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Podcaster/Podcast Producer Anita Flores Joins The 'You Are The Genre' Podcast + Top 5 Jokes!

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Hey, happy Saturday! Let’s dive in to some highlights from the week! Also, If you’re wondering about the November letter, it will be coming out next week for everyone full of quite a bit of processing the election results.

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LATEST POSTS

• PODCAST: You Are The Genre

  Podcaster/podcast producer Anita Flores joined me on the You Are The Genre podcast to talk about her early love of television, the evolution of the podcast space, and what makes Frasier stand the test of time.

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TOP FIVE JOKES OF THE WEEK!

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

MONDAY: 11-4-2024

• In a groundbreaking report, leases and contracts in the names of King Charles and Prince William show they are making millions of pounds a year by charging the army, the navy, the NHS, the prison service and state schools to use their land, rivers and seashores. It gets worse… According to the navy, these royal landlords “never respond to our complaints about the leak.”

[read the other jokes from that day here]

TUESDAY: 11-5-2024

• On the War Room podcast hosted by former Trump advisor Steve Bannon (who was released from prison last week), Tucker Carlson claimed that demons were responsible for the invention of nuclear technology. And since the inventors of nuclear technology were white, we finally have something Tucker Carlson and Malcolm X agree on.

[read the other jokes from that day here]

WEDNESDAY: 11-6-2024

• The world's first wooden satellite has been launched into space, in a step toward sustainable space exploration — and Geppetto’s last nerve with Pinocchio.

[read the other jokes from that day here]

THURSDAY: 11-7-2024

• Corporations raised $16 million to defeat Oregon’s universal basic income plan which would have given $1,600 annually to state residents, funded by a corporate tax increase. The ad campaign against it used the tried and true method of all corporations with the slogan “Hey, how about a pizza party instead?”

[read the other jokes from that day here]

FRIDAY : 11-8-2024

• Donald Trump named his campaign manager Susie Wiles as his next White House chief of staff. Trump is thrilled, describing her as “Paula Deen dipped into a vat of Hillary Clinton. Isn’t she white, ladies and gentlemen? We love a white lady every now and then, don’t we? Her name could be Karen for all I know, folks. She’s a fine woman on both sides, if you know what I mean. Come on, let’s play some tunes!!”

  

[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 November” in an upcoming letter.

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SOMETHIN’ ELSE!

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