Tag: Race/Ethnicity Whiteness

• S51 E11: Teyana Taylor

  

  We talk about the corporate synergy with NFL on ESPN, linguistics and cultural appropriation in Weekend Update: Marcello Hernández Translates Gen Z Terms, white guilt in turbulent times with Beyond the Headlines, and the strategic deployment of innocence in Toy Commercial.

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  January 31, 2026

• S50 E4: Michael Keaton

  

  We discuss the Weekend Update appearances of Sarah Sherman and Emil Wakim and the absurdity of internalized oppression, as well as how the film by Please Don’t Destroy: Skydiving can remind us to be more empathetic in our everyday lives. We also take a brief detour to ruminate on Tony Hinchcliffe’s remarks at a Trump…

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  November 2, 2024

• S49 E18: Dua Lipa

  

  We talk about algorithms and the loss of water cooler conversations in Jerry Seinfeld’s appearance on Weekend Update as The Man Who Did Too Much Press, virtue signaling and slacktivism in Teeny Tiny Statement Pin, and the cognitive correlates of blackface and culture vultures in Good Morning Greenville.

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  May 10, 2024