Joe Armstrong

Episode 52: A Rogue Blue Wave, Cheney/Evil Dies, Dumb Halloween Costumes, Mississippi Monkey Hunts, Going Hungry In An Exceptional Country, Sandwich Guy Not Guilty, and more

I have been doing this for a year. Have you listened?

E52 is also available on Apple Podcasts.

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Episode 51: 6-7, The LEGO Black Market, Pooping AirPods, ICE Is Recruiting Criminals, R.I.P. The East Wing, Springing George Santos, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 10/31/2025 · 45m

Happy Halloween from The Dumbest Story of the Week!

This week, my friend and LEGO Jedi master Dana Knudson joins for a spell to talk about the robust black market for LEGO.

I also cycle through the usual torrent of dumb things.

Dana on IG: @troublesbricking

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Episode 49: Young Republicans Are Real Charmers, Potato Chips Are Made Of Potatoes, Drunk AF, USC Holds The Line, Columbus Day Strikes Back, Spotify Loves ICE, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 10/17/2025 · 30m

Got thirty minutes? I’ll deliver you the best dumb stuff from this week.

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This week’s episode of The Dumbest Story of the Week podcast features an interview with journalist Stephen Marche, author of The Next Civil War: Dispatches from the American Future. It is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Go read Stephen’s book!

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The Dumbest Story of the Week Politics Podcast · Updated Weekly · The Dumbest Story of the Week is self-evident. The 24-hour news cycle generates a lot of content, and not all of it is worth the digital ink on which it isn't print...

“Sympathy is lazier than empathy.”

E:44 Was extremely challenging for me to produce after the horrific events of this week. But I would be honored if you let me get some things off my chest by listening to it. The DSOTW is available on Apple & Spotify Podcasts.

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Episode 43: Again With The Florida, Carnivorous Rodents, Spirit Airlines Execs Fail Up In Their Golden Parachutes, Death By Diet Soda, and more

E:43

Informative. Entertaining. Irreverent.

At least that’s my goal.

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YouTube video by Big Star Big Star - September Gurls (Official Lyric Video)

It’s that time of year again, gurls!

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YouTube video by Radiohead - Topic Let Down (Remastered)

There are few things in life as good as Radiohead’s “Let Down” from 3:28 on.

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Episode 42: Orgy Domes, Flag Burning For A Dictator, The Theater Of The Macabre, American Communism, An INTERVIEW With Tony Pierce About Party Schools, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 08/30/2025 · 46m

Well, well, well. The NEW episode of The Dumbest Story of the Week features an interview about the #1 party school in America with Tony Pierce, the man behind the stellar Hear in LA podcast.

It’s our very first interview on this show, so thank you, TP!

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The Dumbest Story of the Week Politics Podcast · Updated Weekly · The Dumbest Story of the Week is self-evident. The 24-hour news cycle generates a lot of content, and not all of it is worth the digital ink on which it isn't print...

Saddle up! Episode 41 is here to help you parse the dumbest news stories of the last week.

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Sometimes your backstage green room is a bathroom. Glamorous, eh? #rockandrollwillneverdie

Episode 40: Big Balls Gets Carjacked, Gavin Newsom Grows A Pair, Superman Joins ICE, Vance On Vacation, This Is Your Dunk Naked Pilot Speaking, Trump Gets His Brownshirts, and more The Dumbest Story of the Week · Episode

What a week. Big Balls got himself carjacked and Gavin Newsom proved that donkeys have balls.

The shiny, informative, and irreverent new episode of The Dumbest Story of the Week podcast is available now.

It’s on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and elsewhere.

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Episode 38: Speaking Ill Of The Dead, Body Counts, Trump Wants A Big Ball (Room), The Good Thing About LA Traffic, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 08/01/2025 · 35m

It’s a tsunami of dumb!

Hear all about it on the NEW episode of The Dumbest Story of the Week PODCAST.

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Episode 37: Welcome To The Distract-O-Rama, Canceling Colbert, Going Forward By Going Backward, RIP Scotch, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 07/25/2025 · 32m

Welcome to the Distract-O-Rama!

E:37 of The Dumbest Story of the Week just might make you feel better about the collapse of democracy. At least we can laugh about it.

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Episode 36: MAGA Vs. The Epstein Files, Coldplay Makes A Cold Play, Trump Is A (Diet) Coke Addict, Cyborg Bees, and more The Dumbest Story of the Week · Episode

Got opinions? Who doesn’t.

On this week’s episode of The Dumbest Story of the Week, MAGA and MAGA keep crashing into reality. Who do you think is winning?

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Episode 35: Floods Are Natural Disasters, Donald Trump And Ted Cruz Are Man-Made Disasters, Men Do (A Little) More Housework, Idiots Attack Radar, and more The Dumbest Story of the Week · Episode

What’s the difference between a natural disaster and a man-made disaster? I’ll give you a hint, it rhymes with Bonald Frump and
Lead Shoes.

Find out on the brand new, high-summer episode #35 of the Dumbest Story of the Week PODCAST.

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Episode 34: Happy Independence From Democracy Day, AI Rock Bands Suck, Robot Soccer, Dogs With Wings, Alligator Auschwitz, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 07/04/2025 · 40m

I’m feeling rather unpatriotic this Independence Day. But I made a new episode just the same.

Mind you don’t blow your fingers off

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Episode 33: Trump Bests The Normandy Invasion, SCOTUS Drives Us Off A Cliff, Methaphone Treatment, Target Wants You Back Baby, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 06/27/2025 · 29m

Was this week dumb? You bet your ass it was. It is now nonetheless summer and that pleases me.

I offer you a NEW episode of The Dumbest Story of the Week. People tell me they like it and that it makes them laugh. You be the judge.

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Episode 29: Trump Pardons Criminals And Ponders Pardoning Terrorists, The Texas Commandments, Your College Degree Sucks, The Life Cycle Of Sperm, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 05/30/2025 · 30m

E29 of The Dumbest Story of the Week is now live, and it will make you feel smarter!

Pardons, vaccines, the life cycle of sperm, striking gold in Europe, seeing in the dark, the Texas Commandments, and so much more.

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Episode 28: The Boss vs. The President, College vs. AI, Harvard vs. The President, Golden Domes, Biden vs. Cancer, Anti-Spice, and more The Dumbest Story of the Week · Episode

Every week I take listeners on an amusing and informative little rafting tour of the churning river of the news cycle.

Hop on board!

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Episode 27: The Flying Emoluments Brothers, Welcome AfriKKKaner Refugees, Dead Alligators, RFK Jr. Thinks That Sewage Is Good For You, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 05/16/2025 · 31m

Was there any dumb news this week? Kindly allow me to tell you all about it.

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Episode 26: Alcatraz, Chicago Pope, White Fragility In The Mushroom Apocalypse, Thinning The Herd, Stolen Rabbits, and more The Dumbest Story of the Week · Episode

It’s (dumb) storybook time!

What do you think the dumbest story of the week is?

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Episode 25: America Becomes Alabama, NASCAR For Sperm, All Hail Pope Donald, Alex Jones Gets Pushed Too Far, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 05/03/2025 · 41m

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It’s The Dumbest Story of the Week podcast.

Episode 25.

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Episode 24: Nipple Flags, AOC 2028, Skynet Cometh, JD Vance Kills The Pope, Sarah Palin Loses (Again), A Sunshine Update, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 04/26/2025 · 35m

Hopefully informative, aspirationally entertaining, and most definitely irreverent.

It’s the Dumbest Story of the Week podcast.

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Episode #23 is the G.O.A.T.!

In which authoritarianism arrives and I find myself in the uncomfortable and unusual position of agreeing with Sarah Palin about something.

Listen to The Dumbest Story of the Week wherever you get your pods

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What rate should I be invoicing for the Bernie/AOC rally I attended yesterday? My teaching hourly rate? My audio production day rate? Or my side hustle bartending rate? #magapeoplearedumb

Episode 22: Trump's Unforced Economy Error, RIP Due Process, Pronouns & Pride Flags, The Assassin Game, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 04/12/2025 · 34m

Here are the dumbest stories from one of the dumbest weeks in history. Enjoy.

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Episode 21: America Is a Country Club, Banning Chemtrails, Vance Goes to Greenland, Corey Booker Goes The Distance, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 04/04/2025 · 34m

Episode 21 of The Dumbest Story of the Week is a mother lode of dumb. Dig it on your favorite podcast vendor.

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Episode 20: Wanna Buy Some DNA?, (Attempted) Murder By WiFi, The Doyers Sell Out, Who Needs Checks and Balances?, Lying About Lying About Leaking Military Operations, and more Podcast Episode · The Dumbest Story of the Week · 03/28/2025 · 26m

It has been an extraordinary week in dumb.

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Episode 19: The GOP Cognitive Dissonance Is Staggering, Astronauts Don’t Get OT, Iowa Voter Fraud, and more The Dumbest Story of the Week · Episode

It is Friday after 6pm and the sun is still up! Boo-ya. A sunny new episode of The Dumbest Story of the Week podcast has just been released into the wild. Like a homing pigeon for your ears. What was the dumbest story of YOUR week?

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