Doomscroll Podcast

Lisa and Matt are joined in this episode by Sarah Rumpf, a contributing editor at Mediaite to talk about all the latest news, including Donald Trump pretending to support striking auto workers and a lot more.

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00:25 — Joe Biden pickets with auto worker union while Trump pretends he likes workers

06:24 — Democrats' calls for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign while Republicans embrace criminal party members

13:27 — Former Trump secretary says he wrote to-do notes for her on classified documents

15:31 — Oligarch Rupert Murdoch stepping down as head of Fox Corporation

22:48 — Right-wing male pundits are saying Taylor Swift is ugly

28:07 — Jimmy Carter attends peanut festival ahead of 99th birthday

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Matt and Lisa are joined in this episode by Doug J. Balloon, the creator of the New York Times Pitchbot parody Twitter account for a definitely not-safe-for-work discussion about all the news of the week, including Conan O’Brien’s assertion that Donald Trump made comedy monologues a lot harder, very serious allegations being lobbed at Russell Brand, and Trump’s totally bizarre cult musical performance at his latest speech.

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00:22 — Conan O'Brien says Trump broke comedy

04:10 — Russell Brand faces sex assault allegations

13:56 — NBC's Kristen Welker fails in Trump interview

22:01 — Trump playing cult music in his speeches now

27:53 — Bill Maher & Drew Barrymore shamed into canceling shows

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Matt and Lisa are joined in this episode by podcaster and illustrator Eiynah Mohammed-Smith for NSFW takes about all the news of the week, including Republicans moving forward on their interminable impeachment threats, strange religious brainwashing videos from Dennis Prager, and Ashton Kucher and Mila Kunis getting blasted for standing up for Danny Masterson after his conviction.

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00:39 — House Republicans move forward with impeachment and shutdown threats

03:47 — Christian and Muslim extremists decide to be evil together

07:35 — Dennis Prager is putting weird propaganda videos into public schools

16:14 — Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher backpedaling after video for Danny Masterson

19:54 — U.S. copyright agency denies copyright request for AI image

22:58 — Elon Musk is being hypocritical again with Twitter

29:28 — Drew Barrymore violates Hollywood strike by bringing show back

31:27 — Hostess is being bought by Smuckers, will it mean dog food Twinkies?

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Lisa Curry and Matthew Sheffield are joined in this episode by comedian and television writer Camille Corbett for NSFW takes about all the news of the week, including flooding at the Burning Man festival, nepo babies, and that very strange brawl at a country music concert in Pittsburgh.

Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odXGLfSCDg8

Timecodes

00:24 Burning Man attendees finally get their apocalypse lifestyle

05:01 Porta-pottie throwdown in Pittsburgh!

07:54 Marjorie Taylor Greene isn't crazy enough for far-right Republicans

13:28 The U.S. Senate has become a retirement home for people who won't retire

25:14 Shaq has a new rap song, because reasons

27:00 Nepo babies are everywhere, especially entertainment and politics

34:24 Parent organization of CPAC performs exorcisms after staff members ask for raise

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Join Matthew Sheffield, Lisa Curry, and guest Nicole Conlan as they share hot takes about all the news of the week, including Fox News Channel host Jesse Watters's very strange expression of admiration for Donald Trump.

01:18 — Trump finally gets mugshot on 4th arrest

05:20 — Right-wingers think mugshot Trump is hot now?

11:38 — Georgia's Trumper rogues gallery

14:02 — Jordan Peterson shows off newest clown suit

17:56 — Far-right women ask: How much subservience to men is enough?

22:02 — Why comics sell out: Repeating GOP talking points is how to get rich

26:15 — Spanish soccer president blasted for kissing player w/o consent

30:30 — Nicki Minaj fans are stalking women named 'Stephanie Bell'

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Matt, Lisa, and guest Chrissy Stroop discuss:

00:36 — Rudy Giuliani is begging Donald Trump for money for his failed 2020 election lawsuits, but Trump hasn’t paid a cent so far

02:57 — Despite not getting his lawyering payout, Rudy is still making hundreds of thousands a year thanks to the miracle of “wingnut welfare”

05:37 — As Republicans gear up for their first presidential debate, Trump says he’s not going to go to any of them

11:13 — Jordan Peterson busted for turning negative reviews into positive blurbs for paperback edition of his latest book

15:10 — International Chess Federation bans trans women from women’s tournaments, wth?

22:31 — Cheems, the dog who inspired countless “Doge” memes passed away

23:57 — Woman says she gave $10,000 to man pretending to be a Stranger Things cast member

27:04 — A Christian nationalist coffee shop in Florida faces ridicule for misspelling a Bible reference on its plastic cups

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Lisa and Matt discuss:

00:08 — Elon Musk chickens out of his fight with Mark Zuckerberg while pretending he didn’t

04:45 — Las Vegas hotels dealing with bed bug infestations

07:38 — Ron DeSantis and allies spent $95k to pay off Iowa Christian Republican group

09:21 — DeSantis shuts down go-karts for a photo-op

13:57 — Donald Trump Junior’s very weird outdoor magazine

20:56 — People are making Donald Trump coloring books

23:16 — Arkansas Republican boasts she’s replacing little libraries’ LGBTQ books with Bibles

29:26 — Drake begs fans to stop throwing their bras at him

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Matt, Lisa, and guest host Nick Nuñez talk about:

* Why people aren’t taking the congressional space alien hearings seriously

* Lisa’s extremely normal high school math teacher who told students about being abducted (4:19)

* Green Party presidential candidate Cornel West owes $500k to the IRS and $50k in child support (8:15)

* Steve Bannon apparently kept a bathtub filled with formaldehyde or some type of acid in his house (14:47)

* Donald Trump gets his third post-presidential indictment for January 6th (16:16)

* Kanye “Ye” West’s defunct Christian private school is getting sued by lots of people. Students were banned from wearing Adidas, there was no school nurse, and crossword puzzels were banned. (19:22)

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Lisa, Matt, and guest Juliet Jeske of “Decoding Fox News” discuss:

* The complete idiocy of “Orange Man Bad” (3:07)

* Marjorie Taylor Greene sends nude Hunter Biden photos to constituents (6:20)

* The entire right wing declares war on “Barbie” to no avail (8:32)

* “The Sound of Freedom” and the strange world of right-wing cinema (18:44)

* Why everyone hates Ron DeSantis (25:54)

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Matt, Lisa, and guest Brandie Posey discuss:

* Actors and entertainment writers going on strike

* Studios want to scan your body and use your image forever for without royalties (03:32)

* Why putting an offline stuff on the internet is nothing special (9:18)

* Sarah Silverman sues ChatGPT’s creators for copyright infringement (12:55)

* Ohio Republican accused of voter fraud says he accidentally voted twice in two different elections (18:05)

* Republicans want to ban military for paying for abortion travel expenses (22:03)

* Donald Trump is reaching out to the MMA bro market (32:34)

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