the

Happiness Lab. Some of my favorite podcasters are also taking part. Think Jay Shetty from On Purpose, Dan Harris from 10% Happier, and Dave Desteno from How God Works, and more. Our goal this year is to raise $1 million, which will help over 700, families in Rwanda living in extreme poverty. Here's how it works. You donate to give directly, and they put that cash directly into the hands of families in need. Because those families know best what they need, whether it's buying livestock to fertilize their farm, paying school fees, or starting a small business.

With that support, families can invest in their future and build lasting change. So join me and your favorite podcasters in the PODS Fight Poverty campaign. Head to give directly.org slash happiness lab to learn more. and make a contribution. And if you're a first-time donor, giving multiplier will even match your gift. That's give directly.org slash happiness lab to donate. And we're back.

Mm-hmm. And we do just want to check in with Katz Patel real quick. Okay, I want to know what eyedrops he uses, because, like, it's got to be, like, top-notch. Do you know what I mean? Like, there's no way his eyes are not drying out. Some people also said it could be, like, hyperthyroidism also there's a there was someone on 90 day fiance who was always had that shocked look and then like someone was like he may I think he has hyperthyroidism and the guy checked it I was like oh my god thanks for telling me oh yeah undiagnosed hyperthyroid but you still need like but doesn't that dry out your eyes it could be that or it could truly just be him being constantly in a deer caught in the headlights moment like I don't know what that fight or flight thing is he did not seem prepared for uh

this moment, any of the moments where he sat down and testified in front of Congress and was questioned about his handling of the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination. And now, where did he put the, like, you know, the gun and. According to the text, he had to reassemble it in the forest or whatever. That's, God, that's a whole other thing. So today it was about that steam files or, sorry, Wednesday was about that steam files. Hey, hey, when you're living in this America, days about the Epstein files.

Truly. I wish. Lest we forget. Don't forget. So anyways, they asked him questions and he gave us a classic seminar in how to deflect and, you know. Look guilty as hell. Yeah.

Not the best, not his best work. Super straightforward questions, right, about accountability. Eric Swalwell, the congressman, is like, okay, so did you ever tell the attorney general Pam Bondi that Trump's name is in the Epstein files, and he just will not answer straightforward. It's just so strange. He's just like, did you tell her this? He's like,

this is him being very cool under pressure. You sound like a baby. Yeah. It's a simple question. Did you tell the attorney general that the president's name is in the Epstein files? During many conversations that the attorney general and I have had on the matter of Epstein,

we have reviewed. The question is simple. Who and you tell the, attorney general that Donald Trump's name is in the Epstein files. Yes or no? Why don't you try spelling it out? Yes or no? Use the alphabet. Yes or no? No? ABC.

Director, it sounds like you don't want to tell us. Did you tell the Attorney General that Donald Trump's name was in the Epstein files? Why don't you try serving your constituency by focusing on reducing violent crime in this country? Oh my God. Anyway, so that he goes on. Interesting. He really thinks he's going to have like a moment. Like that's him being like, like, as soon as the person slowed down,

As soon as Eric Swaglow slow down, he was like, oh, yeah, this is going to be my viral moment. And he was like, he did the same thing. He did the same thing where he was like, you're a discre. Like, he just kept asking questions like, well, you're a disgrace and your constituents. Well, I'm rubber and your glue. Just seems weird that every time we ask that specific question, you kind of start yelling at us and like changing the subject or like doing baby insults, like rubber on rubber your glue. Well rings instead of going to therapy, am I right? Right. A little defensive, buddy.

By the end, Cashmettel is like, the question was asked and it was answered. He's like, no, it wasn't. I asked you're being evasive. And then Swallow just goes, okay, we'll take your evasiveness as a consciousness of guilt. And he's like, ask and answered is like, that is the equivalent of saying objection, your honor sustained because it's like a thing. Like by yourself. Yeah, he's just, he's quoting a thing that judges say in the court of law like

asked and answered, but like in his own thing and it doesn't apply. Okay, well, sustained. Object to your honor, sustained. What? That's not how this works. You dipped it? So then Swallow keeps going and he's like, okay, well, then how many times is Trump's name in the Epstein files?

Is it like, a thousand? And he's like, I don't know. And so then Eric Smallow kind of starts catching it, gets, catches them slipping up with just this simple, I was like, well, how many times is it? I'm going to just assume it's a thousand. And this is where this whole exchange kicks off. Characterize the numbers however you want it. Clay me in my time, director.

It sounds like if you don't know the number, it could at least be a thousand times. It's not. It's not. Is it at least 500 times? No. Is it at least 100 times? No. Then what's the number? I don't know the number, but it's not that.

Do you think it might be your job to know the number? My job is to provide for safety and security of this country. My job is not to engage in political end up so you can go out to the sticks and get your 20-second hit in your fundraising article. You keep going, reclaiming your time because the people of California are being underserved by your representation. The president is not implicated. Why not release everything that involves? We have released everything, the president and anyone else's side that is credible and lawfully be able to be released. Your fixation on this matter and basis accusations that I'm hiding child pedophiles is disgusting. Anyone that says that needs to look at the stats alone and go back to the state of

California who's receiving. Anyway, there he goes. He just keeps going on. He said hiding child pedophiles. Yeah. Yeah. I think he was getting the push a T, distract, the story of Adidon. mixed up you are hiding a child pedophiles all right that was really clever miles very quick you know got to bring up push a team whenever i can start a podcast and the drake beef from five years ago or nine or six years ago at this point and then there's finally jasmine crockett comes through just okay wait can i say something about jasmine crockett yes i love these moments i think they're fun i wish her policy would extend beyond having these moments oh yeah she's just a hot hot bite, you know, artist.

And it's really frustrating. I'm like, that one moment with Marjorie Taylor, like the butch body went viral. And then she was like, I'm just going to do this forever. And it's like, fucking do something, do more. Yeah. It's also funny to see her style become more and more like sort of ostentatious to it. Because in this clip, she's got fucking shoulder pads and like pearls and shit. I'm like, okay, the glow up is fucking real Jasmine.

Literally like, how do I look? more prominent on TikTok. How do I do this? Oh, look. And this is again, I just, this is her just being like, you're the, technically, you're actually just the least qualified FBI director. This is basically her being like, you suck shit and you should leave. Because I did have to make sure that I wasn't going crazy.

But when I say that you are the least qualified FBI director in the history of the FBI, that is real, because you are the only one that never even served with the FBI prior to joining. yet we are supposed to believe that you were the greatest thing since sliced bread, I didn't ask you a question. Now, what I want to go through is to talk about why you are a failure and why, honestly, we just need to tell you bye-bye.

That is so funny. I'm sorry, that is, she is really good at that. But like... Yeah, exactly, but that's all we get. Like, these are the crumbs that any person who doesn't like what's happening in this country has to fucking live off of is like, well, they're rhetorically saying things.

Yeah. Also, it's just so funny to be told you're like a failure at your job at work on TV in front of everyone and you're not like if you push back, they reclaim their time. Oh, my God. It's so funny. Reclaiming my time. Yeah. He's like, I feel like I know like the exact type of Indian man, this insecure Indian man this is.

I feel like, I know, I've seen this 100 times. Yeah, I've seen it so many times. And it's like, you can tell he's trying to like amp himself up to like have a funny retort or something. But he just looks so weak. He looks so like defeated, you know? It's because, you know, he's already fighting from the wrong side. And he's just like, it sucks because everyone knows this reeks of a cover up.

And he's trying to be calm about it and not like, I think he's trying to put aside in his brain that's like, I'm part of. to the cover of. A few years ago, I was writing AI children's books and podcasting. Like, let me just promote Casper, please. Now this lady with the pearls on his fucking coat just grilling me.

Yeah. It's probably worse for him than he even realizes because, like, yeah, I mean, he's definitely going to be used as a fall guy here, right? Oh, thousand percent. Oh, yeah, they're warming up.

I mean, and this performance only puts more attention on it because he looked so evasive. Yeah. Yeah. Well, Paula, it's been such a pleasure having you on the Daily Zike, guys.

Thank you so much. Oh, my goodness. Where can people find you, follow you? Have I heard tell that facial recognition comedy is coming up tonight? Tonight. This Friday evening, 10 p.m. at the comedy store. If you haven't been, the fuck are you waiting for? What's wrong with you?

We're propelling into fascism. They're not going to let brown people have the mic in like three weeks. Just come through tonight. Pack it out, okay? And it'll be a party. The only rap song that we'll be able to listen to in three weeks, House of Pains, jump around. Yeah.

Paca Dan. They're like, yeah, jump around is really in line with our politics for some reason. Yeah, and then I'm at Pala Viginalin everywhere, P-A-L-A-V-I-G-U-N, A-L-A-N. I have a foster cat that I posted about. If anybody wants to adopt a cat, he's really sweet and he gets along with dogs. So there's that. Nice. Yeah.

You got to use your network. Where do they hit you out? Where do they hit you up? You can hit me up on Instagram and don't like fake, hit me up. Don't be like, I want to watch it. Oh, like now you're talking to me. I'm going to force you to adopt a cat if you talked to me. I did that for a horny reason.

Sorry. Don't do that. Don't do that. Is there a work of media that you've been enjoying? Fucking Tanahisi Coats, the Vanity Fair article. Yeah, we talked about that on trending yesterday. I know, but I just like, he is, his talent. No, I'm not saying don't bring it up again.

is insane. Like, his incisive delivery that is also poetic at the same time is like, oh, I'm so glad he's a writer who is on my side politically. And I'm so, I view him as like someone whose ability to evolve is, should be lauded. And, you know, people who had the correct opinions from the beginning also great. do think that having examples of people who can change their minds without losing grace is really important. But oh, my God, like, this man can fucking write, dude. I'm just, just the talent is jumping off the page. Incredible. And I love that we have someone other than Ezra Klein

writing about this, you know. Oh, that was going to be my work of media. I was going to recommend people check out. Ezra Klein's cool column. Ezra Klein. In many ways, I envy the movement that he built. Oh, oh, yeah. He's like, yeah, it's abundance. We need more movements.

Right. That's mainly what we need. Deregulation of hate speech. Deregulation. Miles. Ah. Where can people find you? Oh, man.

Ah. Huh? Huh? What are you going to find you? Is there where a media you've been enjoying? Oh, me? Oh, yeah. You can find me at Miles of Gray, fucking everywhere.

And you can find me talking about 90-day fiancé with Sophia Alexandra on 420-day fiancé? Yes, yes. 4-20. Now I've heard everything. Yeah, you've heard it all. It's not just a clever name, guys. Let's see. A work of media, I like, no, there's nothing really.

I have witnessed on the internet recently that brings me much pleasure. So I've, no, just y'all, y'all do you. They'll say that. That's my work of media. Y'all do you. Everyone sit in a quiet room, raw dog without the meta-glasses, and just think, think thoughts. Think thoughts, stay present. Know that in this moment, you are okay.

Yeah. Let's see if I can find one goddamn thing. Jack's like, fuck that. Here's a piece of media I like. No, it's all stuff about the fucking fascist takeover. This is the moments where we need dancing with the stars to wander this terrifying. present moment. That's the main thing we need.

Let's see. Speaking of Cachfetal, I like vowing in headline. Desperate Cach Patel asks Shooter's family if they can solve any other cases. That was so funny. That was so good. Harrison Wine Reb, just a non-sequitur, tweeted, even if Dracula existed,

it wouldn't be that big of problem. And I agree. Just to Dracula? Geez, guys. just going around spreading eternal life. I think it's our problem because we're like horny for vampires. So we're like, well, he would seduce me. It's like, you just want to fuck a vampire, dude.

One problem with me is Dracula would want to fuck me so bad. Yeah. He's going to fuck this shit out of me, dude. It's an analog for the queer community. They're like, well, what if he hits on me? What about that? I'm his type. Type B.

You can find me on Twitter at Jack underscore O'Brien, Blue Sky, Jack O'B, the number one. You can find us on Twitter and Blue Sky at Daily Zykeyes. We're at The Daily Zykeyes on Instagram. You can go to the description of this episode wherever you're listening to it. And there, at the bottom, you will find the footnotes. We'll link off to the information that we talked about. We'll link off to the Tanahasi Coates article. We also link off to a song that we think you might enjoy.

Hey, Miles, is there a song that you think that people might enjoy? Yeah, this is a nice, like, little peaceful track by the artist World Brain. The track is called Minute Papillon. And just like a fun, it feels kind of like some like six 70s Basanova type shit. But like the vocalist is singing in French and it's very like, it's just nice and vivy. You know what I mean? So it'll, it feels not like where we are now. I think that's the best part about this song.

You put it on, it will take you out of where you are. So Minute Papillon by World Brain. All right. We will link off to that in the footnotes. The Daily Zykeyes does a production of IHeartRadio for more podcasts from IHeartRadio. Visit the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, to wherever you listen to your favorite shows. That is going to do it for us this week. We are back tomorrow with the weekly zeitgeist with the greatest hits from this week's episodes.

And also back on Monday morning to tell you what was trending over. the weekend and what if a bc doesn't pull you for all of your comments it's you never know we we've decided paulovie that we think we're two second rate and small time oh i thought you're gonna be like we're too big for abc to pull us no no we're the opposite of too big to fail we're actually too small to notice yeah exactly that's what we're counting on is that they're just like i don't know they'll definitely they're bigger shit like they'll cancel fucking crooked media or something before they cancel it'll get rid of MSNBC or something you know that's the kind of shit that they're going for yeah anyways uh hope everybody has a safe weekend and we'll talk to y'all on monday

bye bye bye bye bye the daily zeit guys is executive produced by katherine law co-produced by bay way co-produced by victor wright co-written by J.M. McNap. Edited and engineered by Justin Conner. Have you ever listened to those true crime shows and found yourself with more questions than answers? Who catfishes a city? Is it even safe to snort human remains? Is that the plot of footloose? I'm comedian Rory Scoville, and I'm here to tell you, Josh Dean and I have a new podcast that celebrates the amazing creativity of the world's dumbest criminals.

It's called Crimeless. true crime comedy podcast listen on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts i'm stephen curry and this is gentleman's cut i think what makes gentlemen's cut different is me being a part of developing the profile of this beautiful finished product with every sip you get a little something different visit gentlemen's cut bourbon dot com or your nearest total wines or bevmo this message is intended for audiences 21 and older gentlemen's cut Bourbon, Boone County, Kentucky. For more on Gentleman's Cut Bourbon, please visit

gentlemen's cutbuburn.com. Please enjoy responsibly. Michael Lewis here. My best-selling book, The Big Short, tells the story of the build-up and burst of the U.S. housing market back in 2008. A decade ago, the Big Short was made

into an Academy Award-winning movie. Now I'm bringing it to you for the first time as an audiobook narrated by Yours Truly. The Big Short's story, what it means to bed again. against the market and who really pays for an unchecked financial system is as relevant today as it's ever been get the big short now at pushkin.fm slash audio books or wherever audio books are

sold what are the cycles fathers passed down that sons are left to heal what if being a man wasn't about holding it all together but learning how to let go this is a space where men speak truth and find the power to heal and transform. I'm Mike Delo Rocha. Welcome to Sacred Lessons. Listen to Sacred Lessons on the IHartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. This is an IHart podcast. Guaranteed Human.