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TDZ Endnotes · Monthly digest

March 2024

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 not treated as authoritative URLs.

March 29–29

Friday
Mar. 29

“Chocolate Easter War And The Hotdog Flavored Water”

In episode 1650, Jack and guest co-host Ben Bowlin are joined by co-host of Secretly Incredibly Fascinating , Alex Schmidt

  1. Ben Bowlin
  2. Secretly Incredibly Fascinating
  3. Alex Schmidt
  4. 7-Eleven’s Hot Dog Seltzer Is Probably/Hopefully A Joke
  5. Hot dog-flavored hard seltzer and barbecue sauce beer? Yes, really
  6. This Hard Seltzer Is Brewed with Leftover Hot Dog Water
  7. The “War on Easter” Is Raging In The UK
  8. ‘Gesture eggs’: Britain’s next ‘war’ on Easter
  9. Iceland faces backlash after Christian symbol on hot cross buns replaced with ticks
  10. Iceland thanks Tory MPs for sales boost from hot cross reaction to ‘tick’ bun
  11. Cadbury store accused of erasing Easter by selling ‘gesture eggs’
  12. Theresa May condemns National Trust for axing 'Easter' from egg hunt
  13. The National Trust's egg hunters crack on despite controversy
  14. The war on Easter eggs v the Archbishop of York – who will crack first?
  15. Why Easter Eggs? Inside the Origins and History of the Tradition
  16. The history of the hot cross bun

Song of the day: Make Friends by Hiatus Kaiyote

March 22–28

Thursday
Mar. 28

“Total Eclip$e, Bible Trumpers”

In episode 1649, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian behind the new comedy album Ice Cream Money and host of TV I Say w/ Ashley Ray , Ashley Ray

  1. Ice Cream Money
  2. TV I Say w/ Ashley Ray
  3. Ashley Ray
  4. The Supreme Court of Hypotheticals
  5. Trump Is Hawking Bibles Now
  6. After 2016 Bible Slip, Trump Lashed Out at ‘So-Called Christians,’ Book Says
  7. Donald Trump Quotes Scripture, Sort of, at Liberty University Speech
  8. What's the big deal about the April 2024 total solar eclipse? Why it's so interesting.
  9. 1 to 4 million people are predicted travel to the Total Solar Eclipse, creating the biggest travel event of the year on April 8, 2024
  10. ‘Bigger than the Super Bowl’: Americans are spending big on eclipse tourism
  11. Delta adds another eclipse flight as companies look to capitalize on solar event
  12. Burger King Has Free Whoppers to Celebrate the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8 — How to Get the Deal
  13. Burger King, Pizza Hut, Applebee's and Sonic serving up eclipse deals and specials
  14. Families shocked after Niagara Falls hotel cancels bookings made year in advance of solar eclipse
  15. Don't be blinded by solar eclipse scams. Here's how Ohioans can spot them
  16. Are Solar Eclipse Glasses a Scam? Experts Share What You Need to Know
  17. Lawsuit: Amazon sold eclipse glasses that cause “permanent blindness”

Song of the day: Where Are You by 54 Ultra

Wednesday
Mar. 27

“Deep Thoughts On Astrophysics And The Door From ‘Titanic’”

In episode 1648, Jack and guest co-host Sofiya Alexandra are joined by comedian and co-host of The Bechdel Cast , Caitlin Durante

  1. Sofiya Alexandra
  2. The Bechdel Cast
  3. Caitlin Durante
  4. Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse live updates: Ship hits major Baltimore bridge with construction crew on it
  5. At least 6 people unaccounted for after cargo ship crash levels Baltimore bridge
  6. Baltimore Ship Lost Power and Sent Mayday Call Just Before Bridge Disaster
  7. Why did the Baltimore bridge collapse so quickly? Engineering experts explain tragic structural failure
  8. Baltimore Mayor Pleads On CNN For News Networks To Quit Showing Key Bridge Disaster Video Over And Over
  9. We Don’t Understand The Universe And Never Have?
  10. The Titanic Door That Kate Winslet Selfishly Monopolized Just Sold For Over $700,000

Song of the day: Je Ne Bois Pas Beaucoup by Les Ya Toupas Du Zaire

Friday
Mar. 22

“Trump Not NOT Taking Foreign Money, America’s Corpse Problem”

In episode 1646, Jack and Miles are joined by writer, producer, and co-host of Yo, Is This Racist? , Andrew Ti

  1. Yo, Is This Racist?
  2. Andrew Ti
  3. Trump’s Lawyer Doesn’t Rule Out Taking Foreign Payments For Legal Bills (Clip)
  4. “WTF”: Alina Habba’s answer raises alarms amid concerns Trump may need foreign money for legal bills
  5. How To Fix America’s Corpse Problem
  6. Could the Funeral of the Future Help Heal the Environment?
  7. The environmental toll of cremating the dead
  8. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF CREMATION
  9. The cost of dying: How a spike in cremation rates is changing the funeral industry
  10. What Cremation's Surge In Popularity Says About Our Evolving Views On Death
  11. Do Cemeteries Never Run Out Of Space? Funeral Director Debunks The Myth
  12. Arsenic and Old Graves: Civil War-Era Cemeteries May Be Leaking Toxins
  13. News 8 investigation: Connecticut cemeteries are running out of space
  14. Toronto Is Running Out of Burial Space
  15. A Famed Cemetery Is Nearly Full. Can It Reuse Old Graves to Add More Space?
  16. Death Has A Climate Change Problem
  17. What is aquamation? The process behind Desmond Tutu’s ‘green cremation’
  18. No, ‘water cremation’ does not recycle bodies into drinking water
  19. Water cremation not viable for Catholics, bishops say
  20. Could this year be the year that ‘water cremation’ becomes legal in Texas? 
  21. In Germany, some cemeteries are being turned into parks, playgrounds and gardens
  22. Public Life After Death: How Six Cemeteries Are Reclaiming Their Role as Public Spaces
  23. Did I Ruin My Marriage By Requesting A DNA Test? r?AmITheDevil

Song of the day: Foam by Royel Otis

March 15–21

Thursday
Mar. 21

“Billionaire Misses Point of ‘Titanic,’ American Youth NOT Happy???”

In episode 1645, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian behind the stand-up special My Brain Is Blowing Me Crazy and co-host of The Worst Idea of All Time , Guy Montgomery

  1. My Brain Is Blowing Me Crazy
  2. The Worst Idea of All Time
  3. Guy Montgomery
  4. Biden announces new rule for gas car emissions that could boost EV sector
  5. New Happiness Numbers Just Dropped
  6. Australia’s Trump” Wants To Rebuild The Titanic
  7. Experience: I own nearly 3,000 VHS tapes of Titanic
  8. Clive Palmer unveils Titanic II design | 9 News Australia
  9. Clive Palmer’s Palmersaurus Might Just Be The Saddest Place On Earth
  10. Replica dinosaur making Australian PGA extinct at Coolum in 2013
  11. Clive Palmer opens Palmersaurus dinosaur park at Coolum resort
  12. Clive Palmer, mining billionaire dubbed ‘Australia’s Trump,’ stirs up election
  13. Clive Palmer ad for coronavirus 'cure' cleared by Australian drug regulator
  14. One tonne of Clive Palmer hydroxychloroquine sent for destruction after dispute with TGA
  15. Clive Palmer's challenge against Western Australia's border ban rejected by high court
  16. Clive Palmer named as funder of failed lawsuit against COVID vaccine
  17. Clive Palmer claims ‘great victory’ in funding challenge to Queensland’s Covid vaccine mandate
  18. Clive Palmer Covid battle: ‘I don’t regret it’

Song of the day: Deep In It by berlioz & Ted Jasper

Wednesday
Mar. 20
Friday
Mar. 15

“A.I. Discourages Voting! Justin Timberlake = Washed?”

In episode 1642, Jack and Miles are joined by writer, poet, performance artist, and author of How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Declonial Memoir , Shayla Lawson

  1. How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Declonial Memoir
  2. Shayla Lawson
  3. Google’s Chatbot Will Play Dumb During Election Season
  4. Microsoft’s AI Chatbot Replies to Election Questions With Conspiracies, Fake Scandals, and Lies
  5. AI: Google restricts Gemini chatbot election answers
  6. Google restricts AI chatbot Gemini from answering questions on 2024 elections
  7. PROMPTING ELECTIONS: THE RELIABILITY OF GENERATIVE AI IN THE 2023 SWISS AND GERMAN ELECTIONS
  8. Biden and Trump set for election rematch after clinching nominations
  9. US has its first presidential rematch since 1956, and other facts about the Biden-Trump sequel
  10. When the Third Time Wasn't The Charm
  11. Bernie Introduced A Bill Proposing 4 Day Work Weeks
  12. Bernie Sanders moves to reduce work hours for millions of Americans

Song of the day: Intergalactic Janet by Ley Soul

March 8–14

Thursday
Mar. 14
Wednesday
Mar. 13

“Pentagon: UFOs Ain’t Real OK?! Millennials Killed Chewing Gum”

In episode 1640, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian behind the comedy special Daddy Long Legs , Blake Wexler

  1. Daddy Long Legs
  2. Blake Wexler
  3. Boeing Whistleblower Dies In Most Suspicious Way Possible
  4. Police investigate death of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett after he was found dead in his truck in a hotel car park midway through his deposition for bombshell lawsuit against firm
  5. “He said, Hitler did some good things”: Ex-chief of staff says Trump praised Hitler in White House
  6. Trump: I have not read Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'
  7. Trump, again, praises dictators and rails against immigrants -- again sparking backlash
  8. Donald Trump says he is 'not a student of Hitler,' won't rule as a dictator
  9. Donald Trump's history with Adolf Hitler and his Nazi writings: ANALYSIS
  10. 7 Takeaways from  Vanity Fair ’s 1990 Profile of Donald Trump
  11. Report: Trump keeps Hitler book at bedside
  12. Trump is Un-American
  13. Pentagon UFO report says most sightings 'ordinary objects' and phenomena
  14. Pentagon UFO office developing 'Gremlin' sensors to help identify anomalies in orbit
  15. Did Millennials Kill Chewing Gum Too?

Song of the day: Test It by Erica de Casier

Friday
Mar. 8

“Hospitals Need A Vibe Check, GOP’s Worst New Brain”

In episode 1638, Jack and Miles are joined by Ethio-American vocalist, songwriter, and composer, Meklit Hadero

  1. Meklit Hadero
  2. Mark Robinson, the North Carolina GOP nominee for governor, is off the rails even by MAGA standards
  3. The VA Just Backtracked On Their Plans To Ban A Controversial WWII Photo
  4. Kissing Sailor Photograph Couple Identified As George Mendonsa and Greta Zimmer Friedman According To New Book
  5. Science debunks WWII "Kiss" photo couple's claim to fame
  6. WWII’s most iconic kiss wasn’t romantic — it was terrifying
  7. #MeToo Graffiti Scrubbed From Sarasota V-J Day Kissing Statue
  8. Fact Check: About That So-Called Ban on Iconic 'V-J Day in Times Square' Photo in VA Offices
  9. 'Replete with Misconduct': Internal VA Investigation Finds Inappropriate Sexual Conduct in VA's Anti-Harassment Office
  10. Annoying hospital beeps are causing hundreds of deaths a year
  11. The Hospital Is Too Damn Loud
  12. Making Alarms More Musical Can Save Lives
  13. How one musician is reimagining hospital sounds
  14. Anatomy of a beep: A medical device giant and an avant-garde musician set out to redesign a heart monitor’s chirps
  15. To Reduce Hospital Noise, Researchers Create Alarms That Whistle and Sing

Song of the day: Ethio Blue by Meklit Hadero

March 1–7

Thursday
Mar. 7

“Uncommitted 2024, A.I. Trump Loves A.I. Black Voters”

In episode 1637, Jack and Miles are joined by the comedian behind the new stand-up album Feeling Myself , Emily Van Dyke

  1. Feeling Myself
  2. Emily Van Dyke
  3. “Uncommitted” Made A Strong Showing In “Super Tuesday”
  4. Uncommitted' vote against Biden blows past goal in Minnesota's Democratic primary
  5. Krispy Kreme is giving out free donuts on Super Tuesday
  6. Nikki Haley suspends presidential campaign, doesn't yet endorse Trump
  7. Biden and Trump see easy wins but Super Tuesday also reveals growing obstacles
  8. MAGA World Is Using AI To Make Trump Look Like He’s Good At The Cookout
  9. German patient vaccinated against Covid 217 times
  10. RuPaul’s Online Bookstore Is Full of Anti-LGBTQ+ Books For Some Reason
  11. RuPaul Is Sending a Rainbow Bus to Give Away Books Targeted by Bans
  12. ‘With the added step of giving your money to RuPaul’: Allstora called out for allegedly dropshipping books under the guise of bookstore for ‘marginalized voices’

Song of the day: Team Tomodachi by Yuki Chiba

Wednesday
Mar. 6

“Scorpion To The Ball Bag, cErEaL fOr DiNnEr”

In episode 1636, Jack and Miles are joined by hosts of Ridiculous Crime , Zaron Burnett & Elizabeth Dutton

  1. Ridiculous Crime
  2. Zaron Burnett
  3. Elizabeth Dutton
  4. Trump Wants To Create A “Public Health Catastrophe” In Schools
  5. Donald Trump's String of Gaffes Over Weekend Raises Eyebrows
  6. Trump confuses Obama for Biden again at Virginia rally speech
  7. Trump compares migrants to Hannibal Lecter in 'The Silence of the Lambs'
  8. 'Five-alarm fire': Trump's latest public schools threat causes experts to panic
  9. Despite That... Voters Pretty Chill About Trump Not Being A Dictator
  10. Guy In Vegas Got Stung On The Ball Bag By A Scorpion... Scam Or No Scam?
  11. Kellogg’s “Cereal For Dinner” Strategy Is Blowing Up In Their Faces
  12. Let them eat ‘cereal for dinner’ is just another example of America’s hatred of poor people
  13. Eggo unveils breakfast-themed rental home for National Pancake Day: Here’s how to book your free stay
  14. Kellogg to replace 1,400 strikers as deal is rejected
  15. GIVE CHICKEN THE NIGHT OFF: KELLOGG GIVES FAMILIES A CHANCE TO WIN $5,000 WHEN THEY ADD CEREAL TO THEIR DINNERTIME ROTATION
  16. Enjoy Kellogg’s® Cereal for Dinner Ad
  17. Kellogg’s CEO advises cereal for dinner. Nutritionists have other thoughts
  18. TikTok Uprising: Shoppers Begin Early Boycott of Kellogg's Over CEO's Remarks

Song of the day: Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth by Caroline Polachek

Friday
Mar. 1

“Supreme Court = Trump’s Life Raft, That A.I.n’t Wonka”

In episode 1634, Jack and Miles are joined by hosts of On Theme , Yves Jeffcoat and Katie Mitchell

  1. On Theme
  2. Yves Jeffcoat
  3. Katie Mitchell
  4. Trump immunity claim: Top US court agrees to hear case in April
  5. The Supreme Court just made Jack Smith's job that much harder
  6. US supreme court urged to make ‘immediate, definitive decision’ on Trump’s immunity
  7. "The Unknown" AKA The Willy's Chocolate Experience Villain (Clip)
  8. Furious Harry Potter fans demand refunds after 'world of magical wonder' turns out to be room with finger buffet and wands made out of chopsticks
  9. 'Much like Snape, people have looked at me like a villain!' Man behind failed Harry Potter event in Canada shares plans to donate $2,000 to J.K. Rowling's charity - but Potterheads won't get a refund
  10. VR Is Improving The Lives Of Senior Citizens
  11. V.R. ‘Reminiscence Therapy’ Lets Seniors Relive the Past
  12. In nursing homes, VR is a hit. Is that a good thing?
  13. Nursing Home Staff Shortage Among Reasons for Nationwide Closings
  14. US will regulate nursing home staffing for first time, but proposal lower than many advocates hoped
  15. US nursing home workers face ‘catastrophic crisis’ of understaffing
  16. Richard Lewis on Candid Camera

Song of the day: Untitled by Kate Bollinger

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