483. Don’t Cave! (with Ben Katzner and Andrew Ti)
Fake the Nation
Headgum & Negin Farsad
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week on Fake the Nation, comedian and host Negin Farsad is joined by comedian Ben Katzner (of the Troll Hole podcast) and comedian Andrew Ti (of Yo is This Racist). Together, they dig into the Bad Bunny controversy that just won’t quit. Plus, what is "zip coding"? They also discuss the government shutdown, the new ceasefire, and they ask why is Gen Z drawn more to conservative Christianity than the millennials and Gen Xers before them?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello. This is Fake the Nation where we talk about news. We talk about culture and we follow the lawsuit from smuckers against Trader Joe's over uncrustables. I'm your host, Nikin Farsan, and I'm so curious to know how jurisprudence will respond to the concept of a frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwich that is crustless. I mean, I've always |
| 0:21.7 | felt like the legal system needs to weigh in more on sandwiches and it's finally happening. |
| 0:28.2 | Today, we'll talk about the bad buddy controversy that just won't quit, much like his hips. |
| 0:33.0 | We'll also talk about the government shutdown that just won't quit. |
| 0:40.5 | Just like Mike Johnson's hips? |
| 0:41.3 | I don't know. |
| 0:42.2 | Don't worry about it. |
| 0:44.1 | We'll also talk about the new ceasefire in Gaza. |
| 0:49.3 | We'll ask what is zip coding and why is Gen Z so into conservative Christianity? |
| 0:57.4 | And for all of these discussions, I have just an incredible assemblage of panel. |
| 1:06.9 | Joining us for the very first time, I'm, first of all, I love the premise of this podcast that I will be subscribing to immediately. |
| 1:11.0 | His podcast is called Troll Hole, and it's about he has people on. |
| 1:15.1 | They talk about how they've been trolled, their own personal histories of trolling. |
| 1:20.8 | It sounds just like a rich vein to tap in the podcast world. |
| 1:22.4 | He's also a stand-up comedian. |
| 1:24.8 | You can hear his debut album. |
| 1:27.3 | It's currently streaming wherever you do that. It's called the supple |
| 1:28.8 | Harlot and he is the wonderful Ben Katzny. Hey Ben. Hello. Thank you so much. I'm here. We're doing it. |
| 1:35.5 | Let's talk about bad bunny. Let's get into it. Yes. So excited. The, the mega pop star that |
| 1:42.6 | needs a little more attention. |
| 1:45.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:46.0 | We're also joined by a regular in the Fake the Nation verse. |
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