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The world can be an absolute shit show - so let's try to figure it out! Join Luce (Co-founder of Shit You Should Care About) and her big brother Nick as they help you navigate the world from one non-expert to another. It could be a shit show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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09.07.2023

In the week's episode of The Shit Show:The plane that had to be turned around because of a literal shit situationA part of China's Great Wall has been severely damaged by construction workers who wanted a shortcutWagner (the Russian mercenary ...

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09.07.2023 Squish's Last Ep :( In the week's episode of The Shit Show:The plane that had to be turned around because of a literal shit situationA part of China's Great Wall has been severely damaged by construction workers who wanted a shortcutWagner (the Russian mercenary ...
08.31.2023 Earworms, Mugshots and Scams On today's episode of The Shit Show podcast:All the new and crazy scams we're seeing latelyA woman had a LIVE WORM extracted from her brainThe aftermath of Trump's mugshotThe NZ green party, explained Today’s sponsored segment was brought to you ...
08.24.2023 Prigozhin crash, Fukushima splash This week on the shit show:Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was in a plane crash with no survivorsJapan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear disaster into the oceanThe NZ National party, explained Thank you to Neon for sponsoring this ...
08.17.2023 Zepotha: How Gen Z created an entire fake movie This week on The Shit ShowZepotha, explainedAn update on the soldier that crossed the border into North KoreaThe mother of the six-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia has pleaded guilty to a charge of felony child neglectThe NZ labour ...
08.10.2023 Mushroom Poisoning & Cellphone Bans This week on The Shit Show • The Australian mushroom poisoning case that’s got everyone talking • National’s policy on banning cellphones • Zoom requiring people to be in the office • An explainer on load shedding Hosted on Acast. ...
08.03.2023 Orbs, Superconductors, & Free Sandwiches for Life! This week on The Shit Show:Trader Joe’s Recalls Cookies and Falafel Because They ‘May Contain Rocks’Hangzhou Zoo confirms their Sun bears are real, not humans in disguiseA Kansas farmer surprised his wife by planting 80 acres of sunflowers for their ...
07.27.2023 Elon And His X's In today's episode we chat about:The British man who stole hundreds of thousands of Cadbury Creme Eggs and has now been sentenced to 18 months jailThe story behind that Albert Einstein photo where he's poking his tongue outSingapore is executing ...
07.24.2023 Own The Feels: Own The Lessons From Your First Break-up Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on Apple Podcasts here. Or on Spotify here. Welcome back to our last episode of Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing ...
07.20.2023 Neopets & North Korea This week Squish and Luce try to track down the person who wrote about her in the bathrooms at her high school, before discussing the soldier who crossed into North Korea, and the Neopets renaissance! Listen wherever you get your ...
07.17.2023 Own The Feels: Own Breaking-up With Shameful Feelings Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on Apple Podcasts here. Or on Spotify here. Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help ...
07.13.2023 Welcome Back Danny Ric! BBC dramas, a burger with nothing but 20 SLICES OF CHEESE, Sweden joining NATO and Danny Ric is coming back to the grid - what a week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
07.10.2023 Own The Feels: Own The Online Break-up Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on Apple Podcasts here. Or on Spotify here. Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help ...
07.06.2023 Why The Supreme Court Sucks This week on the mic we discuss all the new decisions from the Supreme Court, explain what's going on in France, talk about a 'Mars' simulator, a hot dog eating competition AND Lolita the whale being released from captivity! Thank ...
07.03.2023 Own The Feels: Own The Situationship Break-up Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on Apple Podcasts here. Or on Spotify here. Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help ...
06.29.2023 WTF just happened in Russia? This week on the mic Luce and Squish chat about the latest in Russia, wtf is going on with Grimace, the latest in the titan submersible disaster, and who would win in a cage match between Elon Musk and Zuck. ...
06.22.2023 A Subdate & A Charged Tate This week we're talking about what EVERYONE is talking about right now - the missing submarine. Also, Andrew Tate has been charged for a few crimes, so it's just a huge week on the podcast - listen wherever you get ...
06.16.2023 The Internet Was Weird This Week Luce and Squish are back on the mic to bring you… a lot of weird stories from the news cycle this week. A dude faked his own death to “teach his family a lesson,” University students dressed up as animals ...
06.08.2023 Culture Vulture: A Final Succession Session Join Bel, Dunc and Luce, as we unpack the final season of Succession and predict where all the characters will go next! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
06.01.2023 So We're Living In A Permacrisis? Luce is in New York! Enjoy this re-upload until we are back to our regular scheduling xx This week we're joined by Bel who's chiming in about something we're all living through right now - a permacrisis. What is it? ...
05.25.2023 A Social Media State Of The Union This week Luce and Dunc fill us in on all the latest updates in the social media world that we love to hate. Listen wherever you get your pods! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
05.18.2023 The Hollywood Writers Strike, Explained Why are writers on strike in Hollywood right now? What does this mean for all our favourite TV shows? How long will it go on for? All your questions answered in today's ep of The Shit Show! Hosted on Acast. ...
05.11.2023 Culture Vulture: Ronald From Jury Duty Spills All The Secrets Your long awaited interview with Ronald Gladden - the main character (unbeknownst to him) of the hit TV series Jury Duty! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
05.04.2023 Do You Care About The King's Coronation? Today Luce and Squish are on the mic (in the same place!!) to talk about whether anyone actually gives a shit about the king's coronation, 'Pepperoni Hug Spot,' compensation for biking in Belgium, and an orgasm during Tchaikovsky's 5th in ...
05.01.2023 Own The Feels: Own Reclaiming Your Identity Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on our Culture Vulture podcast feed, wherever you get your podcasts! Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our ...
04.27.2023 Panopticontent & Tucker Carlson Duncyclopedia is on the mic today talking about everything from groin shots, Buzzfeed News shutting down, Tucker Carlson, and the latest in AI Music generation. What's not to love about all that!! Listen wherever you get your pods!! Hosted on ...
04.24.2023 Own The Feels: Own The Gut Feelings Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on our Culture Vulture podcast feed, wherever you get your podcasts! Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our ...
04.20.2023 Bud Light and Fox News: The Conservatives Are Not Ok Luce is coming in hot off her night with The 1975 with Squish this week to bring you all up to date on how how conservatives are going right now (spoiler: they're not ok.) Listen wherever you get your pods! ...
04.17.2023 Own The Feels: Own the Stalking Signals Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on our Culture Vulture podcast feed, wherever you get your podcasts! Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our ...
04.10.2023 Own The Feels: Own the Ghosting Guilt Listen to the full episode of Own The Feels on our Culture Vulture podcast feed, wherever you get your podcasts! Welcome back to Own the Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our ...
04.06.2023 Trump, Charles Leclerc & Buzzy the Robot A tradish edish with a very tired Squish this week!!! We talk about Trump being 'indicated' as he calls it, Buzzfeed using AI to write articles for them, Charles Leclerc chasing down someone who stole his watch & more! Tune ...
04.03.2023 Own The Feels: Own The Green-eyed Monster Listen to the full episode on our Culture Vulture feed, wherever you get your podcasts! Welcome back to Own The Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest to help us break-up ...
03.30.2023 Popes, Politicians, & Pension Protests This week Luce and Dunc chat about the Pope in the Puffer, GPT-4, the TikTok trial, & French pensions protests. Listen wherever you get your pods! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
03.27.2023 Own The Feels: Own Being Better Than Revenge Listen to the full episode on our Culture Vulture podcast feed, wherever you get your podcasts! Welcome to our first-ever episode of Own the Feels - brought to you in partnership with Love Better - where we’re doing our damnedest ...
03.23.2023 So We're Living In A Permacrisis? This week we're joined by Bel who's chiming in about something we're all living through right now - a permacrisis. What is it? How do we deal with it? Why so many crises at once? Listen to this ep to ...
03.16.2023 This Episode Was Written By AI Re-uploading a very topical episode for this week's Shit Show! Enjoy team! This week we run you through the newest AI development taking the world by storm: ChatGPT. In fact, some of this episode is actually written by it - ...
03.13.2023 Culture Vulture: Harry Styles & Daisy Jones Listen to the full episode of Culture Vulture on Spotify here. And on Apple Podcasts here. A voiceless Luce and a worn out Laura are on the mic this week to give you the Harry Styles review you've all been ...
03.09.2023 How long has TikTok got left? How long until TikTok gets banned? Why do people even want to ban it? What is the Willow Project? Why do people in Denmark get covered in cinnamon if they're still single at the age of 25? All these questions ...
03.07.2023 Culture Vulture: Date The Person Who Makes You Cringe Listen to the full episode of Culture Vulture of Spotify here. And on Apple Podcasts here. London Laura's first full week on the mic and DAMN it feels so good!!! We talk about the latest in Selena & Hailey (and ...
03.02.2023 "My Poops," magical elves, & Kapa Haka A lot of WEIRD things were seen on the internet this week, and we talk about them ALL. But don't worry in this ep - we also bring a bunch of positive news (can you believe it?) Listen wherever you ...
02.23.2023 This Little Piggy Got Caught In A Cyclone This week Squish and Luce unpack some of the stories you MAY not have heard about after Cyclone Gabrielle devastated New Zealand, South Korea recognises same sex marriage for the first time, META tests charing us for verification, and an ...
02.16.2023 Algospeak, Rihanna, BingGPT & Popping Balloons This week Luce and Dunc are on the mic to talk about his resignation, Rihanna's Super Bowl performance, the US shooting down UFOs, Algospeak, Bing using ChatGPT and much much more. Tune in wherever you get your pods!! Hosted on ...
02.08.2023 Culture Vulture: Netflix's Big Backtrack & Unpacking The Grammys Listen to the full episode of Culture Vulture on Spotify here. Or on Apple Podcasts here. This week Luce and Liv jump on the mic for Liv's second to last ever Culture Vulture to talk about Netflix fucking around (and ...
02.02.2023 Let's Talk About Tyre Nichols We start the week off by talking about the floods in Auckland, before talking about the police brutality that lead to the death of Tyre Nichols. Listen wherever you get your podcasts! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
01.26.2023 M&Ms & New PMs Squish is back with Luce on the mic this week to to talk about some Very Serious News, like someone who is going around 'sausaging' people, the M&M; spokescandies being 'cancelled' and some little penguins causing a 'poonami,' while Luce ...
01.19.2023 Greta Got Carried Away This week it's Luce and Dunc on the mic to talk to you all about whether he's an Anne Frank girlie, a Salem witch trials girlie, or a Titanic girlie. We also talk about some serious stuff, like nuclear energy ...
01.18.2023 Culture Vulture: Why Do We Do ANYTHNG? Listen to the full episode of Culture Vulture on Spotify here. And on Apple Podcasts here. A bit of a philosophical ep on the cards today team, but not before we debunk all the rumours spreading about Miley Cyrus and ...
01.12.2023 Same Shit Different Year We're back!!!! Luce immediately breaks her 'no Matty Healy' rule, we talk about Brazil's capital being stormed, a shooting in a school, the new Speaker of the House, and an update on Andrew Tate. Big start to the year!! Listen ...
01.11.2023 Culture Vulture: What Will Prince Harry's Book Actually Tell Us? Listen to the full episode of Culture Vulture on Spotify here. Or on Apple Podcasts here. A big week back on the mic! First, some big existential questions (answered), then Lizzo made a call about cancel culture that Luce and ...
01.05.2023 Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, Explained Luce and Squish are away enjoying the Christmas and New Year. Enjoy some of our fave episodes from 2022! Today on The Shit Show we have a very important re-upload for you while Squish is on his way back to ...
12.29.2022 Andrew Tate, Explained Luce and Squish are away enjoying the Christmas and New Year. Enjoy some of our fave episodes from 2022! Who the fuck is Andrew Tate and why is he everywhere? Today we deep dive into the dude who's got us ...

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The Shit Show episodes:

Squish's Last Ep :(

Earworms, Mugshots and Scams

Prigozhin crash, Fukushima splash

Zepotha: How Gen Z created an entire fake movie

Mushroom Poisoning & Cellphone Bans

Orbs, Superconductors, & Free Sandwiches for Life!

Elon And His X's

Own The Feels: Own The Lessons From Your First Break-up

Neopets & North Korea

Own The Feels: Own Breaking-up With Shameful Feelings

Welcome Back Danny Ric!

Own The Feels: Own The Online Break-up

Why The Supreme Court Sucks

Own The Feels: Own The Situationship Break-up

WTF just happened in Russia?

A Subdate & A Charged Tate

The Internet Was Weird This Week

Culture Vulture: A Final Succession Session

So We're Living In A Permacrisis?

A Social Media State Of The Union

The Hollywood Writers Strike, Explained

Culture Vulture: Ronald From Jury Duty Spills All The Secrets

Do You Care About The King's Coronation?

Own The Feels: Own Reclaiming Your Identity

Panopticontent & Tucker Carlson

Own The Feels: Own The Gut Feelings

Bud Light and Fox News: The Conservatives Are Not Ok

Own The Feels: Own the Stalking Signals

Own The Feels: Own the Ghosting Guilt

Trump, Charles Leclerc & Buzzy the Robot

Own The Feels: Own The Green-eyed Monster

Popes, Politicians, & Pension Protests

Own The Feels: Own Being Better Than Revenge

So We're Living In A Permacrisis?

This Episode Was Written By AI

Culture Vulture: Harry Styles & Daisy Jones

How long has TikTok got left?

Culture Vulture: Date The Person Who Makes You Cringe

"My Poops," magical elves, & Kapa Haka

This Little Piggy Got Caught In A Cyclone

Algospeak, Rihanna, BingGPT & Popping Balloons

Culture Vulture: Netflix's Big Backtrack & Unpacking The Grammys

Let's Talk About Tyre Nichols

M&Ms & New PMs

Greta Got Carried Away

Culture Vulture: Why Do We Do ANYTHNG?

Same Shit Different Year

Culture Vulture: What Will Prince Harry's Book Actually Tell Us?

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, Explained

Andrew Tate, Explained