Daily Fail

Daily Fail

A weekly podcast about the worst of the tabloids - from Page Sucks to Hell No to the very rag that inspires the name of our show. Hosted by journalist Maura Currie and culture critic Kristen Meinzer.

Episodes

July 3, 2025 47 mins
Plus, a very important announcement at the end of the episode. This week:  Travis Kelce reveals a thing that bugs him a little but that’s not actually about Taylor Swift Meghan Markle DIDN’T PERSONALLY MAKE THIS JAM   The Fail hates stealing, and dishonesty, which is funny, because…  Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feeli...
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Hot fail summer. This week:   Taylor Swift humbles, embarrasses, mortifies an influencer for not wanting her weird card game New York City is about to be a scary communist wonderland :(  Jonathan Bailey defends kissing Scarlett Johansson, Scarlett also there Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — w...
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While we're on our summer break, we're treating you to some very special episodes! Today, it's an episode of What A Creep, all about Hilaria Baldwin, guest hosted by Kristen. If you like what you hear, be sure to subscribe to What A Creep here: https://pod.link/1460298336 Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know...
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June 12, 2025 42 mins
While we're on our summer break, we're treating you to some very special episodes! Today, it's an episode of one of Kristen's other show Health Matters, all about what news consumption does to our brains. If you like what you hear, be sure to subscribe to Mayo Clinic Health Matters here: https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/podcasts/health-matters/ Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer a...
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You’re our beautiful fail babies <3    This week:  Taylor Swift walks in front of a car, everyone suspects pregnancy  Meghan and Harry celebrate Lilibet’s fourth birthday with some cringe, and some controversy   Armie Hammer, former alleged cannibal and current family man  Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on the...
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Outing people is always, always a fail.  This week:   A weirdly dark commencement speech targets the president (it doesn’t)  Michelle Obama makes a joke about vaccines causing autism (she doesn’t)  A writer muses on why society should let men be a little gay, as a treat   Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these d...
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The fail’s in the details.    This week:  The creepiest thing in the woods is a disputed property line The mean strong women sticking their CLAWS in your son :(  The foods that the fail admits don’t cause autism, but WHAT IF Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them. Join us ...
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You are all direct reports to us in the pyramid scheme of fails. This week:   Brooklyn Beckham is letting a woman tear his family apart, per usu It’s just a little funny how the Pope hasn’t acknowledged President Trump’s peacemaking  The one quick way to make slightly less money than your son: a pyramid scheme!   Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_...
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Apologies, and love, to our friends who were born in Florida. We hope your midwife was an alligator. This week:  Libs freak out over a completely unserious proposal involving Alcatraz Prince Harry’s body language makes it seem like he means what he’s saying Broke dudes are a disease Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feeli...
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We recorded this on Tuesday so Maura could go on a fail-free vacation. Facts aren’t real anymore anyway. This week:   The Fail attacks a woman who is now dead for the crime of having been human   Amazon is at war with America, except actually nothing is happening  Meghan Markle insults the Royal Family by being happy  Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @m...
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April 25, 2025 41 mins
Stars, stripes, fertility rates, and fails.   This week:  We need babies! Now! Not in a weird way! Everyone is so mean to JK Rowling, a mean person  Las Vegas is scary and the hills have eyes :(  Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them. Join us on Patreon for articles and photos at the $5 leve...
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April 17, 2025 36 mins
We’re putting the ass back in astronaut, folks. This week:    Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez clap back at the people who are making excellent points about how stupid this was  Katy Perry’s makeup really stuck in place for 10 whole minutes  Aimee Lou Wood cried and won’t tell us why :(  Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these dail...
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This week:   Anderson Cooper got BRUTALLY WOKED  Carrie Coon is actively mean to Meghan McCain and also Marvel  THERE ARE NO DIRE WOLVES!!!!!!!!!!  Bonus story: Maura’s Election Day reporting for Slate is finally out in the world. Give it a listen! Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them. Joi...
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LOWER THE COST OF JAM, YOU COWARDS This week:   The jam heard ‘round the world sold out immediately. Bad?  The little Constitutional loophole that’s not illegal or disingenuous if you believe in yourself  Doing murder is really about the friends you make along the way  Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we kno...
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This week:  DOGE flops and the Fail admits it  Gwyneth Paltrow’s fake beef with Meghan Markle RFK Jr. is taking your Skittles (not)  Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them. Join us on Patreon for articles and photos at the $5 level (“Gutter”), and all of that plus an extra episode each week a...
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March 21, 2025 40 mins
Fail o’ the Irish?   This week:   Meghan Markle’s haters point out a very minor detail about very festive waffles  The astronauts “stranded” in space are home and not fighting secret health battles Gene Hackman chose Alzheimer’s and you can too Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them. Join us ...
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We love fails and potato skins. Fight us about it. This week:  DOGE is not, in fact, giving us thousands of dollars  Your dentist knows about your sex life and hates you for it Jackie Kennedy’s bonkers diet is not #goals Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them. Join us on Patreon for articles...
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Guess you could say Meghan has gotten herself in quite the jam.   This week:   The cinematic Luigi sex tapes are out there (maybe) A beat-for-beat hypothetical scenario of how a nuclear holocaust would definitely happen  With loathe, Meghan    Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have them. Join us o...
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Fail to the king. This week:  An absolutely grisly account of Gene Hackman’s home, like 20 minutes after his death was announced Elon Musk is just a little guy who can’t help but impregnate people he meets online Honestly, we pray that Nostradamus was right  Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we know you have ...
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So if you care to find us… look to the western fail.    This week:   Vaccine-hesitant distant relatives of J.D. Vance may, tragically, reap what they sow   Cynthia Erivo may method-act herself into being a false prophet Meghan Markle is forced to rebrand her jam: jam!   Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails — we kno...
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