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🗓️ 2 October 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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This week on Fake the Nation, comedian and host Negin Farsad is joined by comedian and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me regular Peter Grosz and comedian and host of Hot Mess-terpiece Theatre, Jolenta Greenberg. They hash out the draw - or revulsion? - of Meta's new generation of smart glasses and weigh in on the finale of the Murdoch drama. They also look at new data on unemployment and finally they ask, why is swearing everywhere now and what does it say about us?
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever thought about what would happen if your airline window popped out? Or if you could build a jetpack using only machine guns? Turns out you can, but you really shouldn't. Hi, I'm Jill Chacha, host of a podcast that's for weird people who like learning about weird stuff. It's called, well, that's interesting. And it's a comedy sciencey show that tells the story behind the facts because, as it turns out, those stories are funny. |
| 0:22.7 | The facts are bizarre. The stories are epic and the laughter is plentiful. So join the flock and listen to Well That's Interesting, wherever you do podcasts. |
| 0:31.3 | Hello, hello. This is Fake the Nation where we talk about news. We talk about politics and where two things are happening at once. |
| 0:36.6 | I'm Nguine Farsad and this episode is dropping while I'm in Chicago guest hosting. Wait, wait, |
| 0:41.3 | don't tell me. So you have two Nagin opportunities or Nagin opportunities to hear me this week. |
| 0:48.6 | Today we'll talk about meta smart classes. We'll look at the finale and possible future |
| 0:52.6 | spinoff of the Murdoch Fox News drama. |
| 0:55.2 | Plus, unemployment is hitting college grads the hardest, the hardest. And finally, |
| 1:00.6 | we're all swearing more and more now. What does that say about us? Oh my gosh, you guys, |
| 1:07.2 | I'm so excited about today's panel. We are joined by a comedian and host of Hot |
| 1:14.3 | Masterpiece Theater, a podcast about reality TV that's like treating it like it's a real art. |
| 1:19.7 | It is the wonderful Jolenta Greenberg. Hey, Jolenta. Hi, thank you for having me. |
| 1:25.4 | We are also joined by my very long-time friend. |
| 1:28.6 | Oh, my God. |
| 1:29.1 | I love this guy. |
| 1:30.5 | You've seen him on like a million TV shows. |
| 1:33.1 | So his face incredibly familiar. |
| 1:35.8 | He's also been a writer for like a lot of, for late night and just like fancy things out |
| 1:40.9 | there. |
| 1:41.3 | He is also a regular on a way, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, |
| 1:45.5 | where I've had the just absolute honor |
| 1:48.3 | of sitting next to him as he tells very dumb jokes. |
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