Episodes

  • You, too, can pass off unhinged and monstrous behavior as a lifestyle. Please don’t, though.
    This week: 

    Racist conspiracies about Haitian immigrants eating pets are believed, but not by as many people as the Fail thinks

    Dave Grohl’s infidelity was actually caused by his wife’s tennis coach

    Diddy’s lawyer insists it’s “just a lifestyle,” and she’s glamorous so must be believed.


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  • “We open with trees and dappled sunlight. Then fails, close-up in all their magical symmetry.”
    This week:  

    Kamala Harris was wearing German bluetooth earrings (nah)

    Taylor Swift’s boyfriend is going to endorse Harris/Walz… oR iS hE

    The William and Kate video that made everyone go “oh yeah, just like in Gladiator!”  


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  • Today is gonna be the day that they’re gonna fail it back to you. 
    This week: 

    Rumors about a Swift-Kelce breakup are serving AI realness (huh?) 

    The Gallaghers could provide a blueprint for Harry and William to reconcile, or they would if Meghan wasn’t there

    Nicole Kidman looks so young, but we’re gonna dance around the reason why and just wink knowingly until it gets weird 


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  • We’re doing fries and fails.
    This week:  

    Intrepid journalism on whether Kamala Harris is a frycook fraud goes, of course, nowhere

    Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have baby fever (because babies exist)

    Who’s worse, Prince Andrew or [insert pretty much anyone else]


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  • He’s putting the “respect” in “disrespectful”... yeah, we didn’t think this one through.
    This week: 

    Donald Trump says he’s been working really hard to be respectful of the Obamas

    Simone Biles should be more respectful of the estranged birth mother who did not raise her

    A mysterious substance is leading to a wave of dementia (it’s COVID and they’re bad at reading studies)

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    Maura has a new hobby and now has to say: none of her comments should be construed as professional or legal advice, and her opinions do not reflect those of any institutions with which she’s affiliated.



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  • Fails are in the mail, just like alien mummies 🥰
    This week:  

    Donald Trump has an unhinged conversation with Elon Musk, much is said that does not need to be

    MEXICAN CONGRESS ALIENSSSSSSSS

    Meghan and Harry are hemorrhaging staff (they are not)


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  • He’s not. We don’t think that. Please believe us.
    This week: 

    Doug Emhoff had an affair, kind of, but also more than 10 years ago, and it’s tanking the campaign (it’s not)

    JD Vance lives out his Entourage fantasies in a super cool way, and the Fail is totally objective about it

    Travis Kelce is concerned for his girlfriend, but not enough to come save her from Vienna


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  • Who’s being weird? Not us.
     This week:  

    Meghan Markle and Kamala Harris are actually the same person! Cool!  

    Did you know you’re the worst party guest and you’re eating all the canapes? 

    NOBODY IS HAVING CARNAL RELATIONS WITH A COUCH (we think) 


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  • Let’s be real, it’s the first of many.
    This week: 

    A young Kamala’s “affair” with a “married man” suggests she’s actually just sexed her way to the top (ugh) 

    Kamala is the descendant of slaves and an Irish slaveowning rapist, which is her fault (and also, why isn’t she acting more Irish) 

    Ella Emhoff hates her stepmother (she does not) and has body hair (as all humans do) 


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  • Please. We’re begging. Won’t someone help with our coats?
    This week:  

    It’s time to feel bad for (checks notes) a Hillsong pastor

    Running misleading, outdated information about the shooter who tried to kill a former president, because why not? 

    Camilla struggles with her coat and watches cows bang. Her husband is also there!  


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  • Oh, to be on a patio in Mallorca. This week: 
    Who’s to blame for our current political climate? MICHELLE OBAMA OF COURSE 

    Prince Harry wins an award for serving the veteran community, like a real asshole  

    An insight into the mind of cheaters, courtesy of Ashley Madison  

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  • Maura apologizes for the leafblowers who decided to set up shop outside her office window, in the desert, wHERE THERE ARE NO LEAVES TO BLOW This week:  
    Jill Biden is pulling all of the strings of the worst marionette anyone’s ever seen 

    A decisive ruling on what nonbinary and trans athletes should be allowed, and which ones Megan Rapinoe secretly hates

    Meghan Markle gives terrible gifts, except she doesn’t, but we needed to talk about her so  

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  • Meghan is a bad bad mean lady :(This week: 
    When Taylor met with Prince William and his kids, it was actually a jab at Meghan and Harry? Somehow?

    Meghan’s dad is very sad and confused as to why he’s estranged, does not do introspection about this

    A sex expert says women should stop having so many FEELINGS and just wait for engagement before having sex

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  • Drinking and driving is for losers. Drinking and reading the tabloids, on the other hand, is for winners. This week:  
    A friend of Harry and Meghan posted a picture of Meghan’s jam and dog biscuits at tHE MOST OFFENSIVE TIME

    Bill Belichick is in loooooove (do not ask any more questions about it)

    Justin Timberlake’s lawyer says he’s got some stuff to say (he does not)

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  • He’s a very busy guy with a lot of hard work to do. This week: 
    Taylor Swift could swing the election if she just endorsed Biden (she already has) 

    Princess Catherine sends a typo-ridden letter to the Irish Guards, of which she is somehow the colonel 

    Prince William’s private personal item is not nearly as exciting as we were hoping  

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  • We’ve got these fails in the bag. This week:  
    Actually, Kate might never come back, but maybe she might 

    Donald Trump’s wife is very brave and beautiful, don’t mention the other stuff

    Ben Affleck and JLo are, of course, the worst people to ever exist 

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  • What’s the opposite of manifesting? That’s what we’re doing. This week: 
    Ben Affleck is being GROSS and maybe DIVORCED???

    Is Kate Middleton coming back to work? Or maybe adopted?

    You cowards don’t want to admit that maybe the Erewhon soup is good 

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  • Don’t worry, Meghan Markle still shows up in this one. This week:  
    A very dubious poll of 2,000 homewreckers concludes that Jeremy Clarkson is, once again, the hottest Brit on the cursed little island 

    SSRIs cause a fate worse than death, which is a thing that depressed people often face without treatment 

    Kevin Spacey, given a platform and 7 movies in as many years, still thinks this whole thing wasn’t really fair :/ 

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  • We hope everything’s going Arche-well.This week: 
    RFK Jr. is super able-bodied and able-minded and a great presidential candidate, according to his brain worm

    A clerical error gives Meghan and Harry’s haters a reason to hashtag another day 

    Cycling spandex should be canceled, but not because of this Good Morning America host

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  • Fail to the chief. This week:  
    Prince Harry’s family does not show up to support a good cause, obviously Harry is to blame

    Barron Trump, who has never said a word in public, is a president in the making

    The Met Gala is probably not cursed, but man do we wish it was

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