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July 9, 2021 18 mins

Zaila Avant-Garde winning the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Peacock's new dating show 'Pride & Prejudice', Marsha Blackburn's feud with Taylor Swift, Eric Garcetti being named the US Ambassador to India, GOP lawmakers thanking Manchin and Sinema for filibuster support, and 'Black Widow' bursting into the box office

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello the Internet, and welcome to this episode of the
Trendmister Zeit cole Um keep Barney, I am Jack. That's Miles. Yeah,
and here are some things that are trending. Um, Mr
cycle Man, my favorite, my favorite piece of art to

(00:20):
reference when you talk about things. You can only watch
it in really weird ways. Although I think my dad's
homies had a ton of bootlegs and that's how people are.
So you've seen it. I haven't seen it. Actually, yeah ye,
the cremister is well we we won't get into explaining.
Yeah yeah, recycle as in your anatomy class about that one.

(00:41):
Zeyla avant garde, this trending. This is the child who
won the scripts National Spelling Bee and is the first
black child to do it. Um. She's from Louisiana and
she is also the Guinness World record Holder for all

(01:03):
sorts of basketball dribbling things. There's like this wait that
video was her? Those are records as she holds. Yeah yeah,
I just thought she was stunting on us with her
just ridiculous coordination. I didn't realize she was a world
record holder too. Yeah yeahog Guinness book was like, hey,
shout out to Zeila for relevant remember us Guinness, we

(01:27):
we knew her first. We're not just a panic by
for terrible uncles to get before a birthday party. But
if you've seen Steph Curry do his uh his dribbling
drills where he like dribbles three basketballs and uh, she's
doing like that but with an extra basketball thrown in,

(01:48):
uh while riding on a unicycle. Um, And it just
seems to be all around a amazing human. It's weird
all the like super smart people. I know they're all
into juggling. Huh. It's like a weird do you know
people who juggle? But they're also like they're not like performers,

(02:08):
like just nerdy jugglers. Not really. I I juggled for
a couple of years when I was a kid. Nerdy jugglers.
Shout out torost It, our engineer. He he also nerdy
juggler to it turns out, yeah, like two of my
cousins all into that ship. Yeah, what are they like? What? What?
How do you get real into juggling? I never made
it past the bean big phase for me. For them,

(02:31):
they're like super in the like super math head type kids.
So that I think for the people they were like
really modeling themselves. Are like the people they're really into
like piano and like juggling, were like kind of all
these things that were just like very cerebral and engaging
and like a you know, tranquil activity to do. Um.
But yeah, you know, shout out to the jugglers. Yeah,

(02:53):
it's one of those things that like when you're it
can like put you in that flow state, you know,
right exactly have to be focused on something. Well, there's
a new dating show on pocock uh that is specifically
for Jane Austin Lovers. It sounds like it. Uh, it's

(03:14):
like they have a new reality dating show that's essentially
a bachelorette type thing. Um. But it's but the whole
thing is they're not just gonna put a bunch of
horny people on a you know, fantastic beach town or
something or you know, a Calabasas mansion. They're going to
actually take a historical twist and go back in time
to more civilized times. Because this show is called Pride

(03:38):
and Prejudice and Experiment in Romance. And according to the
you know, the industry rags out there, they say, quote,
a group of eligible, hopeful suitors will have to win
the heart of the heroine and her court. Housed in
a castle in the countryside. The heroine and suitors will
experience that with which dreams are made of, from a ridge,

(04:00):
rides and vote on the lake, to archery and handwritten
letters to communicate. They will be immersed in a time
traveling quest for love. That which with dreams are made
of is not even It's not even how you would
say that, and those they just added a bunch of
like worth. Look that sounds like me in high school

(04:22):
when I was trying to like make up for the
fact that I only had like one paragraph worth the
ship today that with which therefore and heretofore notwithstanding like
fucking the worst run on sentence I've ever heard. So
they've done these reality shows before, right where they like

(04:45):
they're they're always intriguing him concept and then they suck
is basically my understanding of it. Like I guess Survivor
is a version of it where you're like going back
to the very beginning, where like you only have what
access to what a caveman would, sure, but you're not

(05:06):
trying to fund each other on Survivor, That's the difference
I mean not that's not the explicit aim of most contestants,
but for this to be a dating show, you know,
Like for me personally as a person color, I'm I
don't really long for this era, but as a history buff,
I really do like the concept. Like I would get
really rigid with it, be like, oh, there's no electricity,

(05:28):
he's gonna commode also like this is and I think
that would be I mean, not just to stress them out,
but if you want to like really immerse them in
this experience of being these you know, because it's really
like what happens when twenty one century of horny people
have to get down the old fashioned way could be
kind of interesting. I would personally, I would like to
do an eighties version of this show, you know what

(05:50):
I mean, like dresses wild, like all the just wacky music,
pumping um, without all the terrible problematic societal things, just
the aesthetic. But you can tell just sort of like
off of this application because right now, hey, if you
want to be cast, applications are open um, they say
the quote. The application consists of fifty questions, which range
from basic bio and demographic information to more poignant details

(06:13):
like why do you think you're single and when it
comes to dating, is chivalry important to you? Explain and
provide examples if applicable. Wow, and also why do you
think your single? Is a fund up question to ask
a single But that's why, you know, because when they
cast reality, they got to make sure they know how
to funk with your head to get a narratives. But

(06:35):
it's like that's something your mom asks you to really
and who has this self awareness? If you ask me
that a fucking When I was twenty eight, I couldn't
answer that question, and like I would be you know
what I would have said, I keep meeting the same people,
that's the problem, and it would end there no real introspection.
Is it more that I'm attracting the same person because

(06:58):
I'm at a certain level of sun to development and
I'm yearning for more yet I haven't learned how to
push through that barrier, and I'm merely chalking this up
to meeting the same people as it's a very convenient
explanation from my lack of introspection. I don't know, and
that's why I won't be on a show like this
um anyway. Yeah, I mean once they can, once they

(07:20):
fully commit to. I don't know. I think there's just
something about the amount of detail that you need to
really put into, uh like the creation of an environment
to make it compelling, like every single detail needs to
be there, and then having just like normal ass reality

(07:40):
TV cameras on it that makes it feel like less
impressive or something, because like when I saw they did
an Old West version of this and it looked like
ship and like it, Yeah, it wasn't something that looks
like a shitty costume party and the man people. Then
that's where again I'm more like t seriously, Yeah, exactly,

(08:00):
there isn't going to be ice for another three days
because they're not coming to make a delivery from up
on the mountains, So you're gonna have to drink that
ship warm. You're gonna have to decide whose smell you
can actually stand for exactly minutes and who's who get involved?
You know, whose blood pressure just goes to the roof
because all the preserved salt food, You're right, the food. Yeah.

(08:25):
And then finally, Marsha Blackburn is trending. She is apparently
she has a running feud with Taylor Swift because Taylor
Swift came out during when she was running during her election,
and I was like, don't vote for her. So Senator
Marshall Blackburn said that Taylor swift socialist leanings don't really

(08:47):
make sense because and apparently she knows about socialism because
she said that if there was a socialist government, the
state would have to approve her music and would allow
women to dress or sing or to be on stage
or entertain So clearly a very nuanced understanding of socialism

(09:10):
that is based on Uh, that's all they got. That's
all they got. Now it's based on like foot loose
and like mixed together both religious extremism, both examples of
religious extremism. What will I don't think if you know this,

(09:31):
we're here right now in this country. Uh, look at
Britney Spears, look at the state of reproductive rights, look
at the state of people's rights based on you know,
gender identification. Uh, there's all kinds of nasty ship already happening.
But again, yeah, people advocating for things where we're creating
more equitable outcomes for people's labor and that they have

(09:53):
the right to live in a humane manner is just
a terrible thing. So yeah, um, all right, let's take
a quick break and we're back and l A. Mayor

(10:13):
our very own Eric Carcetti has been named the US
Ambassador to India by President Biden. UM. This feels a
little bit like, uh, like Clippers fans last year when
Dot got fired and went to the seventy six ers

(10:36):
and they were like, yeah, no man, good good good
for you, good good luck, guys, is gonna be a
good good we you know, we wish nothing but the
best for you. But really they know they're passing off trash.
That's kind of how I feel. As like Eric Carsetti
departs l A. It's like, oh ship man, Wow, you

(10:56):
gotta good one India, you gotta go one over there.
Great call. But you're right, you're right. Why would I
give him India? That's a that's a big country. Yeah,
I don't know. I don't know. It's like do we
do we need ambassadors? Like really, you know, so many

(11:18):
things are ceremonial at certain points. Obviously with UM, you know,
countries where we have very significant relations with, I understand
the importance to have someone there to begin to discuss
being an intermediary. But with Eric Garcetti, you know, he
probably blown up Joe Biden's funny, please man, give me
the job. Don't know, like it's on nepotism for me

(11:40):
because like I come from like a dynastic family in
l A politics. Dude, they hate him. Come in for sure.
This is not what he had in mind when there
were those rumors. I don't know if it was his
people spreading him, but there were those rumors that he
was he was being considered for a cabinet position. This
feels like, you know, some people get the ambassadorship and

(12:04):
it's like, oh, that's a nice thing for them to
do in their dotage. Uh, but this feels like it
is a constellation prize for uh yeah, someone who just
wants out of their current situation. Yeah. So then if
he but again, we don't know when he'll actually end
up sucking off because the Senate, you know, there's like

(12:25):
a lot of ship that has to get processed, so
it could be months um or who knows how long.
But yeah, I don't know if he leaves and it's
before the end of his term um, because I think
the primary is going to be next June. So in
that interim period this, I think the city Council decides

(12:46):
who's going to be the mayor. That would be dope if,
like Ntea had to say, and then I mean she
will because Nthea, Yeah, but then so will people like
Joe Ferrell and Paul Krikorian who are absolute trash bags. God,
we could we could really use some I was gonna say,
we could use some socialism here in l A. But
then that that will turn into them having to approve

(13:08):
all the entertainment that goes out in this town, and
they won't let women be in movies anymore. So, uh
that that's probably not a great thing. Cinema. Uh is
trending for for two reasons. Kirsten with an asset is
trending because she she's doing doing her job, doing Satan's work,

(13:32):
you know, blocking any kind of democratic legislation, especially as
it relates to the filibuster her and Joe Mansion. So
there's a clip of her being thanked, her and Joe
Mansion being thanked by Republicans for like, for their obstructionism
and say, hey, man, if the filipbuster got cooked like
they sent somebody said, like we would have been dead
and meat. Thank you. I mean, what the fuck? So

(13:59):
it's so far up to hear that ship out loud
when you're like, exactly, you fascist Fox should be completely
uh banished from any kind of decision making position. Um,
but I chose you again. This is what the real
stakes are with this, and you see who the people are,
who are the you know, tending to the garden of

(14:20):
uh systemic oppression by being like, well, maybe the filibusters
like good and like maybe if if everyone can decide
that it's a good No, it's stopped, it's a it's
a racist relic, uh, and it's it's only getting in
the way. As honestly, with the Supreme Court decision earlier
this week, the wave in which we will be able

(14:41):
to vote is in serious jeopardy. So to have people
like this who are getting in the way of real
legislation that's trying to standardize things and I'm just on
a just a small level because it's the only fucking arrow,
and the Democrats quiver at the moment. This is like, man, please, yeah,
we're in a lot more to you know. It's easier
to feel complacent because Democrats have the presidency and both

(15:07):
houses of Congress, but we're in a two party system
and one of the parties is openly authoritarian. Now, yeah,
that's if you had told me that five years ago,
I would you know that that's pretty pretty shocked. We've
gone a long way towards, uh, you know, a future
where America is an authoritarian state. Yeah, so it'll be

(15:32):
oh my god, it's just like like what's in my mind?
Like the only time I would keep an enemy around,
like if I'm if you know, because politics is all game.
It's like if you just you've got something for him
down the road that you're trying to do. But this
isn't the challenge. You know, this ain't this is not
what it is. You have to understand what the threats
are to your life as we know it. I mean,

(15:54):
obviously complacency is a huge one as well, but to
to go this, you know, to have them pull up
and be like, here's a bouquet of flowers and thank
you so much, thank you. We were really scared White supremacy, man.
They really had us in the fourth quarter there. But
how did she like people were hopeful about her, did
she just like make a right turn or what. She's

(16:18):
just always been kind of shitty, but we were she
was better than the Republican. She was going to beat
the Republicans. So with everyone being like, well ship send
it math, we love it, and then you know it's
time to put the chips down. And now you're like,
we're not changing our minds. And finally, Black Widow is trending.
That movie is finally coming out after you know, years

(16:39):
of being on the shelf due to the global pandemic.
It's getting good reviews. Opening night Thursday night was bigger
than F nine, So you know, power that m c U. Yeah,
the original m c U. And as we've talked about this,
this is really like last chance for Black Widow to shine. So, um,

(17:03):
it'll be uh, it'll be interesting to see this kind
of kind of I predict this is going to have
a big, big weekend. Just feeling just out the feeling. Man.
But I remember, like during the pandemic, people fan Dango
was trying to stay relevant, so they were releasing headlines
about there the movie that most people were still like searching,

(17:25):
and it was always Black Widow. That makes sense, I mean, people, Um,
and the trailer looked dope. Also, Summer of Soul, directed
by Quest Love, is at a ninety eight on the
on Metacritics, So that's one that is out in theaters

(17:46):
that people should seek out if if you can, right, okay, okay,
all right. Uh, those are the things that are trending
on this Friday afternoon. We're back on Monday. Uh, will
then have a great weekend. Be kind to each other,
be kind to yourself. You get the vaccine, don't do
nothing about white supremacy. We'll talk to you all on Monday.

(18:07):
Bye bye, m H.

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