472. We Are All MerPeople

Fake the Nation

Headgum & Negin Farsad

Current Events, Panel, News, Politics, Comedy

4.5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On this week's Fake the Nation, we talk about the mermaiding phenomenon and the Claw Grip trend. We also look at new Trump administration rules on religion at work and ask whether Trump is failing upwards on the economy. Finally, we look at the Gaines scandal and wonder between evangelicals and the left, who owns cancel culture? Comedian and host Negin Farsad is joined by John Nichols from The Nation, and comedian/Downside Podcast host Gianmarco Soresi.

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0:00.0	Hello, hello. This is Fakes the nation where we talk about news. We talk about culture and where we learn new terms like mankeeping and mermaiding and claw gripping. And we're going to talk about all of those today. We'll also talk about new rules on religion at work. And we'll ask if you're doing your Christmas shopping in July. Today I have such a wonderful panel collected for you today. Oh my God, this panel. First of all,
0:22.8	you've heard him on the show before you. Love him on the show. He's a wonderful comedian who I've had
0:27.2	the pleasure of seeing perform live and I hope you do too. He's also host of the Downside podcast.
0:32.6	He is the wonderful John Marco Ceresci. Hey, John Marco. Hello, hello, happy to be here.
0:38.5	We are also joined for the first time. I'm so delighted to have him because he's so fancy. He's
0:43.5	like had bestselling books and he's also the National Affairs correspondent for the nation. He is
0:48.6	the wonderful John Nichols. Hi, John. I am so honored to be in this esteemed company. So happy to have you here.
0:56.8	And before we get into the show, just a quick reminder that if you want to support what we're
1:00.0	doing here at Fake the Nation, you can go to, you can go to patreon.com slash Nagin Farsad. And for as
1:06.2	little as $4 a month, you get bonus episodes of the pod, there's more tiers beyond that with more free stuff. For as little as $1 a month, you get bonus episodes of the pod. There's more tiers beyond that with more
1:11.5	free stuff. For as little as $1 a month, you get to support the show and get nothing for it
1:17.1	in exchange, just the knowledge of supporting the show. So that's also an option for you. So go to
1:21.5	patreon.com slash niquin Farsad. And thank you so, so much to all the fake the nationers
1:27.0	who have already done that. My cup runneth over. And thank you so, so much to all the fake the nationers who have already done that.
1:28.5	My cup runneth over. And now let's get into it with topic number one.
1:34.3	Mermaiding has taken hold, namely in Washington, D.C. right now. And it is exactly what you think it is.
1:40.0	It's people dressed as mermaids swimming together and taking shelfies. Yeah, that's right.
1:44.4	I said, shelfies.
1:46.3	Have either of you heard of mermaiding?
1:50.6	And John Marco, I don't know why, but I feel like between the three of us,
1:54.1	you would be most likely to have heard of mermaiding?
1:56.5	No, why would you say that exactly?
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