Soundtrack of the Week

About Soundtrack of the Week

A comedy podcast diving into the latest news of the week.

Publisher

TF

Category

comedy · news

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

18 Sept 2023

Latest episode

14 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

57 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Dec 2025

   Doomscrolling the Future

   It’s the last show of the year! This week, the gang gives their predictions for 2026. Will the economy collapse? Will there be another blue wave in November? Will the world end? Tune in to find out. (0:02:35) Revisiting last year’s goals for 2025 (0:08:02) Ty’s pay “increase” (0:12:57) Meredith vs. cats (0:17:25) News update (0:23:28) Sounds of the Week: Democrats’ message to military and intelligence community (https://x.com/SenatorSlotkin/status/1990774492356902948) (0:32:52) Sounds of the Week: JD Vance on how to reunify the MAGA movement (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2678393782498923) (0:46:00) 2026 predictions SONGS: “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice “I’m on a Boat” by The Lonely Island featuring T-Pain “Machines (Or ‘Back to Humans’)” by Queen NOTES: Democrats flip Miami mayor’s office (https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5640305-higgins-gonzalez-miami-mayoral/) (0:17:25) Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/) (0:25:40) Gal Gadot “Imagine” video (https://www.instagram.com/reel/B95M4kNhbzz/) (0:30:29) Senate rejects both bills on ACA subsidies (https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-senate-expected-to-vote-on-aca-subsidies-with-premiums-set-to-rise-in-2026) (0:31:30) The Republicans Breaking Ranks (https://time.com/7340516/obamacare-aca-subsidies-health-care-costs-congress/) (0:38:15) Indiana Republicans defy Trump (https://apnews.com/article/indiana-lawmakers-redistricting-final-vote-80e3e546fc7acec4a7bd7cd110787375) (0:39:40) Josh Hawley: Don’t Cut Medicaid (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/opinion/josh-hawley-dont-cut-medicaid.html) (0:40:56) Now You See Josh Hawley, Now You Don’t (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/opinion/josh-hawley-trump-bill.html) (0:40:56) DOJ fails — again — to re-indict Letitia James (https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/11/letitia-james-indictment-fails-00687508) (0:42:22) President Donald Trump’s public schedule (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/topic/calendar/) (0:51:40) Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/politics/trump-age-health.html) (0:51:40) Trump Says Americans Are Doing Great (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/trump-affordability-economy-pennsylvania.html) (0:55:35) Is there an AI bubble and will it pop next year? (https://archive.ph/fvBPO) (1:03:06) AI’s grip on the S&P (https://fortune.com/2025/10/07/ai-bubble-cisco-moment-dotcom-crash-nvidia-jensen-huang-top-analyst/) (1:03:59)

2. 

   30 Nov 2025

   Episode 55: Ghosts of Thanksgiving Past

   After months of swearing they'd do a palate-cleanser, the gang finally coughs one up. In this Thanksgiving special, Ty, Jay and Meredith dig into holiday memories, dredging up all the triumphs, disasters and psychic scars that happen when you trap an entire family in one house and call it gratitude. It's festive. It's nostalgic. It's a slow-motion car wreck with pie. (00:04:05) Meredith's corn casserole experiment (00:05:40) Jay's working for the Mormons (00:09:37) Soaking parties (00:12:30) Ty's company is "restructuring" (00:14:40) News update: Epstein files (00:16:40) News update: Immigration crackdown (00:24:25) Sounds of the Week: Gracie Hunt talks Jesus and Bad Bunny (00:35:08) Sounds of the Week: Trump Derangement Syndrome (0:49:14) Thanksgiving stories Songs: "Father of Mine" by Everclear "Mother Mother" by Tracy Bonham "We're a Happy Family" by Ramones Notes: What Is Soaking? The Mormon Sex Technique, Explained (0:09:37) Mormon Soaking: Fact or Fiction? (0:09:37) Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months (0:14:40) At Trump's urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein's ties to Clinton and other political foes Federal prosecutors move to dismiss charges against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Chicago (0:16:50) Sales Soar on Bibles and Beyond (0:29:05) Bible sales keep growing, even as many Americans lose their religion (0:29:05) Bible Sales Surged Following Killing of Charlie Kirk (0:29:05) National Day Calendar (0:29:27) Trump's social media posts suggesting death penalty for certain Democrat Congress members: here, here and he reposted this (0:41:00) About Jonathan Alpert (0:43:17) Jonathan Alpert's Mis-Statements, And Possible Misconduct (0:44:41)

3. 

   16 Nov 2025

   Episode 54: Blue Wave Goodbye

   The Democrats finally caught a big wave, rode it for five glorious minutes, and then face-planted into dry sand. On this episode, the gang digs into the 2025 "blue wave" that briefly washed over the country before evaporating in record time. Eight Democratic senators broke ranks to end the longest shutdown in U.S. history, with voters left blinking like "wait, what?" Intro: Northern Lights in the U.S. Everything is AI Meredith believes in werewolf moons Sounds of the Week: Elon Musk's chatbot wants your child's nudes (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/alm867swag0) Megyn Kelly's mental gymnastics to downplay new Epstein Files (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T5Hp2WldFk) 2025 blue "wave" Songs*: "Blue Monday" by Orgy "Blueprint" by Fugazi "Tangled Up In Blue" by Bob Dylan *Jay based this theme on the song "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65, but the app he uses for music only had weird remix versions that sucked. Rest assured, that song was top of the list. Notes: Does the full moon affect human behavior? Kind of, but not really. (0:08:00) Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler' (0:20:35) Here's why some people think Tesla automobiles can 'see ghosts' (0:21:20) Grok's chatbot market share in the U.S. is actually 0.6%, not 3% (0:26:15) Millions are turning to AI for therapy (https://archive.ph/C11dw) (0:28:05) South Park Calls Out ChatGPT and Useless Tech-Bro Sycophants (0:28:33) House Oversight Committee Releases Jeffrey Epstein Email Correspondence, Raising Questions About White House Coverup of Epstein Files (0:30:50) The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart - 11/13/2025 (0:36:36) R. Kelly is not a p*dophile (technically speaking) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu6C2KL_S9o) (0:38:30) New York City Mayor Results 2025 (0:44:45) Andrew Cuomo lost with 41.6% of the vote, where his father lost by 41.0% in 1977 (0:45:30) How key demographic groups voted in 2025, according to the AP Voter Poll (0:45:47) "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements" by Eric Hoffer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_True_Believer) (0:58:05) Trump issues four-word response after NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani declares 'mandate for change' (0:59:45) The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown (1:01:33) Trump administration asks Supreme Court for OK to hold back full SNAP benefits (1:12:35) Justice Jackson goes 'her own way' in Supreme Court's SNAP fight (1:13:05)

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