Good News: Nobody Died. Bad News: That’s Not How Food Safety Works.
29,628 pounds of Argentine beef bypassed federal reinspection, because apparently the cheeseburger security apparatus was taking the afternoon off.
The memoirist
Dana DuBois
Dana DuBois is a memoirist and Gen X word nerd based in the Pacific Northwest. She founded I Write Out Loud, her Substack publication, where she writes across a range of subjects; parenting, music and pop culture, relationships, and feminism are her favorites. She co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show. Em dashes, Oxford commas, and well-placed semicolons make her heart happy.
Stories by Dana
They Found a Woman in a Suitcase. Then It Got Weird.
She wasn’t dead. She was a sex doll with sculpted-in bruises, and we have… many thoughts and questions.
Effed-Up Friday with Professor Meredith—This Friday, Sept 4
TDWS: A Vibe Is Not Evidence
What we said on the show this morning, and why we stopped everything to say it.
Effed-Up Friday: Substack, We Need to Talk
Substack has been filled with some serious nonsense this summer, and this week things went next level. So we’re gonna talk about it.
Effed-Up Friday with Cliff Schecter—This Friday, August 28!
The Daily Whatever Show is on a bit of a Summer Vacation, so we’re on Fridays-only for the season. We’ve got an entire summer of Fucked-up Friday episodes booked.
TDWS: Effed-Up Friday with Ellie Leonard
The news is getting darker, the dogs are eating tampons, and apparently nobody knows how to stop an AI sex robot from becoming a teacher.
Effed-Up Friday with Ellie Leonard—This Friday, August 21!
The Daily Whatever Show is on a bit of a Summer Vacation, so we’re on Fridays-only for the season. We’ve got an entire summer of Fucked-up Friday episodes booked.
TDWS: Effed-Up Friday with Marlon Weems
Marlon Weems joined Lawrence and me for a very fucked-up tour of the economy, surveillance, power, and the things we’re apparently expected to accept as normal.
Effed-Up Friday with Marlon Weems—This Friday, August 14!
The Daily Whatever Show is on a bit of a Summer Vacation, so we’re on Fridays-only for the season. We’ve got an entire summer of Fucked-up Friday episodes booked.
The Daily Whatever Show: Effed-Up Friday with Carly P. Reilly
Independent journalist Carly P. Reilly joined us from Paris to unpack the Epstein network, the modeling industry's hidden role in trafficking, and why Fucked Up Friday keeps getting harder to judge.
Effed-Up Friday with Carly P. Reilly—This Friday, July 31St!
The Daily Whatever Show is on a bit of a Summer Vacation, so we’re on Fridays-only for the season. We’ve got an entire summer of Fucked-up Friday episodes booked.
TDWS: Effed-Up Friday with Joe Walsh!
Not the guy from the Eagles. The other one.
Effed-Up Friday with Joe Walsh—This Friday, July 31St!
The Daily Whatever Show is on a bit of a Summer Vacation, so we’re on Fridays-only for the season. We’ve got an entire summer of Fucked-up Friday episodes booked.
TDWS: Effed-Up Friday with Karen Attiah & Nicole Walters
Karen Attiah and Nicole Walters joined me for a conversation about courage, journalism, power, and why telling the truth has never mattered more.
My Birthday Effed-Up Friday Episode with Karen Attiah & Nicole Walters—This Friday, July 24Th!
The Daily Whatever Show is on a bit of a Summer Vacation, so we’re on Fridays-only for the season. We’ve got an entire summer of Fucked-up Friday episodes booked.
The Daily Whatever Show: Effed-Up Friday with Wajahat Ali!
Fucked Up Friday: MAGA’s Big Gay Closet, Terror Flyovers, and Corruption with an API
Effed-Up Friday This Week with Wajahat Ali! Plus Our Full Summer Schedule
We have the most amazing lineup of guests for Effed-up Friday all summer
The Daily Whatever Show: Effed-Up Friday with GOD!
God joined us for F'd Up Friday—and somehow managed to make the apocalypse hilarious.
Nieta Greene on "Crip Crow" | the Daily Whatever Show
A recording from The Daily Whatever Show's live video
The Daily Whatever Show—Full Summer Schedule!
We have the most amazing lineup of guests coming in all summer.
The United States Hates Women: Four Years After Roe
They called us hysterical. Then Roe fell, the SAVE Act came for our votes, and no one apologized. Four years on, the pattern is impossible to unsee.
The Daily Whatever Show: Exploring Our Jewishness
A recording from The Daily Whatever Show's live video
TDWS: A Call to Action: Say No to Crip Crow with Nick Paro
A recording from Lawrence Winnerman's live video