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TDZ Endnotes · Monthly digest

April 2023

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.

April 24–28

Friday
Apr. 28

“More Dark Brandon, New Black Mirror”

In episode 1473, Jack and guest co-host super producer Justin Connor are joined by comedian and co-host of Pod Damn America, Jake Flores

  1. Justin Connor
  2. Pod Damn America
  3. Jake Flores
  4. Now Biden Is Selling “Dark Brandon” T-Shirts
  5. Dark Brandon’ Rises, and Buoys Biden’s Beleaguered Faithful
  6. Know Your Meme: Dark Brandon
  7. Chinese propaganda or Nazi imagery? Dark Brandon memes face disputed origins
  8. Trump Rape Trial Began This Week
  9. 'Donald Trump raped me,' writer E. Jean Carroll testifies at civil trial
  10. How Many Presidents Have Been Accused of Sexual Misconduct? George H.W. Bush Is the Latest
  11. Reminder: The Ten Commandments Are Trash
  12. Texas Senate passes bill requiring public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments
  13. High school football coach who lost job for praying on field after games to be reinstated
  14. In the case of the praying football coach, both sides invoke religious freedom
  15. Law on Ten Commandments Rejected
  16. 8 times that a 10 Commandments monument had its day in court
  17. Why Christians get the 10 commandments wrong
  18. Are the Ten Commandments really the basis for our laws?
  19. Black Mirror Is Coming Back... Despite The Fact That We’re Living In It
  20. New York police are bringing back controversial ‘Black Mirror’ robot dogs
  21. The Black Mirror-esque AI service lets you speak to the deceased loved ones
  22. Black Mirror: The Unexpected Foresight of The Waldo Moment
  23. 'Black Mirror' impossibly predicted David Cameron's #PigGate scandal
  24. Charlie Brooker on Cameron and #piggate: ‘I’d have been screaming it into traffic if I’d known’

Song of the day: CECE (feat. nobigdyl. & Jon Keith) by indie tribe

Wednesday
Apr. 26
Tuesday
Apr. 25

“Tucker Out, Twitter Check Mark Mess Grows”

In episode 1470, Jack and guest co-host Andrew Ti are joined by by co-host of Secretly Incredibly Fascinating and host of Creature Feature, Katie Goldin

  1. Andrew Ti
  2. Secretly Incredibly Fascinating
  3. Creature Feature
  4. Katie Goldin
  5. Tucker Carlson No Longer Part Of The Fox News Family
  6. Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News in wake of Dominion defamation settlement
  7. Tucker Carlson Out at Fox News
  8. Tucker Carlson says he’ll never run for president: ‘I’ve never been motivated by the power to control people’
  9. Twitter’s Dumb Check Mark Drama Continues
  10. Twitter Gave a Fake Disney Junior Account That Uses Racial Slurs a Gold Checkmark Verification
  11. These celebrities ‘subscribed to Twitter Blue.’ Except they’re dead.

Song of the day: Blow The Bird Whistle (Too $hort Bird Machine Bootleg) by Cosmo Baker

Monday
Apr. 24

“Blue Check Purge, Rasmussen Polls = Garbage”

In episode 1469, Jack and guest co-host Pallavi Gunalan are joined by creator of The Red Dot Comics, Kim Winder

  1. Pallavi Gunalan
  2. The Red Dot Comics
  3. Kim Winder
  4. Rasmussen Polls Are Nazi Trash
  5. Scott Adams’s racist comments were spurred by a badly worded poll
  6. AP FACT CHECK: Trump cites questionable job approval rating
  7. Michigan Republicans Still Want To Jail Unmarried Couples Living In Sin
  8. Michigan Republicans Fight Lifting Ban on Unmarried Couples Living Together
  9. Florida lawmakers: Couples can move in without saying 'I do'
  10. Sorry, Sluts: It’s Still a Crime for Unmarried Couples to Live Together in Michigan
  11. SHACKIN’ UP & THE LEGAL EFFECTS OF COHABITATION IN MISSISSIPPI
  12. Loopy Laws: In Mississippi It’s A Crime For Unmarried Couples To Live Together If There Are “Circumstances Which Show Habitual Sexual Intercourse.”
  13. No Shacking Up: Yes, 'Living In Sin' Is Still A Crime
  14. Is Cohabitation Before Marriage Illegal in North Carolina?
  15. Twitter’s Blue Check Purge Is A Real Sh*tshow
  16. Elon Musk Is Paying for Stephen King’s Blue Checkmark to Try to Make It Cool Again
  17. Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don’t pay
  18. Twitter’s blue check purge claims top political figures, risking imposters
  19. A Twitter Blue Account Is Spreading Dangerous Misinformation About the Sudan Conflict
  20. New Promising Parkinson’s Research Just Dropped

Song of the day: Black & Decker by Downhill2k10

April 17–21

Friday
Apr. 21

“Elon Musk Victim Of ‘The Bubble’? RIP Netflix DVDs”

In episode 1468, Jack and super producer DJ Danl Goodman are joined by writer, comedian, and host of The Bechdel Cast, Caitlin Durante

  1. The Bechdel Cast
  2. Caitlin Durante
  3. SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Launches
  4. Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket blows up minutes after launch
  5. SpaceX’s Starship rocket explodes after launch
  6. Elon Musk’s Plan to Send a Million Colonists to Mars by 2050 Is Pure Delusion
  7. McDonald’s Will Soon Sell Packets of Big Mac Sauce
  8. McDonald's Canada Offers Big Mac Sauce in Dipping Sauce Cups for Limited Time
  10. The Secret to Big Mac Sauce, According to a Former McDonald’s Chef
  11. Netflix Is Shutting Its DVD Service Down... Which Sucks
  12. Netflix is killing its DVDs-by-mail service, shuttering one of the great libraries of physical media
  13. Netflix Originals Now Make Up 50% of Overall US Library
  14. Netflix Stats (Twitter Thread)
  15. In Search of the Last Great Video Store
  16. A Look Back At How The Content Industry Almost Killed Blockbuster And Netflix (And The VCR)
  17. Redbox Owner Interested in Buying Netflix’s DVD Business

Song of the day: I'm God by Clams Casino

Thursday
Apr. 20

“It’s 420 Expunge Weed Records, Garbage Patch Ecosystem”

In episode 1467, Jack and super producer DJ Danl Goodman are joined by writer, host, and actor, Dani Fernandez

  1. Dani Fernandez
  2. Bipartisan HOPE Act to Encourage Expunging Weed Records
  3. Newsmax and OAN Decide To Not Report The Fox-Dominion Settlement
  4. Newsmax and OANN, Both Facing Lawsuits From Dominion, Cover the Fox Settlement
  5. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is Now So Huge And Permanent That A Coastal Ecosystem Is Thriving On It--Scientists Say
  6. Did Major League Baseball Change Its Rules Just To Sell More Beer?
  7. MLB Teams Extend Beer Sales After Pitch Clock Shortens Games
  8. Shorter Baseball Games Are a Beer Vendor's Dream
  9. Netflix Weirds The Internet Out With Pillow-Humping Scene
  10. Obsession review – the actors in this erotic thriller all seem to need the toilet
  11. NETFLIX'S 'OBSESSION' Pillow Scene Goes ViralVIEWERS GROSSED THE HELL OUT!!!
  12. Richard Armitage ‘improvised’ wild scene humping a pillow in Netflix’s kinky new BDSM show Obsession
  13. Netflix forced to issue warning over 'intense' Obsession pillow scene

Song of the day: Acid Raindrops by People Under the Stairs

Wednesday
Apr. 19
Tuesday
Apr. 18
Monday
Apr. 17

“Baby Jesus = Anti-Choice, Revolving Door Gun Policy”

In episode 1464, Jack and Miles are joined by actor and comedian behind the new stand-up special Vir Das: Landing, Vir Das

  1. Vir Das: Landing
  2. Vir Das
  3. GOP Donors Worried About Abortion Boomerang…Lawmakers Pray For A Distraction
  4. Republican Uses ‘Great Replacement’ Theory to Justify Abortion Ban
  5. 'Woke Alerts’: The Confusing New Conservative Scam
  6. Conservative Group Launches Text Alert System for When Companies Go Woke
  7. New Campaign Against 'Woke Companies' Slams Them for Not Being Woke Enough
  8. This group is sharpening the GOP attack on ‘woke’ Wall Street
  9. Anti-ESG group launches mobile billboard campaign in DC ahead of expected Biden veto
  10. The Louisville Shooter’s Gun Will Soon Be Auctioned...Because Cops Are Arms Dealers
  11. Mayor says Louisville shooter’s rifle ‘will be back on the streets’ under state law
  12. Firing pins and warning labels: How Louisville plans to skirt Kentucky's gun auction law
  13. Police in Washington sell seized assault weapons back to the public
  14. Should police agencies sell the guns they seize?
  15. Georgia sheriff’s office to raffle off a gun a day for charity

Song of the day: Boxcutter Emporium Part 3 by Sixtoo

April 10–14

Friday
Apr. 14
Wednesday
Apr. 12

“Hot TaKKKes, Super Anti-Woke Mario Actually Woke”

In episode 1461, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Karl Hess

  1. Karl Hess
  2. Ted Cruz used armed officers at banks as an example of safety - 10 days before Louisville bank shooting | The Independent
  3. Americans’ Experiences With Gun-Related Violence, Injuries, And Deaths | KFF
  4. Tech Founder Maybe Up For Some Vigilante Justice, Public Hangings To Make San Francisco Great Again - Wonkette
  5. Right Wingers Think 'Super Mario Bros.' Is 'Anti-Woke' | HuffPost Entertainment
  6. Losers Are Complaining The Mario Movie Is Woke Because Of Rainbow Road (thegamer.com)
  7. Bodyguard musical shut down because fans wouldn't stop singing along (avclub.com)
  8. Domino’s Pizza can now be ordered via Apple CarPlay - The Verge
  9. Domino's CarPlay: Stop Waiting. Start Ordering.

Song of the day: The Pyramids - Traffik Island

Monday
Apr. 10

“Mega Donor Mega Boner, Newborns Are NOT Demons?”

In episode 1459, Miles and guest co-host Jacquis Neal are joined by comedian, Jenny Zigrino, New Report Exposes Clarence Thomas’ Fancy Gifts From “Republican Megadonor”, Two Tennessee House Democrats Expelled For Gun Protest, Let’s Stop Normalizing Exorcisms – Russell Crowe... I’m Looking At You and more!

  1. Jacquis Neal
  2. Jenny Zigrino
  3. New Report Exposes Clarence Thomas’ Fancy Gifts From “Republican Megadonor”
  4. Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire
  5. Two Tennessee House Democrats Expelled For Gun Protest
  6. Tennessee state rep calls vote to expel him and two others 'an assault on democracy'
  7. Democrat lawmaker suggests she avoided expulsion from Tennessee legislature because she is White
  8. First Thing: Two Democrats expelled from Tennessee house over gun control protest
  9. Let’s Stop Normalizing Exorcisms – Russell Crowe... I’m Looking At You
  10. Gabriele Amorth conducted over 60,000 exorcisms and believed Hitler was possessed. Meet the man who inspired The Pope’s Exorcist
  11. Exorcism can have a role to play in therapy
  12. Police chief says exorcism and prayer used to fight crime and cartels in Colombia: "The existence of the devil is certain"
  13. Colombian police responsible for ‘massacre’ of 11 people in 2020 protests, U.N.-backed investigators conclude
  15. No criminal charges following 'exorcism' where boy allegedly suffered seizure: Sask. RCMP
  16. Relatives arrested after California three-year-old dies during ‘exorcism’
  17. Parents plead not guilty to charges in Missouri girl's exorcism death
  18. Panama: Seven people found dead after suspected exorcism
  19. Judge Rules Exorcism Death Manslaughter
  20. Exorcism is something we can't quite quit
  21. WILL ‘CONJURING 3’ INFLUENCE REAL-LIFE EVENTS VIA THE ‘EXORCIST EFFECT’?
  22. Inspiration for the movie 'The Exorcist' has been identified as former NASA engineer

Song of the day: 4EVA by Aminé & Kaytranada

April 3–7

Friday
Apr. 7
Thursday
Apr. 6

“Civil War Ghost Loses Election, Lets Get Beers Tonight Queens”

In episode 1457, Miles and guest co-host Jacquis Neal are joined by actor, comedian, and host of No Autographs, Please!, Arden Myrin

  1. Jacquis Neal
  2. No Autographs, Please!
  3. Arden Myrin
  4. Good News - Extremism Takes Another L (Video)
  5. Kid Rock Freaks Out About Bud Light... Because of Course He Does
  6. Fragile Transphobes Freak Out Over Dylan Mulvaney Drinking Bud Light
  7. A Parkland Shooting Parent Came For Kid Rock After The MAGA Rocker Shot Up Some Cans Of Bud Light
  8. Kid Rock shoots up cases of Bud Light over trans influencer ad campaign
  9. Bud Light Gets Into the Pride Ad Game in Predictably Watery Fashion
  10. Bud Light Canada Launches 'Bud Light Camp' in Celebration of Pride
  11. Topline: Behold the 2021 Pride campaign hall of shame
  12. Intoxicated by Bud Light's gay-themed ads
  13. Stonewall Inn to pour Bud Light down the drain in Anheuser-Busch protest
  14. The Nation’s Most Transphobic State Legislature Is at It Again

Song of the day: People Ain't Dancing feat Kah-lo by Billen Ted

Wednesday
Apr. 5

“CopaGandalf vs. NYT, White House Participation Trophies”

In episode 1456, Miles and guest co-host, super producer Becca Ramos are joined by comedian, Andrew Ti

  1. Andrew Ti
  2. my mother might be the most extremely offline human and i am so jealous. #momsoftiktok #guessingcelebrities #fyp
  3. Your bones may be in Jeopardy
  4. 1. Trump Arrest Live: Former President Pleads Not Guilty 34 Felony Counts in Hush-Money Case (wsj.com)
  5. 2. Trump Indictment: Chaos, Bribes in Line for Court (nymag.com)
  6. 3. Angel Reese: Jill Biden's press secretary clarifies White House invitation after player calls it 'A JOKE' | CNN
  7. 4. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ‘60 Minutes’ Segment a Lesson in Legacy Media Fails (thedailybeast.com)
  8. 5. New York Times best-seller James Patterson questions book list (nypost.com)

Song of the day: Rosalia & Rauw Alejandro - Vampiros

Monday
Apr. 3

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