The Daily Zeitgeist - IOWAck AF, Dunkaroo Strategies 2.5.20

Episode Date: February 5, 2020

In episode 563, Jack and Miles are joined by The Greatest podcast co-host Megan Gailey to discuss the Iowa caucus, Trump supporters explanations for why he shouldn't be impeached, Wendy's breakfast, t...he return of Dunkaroos, 2020 movies that may influence the election, and more!FOOTNOTES: Abolish the Iowa Caucus Iowa Might Have Screwed Up The Whole Nomination Process Iowa caucuses: Attendee drops, breaks ‘concealed bottle of wine’ How unpopular is Donald Trump? Wendy's promises to end the era of stale fast-food breakfast on March 2 Dunkaroos are coming back—what else do you need to know? Spielberg’s Lincoln holds a mirror up to Barack Obama Steven Spielberg's 'West Side Story' Movie Unveils A Cool First Look Meet the Cast of the James Comey Miniseries From CBS TV Studios Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton influenced 'The Purge: Election Year' Looks Like The Candyman Reboot Is Taking The Character To New Places Mulan 2020 Mike Pence: Disney's Mulan is 'mischievous liberal propaganda' WATCH: Westside Gunn X Conway - Fendi Seats Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:02:25 and fuck fox news it is wednesday february 5th 2020 my name is jack o'brien aka i'm a jack type used to be a crack type on that british gas hype i'm a jack o'Brien Duh Ah, courtesy of Trevis Trevor Norwich or something And I'm thrilled to be joined as always by my co-host Mr. Miles Gray I feel the hay rise up in me I wanna kill the DNC.
Starting point is 00:03:06 Was it shady shit from Air P? This year is hell, I'm going to scream. Iowa sucks for caucusing. Too complicated, needlessly. Why can't you do things normally? Just have a goddamn primary. Okay, the timing was off a little bit, but when you're screaming this loud, you can't hear the instrumental.
Starting point is 00:03:28 Sounded good to me. Thank you so much, and thank you to Crispy Meme Donut, Christy Yamaguchi-Main for that Slipknot-inspired, a.k.a. Slipknot, Iowa, Buttigieg, caucusing, news, zeitgeist. Yeah, all of it. You see how we do it? He's how we do it he's a weaver he is a weaver um oh me weaver it was at trevor niche 51 was mine ah shout out to all of you miles yes we're about to go on the road with a time machine back back on the road. We're going to hit the East Coast, Brooklyn at the Bell House, February 12th.
Starting point is 00:04:08 Washington, D.C., February 13th at the Miracle Theater. You are going to witness a miracle. These are great Valentine's Day gifts. I know. Great Valentine's Day gifts. For real. Minneapolis, February 25th at the Parkway Theater. Chicago, February 27th at the Sleeping Village.
Starting point is 00:04:25 More like Awaking Village. More like the Walt Town. Because that shit is going to fucking keep you up for days, man. These fucking nightmares. And Toronto, February 28th at the Great Hall. For tickets, go to dailyzykeguys.com. You can also see who our guests are going to be for most of those shows. Dan O'Brien is going to be there at the Brooklyn show.
Starting point is 00:04:51 It's going to be a blast. Go buy a ticket. Come see us. We've already done two of these. It is so fun. And the lawsuits have not stopped coming in. Yeah. Which I think is a good thing, right?
Starting point is 00:05:03 Yeah. They said that the truths that were revealed during the show were just too powerful in a public setting. Yeah. Yeah. Which I think is a good thing, right? Yeah. They said that the truths that were revealed during the show were just too powerful in a public setting. Yeah. They had to put the plaudits in lawsuit form. Well, we are thrilled to be joined in our third seat by the hilarious host of the new podcast, The Greatest, the appropriately named podcast, The Greatest, because it might be the greatest damn podcast out there.
Starting point is 00:05:27 Megan Gailey! It's a really bold name for a brand new. But it's a reference to the GOAT as in sports. Right. But it is crazy. I'm sure there's people making fun of us for sure. No, no, no. No.
Starting point is 00:05:41 Why? Well, don't you ever wonder who your biggest hater is yes yes i already know someone i went to junior high school but but it may not be it could be someone it could be anna right could be someone in your circle i'd you know i didn't like to i don't like to entertain ideas like that but based on the way she looks at me throughout the show yep okay maybe it's anna i just think you gotta look closer. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know? Yeah. Okay, who's your biggest hater? Do you know? I have an
Starting point is 00:06:10 ex-friend who I do think hates me a lot. But then it's also like there's gotta be someone I see regularly who also hates me. Who's good at putting the mask on? Yeah. Yes. And like I wanna talk to that person because I wanna hear their opinions because I think I'd be like, you've got some really good points.
Starting point is 00:06:26 Yeah. I am involved, self-involved. Is that, so is it mostly like industry people you feel that or is like your original hater just some person who just doesn't like to see you thrive? From middle school. From middle school. Not from middle school. Post middle school. Yeah. I think it's, I actually think the people middle school time are, they can't even hate.
Starting point is 00:06:49 Yeah, yeah. You know? Because it's like, well, I don't like it, but good for her. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I'll, oh, I'll take that. I love that. I mean, as Fat Joe said in his album, Jose, jealous ones still envy. Yes.
Starting point is 00:07:03 But then I'm like, maybe it's crazy that I think I have a hater. Maybe that makes me insane. Listen, I have therapy tomorrow. I'm going to bring this up. Write that down. Hey, this can be a day early therapy for you. Let's dig into that. Do some pre-ther.
Starting point is 00:07:16 To that. Pre-ther, as we call it all the time. Megan, we're going to get to know you a little bit better in a moment. First, we are going to take our listeners through a couple of things we're talking about today. No, Iowa, more like Iowa-whack as fuck. Wow. Gotcha, Iowa. Des Moines was one of the headlines that people were, I mean, people were just, it was almost like America was waiting to just shit on Iowa.
Starting point is 00:07:46 And we shouldn't actually direct it at Iowa. It should be directed at the party. Come on. No, I actually think Iowa's a lovely state. No, the people who are caucusing, my God, I mean, that takes time. That is one of the most involved forms of democracy. Anything that legitimately involves a coin toss at some point. I mean, those people take it seriously too
Starting point is 00:08:07 And it's not like They don't have anything to do That's not what I'm saying But like they really I was listening to a different podcast yesterday And this woman said that she had Personally met every candidate Oh really
Starting point is 00:08:21 She goes I don't think I met Marianne Williamson. It's like, well, if there's one to sit out. Right. That was a big mistake. But I'm like, you met all the others. I thought she was going to be like, I didn't meet Cory Booker or someone who was in the mix. But she said the craziest person.
Starting point is 00:08:38 Right. She's like, oh, John Delaney. I met him five times. She's like, Sayre came over for dinner. I am curious. One detail that we learned about why they might be able to make a whole night of it is that some people bring wine to the caucuses. We'll talk about that. We'll talk about who the just complete clusterfuck of reporting the results helps or hurts. As of this recording, we should say we still have not received any results.
Starting point is 00:09:08 We're recording this a little bit before they drop the results. Or half the results. Half the results. As we know right now. We'll give you half of them. Yeah, because they're not even going to drop. It's going to be like a trickle. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:09:18 But we'll check back in once we know the results. Just like a golden shower. You don't want a trickle. But like an old man's golden shower. You want a pressure washer. Like a retirement community. Just pressure wash my back with these results. Gross.
Starting point is 00:09:33 We're going to talk about what this does to our faith in elections. We're going to do impeachment stuff. We're going to talk about how Trump and the conservative world are fucking spiking the football over Trump's approval hitting 49% in a Gallup poll. 49, 49, undefeated. Okay, that's impersonal. This is the highest his approval has ever been in a Gallup poll. So seems like it would be a good sign. But when you look at overall averages, it is still below any president in the modern era.
Starting point is 00:10:07 Yeah, but it's his best right now. Right. So, I mean, A for effort. If this is CrossFit, man. Grading on a curve. They'd clap him up for his PR. We're going to talk about Wendy's Breakfast. We're going to talk about Dunkaroos.
Starting point is 00:10:16 We're going to talk about what movies are coming out this year and how they might affect or just relate to the election. All of that., plenty more. But Megan, first of all, I realize we never said, what is The Greatest about? Oh, The Greatest is a sports podcast. Yeah. And I host it with my husband, CJ Toledano. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:10:38 And then we have a guest every episode. It's a weekly. We're not as devoted as you boys. So weekly. Devoted or just desperate? Just not as devoted as you boys. So weekly. Devoted or just desperate. Just, I mean, some would say deranged.
Starting point is 00:10:50 Yeah, right. And we invite a different guest from the sports world, comedy world, a good friend who loves sports
Starting point is 00:10:56 and we rank and debate the greatest, whatever, what it is, greatest beef we've done, greatest duo came out today,
Starting point is 00:11:04 greatest coach greatest uniform everything so if you have ideas please send them to us what's the greatest uniform we haven't gotten to that one yet oh
Starting point is 00:11:12 is that limited to we've had three episodes come out so far and that has been greatest beef greatest duo greatest Super Bowl halftime show
Starting point is 00:11:20 who's the greatest duo my greatest duo I My greatest duo, I remember... Edger and James. Well, my number three was definitely Peyton and Marvin Harrison. But I did look it up because I'm a homer and I guess I wear that with
Starting point is 00:11:37 a badge of honor. People say that like a negative thing and it's like, no, you should love the teams from where you're from. I think it's crazy if you don't rep them. It it's fine that this is how i am but i do cross reference when i think i'm being too much of a homer with sports illustratius but like i'll look at other lists to make sure i'm not you're not like i wasn't yeah in outer space yeah i didn't say like curtis painter right right and, because I know who that is. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:12:06 You guys got engaged in front of a Reggie Miller mural. Yeah. I forgot. I forgot. So that's just important context. You guys are a huge, you are a huge Pacers fan and a huge Indiana sports fan. I mean, that's why you're a celeb to me. Forever.
Starting point is 00:12:24 That's right. I bring it up all the time and people are like, we don't care. And I'm like, I care so much. You should do an episode where you can just name Rick Smits
Starting point is 00:12:31 as the greatest of something. I mean, I just had a pilot not go and there was a Rick Smits joke in it. Oh, yeah. They don't like Dutch slander. No. We don't like that take on the Dutch.
Starting point is 00:12:42 And the guy who I write with, he's like, who's that? And I was like, then it's perfect. I want it to be that obscure. Wasn't like that take on the Dutch. And like my, the guy who I write with, he's like, who's that? And I was like, then it's perfect. Right. That's exactly, I want it to be that obscure.
Starting point is 00:12:48 Wasn't that someone, the Duncan Dutchman? Yeah. Didn't like Shaq say he hated playing against Rick Smith? Like of all the people, he was like, yo, Rick Smith had my fucking number.
Starting point is 00:12:56 Rick Smith was so fucking good for a couple years. Yeah. Yeah. He was like, I think he was seven, four. He was like, really?
Starting point is 00:13:02 He was seven, four. Yeah. So he was one of those guys, NBA players who are over, I think, 7'2", like other than Shaq, who is, I think, just made out of different material than other human beings,
Starting point is 00:13:14 don't last very long. And Rick Smith's had a peak that was just bonkers. He was also pre the European and international wave that we see now that's so celebrated and amazing for the sport. He was before all of that. So in Indiana, I remember as a child being like, oh, he's from South Bend. He's white and tall. His name is Rick.
Starting point is 00:13:38 Is he Larry Bird's son? Right. And his wife would wear overalls to the game. I mean, it was a fun time. Remember when he shaved his head? It was the 90s. Yes. Oh, a bad look for him.
Starting point is 00:13:48 He had kind of a mullet. The hair just came down. Didn't care. He just got out of bed. I'm here to fuck shit up. I don't think he had ever touched his hair. He just went to get haircuts every once in a while. Shaq says the four toughest players he ever played against,
Starting point is 00:14:01 Hakeem, The Dream, Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, and Rick Smith. You beat him twice in a row. David Robinson. Okay. And Rick Smith. Wow. This is a quote from Shaq. Rick destroyed me every time.
Starting point is 00:14:12 Oh my God. Pick and pop. Jump hook in the post. I couldn't stop that kid. If it wasn't for his foot problems, I probably never would have been able to stop him. When we played them in the 2000 finals, I had to go back to some old tape. I saw that this guy used to kill me. So now that I'm here in the finals, I had to kill him. When we played them in the 2000 finals, I had to go back to some old tape. I saw that this guy used to kill me. So now that I'm here in the finals,
Starting point is 00:14:27 I had to kill him immediately so he understands this is a different Shaq. That's some respect right there. All big men, too. I'm surprised there's not a little guy who annoyed Shaq. Yeah. Right. Well, nobody was dumb enough to put a little guy on Shaq. Yeah. It's like, oh, that Muggsy
Starting point is 00:14:43 Bogues. Just a little gnat. Just tripping over him. Greatest duo was, was it Jordan Pippen? They're definitely on my list, begrudgingly. Yeah. My husband said Jordan Bugs Bunny. Okay.
Starting point is 00:15:02 Now everybody needs to listen to this show because that is fucking yeah we're naming cartoon characters does lola bunny get in there oh well jesus when when cj and i first started dating his best friend said you just like megan because she looks like lola bunny oh my god and cj was like wow maybe that. Like, I do have sort of like a cartoon-esque animal vibe to me. I've got a very bunny-like face. Like, I'm a bunny with tits. Okay. And that's what he wanted.
Starting point is 00:15:33 Yeah. And he hit the fucking lottery. What is something from your search history that is revealing about who you are? This was this morning. that is revealing about who you are? This was this morning. This was, I Googled if there was a way for me to buy myself into Delta Platinum status. Oh, probably, right?
Starting point is 00:15:54 Yeah, of course. There's a way. It's America, baby. There's a way. Buy yourself into a fucking kidney. Yeah, but it's a lot of money. Is it? Because I missed it a little bit.
Starting point is 00:16:02 How many miles? But they emailed me and they were like, you still have time they were like you still have time right you still have time to give us 700 I'm so close oh it's like double that oh no I'm really really close but then the thing is I've this is what comedians like talk about now right when we're together it's like okay but if you have platinum on it and so I have heard that platinum on delta almost isn't even it's great great, but you're never going to get upgraded LA to New York. Right.
Starting point is 00:16:30 You're going to get upgraded LA to Portland. Right. And it's like, well, that's not a lay down bed. Yeah. No, no. If a lay down bed is in play, I will sell my family to the devil. Oh, wow. If it's a regular old sit-in chair
Starting point is 00:16:45 and you get a cold chicken Caesar salad, get that shit out of here. Right. The first time, I've only been in a full lay down once. I was upgraded on a flight
Starting point is 00:16:55 by the grace of our God, whoever you want to name them. In this case, I'll say weed. Ja. From Japan to LA. Oh, my God. And I was like yo we're her majesty and I were like get ready fucking 11 hours wow and I drank port wine watching fucking mrs doubtfire with a
Starting point is 00:17:16 cheese plate yeah and I cannot believe three three square three wow yeah I even got uh visiting hours too that sounded like someone from the back could come say hello. And an hour in the yard for exercise. Wow. That sounded like a, what's his name? What's Maybach? Rick Ross line. Drinking port wine, watching Mrs. Doubtfire. They doubt fire.
Starting point is 00:17:38 They see me in first class, think I'm an outlier. Or Action Bronson. This is like a really nitpicky thing, but sometimes I know they're like actual rich people do not like when- Normies get in there. When normies walk through, you know? But like I'm trash and not rich, so I want everyone to have to walk past me laying in it.
Starting point is 00:17:57 And you're like, can I get the aisle seat? No, I'm like making eye contact high out of my mind with everyone. And they're just like, who is this? You're like, who do you think I am? Trashy lost woman. Who do you think I am? What do you think my backstory is?
Starting point is 00:18:11 What are you telling yourself as you walk by? The last time I flew, and it was not laid on bed. It was just regular bed. But I was wearing a brand new head-to-toe monochromatic Nike jumpsuit. And I was like, I bet people think I'm a choreographer. Yeah. Oh, 100%. You created your own
Starting point is 00:18:25 that's amazing did you have high top sneakers I had like really cute custom Air Maxes on oh shit well I mean custom in the sense they had like flowers on them and my husband bought them for me and he knows yeah yeah yeah so I was like yeah people I was flying to Chicago I was like
Starting point is 00:18:41 people probably think I'm going in a month early before all star game to choreograph the lovables, and then I got to go back to LA. Then you got to go back to LA. In reality, I was... Actually, I was going for a full reason. By the way, you danced through that scenario just for people to know.
Starting point is 00:18:55 Live in the studio. The isolations were wild. Yeah, wild. Thanks, guys. What is something you think is overrated? Okay, this may be alarming to you guys. I think kombucha tastes like shit. I'm furious. I think is overrated. Okay. This may be alarming to you guys. I think kombucha tastes like shit.
Starting point is 00:19:08 I'm furious. I think it's disgusting. Okay. And people have gone, no, this one's good. Try this. They're all trash. Trash. Is it the sort of vinegary aspect to it? Yeah, of course it's the vinegar.
Starting point is 00:19:19 Vinegar tastes like shit. Yeah. Salt and vinegar chips. Why? Oh, I love salt. Don't come after my salt and vinegar chips. I'm coming. I'm coming.
Starting point is 00:19:26 I get it in the context of some of you drink, right? You might not want that little bite, but I get it because sour tastes are in a lot of like Japanese food. So I get it, but I'm never seeking it. But especially when you go out like on the east side, have you been to like little parties or they're like- I live in Highland Park. It's all Booch cocktails.
Starting point is 00:19:43 I'm like, no, motherfucker. I don't want Jack and Booch. Okay, that's something that completely missed me. They do Booch cocktails. They're out here mixing the shit with whiskey. Or like Booch with alcohol in it. Yeah, it already tastes like something that's fermented, like that went bad.
Starting point is 00:19:59 Well, yeah, you could get a little buzz, you know, if you got the heavy kombuchas, but now they're really making it a cocktail kombucha always one time when i was a kid i took uh orange juice on a camping trip it was out in the sun it went bad it like turned on it and that's what kombucha has always reminded me of is the taste of when I took a big old gulp of like warm Boy Scout Pruno. Yeah. Boy Scout Pruno.
Starting point is 00:20:28 Exactly. I understand drinking it for its health benefits. I don't know what those are. Right. It hasn't been explained to me. But if that's like if you're like, no, it's, you know, it's taking like a shot of wheatgrass or whatever. But when people are like, no, it's good. It's like, well, that now you've gone too far.
Starting point is 00:20:43 Like I'm willing to meet you there that there are antioxidants or something. Somebody ruined coconut water for me by saying that it tastes like it's been in somebody else's mouth. And I was like, yeah, that's true. It really does taste like it's already just hung around in a mouth for a little bit. And kombucha has like a loogie in it for the most part. Like it has like a little piece of saliva hanging in it. What? What are you talking about? Have you never looked at the kombucha has like a loogie in it for the most part. Like it has like a little piece of saliva hanging in it. What? What are you talking about?
Starting point is 00:21:08 Have you never looked at the kombucha? No, man. Because every time someone offers it to me, I'm like, no, I'm good. I mean, I have a sip. Yo. No. And that's it.
Starting point is 00:21:16 You would look at it and think it is basically like iced tea. But if you pour that shit, there's like a loogie. Viscous. Yeah. It's fucking gross. I'm nasty, though. People in the rest of the country are like, what the fuck are they talking about?
Starting point is 00:21:32 This is like a true LA. We're complaining about bad first class and kombucha. But you know what? This is the getting to know you section. This is who I am. And this is what it's like. I'm sure everybody drinks it around the country in some places. the getting to know you section. Yeah, exactly. And this is who I am. You are a queen. And this is what it's like. Yeah. For people, I don't,
Starting point is 00:21:47 I'm sure it's everybody drinks it around the country in some places. Yeah. No, it's gone. It's just, I'm sorry. It's just the cocktails. That's when I had to draw the line.
Starting point is 00:21:53 For me, I'm like, no, do not try and make this. No, but mixing as a mixer. That's disgusting. Are you serious?
Starting point is 00:22:01 Well, that segues beautifully into my underrated, which I think the people will like because now I'm coming back down to earth. Okay? You're going to really feel the Indiana in me. I think the most underrated drink of all time is Fresca. Fresca. Fresca and vodka.
Starting point is 00:22:21 It's so good. You mean frotka. Oh, my God. I cannot wait to be 90 years old and have like at that point I think they'll have giant jugs of Solo Cup and I'm just gonna like
Starting point is 00:22:33 sip out of it like it's Gatorade on a sideline. How often do you drink frotka? I mean I had like four on Sunday. I had four on my way in. No, I don't have it as often. Delta, my airline of choice, has Fresca.
Starting point is 00:22:51 Thank you. Oh, who is the parent company of Fresca? Is it Coca-Cola or Pepsi? I think it's Coke. Oh, it has to be Coke because Delta is Atlanta. Coke is Atlanta. If they did, I'm sure the universe would have loved it. And Fresca is, like, people are like, LaCroix. No, Fresca is zero calories, zero sugar.
Starting point is 00:23:03 Delicious. It's the best mixer. Oh, that's artificial sugar in Fresca? I don't know what the fuck's in it. Zero sweetener? Zero calories? That's all sweetener then. That's the only way you get that taste. Delicious. I like the grapefruit bite
Starting point is 00:23:17 or the vague grapefruit bite of a Fresca. It's like a prickly Greyhound. I love a Greyhound. Yeah, see? And now you're talking about the working man's Greyhound. Fresca. It's like a prickly Greyhound. Yeah, sure. I love a Greyhound. Yeah, see? And now you're talking about the working man's Greyhound.
Starting point is 00:23:28 Fresca and vodka. Boom. Oh, so good. And finally, what is a myth? What's something people think is true you know to be false?
Starting point is 00:23:36 Billie Eilish is 45. We gotta stop. She's not 18. I don't think that's her brother. I'm getting very, if it is her brother, if it is her brother, it's very Property Brothers vibes. If you know what I'm hinting at.
Starting point is 00:23:54 I don't. No, what that means? Incest. Oh. No, I can't. Aren't they twins? No, well, that's the thing. It's like he looks-
Starting point is 00:24:02 Is it one man? Is it two? Oh, the Property Brothers are twins. That's what I'm talking about. And I think that they're deeply in love with each other. Well, that's the thing. It's like he looks- Is it one man? Is it two? Oh, the Property Brothers are twins. That's what I'm talking about. And I think that they're deeply in love with each other. Oh, okay. Like sexually. Is that why they all hang out together?
Starting point is 00:24:12 I think so. It's like our wives have to approve of each other because we have to be together all the time. Yeah. Marrying a twin would be- I actually have a friend who is a twin and she married a twin. And I actually think that's maybe the only right way to do it. Yeah, without the- Otherwise, they shouldn't be allowed to marry. Well, it all depends, right? Because I have friends that are identical
Starting point is 00:24:28 twins and they have their distance. They're not on like, you know, you see other twins who are identical and they're like, no, you're my, hey Darce, you're my twin. Versus people being like, yeah, I don't know what my sister's doing. My dad is a fraternal
Starting point is 00:24:44 twin and he has no idea what his brother's doing. Yeah. I mean, he checks it. Like, sometimes I forget they're twins. Right. Because he has two other brothers, and he's equally, if not more so. I mean, like, they love each other, but there's definitely not, like, a sixth sense that they have going back and forth between them. No, I think Billie Eilish is a day over 35.
Starting point is 00:25:06 Okay, so give me some, what do you, obviously you've made some observations. You go, this is 2017. What are we dealing with? They're writing this music that is like, what are you talking about? At 16, you haven't experienced any of the things that you're talking about.
Starting point is 00:25:19 You wouldn't even like know, like it's so, it's not even like sexual. It's just sort of like moody that you cannot have it. Right. Like moody 16 year olds are like getting lava lamps. Right. They're not winning. But that was back in our day, Megan.
Starting point is 00:25:36 I know, but it's not even the level of success. It's just her face is also not the face of a 16 year old girl. Right. We have, it's just not. She's not a child. You think we'll always do this with young artists that come out? Like Lorde was, you know. No, well, no, but Lorde looked like a little girl. Did she?
Starting point is 00:25:52 I mean, not a little girl, but. Everyone came after Lorde. They're like, yo, Lorde is 48. Well, I always was like, Lorde looks. There's just like a facial structure thing. But I think we come after them or we speculate because if there was an industry that would lie about the age of a superstar, it's music for sure.
Starting point is 00:26:12 Oh, for sure. And they were like, okay, now go out there and say you don't know who Van Halen is. Exactly. Like trying too hard. Put on like really weird clothes. Say you know every episode of The Office. They're going to freak out other 35-year-olds. And so even if she's 25, which I do believe she – I said 45, you know, for a fact.
Starting point is 00:26:30 Right. We're going down a decade. I think she's 25. Okay. And I think they are like that will be less exciting. Uh-huh. Sure. And I guess that's true, but it's like we would still like her.
Starting point is 00:26:41 I think she would still win all these Grammys if she was just 25. Right. I do wonder, like is that something somebody could get away with today uh yeah absolutely right but then what happens when the when it all comes down well when would it all come down well then there's a scandal right then we love a scandal right and so then she gets to have a comeback it's kind of like a win-win didn Rebel Wilson, and this may happen to me. I hope not. I hope this isn't like libel or slander. Rebel Wilson sued an Australian newspaper for printing. I believe it was her actual age. Right. But she won the case, so maybe it wasn't.
Starting point is 00:27:17 Yeah. But yeah, people try and out people's fake ages. Yeah. I know somebody who's pretty famous who lost about five years from when i knew them before yeah yeah i can't wait i can't wait to be like i was born in 91 sure fuck it yep 91 91 i remember seeing ghostbusters in the theater right the next the next time you see me i'm gonna be like i was born post 9-11 um Right. What was it like? Can't remember it. Oh, my God. I'll never forget it, but I can't remember it. Right.
Starting point is 00:27:46 That's so funny. OK, Boomer? Well, Boomer is the Pacers mascot. So OK, Boomer is like really tough for me. Wow. Yeah. Wow. That is difficult.
Starting point is 00:27:55 That must hurt. Yeah, because I love him. And I'm like, you don't need to bring my Boomer into this. Don't stay away from him. All right, guys. Let's take a quick break. And when we come back, we're going to talk about what happened in Iowa and what is continuing to happen in Iowa. This summer, the nation watched as the Republican nominee for president was the target of two
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Starting point is 00:32:34 it's buddha judge yeah that that's as of now we just got the first incremental release but we wanted to get a little bit uh with like having uh felt this titanic groundswell uh you know buddha judge in a landslide i think is the takeaway yeah uh he's as of 62 i think he's ahead of bernie by like two points so that is developing yeah but yeah as you'll hear in the following segment we didn't know who had anything and to this point we actually don't know who the declared winner is still. But yeah, Washington Post has like was running some models where they were saying it's like not as like the lead isn't as safe as you might assume based on the numbers, like it's an unlikely to trend in the direction that Buttigieg is going to open up a bigger lead than he currently has based on, you know,
Starting point is 00:33:30 what precincts haven't reported or what caucuses, caucus high? Yeah. Cause then Sanders is ahead in the Washington post room, but Buttigieg is ahead in whatever. Well, Sanders is ahead in the popular vote. Right,
Starting point is 00:33:43 right, right. No matter where you look no matter how you cut that cake and uh yeah enjoy the rest of the segment yeah so what the fuck happened uh we're still at a stage where we don't know any of the results other than what the sanders campaign released we know their own internal numbers which those were entry polls like those were polls of people going in or those are the sanders numbers or those no those are those are from them from people reporting from inside those
Starting point is 00:34:10 caucuses like internal data that they have sent back but didn't pete's camp release some internal stuff too i don't know what they released i think they're just no numbers they're just like whited out bernie's name and wrote pete name. They're like, oh, Pete, good. I mean, even Bernie's numbers look good for Pete in the sense that he came in a fairly close second to Bernie. Yeah. And I can see how Pete would interpret that as a win because he's just assuming that Bernie will be taken out by the DNC in some way. So, right. Monday night, everyone's on the edge of their hemorrhoid cushions trying to know what is happening in Iowa.
Starting point is 00:34:53 By the time they said, hey, we're going to get results at this time. Fucking not coming, not coming, not coming. Constantly when they're coming, when they're coming. There's shit like people were getting hung up on live on the air when they were trying to call the party, like the state party. Yeah, Wolf Blitzer fucked it it up he was like and just uh real quick can you answer it and the guy's like wait wait they just actually just picked up hold on and then like they
Starting point is 00:35:12 hung up on it that was one of the more stressful moments of tv watching i've ever had right so there's this moment where they said okay we're not going to get any kind of announcement of the winners which caused this like second wave of like speculating or people going out there saying, well, you know, Bernie did the thing where he said, I have a feeling we did very, very well today. Which was fine. Yeah. Pete Buttigieg declares victory in his own way. Was like, we shocked the world.
Starting point is 00:35:39 Yeah. You know. And I think, you know, people are mad about that. But I think in terms of just looking at it as, you know, the game of politics is about being opportunistic and picking your shots. If nobody in that time period between when they said, yo, we don't know what's going to happen with the results. A lot of these candidates should have been out there talking. Everyone was sort of like, what the fuck? So it was radio silence from a lot of people.
Starting point is 00:36:02 And I think if you're working with a candidate, you'd be like, yo, get out there and go, you make some headlines right now. Cause nobody's part of the conversation. And I see why mayor Pete goes out there and says something like, you know, we shocked the world. We did it y'all. Right. Because he's looking at it. Well, you know, I'm not saying I won, I'm sort of implying that I won, but more, it was more of a spiritual victory, like a good achievement by their team on the ground. So it's, you know, I get why people are pissed. But at the end of the day, the results will come out eventually. And you will see who won.
Starting point is 00:36:35 Yeah. We just don't know who yet. But isn't the whole point of Iowa is you win and then you get this momentum. Right. And then you also get a financial boost because people are like, oh, okay, I'll give money to that person. He's viable. And so even when we do find out eventually who won, which may be 48 to 72 hours after, it's kind of already on to the next.
Starting point is 00:37:01 Yeah, that was Nate Silver's point. He was saying that this might totally swing swing their math on who's going to win because if Iowa, usually the whole deal with Iowa, like you said, is that it creates momentum for the winner. For instance, they said that they had it modeled out so that if Bernie Sanders won, and it was reported like it normally would be, he started out at 31% before the caucuses, they had him jumping to 58% to win the nomination overall. But because it is completely blunted,
Starting point is 00:37:52 But because it is completely blunted and they're basically doing a calculation to set the other boundary of what if Iowa was just canceled and we never found out anything about who won? Bernie would be down to 24% because they were building in the possibility of that wave. It seems like it will just mean the later primaries will matter more. Right. Because it still won't have been decided. Right. I mean, I was canvassing this weekend. Wow. I'll hold for applause.
Starting point is 00:38:17 I mean, did I do it just so I could talk about it on the show? Maybe. I mean, when you're out canvassing, people ask you questions. I know, your Bloomberg t-shirt looks-shirt looks great i'm here to not feel guilty okay not to tell you where your polling place is ma'am so and every single house we went to but one they were like we uh we don't know right we don't know who we're voting for yet oh really yeah wow i mean and and this is in california yeah this was in monrovia okay um so a little bit east of la and so these are like working class families that are you know every house we went to there was like a baby cry like these are people that are like doing shit and are
Starting point is 00:38:58 not on twitter and are not like they they didn't even know iowa was happening and it's not like them being ignorant or naive. They're working and living their lives. But they all knew the candidates. And they were like, I'm leaning this way or I like this person. But they truly had, there was not one decided voter we talked to, but one older black woman who was like, I like Elizabeth Warren. And we were like, okay, thank you, bye. One person, no.
Starting point is 00:39:21 who was like, I like Elizabeth Warren. And we were like, okay, thank you, bye. One person, no. Yeah, I think even with the whole idea of this bump you get from being announcing on the stage, I felt like a lot of pundits were really leaning like, oh, this hurts Bernie a lot. This hurts him a lot that he can't go up there and give the... Because that's sort of born out of this idea
Starting point is 00:39:39 that they're sort of placing a lot, their own created value from being the media by being like, yeah, and then you're on TV doing this, and then that's how we feel important because we allow that to happen. Because at the end of the day, it seems like, you know, based on how a lot of people are talking, how the results went, Bernie Sanders probably did well in Iowa. And I don't think, you know, knowing that he has a ton of momentum in terms of how he's polling in New Hampshire, which is the next one.
Starting point is 00:40:06 He's going to win New Hampshire. It's not like the same. I don't know if that's necessarily a negative. Sure, he loses that like optics win. But if we're talking sort of the raw data of like getting these delegates, I think he's in a good place. Then there's like the whole thing about Biden where they're like, well, this helps Biden. Right. Because he didn't from all from the reporting I saw,
Starting point is 00:40:26 like when people were in a lot of these caucusing places, fucking Biden support was like. He wasn't even a viable candidate. It was not, it was a little cringy. It was like kind of limited to the elderly. Yeah. Is there, is there anything to be said? Because like everybody came out of the,
Starting point is 00:40:42 or everyone that I'm at least seeing on my timeline being like, ugh, Mayor Pete. Is there anything strategy-wise where he was like, maybe I need to show that I'm the shadiest candidate because we're probably going to need, like as none of them have come out and said I won, except for him and he did all the morning shows today too. It's like, oh yeah, we actually do need a shitty person right at their core to maybe beat this to play the game hella
Starting point is 00:41:12 hella shitty person I haven't heard that said but I had that thought as he was like doing that I was like this is really shrewd yeah and probably unethical and like the fact that heading into the caucus he had a poll spiked that had him not like in a good like i think the poll was like disappointing numbers wise and he found one person who said that they hadn't offered him as an option and was like well this poll is invalidated and so cnn just didn't report it like he is working all the angles in a way that is probably unethical, but we're going against a proven cheater. Right. Eventually.
Starting point is 00:41:49 Yeah, he took a little page out of Trump's book. Like a thing I hear a lot of Bernie supporters saying is that he's like a CIA op, like Pete is, which I mean. There's worse things. Right. I hate him. The company that he worked for certainly has some connections there. But again, if you're just thinking about we need Trump out of the office for the sake of America, you might want somebody who has some experience doing covert ops.
Starting point is 00:42:16 Your candidate is going to be like, are you versed in knife fighting? Yes, yes. Okay, well, that definitely puts you in the running. I mean, if you're the mayor of South Bend, you're definitely first night by day. Yeah, you know, the people, there are a lot of people who are quick to say that, like, he had something to do with the app failing. Because a lot of this has been, which is not true. I think if anyone, I forget which campaign actually paid the most to this company,
Starting point is 00:42:40 but it's not even because they were paying to, like, meddle with the actual app. Right. this company, but it's not even because they were paying to like metal with the actual app. Right. So the whole delay in counting these, the votes are counting who the delegates are going to go to is born out of this problem where all the people were supposed to use an app to enter the results that would just go to a central database. So then they can be like, great, here's our digital digitized results that we can just pull from because there's three data sets that they're using. And it's, it's a new thing.
Starting point is 00:43:08 Like there's the popular vote after the first alignment, then the popular vote after who's viable and who isn't. Then you start vying for more people to see who can make the cut in the second alignment just to see how those votes were. And then from there, they have to then calculate what fraction of a delegate each precinct win means. So there's a lot of data going around. And this app just fucked up, basically.
Starting point is 00:43:29 I mean, I don't know what you just said. So, like, I can't imagine. I'm like, oh, my God, these poor people. I think the thing that is confusing me, and probably I've heard it, like, kind of referred to, is that it seems like if you had run the election like we presumably did in the 60s where you took the paper ballots you you wrote the number down on a piece of paper of like how many people were in each thing this checks out drove drove the shit to like probably I think they had phones back in the 60s so maybe they didn't have to drive it but
Starting point is 00:44:03 like well let's verify before we make a claim like that. Right. But 24 hours later, you would have the results. Sure. So if you had somebody just sitting there with a fucking abacus, just counting all the shit, doing the math. They could even watch a YouTube video how to learn the abacus, then use that new knowledge you would have the numbers by now but like somehow in trying to enter it into a app that didn't work and trying to call this information in that exists in these various locations they are unable to there were just too many people calling that everything was just
Starting point is 00:44:38 a fucking the thing is too with this app they really fucking like were relying on this thing like like here's the new shit and when you look at what like what people were saying The thing is, too, with this app, they really fucking like were relying on this thing. Like, like, here's the new shit. And when you look at what like what people were saying, like people in these precincts who are using the app would lose any of the previously inputted results if they didn't keep the screen open. So like there was shit built into the coding, too, that was just like, oh, my God, my screen went out and it just erased all the inputted data. Just like, oh my God, my screen went out and it just erased all the inputted data. Then there was another thing going on that a lot of people were saying that the app was basically just slapped together in the last two months. I mean, we're just relying on like unproven technology too. And I don't know who in the fuck in the DNC is like, yeah, this is a great idea and let's cause even more problems. The cynical version is they knew Bernie was going to win and they wanted to rob him of the speech to get that sort of momentum going.
Starting point is 00:45:29 But that's I mean, you know, however you look at it, the whole thing is just a fucking disaster. Can I ask a question? I think of Bernie and Elizabeth as having like pretty much the same policies with some changes here and there. If anything, in a lot of ways, she's actually – with the guns, she's further left. Like they're both the furthest left. So why do people think that the DNC hates Bernie so much more than they hate her? Because he is not a Democrat. He's not like a true Democrat.
Starting point is 00:46:05 He's a democratic socialist. And I think because he's like, they see the energy he has and like the attention it's bringing truly towards like the like wealth distribution in this country. That Elizabeth Warren is doing the same thing, but she's still a capitalist. And I think that's the difference. She's like, I'm still a capitalist. I just feel that we can have capitalism work for everybody on the Bernie camp. They're like, no, capitalism is the exact reason we have all these fucking problems in terms of our like working people having no viable income, not being paid living wages, our healthcare system being completely in shambles. So they're diagnosing the problems differently. And I think for other people who are firmly in the, hey, capitalism's
Starting point is 00:46:49 great because the wealthy get to keep making money. They don't like the diagnosis of the Bernie side of things, which is like, it's capitalism. Gotcha. Okay. Okay. Thank you for clearing that up for me. But they're still, yeah. But to most people, they're like, well, yeah, they're arguing for like, let's try and wipe out some of the student debt. Let's get everybody insured. But there are some things where, you know, people who support Bernie Sanders wish Elizabeth Warren goes a little bit harder on.
Starting point is 00:47:15 But that's where she can't quite move because at the end of the day, she's like, well, I still believe in the markets and I still believe in, you know, people in these boardrooms somehow doing the right thing, even though there's no historical evidence that would confirm that. But I guess if they build enough structure around capitalism, they can make it work for people. OK. So we already kind of covered everything there is to cover about the Trump's approval popping to 49 percent. By the way, we are going to check back in once we have the results from Iowa, or at least the partial results from Iowa.
Starting point is 00:47:50 There is a drill in the background. That is the DNC. Yep, DNCIA. They're doing everything in their power to just get to those results. Did you guys see the Ben Carson photo? Yes. Oh, it made me laugh. Really?
Starting point is 00:48:07 So it's a photo. It's all the Trump people leaving Iowa. Yes. And they've all got red hats on and they're all in seats. But then for some reason, Ben Carson is like kneeling in the middle of the aisle. Yeah, like sitting on somebody's armrest. Or they just like needed him to be like, come on, Ben, closer. We actually need to see you, bud. Yes. Oh, I mean, he definitely had a seat for him? Yeah, armrests. Or they just needed him to be like, come on, Ben, closer. We actually need to see you, bud.
Starting point is 00:48:25 Yes. I mean, he definitely had a seat. I don't know if... Was he flying the plane? The cynical version is like, hey, get our token in there. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:48:34 That's what it looks like. Miles, I don't even think that's the cynical version. I think that's the truthful version. I don't know why I give white supremacy a chance sometimes.
Starting point is 00:48:43 I'm like, maybe it's... I think you're giving Ben the benefit of the doubt. Yeah. Right. Well, and then Karina, what's her face, Pearson or whatever, is sort of in the same area. I mean, wow, they're center-framed. Wow. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:48:55 Wilbur Ross with the hat on. What swag. I know. He looks great. I mean, I think that's the big takeaway from that picture, Wilbur Ross. I mean, actually, Ben Carson is quite literally the focal point of this photograph. I mean, he actually looks young and vibrant and pretty good. No, but I mean, even the way, I'm just thinking as a photographer, with your aperture, your
Starting point is 00:49:15 depth of field is actually, you're adjusting it so he is the most in focus in the photo. Which I don't think anyone on the Trump campaign is good at taking photos. So I don't think that was on purpose. But I do think his placement was on purpose. A lot of people benefit from being slightly out of focus too. It helps sort of obscure their pictures. Maybe that's why I'm like, he looks so good. But it does look like they just photoshopped him into the middle of a picture.
Starting point is 00:49:38 But I'm just trying to say there are fun things happening out of Iowa. There's been some fun moments. Yeah, and I think all this to say, right, I know there's, just from working on campaigns and things of this nature, there's so much anticipation built up for these days where all of your work is hinging on these couple hours on a Monday or Tuesday.
Starting point is 00:50:00 And when you do all your work, you start caucusing, you get all your work done, and then you feel like, fuck yeah do all your work, you start caucusing, you get all your work done and then you feel like, fuck yeah, we did it. And to not have that moment where you can say, hell yeah, we did that. I really, my heart goes out to everybody in every campaign because that's why a lot of the times you, you have those moments that sort of energize you. Um, and so I don't want to take anything away from the people, uh, of Iowa, but my God, the fucking party really showed how just out of fucking sorts they are.
Starting point is 00:50:28 Last night I was thinking that it felt like a high school play opening night. And the first scene of the play, the entire set fell down. Right, right. And then they were like, um. CNN was losing their shit. Like if you change to MSNBC, they were just kind of like. What the heck's going on? Yeah, MSNBC was kind of going with the flow like, yeah, but this isn't the end of the world.
Starting point is 00:50:52 But CNN, like for whatever reason, just could not deal with their shit. They were losing it. We are also rightfully so hypersensitive. We just had a major foreign enemy interfere with an election. And now the first part of the 2020 election feels like a giant debacle. And so it's almost
Starting point is 00:51:14 impossible to not get overly like, oh my God, it's happening again. We're terrified. We're so scared of losing and of something going wrong. And this like plays into their hand, but it's like, it's okay.
Starting point is 00:51:28 It's February. We've got time to go. But then you just start like, oh, the DNC is, can we get Queer Eye there? Like they need help. They're just floundering. Something we talked about on Tuesday's episode even is that like so much of the coverage
Starting point is 00:51:45 is about the horse race. It's like, well, but this, our coverage will then influence the coverage, which will influence like who wins. Yeah. It's like. It's not examining what the leadership of any of these candidates would mean for the country. When you go back to like the fact that this is a major scandal, it's really just like
Starting point is 00:52:04 the news cycle is delayed 24 hours like it shouldn't necessarily like it it's a news story about the news story essentially it's like well now like the whole impact is gonna be blunted because now we're freaking out about this yeah it's like okay okay you are right you're freaking out about this i like the people you were canvassing talking to probably don't give a shit about this no um but this is a massive story and it gave like the conservative media a nice chance to you know make fun of democrats the average voter isn't going to say like oh man what happened in iowa well there goes bernie's post iowa kick that he's gonna get in a
Starting point is 00:52:43 hamster that only pundits talk about. And I get why they talk about it, because the media does inform so many people's opinions about things. But like, hey, just just let just let them happen as they're going to happen. Yeah. All right. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. This summer, the nation watched as the Republican nominee for president was the target of two assassination attempts separated by two months. These events were mirrored nearly 50 years ago when President Gerald Ford faced two attempts on his life in less than three weeks. President Gerald R. Ford came stunningly close to being the victim of an assassin today. And these are the only two times we know of that a woman has tried to assassinate a U.S. president. One was the protege of infamous cult leader
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Starting point is 00:57:07 And we're back. And Super Producer Anna Hosnia is getting major dental work done. That is the sound you hear in the background. Oh, one thing we didn't cover in the Iowa piece was the woman who smuggled a bottle of wine into the fucking gym and then dropped it and it shattered. She shouldn't have had to smuggle it. Like it was an episode of The Office. Like it's just amazing being in a thing like that.
Starting point is 00:57:32 Well, why would you bring red wine, ma'am? You're going to have purple teeth. You're going to walk up and be like, Amy Klobuchar. And then you're going to be like, ma'am. I'm sorry, what? Did you eat a pack of blueberries? Get out of here.
Starting point is 00:57:44 If you're trying to smuggle wine in, white. Hey, I was Yang, but now I'm Klobuchar. So guys, just come on in here and you're gonna get viable. Right. I think they should be allowed to drink.
Starting point is 00:57:57 Oh yeah. Fuck yeah. I think, I mean, I guess it's a school. I think the whole process kind of, I'm assuming, because I didn't understand the Iowa caucuses before
Starting point is 00:58:08 last night, because I was like, why would everybody set aside a night to go stand in a crowded room with a bunch of strangers and talk about politics? That sounds like a fucking nightmare. But if they're drinking, if they're smuggling bottles of wine, that makes more sense.
Starting point is 00:58:24 It's like, oh, yeah, that would actually be okay. There's something sweet about the process, I think. I actually, and I know everyone's like, do away with it. And it's like, yeah, but I do like the idea of like you and your neighbors being in the high school gym together. Yeah, let's just not do it as the first one that the media fucking loses their shit. Maybe not a caucus. Maybe we turn it into like a jump rope for life. Wow.
Starting point is 00:58:47 But I still like the concept. Absolutely. We also didn't talk about impeachment stuff which is progressing along towards absolutely nothing. Nowhere. No. But it just seems like the Republicans are sticking at
Starting point is 00:59:03 it was bad but not impeachable. Okay, that's one excuse. He didn't do anything wrong. The Democrats in the House are evil. And the Democrats in the House didn't actually prove anything. Those are the four buckets. And they're all making them all at the same time. Even though they're all making them all at the same time which even though they're all logically
Starting point is 00:59:25 contradictory so oh remember when Dershowitz his like new thing was like well every candidate
Starting point is 00:59:34 thinks them being elected is in the public interest and I was like oh this is so wild and they need to be like no I didn't really mean that nevermind
Starting point is 00:59:43 I don't want smoke yeah and then he was like immediately taken off, like out of the Senate. They're like, you just argued that the president can do fucking anything?
Starting point is 00:59:51 Well, he basically argued anyone who's running for any public office could do anything. Whenever there's a drought. Sorry, I forgot what the rest of that lyric was. I was going to say it
Starting point is 01:00:03 and then blew it. Get your umbrellas out because that's when I brainstormed. That's when I brainstormed. Fuck! Yeah, I mean, what he argued was that Nixon could have done Watergate. Yeah. Like that Watergate. Come on, guys.
Starting point is 01:00:23 Leave Nixon alone. He did okay. Now that it's more than likely that, yeah, I mean, it's pretty much a nailed on certainty that the Senate is just going to disgrace themselves and acquit the president. Trump is more focused now on phase two, which this is out of Vanity Fair. Some Republicans are being interviewed anonymously. This one Republican, prominent Republican, said it's payback time. He has an enemies list that is growing by the day. I mean, in high school, this would get you expelled. Right.
Starting point is 01:00:54 An enemies list? Oh, yeah. He's got a burn book. So apparently it's Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, Mitt Romney, and John Bolton. Stormy's nowhere on there? No, no. And a lot of people are saying he's going to try and go up Bolton so hard, like he's trying to get him in jail.
Starting point is 01:01:12 Uh-huh. So, yeah. Yeah. We'll see how that plays out. He seems to have a really good grasp on the law. Will you tell me the enemies list again? I'm so sorry. Yes.
Starting point is 01:01:21 I'm visualizing him write it with like a dull pencil. Adam Schiff. Okay. Jerry Nadler. Okay. Mitt Romney. Okay. I'm visualizing him write it with like a dull pencil. Adam Schiff. Okay. Jerry Nadler. Okay. Mitt Romney. Okay. And John Bolton.
Starting point is 01:01:30 Wow. John Bolton. John Bolton. Yeah. I can't wait to see what he does to those people. Yeah. Watch him abuse his power further. Right.
Starting point is 01:01:41 Even to people within his own party and watch. They're going to be like well you know mitt romney was never a republican he was actually socialist this whole time but he was your nominee for president no no actually no i don't know that because he went against him he went against trump so that means he's actually dog shit i can't yeah i keep assuming that like well now they're gonna really crow when they see like how fucked up his abuses of power are and like no they just don't maintain minority they're just so scared of power are. And they just don't give a fuck. Maintain minority power.
Starting point is 01:02:06 They're just so scared of him. Yeah. And they have to maintain this slim minority power that they have, or it's gonna be lost to fucking progress, essentially. Yeah. No, it's complete disaster, backsliding. Let's talk about Wendy's breakfast.
Starting point is 01:02:24 Okay, thank God. let's switch gears to something really invigorating i love a good fast food breakfast okay mickey d's is still my number one but wendy's is out here as they say they are unleashing new breakfast materials i did not know about now some people apparently may have been in limited markets but this new shit um i'm just looking at this baconator breakfast sandwich it looks like a guaranteed heart attack by bite three what about it makes it a breakfast sandwich the baconator breakfast because it has egg and a sausage patty but then everything else bacon american cheese no, no. And it's on a burger bun, though. Yeah. Huh. What about the, so that's a biscuit that has fried chicken on it?
Starting point is 01:03:10 Yep. Because it has bacon, it's breakfast? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, it's like a chicken biscuit. You know, that's how we navigate that one. Love the context. Did I hear they were going to be doing Frosties with cold brew? Yes, you did. No, you didn't. A Frosty Chino. She did not hear that were going to be doing frosties with cold brew yes no you did no you didn't a frosty she did not hear that yes it is what oh wait actually
Starting point is 01:03:31 no the baconator is has a bacon uh burger patty in it pardon me pardon so it just has an egg and they're like breakfast that's breakfast bro blow it out with that but then the other ones you can use traditional breakfast meats but yeah yeah, the Frostichino. Yeah. I found out about Wendy's Breakfast because I had a friend who auditioned to be the voice of it. And she was like, I'm auditioning to be the voice of Wendy's Breakfast. And I was like, what the fuck? Why didn't I get asked to audition for the voice of that? And so Wendy's Breakfast is like starting off on a bad foot with me.
Starting point is 01:04:02 Yes. Not that. Secret hater. So you're someone's secret hater. Do you want a Baconator? Like I'm clearly not the voice. I don't know. Like a Frosty with coffee, you dumb piece of shit. I'm sorry, Megan.
Starting point is 01:04:13 Can we try that one more time and just stick to what's in the sides there? Okay. Baconator. Great. Do you wish that the Frosty would make you have to shit incredibly bad? Immediately? Like speed home? So good though.
Starting point is 01:04:28 Oh, yeah. Dipping those fries in it? Is that? Well, now will they be dipping tater tots? Yeah. Yeah, or maybe French toast sticks? I'm sorry. I have to, this just in.
Starting point is 01:04:40 The Baconator does have a sausage patty. The breakfast Baconator. Okay. So it is, they're trying to respect the sanctity of the breakfast meats. This is like the Iowa caucuses. Yeah, you never know. Your reporting on this is just back and forth. Yes.
Starting point is 01:04:52 We're hearing. Yes, and they do predict that this will contribute to a 10% growth in sales. Okay, great. March 2nd. Dunkaroos back. Yo. I didn't, first of all, I didn't know they ever left. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:05:06 But apparently these shits were canceled in 2012. I think we've just not been up to the age. Yeah. I mean, first of all, did everyone here engage in dunkarooing? Oh, yeah. Dunkaroo consumption? Yeah, absolutely. I had like a whole strategy.
Starting point is 01:05:19 What was your strategy? So my strategy for Dunkaroos and for like the snacks that were the cracker with cheese. The craft with the red plastic thing that you could slash somebody's face with. Good. My strategy was go light early and bulk up at the end. Thank God. Yeah. We all have that deferred gratification mindset.
Starting point is 01:05:39 Same way I eat Lunchables too. Yeah. I'm like, I would eat a couple light ones just for the end and be like, yo, bro, I'm eating a fucking fistful of meat and cheese. So Dunkaroos, they're coming back in 2020. And really the only reason I wanted to bring this up was to
Starting point is 01:05:53 find out everyone's Dunkaroo eating strategy. Sometimes I would fucking eat all the cookies and leave two and try and just get my last two, just pure diabetic shock. Yeah, but sometimes do you have to use your finger to finish it off? You can't get everything. You can put your tongue in there.
Starting point is 01:06:10 Yeah. Oh, yeah. All right. Well, shout out to Dunkaroos. From Betty Crocker. I didn't realize that was a Betty Crocker product. They were probably just like, we got all this extra frosting in the factory. Can you put it somewhere?
Starting point is 01:06:23 Oh, yeah. They're like, yeah, and these to-go things. The leftovers. Yeah. Right. I mean, oh, boy. So, I mean, hey, everyone get high
Starting point is 01:06:30 and get your Dunkaroos. I recently saw at like one of those coffee shops that's like an artisanal coffee shop, Adult Lunchables. No. Yeah. What do you mean?
Starting point is 01:06:40 What that means? It was just a like cheese and cracker package, but- They called it Adult Lunchables? No. No, no. and cracker package but they called it adult lunch yeah no no i swear to god they called it adult lunchables yeah what is it like oh it was the one at our portland hotel like they had it listed as adult lunchables and it was just a charcuterie plate with uh cheese and crackers what a quaint way to describe i know fancy shirt it's more of
Starting point is 01:07:03 an adult lunchable we want to make it accessible. Right. But, I mean, that was one of the most profitable products of the 90s. I can only imagine that Oscar- What were the margins on that, man? Oh, my God. Fuck. Fuck, bro.
Starting point is 01:07:15 Just fucking trash. Feed your kids trash. Feed your kids trash. Did you ever eat the pizza ones? No. Oh, man. Did you ever eat the Taco Bell ones? No.
Starting point is 01:07:24 Oh, boy. Was it Taco ones? No. Oh, man. Did you ever eat the Taco Bell ones? No. Oh, boy. Was it Taco Bell? Yes, they had Taco Bell where the meat came in a fucking packet. Oh, yeah, I had that. I had that. Wait, it had the red meat?
Starting point is 01:07:35 The beef? It came in a salad dressing packet. Packet. You could get nachos, or no, tacos, beef taco and shit, and nachos. The nachos, yeah.
Starting point is 01:07:44 And then there was like a little salsa. Let's look at what movies are coming in 2020 that might have a political influence, political ramification. Sonic. Sonic, obviously. I think people are predicting that Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik is going to swing the election.
Starting point is 01:08:06 Oh, absolutely. Yes. You think he's a Bernie bro? Yeah. I think he's going to remind a lot of people of Bernie. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 01:08:12 Oh, yeah. He's just trying to tear the system down, you know? Now, this is a thing that our writer, J.M. McNabb, put together just kind of looking forward. This is something I hadn't remembered. So ahead of the 2012 election, people were saying that Steven Spielberg held back the release of Lincoln, the Lincoln biography, because it was too reminiscent of Obama, basically. It like too influenced by obama and like they thought it was going to swing the election for obama so they held it back until after the election which seems what fucking times we lived in i know they might be reminded of obama right uh with spiel why why
Starting point is 01:08:59 didn't spielberg want to push swing the hill right well know, I'm sure he's friends with Mitt Romney. They were probably on vacation together. When you're so rich, man, there's no such thing as party. I feel like at a certain point you're like, yeah, dude, it's the other billionaire. It's the other rich guy. But I mean, maybe, because I think this is a world too where people are trying to be decent and they're like, I don't even want the
Starting point is 01:09:20 seeming impropriety of putting it out so close to the election. But like, let's... Right. Yeah, hey. Yeah, it was at a time when people still were naive enough to think that you could have an objective election that wasn't biased or where one side wasn't using undue influence to get people to vote one way or another.
Starting point is 01:09:42 Are there any like political porns? Yeah, Deep Throat. Well, I guess Deep Throat wasn't a political porn. No, with Linda Lovelace? Right. Watergate was a porn political scandal because they were using- No, Watergate's a pee video.
Starting point is 01:09:57 Right, right. You can check out. There's also Naylin Palin. I believe that came out too. Right. Wow. And that was just a woman with glasses. Woman with glasses with her hair up.
Starting point is 01:10:09 And I believe she, the male performers in the video were dressed like Russian guys. Cause she was like, I can see Russia from my house. And then the Russians come through and they're like, let us fuck. Uh, actually Tina Fey said, I can see Russia from my house. And everybody imprinted that onto their memory. Or she said something. Yeah, she worked closely with Russia. Anyway, the Russia connection. You can see Russia from some parts of Alaska, which is true.
Starting point is 01:10:31 Yes, that's true. Yeah. Everybody needs to leave Sarah Palin alone. Okay. She's a great leader. Sorry. No, no. I was just going to keep listing political porns.
Starting point is 01:10:40 But yeah, let's do this one more. Okay, that's like a trend. Yeah. Mm-hmm. political porns but yeah let's okay that's like a trend yeah um rush limbaugh saw the dark knight rises uh which features a villain named bane as a slate towards uh mitt romney because of being capital uh even though bane in that movie attacks the stock market and steals everybody's money and you know tears down the fabric of society which couldn't be further from Mitt Romney. And also Bane was created in 1993.
Starting point is 01:11:09 Sure. That other minor thing. So we also have – I just like the idea. They're taking shots at Mitt Romney because that guy's – That's pure – Like Mitt Romney would be lucky to be as cool as Bane is. I mean those dots Rush Limbaugh is connecting
Starting point is 01:11:26 and a lot of conservative pundits do when they try and be like we're victims of this like media thing would be great like improvisers like seeing them shits come out and know they've had podcasting for three decades like they've had Joe Rogan they've had their Joe Rogan for three decades
Starting point is 01:11:42 it's just you know people who are professional bullshitters. But it's like, why don't you guys make good movies then? No one is forcing you to make dog movies. You have taken on dog movies as your cause. You could also be
Starting point is 01:12:00 making Academy Award films, but you're not cool or good. So we're gonna to do it. And then if you don't like it, that's fine. Go watch your weird fucking dog movies. Boom. Now, what dog movie are you speaking about? Well, I feel like every Jesus movie has a dog in it.
Starting point is 01:12:17 Is that true? I don't know. Every Jesus movie? Because sometimes I think I go see bad. I go to the theater a lot. I love it. As in theater, I mean movie theater. I'm a fan of the theater.
Starting point is 01:12:28 So I go to the movie theater. AMC in particular. And I see a lot of shit. And so I get a lot of bad previews. Okay. And so you'll be watching and you'll get like 30 seconds in and you're like, oh, this is a Jesus movie. What's a Jesus movie?
Starting point is 01:12:42 A Kid Falls Through the Ice. A Dog is Reincarnated. A dog is reincarnated. A kid falls through the ice? Yes, Greg Kinnear is in it. Greg Kinnear is helping at a soup kitchen and is nice to a black man and the black
Starting point is 01:12:57 man is Jesus. I know what you're talking about. There is a light. There might be a cornfield. A dog learns to play basketball. Yeah, okay. I know what you're talking about. This is the, it's a lot of, there is a light. Sure, sure, right. There might be a cornfield. A dog learns to play basketball. Yes. There could be baseball.
Starting point is 01:13:10 Right. Yes. Like, it may sound obscure what I'm naming, but when you see it, you're like, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It evokes a, like, you know, reverence to a higher power. Yeah. A flag. Mm-hmm. Camo. power. Yeah. A flag, camo.
Starting point is 01:13:25 Yes. So people in the tradition of Steven Spielberg having a vaguely political movie coming out the year of an election, people are saying that West Side Story, which is his movie coming up in 2020, could end up being that this year. It's like 60 years old. Oh,
Starting point is 01:13:44 here comes the musical vote. A famous story of Puerto Rican immigrants, even if the original is cartoonishly stereotypical and full of whitewashing. That's why Rita Moreno, I think, had notes for him. Yeah. And he was like, I will take these on board. And he was like, okay, fair, fair.
Starting point is 01:14:02 This is, huh, didn't think this might be problematic. There is a new political satire directed by Jon Stewart that is literally about the election. Oh, God. This time it's a small town mayoral election and competing party political consultants. consultants and hopefully it's not uh hopefully it's more like the voice he used on the daily show and less like his rally to restore sanity at the end of the bush administration which was the i mean who is there any effect that these films have really no it's just like i don't know i mean maybe we we we I guess you never know. You never know.
Starting point is 01:14:46 Some people might see that and be like, you know what? West Side Story just humanized the Puerto Rican experience for me. I just don't think conservatives go to these types of movies. I remember seeing Moonlight two weeks after the 2016 election, and it was so deeply, deeply affecting to me. And I was like, God, I hope these motherfuckers see this movie. And it's like,
Starting point is 01:15:08 they're not going to see Moonlight. Right. There's no way. They're seeing Doolittle five times. And it's still bombing. And it's still bombing. Again, yeah. Well, that was actually the next movie
Starting point is 01:15:19 I was going to talk about. Doolittle, people are saying, is going to swing the election for, no, I'm just joking. There's a movie, a series actually, called A Higher Loyalty, based on the book by James Comey. Jeff Daniels stars as Comey.
Starting point is 01:15:35 Brendan Gleeson stars as Trump. Brendan Gleeson? Yeah. That book just- He's too good of an actor to do that. How is Comey getting deals? Who the fuck is his agent? I know.
Starting point is 01:15:47 Well, it's because he's like the one conservative who steps out of line and does, quote unquote, the right thing. Did he? Does anyone else remember him costing Hillary the election? Exactly. But I'm saying the way they look at it is everything's erased when you speak out against Trump, apparently. Right.
Starting point is 01:16:04 It's like, oh, yeah, we'll forget everything, all the other weird shit you've done. John Bolton is our hero. Has anyone told OJ that? Yeah. I mean, there's some people looking for a comeback. OJ's out here. He's like, I don't agree with President Trump.
Starting point is 01:16:17 Oh, my God. Hey, Twitter world, yours truly. I think Trump sucks. Woo! Horror movies, also usually good reflections of our current cultural anxieties, like with the torture porn craze during the invasion of Iraq. And we've got a few slightly political ones. First of all, we have a new purge coming,
Starting point is 01:16:40 which the purge that came out in 2016 actually predicted like there was a debate between a Republican and Democrat where they wore the exact same suits that Trump and Hillary wore during their first debate except the movie came out or was made before the debate.
Starting point is 01:17:00 So it was like they just somehow. I'm telling you, man. Zeitgeist. No, the Purge feels eerily possible. Yes. Yeah, yeah. We're also getting a Candyman reboot produced by Jordan Peele. Candyman.
Starting point is 01:17:14 Have you, I recently, like over Halloween, we went back and watched a bunch of these. And Candyman is an insane film. Yes. I think we were young enough when it came out that it was like, oh, this is scary. There is wild shit happening in that movie.
Starting point is 01:17:28 You were like, I can't handle this. It's so crazy. Mm-hmm. And there's so many different levels and layers and it's very sort of feminist and also...
Starting point is 01:17:42 Really? Yeah. Well, I mean, it's not feminist because Candyman is also trying to like sexually assault this woman
Starting point is 01:17:52 but I guess it being like he's bad is at least feminist right I don't know if it passes the Bechdel test right
Starting point is 01:17:59 I'm gonna guess no yeah because Candyman comes up a lot and man is in his name but it's a disgusting crazy movie and I can't wait
Starting point is 01:18:11 to see Jordan Peele's version I do remember it's one of the only horror movies from that I remember from my childhood being set in an urban location it was usually like horror movies were usually set out in the wilderness
Starting point is 01:18:27 or something. Right. And apparently, so this new Jordan Peele reboot is going to somehow be, tackle the themes of gentrification.
Starting point is 01:18:38 So that should be interesting. And Disney is releasing their live action Mulan, which i i think might just be purely to rattle mike pence who as we've mentioned before i said hate hates he wrote that in uh an op-ed in my hometown newspaper that's where that mulan opinion came out live action aladdin was one of the worst movies i've ever seen and I actually found it to be racist as well. But the previews for live action Mulan look beautiful and good and Guy Ritchie did not
Starting point is 01:19:13 do it. So I have hope. Well, Megan, it's been a pleasure having you on the Daily Zeitgeist once again. Where can people find you, follow you, hear you, see you? I would love for you guys to listen to The Greatest. Subscribe, rate,
Starting point is 01:19:29 and I heart sister. Yeah. And my Instagram is BetterMeganGaley. Twitter is MeganGaley. I will be in Washington, D.C. the last weekend of March for some shows.
Starting point is 01:19:42 And I'm also one of the co-hosts on Crooked's all-female podcast, Hysteria. So if you want more of my idiotic political takes, you can go there. And if you want... Oh, I posted a really thirsty thought photo today. So I would say get on my Instagram.
Starting point is 01:19:59 It's me in lingerie sitting on a Nissan Cube. Nissan Cube. Nissan Cube. Say less. You need a little Iowa caucus break. I was going to save it for my birthday, which is in two weeks. And then I was like, you know what? These people have been through enough. Let's give them a little Iowa caucus meltdown juice.
Starting point is 01:20:18 Breathe. Is there a tweet or some other work of social media you've been enjoying? Okay. So I really loved loved and this was an interview i guess but then they tweeted about it michael bloomberg got a dig on trump that was so good he was being asked um like do you really think people want to just see you two go back and forth is the american public really interested in watching two billionaires fight? And he goes, two billionaires?
Starting point is 01:20:49 Who's the other billionaire? Oh. I retweeted it, and I really, it like, I was like, okay, I'm a Bloomberg bitch, I guess. It's not. I'm just here for the pettiness. I do think as we enter into this chaotic hellscape, we do have to remember this man does not like when we call him poor.
Starting point is 01:21:10 So let's just call him poor. Yeah. And that is fun. Yeah. Oh, boy. Yeah. Miles, where can people find you and what's something you've been enjoying? Well, you can find me on Twitter and Instagram at Miles of Grey.
Starting point is 01:21:22 And on my other show, 420 Day Fiance, where we get high and talk about 90 Day Fiance. Miles, I would love to come on that show. Oh, do you like the show? Of course. Yeah. I want to go on Anna's Below Deck podcast. I'm just, I'm literally inbox open.
Starting point is 01:21:39 Okay, fantastic. Some tweets that I like. One is actually from a listener Alex Gouletes who tweeted at me and said this was in my group text and it made me think of you guys and it's just a cut out that says Scott Adams comes bone in chicken wings yeah
Starting point is 01:21:55 I love that whatever that is it spoke to me to revelation my two year old daughter watched the Super Bowl halftime show. She's now a stripper and selling pictures of her feet online. She's supporting the entire family, and we've never been more proud. Fantastic.
Starting point is 01:22:14 And then one last one from Onoshi Twinton. I'm going to be really pissed if after all of this, Bran is the nominee. Game of Thrones reference for you there. Ran is the nominee. Game of Thrones reference for you there. You can find me on Twitter at Jack underscore O'Brien. Somebody replied to Mayor's Pete.
Starting point is 01:22:35 The skeptic said, not now, not this time. All this talk of belonging, of bridging divides is too naive, too risky. So tonight I say with a heart filled with gratitude, Iowa, you've proved those skeptics wrong. And Mass for Shut-ins tweeted, you're a PowerPoint presentation that got one wish and wanted to be a real boy. And I think that's about the list description. I am
Starting point is 01:22:57 Indiana's greatest representative. You are. I really am. Hell yeah. We should be talking about Mayor May. I would love for you guys to tweet at me a better Hoosier. Right. I can't think of one. We're batting low. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:23:12 Is there someone you would actually say, okay, I would cede the floor to this? David Letterman. Yeah, he's pretty great. Okay, so you did have someone in mind. That's it. And I do love Babyface. Oh, Kenneth Edmonds? And Vivica A.
Starting point is 01:23:24 Let's call him Kenneth Edmonds. Okay, yes. He has, he, there's, in Indianapolis, there's an interstate named after him. There is? Babyface Highway. Oh, my God. And it's not because he contributes to the cleanup of that highway? I do.
Starting point is 01:23:39 No, no, no. He did not adopt a highway. He birthed it. Wow. That's beautiful. Gotta love the way she moves that's produced by the one oh can i oh this is just so funny he was on um real housewives of beverly hills and lisa vanderp him I mean he just was like So kind
Starting point is 01:24:06 He was like No No Is he one of the Real housewives now No but Yolanda was married To David Foster
Starting point is 01:24:14 That piece of shit Since divorce He got mad Because she got a disease And got her Breast implants taken out Now he's married To Catherine McPhee
Starting point is 01:24:21 Who's basically His granddaughter And baby face And the foster Are friends That's Catherine McPhee That's the Catherine McPhee, who's basically his granddaughter. And Babyface and the Foster are friends. That's Catherine McPhee. We went to high school with her. That's the Catherine McPhee.
Starting point is 01:24:27 Wow. Yeah. That is... So Bella and Gigi Hadid's mom was married to Catherine McPhee's now husband. Jesus Christ. And they met performing together at someone... At Catherine McPhee's first wedding. Oh, really?
Starting point is 01:24:43 You'll love to see it, folks. I don't know why I know that. You love to see it. No, everybody, especially like, because in the Valley, we talk a lot about Catherine McPhee. Wait, wait. So Catherine McPhee is getting married. David Foster is there. Her mom and David Foster meet performing.
Starting point is 01:24:58 No, Catherine McPhee and David Foster met performing at Catherine McPhee's first wedding. He performed at Catherine McPhee's first wedding. He performed at Catherine McPhee's first wedding. Yeah. She left her first husband. I always had my eye on her. For the dude who performed at her wedding. Yeah. Hell yeah.
Starting point is 01:25:14 Big dick energy. That is. Big old dick energy. Well, you can find us on Twitter at Daily Zeitgeist. We're at The Daily Zeitgeist on Instagram. We have a Facebook fan page and a website, DailyZeitgeist.com, where we post our episodes and our footnotes, where we link off to the information that we talked about in today's episode,
Starting point is 01:25:34 as well as the song we ride out on Miles West's I Can Be Today. I just want to keep this boom-back, neck-crack music going. This is from Big Ghost Limited, which is basically West Side Gun, his brother Conway the Machine. This track's called Fendi Seats. And if you need that New York flavor from the late 90s, this whole – It's called Big Ghost Limited, but it's not related to Ghostface? No, no, no.
Starting point is 01:26:02 It has that grimy, like... Ooh. Yeah, it just does something. Does something to me. Yeah, again, this is for the old heads out there. Yeah. You know, listen to this. My head couldn't be older.
Starting point is 01:26:15 Get your neck loose. I am 32. Right? Wow. Changing birthdays. All right, Billy. The Daily Zeitgeist is a production of iHeartRadio. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio
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