The Windsor Takes It All
4/30/20261 hr 2 min
The King and Ay, ay, ay... One (the royal One) flew over the cuckoo's nest ... Windsors and losers ... too many ways to describe what happened in Washington this week when genuine royalty met wannabe royalty. Join Naomi, Alex and Kenny for a diplomatic murder mystery carried out in the full glare of media lights to find out who got murdered and who... dunnit. PLUS those pesky local/regional/national (delete as appropriate) elections are almost upon us, so who better than political diviner and More In Common big cheese Luke Tryl to help us make sense of the pre-poll gossip and data. For hardcore listeners, there's the usual fix of Grin And Share It. And ... possibly peak Wokey Dokey. Phew. SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD • Luke's new podcast - The Opinion Brief! • More information about Democrats Abroad • C-SPAN, if you don't know it already... • Canada cracks open its doors a little wider • Opening clip fron the (very topical) Jimmy Kimmel monologue. • Full clip of Beth Rigby talking to Zack Polanski here. • CNN legal and security experts react to Comey indictment. • You can listen to Alex's new Podyssey Storytime, on Arachne the Spider Woman, here. • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsJimmy Kimmel· Soundbite0:00
This was like deja vu for me today with all the news channels talking about this. Brian Stelter of CNN noted, incorrectly I think, that no one from the White House was specifically calling for my head. This is this morning. I guess the First Lady doesn't count. [laughs] But whatever the case, the president cleared that up pretty quickly.
Brian Stelter· Soundbite0:16
The administration's calling out Kimmel, trying to pressure ABC, but they're being careful, I think, not to explicitly demand that ABC punish him. These stress tests have been passed, and we've not seen demands for silencing be followed through by government censorship.
Beth Rigby· Soundbite0:32
Well, Brian, just as, uh, we were speaking, the president actually put out a note demanding that Jimmy Kimmel be fired by ABC.
Jimmy Kimmel· Soundbite0:39
[laughs] Well, in that case, forget everything I just said. [laughs] [clapping] Uh, you know- [upbeat music] Welcome to Quiet Riot, the politics podcast that's less about grandstanding and more about understanding.
Alex Andreou· Host0:56
I'm Alex Andreou.
Naomi Smith· Host0:57
And I'm Naomi Smith. Every week, we settle down to separate what matters from what's merely loud.
Alex Andreou· Host1:03
The emphasis on this show is we, because changing the world is a team sport.
Naomi Smith· Host1:08
So get those headphones comfy, give your neck a little crick, and settle down with us for another Quiet Riot.
Speaker 61:15
[upbeat music] Quiet, Quiet Riot.
Alex Andreou· Host1:21
Hello, and welcome to Quiet Riot. I'm Alex.
Naomi Smith· Host1:26
And I'm Naomi.
Kenny Campbell1:26
And I'm producer Kenny, Quiet Riot's approximation to an AI bot