Daily Fail

By Kristen MeinzerSociety & Culture News News Commentary

Daily Fail episodes

April 25, 2025Uncle Sam Wants YOU To Be Fertilized
Stars, stripes, fertility rates, and fails.

This week:
We need babies! Now! Not in a weird way!
Everyone is so mean to JK Rowling, a mean person
Las Vegas is scary and the hills have eyes :(

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Maura has a new hobby and now has to say: none of her comments should be construed as professional or legal advice, and her opinions do not reflect those of any institutions with which she’s affiliated.

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42 min
April 18, 2025GIRLBOSS SPACE TRIP!!!
We’re putting the ass back in astronaut, folks.

This week:
Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez clap back at the people who are making excellent points about how stupid this was
Katy Perry’s makeup really stuck in place for 10 whole minutes
Aimee Lou Wood cried and won’t tell us why :(

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Maura has a new hobby and now has to say: none of her comments should be construed as professional or legal advice, and her opinions do not reflect those of any institutions with which she’s affiliated.

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37 min
April 11, 2025Meghan McCain Victimized By The White Lotus
This week:
Anderson Cooper got BRUTALLY WOKED
Carrie Coon is actively mean to Meghan McCain and also Marvel
THERE ARE NO DIRE WOLVES!!!!!!!!!!

Bonus story: Maura’s Election Day reporting for Slate is finally out in the world. Give it a listen!

Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them.

Join us on Patreon for articles and photos at the $5 level (“Gutter”), and all of that plus an extra episode each week at the $10 level (“Tampongate”)! We’d love to have you, and your support <3

And if you like our show, let us know by leaving a great rating and review wherever you listen.

Maura has a new hobby and now has to say: none of her comments should be construed as professional or legal advice, and her opinions do not reflect those of any institutions with which she’s affiliated.

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38 min
April 04, 2025HORRIFYING: Meghan Markle’s Evil Jam Scam
LOWER THE COST OF JAM, YOU COWARDS

This week:
The jam heard ‘round the world sold out immediately. Bad?
The little Constitutional loophole that’s not illegal or disingenuous if you believe in yourself
Doing murder is really about the friends you make along the way

Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them.

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And if you like our show, let us know by leaving a great rating and review wherever you listen.

Maura has a new hobby and now has to say: none of her comments should be construed as professional or legal advice, and her opinions do not reflect those of any institutions with which she’s affiliated.

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40 min
March 28, 2025The Fail Chooses Trump In The DOGE Divorce
This week:
DOGE flops and the Fail admits it
Gwyneth Paltrow’s fake beef with Meghan Markle
RFK Jr. is taking your Skittles (not)

Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them.

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And if you like our show, let us know by leaving a great rating and review wherever you listen.

Maura has a new hobby and now has to say: none of her comments should be construed as professional or legal advice, and her opinions do not reflect those of any institutions with which she’s affiliated.

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40 min
March 21, 2025Meghan Markle’s Big Waffle Lie
Fail o’ the Irish?

This week:
Meghan Markle’s haters point out a very minor detail about very festive waffles
The astronauts “stranded” in space are home and not fighting secret health battles
Gene Hackman chose Alzheimer’s and you can too

Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them.

Join us on Patreon for articles and photos at the $5 level (“Gutter”), and all of that plus an extra episode each week at the $10 level (“Tampongate”)! We’d love to have you, and your support <3

And if you like our show, let us know by leaving a great rating and review wherever you listen.

Maura has a new hobby and now has to say: none of her comments should be construed as professional or legal advice, and her opinions do not reflect those of any institutions with which she’s affiliated.

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41 min
March 14, 2025YUM: Jackie Kennedy’s Daily Endangered Caviar Potato
We love fails and potato skins. Fight us about it.

This week:
DOGE is not, in fact, giving us thousands of dollars
Your dentist knows about your sex life and hates you for it
Jackie Kennedy’s bonkers diet is not #goals

Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them.

Join us on Patreon for articles and photos at the $5 level (“Gutter”), and all of that plus an extra episode each week at the $10 level (“Tampongate”)! We’d love to have you, and your support <3

And if you like our show, let us know by leaving a great rating and review wherever you listen.

Maura has a new hobby and now has to say: none of her comments should be construed as professional or legal advice, and her opinions do not reflect those of any institutions with which she’s affiliated.

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38 min
March 07, 2025Meghan Markle’s Netflix Show: Harmless Eye Candy Or Heathenous Soul Killer?
Guess you could say Meghan has gotten herself in quite the jam.

This week:
The cinematic Luigi sex tapes are out there (maybe)
A beat-for-beat hypothetical scenario of how a nuclear holocaust would definitely happen
With loathe, Meghan

Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them.

Join us on Patreon for articles and photos at the $5 level (“Gutter”), and all of that plus an extra episode each week at the $10 level (“Tampongate”)! We’d love to have you, and your support <3

And if you like our show, let us know by leaving a great rating and review wherever you listen.

Maura has a new hobby and now has to say: none of her comments should be construed as professional or legal advice, and her opinions do not reflect those of any institutions with which she’s affiliated.

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47 min
February 28, 2025Elon Musk, An Adult Man, Got Baby Trapped :(
Fail to the king.

This week:
An absolutely grisly account of Gene Hackman’s home, like 20 minutes after his death was announced
Elon Musk is just a little guy who can’t help but impregnate people he meets online
Honestly, we pray that Nostradamus was right

Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them.

Join us on Patreon for articles and photos at the $5 level (“Gutter”), and all of that plus an extra episode each week at the $10 level (“Tampongate”)! We’d love to have you, and your support <3

And if you like our show, let us know by leaving a great rating and review wherever you listen.

Maura has a new hobby and now has to say: none of her comments should be construed as professional or legal advice, and her opinions do not reflect those of any institutions with which she’s affiliated.

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46 min
February 21, 2025Cynthia Erivo Doing Jesus Christ Superstar is Blasphemy, Actually
So if you care to find us… look to the western fail.

This week:
Vaccine-hesitant distant relatives of J.D. Vance may, tragically, reap what they sow
Cynthia Erivo may method-act herself into being a false prophet
Meghan Markle is forced to rebrand her jam: jam!

Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them.

Join us on Patreon for articles and photos at the $5 level (“Gutter”), and all of that plus an extra episode each week at the $10 level (“Tampongate”)! We’d love to have you, and your support <3

And if you like our show, let us know by leaving a great rating and review wherever you listen.

Maura has a new hobby and now has to say: none of her comments should be construed as professional or legal advice, and her opinions do not reflect those of any institutions with which she’s affiliated.

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38 min

About Daily Fail

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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.