Kristen Meinzer

Daily Fail

Society EN ↓ 116 episodes

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.

Author

Kristen Meinzer

Category

Society

Podcast website

www.spreaker.com

Latest episode

Jul 4, 2025

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Episodes

King Charles IRATE That Other People Will Not HELP HIS WIFE 19.07.2024

Please. We’re begging. Won’t someone help with our coats? This week:   It’s time to feel bad for (checks notes) a Hillsong pastor Running misleading, outdated information about the shooter who tried to kill a former president, because why not?  Camilla struggles with her coat and watches cows bang. Her husband is also there!   Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instag...

Michelle Obama Needs To Step Up (She Does Not) 12.07.2024

Oh, to be on a patio in Mallorca. This week:  Who’s to blame for our current political climate? MICHELLE OBAMA OF COURSE  Prince Harry wins an award for serving the veteran community, like a real asshole   An insight into the mind of cheaters, courtesy of Ashley Madison   Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelin...

Everything Is Bad. Blame Jill Biden! (?) 05.07.2024

Maura apologizes for the leafblowers who decided to set up shop outside her office window, in the desert, wHERE THERE ARE NO LEAVES TO BLOW This week:   Jill Biden is pulling all of the strings of the worst marionette anyone’s ever seen  A decisive ruling on what nonbinary and trans athletes should be allowed, and which ones Megan Rapinoe secretly hates Meghan Markle gives terrible gifts, except s...

The TRUTH Behind Taylor Swift Meeting The Royals: They All Hate Meghan 28.06.2024

Meghan is a bad bad mean lady :(This week:  When Taylor met with Prince William and his kids, it was actually a jab at Meghan and Harry? Somehow? Meghan’s dad is very sad and confused as to why he’s estranged, does not do introspection about this A sex expert says women should stop having so many FEELINGS and just wait for engagement before having sex Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and...

Justin Timberlake WILL Be Speaking About This (not rn though) 21.06.2024

Drinking and driving is for losers. Drinking and reading the tabloids, on the other hand, is for winners. This week:   A friend of Harry and Meghan posted a picture of Meghan’s jam and dog biscuits at tHE MOST OFFENSIVE TIME Bill Belichick is in loooooove (do not ask any more questions about it) Justin Timberlake’s lawyer says he’s got some stuff to say (he does not) Find your hosts on Twitter @kr...

An Intimate Look At The Back Of Prince William’s iPhone 14.06.2024

He’s a very busy guy with a lot of hard work to do. This week:  Taylor Swift could swing the election if she just endorsed Biden (she already has)  Princess Catherine sends a typo-ridden letter to the Irish Guards, of which she is somehow the colonel  Prince William’s private personal item is not nearly as exciting as we were hoping   Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, o...

FOCUS UP: Melania Trump’s Purse Is So Fancy! 07.06.2024

We’ve got these fails in the bag. This week:   Actually, Kate might never come back, but maybe she might  Donald Trump’s wife is very brave and beautiful, don’t mention the other stuff Ben Affleck and JLo are, of course, the worst people to ever exist  Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fa...

OH GOD PLEASE NO: Is KateGate Happening Again? 31.05.2024

What’s the opposite of manifesting? That’s what we’re doing. This week:  Ben Affleck is being GROSS and maybe DIVORCED??? Is Kate Middleton coming back to work? Or maybe adopted? You cowards don’t want to admit that maybe the Erewhon soup is good  Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these daily fails —...

OMG SWOON: Prince William Is The Third Sexiest British Man 24.05.2024

Don’t worry, Meghan Markle still shows up in this one. This week:   A very dubious poll of 2,000 homewreckers concludes that Jeremy Clarkson is, once again, the hottest Brit on the cursed little island  SSRIs cause a fate worse than death, which is a thing that depressed people often face without treatment  Kevin Spacey, given a platform and 7 movies in as many years, still thinks this whole thing...

Would You Still Love Us If We Were RFK Jr.’s Brain Worm 17.05.2024

We hope everything’s going Arche-well. This week:  RFK Jr. is super able-bodied and able-minded and a great presidential candidate, according to his brain worm A clerical error gives Meghan and Harry’s haters a reason to hashtag another day  Cycling spandex should be canceled, but not because of this Good Morning America host Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagr...

Barron Trump Is Tall, Presidential, Did We Mention Tall 10.05.2024

Fail to the chief. This week:   Prince Harry’s family does not show up to support a good cause, obviously Harry is to blame Barron Trump, who has never said a word in public, is a president in the making The Met Gala is probably not cursed, but man do we wish it was Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on...

Meghan And Harry Commit Yet Another Crime: Acknowledging The African Continent 03.05.2024

We’re ailing from all this failing. This week:  King Charles is perhaps sicker than we thought. Let’s knock Will and Kate while we’re at it Meghan and Harry are going to Nigeria, a great affront to the crown White bread has been vilified and we’ve had ENOUGH Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these da...

Taylor Swift, Who Could Kill Us All With Her Bare Hands, HiTs ThE bOtTLe 26.04.2024

Shoutout to the reviewer who thinks our hosting lineup has changed (it has not) for the worse (that’s your opinion). This week:   William, Kate, and Camilla all get new titles, perhaps just because they felt like it  An investigative reporter determines that Taylor Swift is both an active alcoholic because of her current boyfriend and a longtime alcoholic (probably neither are accurate)  Were Megh...

Meghan Markle Commits The Ultimate Atrocity: Making Jam 19.04.2024

We’ve just learned that a fifth grader listens to this show (hi, Zarie!) and would consider a swear jar if the tabloids weren’t so… you know. This week:  A gross, sexist rundown of a feud between two Vegas strip clubs  WHY DON’T WE GET TO SEE THE INSIDE OF MEGHAN MARKLE’S HOUSE?!?!?!? WHYYYYYY  A small number of men commit a disgusting crime, and not only is it a widespread trend – it’s actually w...

DEVASTATING: Netflix Made Prince Andrew, A Sweet Angel Boy, Look Bad 12.04.2024

It was a total fail-clypse of the heart. This week:  Netflix borrows a little too much from reality and makes Andrew look guilty of what many agree he looks guilty of  The queer children of famous people are scrutinized for the sake of crafting a gay panic  Cowboy Carter who? Your Western style icon is actually… Princess Anne.  Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Insta...

SCANDAL: JoJo Siwa Spotted With Monster PEEN 05.04.2024

It’s a return to our regular failure format, friends. This week:  The Prince Andrew rehabilitation tour continues, inexplicably A study involving nose sizes and male anatomy involved a nonzero number of corpses JoJo Siwa, an adult person, enters a sex shop Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie, or Instagram @k10meinzer and @maura_frances, to share your feelings on these dail...

#KateGate: People Still Be Saying Stuff (Derogatory) 29.03.2024

With Kate’s now-public diagnosis of cancer, we wish the Princess all the best… but it hasn’t quieted down the tabloid maelstrom of ugliness, blame, and misdirection. The real question is: was it ever going to? In what we hope is our final special episode on #KateGate, we discuss what happened, what’s happening, and where we go from here. Find your hosts on Twitter @kristenmeinzer and @maurafcurrie...

KateGate 2024: What We Know, But Mostly Don't 22.03.2024

IMPORTANT NOTE: This episode was released just hours before the Princess' announcement that she's receiving treatment for cancer. We're sending thoughts and love to Catherine and her family; please note, in the interim, that the information in this episode reflects our knowledge as of 3/21/2024.KateGate is the gift (?) that keeps on giving. So, once again, we pry our tired eyes away from the tablo...

#KateGate Got Worse, Somehow 15.03.2024

IMPORTANT NOTE: This episode was recorded and released weeks prior to the Princess' announcement that she's receiving treatment for cancer. Our thoughts and best wishes are with her family. Well, listeners, we thought we were going to return to our normal format this week… but Mother’s Day comes for us all. So: this week, we discuss A Series of Unfortunate Photographs, a PR strategy best described...

Where is Kate Middleton? 08.03.2024

IMPORTANT NOTE: This episode was recorded and released weeks prior to the Princess' announcement that she's receiving treatment for cancer. Our thoughts and best wishes are with her family. This week, we break format and present a Very Special Episode™ all about the absolute debacle that has been Kate Middleton’s leave of absence. What do we know? Where have the tabloids and the palace shot themse...

Prince Andrew, A Good And Normal Guy, Gets A Comeback 01.03.2024

If you like piña fail-ladas / and getting caught in the rain of stories that make no sense and are bad oh god please send helpThis week: A West End production of a play about different experiences of racism offers shows for people who experience racism differently, Tories aghast Prince Andrew is doing so good! And no we’re not going to mention the other stuff You are a walking red flag and it’s de...

A Cosmetic Surgery Bonanza Extraordinaire (feat. Dr. Jonathan Zelken) 23.02.2024

Is fail an aesthetic? Can we make it one? This week, we’re joined by Dr. Jonathan Zelken — plastic surgeon to the stars and astute assessor of all aesthetic propagandizing. Story-wise: Heidi Pratt says she’s not on Ozempic (but she is still doing a product placement about it) How do rich people defy age and not look like decrepit goblins at 40? Here are the tells that reveal your age (derogatory)...

Noted Paleolithic Artifact Joe Biden Is Actually His Wife’s Fault 16.02.2024

Will you be our fail-entines? This week: If King Charles has cancer, so do… all Americans? Jill Biden is a puppeteer mastermind and also a medical doctor (actually she is neither) Meghan and Harry don’t deserve last names 😡 Join us on Patreon (Patreon.com/DailyFail) for articles and photos at the $5 level (“Gutter”), and all of that plus an extra episode each week at the $10 level (“Tampongate”)!...

King Charles’ Medical History (Horses’ Version) 09.02.2024

Don’t hate the fail, hate the game. Actually, hate all of it. This week: There is no better time to rehash the monarch’s various horse-related injuries than… a cancer diagnosis? Nobody wants to hang out with Harry :( Taylor Swift is in the pocket of the NFL, because obviously she needs them more than they need her (?) Join us on Patreon (Patreon.com/DailyFail) for articles and photos at the $5 lev...

Elizabeth Moss Doesn’t Have A Public Dating History To Shame, But That Won’t Stop Us 02.02.2024

Happy Fail-bruary. This week: Prince William, father of three children, must actually parent his children Rich women are undateable because men must be able to be providers or they’ll die Elizabeth Moss is pregnant, so we simply must come up with ways to make her look like a floozy Join us on Patreon (Patreon.com/DailyFail) for articles and photos at the $5 level (“Gutter”), and all of that plus a...

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