Daily Fail
A weekly podcast about the worst of the tabloids - from Page Sucks to Hell No to the very rag that inspires the name of our show. Hosted by journalist Maura Currie and culture critic Kristen Meinzer.
Episodes
April 25, 2025 • 44 mins
Stars, stripes, fertility rates, and fails.
This week:
We need babies! Now! Not in a weird way!
Everyone is so mean to JK Rowling, a mean person
Las Vegas is scary and the hills have eyes :(
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April 17, 2025 • 39 mins
We’re putting the ass back in astronaut, folks.
This week:
Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez clap back at the people who are making excellent points about how stupid this was
Katy Perry’s makeup really stuck in place for 10 whole minutes
Aimee Lou Wood cried and won’t tell us why :(
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April 10, 2025 • 40 mins
This week:
Anderson Cooper got BRUTALLY WOKED
Carrie Coon is actively mean to Meghan McCain and also Marvel
THERE ARE NO DIRE WOLVES!!!!!!!!!!
Bonus story: Maura’s Election Day reporting for Slate is finally out in the world. Give it a listen!
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April 3, 2025 • 42 mins
LOWER THE COST OF JAM, YOU COWARDS
This week:
The jam heard ‘round the world sold out immediately. Bad?
The little Constitutional loophole that’s not illegal or disingenuous if you believe in yourself
Doing murder is really about the friends you make along the way
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March 28, 2025 • 42 mins
This week:
DOGE flops and the Fail admits it
Gwyneth Paltrow’s fake beef with Meghan Markle
RFK Jr. is taking your Skittles (not)
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March 21, 2025 • 43 mins
Fail o’ the Irish?
This week:
Meghan Markle’s haters point out a very minor detail about very festive waffles
The astronauts “stranded” in space are home and not fighting secret health battles
Gene Hackman chose Alzheimer’s and you can too
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March 14, 2025 • 40 mins
We love fails and potato skins. Fight us about it.
This week:
DOGE is not, in fact, giving us thousands of dollars
Your dentist knows about your sex life and hates you for it
Jackie Kennedy’s bonkers diet is not #goals
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March 7, 2025 • 49 mins
Guess you could say Meghan has gotten herself in quite the jam.
This week:
The cinematic Luigi sex tapes are out there (maybe)
A beat-for-beat hypothetical scenario of how a nuclear holocaust would definitely happen
With loathe, Meghan
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February 28, 2025 • 48 mins
Fail to the king.
This week:
An absolutely grisly account of Gene Hackman’s home, like 20 minutes after his death was announced
Elon Musk is just a little guy who can’t help but impregnate people he meets online
Honestly, we pray that Nostradamus was right
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February 21, 2025 • 40 mins
So if you care to find us… look to the western fail.
This week:
Vaccine-hesitant distant relatives of J.D. Vance may, tragically, reap what they sow
Cynthia Erivo may method-act herself into being a false prophet
Meghan Markle is forced to rebrand her jam: jam!
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February 14, 2025 • 46 mins
Sit down. Be humble.
This week:
Everyone hated the Halftime Show, except nobody knows why and lots of people actually loved it
Christians don’t have to worry about oppression anymore
Donald Trump fixed all of culture in 3 weeks! Yay!
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February 7, 2025 • 42 mins
If you don’t move, or acknowledge Kanye, he can’t see you and he’ll go away.
This week:
The tabloids cannot resist full frontal, even though they seem like they want to
The new US Department of Transportation will only fund you if your jurisdiction is breeding, and we are not joking
Feminism means that Princess Kate MUST talk about clothes more
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January 31, 2025 • 43 mins
No other reasons, of course.
This week:
The tragic aircraft collision in D.C. is fodder for conspiracy theorists, who we WILL be elevating
Melania proves that Democrat women, and Hillary Clinton, are uggos who can’t wear clothes
Taylor Swift issues a warning. Also, hand grenades??
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January 24, 2025 • 44 mins
Failauguration? Inaugurfailtion?
This week:
Prince Harry settles for… vindication.
Melania’s strange, unnerving hat
Lauren Sanchez’s inauguration ‘fit was… um…
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January 17, 2025 • 44 mins
Happy New Year from the literal dumpster fire.
This week:
LA fire chief is fired, but not really, but is about to be, probably
Meghan and Harry are terrible people for donating time, food, supplies, and money to LA fire survivors
New supplement will eradicate brain rot, doesn’t know what brain rot is
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January 10, 2025 • 56 mins
This holiday season, we're treating you to some very special episodes! Today, it's Kristen's appearance on Fad Camp, all about how the tabloids embrace anti-fatness and perpetuate diet culture. If you like what you hear, be sure to subscribe to Fad Camp here: https://pod.link/1531529240
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January 3, 2025 • 43 mins
This holiday season, we're treating you to some very special episodes! Today, it's Kristen's appearance on Unladylike, all about how the invention of tabloids was both revolutionary and regressive for women. If you like what you hear, be sure to subscribe to Unladylike here: https://pod.link/1333193523
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December 27, 2024 • 53 mins
This holiday season, we're treating you to some very special episodes! Today, it's Kristen's appearance on Fixing Famous People, all about how to fix the royal family...because let's face it: they're a mess. If you like what you hear, be sure to subscribe to Fixing Famous People here: https://pod.link/1665730605
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December 20, 2024 • 48 mins
And shame on the 14 year olds online. Nobody else.
This week:
A writer shames everyone calling the UnitedHealthcare shooter hot, while calling him hot
Prince Andrew’s friend and trusted colleague is actually quite possibly a Chinese spy
Meghan and Harry owe us all an invasion of their children’s privacy.
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December 13, 2024 • 43 mins
Hot takes nobody asked for about the premiere of a prequel that, also, nobody asked for.
This week:
Word clouds reveal Americans’ REAL thoughts on Donald Trump, from “neutral” to “ew” to “Donald.”
Blue Ivy went to a movie premiere, so let’s objectify her and also make sure we talk about The Allegations
Nipple filler is sweeping the nation (it’s not)
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