Daily Fail

By Kristen Meinzer

What's Daily Fail about?

A weekly podcast about the worst of the tabloids - from Page Sucks to Hell No to the very rag that inspires the name of our show. Hosted by journalist Maura Currie and culture critic Kristen Meinzer.

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Daily Fail episodes:

05.03.2024
Meghan And Harry Commit Yet Another Crime: Acknowledging The African Continent
We’re ailing from all this failing.This week: King Charles is perhaps sicker than we thought. Let’s knock Will and Kate while we’re at itMeghan and Harry are going to Nigeria, a great affront to the crownWhite bread has been vilified and...
04.26.2024
Taylor Swift, Who Could Kill Us All With Her Bare Hands, HiTs ThE bOtTLe
Shoutout to the reviewer who thinks our hosting lineup has changed (it has not) for the worse (that’s your opinion). This week: William, Kate, and Camilla all get new titles, perhaps just because they felt like it An investigative reporter determines that Taylor...
04.19.2024
Meghan Markle Commits The Ultimate Atrocity: Making Jam
We’ve just learned that a fifth grader listens to this show (hi, Zarie!) and would consider a swear jar if the tabloids weren’t so… you know.This week: A gross, sexist rundown of a feud between two Vegas strip clubs WHY DON’T WE...
04.12.2024
DEVASTATING: Netflix Made Prince Andrew, A Sweet Angel Boy, Look Bad
It was a total fail-clypse of the heart. This week: Netflix borrows a little too much from reality and makes Andrew look guilty of what many agree he looks guilty of The queer children of famous people are scrutinized for the sake of...
04.05.2024
SCANDAL: JoJo Siwa Spotted With Monster PEEN
It’s a return to our regular failure format, friends. This week: The Prince Andrew rehabilitation tour continues, inexplicablyA study involving nose sizes and male anatomy involved a nonzero number of corpsesJoJo Siwa, an adult person, enters a sex shopFind your hosts on...
03.29.2024
#KateGate: People Still Be Saying Stuff (Derogatory)
With Kate’s now-public diagnosis of cancer, we wish the Princess all the best… but it hasn’t quieted down the tabloid maelstrom of ugliness, blame, and misdirection. The real question is: was it ever going to?In what we hope is our...
03.22.2024
KateGate 2024: What We Know, But Mostly Don't
IMPORTANT NOTE: This episode was released just hours before the Princess' announcement that she's receiving treatment for cancer. We're sending thoughts and love to Catherine and her family; please note, in the interim, that the information in this episode reflects...
03.15.2024
#KateGate Got Worse, Somehow
IMPORTANT NOTE: This episode was recorded and released weeks prior to the Princess' announcement that she's receiving treatment for cancer. Our thoughts and best wishes are with her family.Well, listeners, we thought we were going to return to our normal...
03.08.2024
Where is Kate Middleton?
IMPORTANT NOTE: This episode was recorded and released weeks prior to the Princess' announcement that she's receiving treatment for cancer. Our thoughts and best wishes are with her family.This week, we break format and present a Very Special Episode™ all...
03.01.2024
Prince Andrew, A Good And Normal Guy, Gets A Comeback
If you like piña fail-ladas / and getting caught in the rain of stories that make no sense and are bad oh god please send helpThis week: A West End production of a play about different experiences of racism offers...
02.23.2024
A Cosmetic Surgery Bonanza Extraordinaire (feat. Dr. Jonathan Zelken)
Is fail an aesthetic? Can we make it one? This week, we’re joined by Dr. Jonathan Zelken — plastic surgeon to the stars and astute assessor of all aesthetic propagandizing. Story-wise: Heidi Pratt says she’s not on Ozempic (but...
02.16.2024
Noted Paleolithic Artifact Joe Biden Is Actually His Wife’s Fault
Will you be our fail-entines? This week: If King Charles has cancer, so do… all Americans?Jill Biden is a puppeteer mastermind and also a medical doctor (actually she is neither)Meghan and Harry don’t deserve last names
02.09.2024
King Charles’ Medical History (Horses’ Version)
Don’t hate the fail, hate the game. Actually, hate all of it. This week: There is no better time to rehash the monarch’s various horse-related injuries than… a cancer diagnosis?Nobody wants to hang out with Harry :( Taylor...
02.02.2024
Elizabeth Moss Doesn’t Have A Public Dating History To Shame, But That Won’t Stop Us
Happy Fail-bruary. This week:Prince William, father of three children, must actually parent his childrenRich women are undateable because men must be able to be providers or they’ll dieElizabeth Moss is pregnant, so we simply must come up with ways to...
01.26.2024
Jeremy Allen White Is Succeeding. Let’s Make Him Look Like A Bad Dude!
Flipping the fail bird. This week: The hot, successful figurehead of a very successful show is actually a recovering addict, and therefore a bad person <3 Kate Middleton is in the hospital for something that will not kill her,...
01.19.2024
TRAGIC: Queen Elizabeth Spent Her Final Days Jealous Of A Toddler
In the fail caucus, the winner is… nobody. This week:The late Queen, a notable owner of things, actually only owned her name and was devastated when Harry and Meghan… took it from her?The advent of Ozempic reveals that body positivity...
01.12.2024
Ivanka Trump Is A Nepo Baby And That’s The Problem, Actually
Let us light up the dead of winter with these shimmering, transcendent fails. This week:Ivanka Trump is a nepo baby, so once again we don’t have to talk about the other stuffThese famous people are going to RFK Jr.’s party...
01.05.2024
Charles And Camilla Are So In Lo— Look Over There!
2024 is coming in hot with the fails, and we’d expect nothing less. This week:The British monarchs are #thriving, and even if they weren’t, everyone else is definitely worse at thisA woman of color is directing a Star War and...
12.29.2023
Hugh Jackman Posted A Beautiful, Totally Normal Gingerbread House And We Are In Shambles
Fail Lang Syne? Auld Lang Fail? Either way, pass the eggnog. This week:The Jackman family’s gingerbread house still happened this year and still looks beautiful even though divorce and heartbreak and whateverThat actress from Love, Actually is old now (yuck!)...
12.22.2023
MEN: The Victim of Sydney Sweeney’s Imaginary Breast Reduction
You better watch out / You better not cry / You better not fail / We’re telling you why… This week:Jinger Duggar, a survivor of a literal cult, wore jeans. Whose side are you on about it?!Sydney Sweeney has boobs,...
12.15.2023
We Love And Respect Taylor Swift. Here’s The Inside Of Her Garage
Dashing through the fails in a one-horse open SLAY. This week: Taylor Swift’s birthday gift from the paparazzi was hanging out outside her home all day and taking pictures of every single person who approached itPrince of Hugs can’t...
12.08.2023
Meghan Markle Wears Leggings. Kate Wears A Gown. ENEMIES?? (feat. James Barr)
Chasing our tails trying to track down these fails — this week, with special guest James Barr of A Gay And A NonGay. This week: Meghan Markle’s athleisure and practical shoes are hiding the anguish of not being invited to...
12.01.2023
Meghan And Harry Have A Puppet, But Not The Fun Kind
‘Tis the season for fails beyond reason. This week:Royal journalist Omid Scobie has a new book out, filled with literally true things about the Royal family. So it’s the Sussexes’ fault!General Motors has to eat a billion dollars in costs...
11.24.2023
Noted Bad Boy Joe Biden Shakes A Hand And Doesn’t Take Notes During A Meeting
We’re thankful for these fails this week. But not like that. This week: Why are all of these hot, successful women single? It’s their fault for not being good enough at dating, of course Meghan Markle...
11.17.2023
If We Pretend Ivanka Trump Looks Like Barbie We Can Ignore The Other Stuff
As we would’ve said in 2011: EPIC FAIL!!! This week: Ivanka Trump wore an outfit to a music festival, and that’s all that’s happening with her family, really Aliens are coming to Earth between 2025 and...
11.10.2023
Prince Harry Is SNUBBING His Dad’s Birthday (Because He Wasn’t Invited)
Fails on unprecedented scales. This week: WOKE PSYCHIATRISTS say you should RESPECT your CHILDREN???? King Charles is once again being bullied by his evil son Harry, who is not coming to an event he was not...
11.03.2023
Matthew Perry Passed Away, So Let’s See If We Can Make Him A Pervert
To err is human. To fail is divine. This week: The British Royals are #ThriftyGoals, and no, we’re not kidding, that’s literally the article In the wake of Matthew Perry’s tragic death, a very sexist and...
10.27.2023
Meghan Markle Could Have Ended Racism By Not Dating Harry… Apparently
These fails are truly beyond the pale. This week: Travis Kelce’s girlfriend, who is noteworthy for no other reason, visited his home and we need a play-by-play about it A gossip columnist reveals that a prosecco-fueled...
10.20.2023
Won’t Somebody Please Think Of Justin Timberlake, The Real Victim Here?
Inhale… fail… exhale. This week: Kate Middleton’s family are under attack (there are flyers on lampposts) Justin Timberlake was the real victim of Britney Spears’ abortion several decades ago! Who knew?! An editorial writer...
10.13.2023
Sophie Turner Does Her Job, Is A Harlot (feat. Kate Casey)
Time to nail these fails with special guest Kate Casey of Reality Life with Kate Casey! This week: Sophie Turner is smiling on a movie set and wearing clothes, is obviously a bad wife and mother ...
10.06.2023
Dianne Feinstein’s Seat Could’ve Been Meghan Markle’s (Except It Wasn’t)
It’s the fails that ail us. This week: “Woke” still doesn’t mean what you think it means, and neither do “polls” An accomplished woman died, so it’s time to talk about Meghan Markle again ...
09.29.2023
Taylor Swift Surpasses Degenerative Brain Disease As Thing Most Likely To Hurt Football Players (?)
We need a shovel and pail to scoop up all these fails. This week: Russell Brand, notable Bad Dude, is actually bad because of ties to Meghan Markle Malia Obama wears a crop top and hides...
09.22.2023
BREAKING: People Who Are Wrong Say Simone Biles Is Old And Not Very Good (feat. Margo Donohue)
We have a guest this week to bail us outta these fails — it’s Margo Donohue, co-host of What A Creep. This week: Simone Biles is going to the world championships of her sport once again, so let’s...
09.15.2023
Prince William Is More Popular In The U.S. Than Vladimir Putin (Swoon!)
And the survey says… this publication doesn’t understand surveys. This week: A survey reveals that men hate it when women have opinions, women hate it when men are bad people A survey UNVEILS that Prince William...
09.08.2023
Leonardo DiCaprio Finds His Forever 25-Year-Old
*coo, coo* Hear that, listeners? It’s the call of the fail quail. This week: Meghan and Harry went to Beyoncé, so let’s allege some cross-dressing and bad vibes Leonardo DiCaprio has dated a 25 year old...
09.01.2023
If You’re Not Personally Installing Deadbolts In Hotel Doors, What Are You Even Doing? (feat. Chris DeRosa)
We’re joined this week by Chris DeRosa of Fixing Famous People — and these fails are truly in need of fixing. This week: Jennifer Garner puts her tresses up, wears totally normal clothes, drinks mystery beverage, and...
08.25.2023
Prince Harry Being A Terrible Person (?) Humanizes His Father (?)
The publication continues publishing, and thus we continue lampooning. This week: A compilation of Queen music for children omits one song, is obviously woke cancel culture at a new low King Charles is (1) made more...
08.18.2023
REVEALED: The Mysterious, Completely Unidentifiable Reason Straight Women Don’t Have Good Sex
We’ve hit the Holy Fail Grail, folks. This week: The third corner of Wills and Kate’s love triangle is just a totally normal and nice friend, and also we don't know where William is Straight women...
08.11.2023
Queen Camilla Has Interests Because Of Generational Trauma, Not Because She’s A Person
Fail it up, friends. It’s Friday. This week: The secret to not binge eating is just not thinking about food, or planning meals Camilla can only be interested in domestic violence because of a MAJOR SCOOP...
08.04.2023
Damson Idris Allegedly Becoming James Bond And/Or Related To Idris Elba
All we do is fail, fail, fail, fail no matter what. This week: A listener directed us to a bonkers case of betting, Bond-ing, and a misinterpretation of how surnames work. Malia Obama, after a very...
07.28.2023
The U.K. Is The Greatest Nation On Earth Because Americans Go There Sometimes (feat. Greta Johnsen)
All aboard the Fail Train – this week, with special guest Greta Johnsen of WBEZ’s Nerdette! Our fails this week: The cast of Barbie have perfect skin because of tea and fermented foods and lasers, and not...
07.21.2023
Jennifer Lopez Was Locked Out Of Her Gym (Until Someone Opened the Door)
Failelujah, it’s Friday. This week: Meghan Markle went to a pleasant farmer’s market, was obviously being evil about it Jennifer Lopez had a frustrating moment, was not pleased to see the paparazzi. The horror! ...
07.14.2023
Is Prince William The Sexiest Man Alive, Or Do We Just Not Have Eyes Anymore?
Not just fails, but flops! We’ve got something for everybody. This week: An actually-very-dangerous misrepresentation of what two (2) Seattle schools are doing to support students Prince William rides a horse, is perhaps the hottest man...
07.07.2023
SHOCKING: After 30 Years, Kevin Costner’s Ex-Wife Has Moved On
We’re hiking the fail trail. Join us. This week in fails: Meghan and Harry are pursuing separate artistic endeavors, an obvious (?) sign (?) of marital strife (?) Are your brain fog, bad parking, and lack...
06.30.2023
BREAKING: Tom Cruise, 60, Looks Older Than He Used To
The daily failing’s got us flailing. This week: Tom Cruise looks tired… or does he? Meghan Markle is too Black, not Black enough, could have learned how to be the right amount of Black from white...
06.23.2023
It’s Time To List Things Meghan Markle Is Doing Wrong (Again)
Some fails are just paving the way for future success. Not these ones, though. This week in daily fails: This home office furniture company says that, unless you buy their stuff, remote workers are gonna be SUPER ugly...
06.16.2023
New York’s Pollution “Toxic,” Could Also Make You Look Ugly :(
Fails are a way of life. This week on the Daily Fail: The apocalyptic pollution from Canada’s wildfires frightened many a New Yorker — but did you know it was actually mostly dangerous for your skin? ...
06.09.2023
Meghan Markle BETRAYED This 83-Year-Old Dude In Pasadena (?)
Oh lawd, they failin’. Daily. This week: Target supposedly hates Mount Rushmore, Israel, and the military. Due to swimsuits. We think. Bad puns about Taylor Swift, who is still not allowed to be happy ...
06.02.2023
Every Taylor Swift Fan Is Wearing a Diaper, Probably
It seems our desperate attempts to make web journalism smart again haven’t worked yet. We’ll keep at it. This week in daily fails: -Emily Ratajkowski went out in public wearing clothes and eyeglasses, which is very brainy of her -Meghan...
05.26.2023
In Memoriam: Let’s List All the Times Tina Turner Suffered!
Another banner week for ethically dubious and aesthetically questionable news. Maura and Kristen discuss: A study suggesting that Boomers are actually more health conscious than “Millennials,” which at this point has a very nebulous definition A...

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Daily Fail episodes:

Meghan And Harry Commit Yet Another Crime: Acknowledging The African Continent

Taylor Swift, Who Could Kill Us All With Her Bare Hands, HiTs ThE bOtTLe

Meghan Markle Commits The Ultimate Atrocity: Making Jam

DEVASTATING: Netflix Made Prince Andrew, A Sweet Angel Boy, Look Bad

SCANDAL: JoJo Siwa Spotted With Monster PEEN

#KateGate: People Still Be Saying Stuff (Derogatory)

KateGate 2024: What We Know, But Mostly Don't

#KateGate Got Worse, Somehow

Where is Kate Middleton?

Prince Andrew, A Good And Normal Guy, Gets A Comeback

A Cosmetic Surgery Bonanza Extraordinaire (feat. Dr. Jonathan Zelken)

Noted Paleolithic Artifact Joe Biden Is Actually His Wife’s Fault

King Charles’ Medical History (Horses’ Version)

Elizabeth Moss Doesn’t Have A Public Dating History To Shame, But That Won’t Stop Us

Jeremy Allen White Is Succeeding. Let’s Make Him Look Like A Bad Dude!

TRAGIC: Queen Elizabeth Spent Her Final Days Jealous Of A Toddler

Ivanka Trump Is A Nepo Baby And That’s The Problem, Actually

Charles And Camilla Are So In Lo— Look Over There!

Hugh Jackman Posted A Beautiful, Totally Normal Gingerbread House And We Are In Shambles

MEN: The Victim of Sydney Sweeney’s Imaginary Breast Reduction

We Love And Respect Taylor Swift. Here’s The Inside Of Her Garage

Meghan Markle Wears Leggings. Kate Wears A Gown. ENEMIES?? (feat. James Barr)

Meghan And Harry Have A Puppet, But Not The Fun Kind

Noted Bad Boy Joe Biden Shakes A Hand And Doesn’t Take Notes During A Meeting

If We Pretend Ivanka Trump Looks Like Barbie We Can Ignore The Other Stuff

Prince Harry Is SNUBBING His Dad’s Birthday (Because He Wasn’t Invited)

Matthew Perry Passed Away, So Let’s See If We Can Make Him A Pervert

Meghan Markle Could Have Ended Racism By Not Dating Harry… Apparently

Won’t Somebody Please Think Of Justin Timberlake, The Real Victim Here?

Sophie Turner Does Her Job, Is A Harlot (feat. Kate Casey)

Dianne Feinstein’s Seat Could’ve Been Meghan Markle’s (Except It Wasn’t)

Taylor Swift Surpasses Degenerative Brain Disease As Thing Most Likely To Hurt Football Players (?)

BREAKING: People Who Are Wrong Say Simone Biles Is Old And Not Very Good (feat. Margo Donohue)

Prince William Is More Popular In The U.S. Than Vladimir Putin (Swoon!)

Leonardo DiCaprio Finds His Forever 25-Year-Old

If You’re Not Personally Installing Deadbolts In Hotel Doors, What Are You Even Doing? (feat. Chris DeRosa)

Prince Harry Being A Terrible Person (?) Humanizes His Father (?)

REVEALED: The Mysterious, Completely Unidentifiable Reason Straight Women Don’t Have Good Sex

Queen Camilla Has Interests Because Of Generational Trauma, Not Because She’s A Person

Damson Idris Allegedly Becoming James Bond And/Or Related To Idris Elba

The U.K. Is The Greatest Nation On Earth Because Americans Go There Sometimes (feat. Greta Johnsen)

Jennifer Lopez Was Locked Out Of Her Gym (Until Someone Opened the Door)

Is Prince William The Sexiest Man Alive, Or Do We Just Not Have Eyes Anymore?

SHOCKING: After 30 Years, Kevin Costner’s Ex-Wife Has Moved On

BREAKING: Tom Cruise, 60, Looks Older Than He Used To

It’s Time To List Things Meghan Markle Is Doing Wrong (Again)

New York’s Pollution “Toxic,” Could Also Make You Look Ugly :(

Meghan Markle BETRAYED This 83-Year-Old Dude In Pasadena (?)

Every Taylor Swift Fan Is Wearing a Diaper, Probably

In Memoriam: Let’s List All the Times Tina Turner Suffered!