Beans Talk | Complete and Total Embarrassment

Summary

Podcast Summary

Podcast: The Daily Beans
Episode: Beans Talk | Complete and Total Embarrassment
Date: March 27, 2026
Hosts: Allison Gill & Dana Goldberg

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Episode Overview

This episode centers around the monumental, upcoming "No Kings 3" protest—a massive, nationwide demonstration advocating for democracy and justice just days away. Allison and Dana discuss the breadth of the event, the impact of peaceful protest, and share some pointed political schadenfreude for the week. The tone remains snarky and spirited, mixing political insights, grassroots organizing tips, media criticism, and irreverent banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Record-Breaking "No Kings 3" Protest

• Mass Mobilization:

  • Over 3,100 events across the country, potentially the largest protest in history.
  • Background provided on increasing protest sizes:
    • Hands Off rally: ~1,300 events
    • No Kings 1: 2,100 events
    • No Kings 2: 2,700 events
  • Emphasis on drone footage from Twin Cities, expected to be especially impressive.
  • [00:57-01:48, Allison Gill & Dana Goldberg]

• Virtual Participation and Accessibility:

  • For those unable or unwilling to attend in person, a virtual event is hosted by Stand Up For Science.
  • Anyone registering will be counted as a participant.
  • “You will be Counted and as having been at No Kings 3, even if you can’t make it, if you go through this virtual event. So again, that’s standupforscience.net. Absolutely incredible.”
    • [02:41, Allison Gill]

The Power and Purpose of Peaceful Protest

• Timothy Snyder Message:
  • Historian and author of On Tyranny delivers a motivational segment about effective protest:
    • Nonviolent action blocks authoritarianism and builds hope.
    • Protest changes the national mood and helps build coalitions.
    • Organizing with others leads to electoral wins.
    • Protesting brings joy and a sense of agency.
  • Notable Quote:
    • “When you protest, you’re with other people and you feel like you’re making a difference. And you feel that way because you are making a difference. Hopelessness turns into hope. Join us. No Kings March 28.” — Timothy Snyder [05:29]

Political Schadenfreude & Media Criticism

• Donald Trump’s Fumbling Mail-In Ballot Explanation:

  • Trump publicly struggles to explain using a mail-in ballot in Florida after a Democrat flipped a traditionally red district.
  • The hosts lampoon his “word salad” answers and shifting justifications.
  • Quote:
    • “I decided that I was going to vote by mail in ballot because I couldn’t be there because I had a lot of different things. But you know we have exceptions for mail in ballots. You do know that, right?” — Donald Trump [06:22]
  • Accompanied by Dana’s snark:
    • “I’m gonna call in gay because apparently you all think that’s a sickness. So I’m gonna call in gay, I’m gonna send a mail in ballot...” — Dana Goldberg [07:07]

• Jessica Tarlov’s Take-Down of Jesse Watters (Fox News):

  • Appreciative shoutout to Jessica Tarlov for persistently challenging fellow Fox News hosts.
  • Jessica cleverly embarrasses Watters for his performative commentary.
  • Memorable Exchange:
    • “Good for you for reading a paper. I’m impressed. I’m in Paris. I’m impressed with you. Reading, reading, period. Just reading.” — Jessica Tarlov [09:09]
    • “He’s so full of shit anyway. He doesn’t believe most of the things that come out of his mouth. He’s an entertainer in the worst possible way. He’s not a journalist.” — Dana Goldberg [09:18]

• Libs of TikTok Gets Hit by X (Twitter) Fees:

  • Hosts delight in schadenfreude as the bigoted account Libs of TikTok complains about being charged $10,000 for a gold business checkmark by X, despite multiple requests to remove it.
  • Quote:
    • “‘X just charged me? $10,000... Can someone please help me?’ You know what? You’re on your own on this.” — Dana Goldberg [10:32]
    • “World’s tiniest violin for you, Tik Tok.” — Allison Gill [10:38]

• Lawsuit Update: X’s Suit Against Advertisers Dismissed:

  • Joyful reporting that X’s antitrust suit against advertisers (who refuse to advertise on the site) was tossed out with prejudice.
  • Discussion of freedom of companies to choose where to spend their advertising dollars.

Community Organizing Encouragement

• The episode closes with a pep talk about connecting with local organizations during the protest, emphasizing the importance of down-ballot races (city council, school board, etc.) and being civically engaged locally.
• Requests for listeners to send their No Kings 3 protest pictures to the show (dailybeanspod.com/contact).
  • “Meet people, get in touch with your communities, get in touch with organizations. Organize while you’re there. And there’s always some amazing booths... those are such important things locally.” — Allison Gill [12:19]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Peaceful Protest (Timothy Snyder, [03:32-05:29]):

  • “Nonviolent protest works. We know from history and we know from recent experience that nonviolent protest makes authoritarian regime change less likely... Protest brings joy. Protest makes us happy. If you’re feeling alone, if you’re feeling isolated, protest is just the thing.”

• On Trump’s Exceptions for Mail-In Ballots ([06:22]):

  • “I decided that I was going to vote by mail in ballot because I couldn’t be there because I had a lot of different things. But you know we have exceptions for mail in ballots...”

• On Twitter/X’s Troubles ([10:32]):

  • “X just charged me? $10,000... Can someone please help me?”
  • “You know what? You’re on your own on this. Are you really surprised that the leopards are eating your face?”

• Dana on Jesse Watters & Fox News ([09:18]):

  • “He’s not a journalist. He’s an entertainer in the worst possible way.”

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Important Timestamps

• No Kings 3 protest updates: [00:57–02:41]
• Virtual protest accessibility: [01:48–03:05]
• Timothy Snyder on protest: [03:32–05:29]
• Trump mail-in ballot schadenfreude: [05:53–07:55]
• Fox News/Jessica Tarlov segment: [08:10–09:39]
• Libs of TikTok and Twitter/X discussion: [09:44–11:05]
• X antitrust suit dismissal: [11:30–12:10]
• Community organizing & signoff: [12:19–13:18]

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Tone and Language

• Conversational, irreverent, and openly political
• Liberal/Progressive with generous doses of humor and snark
• Encouragement mixed with critique of political figures and media personalities

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

This episode is a celebratory and rallying call for democratic action, set against the backdrop of the historic No Kings 3 protest. While providing useful logistical details and motivational words, Allison and Dana also inject hearty doses of wit and pointed media critique. Listeners are left inspired to both organize and celebrate small moments of justice—and are reminded to savor a little well-earned schadenfreude along the way.

Transcript

[A]

History is messy. It's weird, wild and anything but boring. Rainy Day Rabbit Holes is a history podcast about unhinged stories that make you stop and ask, wait, is this real life? From crazy disasters and tasty scandals to enlightening and surprising heartwarming tales, we explore the moments where people behave badly and sometimes beautifully. We've got naughty politicians, cultural chaos, and a deep love for the Pacific Northwest, including Bigfoot. It's thoughtful, irreverent, occasionally serious, and always entertaining. Let's fall down the rabbit hole.

[B]

MSW Media. Hey everybody. It's Friday, march 27, 2026. I'm allison gill.

[C]

And I'm dana goldberg and this is beanstalk.

[B]

Oh my gosh, we're less than a day away from no Kings 3 million. It's gonna be the biggest history, biggest protest in the history of the world. We're gonna double digit this shit like record breaking. There's already like. We spoke with Ezra Levin this week who's co executive director, co founder of Indivisible, and he reminded us here, well over on the Daily Beans audio podcast that the Hands off rally, that very first rally that we had had about 1300 events. Then no Kings 1 had what, 2100. No Kings 2 had 2700 and were well over 3000 events for no Kings 3 and counting. So it's going to be massive and I'm specifically looking forward to seeing the photos and the drone footage that's going to come out of the Twin Cities.

[C]

Yes, absolutely. It's going to be extraordinary. I saw Ezra today on was with Vsper under the Desk News and he said we're up to 3,100 and counting with the protests. It's just incredible. And yesterday on the, on the the podcast, on the Daily Beans podcast, we shared information about a virtual event that's actually hosted by Stand up for Science. They are associated with no Kings. So you can trust this and you, this is for people that maybe physically you can't get out to a no Kings rally in person, or maybe you don't feel safe. Maybe for whatever reason you're sick, you want to keep people healthy for whatever reason, there's going to be a virtual event with speakers and community and so you can [e-mail] so just know that for those of you that may not like crowds, I get it. You can participate in this protest. Make sure your voice is heard and the number is counted.

[B]

Yeah. So for accessibility for people who maybe have to stay home with their kids or have to work, you will be Counted and as having been at no Kings 3, even if you can't make it, if you go through this virtual event. So again, that's standupforscience.net absolutely incredible. And we know that protests work. We know peaceful protest works, right? This is what the experts tell us, folks like Ruth Ben Guyot and historians like Heather Cox Richardson. And here is actually another expert, Timothy Snyder. He's the author of On Tyranny, which I'm sure most of you have at least one copy of. I. I've got four copies of that book. And he also wrote On Freedom, which was a follow up to On Tyranny. And here he is to remind us why peaceful protest is so important and why it works.

[C]

Watch.

[D]

Why do we protest? Reason number one, nonviolent protest works. We know from history and we know from recent experience that nonviolent protest makes authoritarian regime change less likely. It makes it more likely that we'll have a future of open, free politics. Reason number two, it changes the atmosphere. If we all stay at home and we all think our own thoughts, we don't set an example when we go outside. When we join together, we help show the country, we help show the world, we help show everybody else that this is not normal, that we are on the wrong path. And by putting ourselves out there, we show what the right path can look like. We change the atmosphere. Reason number three, it gets us organized. In order to win, we've got to be with other people. We've got to be with people who are better organizers than we are, who are more courageous than we are, who are out there doing the work. When you go out next Saturday to no Kings, make sure you meet new people. Make sure you make new plans. Make sure you help us stick together. We can get through this together. Number four, Protests win elections. We're in a situation where we've got a very important election in front of us. The future of the Republic depends on it. The opposition has to win. But the opposition isn't just a party. The opposition is a coalition. And when you take part in protests, you build that big coalition, you build that force and that energy which can actually lead us to victory. In special times, protest wins elections. Reason number five, protest brings joy. Protest makes us happy. If you're feeling alone, if you're feeling isolated, protest is just the thing. Because when you protest, you're with other people and you feel like you're making a difference. And you feel that way because you are making a difference. Hopelessness turns into hope. Join us. No Kings March 28.

[B]

So you can take that with you, share it wherever you need to share it. Whenever you see some demobilizing, tanky jerk on social media. Oh well, you and your peaceful whatever, you know, those people are just, just block them. Just get that negativity out of your life.

[C]

I know. Speaking of getting negativity out of our lives, I got a little schadenfreude for you.

[B]

You know.

[C]

Excellent. I know we haven't had some in a while and we deserve it. We have earned it. First, is Donald stumbling his way through trying to explain why he voted by mail in that special election in Mar A Lago's district where a Democrat flipped his in his own backyard? That hasn't happened in years, probably decades in this case. He's just fumbling through this and just word salading it like he always does. Take a look.

[E]

Did a mail in ballot for elections that took place in Florida because I felt I should be here instead of being in the beautiful sunshine taking weekend. That's right. And I, Yeah. And I decided that I was going to vote by mail in ballot because I couldn't be there because I had a lot of different things. But you know we have exceptions for mail in ballots. You do know that, right? So if you're away, we have an exception. If you're in the military, we have an exception. If you're on a business trip, we have an exception. If you're disabled, we have an exception. And if you're ill, if you're not feeling good. So I was away mostly in Washington D.C. so I used a mail in bell. But I appreciate the question because I know, I know it was so well meaning.

[B]

Yeah, I'm, I'm so thankful.

[C]

There's exceptions for everything. There's exceptions for everything. If you're sick, okay, I'm gonna call in gay because apparently you all think that's a sickness. So I'm gonna call in gay, I'm gonna send a mail in ballot. Like if you're away, if you're on a trip, if you're unable physically to get to the polls. So it's interesting how there's so many exceptions now to the mail in ballot rule when, you know, all of a sudden Donald was like, I had very important things to do. I couldn't be there. So I wanted to vote. And I did it by mail, by mail.

[B]

I love that a reporter asked that. I've been so like, you know, they've cleared out most of the White House press briefing room of credible people, but they're every once In a while, somebody will get in and be like, yeah, but you aren't in the military. You weren't absent. You were in Palm Beach.

[C]

What?

[B]

What?

[A]

What?

[B]

He's like, well, I'm the president. Okay, all right. Anyway, I thought that was fantastic. A little bit of more. A little bit of more. A little bit more schadenfreude. Here's Jessica Tarloff, who I love. I love her, too.

[C]

I don't know how she stays on the show. And I keep her because they need her, because she's actually incredibly smart and challenges them. I absolutely adore her.

[B]

Yeah. But because I don't watch Fox News, I really just get clips of her amazing shiz on social media. But here she is embarrassing Jesse Waters, which I am always down to watch, even if it's on Fox News. Check it out.

[C]

Jessica, what do you make of the. Do you have any. Are your sources telling you who's running Iran?

[A]

No,

[B]

and my Wall street sources aren't

[A]

saying the same thing that. Just as Wall street sources are saying either. But I love that you read a newspaper

[C]

every day.

[B]

I don't know if that's true.

[D]

Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, New York Post.

[A]

Can you still say this crap on

[B]

TV after you've read all that?

[C]

Good for you for reading a paper. I'm impressed. I'm in Paris. I'm impressed with you. Reading, reading, period. Just reading. I read more than you.

[B]

Well, then why do you talk like this?

[C]

Why do you say this nonsense on national television? She's so good, but like I said, it's shocking that they keep her. But Jesse Waters is. He's so full of shit anyway. He doesn't believe most of the things that come out of his mouth. He's an entertainer in the worst possible way. He's not a journalist. He's an entertainer.

[B]

He's not funny. Neither is that Gutfeld guy. Have you ever seen that guy?

[C]

Yes.

[B]

All these conservative comedians who think that they're funny and they're sad.

[C]

Yeah. I do have a little bit. Speaking of people that are just pieces of garbage, I have a little bit of happiness for you to end this today. This is a Twitter post from the gutter trash bigoted account of Libs of TikTok. And I know. I mean, and on Twitter, and I know some people are confused by that name, Libs of TikTok. It is the most abhorrent account you might possibly come across if you're still on this hellhole of a platform. But this is the quote. X just charged me? $10,000. Despite us not renewing our business account subscription and requesting through premium support multiple times to remove our gold check. Can someone please help me? You know what? You're on your own on this. Are you really surpr that the leopards are eating your face? Do you think you were going to be protected?

[B]

World's tiniest violin for you, Tik Tok.

[C]

I can't. She's a horrible person. Absolutely horrible person.

[B]

Yeah, I guess. Boy, she. She didn't want to. It's $10,000 for a gold wild mark

[C]

and apparently a business account subscription. I. I don't know. Obviously, neither of us are paying it. I have no idea.

[B]

No, my blue check back on the Twitter days was free. And then when he took them all away, he gave me mine back, and I didn't want it.

[C]

I don't want it.

[B]

I don't want your slutty blue check. And I. For so long, I wanted it so badly when Twitter was, like, a great thing. And finally when I got it, I was like, oh, my God, I'm verified. Yay.

[C]

I know. Me too.

[B]

Went to shit. It just all went to shit. Then you could just buy one and then. Anyway, what a terrible. But, hey, we talked about on the long beads today.

[C]

His.

[B]

His lawsuit against advertisers not wanting to buy shit on his Nazi site got

[C]

tossed out, which is beautiful.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

That's so weird that he even thought that he was going to win that. People have a right to put their money where they want to. You can't force them to advertise on your shit stain of a social media app.

[B]

You must spend money advertising on a site run by Nazis. You have to. That's the new rule. Okay.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And he tried to say it was antitrust, but then failed to make an antitrust claim at all. So the judge was like, so I have no qualms dismissing this with prejudice. So he can't even file it again.

[C]

Beautiful.

[B]

Yeah. All right. Anyway, just wanted to leave you with those little nice, happy thoughts to carry into your weekend to carry into the protest tomorrow.

[C]

Love it.

[B]

It's going to be incredible. It's going to be. Meet people, get in touch with your communities, get in touch with organizations. Organize while you're there. And there's always some amazing booths that people set up for, like, information on, you know, ranked choice voting or who's running in your district, who's running for the water board, who's running for city council, who's running for school board. Like, those are such important things locally. And so yeah, absolutely. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. It always lifts my spirit. So I'll see all of you out there. It's going to be fantastic. Do you have any final thoughts before we get out here for the weekend?

[C]

Just be safe. Camera's up. Whatever you need to do.

[B]

Yep. And then send all the pictures to us, dailybeanspod.com and click on contact. We want to see all of the photos. Thank you so much, everybody. We will see you Monday. I'm Allison Gill.

[C]

And I'm Dana Goldberg. And that was Beanstalk. I almost forgot what I was signing off of on the second date of.

[B]

That was a very dramatic pause.

[C]

And we're out of here. Rolodex of my brain went like, what are we doing right now?

[B]

Okay, where am I? What's today? Hello,

[C]

Beans. Daily beans.

[B]

That.