Join us as Dana takes us through a whirlwind of topics, from enlightening us on the dynamics of parenthood and its impact on brain function to diving deep into the promise and disappointments of Epstein file revelations. The episode is rounded off with a discussion on cultural relevance, the Oscars’ dwindling impact, and Kieran Culkin’s surprisingly sweet acceptance speech. Don’t miss out on this multifaceted exploration of current events and cultural phenomena.
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Okay, I’ve heard of a lot of people getting in trouble for different things, but I have never heard of anything like this. This is wild. So this is a fire chief, Newberry fire chief, Who had to resign. This is in Florida. Florida fire chief had to resign. He was arrested on DUI charges. Apparently, according to WCJB, while driving an Oregon transport truck. With organs in it. He was in a pickup truck with LifeQuest. Well, no, that was Sequest. I was thinking of the old NBC series. Like question, organ and tissue storage company printed on the side. When he arrived at the hospital, the Florida man, Mike Vogel, he apparently smelled of alcohol, was slurring in his speech, stumbling while walking. Officers found four empty. And five. Oh, yeah, he totally looks at five full mini vodka bottles in the Bush’s New York vehicle. If you if I asked AI, show me a picture of a guy who would drive drunk while drive an Oregon transport vehicle while drunk. I’d be like, that’s him. He pled not guilty. He bonded out on Sunday. So they have an investigation ongoing. But yeah, that’s how many was it? Four empty and five full mini vodka. That’s four empty mini vodka bottles. That’s like, Cain, how many like shots is in?
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Oh, I think one of those airplane bottles, like two shots or something.
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Oh, my gosh.
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So he’s got eight shots and ten to go?
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Why didn’t you send me in Slack, Cain?
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That’s not how we start this hour.
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That’s how we’re starting the show. Top of this third hour. Cain just, he does these sneaky little things where he drops something in Slack, knowing I’ll see it right when we’re going to air. And I’m like, I’m looking at this. I don’t even know how to process it to tell you guys about it. It’s some tranny stuff. I don’t know. Sorry, trans stuff. I don’t know. Whatever. Welcome back. Dana Lash, top of the third hour. We were talking on break about the Oscars. No, don’t roll your eyes. Stop it. If you don’t pay attention to culture, culture still pays attention to you. I used to watch for the fashions. Now I can’t even watch that anymore with people bleaching their eyebrows off their faces. Stop it. It’s just bad. It doesn’t look good. Nobody looks good with that look. It doesn’t even look edgy. It just looks like, wow, why is your brow like that? What’s up? So I… I don’t think I saw a single film that was nominated for Best Film. Did you? These are films that you used to see all, like, I mean, they used to have actual good movies, like Forrest Gump, right? Silence of the Lambs. What else? Unforgiven. These were all nominees from Best Picture at one point. Shakespeare in Love. And now you’ve got… Well, I don’t even know what the hell some of these movies are. Was the Academy Award for Best Picture, who won even, I don’t even know, was it Nora? I don’t even know what Nora’s about. No one saw this.
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It’s a strip club Cinderella story.
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So you have The Brutalist. Oh, shut up. So it’s like, what is it, Julia Roberts thing? Yeah. So you have the brutalist. Adrian Brody won. The best picture was the Nora. I still don’t even know what that. It was about a stripper, you said?
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Yeah, it’s described as a strip club Cinderella story. So someone.
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Juan is just chuckling over there in the corner in the dark.
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They lost their bra and they’re finding which bra fit the right person.
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Did you see it? No. I know it’s streaming, but I didn’t. I just didn’t see it. So that one, best picture. That one, it was what? It was Conclave, Wicked. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I can’t do this. Can we just stop, full stop, and have a moment here? Now, granted, I hate musicals to death. to actual physical death. Hate them. You know why? Because it doesn’t make sense. I am too much of a cynic to sit and think, these people just broke into song. And it makes sense. Like no one does this in real life. If I’m going to have like a fantasy film about something, it’s not going to involve music. It’s going to involve like aliens and stuff, you know? And like guns that don’t even exist in the real world. It’s going to involve those things, right? I like that kind of adventure kind of fantasy sort of thing. Not going to be that. I don’t know. I don’t get it. Wicked was… It was a musical that was nominated for an Oscar. And it’s a prequel to Wizard of Oz and the Witches in that. It’s like a novelty. If you liked it, more power to you. I just… And then you have Amelia Perez. So let’s talk about a couple of things here. Number one, we all are in agreement that we miss Joan Rivers because Joan Rivers served a purpose in that she was able to just grind everyone to dust. With her commentary on these awards things. It is just weird. I don’t. So Amelia Perez that had that dude that was a chick that pretended to be a chick and he ended up getting canceled because he wasn’t the right kind of trans. I don’t even know what that means. Can you cancel a trans person? Explain to me the math here. Because we were talking about this. Like, everybody really wanted you to know that that one chick from Wicked was bald, gay, and black. Like, all three. Like, BBG, right? You gotta be, like, black, bald, and gay. Like, she’s better than just a regular lesbian because she checks off more boxes. It’s like, whoever has the most baggage is the queen of… intersectional or the monarch of intersectional politics right oh you’re just a regular lesbian you’re lame you’ve got to be like bald and a lesbian or trans whatever a lesbian or i don’t know at or just something with ethnicity to be like if you’re just a white lesbian you’re just like white bread nobody cares so you have to be all these other things And I got really tired of hearing that in this whole lead up to award season because people were acting like that was this chick’s qualifications. Is she a good actress? Well, she’s a lesbian and bald. Like before you object. I think Jada did it first anyway. So I just nobody watches these out of all of the movies that were on the leaderboard. I didn’t see any of those. I did see Conclave and the ending of that. I just sat there like, are you kidding me? It’s a hermaphrodite. Are you kidding me? Did I give it away? I don’t care. Did you watch it, Cain? The Conclave thing? I liked all those actors, and I thought, maybe they’ll pull this off. Maybe it’s spooky. I don’t know. It wasn’t. It ended with some sad hermaphrodite, and I just was like, this is lame. It was such a letdown. I was hoping it would be an alien or something. You see where my mind goes? I’m like, if that dude isn’t an alien, then I don’t know. I didn’t watch any. Nobody watches this stuff anymore. These movies, no one goes and sees the movies that are in the running for best picture. None of them. I mean, whereas used to, there were good stories and everyone would go and see them. Now they’re not even good stories. And also, how many times are you going to do like the stripper makes good storyline? And that chick beat Demi Moore. Now, I didn’t see Demi Moore’s substance. I have a lot of friends who did and they said it was terrifying. And, you know, I guess it’s terrifying if you’re scared of aging. I don’t know. But she apparently got a lot of accolades for that role. And then this is probably the only time she’s ever going to get nominated for an Oscar. And she got beat by some 25 year old chick who played a stripper. And isn’t it other members of the Academy that vote on this? So it’s like your peers. It’s essentially a jury of your peers that vote on all this stuff. So they gave it to the 25-year-old stripper. Does that shock anybody that Hollywood would go for the chick who bared it all as opposed to the… Older lady who played the right. I don’t know. I’m just saying I just can we play Karen Karen Culkin’s remarks. Now we got to do it in a weird way for you watching. We have to show you a screen grab and then play the audio separately. So we don’t get deemed for copyright or even though it’s you know, this is literally fair use, but what of. I thought this was like one of the most wholesome moments of the evening. This is Macaulay Culkin’s little brother, Kieran Culkin, who won Best Supporting Actor for one of the series he was in. Watch this. This is his acceptance speech.
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I love you, Jess. I have to thank my wife, Jess, for absolutely everything, for giving me my favorite people in the world. Please don’t play the music, because I want to tell a really quick story about Jess. About a year ago, I was on a stage like this, and I very stupidly publicly said that I want a third kid from her, because she said if I won the award, I would… She would give me the kid. It turns out she said that because she didn’t think I was going to win. But people came up to her and were like, you know, really annoying her. I think it got to her. But anyway, after the show, we’re walking through a parking lot. She’s holding the M. We were trying to find our car. Emily, you were there, so you’re a witness. And she goes, oh, God, I did say that. I guess I owe you a third kid. And I turned to her and I said, really, I want four. And she turned to me, I swear to God this happened, it was just over a year ago, she said, I will give you four when you win an Oscar. I held my hand out, she shook it, and I have not brought it up once until just now. You remember that, honey? You do? Okay. Then I just have this to say to you, Jazz, love of my life, ye of little faith. No pressure. I love you. I’m really sorry I did this again. And let’s get cracking on those kids. What do you say?
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It was a great… That was a great moment. And everybody was laughing and he was just very genuine. And it was a very funny moment. And let’s get cracking on those kids. Four kids. So that was sweet. There wasn’t as many… I mean, there were some… politicized moment. You had some guy come out and talk about Gaza. And then you had, what’s her face? One of the Arquettes. Was it an Arquette who came out? No, it was Daryl Hannah, who looks like an Arquette. Daryl Hannah came out and said, Slava Ukraine or whatever. And everyone, because that’s the new COVID. Mask up. Wait, wrong thing. Wear the flag. They can’t. They’re all confused. Maybe if you wear the face masks that are the flags, it’ll work. You’ll check both boxes. But yeah, I didn’t, I just, I am bored to tears by everything that’s in Hollywood lately. That’s why I watch anime and foreign horror films. Because the horror films here in the U.S. even have to be politically correct. It’s ridiculous. History shows gold and silver thrive under strong leadership. During President Trump’s first term, gold surged 53 percent and silver soared 51 percent. With him back, could precious metals break new records in 2025 and beyond? In times of economic uncertainty, smart investors turn to assets that have proven their worth. Thank you so much for having me. Visit danalikesgold.com right now and get a free copy of their 2025 gold and silver kit. On top of that, you could also qualify for up to $15,000 in bonus silver, possibly even more. That’s danalikesgold.com.
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It’s time for Dana’s Quick Five.
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Playing Dave Brubeck going into this seems appropriate. Being a parent keeps your brain young, especially if you have multiple kids, according to a new survey. I think it has to, because you’ve got to outwit your kids at every step. It’s a war. I’m kidding. The experience of parenthood, they said it’s both men and women. So it’s not like one benefited more than the other. But they said that parents with more children, clearly, you know, greater social connectivity, etc. But they said that it increases brain connectivity in areas that typically decline with age. The suggestion is that parenthood provides a safeguard against brain aging. That actually kind of does make sense if you think about it. British scientists decided that they were going to spend the time and money to create a banana that stays fresh for 24 hours after opening. Why would you need it to after you, you know, peel your banana? Why do you need it to stay fresh for 24 hours? He was like, you know what? I’m going to set this Nana down. And I’m going to go do something else and then I might come back like, you know, 24 hours later. The British, they say that these experts have altered the fruit’s genetics so that it remains firm, fresh and yellow for 24 hours after opening, even when sliced. The chief executive of the Norwich-based biotech company behind the breakthrough said, no more slimy brown bananas. Or here’s a life hack. You could eat the damn thing after you open it. After you peel it, you could consume it. Life hack. Who are these people? You know what? Fruit browns. It does. Like, why is that a thing for you? Just eat it. Just eat it. Shut up with your mouth and eat it. Like, what’s the problem? Why is this a thing? Schools are reviving. Yes, they’re reviving shop class as a hedge against the AI future. I think everybody should be required to take shop and home ec in school. I think these boys and girls, shop and home ec. Although I did scare the complete living hell out of my shop teacher because I just didn’t care. And I’m like, we’re going to make all the things. And I loved power tools. And it scared not just the shop teacher, but every male in the class was terrified. Nobody wanted to be my partner. And it wasn’t because I was a woman. It was because I have an over eagerness with like drilling and things like that. So maybe I’m not the best candidate to represent that. And Microsoft has resolved global outages that left tens of thousands unable to access their emails and other apps. We got to talk about this Pam Bondi thing. How many people are mad over Pam Bondi not giving up the full Epstein files? I feel like a lot are. A lot are upset. Here’s the thing with the Epstein files. First off, well, we knew that they were going to be all redacted. I don’t know how much can actually be if there is an ongoing investigation. But at the same time, I think unless you’re protecting a particular victim’s name, I think it’s got to be made public. But Pam Bondi knew this and was saying that she had it and read every was it had been reading it. Did she not? She had said prior that she had had these files and had been reading them. They were on her desk. Before they released these nothing burgers. And then I noticed that the people that they released them to were all on social media. Apparently, some of them were copying and pasting the same response, much in the same way that Europe’s leaders were doing. I stand with Ukraine. It’s the same thing, just a different issue. I saw a lot of people reposting the responses of, yeah, you know, we went there. Yes, we went. We got a binder, etc., I if it had been about journalism, I think there would have been some actual due diligence and journalism that had been done by the individuals that got binders. But instead, everyone wanted to get photos and share it on social media and then not really write much more about it. So that was bad. That was a big, bad op. And I think the people that were involved in it should be a little embarrassed, honestly. The second thing is, why was she out there telling everybody that? That she was rating it and had all this information if she clearly didn’t have it. Apparently, then she went back and was going after the FBI because she was sort of like it was like a bait and switch. And then it seemed like Kash Patel and her were getting into an argument over this. because she was promised the release of these other files, and it ended up being like a bunch of nothing burgers. She said that more were being released, but she sent out this letter to Patel demanding the full release, which again, in all of this, all of everything that she had ever said about it leading up to this point, I mean, I got the impression, Cain, that it was on her desk, and she had read everything. I mean, she literally said that the files were on her desk, but she had also said that she had been reading it. So either someone stole it and tricked her or she lied. I don’t know. She had said there will be no withholdings or limitations to my or your access, et cetera, et cetera. But she blasted this out and now it looks like they’re in. It’s like a little bit of a tiff. She says that agents coming out of New York, the Southern District of New York, were withholding these documents and that ultimately it comes from that Southern District or from the FBI up in New York. And apparently it was only, what, not even 100 pages and it was all heavily redacted. And there was nothing new in there. It was basically a rehash of all of the stuff that was already made public. I just I think that was a bad move to make. I don’t think that that was an op necessarily designed by Trump’s innermost circle. But someone clearly gave the go ahead for it. They were apparently at the White House for a totally different thing. And then before Bondi can even make a statement about it, those binders were apparently handed out. I just wondered why there wasn’t a statement from Bondi on it, why there wasn’t anything from Patel on it. All of a sudden you had these people walking out, you know, parading this stuff, which left a bad taste in a lot of other, quote unquote, I guess, influencers’ mouths. I don’t know. I hate this whole thing. But we didn’t learn anything else. And I saw some people out there saying promises kept. No, well, that wasn’t. That hasn’t been fulfilled yet. That debt is still owed. But it just was a mess. It was a mess. It was a bad op. So I don’t know who in the Trump administration orchestrated that, but they need to not ever be allowed to orchestrate anything regarding the media, anything again. Just get him away. Get him away from the White House. It was bad. But what are we going to have? Is more going to be released? I don’t know.
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Join us as Dana takes us through a whirlwind of topics, from enlightening us on the dynamics of parenthood and its impact on brain function to diving deep into the promise and disappointments of Epstein file revelations. The episode is rounded off with a discussion on cultural relevance, the Oscars’ dwindling impact, and Kieran Culkin’s surprisingly sweet acceptance speech. Don’t miss out on this multifaceted exploration of current events and cultural phenomena.
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