The What Are We Doing Podcast is your weekly dose of chaos, curiosity, and comedy — hosted by Levi McCurdy. From viral headlines to everyday absurdity, Levi breaks down what’s happening in the world (and in our heads) with honesty, humor, and a healthy dose of “what are we doing?!”
We’ve got something insane going on. Another chapter in the never-ending battle between the U.S. government, the royal family, and the people who just want to see the Epstein files released. We want the names. We want the truth. We want the list. But instead of transparency, we’re getting headlines about Prince Andrew losing his royal titles because of his connection to Jeffrey Epstein and
Ghislaine Maxwell.
So, yeah. Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles stripped his own brother of everything—his titles, his security, his house, even his name. You know how bad you have to mess up for the royal family, the people who literally created “sweeping things under the rug,” to disown you? Andrew’s out here going from prince to toll booth operator. It’s a walk of shame across the pond, and the palace is pretending they had no idea who Jeffrey Epstein was.
Then we get to the greatest excuse in royal history: “I couldn’t have been sweating at that party because I don’t sweat.” You can’t make this stuff up. The man straight-up said he had a medical condition that stopped him from sweating for three years. What are we doing?
If the royal family is cutting off one of their own, what do they know that we don’t? What’s really in those Epstein files that the U.S. refuses to release? Because if Buckingham Palace believes it enough to strip a prince of his identity, maybe the list is more real than anyone wants to admit.
So here’s the issue. This is what happens when I have adult money. I go online, look up costumes, and start convincing myself I’m doing something smart. But you know me. I’m not going to Spirit Halloween like everyone else and spend seventy bucks on a giant inflatable hot dog costume. No. I think outside the box. Sometimes too far outside.
This year, I thought, what better way to get one of my
favorite brands to notice me than to literally become their appetizer? I’m Chili’s for Halloween. I got the Radical Rita shirt on. Bought it myself. Because God forbid Chili’s send me a PR box. The influencers get everything. Free shirts. Gift cards. Margaritas. Me? I get to hide the zipper behind the cheese layer of a mozzarella stick.
Now here’s the thing. It’s a two-person costume. There’s supposed to be another mozzarella stick next to me. You know who that’s supposed to be? My wife. You know who refused? My wife. So I thought, fine, I’ll get my dog. He’s loyal. He’s my ride or die. Guess what? He ran away. Three times. Nobody wants to get in the mozzarella stick with me. What are we doing?
So here I am. Alone. Tangled in fake cheese. Dancing by myself. You don’t need two people to be one mozzarella stick. You just need an unhealthy attachment to chain restaurants and a dream. I’m sitting here thinking, Chili’s, how much more of my dignity do I have to sacrifice before you notice me? I’m out here sweating in polyester cheese for you.
I mean, look at me. I’m reporting live from the Chili’s Mozzarella Stick Studios, wearing a Radical Rita shirt, and holding this brand down harder than their own marketing team. I’m out here doing free promo every week. Chili’s, at what point do I get a thank you? A PR box? A coupon? Something?
I’m not asking for much. Just a little recognition. Maybe a package in the mail that says, “From your friends at Chili’s.” Inside, some gift cards, a t-shirt, maybe a coupon for a free appetizer. That’s all. Every other TikToker gets it. What are we doing?
And don’t even get me started on the meeting I had earlier. I couldn’t show up in full mozzarella form. Had to wear normal clothes like some kind of adult. Tragic. But honestly, name one person who owns both a mozzarella stick costume and a Radical Rita shirt. You can’t. I’m one of one.
So Chili’s, I’m giving you 42 to 72 to maybe 129 hours to call me. Because this is getting ridiculous. I was literally at Chili’s today. I had the chicken bacon ranch nachos. Unreal. The burger? Top-tier. The dippers? Fire. You can’t miss.
What are we doing?
Chili’s, it’s time. I’m ready. I’m loyal. I’m dressed like your appetizer. Call me before I start showing up in a Southwest Eggroll suit next year.
In this special episode of the What Are We Doing Podcast, I break down one of the most unsettling stories to come out of Lancaster County in years. The name Field of Screams is known across Pennsylvania as a Halloween staple, but a recent Spotlight PA investigation exposed a much darker story behind the haunted hayrides and fake blood. What was once considered a seasonal thrill ride is now at the
center of serious allegations involving years of misconduct, ignored complaints, and failures in leadership that left teenage volunteers unprotected.
According to multiple reports and interviews, more than a dozen current and former volunteers described a pattern of harassment, inappropriate contact, and manipulation by adult staff and supervisors dating as far back as 2006. One of the key voices in the investigation, Danica Gabrielson, shared her experience working under then-manager Mike King, who she says crossed boundaries while she was still a minor. She describes how attention and trust turned into control and abuse of power. Other volunteers claim they went to the owners, Jim and Gene Schopf, only to see the same people remain in charge, season after season.
The story doesn’t stop there. A follow-up investigation revealed that Christopher Roarball, a man previously convicted of indecent exposure, was allowed to volunteer alongside minors between 2022 and 2024. The company claimed their background checks didn’t flag his conviction because they only searched the past seven years, even though Pennsylvania law allows checks to go further. Legal experts have already said that’s not a valid excuse, and former volunteers say this proves how little oversight exists behind the scenes at the attraction. While Field of Screams continues to deny wrongdoing, insisting no criminal allegations have been filed, the evidence and firsthand accounts tell a very different story.
In this episode, I go through the full timeline, the official responses, and the ongoing concerns about how these attractions are managed. The goal isn’t to sensationalize a tragedy or stir outrage, but to ask why so many people knew and did nothing. The Field of Screams brand has always been about fear for fun—but the reality here is much worse. This Halloween, before you buy a ticket or step onto that hayride, ask yourself who you’re supporting. Because the scariest part of Field of Screams isn’t inside the haunted house.
It’s what’s been happening outside of it for years.
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Original SpotlightPA Article:
https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/06/field-of-screams-harassment-teenagers-volunteers/
Haunted Attraction Let Convicted Offender Volunteer with Minors:
https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/popular-pa-haunted-attraction-allowed-man-convicted-of-exposing-himself-to-children-to-volunteer-alongside/article_f7650ab3-969a-442f-b5c6-9bc20aede1d1.html
Upper Leacock Fire Chief resigns:
https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/upper-leacock-fire-chief-resigns-replacement-unclear/article_d1823938-ee06-11ee-b360-6790dab51d12.html
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This week marks episode 211 of the What Are We Doing Podcast, and I’ve officially hit the “too busy to breathe” point. I’m on a 12-day nonstop run of weddings, events, podcasts, and marketing chaos, all while trying to remember to eat something other than leftover mac and cheese. October? No days off. What are we doing?
This episode kicks off with a PSA to brides, grooms, and anyone who plans to
serve food to a crowd: hire Mission Barbecue. Forget the “mom-and-pop” caterers who promise love in every bite but deliver cold broccoli and chaos. Forget the fancy chefs who run out of oven space. You want food that tastes good, shows up on time, and doesn’t need a miracle to stay warm? Mission Barbecue. That’s it. End of debate.
Then I move into the part of the weekend where my friend Kaisa got married. I DJ’d the wedding as my gift, and in return, her husband Paul gifted me a 1999 graded 8.5 holographic Gengar Pokémon card. We looked it up. Thirty thousand dollars. Thirty thousand. I cried in my car. You try keeping a straight face when someone hands you a $30k ghost Pokémon as a thank-you. What are we doing?
After that came a trunk-or-treat event for local preschools, hundreds of kids, and a K-Pop Demon Hunter dance party. Because apparently, I don’t know how to say no to anything in October.
But before we can even think about Halloween, it’s time for the annual Thanksgiving Meal Olympics. Aldi, Walmart, Costco, Giant, and Honey Baked Ham are all fighting for your turkey money. Aldi wants $40 to feed ten people. Costco says $199 for eight. Walmart undercuts them all with $38, but you have to cook everything yourself. Giant’s claiming $20 but only if you’ve spent $400 already. And then there’s Honey Baked Ham, where you pay for peace, quality, and not having to bake anything. Two minutes in the oven. Done. Best ham or turkey of your life. What are we doing?
From there, we head straight into politics. Donald Trump has pardoned Binance CEO CZ after a $4 billion fraud settlement—right after CZ’s company invested $2 billion in Trump’s family crypto business, “World Liberty Financial.” Totally a coincidence, right? The man literally said money laundering isn’t a crime. Then he tore down the East Wing of the White House to build a $350 million ballroom. Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and half the Fortune 500 are helping pay for it. And when people asked about the construction, the White House released a slideshow including Clinton’s scandal, Obama’s “terrorist visitors,” and Hunter Biden’s cocaine bag as part of “historical context.” What are we doing?
And if that circus wasn’t enough, the New York City mayoral debate turned into an SNL sketch. Candidates argued over parades. One said all parades matter. Another said he’s too busy to attend. Someone asked if they’d create new parades. A third guy looked like he was being held hostage. Absolute chaos.
We wrap the episode with the $20 million diamond heist at the Louvre. Some say it’s real. Others think it’s PR for “Now You See Me 3.” Either way, it’s proof that someone in Paris didn’t spring for $30 Wi-Fi cameras. If they want those diamonds back, they better call Nicolas Cage. What are we doing?
Episode 211 is pure madness from start to finish: bad caterers, rare Pokémon, Trump’s crypto pardons, Thanksgiving hacks, a mayoral debate about parades, and a diamond heist conspiracy.
So before you go—hit the like button. Subscribe. Share the episode. Ninety-eight percent of you still haven’t. It takes one click. Support the show. Help me survive another week of this circus we call life.
We only have one problem in America, and no—it’s not inflation, the election, or TikTok bans. It’s something far more serious. Smucker’s is suing Trader Joe’s… over Uncrustables.
That’s right. The makers of America’s most elite frozen PB&J sandwich have declared war on your favorite Hawaiian-shirted grocery cult. Apparently, Trader Joe’s has been selling their own “crustless peanut butter &
strawberry jam sandwiches,” and Smucker’s said, “Nah, that’s our thing.”
The lawsuit claims Trader Joe’s copied the design, packaging, and even the bite mark on the box. Because God forbid someone gets confused while eating a circular frozen sandwich filled with peanut butter and jelly. What are we doing?!
In this episode, we’re diving deep into the most American legal battle of the decade. Forget Congress—forget world news. This is it. This is our Super Bowl.
• Smucker’s says Trader Joe’s “infringed” on their billion-dollar brand.
• Trader Joe’s hasn’t responded (probably too busy restocking cookie butter).
• And apparently, brand confusion is the new national crisis.
Meanwhile, I’m over here wondering if the NFL’s Uncrustables supply chain is in jeopardy. You think Patrick Mahomes can function without his PB&J between quarters? You think Donald Trump’s freezer at Mar-a-Lago doesn’t have a dedicated Uncrustables shelf? America runs on these things.
Let’s be honest—Trader Joe’s private-labels everything. It’s kind of their thing. They take someone else’s product, slap a quirky name and minimalist font on it, and boom—it’s “Trader Joe’s Organic Artisan Heritage Sandwich Rounds™.”
At the end of the day, though, this is what makes our country great. Freedom, capitalism, and suing your neighbor for making a slightly different circle of bread.
So grab a juice box, heat up your Uncrustable (or Trader Joe’s Un-crustable), and let’s talk about it.
Megs and I went on a little “day date” last weekend. Lunch, drinks, fun, games—the whole thing. We decided to hit Dave and Busters because we’re adults who like to pretend we’re 12, and because I have one very specific mission: I’m earning my PS5 through tickets. Not buying it. Earning it. I’m sitting around 50,000 tickets right now. I need 160,000. Do the math. Boy math. It’s not about the money.
It’s about the journey. You don’t know anyone who got a free PS5 from Dave and Busters. You will.
Now here’s the issue. The Dave and Busters bar. The drinks are $20 each, the service is trash, and yet somehow I keep going back. Every time we go, it’s the same story. Bartenders who move like molasses. Drinks that taste like disappointment. And a bill that makes me rethink my life choices. So this time, I got smart. There’s a Wine & Spirits two doors down. A couple mini bottles, a quick pregame in the parking lot, and I’ve already saved $60. Call it a life hack. Pregame before you pay Dave and Busters prices. Drink responsibly, obviously.
But Megs isn’t sipping warm vodka out of the bottle like a college freshman. She’s bougie. She needs sparkle. She needs glitter. So she orders the “Gold Dust Rita.” It’s 1942 tequila with a literal gold glitter bomb dropped into it. Twenty bucks. Twenty. Dollars. For one drink. For $20, I can buy a whole bottle of Tito’s or two handles of Nikolai. Instead, my wife gets a gold bath bomb floating in citrus juice. Dave and Busters has the nerve not to even list the prices on the menu. You don’t find out until it’s too late—until she’s halfway through it and I’m already $40 deep.
So yeah, this is why I pregame. This is why I don’t drink at Dave and Busters. Because it’s not worth it. Because their drinks are a scam wrapped in glitter. And because one day, when I finally walk out of that arcade with my PS5 “for free,” all of this—every overpriced drink, every bad bartender, every single wasted dollar—will finally pay off.
What are we doing?
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We start with McDonald’s Monopoly, the one national event that manages to unite the country every fall. My son’s eating nuggets like they’re gold coins, I’m entering codes like a madman, and somehow the “major prizes” are already gone a week in. Somebody’s winning RVs, TVs, and million-dollar prizes while I’m sitting here collecting free hash browns and McChickens. But hey, at least there’s a
secret way to play for free that McDonald’s doesn’t want you to know about.
Then we move into the lawsuit of the week: Smucker’s vs. Trader Joe’s. Yep. Smucker’s is suing Trader Joe’s over Uncrustables. They say the “crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwich” design was stolen. We’re at the point in America where billion-dollar corporations are beefing over who owns the circle sandwich. You can’t make this up.
Next up, the government shutdown. We’re weeks deep and no one cares. Nobody’s getting paid, food banks are feeding federal workers, and the TSA is either missing or working for free. I say keep it shut down. If we hit 60 days, turn the White House into a Spirit Halloween.
But that’s not all. Donald Trump somehow found the time to:
• Broker “peace” in the Middle East.
• Send $20 billion to bail out Argentina’s collapsing economy.
• Announce he’s building his own Arc de Trump because why not?
Meanwhile, the rest of the country is drowning in family diners and new Sheetz gas stations. Every failed business in central Pennsylvania turns into a breakfast spot. Friendly’s? Now a diner. Hookah bar? Diner. Chinese restaurant? Diner. We have so many diners the eggs are forming a union.
We wrap up with OpenAI’s new partnership with Walmart (the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard) and their latest feature that finally gives men what they’ve always wanted: intimacy mode. Yep, ChatGPT’s getting spicy. For twenty bucks a month you get a girlfriend who listens, compliments you, and doesn’t ask where you were last night.
This episode is chaos from top to bottom—Monopoly scams, sandwich wars, government meltdowns, Trump buying Argentina, and AI turning romantic.
Welcome to America, folks. What are we doing?
Watch the full episode now, hit Like, Subscribe, and ring the bell so you don’t miss next week’s meltdown.
Taylor Swift’s “Life of the Showgirl” era is already dead. It’s been a week. The internet moved on. The press tour is over, the interviews are done, and now Taylor’s milking every deluxe, extended, and commentary edition possible until 2026. Every talk show asked the same 10 questions, and every answer was “Travis this, Travis that.” I’m bored. We’re all bored. Watching Taylor talk about how
“cute” Travis Kelce is has become the slowest form of torture known to man.
And then came the Super Bowl excuse. Taylor told Jimmy Fallon she turned it down because she’s “too focused” watching her boyfriend play football. That’s the lie of the year. I don’t buy it for a second. There’s more to that story, and I’m convinced it’s buried in contracts, footage rights, and Taylor’s endless need for control. The woman who plans her entire life down to the second suddenly can’t fit a 13-minute halftime show into her schedule? Sure.
We’re talking about the same person who just broke Adele’s decade-long record with over 3.5 million first-week album units. You’re telling me she can do that but not stand on a football field for one night? Please.
So, until Taylor admits the real reason she skipped the Super Bowl, I’m calling it what it is: a lie. That’s strike one for Tay-Tay. She’s got two more before we start reevaluating our loyalty, babes.
Arby’s is back again, and this time they’ve decided to “grill” steak. Yeah, you heard that right. Grilled. Steak. From Arby’s. What are we doing? Listen, I love a beef and cheddar as much as the next guy, but when I see the word “grilled” on a menu from a restaurant that doesn’t have a single grill in sight, I start asking questions. Are they flash-grilling this stuff in a warehouse? Boiling it in
a bag? Because half the time that “grilled” meat comes out looking like it spent five minutes next to a candle.
Now, they’ve got these new “steak bites.” You can get them plain, in a bowl with mac and cheese, or shoved between bread pretending to be a sandwich. And we all know how well that goes. One bite, and the whole thing collapses like a Jenga tower. But apparently, some people love them. So if you’re brave enough, grab a fork, test the meat, and let me know how long you survive.
But the real heroes of the Arby’s saga? The Arby’s Boys. These dudes took their love for fast food satire straight to TikTok and turned a $30 food run into a viral empire. Their content is ridiculous, original, and everything the internet deserves right now. Picture a fancy Arby’s restaurant experience with mozzarella sticks paired with blue Powerade. 11 seconds, a million views. That’s the formula. And even Arby’s, Welch’s, and Gain Laundry Detergent are in their comments. What are we doing?
So while Arby’s is out here boiling steak in secret, the Arby’s Boys are running the internet with the funniest low-budget content I’ve seen all week. Respect to them for turning chaos into comedy.
If you haven’t yet, go check out the Arby’s Boys on TikTok. Then grab yourself a beef and cheddar, skip the “grilled” meat, and remember—Arby’s has the meats, but not the grills.
Episode 209 of the What Are We Doing Podcast is pure chaos wrapped in brilliance. I’m talking glittery margaritas, fake grilled steak nuggets, Taylor Swift lies, and Post Malone losing control of Broadway—all in one episode.
This week kicks off with me breaking down the $20 “Gold Dust Rita” from Dave & Buster’s. It’s a drink that costs more than a bottle of Tito’s and comes with a literal glitter
bomb. I explain why it’s not just overpriced—it’s a metaphor for your money dissolving in front of your eyes. Then we dive into Arby’s latest experiment: Steak Nuggets. Yeah, you heard me. Steak. Nuggets. I go over how Arby’s is now pretending to “grill” meat in a building that doesn’t even have a grill and why their new TikTok heroes, “The Arby’s Boys,” might be the best thing on the internet right now.
Then, I reveal how Sheetz officially slid into my DMs after I called their chili cheese dogs the best in the game. They offered me another free shirt, but I’m shooting higher. I want the Sheetz Halloween costume. I offer to wear it for weeks if they send one. I’m one DM away from being the face of Sheetz Nation.
We also talk about Taylor Swift’s Life of a Showgirl release week. She broke Adele’s record, but I break down how the interviews have turned into one long Travis Kelce fan club meeting. Fallon finally asked her why she turned down the Super Bowl, and her answer? “I’m in love with a guy who plays football.” Sure, Tay. That’s strike one.
Then there’s Post Malone, who finally remembered he owns a bar in Nashville and decided to throw a surprise concert and pay everyone’s tab. Naturally, 400,000 people showed up. It was less “grand opening” and more “mini-Coachella with free beer.”
Finally, we wrap up with the trailer for HBO’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the new Game of Thrones prequel. I break down why it looks awesome but also kind of pointless, because we already know none of the main characters can die. It’s like watching Star Wars prequels—you already know the ending.
And because this is the What Are We Doing podcast, we end with Donald Trump claiming he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for “ending the conflict in Gaza.” Spoiler alert: he didn’t win.
This episode has everything—drunk parking lot hacks, fast-food conspiracies, celebrity nonsense, and international comedy politics.
Watch, laugh, and for the love of God, hit the Hype button on YouTube.
00:20 - Hit Like, Subscribe, Hype & Share
02:00 - Dave & Busters Day Date - FREE PS5
04:50 - The Bar Service at D&B is Terrible…
08:00 - $20 1942 Golden Rita at D&B
12:10 - Arby’s - New Steak Bite Nuggets
15:00 - The Arby’s Boys on TikTok
21:40 - I Keep WINNING Free Things on Twitter
23:00 - The Sheetz Hookup via Hot Dogz & DMz
27:00 - Sheetz Partner Audition & Resume
31:08 - Download the Sheetz App & Get FREE FOOD
31:55 - 4th NEW Sheetz within 5 Miles of the House
33:47 - Life of A Show Girl, Taylor Swift - 1 Week
36:36 - Cringe - I’m over Taylor & Travis…
38:13 - Taylor Swift on Seth Meyers
42:05 - Taylor Swift Breaks Adele Record, 3.5 Million Sales
44:05 - Taylor Swift is LYING About the Super Bowl
51:17 - POSTY’S - Post Malone’s Nashville Bar, Grand Opening
53:40 - Post Malone Shuts Down Broadway TN, Free Concert
57:59 - A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS - Series Breakdown
59:51 - The Issue with HBO, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Series
1:03:25 - No Dragons in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Series
1:05:00 - A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms Official Trailer
1:10:00 - FOX ONE, Streaming App for $20, NO
1:11:00 - Donald Trump Wants the Peace Prize
1:18:40 - Outro - Hit the Hype Button
Episode 208 of the What Are We Doing podcast is pure chaos in the best way. I kicked things off, reminding everyone that yes, it’s October. I said it about 47 times because apparently, I can’t believe calendars exist. Then I dove right into the big releases of the week: Soulja Boy dropping his third album of 2025, Swag 7, and Taylor Swift’s new album The Life of a Showgirl. I gave both their
flowers, but let’s be real, Taylor hijacked the whole cultural moment. From her track Wood (we all know who that’s about) to the Jonas Brothers and Jackson 5 “inspirations,” Swifties are eating while Soulja Boy’s somewhere trying to sell us crank dat NFTs.
Then we hit the halftime show drama. Everyone thought Taylor was locked for the Super Bowl. She teased it, the NFL hinted at it, and we all gaslit ourselves into believing she was confirmed. Turns out, it’s Bad Bunny. And I’m here for it. The boomers are going to lose their minds when they realize the biggest artist in the world only sings in Spanish. This is the Super Bowl, not a Lynyrd Skynyrd reunion. Sit down, dad.
After that, I took aim at Tai Lopez. Remember the guy in his garage with the Lamborghini and the books? Yeah, he’s being dragged by the SEC for running a $112 million Ponzi scheme. Turns out “Here in my garage” was code for “Here in my court hearing.” If you invested in RadioShack crypto, that’s on you, babes.
We also talked about my son’s new obsession with AI-generated YouTube slop. He’s six years old, and instead of watching Paw Patrol, he’s glued to a video about a capybara setting off a fire alarm and then saving the company. Parents, stop gatekeeping iPads. Give your kids the tech. They’re already building Google Doc chatrooms in school. You can’t fight it.
Then we checked in on Lil Wayne, who may or may not be releasing another rock album if this unreleased track is any indication. Spoiler: it’s bad. Maybe it’s time Weezy hangs up the guitar. Or maybe Los from 280 Plus can convince me otherwise.
And finally, the cherry on top: I got the best YouTube comment of the year. Shout out to Joshua Bradshaw for telling me to nap in traffic. Your hate fuels this machine, my friend.
This episode is stacked with Swifties, Soulja Boy, scammers, Super Bowl conspiracies, Bad Bunny truth bombs, AI capybaras, and Lil Wayne midlife crises. You already know what to do. Hit like, hit subscribe, leave a comment, then go get your kid an iPad before they fall behind on learning what sigma means.
Episode 207 of the What are We Doing Podcast is here and it’s a loaded one. Iron Hill Brewery shut down every single location overnight, blindsiding customers, employees, and anyone left holding a gift card. One of the East Coast’s staple brewpubs is gone, and I share my own run-ins with Iron Hill and why it feels like every shuttered restaurant around here eventually turns into a family diner
serving $12 pancakes.
From there, we jump into Trump’s latest attempt at medical science. The president stood on stage with Dr. Oz and RFK Jr. and told the country that pregnant women taking Tylenol are the cause of autism. Zero evidence. No studies. Nothing but bad improv and mispronounced words. Tylenol’s maker, doctors, and decades of research all came back swinging, but the fact that this nonsense even made it into an official announcement is wild.
And then TikTok. After years of deadlines and extensions, Trump signed the order to “save TikTok” by letting Oracle and a group of American investors lease the algorithm from ByteDance for $14 billion. On paper it keeps TikTok alive in the US, but let’s be honest — how long before the algorithm turns into Facebook’s endless stream of ads, political fluff, and AI sludge? I break down why this might be the beginning of the end for TikTok as we know it.
On top of that, the Department of Homeland Security is busy making Pokémon-themed ICE raid videos, Jimmy Kimmel somehow turned his suspension into the biggest ratings jump of his career, Jimmy Fallon is quietly stacking his defenses with Taylor Swift appearances and spin-off shows, Meta’s new AI glasses can’t even walk you through a brownie recipe, and it’s officially Fat Bear Week. I’ve got money on Bear 909 and if he loses, I’m done.
This is the What are We Doing Podcast. Episode 207 is chaos from start to finish, and that’s exactly how we like it.
Elon Musk refuses to let X (Twitter, whatever we’re calling it now) breathe for more than five minutes. The platform is about to switch to a fully AI-driven algorithm by November, with open-source updates rolling out in December. That means your feed will no longer be a random mess of bots and blue-check chaos; instead, it’ll be whatever you ask Grock, Elon’s ChatGPT wannabe, to make it.
Yes,
Grock. The AI sidekick nobody asked for but Elon forced into the mix. By December, you’ll be able to type in whatever you want and Grock will tailor your entire feed. Want politics? Done. Want crypto scams? Easy. Want your entire timeline filled with nothing but “big booby baddies with free OnlyFans”? Grock says yes or yes.
Elon and Sam Altman were once supposed to be the brains behind OpenAI together, but of course Elon bailed, like he does with everything else that isn’t cars, rockets, or ruining social media. Now, X is his playground, and Grock is his new toy. Whether this ends in innovation or total collapse, one thing is certain… Twitter is dead, and X is about to get weird.
Episode 206 of the What Are We Doing podcast is stacked, babes. This week I’m back with a fresh nose piercing, courtesy of a throwback prom fundraiser for breast cancer research. Fifty bucks, one piercing, and apparently I’ve advanced science by a decade. You’re welcome.
From there, we break open the wildest headline of 2025: Taylor Swift arrested on weapons and drug charges after a standoff on
her tour bus. Yes, you heard that right. Submachine guns, meth, fentanyl, explosives—the whole DEA starter pack. Is it a setup by Scooter Braun? Was it Travis Kelce with the diamond playbook? I lay out the only logical defense strategy.
Then we roll straight into late-night chaos. Jimmy Kimmel got yanked off ABC after Sinclair flexed their conservative media monopoly muscles. Fallon cracked a bad joke. Colbert pretended to care. And the whole thing proves once again that freedom of speech doesn’t mean what you think it does when billionaires run TV.
Meanwhile, Trump’s busy bragging about his $250 million White House ballroom like it’s a new Bass Pro Shop, and I’m praying aliens blow the roof off 20 minutes after the first dinner service. Jimmy Kimmel is out, Charlie Kirk’s assassination fallout continues, and somehow librarians in Pennsylvania are now part of the culture war. What are we doing?
And just when you thought you could breathe—Dunkin Donuts decided to double the points needed for a free iced coffee. Nine hundred points. Nine. Hundred. Points. In this economy. We need to rally the Cracker Barrel Army and launch a full-blown digital assault to get those rewards rolled back.
Plus, I react to the new Now You See Me 3 trailer, Elon Musk’s AI “Grok” Twitter takeover, and why Hollywood thinks dropping ChatGPT references makes movies relevant. Spoiler: it doesn’t.
It’s chaos from start to finish. Grab your Dude Robe (promo code WAWD for 20% off at duderobe.com) and tune in, because this week’s episode is a doozy.
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This week I sat on the couch, turned on the mic, and tried to process the unthinkable. Conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University. He was shot in front of a crowd of 3,000 people while doing what he did best, speaking to a room full of young Americans. The suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was arrested after his own father
recognized him in photos and pushed him to turn himself in.
I don’t agree with everything Charlie Kirk ever said. Most of us didn’t. But what happened this week was not politics, it was a human being murdered in broad daylight for having an opinion. That should scare every single one of us.
I talk about how social media forced all of us to watch this tragedy unfold in real time, how the country immediately split into categories of support, denial, or celebration, and why celebrating a man’s death is one of the lowest things you can do. I had to block a dozen people from my feed this week because they were cheering it on. It’s disgusting.
We also talk about the dangerous “what ifs” of gun control and the government’s already insane overreach. We list out what they’ve already done in the name of “freedom” while mass shootings continue to rack up daily. At what point do we say enough is enough?
But I couldn’t end the pod there. We switch gears. We cover the announcement of a new Super Mario Galaxy movie, new Nintendo Switch 2 games, and of course, the wildest reality TV news of the week. Alex Cooper announcing the new Bachelorette live on Call Her Daddy. And yes, it’s Taylor from Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. The chaos writes itself. Add in Love is Blind season 9 contestants (including a guy who openly admits to eating his own boogers) and we somehow manage to close this episode on a note of absurdity instead of despair.
This episode is equal parts grief, anger, disbelief, and satire. From the assassination of Charlie Kirk, to Nintendo milking us for another $70 Mario remaster, to the Bachelorette going full Mormon swinger scandal, episode 205 is exactly the rollercoaster I promised at the start.
