The Daily Zeitgeist - Weekly Zeitgeist 214 (Best of 2/22/22-2/25/22)

Episode Date: February 27, 2022

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Today's guest. Sorry. Oh, I was almost at the guest. Please introduce the guest. Please. Please let me. Will you please? Our guest today is an outstanding comedian, outstanding host, outstanding producer.

Maybe you heard of her from her work on Newsbroke at AJ+. Maybe you know the Young Turks because you're like, wait, I know her from there. Maybe you know her from Red, White, and Who on MSNBC. Maybe you know her on The Bituation Room, one of my favorite podcasts and should be yours too. If you like this show, I mean, don't sleep on The Bituation Room because our guest has fantastic comedians on, fantastic activists on, experts. It's everything this show isn't i would call that the habituation room a first-rate podcast but welcome to this second-rate podcast the brilliantly talented hilarious and just overall wonderful human being francesca fiorentini oh hi thank you so much uh francesca Fiorentini, a.k.a.

I'm going to be in Brooklyn on March 10th at the Bell House. If you guys want to come out and see me live, I'll be with Sam Seder, Councilmember Tiffany Caban, and Matt Lieb, who's been a regular here. Also, my betrothed. So, obituationroom.com. I'm getting the plugs in up top. You got to. Which is smart. Which is smart. You're using the a.k.a.s for the right reasons.com. I'm getting the plugs in up top. You got to. Which is smart.

Which is smart. You're using the AKAs for the right reasons. We have to get this thing in shape. AKA support my career. You're like, AKA, come give me this money. Yeah, exactly. Like, I need this. AKA, I buy my healthcare on the marketplace.

Yeah. AKA, I have to cover the cost of my flight to New York. Please? Can I also just say, you know, look, I've been on Daily Psych guys more times than I can count now as a guest and a host. Francesca was the first person that jumped on, had the fire as background and was like, what color you want? What color you want to see in this background? And she changed it up. It's looking right. So I'm just saying for any future, for the Jamie Loftus of the the world for all the guests of the world that's coming on the daily zeitgeist get your background game up get your background game up because francesca's shutting it down the challenge has been issued damn yeah

room raiders only gave me a seven because i had chord mismanagement in the back so i'm really trying to i'm trying to change the chords pop up on room ra you actually pop up on Room Raiders? I did. I did. And it wasn't my chords. It was Matt Lieb's PS5. Yes, he did get his hands on one. It was his stupid-ass chords. So I was very upset about that. Hey, what happened with the ring? Y'all sort that ring out? Oh, we got a new ring.

We got a new ring. We got a wedding date. Things are moving. We never speak of the other ring again. It's like uh what happened you lose it or somebody lost it oh it was a saga well it should be lost well i am again i am gonna drop it into the ocean like you know the old lady in titanic it looks like that it's basically heart of the sea level if anyone's grandma is looking for a nice piece, hit us up. I feel like it'd be a really good 70th birthday

gift or 80th or 90th, honestly. It might even be good to be buried in. I don't know. This sounded like the ring was ugly. You didn't like the ring. Is that what's going on here? That is the story. I think it was days after Matt

proposed. He came on the show and he talked. He said, yo, the proposal went well, but the ring was such an L. I was so embarrassed to talk about it. And then Francesca, I think, was the guest the next day or the day, like one day between. And so we got it from both sides. And you were just disheartened. It was a long saga. But now I've got my, yes, sustainably mined white sapphire to avoid the diamond

industrial complex. Hey, man, I'm about to have a whole grill made out of lab-grown diamonds. Hell yeah. I love hearing the take from the diamond industry being like, these lab-grown diamonds are not even that good. They're chemically the same

fucking thing. You just imagine that they're not ripping them out of the earth like y'all do well you know i rip all my diamonds out the earth because i'm a real one but no i'm joking just with your teeth just with my teeth you know not with my hands not with my hands yeah when i'm looking for picking up loose mushrooms that grow in the park and try them out see if any of them get me even a little bit fucked up and of course by diamonds i'm talking about all my diamond albums. Like, yeah, you know, my diamond certified albums, y'all. You know what's dope is if you ever like edit a Wikipedia page, like if for your own, just

add random shit like you have the highest selling album of all time. Francesca, I think I'm gonna do that on your Wikipedia page. Yo, I can't edit my Wikipedia page. I don't think they let women do that. Oh, okay. Yeah. Women are not allowed to edit their my Wikipedia page. I don't think they let women do that. Oh, okay. Yeah, women are not allowed to edit their own Wikipedia page. That's been in the Bible. You're too hysterical.

No, yeah, there's something about it where it's like, you're a public figure. You have no say over your public persona. You can't verify. They're like, this is wildly inaccurate. What is something from your search history? Oh, man. Yeah, the thing, it's funny because like, I mean, I don't obviously can't get, do you want me to give like a one word answer or will you listen to me?

No, we will listen to you. For some reason, Google always autofills mid-century table. reason what google always autofills mid-century table so my my search history is always like mid-search of mid-century table for some reason in reality i think like the the most recent thing that i searched was italian food los angeles okay okay's always food. It's literally always food. I love that. Yeah. You've mentioned Italian food twice, which traditionally Italian food not known in America, at least for like having the best desserts. I could be wrong about that because.

No, you're not wrong. You're totally not. So what, what, tell me, is, are those separate interests of yours, Italian food and desserts? Or is where we at? I think it's like a nostalgia thing. So it's like I technically prefer French pastries because I'm a fancy bitch. But I, yeah, for some reason, I mean, I like Italian food because it reminds me of growing up and like that mix of flavors. You know, it's like interesting how like in terms of food, sometimes it's hard to tell if you like it or you're just deeply emotionally attached to it.

Right. Yeah. That's like Taco Bell. Really? attached to it right yep that's like taco bell i mean really i mean the more i think about i'm like it coincides with like some of the greatest moments of my life like what oh man when you went to taco bell i mean i also not sponsored by taco bell but i i bore the fuck out of before she was my wife, my fiance. When we passed the Taco Bell, I'd always remember the story about how I had a homie who worked at the drive through. And when he was there, I'd just be like, yo.

And if he said, yo, back to the thing, I was like, we're eating free, boys. And that was like, I felt like a fucking God. Like, I could be like, yo, you hungry? Like, if my boys were going to Taco Bell, let's go. Dates, they were speechless when we got all these things we never ordered. So, you know. Like what? What were the things that you.

Oh, like the caramel apple empanadas. Yes. Like Mexican pizzas. I'd be like, yo, it's just me. Like, yo, let me just get a couple things. And then your boy, he just hooked it up with bags on bags. I'm like, do you like know the manager? I'm like, no, it's just people sticking up for each other.

I'm sorry, that was the voice of an impressed young woman in the car with you impressed by your access to Taco Bell. Yes, yes. That's what I said. The bar was never lower for me. Hence, the greatest time of my life. That's a real, that's like a real hookup. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But for me, yeah, I guess, but the more I think about it, I'm like, every time I eat it, I do feel bad.

And like, sometimes I have to be super high to like really go and get it. But I still, I still love the flavors. Interesting. Interesting take. So for you, what is it? For you, is it what, like going to like the Feast of San Gennaro and stuff all the time and like having that be part of like a social calendar? No, I it's literally snacks like I know it's I'm not I swear to God, I'm not trying to promote my podcast, but like the emotional connection to like a good example is that when I was a kid, we would always get a Carvel ice cream cake for my birthday. is that when I was a kid, we would always get a Carvel ice cream cake for my birthday.

Okay. And that was like the thing. And I like fucking loved it. And I was like, the holy grail. And then this past summer, I was like, I'm an adult. You know, I can just have a Carvel ice cream cake whenever I want. Because they sell it at the grocery store. Right. So I was like, I'm going to buy one.

And I bought like a huge one. And I started eating it. And I was right so i was like i'm gonna buy one and i bought like a huge one and i started eating it and i was like this tastes like fucking ass and i was so bummed but i was like i mean i'm gonna eat it right for the crunchies but it sucks that it doesn't taste good yeah one of the few foods where you can like actually taste the chemicals in the food dye. Like I feel like when you got that like blue icing mixed in there, it has a very specific taste that I don't feel like you get anywhere else with anything that's edible, at least. No. I mean, I worked at Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin-Robbins in high school for a minute. Wow.

And I know I had a lot of jobs that I got fired from. And I worked there and their ice cream cakes are like actually pretty dope. Yeah. 31 flavors is, you know, typically one that would open my eyes. Carvel, I don't know. I felt like because you got at the grocery store, just felt a little less like meaningful I know I called my mom and I was like what the fuck mom like I was like literally not acceptable right oh and Italian food have you found anything in LA like because obviously you're searching you

need it's a need of yours. So how do you scratch the itch here? I've tried a couple different places. And I have two friends that gave me gift certificates to, oh, God, Osteria La Bucca. Yeah. I mean, and so they were like, you have to try this place because they know I like Italian food. And so now I'm going to try it and we'll see. I mean, like, yeah, we'll find out.

It's not bad. There's a funny story about that is that they it was like started by these two brothers and their mom. And then they had a falling out. And then one of the brothers and the mom went down Melrose and started Asteria Mama. I tried that. Yeah. And they all say, like, what you have here all comes from the mom who gave Asteria La Bucca all their flavors.

So stop fucking with them. Come to Mama direct. And it's just like a warring family situation between these two Italian restaurants. Controversial opinion. Just because your mom made it doesn't mean she was a good cook. Okay. We're having to confront a lot of things right now. Yeah,

I know. It's like your mom made it, blah, blah, blah. And it's like, my mom burned shit every time. Like I'm not even just because it's like mom's recipe doesn't mean it's

absolute trash. Right. Okay. I like that. Yeah. So that's my, that's my take on that. But, oh, Chinese food dumplings from the East Coast specifically. The way that they, like Chinese American, essentially.

Like I'm 99% sure it's not authentic, but it's doughy as fuck. And, like, $4 on the street. I miss that. Yeah. What is something you think is overrated? Overrated? Planning a wedding. Weddings in general.

Like, it is an incredibly expensive party that the bride and groom don't get to enjoy and to be honest i'm not even sure who gets to enjoy it because uh most weddings i go to i'm like i'm here for the food and to see a couple of friends but this feels very expensive and for no one so i'm gonna say weddings i weddings. I'm currently getting married to your previous guest, Francesca Fiorentini. Yes. And we are just in the midst of trying to line up all of our vendors and our guest list and all that stuff. And everyone just wants to charge you too much for everything. It's bullshit. Why do they charge you too much for everything. It's bullshit.

Why do they charge you more if you're in love? That's the thing I cannot stand about the wedding industry. It's so evil. They're like, oh, you want to rent a fork? Normally that's 60 cents to rent a fork. Oh, wait, it's going to go in the mouth at a wedding? Oh, it's $3 now. Yeah, immediately all the prices go up because

everything is going to be touched with love you know so they're like oh well you know if you want to get the good forks it's gonna cost you ten dollars a fucking you know what's funny when uh i because i just got married a couple weeks ago on the in the our wedding thank you man we i was i was trying to find every single way to to like hack around it to the point where i asked you know my now wife her majesty i said what if we said we were having a business merger at a hotel and we kind of kept it fun and said everyone had to say they were there for the business merger and like we would so that way like it's just a catered meal it's just the same banquet things because it's just a meeting it's not a wedding and then yeah we're gonna dance outside but like just see how we could dance at

corporate events yeah exactly exactly there's djs there's there's ds and shit. You know? Yeah. Like at this point, I have now started referring to it just as an event. So like the ice cream people, I was like, we are going to have an 80 person event in June. How much does it cost for you to do that? And they were like, you could tell that they were going like, okay.

Yeah. But like, what kind of event is it? Will there be flowers? That's the other thing I said. Anniversary party. I mean, you think they, I feel like they'll charge you if love is in there. Right.

I'm saying. You'd be surprised. You'd be surprised. Oh, man. Well, I fucked up and said wedding most of the time, and now it's just the ice cream. People are going to be relatively cheaper, but I'm worried they're going to show up and be like, Hey, this is a wedding.

Oh, this costs double now. And then pack it up, Brenda. Yeah, exactly. Just like I thought. And then they let all the ice cream melt.

Yeah. But yeah. So, I mean, you know, planning a wedding is, is, is just, uh, it's hard dude i just

want to be in love yeah right why can't i just be in love piece of advice i got was like right before the wedding was someone said hey man make sure you act like a guest at your wedding don't act like a host that's oh yeah because it's real easy to get in host mindset and like you're saying it's like who's this fucking thing for right like if you can kind of resolutely say like when the day comes obviously you got to have your shit together to make you know make things everything's happening according to plan but when the day comes just be a fucking guest because you got to enjoy the fuck out of that day well yeah me being a guest means just eating alone and going to the bathroom for too long so i think my wife will be mad at that yeah yeah the first dance music

at last shows like starts playing and francesca is just waiting for me and i'm like i'm taking a shit all out dude do the next dance. Do the next one. Do daddy and daughter dance. Do daddy daughter. Yeah. This is going to be a few minutes, so maybe do mommy daughter too. Knock them both out.

What is something you think is overrated, Steve? I think Disneyland is overrated. I know. I don't know. Weren't you just there? I was just there. I was going to say, I'm like, weren't you just there? And it continues to be overrated, okay? Right.

Sure, sure. I've always hated that place. If anybody grew up poor going to Disneyland, it's like one of the worst. It's great that we got in, sure. But I just have so many going back there. I have so many like bad memories and like real like deep down like hurts and stuff. But I just remember like eating a sandwich. You used to have to leave the park and you would like have to eat your food like by the car. I just remember eating like a wet sandwich and looking like some rich family slamming hot dogs with the souvenirs and stuff.

I just feel like they're always taking advantage of you. They're always trying to squeeze every bit of money off of you. Jack, I bet you take your family there. I bet you you're dropping, and this is no joke, you're probably dropping $1,500 if you were to take their family there for one day. Yeah, that sounds about right. I have not taken them. Yes.

You got to wait until they're a little older. No, until they appreciate it. until the kids deserve it, right? Yeah. Yeah. I say, I do the Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan.

I say, earn this. Earn. I take them all the way there. And then I say, no, you got to earn it. Wait,

and you're dying from a gunshot wound? Yeah, for some reason. after you're shooting your handgun at a tank? I feel like it just like adds impact to the statement. If I pretend like I'm. And then your kid ages 50 years before your handgun at a tank. I feel like it just adds impact to the statement. If I pretend like I'm... And then your kid ages 50 years before your eye is looking at you like Matt Damon did.

Hey, you know, it takes what it takes. By the Haunted Mansion. No, at the Singing Bears. Just by that. Okay. Mr. O'Brien? That was my dad. Mr. O'Brien?

That was my dad. But we did go recently. Julia was like, my mom wants to go for a birthday. And I was like, absolutely not. She's like, they're paying for everything. I said, when do we go? Let's do it. Did you see any of the new shit?

I went on the new Star Wars ride. I mean, it's bad. The whole thing's bad. The thing that is, it was fun, but, you know, we're men now. So the idea of waiting for 75 minutes for, like, a three-minute ride, and we did a couple of those, like, back-to-back. It's just like, what are we doing? And her parents are, you know, like 67. They're in great shape, good-looking older people. And then and then her sister you know i got this beautiful white family and me and uh we're just

like standing in line for 75 minutes in a row for the cars ride i was like give me a break the saddest thing though the former autopia yeah the car side was kind of cool but we didn't have any kids with us either so it's one thing if you're taking kids, you're living through them. And that, I think, is what was heartbreaking, too, because you see all these families, like a lot of working class families or whatever. And, you know, they're just trying to be good, like good parents, this is our idea of tradition is we're just going to get wrapped in this thing where we all keep getting taken advantage of generation after generation.

Yeah. Go and buy the useless plastic items that you'll never use again. I saw a cholo yelling at his toddler. You don't want to see a cholo yelling at his toddler at Disneyland. Over what? What'd the toddler do? Come on. the toddler was like talking back to him the toddler was like yelling at him the toddler was yelling at him he goes no you broke it or something the toddler was literally in the and the cholo was like no you broke it and like yeah and i was like this poor

cholo like what is the cholo doing saving up for this and he's yelling at his toddler and the wife said like go get away from to the dad like go walk over there and i saw the dad get a sugar-free monster how sad is that he just stood in line i mean i was just waiting in this thing and i watched him get a sugar-free monster cholo pounding a sugar-free monster working his ass off to take his family just to be berated by his toddler i went to that haunted mansion it's not scary i don't even know if it was ever i don't know if it was ever scary guys i was gonna say i don't think that's contested really yeah we're you know i'm from an abused home long pictures are not scary to me you know what's scary my mom getting back with my dad when i was little that was

frightening you know what's scary fellas uh the time my dad lost his wallet. That was scary. Let's capture that in a haunted mansion, huh? And insisted he knew where it went. Spoiler alert, it wasn't. That theory was false. That was near 35 years ago, and I'm not forgetting that one. Haunted by it, if you will. Yeah. What's something you think is underrated?

Are you guys A-list members? Oh, AMC? Yeah. What is, uh, what's something you think is underrated? Are you guys A-list members? Oh, AMC? Yeah. No. It's like the fourth time this shit came up this week. No, I'm not.

I've, I haven't been to a theater since pre, pre Panda River. Well, get your, get your sturdy mask. You still haven't been to the movies? No.

You don't like movies that much. I, yeah, that's, that would track. I mean, I don't like going, going i my love of going to the movie theater died in 2010 around there i realized like when i started like working

oh interesting and now i'll watch it at home though like i'll take movies in at home but the theater experience i think you know also happen is i used to get free parking passes to city walk because i grew up in north holly like in like this, like one mile, like this radius where Universal would send you free parking passes. So in those days, I was like, I'm there. I'm there. I'm there. That dialed back. I got crushed by working life and then, yeah, it became more about weed and staying at home.

I love the A-list. I've got a group of people used to have a movie, and we developed like a movie club out of it. But if you're an A-list member, it's something where it's $24.99 a month from AMC. There's various AMCs around our area. And you can go three times a week. And it's something, $25 is like the cost of two tickets, basically. But it's something in the crew where you just say, you know, I feel that and i'll go i have a vespa now and uh i can go to the grove without paying for parking oh and uh and universal it's only five dollars with this thing so you'll

catch me catch me with my girl at city walk you know wait you're gonna have vespa to city walk i won't vest but a city walk i was gonna say it feels too crazy but i do go on the freeway with it and stuff i just i haven't vest but to city walk yet i should say but uh do you guys share the 25 like do you share a membership or no no we each have a membership okay you could reserve tickets jack i don't know it's not like you can't go like a soda and share the soda right we each have to have the ticket. But I go with different people. I have a bunch of people I go with all the time. And you'll just say, hey, let's go tonight at 10 o'clock after the die down of everything.

Luckily, we don't have kids yet. That's going to end shortly, pretty soon, I can feel. I can feel her. Lord, she shakes her fist at me. She wants this baby soon. So that's going to be ending soon. But me and my girl will go to CityWalk on a Monday night. Miles, do you remember what a fucking, do you remember what a treat, like, CityWalk used to be when you're 19 years old?

Like, what a date destination. And now me and my girl go there on a Tuesday night, 10 o'clock. We don't have to pay for the ticket. We'll buy some concessions. I'm just looking at her beautiful eyes and you know everything is romantic and full disclosure you're you're not sponsored by amc because people are gonna think we're running a psyop on every couple days it's like you know it's great amca man other people have brought this up and they're underrated or something people keep talking about it yeah people have mentioned it for sure in conjunction with

that or like movie, we talked about MoviePass and then someone brought up, Jaquese brought up his love for MoviePass or A-List. But yeah, I get it. It's like the MoviePass that actually works and you can-

Yeah, and it's not going away. It's not going away. So MoviePass, we all knew that was going away. Yeah. But this thing's not going anywhere. And like I said, it's great to be in the movies. When we're in the middle of lockdown and stuff, I remember thinking, man, I would do anything to be at a movie right now. And so I love this.

It's affordable. I don't drink. I have nothing else but movies and food. And so I absolutely love it. And I recommend everyone to get it. And then you can go see a movie with me for free essentially oh yeah and you can get that coca-cola freestyle machine you know they do they do have the freestyle i'm i'm a did you call it the covid cola freestyle

i think that was a slip because you do you do start thinking about covid when you're up there and there's just like residue from the past 20 people. The guy who was just licking it to get the flavor off the little button is probably fine. Do you know there was a time, though, when they first opened up the movies where you couldn't get your own drink? So for like maybe six months, there was like a worker there and you had to tell them on the freestyle what you wanted. Give me a break. Let me get a peach ginger ale. What was that?

Let me get a peach ginger ale. Yo, he's fucking with a peach ginger ale. No, just regular then, man. It just felt bad like anything that wasn't like a regular drink. Oh, yeah, I get nasty with that thing. That wasn't like a regular drink. Like you're like, oh, yeah, I get nasty with that thing. I like to do a Coke Zero and then ruin any calorie saving by just loading it up with cherry syrup.

There you go. There you go. Now we're talking. Wait, they don't have Diet Cherry Coke? They do have Diet Cherry Coke. They have Diet Cherry Coke. That's not what I'm getting, Miles. I'm going to the Coke Zero, and then I am adding the cherry syrup. And it adds a little kick.

Okay. Yeah. The P-Dog of the Freestyle Machine. You know, sprinkle a little bit of that stuff in there. For people outside LA who don't know what Universal City Walk is, it's like a combination mall theme park, right? Like, it feels like... And when it opened it had like weird references like there was a store that kind of like was a nod to back to the future but then

became the billabong store there was like they're like panasonic just had a like an absolutely useless storefront to show off like the 3do gaming system but you couldn't buy shit in there i remember i was like yo this place is fucking weird. It is the church of capitalism. Like they have all the like big theme chain restaurants. I went recently for the first time, got some Taco Bell, but it was like a really nice Taco Bell experience.

It's a nice talk. It's very nice Taco Bell. You end up paying about, I figured out about a 50, maybe a dollar more per item. Oh yeah. That was the most expensive Taco Bell, you end up paying about, I figured out about 50, maybe a dollar more per item. Oh, yeah. That was the most expensive Taco Bell. Felt like John Daly out here. It looks nice, though.

I mean, like a real fat, soft taco. It looks like the pictures, but you do pay a premium for it. But, you know, when you're at CityWalk, you spare no expense. And if you have an A-list, it's virtually free. Oh, boy. You're an A-list, it's virtually free. Oh, boy. You're an A-list member. All right. Let's take a quick break, and we'll come back and talk about Ukraine.

Wait, hold on. Steve's wearing a disguise. Rip it off. It's Nicole Kidman. I knew it. I knew it. I'm telling you. How weird is that?

All right. Before we go to break, we do have to talk about that. Now it plays before every movie she is not watching any of those movies with the amount of rapture that she's portraying she's a good actor but it is just such a strange it's too highbrow right it's high mixed with like she's watching creed 2 They change out the movies that she's watching. And the newest one she's watched, it's Spider-Man Multiverse. And I always in my head, I'm always picturing going, wow, a black Spider-Man. Wow, that's wild.

Oh, this really is an upside down Spider-Verse. That's wild she somebody a reporter told her did you see this thing going around where a reporter told her that uh the no cold kidmit commercial is like caught on and like people on the internet love it and she said is that real and they're like yes it's actually a pretty big thing and she said you gotta admit the movies aren't pretty magical though oh i love it so i like that better actually that it's not like this forced together thing where they're just like yeah trying to do a highbrow thing and then replace like the because it feels like like one of those oscar like you know coming back from the commercial of the oscars where nicole kidman's like watching Sound of Music and like like cinematic classics.

But they just like replaced it with whatever the latest box office hits are. But I like it better that she is the auteur behind it. And she's just like really that basic and just really is like movies, though. Am I right? That's why i'm into them she did in the article she goes heartbreak really does feel good in a place like that right you know she's like sometimes you just go to the movies that cry you know it's like yeah yeah it's like oh you thought that was written for me hell no i remember when i saw Joe Dirt for the first time.

Inconsolable, basically. So tragic. Oh, man. That would be amazing. She really fucks with every movie. Because that's also kind of the vibes that Tom Cruise gives off, right? Is he just fucking loves movies. Loves the movies. Yeah.

So there was that thing where he went on um well some late night show i was like the movies are great am i right and i was like this is such cynical bullshit but i i actually believe him i believe he's like that's what they first bonded over oh yeah do you remember how stoked he was like he went to the british like premiere with the mask to see... What was the Christopher Nolan movie? And he's just like, yeah! We thought that was all for show, but that's just him at every movie. He's out here at Despicable Me 3, just losing his mind.

Oh my God, this baby's a boss. He's like, wow. Magic in front of our eyes, folks. All right, Nicole. It's him and Nicole Kidman, their first date. They're like, say your favorite movie. One, two, three. Batteries Not Included.

They're both saying it at the same time. Exactly. He's like, yeah, those little robots and stuff helping them out. He says Batteries Not Included. He says Short Circuit. I thought that was my second almost 80s robo wave 80s robot oh fuck all right this is definitely what i needed uh after just mainlining news for the past 10 hours. All right.

Let's take a quick break. We'll come back and talk about the work. I'm Jess Casavetto, executive producer of the hit Netflix documentary series Dancing for the Devil, the 7M TikTok cult. And I'm Clea Gray, former member of 7M Films and Shekinah Church. And we're the host of the new podcast, Forgive Me For I Have Followed. Together, we'll be diving even deeper into the unbelievable stories behind 7M Films and LA-based Shekinah Church, an alleged cult that has impacted members for over two decades. Jessica and I will delve into the hidden truths between high control groups and interview dancers, church members, and others whose lives and careers have been impacted, just like mine. Through powerful, in-depth interviews with former members and new, chilling firsthand accounts,

the series will illuminate untold and extremely necessary perspectives. Forgive Me For I Have Followed will be more than an exploration. It's a vital revelation aimed at ensuring these types of abuses never happen again. Listen to Forgive Me For I Have Followed on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Gianna Pradente. And I'm Jemay Jackson-Gadsden. We're the hosts of Let's Talk Offline, a new podcast from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. When you're just starting out in your career, you have a lot of questions. Like, how do I speak up when I'm feeling overwhelmed? Or, can I negotiate a higher salary if this is my first real job?

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This summer, the nation watched as the Republican nominee for president was the target of two assassination attempts, separated by two months. These events were mirrored nearly 50 years ago when President Gerald Ford faced two attempts on his life in less than three weeks. President Gerald R. Ford came stunningly close to being the victim of an assassin today. And these are the only two times we know of that a woman has tried to assassinate a U.S. president. One was the protege of infamous cult leader Charles Manson. I always felt like Lynette was kind of his right-hand woman. The other, a middle-aged housewife working undercover for the FBI in a violent revolutionary underground.

Identified by police as Sarah Jean Moore. The story of one strange and violent summer. This is Rip Current, available now with new episodes every Thursday. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And we're back. And, I mean, it's all anyone could talk about truth social has launched and you know changed the meaning of social media and truth absolutely yeah yeah so this is trump's twitter platform that he's like i don't i don't need to play with your ball i'm i have my own

ball at home like my little shitty ball that doesn't even work as a ball you're like that's made of socks man you didn't even clean the socks it looks like a giant dong too it's a ball it's a ball and i don't need yours but yeah good impression many people say that lebron plays with this kind of ball that's how he learned to play so he launched true social he had to do it on president's day because he is our past and future president in his mind and it wasn't ready no shocking who'd have thought uh and you know what it went as bad as anybody could have hoped for to be honest like there's all this fanfare president's day he's back with his own shitty Twitter. Unfortunately, if you have Android, you're shit out of luck. And also, you can only get it in the App Store if you pre-downloaded the app

because that's how much of a fanatic you are for all things MAGA. Or probably, most of them are probably journalists who are just ready to be like, yep, I'm ready to see how this thing falls apart. So let's say even then, you got to the point where you were able to download the app. Oh, you try and register an account, you get an error message that says something went wrong. Maybe retry later. Some people did for hours on end. So then even if you got if you're one of the rare people who got to the point where they could register an account, you still couldn't use that like you didn't even take you to the interface. It just basically said, you got another message that said, quote, due to

massive demand, we have placed you on our wait list. We love you. And you are not just another number to us, but your wait list number is below. And people did a screen cap. It was like 155,683. Like that's, and people and people like this is great. All the patriots are overwhelming the system. It's like, no, no, no. This is called a disastrous fucking launch. That's not enough patriots to overwhelm the system, by the way. One hundred and fifty thousand is like your system should be able to handle that.

It is too many. It's too many. Too many. And yet not enough for that to be an excuse for why your product doesn't work right and some people notice like when they had their you know number even though trump said we love you and you're not just another number i'll remember your name donald jr that those people they've slid further down the list as time went on they're like how is that possible like i thought my place in line was fixed i'm somehow i've gone back 10 000 spots oh wait they

were giving them new numbers as it went along they would check back and the number would update to something worse than it was before they're like this is so fucking bad no one could use it a lot of people just were pointing out all these security weaknesses like you could you could navigate to like this beta version of the site and just like register your own handles like before anyone else could to try and park them and they're like no this is this is all bad the other sad part about this is there's no web version of this so you know like on twitter you can go to twitter.com there isn't shit like this for truth like you can only do it in the fucking app. So effectively, the shit was completely lights out darkness. Where did he find these developers, though?

You know what I mean? Like he was like, I think like truly I feel like his kids did it. They were like, we can literally do anything. We've never had a job that's real and we can absolutely code this website. They're like, Dad dad we're professionals at copying other people's work that's how we got out of school so exactly this is right up my lane dad let me do like a couple fucking bumps really quick in the kitchen and i'll come back and i'll have a fucking totally new fucking plan okay dad yeah i love the idea, of there being like a liberal behind it who was infiltrating and was like, get this.

It's not going to work. Right. Or just really playing dumb the whole time. Like, I don't know, Mr. It is. It's it's I swear I had everything double checked, triple checked, just like you had said. Sure. Maybe if you pay me more money and then just collect all that money from him and light it on fire.

Right. Well, the thing that most people point out is that, you know, Devin Nunes, the disgraced congressman who was, you know, the head of the Intelligence Committee during Trump's first reign. He's technically in charge of this venture because he left to run like to become like the CEO or CEO of like trump media group strategies or whatever the convoluted name is and when they when he was asked about this his defense was uh it's really not going to be ready until like the end of march what then why okay see you later oh also the logo is an exact ripoff of another company in the uk so they're already having to backpedal on their marketing i mean he you know we've talked before about this theory that like famous people kind of tend to be frozen in time at a point that they like reached their peak fame and obviously he has kind of gotten increasingly famous as he became like the modern world's Hitler. But he first peaked in the 80s.

And I just feel like there is he he everything around him seems to be like dumb people on cocaine, just driving the bus everywhere like that. That really feels like it's just a group of 80s, like 80s coked out henchmen with bad ideas is the only group he can look at and be like, they get it. They get it. Yeah. And everybody like he turns people into like, you know, his son used to be somebody who like just hated his dad. And by, you know, just through sheer tyranny of will and like his force of personality. And then the fact that he was accidentally became the most powerful person in the world, like that,

like sucked in his son. And now his son's this like coked up, like just absolute eighties. Right. Super villain. It's like litmus test to hire someone is he puts him as like, you're going to sit down in this theater and you're going to, I'm going to put something on and just watch a little bit of it.

And I'll come back and we'll talk about what you just saw. And he puts on soul man from 1986. He's like, you're going to sit down in this theater and I'm going to put something on and just watch a little bit of it. And I'll come back and we'll talk about what you just saw. And he puts on Soul Man from 1986. Oh, my God. And he's looking through a camera like, they love it. Okay, good. This guy's good. This guy's good.

He thinks this is hilarious. He's in, baby. I can't believe that like nothing has taken him down. Like so many grandpas are sick. mean is that too dark but it's like how is this man not died i just so many grandpas are sick i mean i don't know what to say there's so many i mean i'm just relating ages but it's like him mitch mcconnell it's like him, Mitch McConnell. It's like, how are these men still fucking alive? Right. Why did they why did you take my grandpa, God? Yeah, exactly.

And leave these shit bags fucking blowing in the wind. Why? These are the wrong people died. And we all agree on that. I mean, yeah, maybe I think the the only thing that people have to potentially, you know, lick their lips and rub their mitts together for a little bit of warmth is just all the lawsuits that keep completely backfiring. Like every attempt at appealing is just like, no, no, you ain't claiming privilege over nothing. Exactly. But then again, we won't know till we know, will we?

Yeah. I trust nothing. Yeah, I had that down here. I don't know if you guys talked about the, you know, his attempt to get everything dismissed. No, I mean, there were so many last week of things. He took multiple L's last week, but no, not this recent one we haven't spoken about. Yeah, now, so the very final thing, it had been rejected by everybody and he got it elevated to the Supreme Court and they kind of rejected it. So now we will find out, you know, the or at least the House committee is going to get get all the documents. And I do feel like this could be the most significant challenge to him becoming president again in 2024 is if like a crime is revealed and he's basically not

allowed to run because i think other signs are pointing to him being able to bounce back well i think that's why it's interesting to see like other maga affiliate types who are like kind of puffing their chest up and like kind of waiting like ron de santis would be like yo the second this dude slips up i'm fucking i'm in there like i'm taking it up and like there's already more and more stories about like how you know trump is increasingly not like liking how you know de santis is ascending uh so quickly but yeah i mean that also speaks to like why i'm sure some people uh in the republican party were kind of saying like no that was an insurrection that was an insurrection

suddenly but maybe they know like the last stop is the documents are going to come out it'll be a pretty it'll be pretty clear like why it shouldn't work but i don't know it's been pretty clear why a lot of things shouldn't work in this country yet we don't have many changes so i don't know stay tuned yeah yeah i may not to not to not to change the subject on this you know on this subject i may need an alibi yeah i i just got an email i was that's why i was checking my phone and i won't i want y'all to keep this in because i may need y'all to i may need the whole internet to be like, no, he wasn't there. I just got an email from like a weed store, a dispensary with like a $91 order. Oh. And I was like, oh shit, somebody just stole my card.

But then it was like payment type cash. So like somebody must have went to a weed store posing as me and paid cash for like a hundred dollars of shit. And, uh. But you got the points but i got the receipt and like the points and shit i'm not sure what's going on but in case this weed store in case the dispensary gets robbed or some shit today i want y'all to let everybody know jackie swiss recording daily zeitgeist right here right now i got an alibi it wasn't me but if nothing like that happens i want these points all right

you want the stamps on the card i want the stamps on the card yeah yeah i was sweating though i was sweating i was like damn somebody got my card man i was that's why i went silent for a minute maybe it's like maybe someone's hooking you up and you're gonna get ping pong you're like maybe maybe somebody about to be in my door and be like, here's a present for you, brother. Oh, remember those white guilt gifts from 2020? Damn. Remember them Venmos? Hey, man. I miss them.

From motherfuckers from high school. They're like, hey, man. I ain't had one. I haven't had one person Venmo me for Black History Month this year. And like, I would donate it anyway. But maybe this is it. Everybody, Venmo me, and Francesca, because Francesca

was here by default. Venmo is all for Black History Month. And everybody will decide what we're going to do with it. And please don't let it be a scam, similar to what the Trumps are up to right now. Because, my God, if crypto wasn't being fucking force-fed

to people at the rate that it is now, I mean, I don't even know what to say here so first of all we all know nfts are fucking tight okay they're like the sickest way to fucking go skip a few steps straight to bollardom yes and that's why my first lady millennial trim is coming out with her own set of collectible potOTUS NFTs. I just want to read this fucking press release that came out from Melania's Twitter account. POTUS Trump NFT collection to launch on President's Day.

The POTUS Trump NFT collection celebrating the Trump presidency will launch on blah, blah, blah on President's Day. They go on to say, the NFT collection consists of 10 original pieces of digital artwork highlighting iconic moments from President Trump's administration, such as the Fourth of July visit to Mount Rushmore and Christmas at the White House. The limited edition collection is comprised of 10,000 NFTs and is tiered into platinum and gold levels. Again, they're saying they've got it. The quote from Melania is, quote, I am proud to expand upon my NFT platform and I'm honored to be able to recognize important moments in our nation's history.

Our nation's history. I look forward to collaborating with others to offer a truly special, authentic parts of U.S. history. Also by the board. I love it. My husband. My husband. My husband is, you know how it's like my love it my husband my husband my husband is you know how

it's like my wife and it's my husband my husband my husband I mean let's be real I love being part of this as well

the thing that they say the company goes on and be like you know this company is providing history fans the ability to purchase patriotic themed collectibles

with immutable provenance permanently recorded on the blockchain okay full immutable providence the fuck is that i mean you know just because it's real art you know it's not like yeah like those you don't know if you're getting janky art you know the provenance of this you know where it originates from because of the blockchain which is funny because this isn't the first time Melania Trump has sold NFTs. Like a couple of weeks back, she sold like a grifter, like charity bundle, which was like the white hat she wore when she met Macron and a watercolor of that moment. And then an NFT version of that watercolor piece that she sold for $170,000. And it was supposed

to go to share some portion went to charity. We don't know what the fuck. But here's the thing. The thing about the blockchain is you can kind of dig in and try and line some shit up and figure out, well, let me see if there's anything overlapping. Turns out the same crypto wallet that paid for this winning NFT bid or whatever is the same crypto wallet that created the NFT in the first fucking place. ebit or whatever is the same crypto wallet that created the nft in the first fucking place they said they did it on behalf to facilitate the buy on behalf of like a third party now the big critique of this shit of all this nft shit is you can buy your own shit at an inflated price to give the fucking impression that the shit is worth more than it is and wait for some other idiot to come

along and buy the shit off you'd be like they're like i put up the 15 grand to make that shit look like it was worth 15 and then this person gave me 20 for it done deal so it's a very you know again immutable problem and people money long money launder over this right yeah i now i you know like i still just really don't get it and and one of my homies i think he's been on this show before shout out to baysod is into it i mean he's into it like he would get so mad right now at us talking about it they support this shit and he tried to explain it to me it was like it's going to be the future and things like snoop dogg just uh announced death row is going to be nft label or some shit like that which i i just i don't I really don't understand it.

I think and like I don't understand a smart guy and like I just can't grasp it. I don't understand it. And I don't think people who are into it even understand it. They just are, you know, doing the benevolent crypto argument is one thing, right? Is that you're finding a decentralized financial system that isn't tied to the global banking system. With no agreed upon value that is insanely volatile and could crash at any moment. That is actually not used to buy and sell goods. But it's merely hoard and inflate value. But even then.

And even then, right? You have these groups of people who are putting together crypto DAOs and stuff. There was this group where this guy used like the very democratic form of their like DAO to make himself the leader. And then he took all the crypto and ran with it. So a lot of people like this is how it could be. And I get that there is a way that it could be. But the second year that greed is a dimension of it it's going to be completely perverted and i and i think maybe one percent of people are going to

try and use it in a way that i get that there is a way to maybe think of a better future but based on the amount the amounts of energy that it takes to mine the shit and all this other nonsense that goes on from from my perspective i'm like why is every rich motherfucker suddenly coming out here with their NFTs or trying to pump up some version of crypto? Because, again, it's thinking of it as like downline salespeople from the what's the what is the jeggings company, the leggings company, LuLaRoe. You know what I mean? They need more people to come in downline from them to make sure that the assets that they have now they can sell that shit and it's still worth something right because it is a pyramid scheme yeah they're going to be holding the fucking bag and that's like that's the obviously the the cynical view of it that i

have looking at it and why like whenever i see larry david out here like fucking you know and being a fucking uh preacher evangelical for this shit i'm like it's a rap dude like they got everything and watch that ad i was like that commercial was funny i laughed yeah it was funny and then where it ended i was like oh god yeah the punchline was on us indeed few things can make me like the federal reserve and crypto and nfts are like yeah maybe we need the federal reserve it's crypto and then actually touring the fact because it's a dope ass tour but those are the only things that like it make you like the federal reserve what okay so but what i don't get about the nft is i'm gonna create a piece of art that is not replicable and assign an arbitrary

value to it that is then somehow going to appreciate even though what the it's not even i get bitcoin because it's got the word coin in it but like what the fuck what am i gonna do with this little dog or this little melania hat you got it so what happens so like this is what bazaar said to me he was like because he went to noah uh trevor like a show of his and like you could buy the ticket just with cash or you could buy the nft and like if you have the nft it was the same price but if you have the nft like subsequent shows or different things could be like and for anybody who has like the trevor noah nft you get these perks and these perks and these perks so it's like you get it's like it's basically like a reward program but will it be okay that's

a that but there's a quantity of that that i sort of get. Right. The whole point is NFTs are helping to mainstream the use of cryptocurrencies. That's it. Really, like if you broaden out, because it's not enough to be like, oh, I bought this much Ethereum or I bought this much crypto or doge or whatever. You're saying we got to find a way for people to start using this crypto in a way that also feels like it's an investment and also works, too. So if you don't know much about economics, you damn sure michael jordan taking off from the free throw line and dunk contest don't you want to own that gif as the nft and be the only motherfucker on the internet that owns

that like that's all it is they're making fun of us they're making fun of us instead of helping us understand the economy and also how bullshit like the market is they're just making fun of us yeah they're like do you want to really be a miranda if you're such a sex in the city fan well by the moment that shea d has fingered miranda in carrie's apartment face to face face to face kitchen finger bang scene in an nft you got NFT. You got it. That's mocking me. I'd buy it. Oh, man. I'd buy it. I'd buy it.

It wasn't not hot. It was hot. It was hot. It's the only time I liked Che Diaz. Yeah. The only time. Smoking weed and being like, shut up, girl. Oh, your friend recovering in the other room from her surgery?

Fuck. Take this. Take this. NFT. Oh, my God. All right. Fuck, take this, take this. NFT! Oh my God. All right, let's take a quick break. We'll be right back. I'm Jess Casavetto, executive producer

of the hit Netflix documentary series, Dancing for the Devil, the 7M TikTok cult. And I'm Clea Gray, former member of 7M Films and Shekinah Church. And we're the host of the new podcast, Forgive Me For I Have Followed. Together, we'll be diving even deeper into the unbelievable stories behind 7M Films and LA-based Shekinah Church, an alleged cult that has impacted members for over two decades. Jessica and I will delve into the hidden truths between high control groups and interview dancers, church members and others whose lives and careers have been impacted just like mine. Through powerful, in-depth interviews with former members and new chilling firsthand accounts, the series will illuminate untold and extremely necessary perspectives.

Forgive Me For I Have Followed will be more than an exploration. It's a vital revelation aimed at ensuring these types of abuses never happen again. Listen to Forgive Me For I Have Followed on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Gianna Pradente. And I'm Jemay Jackson-Gadsden. We're the hosts of Let's Talk Offline, a new podcast from LinkedIn News and iHeart Podcasts. When you're just starting out in your career, you have a lot of questions. Like, how do I speak up when I'm feeling overwhelmed? Or, can I negotiate a higher salary if this is my first real job?

Girl, yes! Each week, we answer your unfiltered work questions. Think of us as your work besties you can turn to for advice. And if we don't know the answer, we bring in experts who do, like resume specialist Morgan Santer. The only difference between the person who doesn't get the job and the person who gets the job is usually who applies. Yeah, I think a lot about that quote. What is it like you miss 100% of the shots you never take? Yeah, rejection is scary, but it's better than you rejecting yourself.

Together, we'll share what it really takes to thrive in the early years of your career without sacrificing your sanity or sleep. Listen to Let's Talk Offline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Keri Champion, and this is season four of Naked Sports, where we live at the intersection of sports and culture. Up first, I explore the making of a rivalry. Kaitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese. I know I'll go down in history. People are talking about women's basketball just because of one single game.

Every great player needs a foil. I ain't really near them. Why is that? I just come here to play basketball every single day, and that's what I focus on. From college to the pros, Clark and Reese have changed the way we consume women's sports. Angel Reese is a joy to watch. She is unapologetically Black. I love her.

What exactly ignited this fire? Why has it been so good for the game? And can the fanfare surrounding these two supernovas be sustained? This game is only going to get better because the talent is getting better. This new season will cover all things sports and culture. Listen to Naked Sports on the Black Effect Podcast Network,

iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The Black Effect Podcast Network is sponsored by Diet Coke. This summer, the nation watched as the Republican nominee for president was the target of two assassination attempts, separated by two months. These events were mirrored nearly 50 years ago, when President Gerald Ford faced two attempts on his life in less than three weeks.

President Gerald R. Ford came stunningly close to being the victim of an assassin today. And these are the only two times we know of that a woman has tried to assassinate a U.S. president. One was the protege of infamous cult leader Charles Manson. I always felt like Lynette was kind of his right-hand woman. The other, a middle-aged housewife working undercover for the FBI in a violent revolutionary underground. Identified by police as Sarah Jean Moore. The story of one strange and violent summer. This is Rip Current, available now with new episodes every Thursday.

Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And we're back. so is law and order we all dude we came so close to the actual daily zeitgeist transition that cnn did uh today it's like a viral tweet where they were showing like k Kiev and like all like these air raid sirens going off. And like it was just like a static shot just to kind of like sort of let people sonically understand like what the vibe is. And then they they do a hard cut to a fucking Applebee's commercial. And you're like, oh, dude, work on a better way to sell fucking beer and chicken. But yeah. Hey, man. on a better way to sell fucking beer and chicken but yeah hey man but that applebee's commercial

is it the one that appropriated the cheers song um is that what we're doing have you oh you you didn't watch the super bowl or maybe i don't even think that was the super bowl actually but there's a there's an applebee's commercial that creates a universe in which applebee's is the place where everybody where like your community goes to hang out with one another and everybody knows each other. And it's an interesting dystopian vision of a weird world where Applebee's won the corporate fast food wars instead of Taco Bell, which is, as we know from Demolition Man, what's going to inevitably happen. One time I was in New York like 20 years ago, and I lost my phone or something like that. And some lady found it and they said, meet me at this McDonald's at some like McDonald's in Brooklyn. And I went to that

McDonald's and the whole neighborhood was there. There was like a neighborhood of like old black men playing cards and kids and families. And I was like, this is what it's all about. So to me, when I think of that, I do think there are some place cities where Applebee's is the place. If you recall on Friday Night Lights, they met at Applebee's all the time for like uh discrete meetings so i do think there are some cities that value their applebee's yeah that was definitely true of my group of friends in like freshman year of and sophomore year of uh high school that we would go to the applebee's down in kentucky and magically we would never have enough money. It was truly like a reverse Jesus miracle

where it was like everybody would put in a certain amount and then you would count it up at the end and we would not have enough. We used to go to Applebee's late night too. They had a pretty good happy hour. And I just don't remember how bad we tipped them, those poor Applebee workers. So as high schoolers, it must have been pretty bad. Yeah.

We could still go in the back and use the cigarette machine to buy cigarettes. So that was that era. That might still be true in Kentucky Applebee's. I don't know. All right. So Laura in order is back. I don't know. All right. So Lauren, Lauren order is back. I don't know. I think this is like a good case study and why our culture is like littered with reboots

and retooling. The story is that like Dick Wolf has been basically since it was canceled in 2010, trying to get it like rebooted or like just started up again and no one bought it until now but like that the reason that he's able to spend 10 years shopping this same show is that he is the creator of law and order so he has clout and money to burn and can just kind of keep sitting on it, whereas most shows just get a single look, basically. And then there's also the fact that, you know, JM in this piece points out that like it seems like NBC and like network TV is trying to just bring the 90s back like fully the Or at least NBC's 90s lineup.

There's Law & Order, the recent Peacock reboot of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. NBC just announced they're rebooting Quantum Leap. ABC is bringing back NBC's L.A. Law. L.A. Law? Yeah. What the fuck? Quantum Leap, I can kind of half wrap my head around.

I'm on board for Quantum Leap. That feels like a premise that was a solid B when they did it. fuck quantum leap i can kind of half wrap my head around i'm on board for quantum leap that feels like a premise that was a solid b when they when they did it but could could be like a a plus like sci-fi if you nail it sure man but la law man fuck it bring who was even in fucking la law that's one that like i never i think i was just a little too young. Old Man Hernandez, what do you got? What's his name? Corbin something. Corbin Bernson.

Yeah, he was on L.A. Law. Damn you, old man. Quantum Leap was good. I remember you could watch that with the family. So that's like a good family show. Right. And then, of course, I don't know if you remember the final episode where he meets God. Do you guys remember that? No.

I never watched it to the point where I was fully on board with all the lore or at least i knew how it ended i was like oh that show's on the last couple seasons started kind of going a little crazy they started making these movies i think he was a lee harvey oswald at one point uh that they did like a two-hour one of those. But then he finally meets- And he still shoots JFK and shoots Jackie. Takes them both out. Yeah, right after he shoots Jackie in the head, he goes, oh boy. It was really great. Oh boy. Was that his catchphrase?

Oh boy. Yeah. Whenever he would hop in, at the end of an episode, he would hop into the new thing and he would like you know he would be in a crazy situation he'd go oh boy and then it'd be like oh boy oh boy top tier whoops yeah yeah oh just la law had they apparently had a like one of those roles of like launching a ton of careers kind of how like you people like law and order you'll see like so many people been in law and order la law it seems like the same thing as don cheadle jeffrey tambor david schwimmer james avery shout out uncle phil cch pounder kevin never mind carrie ann moss william there's been a lot of uh the spaceman what's he

been up to down and asked me again yeah i i mean and that one feels even more impressive because like, I feel like law and order gets, gets away with like being named as like launching all these things because they have 40 different guest stars in every episode. So like everybody's been in that. I've been in a couple episodes of law and order, you know, like, I'd believe that anyone who comes from New York and says, Hey, I was actually in an episode of law and order. know like i don't believe that like anyone who comes from new york and says hey i was actually in an episode of law and order i'm like that there's a very high probability that you

were even if you were like a dead body like there are a couple actually there are a couple episodes that are about me but they don't know they're about me so we'll just leave it at that okay i've only seen one episode of the svu uh i was at my mechanic's i was getting an oil change and i just couldn't believe how much they bring up rape they just bring it up all the time i know that's what the show's about right i i see saying that word like 20 times in an hour i was just like i cannot believe how much people love this show yeah right that almost became a meme right of like ice tea talking about rape i feel like that was like like there's almost like a super cut of him saying you're like it's something about him saying it and talking about it in the way that

tv characters do where you know have to be where the writer has to like feel like they've done something clever and so like there's like well let's put a button on this description of the horrific act that he's just witnessed. But anyways, the, the other thing, like I, I've heard big claims made about like culture ended in the nineties and

everything's everything since is just recycled. But I like seeing this story makes me think more that it's just that the way that the culture is going, there are so many more. And like that now there are a thousand places to watch something as opposed to, you know, 40 major cable channels. And the only way for them to consolidate all those audiences again is by giving them the stuff they once loved, or at least watch because it was the only option. Like it just like that, that's kind of obvious, but I've just heard more and more people being like the nineties was the end

of culture and the peak of culture and every, every thing since then. It's like, no, it was just that like that was a time when we had fewer options and it's a numbers game yeah and also as someone who wasn't even alive in the 90s they'd they'd be like now culture started in some other time i don't know it's a it's a weird thing to say like unequivocally but i don't know i mean i think my 90s nostalgia or

like the reason i like look back at it or even like regress with like the shit that I watch is mostly it's like escapism because I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like I literally didn't know how complex it was back then. And this reminds me of that mindset. And, you know, a lot of people, as much as we we like to turn to TV and these things to be compelled and for it to be thought provoked. We like to turn to TV and these things to be compelled and to be thought-provoked. I think most people do watch it because they want the comfort that comes with just being reassured. And so a reboot, stuff like this, it makes complete sense that they're betting that people just want to forget about this fucking pandemic and war and terrible economy and all this bullshit. Yeah. Back when I could like the cops on TV.

Right. Yeah, exactly. I was just going to say, on the other hand, reasons why they might not like it is it's just another cop show. And apparently the first episode, in order to address the fact that, you know, people have found out that cops are often really awful pieces of shit. The the cop partners don't get along anymore. Oh, yeah.

So why? Anthony Anderson is like, I'm I'm glad that there are cell phones with cameras because it encourages police accountability and his partner. And this is a quote says, i speak my mind probably about things i shouldn't speak my mind about but it's just how i'm wired oh fuck off yeah the new one did that too where that that that guy who came back i forget his name he's the one that all the girls like he's older he's bald kind of buff he was also in that maloney yeah yeah yeah he's he like apologizes for his sins so part of these new cop shows is they try to like acknowledge that the ways in which cops have been bad in the past so that you can see that oh you know they really are trying to be rehabilitated

or they're trying there are really are good cops still the only good cop is a fat Anthony Anderson. So unless he puts on weight, unless he puts on the old Anthony Anderson weight, I don't need him and his huge head and his thin body. Did he drop a bunch of weight? Yes. He's just this thin body and this huge head. Yeah. Yeah. Miss the old Anthony, huh? Another way they're trying to be relevant to 2022 is giving us a mystery to solve involving the murder of Bill Cosby.

It's not like literally Bill Cosby. It's Gil Crosby. I think the name is, let me see here. Oh, Henry King, an incomprehensibly famous singer accused of raping dozens of women. And so he's found murder. He gets out of prison on a technicality. OK. Similar to Cosby.

And then is murdered. And Anthony Anderson closes the cold open by saying, and this is, again, a direct quote. Every victim deserves respect. Even the ones that raped 40 women. Wow. victim deserves respect even the ones that raped 40 women wow that's how that's how they end the cold open they just both sides that shit don't even say that like oh wow all right long order what happens they catch them they catch whoever did it sounds like they're both sides in it i agree with you miles but also i think they're kind of encouraging someone to murder bill cosby so you could look at it like that too hey we'll still look into the crime but be a lot easier to wrestle with this shit if he was just you know i don't know

not here anymore yeah yeah i don't i don't know what happens so that's the thing and that's always the thing with law never spoil that yeah we'll never spoil an episode of law and order it's never clear if they're gonna catch the bad guy or who the bad guy is or how many bartenders they're gonna have to interview while wiping it while they're wiping down the bar. Slide number 20. Yeah. Maybe I saw him. Yeah.

I was just about to realize I was just about to do John Mulaney's bit on Law & Order. So I'll just stop. But if you haven't seen John Mulaney's bit on the busyness of these people who are being interviewed by homicide detectives and can't stop doing their job. Can't stop unloading the truck while they're being interviewed. Worth checking out. I mean, it's a commentary on capitalism. This worker can't even stop

to help a fellow slain human being. Because they gotta get these TVs unloaded, pal. I'm sorry, man. Hey, I gotta take my break. Came that close to cracking the case yeah all right that's gonna do it for this week's weekly zeitgeist please like and

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