Best of the Week!
Interview w/ journalist and Felipe Torres Medina & Top 5 Jokes Of The Week!
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[Felipe Torres Medina] Is The Genre and You Are The Genre
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PODCAST: You Are The Genre
I interviewed the hilarious Felipe Torres Medina on the You Are The Genre podcast to learn his new book America, Let Me In: A Choose Your Immigration Story
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT —
I was a guest on the Around the Galaxy podcast to discuss John Boyega’s experience with the Star Wars franchise…
Each weekday I send five jokes to subscribers who then vote on their favorites. Below are THE TOP FIVE JOKES OF THE WEEK!
Note: Whenever there is a tie, I become the deciding vote.
MONDAY: 4-7-2024
Trump’s National Park Service is quietly whitewashing Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. For a glimpse into what future generations will be taught, here is a proposed history book cover for next year:
[read the other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 4-8-2025
According to a company that aims to make lost species return, three genetically engineered wolves made to resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S. But that still doesn’t explain the section of their mission statement that reads: “But your daddy ain’t never coming back.”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 4-9-2025
After President Trump imposed a 104 percent tariff on Chinese goods, Beijing announced a levy on U.S. goods of 84 percent. White House staffers have grown concerned, with many reporting overhearing a spinning a giant wheel and the whispered chanting “Big money… big money… big money…” from the Oval Office during Trump’s scheduled economic policy hour.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 4-10-2025
A Florida high school teacher lost her job after using a student's preferred name. When notified, the teacher referred to her bosses with a series of her own preferred names for them, beginning with Piece Of, Mother, and Ass.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY : 4-11-2025
RFK Jr. claims the U.S. will know the cause of the autism 'epidemic' by September. A photographer at the press conference caught a glimpse at his notebook, hinting at RFK Jr.’s plans for cracking the case:
[read the other jokes from that day here]
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BEST OF THE BEST!
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