The Sky is Falling - Episode 287

02/12/2025

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Episode Synopsis

Who owns your life footage when you filmed it yourself? Netflix’s new Diddy doc — produced by onetime nemesis 50 Cent — sparks a billionaire cease‑and‑desist, missing screeners, and a legal fight over “stolen” self‑shots as Diddy fights appeals and PR in court. Tune in for petty celebrity feuding, corporate legal drama, and who really gets to edit your legacy. Keywords: Diddy, 50 Cent, Netflix, docuseries, cease‑and‑desist, lawsuit.

When emergency powers turn into profit protection. We break down Costco’s lawsuit over tariff refunds, Customs’ deadline drama, and how corporations reroute supply chains and hide margins while consumers absorb the shock. A sharp look at governance by decree, legal theater, and market consolidation that favors the well‑banked. Keywords: Costco, tariffs, Customs, emergency law, Supreme Court, supply chains.

“Grief makes us bigger in ways we never wanted to grow.” Nick Cave’s candid conversation with Anderson Cooper about losing two sons reveals how loss reshapes love, resilience, and public vulnerability. Hear a tender, honest unpacking of sorrow, memory, and the odd grace that follows tragedy. Keywords: Nick Cave, Anderson Cooper, grief, loss, interview, resilience.

The week that feels like a collapsing calendar. From a bomb cyclone grounding flights to a contested boat strike in Venezuela, deadly Southeast Asian floods, a border “Swamp Sweep,” and the White House skipping World AIDS Day — we map the disasters, policy failures, and human costs. Tune in for an urgent roundup of what this chaos means for your commute, your vote, and your sense of stability. Keywords: bomb cyclone, flights canceled, floods, Venezuela, World AIDS Day, border policy.

A safely red Tennessee seat becomes a national showpiece. A message of affordability turns into insurgency as outside money, celebrity endorsements, and national leaders flood a local contest between a Trump‑backed ex‑Army pilot and a Democratic lawmaker. We explain how messaging and millions outpace policy in a race that reads like a midterm dress rehearsal. Keywords: Tennessee, special election, affordability, nationalized race, midterms.