485. A Steamy Spinoff of Something That Was Wholesome (w/Christian Finnegan and Tim Manley)
Fake the Nation
Headgum & Negin Farsad
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
On this week's Fake the Nation, comedian and host Negin Farsad is joined by comedian, Christian Finnegan and writer/filmmaker, Tim Manley. They discuss livestream shopping - what is it and should we want it? - and the new dating phenomenon called The Feels. They also ask, how has the administration changed dating in D.C.? Finally, they look at the "remodeling" of the White House, presidential third terms, and NYC's off year election.
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| 0:00.0 | Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co. |
| 0:05.5 | That's audible.co.uk slash wondery. |
| 0:11.7 | Hello, hello. This is Fake the Nation where we talk about news. |
| 0:14.7 | We talk about culture and where we're overtaken by nostalgia. |
| 0:18.2 | Because if there's one thing the NBA gambling scandal has done, it remind me |
| 0:22.5 | that the mafia has still got it. I'm your host, Vigin Farsad, and was I the only one that |
| 0:29.0 | like sort of loved the kind of old-timey feelings of the mafia still doing crimes and excited |
| 0:35.6 | for whatever movie starring Robert De Niro this would result in. |
| 0:40.2 | I don't know. That's what all I've been thinking about, but I'm sure for people who are legitimate |
| 0:44.8 | sports fans, it means more to them in a negative way. Anyways, we're not going to talk about that |
| 0:50.9 | because instead today, we're going to talk about live stream shopping, what it is and should we want it. We're also going to talk about that because instead today we're going to talk about live stream shopping, |
| 0:54.4 | what it is and should we want it. We're also going to talk about dining in dark rooms. |
| 0:59.8 | It is as mysterious as it sounds. And Maga's dating scene in D.C., which is a whole story. |
| 1:07.1 | On the political front, we'll look at Trump's third term musings, the remodeling of the White House, and more. |
| 1:13.1 | And oh my God, today's panel, you guys. |
| 1:18.6 | We are joined by one of the veterans of this show. |
| 1:21.7 | He's been a steady hand in the fake the nation verse from so many years ago. I think from the very first year, |
| 1:30.0 | um, he has a, a newsletter called New Music for Old, which by the way was just featured heavily |
| 1:36.6 | in Spin Magazine for how wonderful it is. He's got albums that stream wherever you stream albums. He's |
| 1:43.5 | got a special that you could see on Amazon. |
| 1:46.7 | The man is just an incredibly productive and brilliant and funny man. |
| 1:52.3 | It is the wonderful Christian Finnegan. |
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