Topic: Pieing

The show acknowledges major donations from "Sironimus of Dogpatch" and "Dame Catherine," the latter contributing via Bitcoin. Amidst the donor thank-yous, a news item is shared regarding Kraft's release of an apple pie-flavored mac and cheese available at Walmart. The hosts express disgust at the new product, labeling it a "nasty" take on a holiday classic.

The hosts conduct a peerage ceremony, granting titles to producers including Dame Pluma and Sir Dirt. The segment includes a "make good" for a previous error regarding a birthday and a request for "apple pie karma" for a donor's sister.

The show's executive producers and donors are recognized in a knighting ceremony. Notable donors include Tim Alcott (Sir Rhodey Joe) and Sir R. Daniels of Project Veritas, who discusses exposing corruption. Various "switcheroo" donations from wives to husbands for Father's Day are read.

A discussion of British double cream arises following a breakfast of apple pie. The product is compared to clotted cream due to its solid consistency and high fat content. The absence of a comparable high-quality heavy cream product in the United States is noted, with Cool Whip cited as an inferior American alternative.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce was hit in the face with a lemon meringue pie during a leadership speech in Perth. The incident follows Joyce's public statements regarding mandatory vaccinations for international travelers. Additionally, Ticketmaster clarified that while they are developing digital health verification tools, the final decision on entry requirements rests with individual event venues.

Smart home devices like Nest thermostats and Roku streaming boxes are criticized for constant data logging and background communication with servers. A test using a "pie-hole" monitoring system revealed that a Nest device pings its logging server simply when a person walks past it. Additionally, Roku and Netflix apps frequently communicate with home bases even when not actively streaming, consuming bandwidth and building user profiles.

The hosts discuss why modern comedy, specifically Louis C.K.'s recent material, fails to resonate. They explore the "timeliness" of jokes and suggest that C.K.'s refusal to "eat humble pie" regarding his past scandals has ruined his ability to be funny.

The conviction of Scottish YouTuber "Count Dankula" for teaching a pug to do a Nazi salute is discussed via a rant by comedian Jonathan Pie. Pie argues that the judge's decision to ignore context in "hate speech" cases is a dangerous precedent. The segment also praises Ricky Gervais's recent Netflix special for its comic timing and recommends the documentary *42 Grams* as a "great work of art."

The show acknowledges various donations, including a $100 contribution from Benjamin Gardner toward Mike Harrington's knighthood. Producers are encouraged to visit Harrington's property at the Grand Canyon. Several listeners, including Jason Green and Stuart Hilbert, are processed for knighthood, with Green requesting "fish pie and fellatio" be served at the No Agenda roundtable.

A repetitive segment focuses on the creation of "really good toast" and the process of reformulating bread at Mission Pie. The word "toast" is looped extensively to create a rhythmic audio track.

The hosts dismiss British comedian Jonathan Pie's viral rants as shallow entertainment. They transition into the "In the Morning" segment, greeting the live chat room and acknowledging the community of "dames and knights" supporting the show.

A new food trend in San Francisco involves selling artisanal toast for four dollars a slice, which the hosts identify as a potential "slave depression food." They compare it to the evolution of mac and cheese from a gourmet item to a cheap staple. The segment features a clip from a bakery owner describing the popularity of simple comfort foods in high-end cafes.

A butcher in the United Kingdom, John Metrick, reports high demand for squirrel pies, leading to a discussion on the culinary use of rodents. This leads to a tangent about the 1978 film Faces of Death, specifically a controversial scene involving the consumption of monkey brains in a restaurant.

Heil discusses his long-standing friendship with Joe Walsh, rooted in their shared hobby of ham radio. He recounts inventing the Talk Box to help Walsh perform "Rocky Mountain Way" live, using a high-powered JBL driver. Heil also describes sending a Talk Box to Peter Frampton as a Christmas gift, which became a defining element of Frampton's musical career.

A Yale study on communicating climate change consensus is analyzed, revealing that pie charts and simple descriptive text are more effective than metaphors for convincing the public. The study specifically notes that pie charts performed well among Republicans. The hosts question the validity of the "97% consensus" figure, demanding the raw numbers and names of the scientists involved.

A producer named Don Tommaso from Toronto donated $3,141.59 (representing the mathematical constant Pi) after a series of "karma" events. He recounted a story of being inadvertently guided by Google Maps to CIA headquarters in Langley, where he was questioned for an hour before being allowed to leave.

Vivek Kundra promotes a public-facing IT dashboard designed to lift the veil on federal technology expenditures. Critics argue the dashboard merely converts existing, non-transparent data into decorative pie charts without providing substantive new information. Many projects on the dashboard reportedly show zero dollars in spending due to incomplete data reporting.

Demand for squirrel pie is rising in England as pest controllers move south after culling over 22,000 grey squirrels in the northeast. Gourmet restaurants and butchers are increasingly treating the invasive rodents as a delicacy and a sustainable protein source.