The Daily Zeitgeist - Weekly Zeitgeist 75 (Best of 5/13/19-5/17/19)

Episode Date: May 19, 2019

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Hello, the Internet, and welcome to this episode of the weekly Zeitgeist. These are some of our favorite segments from this week, all edited together into one nonstop infotainment laughstravaganza. Yeah, so without further ado, here is the weekly zeitgeist what is something from your search history that's revealing about who you are um i googled are chastity belts real like now all right like were they ever were they right okay were they and where can i get one uh now what what did you learn they're not real they're not they're not real okay that okay so chastity belts in general are real they're mostly used for fetish play now right but the ones that we see like the one in um uh robin hood men in tights it's in everlast is like uh the the idea of a of

a chastity belt was actually like really similarly used as in that movie as a joke so basically people would be like oh put on your chastity belt i'm going to war and women would be like you're oppressing me and like let it it lie. I hope you fucking get an arrow through the eye. While you're gone, I'm going to fuck everyone here. I'm fucking low stable, boy. So yeah, they're not like, and the ones that you see in like, you know, those like museums of erotic whatever. Yeah, right. So they're either torture devices or they are devices made for the prurient, which is like people that,

it's a kind of a derogatory term for people that are like sexually deviant, I guess. Right, yeah, yeah. So it's kind of like, they were either made for like conversation pieces where like a collector would be like, oh, look at my piece or whatever. Right.

But all of those were actually made in the 1800s or later and not during medieval times. That's interesting. So that's the kind of stuff I Google. It's interesting. Like, yeah, a lot of things from history are jokes that we just forgot were jokes. I think we forgot that historically people have had humor. Like we're just like, oh, well that had to be real. Right. Sex and humor.

I guess we kind of make room for sex, but like there's a like, yeah, I don't think we make a lot of jokes. We tend to put the little fig leaf over the sex parts. We think it's all uptight people and like in actuality Puritan society had to have all those rules because people were fucking everywhere.

And Puritan society, like in the bushes, you'd be walking down the street and people would be fucking in the bushes. And yeah, Napoleon was not short. That was a rumor made to make fun of him. He was of average height. Really? Yeah. I feel like a chump. I've been believing this my whole life.

Well, you look really ridiculous right now. I can't believe you would embarrass me on the internet. Whoa. Should we release this episode? It was my writer that I would not be embarrassed. I'm going to exercise the clause that says I can explode this episode and we don't have to do this.

Yeah, but I agree. When you look back at graffiti back in the day, it's all dick jokes and like stuff that could be out of, you know, a high school locker room now. Yeah, or even like people that look back on things in history and try and look at it through a super heteronormative lens when they're like, oh, like King James had a very best friend that he had a secret like passageway from his bedroom to his secret best friend's bedroom.

Yeah, exactly. It was like that for real. And, um, I was researching about this and the King James Bible was actually made because the church was kind of like getting in his business for him being pretty openly,

uh, gay with his lover. And he was like, here's a fun thing that you can do that will distract you. Why don't you make a new Bible? And they were like, yay! That's amazing. Got him. So, yeah.

There you go. Speaking of college, my college days at least, let's talk about natural light. Oh, boy. Because Natty Light is... were you in a frat i was not but i drank too much but i was in college for as cheaply as possible yeah or milwaukee's best yeah yeah so they posted a job opening uh and we have a quick clip from the video that they posted it's's very Gen Z. Just listen to this.

It's shot sort of like that Dollar Shave Club video where it's like one guy, long shot, walking through and being like, hi, I'm this guy. Imagine that without charisma or production value or a comedy writer. Or color correcting. Or color correcting. Yeah. Here at Natty Light, we do things a little differently. While some people print their resumes on paper, we put ours on a race car.

It's a NASCAR, originally. That's why today, we're excited to announce the first ever national search for the Natty Light Summer Intern. Now, when typical brands look for interns, they look for stuff like a ton of work experience, 4.0 GPA, and amazing references. Maybe they want you to have made the Dean's List. Maybe you need to know how to use a protractor.

But here at Natty, we believe greatness is more than just a piece of paper. I don't need a reference from your aunt just because she has a different last name than you. How do you even spell protractor? Who the f*** is Dean anyway? I mean f***. Yeah. Yeah, man.

Sick. You know, for the sick kids. More I mean, fuck. Yeah, man. Sick. You know, for the sick kids. More like Natty Lit. Yeah, Natty Tight. Natty's fuck, guys. Yeah,

the posting on Indeed. Is he wearing a backwards hat? No, but he is wearing a really cool Natty Light graphic tee. Yeah. And the office looks like a parody of itself

where it's like beer box towers and just really cool young people figuring out how to get people to drink more anhyzer bush yeah right uh but the way on indeed like the job posting board the way it's even described is in such like gen z talk it says natural light summer intern paid internship position description attend various events as an ambassador of the brand okay create fire viral content across all natural light social channels. Keep the brand manager up to date on trending trends. Yeah.

Thank you. Gorilla marketing. If you have to ask, you can't handle it. Product research. Yes. It's what you think it is. Design some sick swag that gives consumers all the feels. Complete weekly vlog documenting the awesomeness on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

So, yeah. Yeah, the, like, you know, when it says qualifications, that's also pretty cool. The desire to be part of the business and culture that is Natty slash live the Natty brand lifestyle and be a Natty brand supporter. Attention to detail. Did I notice I missed it? I love after all. Microsoft word proficient.

But it says, but detail is misspelled. D-E-T-I-A-L. And then the next one says, did you notice I misspelled detail? If you did, please apply. Be outgoing, but not annoying. There is a fine line. Oh, God.

Be able to spell protractor. Call back to the video. Sick. Confidence is a must. Basic math and computer and meme-making skills. And also, just be cool. Just be cool. That's all we want.

Yeah, just be chill. So, you know, good opportunity for Gen Z kids to make the fire content for Anheuser-Busch. But then how, I mean, is that internship actually going to involve any of that stuff? Or is it literally just going to be making photocopies? I have a feeling it's just a straight up social media internship. Where they're like, can you steal some shit off Reddit and make it about beer? Can you fuck Jerry some memes? Yeah, exactly.

And then they're like, oh, this could have been more fire, Caleb. Could have been more fire. You're on a tightrope, my man. It sounds like it's geared towards 12-year-olds. Do you even have to be in college to apply for this? Yes, I hope so. I mean, yeah, I think so. I don't know.

I mean, brand research or whatever. Oh, that's true. Yeah, product testing. But then at that point, if you're 21, you're basically going into your senior year of college. Right. Where a Natty Light internship might not be the best choice for you. Does Natty Light care about the quality of their product?

Like it needs to be tested? I think they're all about race cars. Yeah. I mean, I think they get it. They're like, look, you drink Natty because you're in college and it's the cheapest fucking thing you can get. Yeah, because it's basically water that gets you drunk. Jesse, what you have to understand is Natty Light is a lifestyle. Yeah, please bro- basically water that gets you drunk. Jesse, what you have to understand is Natty Light is a lifestyle.

Yeah, please bro-splain to her, man. It's a lifestyle. What if your race car crashes because someone put a resume on the window? Yeah. I can just imagine the sort of internalized, they're like,

just be cool, and they assume that that's an objective quality that you can just strive towards rather than your weird subjective opinion of what's cool. And does just be cool mean like, don't call out any misogynistic or problematic racist shit you might hear in the office. Just fucking say nothing. I think you're, that's it.

And don't tweet about it. You're cool, right? Yeah, yeah. I would be in the bathroom all day just looking in the mirror like, be cooler. Be cooler. Get back out there and be cool. Slapping yourself. cool right yeah yeah i would be in the bathroom all day just looking in the mirror like be cooler slapping yourself you can do it meme wasn't cool you guys write on a comedy show uh yeah prove it it's a great comedy show uh and we wanted to play a clip from another comedy show and just get your thoughts. It is the Mike Huckabee comedy show.

Oh, God. I submitted to that and I didn't get it. Well, we know the head writer, Chip Hinkleman. So if you're listening, Chip. Big fan of his work. It's good to have you because we always like to see, you know, there's always these attempts from conservative media to have their version of a daily show or a late night show where they're like yeah wait till we hit them with our monologue this is our sns so the right released their own daily show in the past couple months and it's actually impossible to watch and comment on or at least we tried and it's so i don't know it was

just it's so unrecognizable as comedy that we couldn't do anything other than just be like, gosh, I'm so sad. It was like saying problematic shit with like in the tempo of a joke. Right. And I don't know about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but I think she's a socialist.

Right. And then can't laugh. I was going to ask if they tape in front of a live audience. Oh, no. Well, Huckabee does. So he's on TBN, Trinity Broadcasting Network. The name of the father, the son, and the tremendous prophets. And the capitalism. So his show is on Saturdays

and it's like a weekly roundup show where they talk about the shows like having inspiring stories, a bit of fun and politics and values kind of thing. And it's basically your typical show that has a monologue, some desk stuff, a guest, and then like some standup who's like 900 years old who's talking about doilies, which isn't a joke.

So because we have the honor of having the writers of Conan here, we would love your input on these monologue jokes. Just in general, what you think, maybe we can punch them up or something. Sure. I was in one of the most beautiful, clean, and hospitable cities in the world. You knew I hadn't spent the past week in Washington, D.C.

All six of my grandchildren have been at my house during their spring break. They range in age from one to six. I've come to realize they're all Russians. They meddle in everything, not just elections. You should have said they're meddling and then say they're Russians. Right. Yeah, yeah. Other than that, I thought it was flawless.

Well, it's funny because the live audience doesn't know where to laugh. So they're like laughing at the fact that he has grandkids. All six of them. One through six. Right. Right. Okay. I'll see.

That was a good note. So that was. Meddling before the Russians. Right. The Russians is the punchline. Yeah. Right. I'm going to reach out to them and see if I can help.

Here's another one. That was best of Mike Huckabee. Right now we're looking at a clip that his show put out on the internet called Mike Huckabee's Best Jokes of 2018. So let's hear another one. Maybe my grandkids aren't actually perfect, but

they're just closer to it than yours. Okay. Most economists amuse me. They really do. They're like Baptists, about whom we say, where there are two or more gathered, there are at least seven different opinions. That's more of an inside Christianity joke, I was going to say. I'm not around a lot of Baptists, I realized. Yeah. Otherwise, I'd be on the floor. That might be a Baptist. Their opinion at Baptist are opinionated?

Is that? Right. Yeah. I mean, yeah, because there's so many, I think, sects of Christianity, and then baptism is its own vibe. And he's comparing that to economists, right? Yeah, because economists are like Baptists in that they're very opinionated. Yeah, that like even if you get two of them, they're going to have seven opinions on the economy or the Fed or infrastructure.

That's a niche audience. Yeah, that's very niche. Right. We'll do us a trick. Okay, how about this one? Oh, and North Korea says they might want to participate in the Olympics, but then again, everyone in North Korea who can run fast or who can jump has already run past the checkpoints and jumped the borders to get out of that starving mess. I would say edit. Yeah, it's too many words.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. He doesn't need to over explain everything. So how would you, so can we rewrite that one for him? Can we rewrite that one for him? Yeah. You just have to say everyone in North Korea who can run fast or jump has already left the country. Yeah. You don't need to say has already run past the border.

And jumped over the guard gate. Made a quick right. And then did a tactical maneuver. Pole vaulted over the security. See, Chip, I hope you're hearing. I hope you're listening to this because these are good tips. But then they'll need more jokes to fill the space. Well, they'll just do more applause and laughter. More grandkids stuff.

It also isn't North Korea now one of Trump's allies. So I thought, why is he taking aim at North Korea? Well, this was in 2018. So, you know, things have changed. I guess this was a pre-Singapore summit. Yeah, before they did nothing. Before they pretended like they had some kind of agreement over nothing. I'm pretty sure that's like a joke, like a street joke.

That's a joke that I think has been made about Mexican people, actually. Right. Yeah, yeah. So he rewrote that and added words. He was like, this joke could be wordier and about North Korea. He's like, I got this joke from a racist snapple cap yes yeah how are the ratings for that show oh well and does that matter it's gonna be depressing if we yeah wow yeah i mean all the saved people are watching i'll tell you that right

right and he's also had his daughter on where it like it was a very painful thing it's like doesn't it suck basically it was like the vibe of the interview and she's like i know dad i love you and it's like and that was my daughter guys moving on yeah wow yeah i i i think most of his jokes are the kind of thing that you would see like written on a piece of driftwood in like a woman's kitchen or a bumper sticker that like my my grandchildren are more perfect than your grandchildren. Right. What do you think is the problem? Like if there was advice for conservatives on how to be funny, do you think it's their politics that actually prohibit them from having the empathy to create good jokes?

Well, because the problem, I mean, a lot of comedy is punching up, right? That's the whole, that's what right good comedy yeah that conservative uh daily show he's like a you know well-dressed you know conservative middle-aged guy and he's making fun of alexandria ocasio-cortez and he just says her name in a like funny accent so it's so it's like that's, yeah, it's like punching down type thing. Just like culturally you're being racist and racism isn't funny. Well, yeah, I guess because maybe their humor is just about the culture war and it's just like all we have to do is say liberals suck

and that's like the North Star of all that humor or something. Right, right. Yeah, I mean there's laziness on every side. Yeah, for sure. Definitely words you can say that get a big reaction from a crowd. But yeah, I've wondered that. Because they've tried the conservative Daily Show a few times over the years, and it always just crashes and burns and limps away.

So I guess if they get adam carolla and like nick de paulo to be like a run a room maybe then they'll have a generation who's the host of this new i don't even know i had never heard of him before no yeah he didn't seem like a comedian right no no he's just some talking head guy and maybe he is a comedian but not the kind of comedian people in comedy would have read about. He's like the funniest guy at the wherever. Choose your place.

At the rally. Well, Mike Huckabee has a new fan in me. Keep those North Korea jokes coming. I feel like every one of his jokes should end with, maybe there's something there. It feels like it's always like something what else we'll workshop this

what else would be good he seemed to say okay he used the okay transition at least twice in those clips so I think that's his transitional line like okay well what about this new thing I'm gonna say yeah because I mean there is stuff to make fun of on the liberal side

oh yeah sure and I think liberals make fun of ourselves too for being, I think, I don't know. Like I think that you could poke fun at the sort of elitism or hypocrisy is a good thing. Selective outrage over certain things that we don't see exercised across all outrageable moments. So maybe if conservatives did that within themselves, that would work better. Right. But they're not going to do that. exercised across all you know outrageable moments yeah but so maybe if conservatives did that within themselves that would work better right

but then they're gonna make but they're not gonna do that then they're making just lib humor right yeah yeah that is a really good point I guess it's self-awareness

and that is that's a really good point because people who make fun of themselves that's funnier you know what I mean yeah

it's like oh self-deprecating. Like Conan does a lot of Irish jokes because he's Irish, and it's totally cool. And I find them very offensive. Jack O'Brien. And so it goes. You are not related to Conan. I'm not related to Conan.

Nor our head writer. Matt. Matt O'Brien. Who's also not related to Conan. Right. Nor my head writer back when I ran Cracked, Dan O'Brien. Oh, yeah. So, yeah, just all the O'Briens unrelated to one another.

It's basically Smith. There was just one last name in Ireland. Right. Or you all maybe probably are related. Maybe way back. Yeah. I've never met another Sweeney. Is that true?

That's it. You're the only one, I think. Sadly very common. Yeah, but I do think there. You're the only one, I think. Sadly, very common. Yeah, but I do think there needs to be at least a baseline where it's like, oh, this person can have a sense of humor about themselves. Right? Yes. They can talk to, like...

So it feels like it's sort of, you know, like, oh, I'm an equal opportunity... Right, right. Exactly. ...ribber. Yeah. Because I don't think we're going to hear Mike Huckabee make jokes about his, like, bass playing. He's like, oh, I barely... Yeah. Ribber. Yeah. Because I don't think we're going to hear Mike Huckabee make jokes about his, like, bass playing. He's like, oh, I barely, yeah.

Or their dog abuse. Or those kids, his grandkids getting drunk at his house during spring break. Right. The six-year-old. Right. Like common Russians. Did he say his grandkids spent spring break at his house? But they were young. He was like, they were ages one through six, right?

Yeah. Yeah. I think spring break is like an young he was like they were ages one through six right yeah yeah I think spring break is like a elementary school thing too oh is it I think so yeah but

I only know it from like high school and college but I think there's like a spring break in public schools

now okay getting younger and younger I just remember because I went to like Lutheran school there was always

like the few days before Easter we'd get off and that was about yeah that was it right Lutheran school There was always like the few days before Easter we'd get off And that was about it Yeah that was it right Lutheran school Yeah

Where In North Hollywood Oh wow Oh you're local With my classmates Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen Really They were great below me Yeah

What are Lutherans known for What's the joke on Lutherans I don't know Ask Garrison Keillor That's right They're sturdy people I don't know. Ask Garrison Keillor. That's right. They're sturdy people? I don't know. They love NPR. Yeah, they liked NPR and they didn't like that I threw up the West Side

gang sign in a class photo. I was reprimanded quite severely. How did they know what that was? My teacher just assumed I was throwing up gang signs as one of the few children of color in that class. They're like, that's a gang sign. I'm like, man, this West Side Connection album just came out, so why don't you bow down, Mrs. Hecox?

Why can't you be more like the Olsen twins who are never here at school because they're shooting a show? Right. Because they're billionaires, right? I have a theory that child actors, well, I don't know what comes first in this case, but child actors, when they grow up, tend to be tiny. Yeah. Is it because their growth is stunted from all the work? Exactly. Or are they chosen for these jobs? Well, often because they're older than what they're playing.

And so they have a 13-year-old who's playing a seven. I prefer to believe they're stunted by all the exactly all the onset coffee yes right and the methamphetamine pills right that is interesting though maybe it's their parents being short of stature causes them to want to put their children and go back oh. And what about before that? Right. Exactly. Most actors are small, though, too. That's true. I mean, in general, they're always. And rock stars. But I always assumed for actors, it was because they, like, it's the one place where they

can appear larger than life is, like, on the screen. Like, you can stand on an Apple box and, like, nobody's going to know the difference. Yeah. So there's, like, something, something like extra attractive to the actor, like a shorter person. I can be 5'10 in this movie rather than 5'7. And men can wear high heels. Yeah.

I mean like Tom Cruise played Jack Reacher, a character from the book who is specifically described as like towering and being like cute. Yeah. He was like like that's me right that's a movie i belong in that sounds exhausting is he like the producer on it did he make that thing happen well he's the producer on every movie yeah so but i'm wondering if he like read this and he's like yeah towering finally a guy who's like acknowledging the

source material as being a towering figure but it was like such a bad fit that i just know this because that's one of my dad's favorite books, paperback series. And he was like, this blew it. It needed to be Liam Neeson. Was your dad outraged? Yeah. He was outraged. It wasn't like the books. Tom Cruise! He's like, you and your Hollywood weirdos are ruining

the Jack Reacher series. Alright guys, we're going to take a quick break and we'll be right back. What? All right, guys, we're going to take a quick break and we'll be right back. What? Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who on October 16th, 2017, was murdered. There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate.

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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 Saner. 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 hear them. Why is that? 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 braggadocious. 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. Listen to the making of a rivalry, Caitlin Clark versus Angel Reese, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Keri Champion, and this is Season 4 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 boys. 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. And we're back. What is something you think is overrated?

Okay. I think it's really overrated to be an expert on everything. Like there's kind of this, I think it's really cool to say like, I don't know sometimes. And I feel like we are so trained to just like make something up to be like, oh i know everything i have to be an expert on everything because we live in a world where information so like transferred so quickly and so accessible but like ah that bugs the shit out of me like when people just cannot say you know i don't know i don't i don't have enough knowledge about this thing or like i don't have enough expertise on this thing so i don't know and instead it's like i i know everything i have to know everything i i think that shit is so fucking overrated so actual wisdom is very in yeah admitting what you don't know yeah yeah

because we yeah i think because precisely because i think we're such a information heavy era and everything's so readily available it almost feels feels like, well, all you'd have to do is look it up to know so that we feel like maybe we feel this pressure that like, well, then maybe I should know everything because I could find out most things. I do. And I think that for me, there's almost kind of I'm a little hypocritical on it because if I'm talking to someone like over text or this was back in the day when I was in law school over G chatchat where if you said

something and someone didn't know what you were talking about and they'd be like what is that typing it into the thing with you and i'd be like you can just type that right into google here let me move that five inches above this uh window for you but so i guess like resourcefulness is like important but like also if you're not going to be resourceful about it, don't just make shit up. Just be like, I don't know. Yeah.

I don't know. Totally. Yeah. I feel like, uh, the, I mean, the more you learn,

the more you realize you don't know. And right. Is that a Confucius quote? No, that's from Bazooka Joe. Actually, I think that is like Socrates or something like that. Like the wise people know how dumb they are or something like that.

But and I mean, that even goes to like the fact that you went to law school and like people who get an education. I think a quote I heard about like why a college education is valuable from somebody is that it actually humbles you like, because you realize, because it, you have to like know a lot to realize like that there's just this entire universe of information out there that you do not know shit about. Well, like,

and even I went to law school and I practiced law for two years and like that, I was bad at being a lawyer and like, like learning that and being like oh this is just not for me because a i really hate it and b like i'm just not good at this kind of job like learning that there are things that you're not good at and that's okay is like i don't know i feel like that's as important as learning about empathy it also helps you sort of come in touch with things that are actually, like you are good at. So then you can kind of look at those things and be like, oh, well, I know I'm not. Oh, wait, I actually have these other skills.

Yeah. I do feel like people are, like the way that conspiracy theories are, I don't know if they're at an all-time high, but they're at least as influential as they've ever been. all-time high but they're at least as influential as they've ever been i feel like people now are are more likely to overestimate how much they know than they ever have been like i think we're really bad at knowing what we don't know as a society and that's probably a result of the internet and probably says something about our overall wisdom as a culture. Yeah. So we're fucked. Yeah, we are pretty fucked. What is a myth?

What's something people... I think a myth that I recently debunked for myself anyway was that it is bad and or dangerous and or depressing to travel to Russia. Whoa. I just got back a few weeks ago. I was in Russia for a week. I went to St. Petersburg and I went to Moscow and I travel a lot. It was one of my favorite trips I've ever done. Really?

It was great. The people were friendly. A lot of things are in English. A lot of people speak English. Easy to get around. Granted, I'm a straight white male. I was going to say. Who is not a journalist or a dissident.

That being said, it was, you know, when you talk to the people who live there, they're very aware of all the stuff that's not great of it. But it's so – I was just so impressed with Moscow and I can't wait to go back. It's just – it's vibrant and fun and weird. Is it still one of the most expensive cities in Europe? Well, that's the other – that's maybe the sub-myth of it is that you definitely can go there and live like a sultan. Of course. And spend $1,000 a night in a hotel and all that. But I found everything that was in my wheelhouse of things that I wanted to do and buy were much, much less expensive.

The daily lives of regular day-to-day Russian people. Yeah. I mean, granted, there's the wages and everything's relative with medical care and taxes and all that kind of stuff. But no, as far as being a visitor, I was really prepared for – well, first of, well, first of all, you know, getting scammed and being dangerous and all that. None of that kind of stuff happened. But everything was much, much less expensive than I thought it was going to be. And I can't wait to go back. Yeah.

My first hearing about somebody going to Russia was like a group of people I know who are like entertainers. And it was a mixed group, people of color, gay people, and they had not the best time there. Yeah, no, and I'm aware that it was dangerous. And not to say that that, you know, invalidates your experience, but I think it's, I think any place can be many different things to me. No, absolutely. No, and I understand that there's some privilege involved and whatnot. But, you know, I definitely felt like, you know, the people that are also aware of that stuff, and the people that and the people that I met were glad to talk about and acknowledge all the bad stuff. For me, I was debating about, well, do I want to support this with my money and with my travel and all that? But I feel that being able to connect with people and have that kind of one-on-one diplomacy is valuable. And to be able to talk about, you know, I was talking to people, they couldn't imagine

that a comedian would go on television and say the president's a liar or make fun of the president's voice and all that. And so, you know, it does also make you appreciate for, you know, as much as our democracy is falling apart, you know, that we still have that right here for at least another hour. Right. That's amazing. You really, like, travel the world. I'm running for myself.

Is there anything that jumped out to you other than the people being friendly as something you weren't expecting? I kind of wasn't expecting as much Soviet kitsch that they know that that's what people want to see. In Moscow, there's a museum of Soviet arcade games that's really popular where you can go and play these, you know, incredibly boxy. You know, there's a lot of like shooting and a lot of – there were actually a lot fewer ripoffs than I thought. I thought they were just like done, you know, they would have done like Comrade Pac-Man or something like that. But some of these machines had like 200 buttons and you were supposed to like push one to match something that showed up. And so some of the controls were crazy. And then there was this pinball game that I was playing, which I thought, oh, that's a nice old-timey pinball game with wooden flippers and lights and sort of a counter that kind of scrolled up.

And then I looked at the display above it and it was from 1994. Oh, wow. That's amazing. So stuff like that. And just, you know, there are tours that cater to that, and there's other stuff that kind of caters to that old Soviet kitsch. But it was also just interesting to see, you know, how much Soviet stuff they either still embrace or that they just kind of don't mind. Like you go into a subway station, and there's a big mosaic of Lenin. Right.

Like you'll go into a subway station and there's a big mosaic of Lenin. Right. And also the subway stations were also, I think, super unexpected. Just how freaking gorgeous, especially in Moscow. I took some videos where I was panning down and you would think, oh, you're obviously in a palace or a fancy hotel ballroom. And then you pan down and the train pulls in and people are coming out. Wow. Just absolutely stunning palaces underground. Huh.

Yeah. Also vodka. The vodka was nice. Yeah. They have that over there? Yeah, vodka like in fast food places. Huh. Yeah. Also vodka. The vodka was nice. Yeah. Yeah. Vodka like in fast food places. I'm serious. No, really?

Vodka in fast food? I didn't go to a McDonald's. We can talk about McDonald's and stuff later. I know. But I went to, I did go to a couple of places that were like fast order, sort of fast casual places. Yeah. Yeah.

You could get a super, a super ice cold glass of vodka with a lemon, like with your burger. Wow. So that was, that was cool burger. Wow. So that, that was, that was cool too. Vodka with lemon. Um, that's interesting that the Soviet stuff is almost like part of a brand.

Yeah. It's been like incorporate. Is it, does it have all the late capitalism trappings that we have over here? Yeah. You, you know, it's interesting.

You, especially St. Petersburg, you, you wouldn't know it. St. Petersburg just reminded me of, Oh, it's a very pleasant sort of Western European town. Like it doesn't look, you know, it's interesting, especially St. Petersburg, you wouldn't know. St. Petersburg just reminded me of, oh, it's a very pleasant sort of Western European town. Like it doesn't look, you know, when you talk to people and you understand, you know, what's going on behind the scenes and all that.

But yeah, you wouldn't think, oh, I'm in a formerly communist country or I'm in a place that, you know, other than maybe, again, some of the subway decor and the fact that the subways are so deep under the ground because they wanted to withstand a nuclear blast. Yeah, there was hardly anything you would notice that would – that felt like, oh, my God, this is, you know, where the Soviet Union stuff happened. I mean, even being in Red Square. Right. You know, there's this huge building that's been turned into a mall. And there's like ads up and stuff. Not as much of that in Red Square. It's still pretty, it's still pretty reverent.

Doesn't look like Times Square. Yeah, no, it's not like, there's a big Coke bottle. No, nothing, not like that. But yeah, I took a lot of pictures of the fast food chains, the Western fast food chains, not because I was so surprised to see them, but just because they were in the Russian writing. Cyrillic. Yeah, in the Cyrillic, but they were still in the font and color

of what you expect from the logo. So that was weird to see like, oh, right, they also have fonts. Right. So that kind of stuff. That's so interesting. Yeah, I think you've sold me on traveling there because just the Soviet arcade games,

the idea that their technology was evolving in a completely different, like, silo from ours. Absolutely. And, like, what video games could have turned out to look like. Well, it's also fun because on the signage they have for all the games there, which you can play all of the games that they have on display, they'll also say who made it and what they were usually doing. And so it was, you know, this is a game where you get to hunt ducks. And it was made by people who make, you know, radar for shooting down missiles or, you know, this is a game where you get to hunt ducks and it was made by people who make, you know, radar for shooting down missiles or, you know, like almost all of them had like military applications and they were just doing this while they were waiting for the next, you know, military order.

Those are the video games you could have been playing today if Rocky hadn't won that fight. Which might come up on Sunday show. It just might. Lacey, you asked me like, did you hear about that dad who called the police and said the child was abducted to get their car back? And I said, what? Yes. What? What?

What happened? What is going on? So they actually don't have the man's name listed, which was so disappointing to me because I want to, like, follow him on Instagram. I want to, like, be his best friend. But basically, the Oakland Police Department and the California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert, notifying the media on their social media accounts and everything to help find a three-year-old girl. And this girl is cute. This little girl is very cute. I will be looking for her.

But early Sunday, not that I don't look for y'all ugly kids. Wait, wait. Weren't you against Amber Alerts? Listen, don't. You're like, I turn them shits off. Don't do that. Yeah, I turn my Amber Alerts off, okay? But you turn them back on. I remember. Didn't you say you turn them Alerts? Listen, don't. You're like, I turn them shits off. Don't do that. Yeah, I turn my Amber Alerts off, okay? But you turn them back on, I remember. Didn't you say you turn them back on? Yeah, I turn them back on.

For all intents and purposes, for the court of public opinion, I turn my Amber Alerts back on. And I'm looking for every Rachel and Tiffany. I'm looking for all of them. But basically, so the girls, early Sunday, the officers arrested the girl's father on suspicion of making a fake police report. According to the Oakland police, the man told officers his daughter was kidnapped so that they would find his stolen car more quickly.

Wait, so the whole, oh, so his thing was like, I think someone stole my daughter with my car? So he basically knew his car got stolen. And he was like, if I report my car stolen, like, the police just about to be asleep. They about to be eating donuts. You know what I mean? Kicking it. But if I say, like, my cute little daughter in the car, then they'll actually look for the car more quickly. It's a gray Mercedes Benz.

I mean, it's an okay car. Someone commented and was like, Mercedes isn't even foreign no more. That's a citizen. Which body style? The C. It look like a C-Class, to be honest. It don't even really look like something. Did it have a car seat, though?

Ooh, I truly do not know the answer to that. I feel like there was probably nothing in the car that was indicative of his daughter being there. Yeah, man, that's a bold move. If I was a dad, I don't know if I could play around with my daughter's safety, even knowing she's fine, to be like,'s kidnapped right it worked though they got the car back oh they did yes oh is that when they're like where's the kid at and they're like yeah exactly they're like I just boosted this car oh damn here she is right here that's so crazy wait is she in her room oh see that's one of those lies that you can't even try to cover up later like what was he

thinking the long game was on this? Like, okay, I'm going to get the car back. They're going to come in and be like, oh, we didn't get your daughter. You're going to be like, okay, well, at least I got my car. Thank y'all so much. Y'all have a great afternoon. Thank you. And then close the door and lock it.

Look at the people. Come on, T.T. I think they're still here. Shit. She's like, daddy, can I come out the closet now? Shut up. Shut up. T.T. What the fuck did I say?

Daddy, I want some juice. Shh. I'll take you in a Mercedes in a minute. Yeah, he didn't think that went all the way through. He truly didn't. But now he's facing felony charges. Damn. Wait, what is the charge?

Just a false fake police report? I mean, and even that, like a fake missing child. Because I'm sure a lot of police resources, the second they say a child is missing. Oh, yeah. They go into full action. The child is so cute. So I know they were looking extra hard for her. They were like, somebody's kidnapped.

So wait, if you were the police chief, you would be like, let me see the photo first. I'm just saying, that's the photo that you put that on the news. People are like, oh, yes, we got to find that one. Yeah, we have a bias towards. They don't put all the girls. All the girls don't make it to the news, honey. Okay? Only the real lookers with the promising futures. But which is true. Find that one. Yeah, we have a buyer's tour. They don't put all the girls. All the girls don't make it to the news, honey, okay?

Only the real lookers with the promising futures. Well, please, please, if I ever go missing, put a nice photo up of me. Okay? Have me looking cute. Should we just use your Twitter avatar? Which photo would you like to, just officially, in case you do go missing, we can have an agreed upon photo that we put out there for you. Whichever one, just make sure there's nice lighting.

Okay. Because that can always alter a photo. You ever take a photo and you're like, I knew I looked good, but damn, the lighting got me together. Yeah. The one time, yeah, I think I took a selfie when I used to do production. I was like, yeah, let me get this selfie. I'm like, this is dramatic. And I didn't know I had cheeks.

I tell everybody, turn toward, you always want to put the light behind the camera, baby. Put that sun, even if you have to squint, that's going to be okay. You put the light behind the camera and you'll get a lovely photo. Beautiful. You don't want to be blown out. The last thing I want to say is I'm kind of upset that they didn't release his name because I want to help this man. I want to link him up with whoever Jussie's people are, you know, who got him off for this same charge. Wow.

Look, it's not right. Yeah. So listen, if you want to dress these people out there, you hear this. Y'all go help my mans out in Oakland. I'm not going to touch that one. All right, well, let's ideate on that during the break. We'll be right back. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who on October 16, 2017, was murdered.

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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. And we're back. Let's talk about this new poll from a social media outlet that I will say the name of shortly. It broke America down into 38 different accents and ranked them by sexiness, according to a poll of, I think it was like, they have 1.5 million social media followers, and they surveyed, I think, all of them. The group is is called big seven and the answers they found were somewhat surprising the who do they okay so they're asking people on their social what's your what's your sexiest

accent yeah I think they gave them a list and asked them to you know order it and okay Boston was ranked number two as the number two sexiest which made me wonder if I don't know if it was a more more women than men answering because I just you think more women like a boss a man's boss and a man's boss night well if you think about like I always use movies as like my proxy for understanding the American unconscious. And movies, you've had Mark Wahlberg, and it's a rite of passage for a male lead to come up with a Boston accent, play a Bostonian. Whereas the only women who have Boston accents are portrayed as townies.

I'm trying to think of the last time I was like, oh, right like blake lively was like a southie yeah yeah and even then it's like portrayed as like a rough a heart but hey maybe this is what this might be more telling what people are into right it's not about the standard as like yo you know i like that so number one was texas which makes sense because you can kind of the people like the southern draw if you're using movies as a proxy like there's been sexy men with texas accents and sexy women uh but boston was surprising me philly being number eight was really surprising to me well also seventh is hawaiian right that's what i'm saying like you must have such a ear for nuanced accents to even be able to rank these, right?

Because if you told me, oh, can you, like, between a Northwestern accent and, like, a youper, I'm like, what's a youper? Right. Yeah, I have no idea. What does this not seem to be the most scientific of polling? I mean, it's possible that people they were polling happen to live in those places. Right. But also, I think they probably were asking,

do you think Hawaiian people are sexy? Not necessarily the accent. Right. Yeah. People are just picturing. They're like, yeah, I remember I was in, in Maui and these really cool guys came up to me and they're like,

Hey, get the fuck out of here. Holy. I was like, it was so hot. Who are you? Um, but I,

and also like sexy, so subjective. Sure. Like there's no way to really rank this shit. I think this is important scientific work that we're talking about here, guys. Yeah, look, I think I'm just mad because Valley, California Valley is 46th. Yeah. I mean, first of all, it's-

Long Islander. That's fucked up. Yeah. I like that. Long Islander. That's fucked. Yeah. Pennsylvania Dutch. I mean, yeah, like- Pennsylvania Dutch. Yeah. That's fucked. Pennsylvania Dutch.

I mean, yeah. Pennsylvania Dutch. Yeah. Oh, those sexy Amish? No, that didn't make it hard? Yeah. I mean, right. What you think about an accent is completely subjective.

I find a Southern accent attractive, but I lived in Kentucky when I was going through puberty. I'm sure those two things are related in some way. Right. And it's also yes not the methodology isn't strong here but i just i do find accents very interesting so which is but they have chicano on here but there's no like is there like uh like african-american vernacular yeah that's another question is like they don't have cultural. They just break it down regionally. Well, just Chicano is the region of Chicano. Yeah, I'm like, that's very specific.

Oh, right. Yeah. But okay. Whoever did this poll hit me up. Yeah, I'll rearrange this. If I could describe my accent, I assume it would be very high on the list. Yes. Just sort of generic Midwestern. That is on the list. Is it? Yeah, they said, I think it's like American. General American. General American. Where am I? Where was my favorite general? Yes.

I like General Mills. General Mills I was a great fan of. Made a good cereal. General American was ranked 32nd on the list. Right in the middle. That's what it should be. Between Atlanta and Hudson Valley. Like what's a Hudson Valley accent?

Oh, you don't know the Hudson Valley? I know it exists. I just don't know what that sounds like. Sound like beaver trapping? Sounds like they'd rather be in New York City. Right. Stephen Colbert was the example they used for the general American, but I think it's anybody who speaks on TV.

I guess also, Zyke Gang, help me understand, right? What's the difference between a Cincinnati accent and- A Southern Ohio accent? Right. Or like what's the New Mexican accent? Yeah. It's interesting. Like if you talk like Walter White? Mm-hmm. I don't know.

Jesse Pinkman? Is that New Mexican? All right. That's going to do it for this week's weekly Zeitgeist. Please like and review the show if you like the show. It means the world to Miles. He needs your validation, folks. I hope you're having a great weekend, and I will talk to you Monday.

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