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TDZ Endnotes · Monthly digest

January 2021

The links published with every main episode, kept in their original order, plus the official song of the day.

Source note: These are the links supplied by the show in its official episode notes. Automatically generated transcripts are used to audit spoken recommendations, not as authoritative URLs.

January 25–29

Friday
Jan. 29

“GOP Rot Continues, Subway’s Tuna Secret?”

In episode 801, Jack and Miles are joined by Stuff They Don't Want You To Know and Ridiculous History's Ben Bowlin

  1. Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
  2. Ridiculous History
  3. Taylor Greene tests McCarthy with caustic comments
  4. Marjorie Taylor Greene indicated support for executing prominent Democrats in 2018 and 2019 before running for Congress
  5. Health Workers, Stuck in the Snow, Administer Coronavirus Vaccine to Stranded Drivers
  6. Online investor army takes wallop with trading barriers
  7. Subway’s tuna is not tuna, but a ‘mixture of various concoctions,’ a lawsuit alleges
  8. Oh no oh no candy-flavored mac and cheese oh no
  9. Kraft unveils Valentine's Day mac 'n' cheese, social media responds
  10. Kraft mac and cheese is now a breakfast food, apparently
  11. 'Ain't no basic batch': Kraft Dinner launching pumpkin spice mac and cheese
  12. Angry Moms And QAnon Believers Attacked Kraft's "Send Noods" Campaign For Sexualizing Mac 'N' Cheese
  13. A single factory is now working 24/7 to keep Kraft Dinner on grocery shelves
  14. Kraft Heinz factories are working three shifts a day to keep up with demand
  15. Two Kraft Heinz workers test positive for coronavirus
  16. Marvelous Macaroni and Cheese
  17. Rationing

Song of the day: Domenique Dumont - Le Debut De La Fin

Thursday
Jan. 28

“Reddit PWND Wall Street, Robo Biden”

In episode 800, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and writer Mike Drucker

  1. Silent Hill 2 by Mike Drucker
  2. How WallStreetBets Pushed GameStop Shares to the Moon
  3. What’s next for Trump’s trial? What we know after most GOP senators voted against
  4. Hannity dabbling in anti-vax: "I've been telling my friends I'm getting the vaccine. Half of them agree and the other half think I'm absolutely nuts. I don't know who to listen to."
  5. ‘No Time to Die’ Delays Release Date Again
  6. Bond fans ask for No Time to Die delay due to coronavirus
  7. Bond 25: With Danny Boyle’s Exit, the Latest 007 Could Miss Its Release Date
  8. Danny Boyle’s James Bond Was ‘Crazy, Madcap, and Extraordinary,’ Says 007 Crew Member
  9. Daniel Craig to Undergo Ankle Surgery After Bond 25 Set Injury, Film’s Release Date Not Changing
  10. Explosion on Bond 25 set causes injury, damage to studio
  11. Cary Fukunaga Addresses Bond 25 Rumor He’s Skipping Filming and Causing Crew Backlash
  12. Grace Jones ‘quits’ Bond 25 ‘moments after arriving on set’, reports claim
  13. James Bond Film ‘No Time to Die’ Explored $600 Million Sale to Streaming Services
  14. Does Bond’s product placement go too far?
  15. Bond film delays are reportedly causing product placement havoc for brands
  16. The Era of the Ellen DeGeneres Show Might Be Coming to an End
  17. Disney World Plans Audio-Animatronic Version Of Joe Biden For Its Hall Of Presidents
  18. CONFIRMED: Disney Announces Addition of Joe Biden Audio-Animatronic to The Hall of Presidents at the Magic Kingdom
  19. Trump is leaving office, but will he be leaving Disney's Hall of Presidents?
  20. A Deep Dive Into the Bloody Battle for 'Disney’s America', the Theme Park That Never Was

Song of the day: Cal Tjader - Aquarius

Wednesday
Jan. 27

“Advertising = NOT Advertising, Slice Of Hot Sauce?”

In episode 799, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Alex Edelman

  1. Hollywood Elite in COVID-19 Vaccine Scramble: ‘It’s the Hunger Games Out There’
  2. Wealthy couple chartered a plane to the Yukon, took vaccines doses meant for Indigenous elders, authorities said
  3. I’ve Said Goodbye to ‘Normal.’ You Should, Too.
  4. CFO Jimmy Patronis to Olympic Committee: Relocate the 2021 Olympics from Tokyo to Florida
  5. Frank's RedHot Sauce Will Soon Come in a Sandwich-Ready 'Slice' Form
  6. Wary Companies Hesitate on Super Bowl Commercials, Citing Pandemic
  7. Coca-Cola Will Sit Out Super Bowl, Joining Pepsi in Benching Soda Ads
  8. Pepsi Promises a Super Bowl Halftime Show, Even if the Game Is Canceled
  9. Budweiser Joins Coke and Pepsi Brands in Sitting Out First COVID-Era Super Bowl
  10. WATCH: Bigger Picture | Budweiser Super Bowl Commercial
  11. Why Budweiser and their signature Clydesdales are skipping the Super Bowl for first time in 37 years
  12. How Super Bowl ad costs have skyrocketed over the years

Song of the day: Harrison - Around You

Tuesday
Jan. 26

January 19–22

Friday
Jan. 22

“Biden’s Work Begins, tRuMp wAs a LeFtIst pLaNt”

In episode 796, Jack and Miles are joined by Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend's Alison Rosen to discuss Joe Biden having to reverse a lot of Trump's bullshit, a quick look at the history of Republican presidents, Trump regret, the future of Trump, Youtuber Blippi's viral poop past, and more!

  1. Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend's
  2. Biden signs executive actions on COVID, climate change, immigration and more
  3. Ted Cruz clashes with Seth Rogen over Biden rejoining Paris climate deal
  4. Parler turns on Trump
  5. Ok, where did we go wrong?
  6. Kids YouTube Star Blippi “Regrets” The Viral Video In Which He Poops All Over His Friend

Song of the day: Madison McFerrin: Learn Your Lesson

Thursday
Jan. 21
Wednesday
Jan. 20

“Baby’s Last Day As President, White Supremacists In National Guard?”

In episode 794, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Teresa Lee

  1. FBI Vets All National Guard Troops in D.C. for Inauguration Amid Fears of Insider Attack
  2. Trump plans to leave in dramatic fashion yet continues to stay out of sight
  3. ‘Fox & Friends’ Host Gushes Over Trump’s Work Ethic: ‘He Watches Every Show’
  4. McConnell: Trump "provoked" Capitol mob
  5. Who is Dr. Rachel Levine? Get to know Biden’s pick for assistant health secretary
  6. Get Ready For More Legislation Targeting Trans Youth
  7. Four Myths About Trans Athletes, Debunked
  8. TIFFANY TRUMP… I’M ENGAGED!!!
  9. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Says Bed Bath And Beyond, Kohl’s To Drop His Products; Dominion Voting Systems Threatens To Sue

Song of the day: El Michels Affair - Murkit Gem

Tuesday
Jan. 19

“$1400 = $2000? Tom Cruise Has COVID Robots?”

In episode 793, Miles and guest host Jamie Loftus are joined by White Homework's Tori Williams Douglass

  1. White Homework
  2. Inside Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Plan to Help Struggling Americans
  3. Sen. James Lankford apologizes to Black Tulsans for questioning presidential election results
  4. UNITED AIRLINES THANKS PASSENGERS WHO AIDED MAN WITH COVID ... $200 Voucher for the CPR
  5. Is Donald Trump Going To The Alamo Total Landscaping?
  6. In South Texas, Trump says his border wall saves lives and jobs, and warns of danger from Biden’s looser policies
  7. Tom Cruise reportedly buys robots to enforce COVID-19 safety on film set
  8. No, Tom Cruise Did Not Bring Scary COVID-19 Robots to the Set of ‘Mission: Impossible 7’

Song of the day: ooh la la (feat. Mexican Institute Of Sound & Santa Fe Klan) (Mexican Institute Of Sound Remix)

January 11–15

Friday
Jan. 15

“Ivanka vs. The Help, Vaccine Hookup”

In episode 792, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and activist Derrick Lemos

  1. The phony GOP calls for ‘unity’ deserve nothing but contempt
  2. FAA: No more warnings for unruly passengers on flights
  3. NEW on the widening rift between Trump and GOP leaders. After McCarthy told Trump and the Republican caucus antifa wasn't involved in last week's riots (which FBI confirmed), Rudy Giuliani told me McCarthy "doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about."
  4. Trump is isolated and angry at aides for failing to defend him as he is impeached again
  5. The State Where ‘Connections’ Are King in Vaccine Hunt
  6. The $3,000-a-month toilet for the Ivanka Trump/Jared Kushner Secret Service detail
  7. Captain America creator’s son hits out at Capitol mob's use of superhero imagery
  8. Can Captain America serve two dramatically different versions of America?
  9. IT'S TIME FOR MARVEL TO RETIRE THE PUNISHER'S SKULL LOGO
  10. The Creator Of ‘The Punisher’ Wants To Reclaim The Iconic Skull From Police And Fringe Admirers
  11. Can Captain America serve two dramatically different versions of America?

Song of the day: All Night - Romare

Thursday
Jan. 14

“Parler Taken Down By Own Stupidity, Harry Styles Home Wrecker”

In episode 791, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Danielle Radford

  1. Mitch McConnell’s Impeachment Endgame
  2. The significance of Liz Cheney’s and Mitch McConnell’s impeachment moves
  3. Jordan calls on Cheney to step down from House leadership
  4. Fox hosts spar during debate over comparisons between Capitol, Portland riots
  5. Amazon's shutdown of Parler is a threat to all small businesses
  6. As tech giants recoil from Trump and Parler, is free speech at risk?
  7. Amazon Says Parler Systematically Unwilling To Remove Violent Content
  8. These are the violent threats that made Amazon drop Parler
  9. Worried about free speech, FBI never issued intelligence bulletin about possible Capitol violence
  10. Amazon Will Suspend Hosting For Pro-Trump Social Network Parler
  11. How Parler went offline, and how it might come back
  12. Parler’s got a porn problem: Adult businesses target pro-Trump social network
  13. An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler's Data
  14. The Hacker Who Archived Parler Explains How She Did It (and What Comes Next)
  15. I Refuse To Believe Harry Styles Is a Homewrecker, Sorry Jason Sudeikis!
  16. Amazon’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Series Has an Official Synopsis and You Can Read It Here
  17. (THREAD) Media has yet to do a deep dive on precisely what Trump *said* in his January 6 speech in DC—a speech now called an "incitement to insurrection," and the basis for an article of impeachment coming Monday. This thread unpacks the speech. I hope you'll read on and RETWEET.

Song of the day: Kaito Shoma - Scary Garry

Wednesday
Jan. 13
Tuesday
Jan. 12
Monday
Jan. 11

“Insurrectin’ For The Gram, Leaders?”

In episode 788, Jack and Miles are joined by 420 Day Fiance and Private Parts Unknown co-host Sofiya Alexandra

  1. 420 Day Fiance
  2. Private Parts Unknown
  3. Capitol attack: the five people who died
  4. Boise man posts about storming Senate floor, falsely claims he sat in Pelosi’s chair
  5. Boise man who stormed U.S. Capitol building: 'I got caught up in the moment'
  6. 3:00 am gang, the Sedition Animaniacs chain must never end
  7. Multimillionaire Vanderbilt heir Anderson Cooper is branded a snob for saying the MAGA mob rioters will 'go back to the Olive Garden and to the Holiday Inn that they're staying at' to celebrate their attack on the Capitol
  8. Clyburn blasts DeVos and Chao for 'running away' from 25th Amendment fight
  9. REPUBLICAN ATTORNEYS GENERAL DARK MONEY GROUP ORGANIZED PROTEST PRECEDING CAPITOL MOB ATTACK
  10. REPUBLICAN ATTORNEYS GENERAL ARE HELPING TRUMP LEGAL EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE ELECTION. HERE ARE THE CORPORATIONS THAT FUND THEIR ELECTION CAMPAIGNS
  11. Outside Agitators Charter Plane to Riot
  12. The GOP’s Wealthy Funders Want You to Forget Their Role in Stoking Wednesday’s Riot at the Capitol

Song of the day: Al Pagoda - Black

January 5–8

Friday
Jan. 8
Thursday
Jan. 7

“Dems Sweep Georgia, Insurrection Sweeps The Capitol”

In episode 786, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Vanessa Gritton

  1. Exit Polls
  2. Updates: Capitol breached by protesters, woman shot inside
  3. Michael Loftus Live From Nashville
  4. Kylie Jenner hand sanitizer
  5. Kimye is Allegedly No More
  6. Pizza Hut Rings in the New Year with a Pizza-Less Stuffed Crust Ring
  7. Pizza Hut baffles customers with unusual new menu item: ‘How do you even eat that?’
  8. Meet The Woman Who Changed Pizza Forever By Stuffing The Crust With Cheese
  9. Pizza Hut Sued Over Stuffed Crust
  10. There's A Controversy Surrounding The Origins Of Pizza Hut's Famous 'Stuffed Crust'
  11. WATCH: Donald Trump | Stuffed Crust Pizza
  12. Yes, It Was Donald Trump Who First Introduced Pizza Hut’s Stuffed Crust to the World
  13. How Donald and Ivana Trump transformed Pizza Hut's stuffed-crust pizza into a multibillion-dollar business
  14. Pizza Hut’s stuffed crust pizza celebrates 25 years of gilding the lily
  15. PIZZA HUT IS SERVING SPAM STUFFED CRUST PIZZAS

Song of the day: Aquarian Dream - Yesterday (Was So Nice Today)

Wednesday
Jan. 6

“Generous Joe, Vaccine Made Of HEAVY METAL?”

In episode 785, Jack and Miles are joined by Dunks and Discourse co-host Jabari Ali Davis

  1. Dunks and Discourse
  2. Tracking coronavirus’ global spread
  3. Unsanitized: America’s Vaccine Rollout Should Infuriate You
  4. Pandemic Aid Bolsters Biden and Shows Potential Path for His Agenda in Congress
  5. FACT CHECK: JOE BIDEN HAS ADVOCATED CUTTING SOCIAL SECURITY FOR 40 YEARS
  6. Pharmacist Accused of Tampering With Vaccine Was Conspiracy Theorist, Police Say
  7. No, there are no microchips in coronavirus vaccines.
  8. Vaccine rumours debunked: Microchips, 'altered DNA' and more
  9. No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain Satan’s microchips (and other scary conspiracy theories aren’t true either)
  10. CONSPIRACISTS ACCUSE BILL GATES OF SEEKING MASS STERILIZATION
  11. CONSPIRACY THEORISTS SPREAD ‘5G COVID’ MIND-CONTROL CHIP DIAGRAM THAT IS ACTUALLY A GUITAR PEDAL
  12. Trump accidentally refers to Kelly Loeffler as ‘Karen’ and says he ‘LOVES’ QAnon Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene at rally
  13. Luster of city living drops since 2018: Gallup
  14. ‘Mr. Bean’ Actor Rowan Atkinson Weighs in on ‘Cancel Culture,’ Teases New Film

Song of the day: Aquarian Dream - Do You Realize

Tuesday
Jan. 5

“Begging For A Coup, Ben Shapiro IS Hollywood”

In episode 784, Jack and Miles are joined by American Hysteria podcast host Chelsey Weber-Smith to discuss the second stimulus check, the Georgia runoff election, Trump's call to the Georgia Secretary of State, Ben Shapiro coming to Hollywood, Hilaria Baldwin, Bean Dad, Dunkin's extra charged coffee, and more!

  1. American Hysteria podcast
  2. Second stimulus check: IRS says the $600 payments are now on their way. But how soon is now?
  3. The latest on Georgia runoff and Trump's bid to overturn the election
  4. Here’s the full transcript and audio of the call between Trump and Raffensperger
  5. ‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor
  6. Trump’s Phone Call Is What Coup Fever Looks Like
  7. The Daily Wire Makes First Foray Into Film & TV With School Shooting Movie ‘Run Hide Fight’; Right-Wing Site Developing Two TV Series
  8. WATCH: 6 times Hilaria Baldwin’s dubious Spanish accent has gone wrong on camera | Page Six Celebrity News
  9. Unpacking the Drama Around Hilaria Baldwin’s Accent
  10. Ken Jennings Defends Co-Podcaster John Roderick Amid "Bean Dad" Controversy
  11. The Story Behind Dunkin’s Extra Charged Coffee

Song of the day: GAZZILLION EAR - MF DOOM, J Dilla

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