On this edition of Music of the Zeit Jack and Miles discuss Sundar Pichai testifying in front of Congress, Succession is trending for their Emmy noms, today is National Chicken Wing Day, Trump said people in the 'Burbs "wont have to worry" about affordable housing near them, and Starbucks is not doing so hot!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello the Internet, and welcome to this episode of the
Music of the Zeiss and told that is a phantom
of the opera reference. I'm Jack O'Brien. That's Miles gray Um.
And here is what is trending this Wednesday afternoon. Thunder Peach, I,
who is the Alphabet CEO, Google's parent company, was the
(00:26):
unlucky winner of the which tex ceo is going to
be trending at the end of their grilling on uh
Congress floor. And I think it was just he did
the least convincing job of defending Alphabet and Google against
accusations that were being leveled against them, which are basically
(00:48):
that they're a monopoly. It seems like monopoly is an
old enough concept that Congress can get their mind around it.
They don't need They can't just have young young zuck
uh like walking circles around them making fun of them
for not knowing that they're in ad support of business. Yeah,
they're like you have of the search engine market, Like
(01:11):
that's yeah, but that's just because like we're the best,
you know. It's like, I don't know, what don't we
do like to turn people away? It's like shit, And
they have overt of digital that's so fucked up and frightening, like,
and then Facebook has fifty three or so together they have,
(01:31):
uh like, over half of just two companies have over
half of all dollars spent online marketing wise, which is
funny because if there are like, you know, I'm not
sure how much of the antitrust language, it's funny because
Republicans will deploy that language because they don't like that.
They'll take down like diamond and silk like misinformation posts
(01:51):
and videos and be like it's it's suppressionative freedom SPI
or whatever. But at the same time, like if they
wander into that, it's like, okay, so let me get
this rate. You think it's immoral for a small group
of let's say, let's say people, to make it simple,
a small group of people to own like, you know,
(02:11):
whole sections of the economy or a market or or
an industry. Right, okay, So then let's now look at
our taxes. Can we keep that same energy now, same
focus here? Now let's look over here where these like
fifteen families are running the board right now? Is that
also okay? Or alright? I lost you, I lost you
with the monopolies paid zero dollars in Texas last year
(02:36):
billion dollars in profits. But we're only like three of
the global consumer game. And it's like, okay, interest, nice, defense,
suck or Bezos or whatever. The It was funny even
the build up when they're like it sounded like the
like like Watchmen or some ship because like, and the
world's richest man Jeff Bezos will also be testifying in
(02:58):
front of Congress today and I'm like, just having that
descriptor it was like so jarring, like but said so
seriously on the news, and you're like, right, the world's
richest man ever goes to town. Right, It's really we
live in such a such a dystopia, it's wild. Um
succession is trending. Uh, Matthew mcfaden, is that his name?
(03:23):
Tom guy who plays Tom who is British. I'm I'm
told who's really taking our jobs? Yeah? I was up
for that role. And uh, I know, I remember you
were really get past people not calling me jam. People
don't realize this was maybe the first within the first
(03:44):
year of us doing this show. I think people thought
you were going to like New Jersey for a family thing,
but really you were grinding on the like acting lab
like reading books, work on your accent, work. You bought
new boat shoes just for the audition. I was like,
I don't think they're going to see your feet, and
you got really upset and I was like, okay, fine,
get the new boats shoes. But yeah, yeah, it was
(04:06):
my My final demand was that they changed the character's
name to Jack because every time they called me Tom,
I just couldn't remember to look uh, and they wouldn't.
They wouldn't do it. Oh yeah, like you should not
(04:26):
be acting sir. All right, It's National Chicken wing Day.
That I love it. I've been watching um the new
Last Chance You. The new season The Last Chance You
came out on Netflix recently, and one of the people
on the show, one of the athletes, he works out
a wing. Stop anythinking about wings. Now it's National chicken
(04:48):
wing Day. People are still acting as if drums are
worth eating. I mean, yeah, they're fine, but it's the flat.
Big conversation with the mrs yesterday she was I realized
that she was eating all the drums. I was like,
thank you. Yeah, although I do think that you changed
my thinking on that. I think I, uh, you taught
(05:11):
me why flats are better, and I have, and you
gained an appreciation, and and just out of reciprocity, I
will I taught you that because you taught me that
I need to wash my legs. I didn't realize, so
thank you. Isn't that a white person thing? That white
people don't watch their legs started like down on the internet,
and then people who listen to four D Fiance I
(05:31):
have a bit going where some people are actually convinced
I don't wash my legs because I'm never lying about it,
because I'm just like, well, the water gets down there.
So it's like the issue exactly what okay, do you
wash your dishes after you take them out of the dishwasher.
It's like, does it makes sense? It's getting the soapy
water in there, that's right. Stand By suburbs are trending
(05:57):
the story about Trump just you know, I mean, we're
not dog whistling as a description of what he does,
and he's just be thrown away just telling people, uh,
he's running on the promise of upholding redlining essentially, and
don't worry. It's like I won't burden you, as some
language used of like you won't be bothered by low
income housing no more. You shall be set free of
(06:21):
the scourge of people that our government has failed to
keep afloat. So yeah, yeah, it's a yeah, it's not
dog whistling. It's it's it's like reminding me of like
that one Simpson's bit was like old man yells at
cloud like or something about Grandpa Simpson's it's like or
old man yells. It's like, that's what this is, like,
senile racist talking on TV. Again, he's got an audience
(06:44):
who also happens to be president. So I've seen how
racist president uh man with entirely too much power at
his fingertips in control. Uh, what do we do? And
then Starbucks is trending. People think this might be it
for Starbucks. There's an article that they were at a
(07:05):
drop in sales, uh in whatever the last quarter was
that they reported. People think that, you know, they're just
seeing nobody wants to sit in common areas. And you know,
also people aren't picking, like, aren't driving to work, they're
working from home. So there's not like, you know, we're
(07:27):
we're learning how to make our own coffee. Um, And yeah,
it does seem like I don't know why you go
to Starbucks at this point, right, because it was like
people use it to punctuate their healthscape of a work day.
That's like, dude, I cannot be in this fucking office.
(07:48):
Let's go to get coffee, pizza, whatever that thing is
relative to your office that you go to be Like,
we gotta get the funk out of here for like
twenty minutes. It's our smoke break now that we've learned
smoking kills you, right, so now we'll just triples destroy
our hearts. Um the thing. Yeah, but is it the
(08:09):
I also I think they'll be safe purely because I
see so many people clinging to that habitual trip to
the Starbucks, still months into locking down. Somewhat interesting because
there a few drive through Starbucks I live by, and
they're always it's always going on, it's just going down. Yeah,
the drive through is for sure. But I guess that's it.
(08:31):
I guess they've converted. I guess they've converted a bunch
of their places to have drive throughs, um where where possible.
I the the article made the argument that, but then
like what's to set them apart? Starbucks like created the
communal workspace before we work, um, And yeah, I mean
(08:52):
I guess what My idea of Starbucks does not revolve
around it being a community hub. Their CEO claims it is.
It's a place you go for free WiFi, and you know,
on some unfortunate incidents, so they'll call the police on
you because your personal color, free WiFi, legal drugs. It's
(09:12):
not shocking that people are were fans for a while.
But yeah, I think anytime you're looking at a product
that is an addictive drug, uh, it's it's usually you
can you can go along on that one. Yeah, well,
I guess maybe that's split to your point though. Empower yourself,
make your own home brew, you know what I mean,
(09:32):
for yourself of the shackles, and get yourself some free trade,
uh you know, and and support a local coffee roaster,
you know, like shout out to Timeless Coffee who sent us?
Who sent me some coffee? Maybe they'll send you some
jack Um not me, Timeless oh man up in Oakland there,
because if he was on that one day, if he
(09:53):
was on and he was taking so long to the
record because he was making he's like a hand grinding
by twenty minutes, that was right up, So shout out
to them, well, uh time late. Yeah, as far as,
I'm just getting his d M. Yeah, what's up, Timeless,
I drink coffee. I'm addicted to caffeine as well. All right, guys,
(10:19):
that's gonna do it for this afternoon. We'll be back
tomorrow with a whole as episode of our show. Until then,
wash your hands, stay safe, stay inside, wear a mask,
be kind to each other, be kind to yourselves, and
don't do nothing about white supremacy. We'll toutch you out
of our fis
Hello the Internet, and welcome to this episode of the
Music of the Zeiss and told that is a phantom
of the opera reference. I'm Jack O'Brien. That's Miles gray Um.
And here is what is trending this Wednesday afternoon. Thunder Peach, I,
who is the Alphabet CEO, Google's parent company, was the
(00:26):
unlucky winner of the which tex ceo is going to
be trending at the end of their grilling on uh
Congress floor. And I think it was just he did
the least convincing job of defending Alphabet and Google against
accusations that were being leveled against them, which are basically
(00:48):
that they're a monopoly. It seems like monopoly is an
old enough concept that Congress can get their mind around it.
They don't need They can't just have young young zuck
uh like walking circles around them making fun of them
for not knowing that they're in ad support of business. Yeah,
they're like you have of the search engine market, Like
(01:11):
that's yeah, but that's just because like we're the best,
you know. It's like, I don't know, what don't we
do like to turn people away? It's like shit, And
they have overt of digital that's so fucked up and frightening, like,
and then Facebook has fifty three or so together they have,
(01:31):
uh like, over half of just two companies have over
half of all dollars spent online marketing wise, which is
funny because if there are like, you know, I'm not
sure how much of the antitrust language, it's funny because
Republicans will deploy that language because they don't like that.
They'll take down like diamond and silk like misinformation posts
(01:51):
and videos and be like it's it's suppressionative freedom SPI
or whatever. But at the same time, like if they
wander into that, it's like, okay, so let me get
this rate. You think it's immoral for a small group
of let's say, let's say people, to make it simple,
a small group of people to own like, you know,
(02:11):
whole sections of the economy or a market or or
an industry. Right, okay, So then let's now look at
our taxes. Can we keep that same energy now, same
focus here? Now let's look over here where these like
fifteen families are running the board right now? Is that
also okay? Or alright? I lost you, I lost you
with the monopolies paid zero dollars in Texas last year
(02:36):
billion dollars in profits. But we're only like three of
the global consumer game. And it's like, okay, interest, nice, defense,
suck or Bezos or whatever. The It was funny even
the build up when they're like it sounded like the
like like Watchmen or some ship because like, and the
world's richest man Jeff Bezos will also be testifying in
(02:58):
front of Congress today and I'm like, just having that
descriptor it was like so jarring, like but said so
seriously on the news, and you're like, right, the world's
richest man ever goes to town. Right, It's really we
live in such a such a dystopia, it's wild. Um
succession is trending. Uh, Matthew mcfaden, is that his name?
(03:23):
Tom guy who plays Tom who is British. I'm I'm
told who's really taking our jobs? Yeah? I was up
for that role. And uh, I know, I remember you
were really get past people not calling me jam. People
don't realize this was maybe the first within the first
(03:44):
year of us doing this show. I think people thought
you were going to like New Jersey for a family thing,
but really you were grinding on the like acting lab
like reading books, work on your accent, work. You bought
new boat shoes just for the audition. I was like,
I don't think they're going to see your feet, and
you got really upset and I was like, okay, fine,
get the new boats shoes. But yeah, yeah, it was
(04:06):
my My final demand was that they changed the character's
name to Jack because every time they called me Tom,
I just couldn't remember to look uh, and they wouldn't.
They wouldn't do it. Oh yeah, like you should not
(04:26):
be acting sir. All right, It's National Chicken wing Day.
That I love it. I've been watching um the new
Last Chance You. The new season The Last Chance You
came out on Netflix recently, and one of the people
on the show, one of the athletes, he works out
a wing. Stop anythinking about wings. Now it's National chicken
(04:48):
wing Day. People are still acting as if drums are
worth eating. I mean, yeah, they're fine, but it's the flat.
Big conversation with the mrs yesterday she was I realized
that she was eating all the drums. I was like,
thank you. Yeah, although I do think that you changed
my thinking on that. I think I, uh, you taught
(05:11):
me why flats are better, and I have, and you
gained an appreciation, and and just out of reciprocity, I
will I taught you that because you taught me that
I need to wash my legs. I didn't realize, so
thank you. Isn't that a white person thing? That white
people don't watch their legs started like down on the internet,
and then people who listen to four D Fiance I
(05:31):
have a bit going where some people are actually convinced
I don't wash my legs because I'm never lying about it,
because I'm just like, well, the water gets down there.
So it's like the issue exactly what okay, do you
wash your dishes after you take them out of the dishwasher.
It's like, does it makes sense? It's getting the soapy
water in there, that's right. Stand By suburbs are trending
(05:57):
the story about Trump just you know, I mean, we're
not dog whistling as a description of what he does,
and he's just be thrown away just telling people, uh,
he's running on the promise of upholding redlining essentially, and
don't worry. It's like I won't burden you, as some
language used of like you won't be bothered by low
income housing no more. You shall be set free of
(06:21):
the scourge of people that our government has failed to
keep afloat. So yeah, yeah, it's a yeah, it's not
dog whistling. It's it's it's like reminding me of like
that one Simpson's bit was like old man yells at
cloud like or something about Grandpa Simpson's it's like or
old man yells. It's like, that's what this is, like,
senile racist talking on TV. Again, he's got an audience
(06:44):
who also happens to be president. So I've seen how
racist president uh man with entirely too much power at
his fingertips in control. Uh, what do we do? And
then Starbucks is trending. People think this might be it
for Starbucks. There's an article that they were at a
(07:05):
drop in sales, uh in whatever the last quarter was
that they reported. People think that, you know, they're just
seeing nobody wants to sit in common areas. And you know,
also people aren't picking, like, aren't driving to work, they're
working from home. So there's not like, you know, we're
(07:27):
we're learning how to make our own coffee. Um, And yeah,
it does seem like I don't know why you go
to Starbucks at this point, right, because it was like
people use it to punctuate their healthscape of a work day.
That's like, dude, I cannot be in this fucking office.
(07:48):
Let's go to get coffee, pizza, whatever that thing is
relative to your office that you go to be Like,
we gotta get the funk out of here for like
twenty minutes. It's our smoke break now that we've learned
smoking kills you, right, so now we'll just triples destroy
our hearts. Um the thing. Yeah, but is it the
(08:09):
I also I think they'll be safe purely because I
see so many people clinging to that habitual trip to
the Starbucks, still months into locking down. Somewhat interesting because
there a few drive through Starbucks I live by, and
they're always it's always going on, it's just going down. Yeah,
the drive through is for sure. But I guess that's it.
(08:31):
I guess they've converted. I guess they've converted a bunch
of their places to have drive throughs, um where where possible.
I the the article made the argument that, but then
like what's to set them apart? Starbucks like created the
communal workspace before we work, um, And yeah, I mean
(08:52):
I guess what My idea of Starbucks does not revolve
around it being a community hub. Their CEO claims it is.
It's a place you go for free WiFi, and you know,
on some unfortunate incidents, so they'll call the police on
you because your personal color, free WiFi, legal drugs. It's
(09:12):
not shocking that people are were fans for a while.
But yeah, I think anytime you're looking at a product
that is an addictive drug, uh, it's it's usually you
can you can go along on that one. Yeah, well,
I guess maybe that's split to your point though. Empower yourself,
make your own home brew, you know what I mean,
(09:32):
for yourself of the shackles, and get yourself some free trade,
uh you know, and and support a local coffee roaster,
you know, like shout out to Timeless Coffee who sent us?
Who sent me some coffee? Maybe they'll send you some
jack Um not me, Timeless oh man up in Oakland there,
because if he was on that one day, if he
(09:53):
was on and he was taking so long to the
record because he was making he's like a hand grinding
by twenty minutes, that was right up, So shout out
to them, well, uh time late. Yeah, as far as,
I'm just getting his d M. Yeah, what's up, Timeless,
I drink coffee. I'm addicted to caffeine as well. All right, guys,
(10:19):
that's gonna do it for this afternoon. We'll be back
tomorrow with a whole as episode of our show. Until then,
wash your hands, stay safe, stay inside, wear a mask,
be kind to each other, be kind to yourselves, and
don't do nothing about white supremacy. We'll toutch you out
of our fis
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