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TDZ Endnotes · Monthly digest
August 2026
Direct links to the media and music recommended during the closing minutes of the show.
Link note: For a few social-media recommendations, the original post could not be reliably recovered. Those entries link to the named creator or source rather than guessing at a post.
Miles Gray: Jared Holt’s post about Third Way advertising a six-figure “anti-extremism” opposition-research job targeting DSA members. Jared Holt on Bluesky
Jack O’Brien: The story that Daniel Day-Lewis, still using his Lincoln voice, asked Jared Harris questions about Mad Men between takes. The George Lucas Talk Show
Guest: Andrew Ti · Guest co-host: Sofiya Alexandra
Andrew Ti: An “ESPN in Imperial China” comedy video about betting on Chinese-zodiac animals, plus the filmed stage production of Hadestown.
Sofiya Alexandra: Miss Rachel’s thread replying to criticism about medication with “I remembered—I have a daily pill organizer.” Miss Rachel on Threads
Miles Gray: Anthony Day Ramos’s parent-on-the-floor meme using an Ong-Bak knee-drop clip. Creator profile
Molly Lambert:Cheers, watched one episode at a time as a nightly wind-down.
Blake Wexler: A 1998 Daily Show clip in which Brian Unger interviews a Disney obsessive whose marriages repeatedly ended over Disney trips. The Daily Show account
Jamie Feldman & Rachel Webster: More Perfect Union’s feature on Worse on Purpose, which investigates why familiar products and brands decline in quality.
