The Snark Factor 3 in 3

Fingers Malloy
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Three stories. Three minutes. Every weekday. The Snark Factor 3 in 3 looks at the news, questions who gets to explain it, and ends a little quieter than everything else. Fingers Malloy is a nationally syndicated radio host. He can be heard on Eat Drink Smoke and The Snark Factor. fingersmalloy.substack.com

  1. 13 HR AGO

    The Snark Factor 3 in 3 - Troops Lines Slides

    Today’s Snark Factor 3 in 3 is up. And it’s one of those episodes where the three stories don’t seem connected until you realize they all point to the same conclusion: We are not running a country anymore. We are just reacting to things. Today starts with a report that the Pentagon is preparing for the possibility of weeks of ground operations in Iran. That phrase alone is enough to make “no final decision has been made” sound a little less soothing than they probably intended. From there, we move to the home front, where some travelers are now paying people to stand in TSA lines for them. Not because they’re royalty.Not because they’re injured.Just because airport security has become such a mess that apparently the next great American job creator is a guy holding your place near the shoe bins. And then there’s London, where singles are now going to pub nights where their friends pitch them with PowerPoint presentations. Which, honestly, may be the most modern thing in the whole batch. Dating apps have gotten so grim that people are now saying, you know what this needs?A slideshow.And maybe a friend willing to explain why Trevor is “emotionally available” using three bullet points and a vacation photo. So that’s today’s show: Possible ground operations in Iran,paid strangers in airport security lines,and your love life being presented like a quarterly earnings report. The audio is above. Sources Reuters: Pentagon reportedly preparing for possible weeks of ground operations in IranReuters: London pub dating events where friends pitch singles with PowerPoint presentationsNew York Post: Travelers paying TSA line-sitters to hold their place for $25 an hour Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fingersmalloy.substack.com

    3 min

  2. 3 DAYS AGO

    The Snark Factor 3 in 3 — Screening Streaming Sleeping

    The audio is above. Today’s Snark Factor 3 in 3 is about the modern American squeeze. TSA agents are stuck in the middle of the Homeland Security funding mess, with airport delays growing while Washington keeps doing Washington things. Netflix is raising prices again, because apparently staying home comfortably now requires a premium tier. And United is rolling out “Relax Row,” which is just a very elegant way of saying they’d like to charge extra for letting you lie down in coach. So that’s the mood:You can’t get through the airportYou can’t stay home cheaplyAnd even sleeping on a plane is becoming a branded upgrade Sources Reuters on the TSA funding mess and airport disruption Reuters on Netflix raising prices across U.S. plans Business Insider on United’s “Relax Row” Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fingersmalloy.substack.com

    4 min

  3. 4 DAYS AGO

    The Snark Factor 3 in 3 — Airfare Death Homework

    The audio is above. Today’s episode is a quick tour through the modern American mood. First, a warning that summer airfare could keep climbing, because apparently, even vacation now comes with financial trauma. Then there’s the rise of the Death Cafe, where people gather over tea and cake to talk openly about dying. Which is either healthy emotional processing or the saddest bakery concept ever created. And finally, colleges are bringing back oral exams as a way to deal with ChatGPT-written assignments, which means students may once again have to know things and explain them out loud to another human being. Grim. If you’re listening regularly and haven’t subscribed yet, that’s how you get this every weekday. Sources:AP: “Colleges bringing back oral exams to fight ChatGPT”Axios: “What is a Death Cafe?”Good Morning America: “Travel expert suggests booking airfare now as airline CEO warns fares may rise” Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fingersmalloy.substack.com

    2 min

  4. 5 DAYS AGO

    The Snark Factor 3 in 3 — Routers Power Pinot

    Today’s episode has a little bit of everything: A new warning about Chinese-made routers and national security.A look at how much electricity AI and data centers are chewing through.And one gloriously strange story out of France involving pinot noir and a medieval hospital toilet. So yes, the future may be spying on you, overloading the grid, and somehow still losing to old-world wine culture. The audio is above. Thanks for listening, subscribing, and passing it along. Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fingersmalloy.substack.com

    3 min

  5. 6 DAYS AGO

    The Snark Factor 3 in 3 - Stocks Screens Memories

    The audio is above. Today’s The Snark Factor 3 in 3 starts with the market doing what it does best: reacting to one hopeful headline like a dog hearing a treat bag open. Stocks rallied, and oil prices fell on Monday after President Trump hinted the war with Iran could end, even as Iran denied negotiations were happening. From there, we get into a new survey showing teens now feel more pressure to be online than they do to smoke, vape, or drink — which feels about right for a world where adolescence now includes personal branding, platform management, and pretending you didn’t spend 14 minutes choosing a caption. And finally, we close on one of my favorite kinds of stories: people getting nostalgic for 2016, which is amazing, because if you actually lived through 2016, it did not exactly feel like a warm bath. It felt more like America had eaten gas-station sushi and was trying to walk it off. In this episode:Markets rally and oil prices fall on hopes the Iran conflict could cool downTeens feel more pressure to be online than to smoke or drinkPeople are now nostalgic for 2016, which should concern all of us Sources: AP; survey coverage on teen online pressure; AP Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fingersmalloy.substack.com

    4 min

  6. 23 MAR

    The Snark Factor 3 in 3 — Warnings Smokes Mahjong

    The audio is above. Today’s episode starts with a worldwide caution from the State Department, detours through the return of cigarette culture, and ends with young people embracing old-school hobbies like needlepoint and mahjong. Three stories. Three minutes. Global tension, fake cool, and crochet. Sources:U.S. Department of StateTruth InitiativeAssociated Press Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fingersmalloy.substack.com

    3 min

  7. 20 MAR

    The Snark Factor 3 in 3 — Retirement Afroman Doordash

    The 50th episode of The Snark Factor 3 in 3 is up. And somehow that feels very on-brand. We made it to 50 by doing what this show does best: taking the news, squinting at it, and asking whether America is okay. Today’s episode gets into why so many people feel like retirement keeps moving farther away, the wonderfully ridiculous Afroman courtroom victory, and the story of a 78-year-old DoorDash driver that says more about the economy than most politicians ever will. The audio is above. And for the 50th episode, thank you. Whether you’ve been here from the start or just found this recently, I appreciate you listening, subscribing, sharing, and coming back every weekday for three stories and three minutes. In this episode: A new Fidelity survey on how Americans now view retirement Afroman wins in court over the “Lemon Pound Cake” case A viral 78-year-old DoorDash driver says he’s still not retiring Sources Business Wire AP NBC DFW If you’re listening regularly and haven’t subscribed yet, that’s how you get this every weekday. Let’s keep going. — Fingers Malloy Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fingersmalloy.substack.com

    2 min

  8. 19 MAR

    The Snark Factor 3 in 3 — Rates Tinder Kilmer

    The audio is above. Today’s three stories: The Fed held rates steady, Tinder wants AI poking through your camera roll, and Hollywood is now casting the dead. So, you know, another perfectly normal day in America. We start with the Federal Reserve trying to look calm while standing in the middle of inflation worries, war jitters, and gas-price anxiety. Then Tinder shows up with a feature that says, in effect, “Let us study your photo library and explain your romantic failures.” And finally, a generative-AI version of Val Kilmer is headed to the screen,because apparently, even eternal rest now comes with studio notes. If you’re listening regularly and haven’t subscribed yet, that’s how you get this every weekday. Source list Associated Press — Federal Reserve holds rates steady amid inflation and Iran conflict concerns New York Post — Tinder’s AI camera roll scan sparks backlash Associated Press — AI-rendered Val Kilmer to appear in new film This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fingersmalloy.substack.com

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Three stories. Three minutes. Every weekday. The Snark Factor 3 in 3 looks at the news, questions who gets to explain it, and ends a little quieter than everything else. Fingers Malloy is a nationally syndicated radio host. He can be heard on Eat Drink Smoke and The Snark Factor. fingersmalloy.substack.com

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