The Complete Disaster Podcast

August 25th is a day that will go down in infamy. No, not because that's the day Zimbabwe joined the UN, although that's very important as well. We lost two beloved icons nearly simultaneously yesterday. Also Meta lost 17 billion dollars, although that's functionally nothing to them.

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Dolly Parton and Tim Curry died

Meta received a 17 billion dollar judgement against them

Targeted ads on your phone

Groceries are expensive

Emily in Paris final season premiere date

We've all known picky eaters. Perhaps we are one ourselves. Not wanting to eat an "Oreo chicken burger" isn't so much being picky as self-preservation. But kids seem to be able to take it to another level.

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Keep your dogs away from blue-green algae

Rocky Horror Picture Show traditions

Picky eaters

KFC China has created a new abomination

Australian Guy goes to jail over a carnival game

Football season is upon us, which means Costaki is back. It also means news from Alaska and Greece. And jokes. Gotta have jokes.

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Taking very young kids to Disney World: a good idea?

Alaska is big, remote, and far away

Greece is fun

Why is the NFL schedule set the way it is?

Stories from when the Super Bowl took over Minneapolis

Jack Hicks is back for what is likely to be a weekly appearance. Unless, of course, he gets cancelled for saying the wrong thing. Maybe it would be better if we stuck with talking about wrestlers who are either dead or very old. You're unlikely to get a piledriver from one of them, so it's pretty safe.

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Pronouns and corporate HR issues

Wrestlers from the 40s to today

On the 11th, it will have been 25 years since 9/11. Did you know that Tom and the rest of the KQ Morning Show played a small role in its history? Some of us were too young to even really know what it meant. Perhaps it was better that way.

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Diarrhea Summer is coming to an end

9/11 Reunited is a sad look at a tragic memory

Covid masks: do they work?

Shelley Fabares dies at 82

Barbara Eden continues to live at 95

You know how some celebrity news is so boring that you genuinely wonder how anyone could possibly care? We've got some today. Never let it be said that we're not on the cutting edge of celeb gossip. Selectively. Usually we select "not at all".

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Scarlett Johansson's magnesium woes

The slow decline of radio

A Dunkin' Donuts truck broke down in a fortuitous location

Fernando recently helped his son move from California to Texas. Then he went back. You know how moving sucks? Helping someone move a thousand miles also sucks. Maybe worse, actually. But hey, we do what we can for our kids, right? Even if their respect for authority could maybe use some work.

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Fernando is tired because of his long trip

The story behind Agent Bigglesby and the name James P Rochester

Our systems are broken, but how do we fix them?

Remember TV edits of movies? When they'd replace swear words with nonsense? We're not sure if "dink" qualifies as a replacement for a swear or not, but we do know that it's a pickleball thing. It's also a movie. About pickleball.

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Spa Weekend isn't very good

Lanterns on HBO Max is pretty good

The Dink is very good

We don't know how good The Day the Clown Cried is

Kristyn has famous cats, apparently. Go ask AI about them. While we're on the topic, we asked ChatGPT about Jude. It gave a surprisingly detailed analysis of him, entirely based on things we've said during the show. Cool? Yes. Creepy? Also yes.

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AI knows our pets

The 25th anniversary of 9/11 is coming up

Margaret Qualley wore some questionable shoes

HGTV is still a thing, and Meghan Markle is part of it

Palm Beach is expensive

Kathryn had to go to the doctor today. The way they talked, you'd think she's in her 90s. Maybe it's because she's tall. Tall people don't live as long, you know. Especially the ones that are in the eight foot range. And especially the ones that eat sprouts contaminated with E. Coli. That's a thing now, by the way.

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Kathryn's doctor visit

Medicare, medicaid, and health insurance

Outstanding refugee award

Minnesota fraud

Contaminated sprouts

Ethel Caterham, world's oldest person, turns 117

Sultan Kosen is the world's tallest man