Best of the Week!

Singer/Songwriter Freddie Nunez joins 'You Are The Genre!' + an [EMAIL] interview with Fareeha Khan + the top five jokes of the week & a major debate about hippos vs dragonflies!

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• Latest Posts:

  • New Podcast Episode + An [EMAIL] Interview

• Top 5 Jokes of the Week!

• Best of the Best!:

  • Vote For Your Favorite!

• Somethin’ Else!:

  • Smash Boom Best!

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Hey, happy Saturday! Let’s dive in to some highlights from the week!

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LATEST POSTS:

• Yo Are The Genre

  Singer/songwriter Freddie Nunez joined me on the You Are The Genre podcast this week! We talk about how his journey from ballads, to rock, to country intersected with his path toward sobriety.

  Paid subscribers can listen ahead to the NEXT episode with TV writer/podcaster Molly McAleer now!

  [Molly McAleer] Is The Genre

• Yub Nub

  This is the Star Wars podcast that I co-host with Jim Fagan and Greg Iwinski. This time around, we unpack the exciting new trailer for the Acolyte series!

• An [EMAIL] Conversation with

  Fareeha Khan

  My EMAIL interview with Fareeha Khan is finally available for free subscribers to read! Perfect for a rainy day like today on the east coast.

  An [EMAIL] Conversation with Fareeha Khan

TOP FIVE JOKES OF THE WEEK!

Each weekday, I send five topical jokes. Subscribers (yes, you!) have voted on what made them laugh the most. Here are the top 5!

Note: Whenever there is a tie, I become the deciding vote.

MONDAY: 3-18-2024

• Sacramento will soon give low-income Black and Native American families $725 a month, no strings attached. Possibly related: String sales have skyrocketed in white communities surrounding Sacramento.

[read other jokes from that day here]

TUESDAY: 3-19-2024

• A new Kate Middleton video has sparked controversy. Some say she’s not in the video at all and that it’s actually an impersonator. While others say, the U.K. is required to pay $24 trillion as reparations for its involvement in transatlantic slavery in 14 countries.

[read the other jokes from that day here]

WEDNESDAY: 3-20-2024

• An interactive exhibit at the National WWII Museum will use artificial intelligence to let visitors hold virtual conversations with images of veterans. Test patrons boast, “It’s just like being in the same space as an actual veteran, minus the racial slurs!”

[read the other jokes from that day here]

THURSDAY: 3-21-2024

• Europe is struggling to coexist with wild bears. Fearing repercussions, wild bears have started wearing “civilized” red hats to “pass” as Paddington.

  

[read the other jokes from that day here]

FRIDAY : 3-22-2024

• Tennessee has enacted the ELVIS Act, which stands for Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security — and isn’t a movie starring the digital ghost of Elvis Presley in a knock off Sister Act film as we all feared.

  

[read the other jokes from that day here]

If you enjoyed those Five Jokes, check out the most recent batch of Top Five Jokes!

BEST OF THE BEST!

Vote on your favorite joke among the top 5 — that way I can email the “Top Jokes of March” in the upcoming April letter.

Ready? Set… Go! (You Have A Full Week To Vote)

SOMETHIN’ ELSE!

A while back I debated ants vs bees with my pal Ian Abramson for the awesome kid-friendly podcast Smash Boom Best.

Well, now I’ve returned to defend dragonflies! It’s fun listen for anyone — but especially anyone with kids!

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See you next week with

Alexandria Love

’s FIVE JOKES TAKEOVER!