Top 5 at Five
A dog-walking length daily update.
Episodes
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79: Rhode Island’s Not So New Name, #FakeNoose, Police Reform Bill Flops & More
June 24th, 2020 | 9 mins 18 secs
It’s HUMP Day! Today we talk about the Senate police reform bill that flopped and why; Rhode Island is changing it’s official state name to remove slavery undertones; The Bubba Wallace story that was and wasn’t; MLB is finally officially returning; and The Soundflowers released a new EP, Paris Jackson’s new band, and yea I can’t believe I’m talking about it either.
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78: Kentucky Poll Hunting, Segway Outta Here, Oculus Go Nowhere & More
June 23rd, 2020 | 9 mins 31 secs
Hi! It’s Taco Tuesday again! Today we talk about the Democratic Primaries in Kentucky and NY; The White House’s new foreign workers immigration ban; Bubba Wallace, the noose, NASCAR, and the aftermath; Segway stops producing the original PT; and Facebook is cancelling the Oculus Go
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77: The WWDC Episode and Microsoft Shuts Down Mixer
June 22nd, 2020 | 10 mins 31 secs
Happy Monday! Today we talk all about all the announcements at the WWDC keynote today; we also found out Microsoft shut down Mixer and Ninja walked away from ~$60M; and wash your hands and be smart. Thanks. Tell your friends and pass it on!
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76: DACA Khan!, Facebook Ad Police & Canada’s VID App Launch
June 18th, 2020 | 8 mins 6 secs
Hey hey, it’s pint-sized Thursday! In this one we talk about the ground breaking Supreme Court decision over DACA; Facebook had to take down a Trump campaign ad because it had Nazi propaganda—on purpose; and Canada is launching their contact tracing app using the Google/Apple API and it begs the question, why is the US doing it state by state? Also tomorrow’s Juneteenth! Go out and celebrate.
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75: The Boogaloo Who?, Uncle Ben’s Revenge, Rocket Mortgage Shoots the Moon & More
June 17th, 2020 | 8 mins 56 secs
Hey y’all it’s Wednesday! In this one we find out who the boogaloo boys are and why they’re trying to start race wars; Quicken Loans looks to file for IPO; the White House finally looks to spend on American infrastructure, $1T; Facebook let’s you turn off political ads from it’s platforms and Aunt Jemima is going bye-bye, the brand and images.
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74: North v South Korea...Still, India Loses 20 to China, Fantastical 3.1 Update for WFHers & More
June 16th, 2020 | 10 mins 34 secs
It’s Tuesday. Today we talk about the executive order on police reform and other things spewed at the Rose Garden; India lost 20 soldiers to a Chinese attack, tensions are rising; Just in time for two others to go at it, North Korea blew up their negotiation building with the South; Fantastical issued their first major update targeting work from home customers; and Movie theatres in NYC and LA are expecting to be back for July 10, just in time for Milan and Tenet premieres.
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73: New Phone, Hydroxy-Who ‘Dis? Huge LGBTQI+ News, GrubHub Gives Uber the Deuces✌🏼, & More
June 15th, 2020 | 10 mins 49 secs
Happy Monday! In this one we talk about the new Supreme Court ruling giving civil rights to the LGBTQ+ community; the FDA has pulled Hydroxycholoroquine emergency status and revoked its use; GrubHub and Uber never quite got to 2nd base, but GrubHub already has a new boo; Security researchers found over 845GB of personal sexual data just sitting on an open AWS bucket; and the New T-Mobile apparently means no service.
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72: Markets Tumble...again, Robocallers Get Got, WWDC Details Released & More
June 11th, 2020 | 10 mins 51 secs
It’s almost Friday! In this one we try discuss DT’s weird, racially related discussions lately; the Markets dropped today after realizing we’re not quite out of this one; Cojete Eso segment: RoboCallers; Apple unveiled details for WWDC, the first time it goes virtual; and Whatifi launches this week with Choose Your Own Adventure movies, with friends. Sounds interesting.
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71: NYC Endorses Glory Holes, Georgia’s Catastrophic Elections, Android 11 Beta & More
June 10th, 2020 | 9 mins 57 secs
It’s Hump Day! In today’s oddly recorded show, we start with the failure in Georgia’s Primary elections; Reddit has already filled their empty board seat with a black tech mogul; Google publicly releases Android 11 Beta for Pixel phones; the NYC DOH quietly endorses glory holes to protect against the VID; and MLS is Back baby, a tournament is happening in Orlando to start their season.
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70: So, Mask or No Mask? K-Pop stans go hard for #BLM, the NFL Finally Accepts Reality & More
June 9th, 2020 | 13 mins 48 secs
Hi! It’s Tuesday. Today we talk about the WHO going back and forth on asymptomatic transfer of the VID; IBM stops working on facial recognition tech; K-Pop fans go hard for #BLM; the NFL finally accepts reality and admits it was wrong and Black Lives Matter; and shine that green thumb because gardening makes you happier.
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69: What is Defund the Police?, Brave Gets Caught Being Sneaky-Sneaky, AirBnB Sees More Domestic Bookings, & More
June 8th, 2020 | 12 mins 1 sec
Happy Monday! In this one we talk about the defund the police movement. What does it actually mean?; John Oliver then explains it to us so I think you should watch that; Brave Browser is based on privacy, but they got caught doing something sneaky; AirBnB is seeing more domestic bookings now, people are tired of being in THEIR homes; and Allen Iverson had his 45th birthday. And is only that much closer to cashing out a huge payday for his Reebok deal.
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68: China Tells UK to Back Off, We Need to Ramp Up American Spending, PPP Fixer-Upper & More
June 4th, 2020 | 13 mins 47 secs
It’s Thursday. Last one of the week. In this one we talk about Trump’s friendships wearing thin in the GOP; We had an updated PPP legislation pass; Americans are saving too much, spend spend spend; China tells the UK to back up; and Facebook finally lets you delete posts in bulk and transfer photos to Google.
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67: Google’s Peeking in on Incognito Mode, Charges Finally Issued and Elevated, SNAP Slaps Trump’s Account & More
June 3rd, 2020 | 11 mins 22 secs
Hey it’s Wednesday. In this one, we talk about the latest going on through the unrest. We had some peaceful nights, and productive mornings; Then we find out charges against Derek Chauvin has been raised and the other 3 officers have also been charged; SNAP removes Trump’s account from Discover, no more free promos; Google is getting sued for peeking in on Incognito Mode; and Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas is now free on YouTube. Check it out.
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65: And The Protests Raged On
June 1st, 2020 | 10 mins 47 secs
Hi. One story today. The only one that seemed to matter. Had to get it off the chest. The Real Ones get it. Talk at ya tomorrow.
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64: Floyd Follow-Up, Jimmy Fallon Blackface?, TV Watch Parties & More
May 28th, 2020 | 11 mins 10 secs
It’s the end of the week. In this one we talk about Trump going full authoritarian and his latest threat towards Twitter, We follow up on the George Floyd situation and correct my errors; Was Jimmy Fallon in blackface 20 years ago?; Premier league is back so all you other sports can sit down; and Watching tv together while apart is getting easier.