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April 30th, 2026: White House Beehives, The Tech Trial And A Surprise Host · The Daily Sarcast

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  Today's episode is brought to you by surprise guest hosts no one asked for.
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  Let's see how this cameo goes, folks.
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  Please rest assured, I am not here as part of some cunning rearguard action.
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  King Charles addressing a joint session of Congress.
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  Insert theme song here. This is the Daily Sarcast.
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  I give you the news and maybe a laugh. I am not Lindsey Vernick,
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  and today is April 30th, 2026.
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  Another surprise Daily Sarcast, folks. My name is Ray Farrow,
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  and though I'm not Lindsey, I do have a messy history of dating guys who need
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  to get their lives together.
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  That's right, I'm gay, but you knew that because I support Women Ran Podcast.
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  I'm also a man, but you knew that because, you know, I feel like I can step
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  into a Women Ran Podcast and do just as good as job despite having no relevant experience.
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  If you don't like today's episode, relax. Lindsey will be back with a special episode tomorrow.
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  A British guy came to Washington, D.C. and achieved what President Trump has
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  been unable to do in either his first or second term. be a real king in the
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  United States of America.
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  King Charles III and Queen Camilla officially touched down the U.S.
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  For a four-day state visit, the first by a British monarch since his mummy,
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  Queen Elizabeth II, in 2007.
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  Since their visit, the U.S. has experienced the worst financial catastrophe
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  since the Great Depression, a global pandemic, an insurrection,
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  and elected a reality TV star to the White House twice.
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  So maybe these royals know how to play the long game, and maybe we shouldn't
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  trust them on U.S. soil, but that's neither here nor there.
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  With the 250th anniversary of the U.S.
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  Declaring independence from Britain right around the corner.
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  King Chuck brought some old-fashioned British tea and diplomacy vibes to Washington, D.C.
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  And New York City, aiming to smooth over some very shaky transatlantic ties.
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  Things have been a bit rocky between the White House and Downing Street lately.
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  While the king is technically supposed to stay above politics,
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  he was walking into a landscape where President Trump has been openly dragging
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  UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer over their lack of involvement with the war in Iran.
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  Charles and Camilla started with a private tea with Donald Trump and Melania,
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  and they even checked out the White House beehives.
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  And I was today years old when I learned that the White House even had beehives
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  and that Charles was super into bees for some reason.
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  King Charles became only the second British monarch to ever address a joint session of Congress.
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  He joked that 250 years ago was just another day to us Brits,
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  which got a solid laugh. It's not exactly like Pride and Chris Rock,
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  but you'll hear like way worse than Oban Mike.
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  He also highlighted the special relationship, emphasizing, despite tense times,
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  our shared history is pretty tight.
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  Which is true, because if you think about it, less than 250 years ago,
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  we were mortal enemies with Britain.
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  And if you want hope for world peace, in less than 250 years,
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  we went from fighting them for our independence, and then 30 years later fighting
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  them in the War of 1812 for.
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  Nobody knows why we fought the War of 1812, but we fought them in two wars and
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  now we like watch Harry Potter.
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  So world peace is right around the corner, folks.
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  They had no plans to extend the trip to California, which means the king and
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  queen would rather hang out with like everybody in Congress more than hang out
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  with Harry and Meghan Markle. That's crazy.
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  Queen Camilla struck a more feminist tone in her remarks, stating that,
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  and excuse me while I pull up her exact words to not misquote her royal highness,
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  Queen Camilla said, quote, shout out to all the side chicks out there,
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  stay true, and one day you'll be with your king.
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  To people who have no business in politics, Elon Musk is back in court,
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  and this time he's not ducking child support payments to one of his 14 kids.
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  The world's richest man is taking on his former buddy, OpenAI CEO,
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  Sam Altman, in a blockbuster trial that's essentially a $150 billion tech soap opera.
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  Musk claims Sam Altman, quote, stole a charity, unquote,
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  by turning the nonprofit AI research firm they both founded together in 2015
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  into a massive for-profit Microsoft-backed juggernaut.
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  Before jury selection even kicked off, Musk was busy on X calling Sam Altman,
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  quote, scam Altman, which, eh, a little hack for an open mic crowd.
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  This caused the judge to warn both the tech bros to tone it down,
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  making them look like two kids fighting over who gets the last piece of cake,
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  when really they're two very powerful grown-ups fighting over literally who
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  will control our attention for the rest of our natural lives.
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  The crust of Elon's argument he poured his own cash into the startup based on
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  the promise that it would stay a non-profit quote open source AI developer and
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  not a commercial monster,
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  and honestly Elon has a point and Sam
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  Altman should go straight to jail for making me agree with the monster who shut
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  down USAID and greenlit the disgusting cyber truck design in Lindsay life I
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  hope she's still not lost in FIDI things I'm thinking about when we're young
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  we sneak out of our houses to go to parties, and when we're old,
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  we sneak out of parties to go home. Cooking tip of the day.
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  Nothing beats coming home after a long day, and suddenly remember,
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  you still have Girl Scout cookies in the freezer.
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  Feedback? Comments? Questions? A nice Jewish boy looking for a date?
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  Email lindsay at lindsay at thedailysartcast.com. Thank you so much for listening
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  to this surprise episode.
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  Keep your eyes peeled for Lindsay's special episode tomorrow,
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  And if you like me, you can hit me up on Instagram at RayRayFarrow.
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  If you didn't like me, you can also hit me up on Instagram at RayRayFarrow.
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  And if you're my husband, sorry I ate all the Girl Scout cookies. Bye!