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March 20th, 2026: The Bachelorette, Ozempic And My Roommates Mini Tour · The Daily Sarcast

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Today's episode is sponsored by Nettie Pots and Soup.
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Do they actually help? Debatable, but definitely make you feel productive.
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How they're both singular, you can't touch them, they're in a league of their own.
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Anna Taylor Joy answering a question on the Today Show on how Joni Mitchell
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and Super Mario's Princess Peach are similar.
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Insert theme song here. This is the Daily Starcast. I give you the news and
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maybe a laugh. I'm Lindsay Wernick and it's March 20th, 2026.
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If you don't know, my roommate is an amazing singer and saxophonist,
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and she plays the flute too.
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She's amazing. She's been on tour with the Jonas Brothers.
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She's in this band called Bill Murray.
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And then she's also played on a Grammy-nominated song for Sleep Token.
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She's about to go on her own little mini tour for a very limited time.
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You can see her in a very intimate venue near you.
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She'll be playing in Virginia, New York, Philly, and Boston.
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So the link to get tickets to the show is in my episode description.
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I think New York is about to sell out soon, so make sure you go on and grab
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your tickets, and the shows are next week.
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And let me know if you'll be in philly or new york i'll be
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there so in real news abc has officially
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pulled the bachelorette after a video surfaced of the bachelorette taylor frankie
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paul assaulting her partner this happened back in 2023 and abc was very well
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aware of her prior arrest when they casted her but it just kind of blew up when
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it actually got surfaced i mean love that them i I mean,
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they're big, we support the mess, just not when it has footage energy.
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ABC released a statement saying they're focusing on supporting the family,
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which is PR code for we like to exit this whole situation immediately and pretend
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that we don't even know who she is.
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Also, production on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is also paused because
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the cast were all like, yeah, we're going to sit this one out.
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Nothing like reality TV being too chaotic for reality TV.
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And honestly, that's when you know that it's bad.
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The Bachelorette was literally supposed to premiere this Sunday.
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Which means, yeah, they already filmed the entire season.
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Like, fully filmed.
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She went on a million dates with all these guys. She decided on one.
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And now, all of it is shelved.
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And you know, a lot of crazy shit has happened over the seasons.
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But I guess ABC hit their limit with this one.
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Turns out, you can't edit around a felony. Who knew? Thank you.
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So, Ozempic is about to go generic, but not here. No, no, no,
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that would make way too much sense.
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It's going generic in places like India, China, Brazil.
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Basically, countries with, you know, billions of people.
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Meanwhile, in the U.S., we're being told, See you in the 2030s.
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Good luck out there. Love that timeline for us. We're really thriving.
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Right now, the name brand version from Novo Nordstick can cost hundreds a month in the U.S.
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Meanwhile, generics overseas could drop to like $15.
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That's not even the price of a salad from Sweetgreen. It is literally the same
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drug, the same results, the same tiny little injection.
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But depending on where you live, it's either life-changing medication or a luxury
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item with a payment plan.
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And the reason for all this is because of patents.
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Because in America, we don't just have expensive healthcare.
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We have healthcare with a VIP section.
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There are special protections that basically let drug companies keep exclusive
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rights longer, which is great for innovation, and terrible for literally everyone with a body.
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So while the rest of the world is about to enter their affordable wellness era,
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Americans are still in their, should I afford rent this month or lose a couple pounds era.
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But obviously, people are going to absolutely start importing it.
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We already go to Mexico to get cheaper drugs. So now it all gives us more of a reason to go there.
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In today's episode of Inside Thoughts That Should Stay Inside,
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Donald Trump made a joke about Pearl Harbor while sitting next to Japan's prime minister.
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That would be like someone going to their ex's wedding that they're now friends
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with and talking about their breakup.
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During the meeting, Trump said, Who knows surprise better than Japan?
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Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?
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And reportedly, she just kind of widened her eyes and took a deep breath,
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which was basically saying, I'm going to pretend that I did not just hear that.
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I'm already sitting close enough to the guy. I'm just going to let this one go.
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Historically, U.S. presidents have avoided bringing up Pearl Harbor in
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this context because i don't know maybe like social awareness
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also because the u.s and japan have spent decades
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building a strong alliance and typically you don't strengthen a
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relationship by reopening the worst moment of it like a callback i mean there
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were some laughs in the room but they were mostly laughs out of shock that he
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actually just said that the thing is here is that diplomacy is usually very
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choreographed very intentional very let's not accidentally start a problem and then sometimes
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someone just freestyles way too aggressively and it's always the same person every single time.
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And sometimes they just never learn their lesson.
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In Lindsay Life, I finally solved a New York Times puzzle, mainly because one
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of the answers was the name of a guy that I used to date.
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An MVP this week goes to Amber Glenn, who did something truly groundbreaking at the Olympics.
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She talked about periods.
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So after she performed, she casually mentioned she
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was competing on her period and the world reacted like she
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had just confessed to a felony which is wild because
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half the population of the entire world gets a period and the other half acts
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like it's this crazy medical condition she literally said yeah this is hard
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we don't talk about it and suddenly everyone was like wait yeah we don't which
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was very groundbreaking and
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So now she's partnering with Kotex to normalize the conversation,
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which honestly feels very overdue considering we've done full documentaries on men's calves.
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Like after the Olympics, people talk about their torn ACLs and ankle sprains,
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and maybe he just wasn't in the right headspace. But periods?
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I mean, that's never talked about.
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Very, very taboo. I mean, competing on ice in a leotard during the Olympics?
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That's like running a marathon with a stomach flu and being like, yeah
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this sucked and everyone going wow you're so
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brave i mean if men had periods there would be live commentary
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stats a halftime segment and a gatorade specifically
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for it but instead women are expected just to compete like nothing's happening
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so yeah mvp goes to amber glenn for actually talking about that on tv and not
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being ashamed of it i mean it feels a lot harder than most things men have ever
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done, emotionally and physically.
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Cooking tip of the day. Everything but the bagel seasoning really can go on everything.
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Feedback, comments, questions, and any Jewish boy looking for a date,
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email me at lindsay at thedailystarcast.com. Thanks so much for listening. Have a great weekend.
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Hopefully it gets warmer outside, and hopefully I'm not sick the next time I
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talk to you guys, and I will talk to you on Monday.