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TDZ Endnotes · Monthly digest

May 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.

May 24–28

Friday
May. 28

“Central Park Karen RETURNS, GOP Midterm Strategy”

In episode 919, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Sarah Squirm

  1. The Sarah Vaccine
  2. Woman in NYC Bird-Watcher Case Sues Franklin Templeton in Firing (1)
  3. Fox News’ fearmongering about critical race theory is all about the midterm campaigns — and now the network is admitting it
  4. How to Watch the ‘Friends’ Reunion on HBO Max for Free
  5. HEARD IT HERE FIRST LeBron James pictured wearing TOP-SECRET Apple headphones that aren’t even out yet
  6. Do all kids go through this not well rounded (jagged?) phase or is it hereditary? Mine was sharks and my oldest son is trains. I had friends who were all horse, dinosaur and wrestling for like multiple school years. Any good childhood obsessions people want to fess up to?

Song of the day: Dirty Art Club - Leant

Thursday
May. 27

“Workers AREN’T Lazy?! App-Based Policing?”

In episode 918, Jack and Miles are joined by rapper and What Had Happened Was host Open Mike Eagle

  1. What Had Happened Was
  2. ‘The final straw’: How the pandemic pushed restaurant workers over the edge
  3. ARE U.S. OFFICIALS UNDER SILENT ATTACK?
  4. Fandango Reports Very Strong Pre-Sales For ‘Quiet Place 2’
  5. CITIZEN APP AGAIN LETS USERS REPORT CRIMES — AND EXPERTS SEE BIG RISKS
  6. Banned crime reporting app Vigilante returns as Citizen, says its ‘report incident’ feature will be pulled
  7. Missing woman reunited with family thanks to Citizen App, diligent neighbor
  8. “It Creates a Culture of Fear”: How Crime Tracking Apps Incite Unnecessary Panic
  9. ‘A bleak dystopian reality’: Citizen app is now driving a patrol car in Los Angeles
  10. Leaked Emails Show Crime App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force
  11. Private Security Force That Works With Citizen Wants the Power to Arrest People
  12. A crime reporting app shifts to tracking COVID-19, raising privacy questions
  13. Crime App Citizen Exposed Users' COVID Data
  14. Report of Tiger Running Amok in Manhattan Turns Out to Be Raccoon: NYPD
  15. CITIZEN CEO OFFERED TO PERSONALLY FUND LA ARSON MANHUNT — FOR THE WRONG PERSON
  16. Citizen App Falsely Accuses Man of Starting Los Angeles Wildfire
  17. LEGO Unveils First LGBTQ Set Called 'Everyone Is Awesome' Launching for Pride Month
  18. Why I designed “Everyone is Awesome” by Matthew Ashton
  19. Lego’s made an LGBTQ-themed set but it feels a little like lip service
  20. Conservatives are furiously whining that LEGO’s new Pride set is shameful and divisive
  21. absolutely losing my mind watching this

Song of the day: pumpichulo - {WEGONMAKEIT} 

Wednesday
May. 26
Monday
May. 24

“Vaccines Make You Sexy! NEW QUINCY JONES INTERVIEW!”

In episode 915, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Sara June

  1. TIL McDonald’s serves five different types of eggs, and one is superior to the rest
  2. The Associated Press terminates new staffer amid uproar over tweets about Israel and Palestinians, sparking backlash
  3. Pakistan's top diplomat makes anti-Semitic remark during CNN interview about Gaza conflict
  4. Major dating apps including Tinder, OkCupid adding vaccination badges to dating profiles
  5. THR Icon: Quincy Jones Reflects on Career, Michael Jackson and Why He Wouldn’t Work With Elvis
  6. An 11-Year-Old Girl Used Tactics She Learned From ‘Law & Order: SVU’ To Fight Off — And Help Nab — A Would-Be Kidnapper
  7. GWYNETH PALTROW Goop Sued ... YOUR 'VAGINA' CANDLE BLEW UP!!!
  8. Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop calls lawsuit over exploding vagina-scented candle 'frivolous'
  9. Experience: Gwyneth Paltrow’s vagina candle erupted in my front room 

Song of the day: Mk.gee - cz [Official Music Video]

May 17–21

Friday
May. 21

“Giuliani’s Son Hilariously Bad, AI Gets Freakier”

In episode 914, Jack and Miles are joined by actor and Soul Balm host Clark Moore

  1. Soul Balm
  2. New York, Andrew Giuliani wants to be your next governor.
  3. Andrew Giuliani says he has spent five decades in government even though he's 35 years old.
  4. An 'Army of 16-Year-Olds' Takes On the Democrats
  5. AI turns The Spice Girls' "Wannabe" into a pretty solid Nine Inch Nails song
  6. This AI Makes Robert De Niro Perform Lines in Flawless German
  7. Box Office: Zack Snyder’s ‘Army Of The Dead’ Nabs $780K As ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Tops ‘Bad Boys For Life’
  8. Tig Notaro Herself Is an Incredible Visual Effect in Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead
  9. With Zack Snyder’s ‘Army of the Dead,’ Netflix Aims to Fix Its Franchise Problem
  10. The Secret Sauce Behind Netflix’s Hit, “House Of Cards”: Big Data
  11. The Most Popular Original and Licensed Series on Netflix During the Pandemic
  12. International heist dramas are suddenly Netflix’s biggest hits
  13. How the zombie represents America’s deepest fears
  14. First, Eat All the Lawyers
  15. The Heist Film: Stealing with Style

Song of the day: Nina Sky - Move ya body (Remi Oz remix)

Thursday
May. 20

“Can Cicadas Get You High? Kendall Jenner In A Cringe Ad?”

In episode 913, Jack and Miles are joined by Creature Feature's Katie Goldin

  1. Creature Feature's
  2. Bitcoin recovers from day's worst losses as Elon Musk says Tesla will NOT sell its holdings and the company's crypto horde returns to the black with a net gain of $200M
  3. Investigation of Trump Organization now exploring possible criminal conduct, N.Y. attorney general’s office says
  4. Some cicadas infected with psychedelic fungus that causes mating frenzy
  5. A Fungus Is Pushing Cicada Sex Into Hyperdrive And Leaving Them Dismembered
  6. What was the dancing plague of 1518?
  7. KENDALL JENNER 'APPROPRIATION' CRITICISM FOR 818 TEQUILA ... But Ad's No Different from Male Celebs Pitching Booze
  8. Kendall Jenner Posts Pictures of Agave Farmers Months After Tequila Backlash

Song of the day: DJ ST THOMAS - Fodder

Wednesday
May. 19

“SCOTUS v Roe v Wade? Flamin’ Cheetos DRAMA!”

In episode 912, Jack and Miles are joined by The Line podcast's Dan Taberski

  1. The Line podcast's
  2. Beer, donuts and baseball tickets won’t be enough to overcome vaccine hesitancy: Leila Atassi
  3. Ohio residents who get COVID-19 vaccine can enter $1 million lottery each week for 5 weeks, governor announces
  4. Mask mandate, all Ohio virus orders will be lifted June 2
  5. 'Game show gimmicks' and a 'stunt:' Ohio lawmakers pan DeWine's vaccine lottery plan
  6. Ohio’s $1 Million Lottery For Vaccinated Adults Draws On Behavioral Economics
  7. Ohio sees boost in shots after it announces $1 million vaccination lottery
  8. Supreme Court to Review Mississippi Law Limiting Abortion Rights
  9. Maricopa Republicans Officially OVER These Bamboo-Hunting Arizona Fraudit Idiots
  10. Arizona Is Holding Yet Another 2020 Recount. The Company Running It Makes It Even Worse.
  11. McCarthy Comes Out Against Bipartisan January 6 Commission Proposal
  12. This Man Is Not Bright
  13. Here’s Why You Hate the Sound of Your Own Voice
  14. Mirror, mirror, on the wall: People rate own bodies as more attractive when viewed from third-person perspective
  15. Julia Roberts shares incredibly rare picture with husband Danny Moder as they mark special anniversary
  16. 27 celebrities who married people who aren't famous
  17. Flamin' Hot Cheetos... the movie?
  18. Eva Longoria on her Flamin’ Hot Cheetos movie and Hollywood beginnings
  19. Eva Longoria Cheetos Movie ‘Flamin’ Hot’ Sets Jesse Garcia & Annie Gonzalez As Leads
  20. God gave Hispanic janitor at Frito-Lay factory a vision for Flamin’ Hot Cheetos
  21. Flamin' Hot: The Incredible True Story of One Man's Rise from Janitor to Top Executive
  22. The man who didn’t invent Flamin’ Hot Cheetos
  23. Disputed Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Inventor Responds to Frito-Lay’s Claims: ‘I Was Their Greatest Ambassador’

Song of the day: YĪN YĪN - Haw Phin

Monday
May. 17

“Panic At The C-Suite, Rats > Cats”

In episode 910, Jack and Miles are joined by writer and Deckheads: Chief Stews co-host Molly Lambert

  1. Deckheads: Chief Stews
  2. Hundreds of Epidemiologists Expected Mask-Wearing in Public for at Least a Year
  3. Ronald Reagan’s “Welfare Queen” Lie Has Been Resurrected
  4. Lies on Social Media Inflame Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  5. ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ Director Wants to Shoot on Film, Not Digital — and in Outer Space
  6. Out Of This World! Tom Cruise Plots Movie To Shoot In Space With Elon Musk’s SpaceX
  7. Tom Cruise is officially going to space for his next movie
  8. Space race 2: Russian actor bound for ISS in same month as Tom Cruise
  9. Shoot the Moon: Will Hollywood Ever Film a Blockbuster in Space?
  10. Bad news, Tom Cruise: Shooting that SpaceX movie is going to be almost impossible
  11. this is punk as fuck
  12. 1,000 feral cats released onto Chicago streets to tackle rat explosion
  13. ‘These are working cats’: Meet the feral D.C. felines tasked with hunting rodents
  14. Feral Cats Are Being Deployed in New York’s War on Rats
  15. Cats v. Rats? In New York, the Rats Win
  16. Cats Bad at Nabbing Rats But Feast on Other Beasts
  17. Booming feral cat populations are a disaster, science says. Here are 15 reasons why

Song of the day: Jabair - U.N.I.T.Y.

May 10–14

Friday
May. 14

“Oppression Looks The Same, Dumb Mad Max”

In episode 909, Jack and Miles are joined by Slate's Aymann Ismail

  1. Aymann Ismail
  2. After Ferguson Unrest, St. Louis Police Bought Stink Weapons to Launch at Protesters
  3. U.S. Police are Being Trained by Israel—And Communities of Color Are Paying the Price
  4. A Palestinian Perspective on This Week’s Violence
  5. “If you don’t get qualified immunity now, then we’ll come back and try to get it later, but I don’t want to sees us throw out a good bill because we can’t get a perfect bill,” says House Majority Whip James Clyburn on police reform. #CNNSOTU 
  6. Ray McGuire Mayoral Endorsement Interview
  7. Manchin to support measured voting reform in lieu of sweeping Democratic proposal
  8. Officials warn people not to fill plastic bags with gasoline amid panic over gas shortage
  9. Ohio’s million-dollar idea: Lottery prizes for vaccinations
  10. Shake Shack's Offering Free Fries for Vaccinated Customers in NYC
  11. Judge Has No Patience for 'BUTTFUCKER 3000' in Zoom Court
  12. WATCH: "Buttfucker 3000" Enters Judge Jeffreys Courtroom Zoom Session

Song of the day: BINKBEATS Beats Unraveled #2: Getting There by Flying Lotus

Thursday
May. 13
Wednesday
May. 12

“US Media Lyin’-est For Zionists, Lettuce Flavored Lays?”

In episode 907, Jack and Miles are joined Jordan, Jesse, Go!'s Jordan Morris

  1. Jordan, Jesse, Go!'s
  2. BUBBLE (the book)
  3. DEADLY ESCALATION: @MarthaRaddatz reports on a dramatic escalation in violence, with over 150 rockets launched into Israel from Gaza by the militant group Hamas and the Israeli military responding with airstrikes reportedly killing 20, including children.
  4. Israel launched deadly air strikes on Gaza Monday in response to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas and other Palestinian militants, amid spiralling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound
  5. Missile at Beachside Gaza Cafe Finds Patrons Poised for World Cup
  6. How biased was the US media in its coverage of the Jerusalem clashes?
  7. Hawley when asked by @ElizLanders if Cheney is being canceled: "She’s still going to be a member…it’ll give her, certainly, a media platform. I don’t think it’s being canceled in terms of she’s being silenced. It’s a decision for the House caucus who represents them."
  8. Republican Joni Ernst accuses party of cancel culture over Liz Cheney ousting
  9. Chillin’ with 45! (And yes. Those are BUGLE BOY jeans I’m wearing)
  10. what a normal and ultimate spaghetti hack!
  11. Here's Where To Buy Lay's Summer 2021 Chip Flavors With Unique Spicy & Fruity Options

Song of the day: Sade - Paradise (DJ Grant Reggae Chop)

Monday
May. 10

“"FOX-itis" Caused Jan 6? Trump's Blog Incomprehensible!?”

In episode 905, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Brodie Reed

  1. Lawyer blames 'Foxitis' for his US Capitol riot client's actions, as another defendant derails hearings with profane outbursts
  2. Did Tucker Carlson Say Forcing Kids To Wear Masks Outside Is ‘Child Abuse’?
  3. Tucker Carlson: How many Americans have died after taking the COVID vaccine?
  4. Tucker Carlson's Fox News colleagues call out his dangerous anti-vaccination rhetoric
  5. Tucker Carlson’s worst vaccine segment yet
  6. Tucker Carlson's blatant lie about the COVID-19 vaccines, debunked
  7. ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ Sheds More Major Advertisers as Boycott Grows
  8. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tucker's streaming show
  9. SEE IT: Bedlam Breaks Out At Floyd Mayweather, Logan Paul Exhibition Fight Press Conference In Miami
  10. Sorry, Snobs. Hard Seltzer and Canned Cocktails Are Blowing Up
  11. Domino's brings back the Noid to destroy robot delivery vehicles
  12. The Noid gets back into video games with Crash Bandicoot crossover
  13. An Oral History of the Noid: a Tale of Pizza, Guns, and Madness
  14. Death And Pizza: How Domino’s Lost Its Mascot
  15. 6 Obscure Facts About the Noid
  16. Domino’s is bringing back the Noid, a mascot that once drove a man to take hostages
  17. Pizza Workers Can’t ‘Avoid Noid'--Held Hostage 5 Hours
  18. AS DOMINO’S NOID RETURNS, THERE’S AN APPETITE FOR MORE BRAND MASCOTS

Song of the day: DJ B.Cause - Tee Shirt (SpottieOttie Edit)

May 3–7

Friday
May. 7

“Big Pharma Broke? Biden Big In Texas?”

In episode 904, Jack and Miles are joined by Galaxy Brains's host Dave Schilling

  1. Galaxy Brains's
  2. Patents for COVID-19 vaccines slow global supply, raise risk of new variants, advocates say
  3. EU ‘ready to discuss’ COVID vaccine patent waiver as drugmakers push back
  4. Release the Vaccines
  5. The Arguments Against Sharing Covid-19 Intellectual Property Don’t Add Up
  6. WHO chief: waive Covid vaccine patents to put world on 'war footing'
  7. Cyber Attackers Leaked Covid-19 Vaccine Data After EU Hack
  8. North Korea accused of hacking Pfizer for Covid-19 vaccine data
  9. Pfizer and Moderna could score $32 billion in Covid-19 vaccine sales -- in 2021 alone
  10. Pressure Mounts to Lift Patent Protections on Coronavirus Vaccines
  11. HOLLYWOOD LOBBYISTS INTERVENE AGAINST PROPOSAL TO SHARE VACCINE TECHNOLOGY
  12. The Last Time a Vaccine Saved America
  13. When Russian and US scientists worked together on vaccines
  14. Texas Loves Joe Biden More Than Texas Loves Texas Republicans
  15. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs a Voter Suppression Bill, and Fox News Has the Only Camera

Song of the day: Flying Lotus - Pain and Blood

Thursday
May. 6
Wednesday
May. 5
Tuesday
May. 4
Monday
May. 3

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