The Dumbest Story of the Week

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 printed. The show is hosted by longtime radio and podcast producer and host Joe Armstrong. Don't be a dummy.

The Dumbest Story of the Week is a news podcast hosted by Joe Armstrong, with 91 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Joe Armstrong hosts The Dumbest Story of the Week, a news show with 91 episodes published.

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  The Dumbest Story of the Week

  Episode 92: Karoline Leavitt Leaves, Enshittification, Trump’s Cowardly Airplane Shell Game Subterfuge, ICE’s Electric Gloves, Stowaway Snakes, Trombone Tariffs, The third-party Blues, and more

  Aug 14, 202634 minS1

  Karoline Leavitt leaves. Enshittification. Trump’s cowardly airplane shell game subterfuge. ICE’s electric gloves. College without grades. Stowaway snakes. Do you have the fingers for drinking? Civil War Guinness. Trombone tariffs. The efficacy of a cheese-based diet. Listen: vaccines do not cause autism. The third-party blues. The MyPillow guy loses his primary, but he can’t get reality through his soft head. Harris vs. Newsom vs. Ocasio-Cortez vs. Buttigieg vs. Kelly. And so much more.

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  Episode 91: Trump’s Shameless Stolen Valor, MTG And Tucker Carlson Go Rogue, Obama Lets Loose On The Trumps, Preaching On Planes, McConnell Lives, Alabama Wants A Border Wall, Jeanine Pirro Is In Hot Water, and more

  Aug 7, 202638 minS1

  Trump’s shameless stolen valor. MTG and Tucker Carlson go rogue. Obama lets loose on the Trumps. Preaching on planes. Mitch McConnell lives. Alabama wants a border wall (How can I help?). Jeanine Pirro is in hot water over the Reflecting Pool. Overpaid Podcasters. Minocqua Brewing Co. fights fascism with Antifa beer. The (un)friendly confines. Smart women can’t find dates because men are too dumb. Former park rangers tell real history. The atomic internet. I really don’t care do U? (About yet another new Melania docuseries). MySpace’s second act. RIP SNAP. Republicans are cool with hungry children. And they are also fine with domestic abusers. The Grim Reaper is watching you. A progressive candidate wins in Michigan and Democrats are uncomfortable with their left flank. Skewered by a trekking pole, but ‘tis only a flesh wound. And so much more.

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  Episode 90: Free Fauci, The Boss > That Keyboard Guy From Journey, The Odyssey Vs. Grok, Help Us Jimothy - You’re Our Only Hope, The Steroid Olympics, MAGA’s Greatest Hits, RIP Glen Hansard, and more

  Aug 1, 20261h 1mS1

  Free Fauci! Pete “Fox News Weekend Host” Hegseth thinks that the U.S. Military needs more testosterone. Check out the new K-Tel MAGA’s Greatest Hits Collection, including such bangers as “Communism!” and “More Communism!” Defending voting rights at Olive Garden. MAHA Vs. explosive diarrhea – who is winning? That keyboard guy from Journey is voicing his opinion about Bruce Springsteen voicing his opinion. Using lasers to defend against mosquitos, but please don’t kill house spiders. CDs are back, baby! What states and countries have a fetish for Machiavellianism? The Odyssey Vs. Grok. Lindsey Graham is dead. Long live Darline Graham. Help us, Jimothy. You’re our only hope. Juicers lose at the first “Steroid Olympics.” John Fetterman wears out his welcome. A Blue Angels jet buzzes a beach at 700 mph and 40 feet and the dullards think it’s cool. Trump singlehandedly loses The World Cup. TDS Vs. dating, Fake gold Trump coins are coming. RIP Glen Hansard, and so much more.

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  Episode 89: Take A Break From The News, Really, Do You Have A Mantra? Because I Have A Mantra, and more

  Jul 25, 20266 minS1

  Being sick sucks. Being sick in the summer sucks even more. I am down for the count with some kind of cruel respiratory malady, which means that I am advising you to take a little break from the maelstrom of the news cycle. Go outside. Take a walk with your best friend or your dog. Or your best friend and your dog. And find a mantra. You'll be better for it. We'll be back next week with all the dumbest stories imaginable.

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  Episode 88: Lindsey Graham Jumps The Line, Integrity Vs. Mortality, RIP Standard Time, The Ten Worst States Are MAGA, The Dodgers Sell Out Their Fans, ICE’s Bloodlust, and more

  Jul 17, 202630 minS1

  Lindsey Graham jumps the line and we’re stuck with Mitch and Donny. Integrity vs. mortality. RIP Standard Time, maybe? The ten worst states to live in are MAGA, and the MAGA crowd doesn’t like it. The Los Angeles Dodgers sell out their fans. ICE’s bloodlust. Give us buttons or give us death. United Airlines thinks that “window” seats need not have a window. The last polio survivor who depended on an iron lung to breathe dies because they couldn’t find spare parts. The Reflecting Pool is once again as empty as Donald Trump’s soul. James Carville abandons his left flank. Trump brags about assassination attempts from Iran. And so much more.

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