Episode Description
Youtuber Nick Shirley has been trying to make it big on the internet for years. Maybe there's truth in the old saying: at first you racist dog whistles don't get the views, try, try again. Your work could help rationalize the occupation of a city and murder of woman.
This week on DINGUS OF THE WEEK, hosts LYZ LENZ and ZACHARY OREN SMITH scream into the void about Shirley's work demonizing Somali residents in Minneapolis and how this chud of chuds is taking the propaganda game to new international heights.
DINGUS OF THE WEEK is a weekly comedy news podcast where writers Lyz and Zach light a fire under the American rogue's gallery to see who comes spilling out. If you're tired of doom-scrolling but know ignoring the problem doesn't get us anywhere, this is your new weekend listen. New episodes every Saturday.
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LYZ LENZ is the HBIC of MYAM Media.
ZACHARY OREN SMITH writes about politics for Iowa Starting Line. Follow his work on Instagram (http://instagram.com/zacharyorensmith) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@zacharyorensmith).
TAYLOR KAY PHILLIPS is a writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO and for Crying in Public on Substack. She is the author of A Guide to Midwestern Conversation.
LAURA BENITEZ wrote the theme song.
Shoutout to the archivist BEAU for the name.
SHOW RUNDOWN:
(00:00) - Intro: Zach's parental leave transformation & the power of baby small talk
(14:00) - This week's dingus: Nick "Squirrely" Shirley
(20:00) - Reporting from Minneapolis: ICE raids, mutual aid, and community resistance
(35:00) - The banality of evil: When stupidity becomes propaganda
(42:00) - Andrew Callaghan destroys Shirley with one question
(50:00) - Break
(52:00) - Dingus Says What: Which Squirrely Shirley headline is fake?
(58:00) - The Beast vs. Prince Adam Debate (SETTLED)
(1:10:00) - Ranking Disney's hottest animated animals
(1:14:00) - Close