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267: Skepticrat267 - Quantum Foreign Entanglement Edition

The Skepticrat

Puzzle in a Thunderstorm, LLC

News, Government, Politics

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode: "Iran So Far Away" becomes more than a Flock of Seagulls song ... Virtual reality will get all the more virtual by existing less ... And the Trump cabinet gets some sweet new kicks for their Foot Klan.

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Headline Sources:

Trump starts looking for an off ramp in Iran: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/us/politics/trump-iran-offramp.html

98th annual Academy Awards: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/movies/oscars-winners-list.html

Former DOGE guy can't define DEI in deposition video - judge orders video taken down: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/nyregion/doge-depositions-musk-lawsuit.html
https://abcnews.com/Politics/groups-fight-release-doge-deposition-videos-after-judge/story?id=131150741
DOGE was even dumber than we thought: https://fortune.com/2026/03/19/doge-cancelled-350000-hvac-grant-dei-lawsuit-elon-musk/
https://mashable.com/article/former-doge-employees-deposition-inside-look-elon-musk-agency

Zuckerberg reminds everyone that he’s not a business genius, he was just lucky: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/technology/mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-vr-horizon-worlds.html

Trump makes a Pearl Harbor joke to the Prime Minister of Japan: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/politics/trump-japan-pearl-harbor-oval-office-takaichi.html

Rubio, Vance wearing clown shoes because Trump is obsessed with Florsheim: https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/style/rubio-vance-big-shoes-florsheim-cec
https://www.wsj.com/style/fashion/trump-florsheim-shoes-tucker-carlson-jd-vance-bessent-448567ab
Megyn Kelly feuding with Mark Levin about micropenis:
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/mtg-megan-kelly-have-bizarre-feud-over-fox-news-hosts-genitals/

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's Monday.

0:13.5

It's March 23rd.

0:15.5

And the word of the day is excursion,

0:18.8

which means a short outing taken for pleasure.

0:21.4

Using the sentence, we're doing a jaunty little $20 billion so far excursion in sunny Iran on a lark.

0:29.6

It'll be fun.

0:29.9

Yeah, if only we could get it to architect X-Turd.

0:33.5

Also, it turns out that they all love us not.

0:36.1

Honestly, it's sad times all around.

0:37.9

I'm no illusions.

0:39.5

I'm Eli Bosnick.

0:40.8

I'm Heathenright.

0:41.9

And broadcasting delayed from America's Far Center.

0:44.2

We are the skeptrats.

0:46.0

On this week's episode, Iran so far away becomes more than a flock of Seagull's song.

0:51.4

Virtual reality will get all the more virtual by existing less. And the Trump cabinet gets some sweet new kicks for their foot clam. But first, the rest of the intro music. I'm back. Joining me for headlines tonight are my fellow skeptic rats, no illusions in Eli

1:20.7

Bosnick. Gentlemen, happy March madness. Any hot takes about the most wonderful time of the year?

1:29.1

Well, clearly I need to congratulate our very own Tim Robertson for kicking ass in our

1:34.6

bracket pool. Tim, you are currently doing better than Heath at a competitive thing.

1:39.7

We're tied. We're tied right now. I know. I know you were. He was ahead when I wrote that and then now he's tied.

1:45.7

And I personally can't believe that the St. Louis Billikins didn't make it all the way.

1:51.2

We were working with Robert Avila, y'all.

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