Afroman Wins Lawsuit; Buffy Reboot Slain by Hulu; Nicole Kidman Steals Bezos' Spotlight; Zuckerberg's Metaverse Shut Down - NEWS ROUNDUP!

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🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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In this week's News Roundup, Bridget and Producer Mike cover the tech news stories you might have missed.

Afroman wins lawsuit brought against him by cops who raided his house. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2026-03-19/afroman-verdict-defamation-invasion-of-privacy-lawsuit

Afroman's video "Lemon Pound Cake" https://youtu.be/9xxK5yyecRo?si=P7JWA54zklLCWVnM

Afroman's video "Will You Help Me Repair My Gate" https://youtu.be/oponIfu5L3Y?si=cgLpG_T6A-JPBbW-

Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot cancelled in strangely cruel and surprising manner by Hulu. https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/buffy-reboot-dead-hulu-sarah-michelle-gellar-chloe-zhao-1236692284/

Nicole Kidman glides behind Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend at the Academy Awards, stealing all attention: https://www.threads.com/@rachelarich/post/DV8aFlADT6Q?xmt=AQGzqaZ-H3abT0EW2lfRTONANK8dwciIx844aGm48QTIrQ

Former Rolling Stone editor Noah Schactman lands new job at NYT, despite controversial role in misleading reporting to protect a personal friend. https://www.cjr.org/laurels-and-darts/noah-shachtman-nyt-rolling-stone-baltimore-banner-tristan-king-missing-st-helens-oregon-corruption-scandal-mayor.php

Columbia Journalism Review analysis on Rolling Stone's inaccurate story about campus rape at University of Virginia: https://www.cjr.org/investigation/rolling_stone_investigation.php

Celebrated relationship therapist Esther Perel has a guest on her podcast who is in a relationship with his AI chatbot: https://www.estherperel.com/podcast

Mark Zuckerberg finally calling it quits on the Metaverse (mostly): https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/technology/mark-zuckerbergs-metaverse-vr-horizon-worlds.html

Playwright Jeremy O. Harris called Sam Altman a nazi at a party: https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/tracewilliamcowen/jeremy-o-harris-openai-sam-altman-nazi

Specifically, Friedrich Flick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Flick

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.4	Let's go!
0:05.0	Our IHeart Radio Music Awards are coming back.
0:08.6	Thursday, March 26th, live on Fox.
0:11.9	Watch as we honor the biggest stars from all genres of music
0:15.0	that you loved listening to all year long on your favorite IHeart Radio station and the IHart Radio app.
0:20.0	Hosted by Ludutocris.
0:21.8	Icon Award recipient John Mellencamp.
0:23.9	Innovator award recipient.
0:25.3	Miley Cyrus.
0:26.4	With performances by Alex Warren,
0:28.4	Kaylani, Lainey Wilson,
0:30.0	Lutocris, RAY, TLC,
0:32.1	Salt and Pepper,
0:33.1	and Invoke.
0:37.2	Plus, Taylor Swift makes her first award show appearance this year.
0:41.9	I cry, eyes drive.
0:44.2	Elizabeth Taylor.
0:45.6	Is it for real?
0:46.7	Do you think it's forever?
0:48.3	Also, gold medal Olympian, Alyssa Lou, Neo, Nicole Scherzinger,
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