England’s Absurd Museum Theft, Burger King’s Whopper Lie 08.30.23
The Daily Zeitgeist
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2023
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
In episode 1540, Jack and guest co-host Sofiya Alexandra are joined by comedy writer, improvisor, and co-host of Born to Love, Scott Eckert, to discuss…The Chinese Economy And The Dependency Ratio, Burger King Whopper Lawsuit Can Go Ahead, What Goes Around Comes Around: The Great British Museum Theft Scandal and more!
- Yi Fuxian, Critic of China’s Birth Policy, Returns as an Invited Guest
- The Scientist Who Foresaw China’s Stagnation
- Burger King Whopper Lawsuit Can Go Ahead
- Burger King Whopper 35 percent smaller than in ads, lawsuit says
- Burger King must face lawsuit claiming its Whoppers are too small
- What Goes Around Comes Around: The Great British Museum Theft Scandal
- British Museum: 'Close to 2,000' artefacts worth millions stolen
- British Museum bosses first alerted to thefts in 2021
- British Museum director resigns, admits to failings in theft investigation
- Artefacts stolen from British Museum ‘may be untraceable’ due to poor records
- British Museum Staffer Fired for Lost and Damaged Items Identified as Veteran Curator Peter Higgs
- Stolen Items from the British Museum Worth $64,000 Offered on eBay for As Little As $51
- Stolen British Museum items worth up to £50k offered on eBay for as little as £40
- Revealed: Sacked British museum curator's Twitter name is same as ebay seller who flogged 70 items to whistleblower - who now says museum director is 'an idiot who lives on a cloud in cloud cuckoo land'
- British Museum is world's largest receiver of stolen goods, says QC
- Fact Sheet: British Museum Collection
- China Joins a Growing Number of Nations Demanding the British Museum Restitute Artifacts From Its Collection in the Wake of Widespread Thefts
- Thefts expose British Museum’s ‘ridiculous’ stance on return of artefacts, says MP
- The British Museum Has Been in Secret Talks with Greece Over the Return of the Parthenon Marbles
- Will the British Museum give back the Elgin Marbles? History explained
- The UK Has a 60-Year Old Law Prohibiting Repatriation of Art. Is That About to Change?
- British Museum chief: taking the Parthenon marbles was 'creative'
- Greece renews its calls for British Museum to return Parthenon Marbles in wake of priceless thefts
- British Museum suspect was promoted to job in charge of Elgin Marbles after theft warning
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| 1:44.0 | I'm a little sick. It's Wednesday, August 30th, 2023. We did a placebo episode about how, you know, all the different ways that illness and cures can be a mind fuck and then I immediately got sick. |
| 2:00.0 | So now I don't know if I'm actually sick or what is happening to fucking true nightmare. My name is Jack O'Brien aka potatoes O'Brien. And I'm thrilled to be joined in my guest co-host seat by very talented writer standup comedian. |
| 2:19.0 | Her advice on sex and travel has been featured. A men's help the strategist fetched anywhere men need help fingering. She also co-hosts the great 90 day fiance podcast for 20 day fiance with some guy named miles, I guess. |
| 2:36.0 | Yeah, how do you pronounce that? Miley of rian? Yeah, my mile is great. Welcome to the show. The hilarious, the talented Sophia Alexandra. |
| 2:47.0 | Oh my goodness, thank you so much. And I have a little ditty. I don't want no subs sub and four miles won't get no love for me sitting in this podcast chair with my bright pink hair trying to host you. |
| 3:03.0 | Woo. I love it, but I think you are doing that and you're going to nail it. So I we do want some subs. You in particular. What welcome welcome your bright pink hair is amazing looking good. |
| 3:19.0 | So is your newly found deep voice. I know what's up guys sound like I should be on the Rogan network. |
| 3:28.0 | I was just going to say that. I was like, are you planning the mother ship this fucking weekend? That's that's the fucking energy this base is giving me. It's it's commanding respect. That's right. |
| 3:43.0 | Despite, you know, whatever knowledge you may or may not have yet. See now girl works. |
| 3:49.0 | And the spelling automatically changed from the IRL to G URL. That's right. That's right. Girl. Thank you. I hate it. I hate it. Well, Sophia, we're thrilled to be joining our third seat. |
| 4:04.0 | But I have very funny comedy writer and provider co host the podcast born to love with Ellie camper on our sister network with Will Ferrell big money players. Please welcome the brilliant the hilarious Scott. |
| 4:19.0 | Hello, hello. I feel like I need to I need to take some deep voice pills now to keep on here, man. I need you down here, bro. I'm going to do it. All right, bro. |
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