TDZ Endnotes · Monthly digest

October 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 a focused search rather than guessing at a post.

October 12–18

Friday
Oct. 16

“Whalefall Til You Ball, Strip Club Bouncers Needed”

Guest: Carmen Laurent · Guest co-host: Andrew Ti

Carmen Laurent: Kori King and Plane Jane parodying Jeffree Star and Shane Dawson at Dollar Tree.
Andrew Ti: the Korean science-fiction horror film Hope.
Miles Gray: Gone Baby Gone’s post about the phrase “dirtbag left”.

Song of the day: Flying Lotus feat. Your Old Droog & Georgia Anne Muldrow — “I Don’t Care”

Thursday
Oct. 15

“Pringles Can Casket, Kelly Clarkson Zapruder Film”

Guest: Adam Conover

Adam Conover: the co-op adventure game Big Walk.
Miles Gray: Kyle Ayers’ joke about discovering that someone had already invented “six, seven”.
Jack O’Brien: 30 Rock’s Homonym game-show clips.

Song of the day: Stoic feat. Mick Jenkins — “HEAT UP”

Wednesday
Oct. 14

“First Day Jitters, It’s Potty Time!”

Guest: Jody Avirgan

Jody Avirgan: Hank Hill singing Radiohead’s In Rainbows, song by song.
Miles Gray: The Onion’s story about GTA VI containing 10,000 Randy Newman songs.
Jack O’Brien: the old clip of a singing, dancing Québécois boy that went viral.

Song of the day: Lambrini Girls — “Bang Bang Bang”

Tuesday
Oct. 13

“The Onion Administration, Affleck A.I. Flak”

Guest: Katie Goldin

Katie Goldin: Pineapple Honeydew’s “Chat GBD” and “Chubby BT” videos.
Miles Gray: LXEagle17’s joke about a conspiracy theorist asking God about Tommy Tallarico.
Jack O’Brien: Gunnar’s “I’ll just need to boil another hot dog” post.

Song of the day: Bricknasty — “honey bee”

October 5–11

Friday
Oct. 9

“YES! Quid Pro Quo! Nathan Fielder Is Elizabeth Holmes’ Muse?”

Guest: Lydia Popovich

Lydia Popovich: Nell Grant’s Dolly Parton “9 to 5” rap.
Miles Gray: Twilight, revisited as a spooky-season blind spot.
Jack O’Brien: Pablo Torre and John Wilson discussing Tim Tebow’s circumcision mission trips.

Song of the day: Hether & Earslime — “Desol”

Thursday
Oct. 8

“Subscribe Or We Will Be ARRESTED! Inside The Nepo Actor’s Studio”

Guest: Caitlin Durante

Caitlin Durante: The Lord of the Rings trilogy, especially The Two Towers.
Miles Gray: Brittany Carney’s stand-up, including her “Black Hobbits” bit.
Jack O’Brien: reading J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit with his children.

Song of the day: Freeway feat. Nate Dogg — “All My Life”

Wednesday
Oct. 7

“Iced Coffee Debate, Drinking Pee? Urine Trouble”

Guest: Kyle Prue

Kyle Prue: the comedy-horror series Widow’s Bay.
Miles Gray: California’s official voter guide for Propositions 40, 41, and 42.
Jack O’Brien: Nikola Jokić’s no-look, behind-the-back pass to the opposite corner.

Song of the day: Monte Booker & Nami — “Defense”

Tuesday
Oct. 6

“The ONE HACK To Meet MACHO JESUS Christians Don’t Want You To Know”

Guest: Joey Clift

Joey Clift: the Goodreads reviews of his book We’ve Been Here the Whole Time!.
Miles Gray: Slam Dunk’s joke about silently using Shazam instead of admitting someone put you onto a song.
Jack O’Brien: the Skyler Gisondo memes, especially the “big glass of milk on spaghetti night” post.

Song of the day: AZ Chike — “Lamb Truck Keys”

September 28–October 4

Friday
Oct. 2

“Shapiro’s Pro-ICE Film Leaked, PropagandaLand”

Guest: Johnny Pemberton

Johnny Pemberton: Mr. Biao’s relaxing rural cooking and homesteading videos.
Miles Gray: KF Peters’ Eric Schmitt and Jack Smith meme about the Jets and Patriots.
Jack O’Brien: Brooks Otterlake’s “old Borny” joke about The Bourne Identity.

Song of the day: Makaya McCraven — “Dream Another”

Thursday
Oct. 1

“Don’t Bothc-a the GOTCHA! Racist Meemaw Rights”

Guest: Francesca Fiorentini

Francesca Fiorentini: Sonic Mommy’s post that men should start in jail and prove their way out.
Miles Gray: AFC_G’s joke about Manchester City cooking the books while Arsenal had to sack Gunnersaurus.
Jack O’Brien: Harrison Weinrib’s joke about phones warning that music volume is mildly unsafe.

Song of the day: Bonobo — “Terrapin”

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