HeyJaredDingus of the Week Podcast
Dingus of the Week: A weekly comedy news podcast. Your co-hosts, Lyz Lenz and Zach Smith, will focus on everything that is the epitome of all that is silly, awful, enraging, and ridiculous in politics or popular culture. Also, some good things too!
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Kelsey McKinney on Ed Sheeran v Macklemore— Dingus of the Week Podcast #41 (opens the original)
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Who would have thought we'd be talking about the moral clarity of the popping tags guy? You know what? Never mind. We're glad you're here, Macklemore. He's been using his tremendous platform as an opener for Ed Sheeran to speak out about the ongoing Palestinian genocide. But those in power made sure there were costs to being on the right side of history. Macklemore was dropped from the tour . According to his Instagram post recounting the events, it resulted from a pressure campaign waged by Pat
Ogre and Out: John Fetterman's full send to the GOP convention — Dingus of the Week Podcast #40 (opens the original)
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A lot can be said about John Fetterman, but maybe people don't appreciate the Senator from Pennsylvania's love for stirring the pot. Down in Dallas, Fetterman appeared on the jumbo screen before a crowd of adoring Republicans, insisting, repeatedly, that he's still a registered Democrat. It's hard to remember, but not that long ago, Fetterman was a bit of a progressive folk hero. Bernie Sanders endorsed him twice, first for lieutenant governor and then for Senate. he pushed for the decriminaliza
Goop, there it is: Gwyneth Paltrow's conscious uncoupling from reality — Dingus of the Week Podcast #39 (opens the original)
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Puck reported that Gwyneth Paltrow was throwing a private, "off-the-record" dinner at her Hamptons estate in honor of OpenAI's Sam Altman—whose company the New York Times reported Paltrow is an investor in via her own VC firm. Paltrow's team never confirmed or denied it, instead posting parody invitations for fictional guests of honor like M3GAN and Shrek — before reports emerged that the actual dinner had quietly been shelved. It's a rough follow-up act for a woman who, just months earlier on h
Built (Doug) Ford tough: Canadian premier tells Trump to kiss his ass — Dingus of the Week Podcast #38 (opens the original)
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney does not inspire fear. When he says he'll do dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs against the United States—sure it hurts. But wait, who's that lumbering giant telling the President of the United States to shove it?! On this episode of DINGUS OF THE WEEK, hosts LYZ LENZ and ZACHARY OREN SMITH look across the border at Ontario Premier Doug Ford. There's good. There's bad... Actually it's mostly just ugly. Dig into the trade war with us and how Canada plans to
Flock and awe: Flock Safety and the surveillance state you didn't vote for — Dingus of the Week Podcast #37 (opens the original)
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A man in Atlanta got tired of cars getting jacked. Instead of getting therapy, he decided to get even. Garrett Langley's Flock Safety cameras now blanket small towns and big cities alike, sharing a searchable database of your activity across the country. On the bright side in this timeline, we all get to be camgirls. So that's something. Also this week: a viral (possibly AI-fabricated) invitation to a Gwyneth Paltrow dinner party for Sam Altman and Jason Kelsey teams up with Liquid Death to piss
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