Audio Chapters 0:00 — What's next for George Santos? 09:24 — Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis debated, did anyone care? 14:41 — Rep. Pramila Jayapal attacked based on misunderstanding of her words in CNN interview 19:27 — McDonalds attracts controversy for changing burger recipes 23:26 — Jussie Smollett loses fake hate crime appeal, has to go back to jail 28:25 — English electrician charged with having sex with over 100 corpses 33:15 — KISS unveils holograms of band members for virtual performances...
Dec 06, 2023•38 min
We're off this week at Doomscroll because Lisa is preparing to film her very first standup special! In the meantime, we thought you'd enjoy listening to Lisa’s first comedy album, “ Alive for a While ,” which she recorded in London in 2019. It’s not safe for work, just in case you were wondering. If you're in, near, or visiting Madison, Wisconsin from somewhere else, come out and see Lisa on December 14th at Comedy On State . There will be two shows and tickets are available now: https://www.mad...
Nov 29, 2023•46 min
It’s our first-ever Flux podcast crossover as So This Just Happened co-host Kali Holloway joins in the fun! Audio Chapters 00:20 — Utah Sen. Mike Lee refuses to retract ludicrous conspiracy theory about vaping pen 08:13 — Right-wing CPAC conference losing board members after sex assault claims 13:53 — Georgia HS football coach fired after baptizing players at practice 18:45 — How the "Church of Satan" is hilariously pushing back on Christian supremacism 25:11 — NAFO, an unofficial trolling group...
Nov 22, 2023•38 min
Audio Chapters 00:44 — House Republicans are continuing tearing each other apart, it warms the heart 04:51 — Trump and his aides are promising fascism and incompetence simultaneously 11:39 — Ex-Trump WH executive's right-wing dating site is a failure 14:08 — Tim Scott finally puts presidential campaign out of misery after humiliating girlfriend reveal 23:49 — Republicans tangle in yet another kiddie table debate over boots & a border wall with Canada The video of this episode is available on...
Nov 15, 2023•32 min
Audio Timecodes 00:25 — Donald Trump rages on stand in NY fraud trial 05:08 — Does Trump attorney Alina Habba have America's dirtiest job? 11:55 — Is Biden losing supporters over his Palestine-Israel policies? 17:44 — How right-wing media makes Republicans more likely to vote 21:10 — Trump says he wants to create a government-run "American Academy" university 26:19 — Twitter as a dating service is Elon Musk's latest hare-brained idea 29:55 — Supreme Court hears case from man trying to trademark ...
Nov 08, 2023•35 min
Timecodes 00:57 — Mike Pence ends doomed presidential campaign 03:17 — Someone named Dean Phillips is running as a Democrat against Joe Biden 08:47 — Crazed evangelical Mike Johnson becomes Speaker of the House 15:22 — Matthew Perry, "Friends" co-star, dies at 54 19:48 — Private equity billionaire says people don't work as hard at home 24:32 — Airline employee asks to stop work on flight after getting high on shrooms 29:03 — "The Simpsons" predicts that Elon Musk will have to sell Twitter The vi...
Nov 01, 2023•38 min
Timecodes 00:26 — Republicans keep failing to elect a Speaker of the House 06:39 — Israelis angry at Netanyahu for boosting Hamas and missing terrorist attacks 10:13 — Latest "Biden bombshell" for Republicans turns out to be a dud 13:49 — Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell become latest ex-Trump attorneys to plead guilty to crimes 19:32 — Britney Spears tells people not to read too much into her new memoir 26:40 — Tim Scott's presidential campaign is collapsing and no one noticed 30:38 — “Chucky” cre...
Oct 25, 2023•38 min
Chaos continues to reign supreme among Republicans in the House of Representative after Jim Jordan became the third person to be rejected for Speaker of the House. The GOP's right hand doesn't know what its far-right hand is doing and we are here for it. Timecodes 00:20 — Jim Jordan loses Speaker of the House vote on first ballot 06:51 — Matt Gaetz, who started Republicans' speaker drama said he's "tired" of it now 08:31 — Lauren Boebert busted for using campaign donor funds at Beetlejuice boyfr...
Oct 18, 2023•36 min
Timecodes 00:11 — Trump rages at getting kicked off Forbes 400 richest list 04:35 — RFK Jr. launches "independent" candidacy, gets bashed by Republicans who fear he'll take their voters 08:59 — Florida Republican activist indicted for voter fraud 16:23 — Mike Lindell's lawyers are refusing to work for him anymore after he stopped paying them 21:05 — Biden's dog Commander removed from White House after biting incidents 25:08 — Pamela Anderson earns praise for going make-up free Follow or die! Doo...
Oct 11, 2023•33 min
Episode Summary Matt and Lisa are joined by standup comedian and sex-worker advocate Kaytlin Bailey for a hilarious and not-safe-for-work discussion about Kevin McCarthy’s last stand as Speaker of the House, Republicans saying Donald Trump is religiously devout, and much more. Recorded Monday, October 2, 2023 Doomscroll is a Flux Community podcast. We’ve got lots more great articles and podcasts on politics, culture, media, and religion. Join us! Timecodes 00:19 — House Republicans launch anothe...
Oct 04, 2023•30 min
Lisa and Matt are joined in this episode by Sarah Rumpf, a contributing editor at Mediaite to talk about all the latest news, including Donald Trump pretending to support striking auto workers and a lot more. Timecodes 00:25 — Joe Biden pickets with auto worker union while Trump pretends he likes workers 06:24 — Democrats' calls for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign while Republicans embrace criminal party members 13:27 — Former Trump secretary says he wrote to-do notes for her on classified documents...
Sep 27, 2023•32 min
Summary Matt and Lisa are joined in this episode by Doug J. Balloon, the creator of the New York Times Pitchbot parody Twitter account for a definitely not-safe-for-work discussion about all the news of the week, including Conan O’Brien’s assertion that Donald Trump made comedy monologues a lot harder, very serious allegations being lobbed at Russell Brand, and Trump’s totally bizarre cult musical performance at his latest speech. Timecodes 00:22 — Conan O'Brien says Trump broke comedy 04:10 — R...
Sep 18, 2023•36 min
Matt and Lisa are joined in this episode by podcaster and illustrator Eiynah Mohammed-Smith for NSFW takes about all the news of the week, including Republicans moving forward on their interminable impeachment threats, strange religious brainwashing videos from Dennis Prager, and Ashton Kucher and Mila Kunis getting blasted for standing up for Danny Masterson after his conviction. Timecodes 00:39 — House Republicans move forward with impeachment and shutdown threats 03:47 — Christian and Muslim ...
Sep 14, 2023•37 min
Lisa Curry and Matthew Sheffield are joined in this episode by comedian and television writer Camille Corbett for NSFW takes about all the news of the week, including flooding at the Burning Man festival, nepo babies, and that very strange brawl at a country music concert in Pittsburgh. Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odXGLfSCDg8 Timecodes 00:24 Burning Man attendees finally get their apocalypse lifestyle 05:01 Porta-pottie throwdown in Pittsburgh! 07:54 Marjorie Taylor Greene isn...
Sep 06, 2023•40 min
Join Matthew Sheffield, Lisa Curry, and guest Nicole Conlan as they share hot takes about all the news of the week, including Fox News Channel host Jesse Watters's very strange expression of admiration for Donald Trump. 01:18 — Trump finally gets mugshot on 4th arrest 05:20 — Right-wingers think mugshot Trump is hot now? 11:38 — Georgia's Trumper rogues gallery 14:02 — Jordan Peterson shows off newest clown suit 17:56 — Far-right women ask: How much subservience to men is enough? 22:02 — Why com...
Aug 30, 2023•35 min
Matt, Lisa, and guest Chrissy Stroop discuss: 00:36 — Rudy Giuliani is begging Donald Trump for money for his failed 2020 election lawsuits, but Trump hasn’t paid a cent so far 02:57 — Despite not getting his lawyering payout, Rudy is still making hundreds of thousands a year thanks to the miracle of “wingnut welfare” 05:37 — As Republicans gear up for their first presidential debate, Trump says he’s not going to go to any of them 11:13 — Jordan Peterson busted for turning negative reviews into ...
Aug 22, 2023•36 min
Lisa and Matt discuss: 00:08 — Elon Musk chickens out of his fight with Mark Zuckerberg while pretending he didn’t 04:45 — Las Vegas hotels dealing with bed bug infestations 07:38 — Ron DeSantis and allies spent $95k to pay off Iowa Christian Republican group 09:21 — DeSantis shuts down go-karts for a photo-op 13:57 — Donald Trump Junior’s very weird outdoor magazine 20:56 — People are making Donald Trump coloring books 23:16 — Arkansas Republican boasts she’s replacing little libraries’ LGBTQ b...
Aug 17, 2023•36 min
Matt, Lisa, and guest host Nick Nuñez talk about: * Why people aren’t taking the congressional space alien hearings seriously * Lisa’s extremely normal high school math teacher who told students about being abducted (4:19) * Green Party presidential candidate Cornel West owes $500k to the IRS and $50k in child support (8:15) * Steve Bannon apparently kept a bathtub filled with formaldehyde or some type of acid in his house (14:47) * Donald Trump gets his third post-presidential indictment for Ja...
Aug 12, 2023•27 min
Lisa, Matt, and guest Juliet Jeske of “Decoding Fox News” discuss: * The complete idiocy of “Orange Man Bad” (3:07) * Marjorie Taylor Greene sends nude Hunter Biden photos to constituents (6:20) * The entire right wing declares war on “Barbie” to no avail (8:32) * “The Sound of Freedom” and the strange world of right-wing cinema (18:44) * Why everyone hates Ron DeSantis (25:54) Follow or die Doomscroll https://www.instagram.com/doomscrollshow/ https://twitter.com/doomscrollshow Matt https://twit...
Jul 30, 2023•32 min
Matt, Lisa, and guest Brandie Posey discuss: * Actors and entertainment writers going on strike * Studios want to scan your body and use your image forever for without royalties (03:32) * Why putting an offline stuff on the internet is nothing special (9:18) * Sarah Silverman sues ChatGPT’s creators for copyright infringement (12:55) * Ohio Republican accused of voter fraud says he accidentally voted twice in two different elections (18:05) * Republicans want to ban military for paying for abort...
Jul 27, 2023•40 min
Lisa and Matt discuss: * Cocaine in the White House * Ray Epps accuses Fox News in court of lying about him (00:05:15) * Why MAGA isn’t rioting for Trump anymore (00:12:05) * Elon Musk and entitled rich people (14:26) * Tom Segura’s very strange conversation with Ted Cruz (20:51) Follow or die Doomscroll: https://www.instagram.com/doomscrollshow/ https://twitter.com/doomscrollshow Lisa: https://www.instagram.com/olympianlisacurry https://twitter.com/lisa_curry Matt: https://twitter.com/mattsheff...
Jul 22, 2023•36 min
