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Don't you dare take the centre seat

4/24/202648 min

DUMB STUFF FRIDAYS: Satirical news outlet The Onion is trying to acquire Alex Jones’s site Infowars. Well, sorta. Who/what/where/why? We’ll explain!!! A video of American sprinter Noah Lyles reacting to his wife’s wedding dress is everywhere at the moment. It’s… an uncomfortable watch. His wife, Junelle, has responded to the backlash – we’re going to unpack her quotes. And then, you guys loved them, so we’re bringing them back: Lukewarm takes. This week, Mich recommended watching Your Friends & Neighbours on Apple TV and The Drama. Zara recommended reading The Heir Apparent and also listening to Charlize Theron’s podcast interview on The Interview.  Big thanks to The Devil Wears Prada 2 for making this episode possible. The Devil Wears Prada 2 is in cinemas from April 30. Text the group chat, organise dinner beforehand, and make a whole night of it.  And shoutout to Ecosa, too! They’re offering Shameless listeners 30% off their mattresses, pillows and super soft sheets – valid until May 14 2026. To claim your offer, head here. For terms and conditions, visit https://www.ecosa.com.au/terms Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Annabelle Lee. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn    Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux  Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp  Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast  Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clips

The Onion’s audacious InfoWars plan
Humor beats outrage, often
When laughing isn’t endorsing
How grooms should react
Bride defends the ‘awkward’ first look
Do we Google gift prices?

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Zara McDonald· Host0:00

    Do you remember when back in the day on Instagram, we would be really nosy about things and we started this series 'cause We Just Really Wanna Know? Do you remember this?

  2. Michelle Andrews· Host0:08

    What the fuck are you talking about?

  3. Zara McDonald· Host0:10

    We'd started an Instagram series called We Just Really Wanna Know- Oh ... where we'd poll people on things that we were just nosy about because we were having a debate about how- Wedding wishing wells ... wedding wishing wells, and how much you should actually spend. So we just got the data and then used it in our own lives.

  4. Michelle Andrews· Host0:22

    And we found out the average person thinks you should put in, I think the result was $125 per head on average was the result.

  5. Zara McDonald· Host0:30

    This was five years ago, though, so you got to- Mm ... account for inflation.

  6. Michelle Andrews· Host0:33

    150.

  7. Zara McDonald· Host0:34

    Yeah.

  8. Michelle Andrews· Host0:34

    That's a lot of money.

  9. Zara McDonald· Host0:35

    Um, I have one of my own- Okay ... if we wanna do this again.

  10. Michelle Andrews· Host0:38

    Yeah.

  11. Zara McDonald· Host0:38

    So I was talking to Ollie, my partner, the other day, and he was buying a gift for someone. Now, obviously I have to keep this in code 'cause he hasn't given this gift yet. [laughs] But he, this person is really important to him, and he needed to buy a really, really good gift.

  12. Michelle Andrews· Host0:54

    Let's pretend it is a handbag.

  13. Zara McDonald· Host0:57

    Okay.

  14. Michelle Andrews· Host0:58

    It's, because it's so not.

  15. Zara McDonald· Host0:58

    No, no, I can say what the gift is. I don't, I don't think this person listens as well. It's a man. [laughs] [laughs] I'm giving it- No, no, no.

  16. Michelle Andrews· Host1:03

    We can't, we can't follow that anymore because I met a listener in a very unusual place this week- No, it's fine ... that really rattled me.

  17. Zara McDonald· Host1:10

    And, well, if this comes back to bite me, then, like, that was meant to happen. So this man, it's, it's for a, it's for a male, and he said, "I really need to spend a lot of money on this gift 'cause this person's done a lot for me."

  18. Michelle Andrews· Host1:19

    Mm-hmm.

  19. Zara McDonald· Host1:20

    And he goes, "I've been thinking of buying him an umbrella."

  20. Michelle Andrews· Host1:22

    Yeah.

  21. Zara McDonald· Host1:23

    [laughs] Which is- This umbrella has been in our office for quite some time now.

  22. Michelle Andrews· Host1:26

    I'm like- And I was just like- ... "When's Zara taking that fucking thing home?"

  23. Zara McDonald· Host1:28

    [laughs] ... you can't buy this person an umbrella.

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