This Week in Outrage

This week, Lisa and David talk about… wait, there’s no Lisa this week. This week, David is joined by guest co-host Jen. We talk about the cringe of older men dating young women; RFK Jr.'s autism registry plan; AI confidently invents explanations for nonsensical, made-up idioms; AI summaries reduce clicks in Google; being polite to AI costs millions; AI environmental impact; Barbie Box AI trend; Ch...

This week’s show is an exception. We were traveling to a family event and had none of our recording equipment so we recorded directly on the trusty old iPhone in an outdoor Easter celebration setting, with a bunch of special guests and outdoor vibes. We’ll be back live on Yergz Radio and Youtube next Sunday 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET. David, Lisa, and the group discuss: MyPillow Guy financial collapse;...

This week, Lisa and David talk about tariff chaos (again), stock manipulation; April 20 Doomsday prophecies that the United States will invoke the Insurrection Act and irrevocably descend into chaos; how to protest safely; Viktor Orban as the model for Trump authoritarian playbook; Carole Cadwalladr “digital coup” TED talk; NC contested election update; Judge says Newsmax aired damaging falsehoods...

This week, Lisa and David talk about nationwide “Hands Off” protests view from the street, inadequate press coverage, counter-protests; updates on Maryland dad, judge says deportation was “wholly lawless”; Pam Bondi suspends lawyer after he admitted in court that the Trump administration made a mistake in deporting Abrego Garcia; TikTok sale extension; North Carolina appeals court ruled to disenfr...

This week, Lisa and David talk about S. Korea adoption scandal; Signalgate; 23andMe bankruptcy; Tesla protests and counter-protestor violence; DOGE; tariffs; U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy stepping down; ICE kidnapping and disappearing people; top vaccine expert, Dr. Peter Marks, forced out at FDA; discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic to head study of vaccines and autism at HHS; Rep. Ke...

This week, Lisa and David talk about March Madness; George Forman; Jesse Watters’ mom is mad now; Commerce Secretary Lutnick says only "fraudsters" would complain about missing a Social Security check; "Sin of Empathy" a Christian Nationalists meme; death of former U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber in charge of high-profile cases targeting CIA leaks, Russian fraud, stirring suspicions of foul play; man e...

This week, Lisa and David talk about Canada pulls Jack Daniels off store shelves; Arlington Cemetery strips content on black and female veterans from website; Ralph Nader criticizes influential American leaders for their silence; fans blast 'trad wife' Gwen Stefani for promoting Catholic prayer app; Senator Tommy Tuberville says The Pentagon should be made into a "Trigon”; new Trump travel-bans; M...

This week, Lisa and David talk about… wait, there’s no Lisa this week. This week, David is joined by guest co-host Addison. We talk about Canadians being angry; DOGE actions; Supreme Court says Trump must unfreeze foreign aid payments; Democratic messaging problems; a quarter of startups in YC's current cohort have codebases written by AI; crypto and eliminating the dollar as the world reserve cur...

This week, Lisa and David talk about Zelensky, Trump, Vance Oval Office catastrophe; FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's flu vaccine; shakeups at MSNBC; faux Epstein papers release; time-traveling Trump theory; measles outbreak and deaths; H5N1 bird flu spread; U.S government shifts from bureaucracy to active malice; middle of the night shuttering of 18f at GSA; TikTokers ‘...

This week, Lisa and David talk about misapplication of scientific research in disinformation campaigns; Lisa supports Kash Patel in rebuffing Musk’s email about five things; J6 pardoned proudboys getting newly arrested; Trump court cases work their way through the system; RFK Jr. orders CDC to halt some vaccine ads; CPAC comments; how immigration came to be a prominent concern in contemporary poli...

This week, Lisa and David talk about Lisa has FOMO about outrage; Musk’s kid X Æ A-Xii tells Trump to shush his mouth (probably); Pete Hegseth saying it is "unrealistic" to expect Ukraine to return to its pre-2014 borders; Musk, DOGE, corruption, and division; DOGE taking steps shield its communications and records from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests; crisis and mass resignations at DO...

This week, Lisa and David talk about the federal workforce; Cuomo on NewsNation; the Democrats’ version of opposition of sternly shaking their heads while the Trump admin bulldozer keeps rolling; NOAA targeted by DOGE; Lisa’s TikTok sacrifice; Lisa also deleted her Twitter/X account; Grammys and Kanye’s wife, Bianca Censori’s “naked dress”; the firing and eviction of Linda Fagan, the first female...

This week, Lisa and David talk about how we woke up in an autocracy (see references below). The Trump administration's recent actions, which we characterize as autocratic and illegal. Elon Musk and his team have taken over the Office of Personnel Management and the Treasury Department, dismissing officials who opposed them and gaining access to sensitive information. They have also purged official...

This week, Lisa and David talk about VP Harris snubbed by spouses during swearing in; Caitlyn Jenner brutally mocked online after executive order recognizing only two genders; performers at inauguration; Mel Gibson calls Trump “daddy”; Elizabeth’s Warren’s letter to Musk; Oscar nominations; Jan 6 pardons; purge of inspectors general; Lewis Hamilton and Sofia Vergara; immigrants deportation; Elon M...

This week, Lisa and David talk about Diet Coke and Inauguration Day cringe; TikTok ban and national security threats; MSNBC Rachel Maddow coming back to daily and president stepping down; UnitedHealth’s stock down nearly 20% since UnitedHealthcare's CEO was killed; military vax discharges; Aaron Rodgers documentary and ayahuasca retreats; drug-eating rats invade Houston PD evidence room; Giuliani...

This week, Lisa and David talk about LA wildfires; Meta eliminating fact-checkers; Giuliani held in contempt (again?); Biden extends legal status for nearly 1 million immigrants; 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES); ex-FBI informant sentenced to 6 years for lying about Biden-Ukraine connections; latest distractions by president-elect; John Fetterman plans Mar-a-Lago visit, citing duty to represen...

This week, Lisa and David talk about holiday craziness; Elon Musk sock-puppet accounts cringe; Josh Hawley accuses credit card companies of monopolistic behavior; Tesla self-driving AI turns on AI Tech CEO Jesse Lyu; Meta reinvents "Tom from Myspace"; AI experts think AI will destroy all humanity; missing Rep. Kay Granger found in a memory care facility; Georgia Judge who lost re-election bid shoo...

This week, Lisa and David talk about the continuing resolution to keep the federal government operating; Supreme Court declined to hear appeal from Peter Navarro; A New York judge says Trump cannot use presidential immunity to overturn his felony conviction; OpenAI Whistleblower dies at 26 in apparent suicide; FAA bans drone flights over New Jersey; Josh Hawley pushes increase to child tax credit;...

This week, Lisa and David talk about the complexity of Luigi's motives and political affiliations; Maria Alvarado switches to GOP; Trump prioritizes ending daylight saving time; UnitedHealth's AI claim denials; AI allegedly resists shutdown; ChatGPT can now access and report on information from a user's camera; Sam Altman's reported $76,000 salary; judge blocks Infowars sale; no women leading comm...

This week, Lisa and David talk about dips in MSNBC viewership; reactions to UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting; Jay-Z facing child rape accusation; far-right influencer Nick Fuentes charged with battery; women's prison closure sparks abuse, privatization, and overcrowding concerns; Deacon Dave Christmas light display; California aims to protect schools from immigration raids; parallels with So. Korea c...

This week, Lisa and David talk about Thanksgiving; McCarthy demands probe into Gaetz; appointments of Massad Boulos and Charles Kushner, fathers-in-law of the president-elect’s daughters; recent Biden federal judicial appointments; H5N1 bird flu, mutations hit California dairy herds, raise pandemic fears; Hunter Biden pardon (it hadn’t happened when this was recorded); Black Friday spending; Austr...

This week, Lisa and David talk about the continuing Diddy saga; Matt Gaetz dropping out; Margery Tayler- Greene threatens GOP over allegations; Mike Johnson bans trans women from Capitol bathrooms; hypocrisy of politicians, particularly those who espouse "family values"; ICC indicted Netanyahu; influence of figures like Elon Musk and Andrew Tate on young males; Beijing jails 45 Hong Kong pro-democ...

This week, Lisa and David talk about the Tyson fight; The Onion acquires Alex Jones’ Infowars ; RFK Jr.'s health policies; election insights; man in a bear suit insurance scam; porn site misprint on Wicked dolls; various kinds of sobriety, including Billy Strings - California Sober; Lisa has feels about Matt Gaetz as AG and resigning in an attempt to prevent release of House Ethics Report; TSMC ch...

This week, Lisa and David talk about election night and the reactions to the outcome; NaPodPoMo (National Podcast Post Month); bomb threats from Russia; Trump claims 'unprecedented and powerful mandate'; Susie Wiles, Trump’s first chief of staff; H5N1 bird flu; Diddy trial set for May 5, still no bail; abortion ballot initiatives; racist text messages; escaped monkeys; and more. Quick Hits * Voter...

This week, Lisa and David talk about Halloween; Trump says about Nicky Jam “She’s hot”; Triumph the insult comic dog at Madison Square Garden; Diddy updates; Elon Musk tells Americans to brace for economic hardship when Trump wins; Tech Bro Apocalypse Dreams; men freaking out about the secret ballot; lessons learned from 40 years of marriage; and more. Links: Outrage Overload Podcast Tech Bro Apoc...