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June 24th, 2026: A Knicks Purse In The Guggenheim, Madonna's Cancelled Biopic And My Horrible Driving · The Daily Sarcast

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  Today's episode is sponsored by my parents, the most avid listeners of this
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  podcast, and also the most intense critics.
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  It might be the best hot dog I've ever had, not even exaggerating.
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  The raving reviews on the new Costco hot dog. Insert theme song here.
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  This is the Daily Starcast. I give you the news and maybe a laugh.
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  I'm Lindsay Vernick, and today is June 24th, 2026.
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  Guys the daily sarcasm is kind of low-key going through like a total rebrand
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  right now and i'm really excited,
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  and also if anyone is a graphic designer or knows a good graphic designer i
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  would like to use one because ai is just like not really doing doing it for
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  me right now and i feel like i just need that human touch.
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  So hit me up if you know somebody in real news okay so jordan Woods is one of
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  the Knicks players' fiancés,
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  and the Guggenheim Museum is putting her lucky Knicks purse on display.
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  This magical orange clutch was carried to every Knicks playoff win and became
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  such a good luck charm that her fiancé, Carl Anthony Towns, suggested that it
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  belonged in a museum, and the Guggenheim literally heard that and said,
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  you know what, actually yeah, it should, let's put it in ours.
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  This bag will be displayed behind glass, like it's an ancient artifact that
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  survived a whole civilization.
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  While it kind of did, it survived a Nyx championship run.
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  The museum is calling it an object that represents a major cultural moment.
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  The only cool thing they can get their hands on after the Nyx won.
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  This bag did attend a lot of very important events. It went to the playoffs,
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  the championship parade.
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  It met our mayor.
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  It met the governor. And now it's going to belong in one of the most famous museums in the world.
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  The Guggenheim is now increasing their tickets by $2 each to help pay for this
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  very exciting new exhibit.
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  Meanwhile, my purse is filled with water from a spill bottle,
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  wrappers, dollar bills, and something sticky.
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  Madonna revealed this week that her biopic starring Julia Garner is officially
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  dead after a budget fight with Universal Studios.
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  According to Madonna, because she's the only side that we have right now,
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  the problem was very simple.
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  She says that she's lived such an extraordinary life that she needed an extraordinary budget.
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  However, the studio disagreed.
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  Madonna said she even suggested filming in Serbia to save money,
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  but the two sides just couldn't make it work and the project eventually fell apart.
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  The movie had already spent years in development and had Julia Gardner lined
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  up to play the queen of pop.
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  Honestly, this is so Madonna. She tried to make a movie about herself,
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  decided the budget wasn't big enough for her own life story, and canceled it.
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  Some celebrities get a low-budget documentary. Madonna requires the finances of a small nation.
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  The good news is that she's still exploring other ways to tell her story,
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  including a possible series.
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  I mean, that makes sense, because if anyone's life needs more than two hours,
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  it's the woman who's somehow been more famous since Dinosaurs.
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  California's $20 minimum wage for fast food workers was supposed to be a huge
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  victory for people. You know, I mean, that's big, right?
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  But because all of these workers are getting paid more, it has led to higher
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  menu prices of a lot fewer job openings and restaurants looking for a lot more
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  ways to automate more tasks.
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  So basically, workers got a raise and customers got more expensive burgers and
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  the self-ordering kiosk just got another promotion.
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  They say higher wages help workers keep up with the cost of living.
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  But then others say businesses simply pass those costs on to consumers.
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  Basically, economists are still arguing about it, which means that nobody has
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  any idea what's going on.
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  The only thing everyone agrees on, though, is that somehow a combo meal now
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  costs the same as a steak dinner.
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  At this point, ordering fries costs $30 no matter what.
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  In Lindsay life, my sister and I drove back to New York City yesterday and I
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  told her that I would drive because I get nauseous when she drives.
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  She then told me that she gets nauseous when I drive.
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  Things I'm thinking about. How
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  I had a dream that I started dating Aaron Carter and no one believed me,
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  and his song I Want Candy came on on the radio and I got really excited and
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  I was like that's the guy I'm dating and nobody believed me and it all just felt way too real.
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  And the night before that I had a dream I was texting Taylor Swift and I didn't
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  really care and that felt really real too.
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  And then last night I had a dream that my ex now good friend took me to prom,
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  and then told me that we couldn't be friends the next day and I was so upset
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  and angry but I'm pretty sure this time that was real.
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  Cooking tip of the day. When you say that you have one it actually has to be
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  a cooking tip or people get really mad.
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  Feedback, comments, questions, a nice Jewish while looking for a date email
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  me at lindsay at thedailystarcast.com.
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  Thanks so much for listening. Talk to you guys tomorrow.