Daily Fail

By Kristen MeinzerSociety & Culture News News Commentary

Daily Fail episodes

March 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 about the absolute debacle that has been Kate Middleton’s leave of absence.
What do we know? Where have the tabloids and the palace shot themselves in the foot? And why, exactly, has the future queen of England all but vanished from the public eye? We present the facts, our hot takes, and some new intel — shared with us by the one and only Kate Casey (Patreon.com/KateCasey).

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53 min
March 01, 2024Prince 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 help
This week:
A West End production of a play about different experiences of racism offers shows for people who experience racism differently, Tories aghast
Prince Andrew is doing so good! And no we’re not going to mention the other stuff
You are a walking red flag and it’s destroying your chances at finding love <3

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41 min
February 23, 2024A 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 she is still doing a product placement about it)
How do rich people defy age and not look like decrepit goblins at 40?
Here are the tells that reveal your age (derogatory)
Find Dr. Zelken:
The Zelken Institute
Instagram @johnathanzelkenmd
YouTube

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39 min
February 16, 2024Noted 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 😡

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40 min
February 09, 2024King 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 Swift is in the pocket of the NFL, because obviously she needs them more than they need her (?)
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41 min
February 02, 2024Elizabeth 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 children
Rich women are undateable because men must be able to be providers or they’ll die
Elizabeth Moss is pregnant, so we simply must come up with ways to make her look like a floozy
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40 min
January 26, 2024Jeremy 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, but that’s not stopping anyone from melodrama
Diet like a pro and keep it a secret from all of your loved ones!*
*Please do not actually do that. If you’re in the U.S., you can call 1-888-375-7767 for eating disorder crisis assistance from ANAD, Monday-Friday, 9a-9p Central. The general mental health crisis line is 988.
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40 min
January 19, 2024TRAGIC: 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 was always a joke, and women were always crazy <3
Prince Harry is either a prodigious pilot or a stolen valor idiot, depending on the day

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41 min
January 12, 2024Ivanka 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 stuff
These famous people are going to RFK Jr.’s party (by which we mean they’re going out of their way to not do that)
Women, noted slags, fall out of love with men as a marriage progresses, and there’s ReALLy nO GoOd ReAsOn
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35 min
January 05, 2024Charles 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 this
A woman of color is directing a Star War and it’s gonna be a woke flop
A 16-year-old darts whiz is dating a 21-year-old darts amateur and what is happening

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37 min

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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.