Doomscroll Podcast

Doomscroll Podcast

By Lisa Curry and Matthew SheffieldComedyNewsPolitics
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Doomscroll Podcast episodes

  • As attention turns to Project 2025, Trump lies about his many connections
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    Audio Chapters

    0:00 — Trump lies about his tight connections to radical Project 2025

    08:16 — Joe Biden refuses to take cognitive test during ABC News interview

    12:52 — Report: Several senior House Democrats say they want Biden to end candidacy

    15:43 — Jasmine Crockett and several prominent Black Democrats call for unity behind Biden

    22:54 — Left-wing parties won big elections in France and UK

    26:30 — Entertainer Amber Rose will speak at Republican National Committee

    28:53 — Actor and comedian Jay Johnston pleads guilty to rioting on January 6th

    31:01 — LeBron James and son are set to become NBA's first-ever father-son teammates

    33:02 — Target says it will no longer take personal checks

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    3 min
  • Democrats are right to be upset and concerned about Joe Biden

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    Audio Chapters

    0:00 — Joe Biden's debate debacle shows that Democrats need drastic change at the top of their ticket

    09:58 — Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett becomes first Democratic official to say Biden should end campaign

    11:11 — Legally speaking, only Kamala Harris can use money donated to Joe Biden

    13:36 — Political scientist who correctly predicted 9 of last 10 presidential elections says Biden would still win

    15:10 — Right-wing SCOTUS criminalizes homelessness and says presidents have "absolute immunity" for official acts

    18:16 — Steve Bannon is finally rotting in jail

    20:51 — Rudy Giuliani officially is disbarred in New York

    23:15 — Candace Owens says science is a religion and that flat-earthers should be taken seriously

    27:46 — Simone Biles qualified for her third Olympics

    30:38 — "Inside Out 2" becomes first film of 2024 to gross over $1 billion

    32:19 — BET Awards condemned for giving lifetime shout-out to OJ Simpson

    34:05 — Taraji P. Henson educated millions about the threat of right-wing extremism

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    40 min
  • Team Trump realized that attacking Biden’s capacity made his debate job easier
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    Audio Chapters

    00:00 — Biden and Trump prep for first debate and Doomscroll will be doing it live with them

    06:13 — Republicans realizing that they set Biden up for debate victory by lying about his mental capacity

    10:38 — Trump admits he loves the presidential candidacies of Jill Stein and Cornel West

    13:49 — Josh Duggar loses appeal of CSA possession conviction

    16:50 — Lauren Boebert endorses Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law: “We need morals back in our nation”

    21:16 — Golfer John Rahm blames drones after terrible swing

    22:53 — Hawaiian lifeguard and “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor dies from shark attack

    24:15 — Katie Perry and Jared Leto panned for bizarre transparent outfits

    28:19 — MMA fighter proposes to girlfriend after match, gets rejected

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    5 min
  • Truth Social stock value plummets as insiders prepare to hose MAGA

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    Audio Chapters

    0:00 — Truth Social's stock in freefall after his felony convictions and share dilution announcement

    03:52 — Louisiana Republicans pass law to put Ten Commandments posters in classrooms

    10:03 — Steve Bannon's request for cushy federal prison denied by judge

    11:30 — Trump now pretending to like Milwaukee after saying it was "horrible"

    14:08 — Fox News and other right-wing media figures flooding internet with deceptively edited Joe Biden videos

    16:19 — Brian Kilmeade proves he's a master of unintentional cringe comedy

    20:01 — Congress debating whether to make women register for military draft

    23:30 — California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants schools to ban phones on campus

    25:18 — Environmentalist protesters threw paint on Stonehenge

    28:22 — Vermont Republican state legislator busted for putting water in Democratic colleague's bag for 5 months

    32:15 — Pornhub bans 5 more red states from accessing the site due to fake "child protection" laws

    35:06 — Justin Timberlake charged with DWI

    37:04 — 2,000-year-old wine discovered in Spain

    Cover image: Composite image of Donald Trump speaking with attendees at a "Chase the Vote" rally at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona.

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    41 min
  • Trump’s debate strategy is the same as his strategy for everything else: Avoid any sort of responsibility
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    Audio Chapters

    00:00 — As evidence of his own senility piles up, Trump tells followers he’s considering “losing the debate on purpose”

    05:23 — Trump’s creepy comments about Nancy Pelosi and Taylor Swift

    10:37 — Recordings keep exposing that Samuel Alito is a Christian nationalist extremist

    14:37 — Senate Republicans block bill to protect IVF nationwide

    18:29 — Michigan Republican denies connection to bizarre AI Martin Luther King video

    21:06 — Turning Point USA pushing “raw milk” to own the libs

    27:00 — Armorer for “Rust” movie tragedy sentenced

    31:05 — Disney debuts replacement for racist Splash Mountain ride

    35:14 — Evangelical podcaster Alex Clark sells right-wing water (seriously)

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  • Steve Bannon and Alex Jones finally face some justice

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    Audio Chapters

    00:00 — Steve Bannon finally ordered to serve jail for crime anyone else would’ve served for years ago

    02:29 — Alex Jones says he'll sell InfoWars to pay Sandy Hook parents he lied about

    08:19 — Donald Trump tells confused, random story about sharks and batteries

    14:39 — Nevada Republican party chair boasts that party "worships" Trump

    17:21 — Byron Donalds, black Florida Republican, says black familes were better off under segregation

    20:30 — Hunter Biden trial versus Donald Trump's NYC fraud trial shows fundamental difference between the parties

    23:47 Julia Louis-Dreyfus subtweets former co-star Jerry Seinfeld on "political correctness"

    Cover image: Steve Bannon speaking at the Restoring National Confidence Summit at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada. January 29, 2024. Photo: Gage Skidmore

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    38 min
  • Will low-information voters care that Donald Trump is a convicted felon?

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    Audio Chapters

    0:00 — Trump finally convicted of crimes, but will low-info people realize he’s much worse than a regular politician?

    06:10 — Larry Hogan, Republicans' Maryland Senate candidate, faces cancellation in party for supporting Trump's guilty verdict

    10:01 — Mexico becomes latest country to elect a female president before the U.S.

    10:58 — Joe Biden calls for Gaza ceasefire

    14:31 — Dinesh D'Souza's trash movie "2000 Mules" has been retracted by its distributor

    18:34 — Rudy Giuliani revealed to be using 9/11 victims charity to evade payments to women he defamed

    21:32 — Fox honcho Rupert Murdoch marries 5th wife at age 93

    28:57 — Maya Hawke, daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, admits she is a "nepo baby"

    34:04 — Ryan Reynolds declares popcorn bucket war with new Wolverine and Deadpool movie

    Cover image: A citizen casts a ballot at a voting place in Brooklyn Park, New York City.

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    41 min
  • Trump gets booed heavily at Libertarian convention

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    Audio Chapters

    00:00 — Donald Trump booed big-time at Libertarian Party convention

    08:44 — Nikki Haley endorses Trump after pretending she was reluctant about it

    11:30 — Minnesota Republican Senate candidate spent campaign donations at strip club and sporting goods stores

    15:43 — Justice Department prosecuting Live Nation Ticketmaster for monopolistic practices

    21:09 — Florida priest arrested for allegedly biting parishioner during communion

    26:06 — Pope Francis prepares to canonize 15 year old known as “God’s influencer”

    Cover image: Donald Trump speaks at the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, DC, May 25, 2024. Photo via screenshot

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    May 28-June2: Brad Garrett’s comedy club @ MGM, Las Vegas

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    32 min
  • The mainstream media’s ‘both sides’ addiction has seriously damaged America’s politics
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    Be sure to check out the Professional Left podcast, and follow our guests, Driftglass and Bluegal on social media.

    Audio Chapters

    00:00 — Mainstream media reporters are desperate to avoid the question that half of their audience has insane beliefs

    03:41 — Biden and Trump are set for two presidential debates now

    08:30 — International Criminal Court issues indictments of Hamas and Israeli leaders, including PM Benjamin Netanyahu

    15:20 — Red Lobster declares bankruptcy, closes more than 100 restaurants

    17:15 — Kansas City Chiefs kicker stirs controversy with extremely religious, anti-American commencement speech

    Lisa’s Upcoming Shows

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  • Jasmine Crockett and AOC show how to handle MAGA’s sick behavior

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    Audio Chapters

    00:00 — Jasmine Crockett and AOC take out the MAGA trash

    11:46 — Right-wing SCOTUS justice Samuel Alito blames wife for flying upside-down American flag

    14:37 — The Republican judiciary needs to be reigned in by the public

    24:04 — Neo-Nazi activist Nick Fuentes streamed gay porn on his website

    28:26 — King Charles's all-red portrait has people wondering why

    Cover image: Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) poses on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.

    Lisa’s Upcoming Show Date

    May 28-June2: Brad Garrett’s comedy club @ MGM, Las Vegas

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    37 min

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