Podcast Summary: Zac Amico's Morning Zoo — Episode 0063

Guests: Sidney Gantt, Maddi Mays, Miranda Meadows
Date: November 21, 2025
Location: New Orleans (post-Skank Fest)

Episode Overview

This episode of Zac Amico’s Morning Zoo brings together comedians Zac Amico (host), Sidney Gantt, Maddi Mays, and Miranda Meadows for fast-paced, chaotic morning banter. Broadcasting from New Orleans just after Skank Fest, the group dives headlong into wild workplace stories, fast food lore, disaster job tales, cross-cultural bathroom adventures, open defecation in India, and the ever-evolving pooping predicaments every adult faces. With their trademark blend of filth, candor, and sharp comics’ wit, the conversation careens from McDonald's mishaps to deep-dive digestive talk, and even to life advice from retired porn stars. As always, the Morning Zoo is “everything your morning radio show shouldn’t be—but way more fun.”

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Skank Fest Recap & Introductions

[01:00–03:05]

• Zac greets the audience from New Orleans, fresh off Skank Fest, and introduces his rotating zoo crew for the episode.
• Special thanks to SDR Show for studio time.
• Guests: Miranda Meadows (from Spookshow/Shenanigans), Sidney Gantt (World War Fun podcast), and, soon after, Maddi Mays.

Tone: Friendly, exhausted, post-festival camaraderie.

2. Fast Food Fiascos: The McDonald’s Diabetic Incident

[03:19–07:04 | 07:28–08:03]

• Zac shares a viral video of a McDonald’s manager reportedly "napping" due to a diabetic episode. Guests riff on the likelihood of drugs versus diabetes and joke about communal fast-food fantasy scenarios.
• Sidney: "That's the only time you can get poor people to work—when they're not supposed to be at the place.” [05:26]
• The panel muses over why people only want to work when it’s forbidden, sharing stories of exploiting seasonal job perks (e.g., teenage Zac’s friends getting Roy Rogers jobs for cowboy uniforms).

3. Worst Jobs & Service Industry Blunders

[09:49–15:36]

• Guests swap horror stories about terrible jobs:
  • Maddi: "I worked at a really shitty sports bar where the owner would gamble all the money away. There'd be days where we didn't have ketchup or fries—nothing." [09:51–10:35]
  • Sidney: No ketchup or bags in Atlanta McDonald's; Maddi details "grass wall" brunch spots with abysmal service but occasionally spectacular Hennessy-glazed chicken.

4. Authentic Fried Chicken & Cultural Markers

[15:00–17:17]

• Iconic soul food spots—a Jersey KFC clone with bulletproof glass, rolling papers at the counter, and chaotic late-night hours.
• Zac: "It was perfect. The soda fridge had orange, pineapple, and grape up top, Pepsi at the bottom. It was almost like they sent in me as a racist set decorator..." [16:33]

5. International Bathroom Adventures: Open Defecation in India

[20:38–32:22]

• Miranda regales an extended, hilarious story of pooping outdoors in Kerala, India due to fear of clogging her host family’s weak plumbing system.
• The experience involves climbing down walls, surprising local farmers, a coconut souvenir, and eventual family-wide knowledge of her "incident."
• Notable moment: Miranda’s uncle, after a family stand-up show: “Miranda, I saw you pick that coconut.” [22:04]
• Sidney: "India leads the globe in open defecation—and I fucking help that statistic." [24:27, Miranda]

Cultural reflections: The crew trades stories of global and immigrant bathroom norms—hoses, flowerpot bidets, and bagged toilet paper—contrasting with American customs.

6. The Bristol Poop Chart & Ultimate Honesty

[40:05–41:38]

• Zac introduces the Bristol Stool Chart for discussing types of poop with comedic precision.
• Sidney: “Every part of them looks painful,” riffing on the bodily toll of hard labor jobs. [49:39]
• A moment of pure Zoo: “We leave the bottom of the toilet seat looking like Morgan Freeman.” — Zac [25:22]

7. Chronic Pain, White Women's Disease & Medical Privilege

[46:52–50:28]

• Segue from porn star Jenna Jameson's health redemption to a debate on “chronic pain” among different demographics and medical gatekeeping.
• Miranda pulls no punches: “White women are fucking liars. … We play shit up so hardcore—it’s impressive." [48:02]

8. Sex Work, Porn Era Stories & Bachelor Party Economics

[45:23–58:44]

• Quick rundown on Jenna Jameson's pop-cultural legacy—her transition from porn icon to finding Jesus.
• Group considers rates and real talk about “bachelor party” sex work offers ("What’s your number?"). The scenario: seven blue-collar dudes, one Jenna Jameson.
• Maddi: “Probably like 500,000… definitely can’t go lower for a bunch of cops.” [58:17]
• Zac: “Do I have a vagina in this scenario, or am I… me?” [59:18]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On service industry jobs:
  “I worked at a really shitty sports bar… There’d be days, they're like, ‘Can we get ketchup?’ We're like, ‘We don’t have that.’” — Maddi [09:51]

• On open defecation:
  “India leads the globe in open defecation—and I fucking help that statistic.” — Miranda [24:27]

• On chronic pain narratives:
  “White women are fucking liars. … We play shit up so hardcore—it’s impressive.” — Miranda [48:02]

• On fried chicken shops:
  “It was perfect. The soda fridge had orange, pineapple, and grape up top, Pepsi at the bottom. It was almost like they sent in me as a racist set decorator…” — Zac [16:33]

• On toilet etiquette:
  “We leave the bottom of the toilet seat looking like Morgan Freeman.” — Zac [25:22]

Important Segment Timestamps

• Show Start / SkankFest Recap / Introductions: [01:00–03:05]
• McDonald’s Incident Video & Fast Food Power Fantasies: [03:19–07:04]
• Worst Job Stories / Grass Wall Brunch and Chicken: [09:49–15:36]
• International Chennai/Kerala Fried Chicken Story: [18:41–20:36]
• Miranda’s India Shitting Adventure: [20:38–32:22]
• Discussion of Global Toilet Habits & Plumbing: [32:48–39:00]
• Poop Talk & Bristol Stool Chart: [40:05–41:38]
• Chronic Disease & White Women's Pain (including notable quote): [46:52–50:28]
• Jenna Jameson / Sex Work / Rates Game: [45:23–58:44]

Closing & Tone

The hosts wrap up with plugs for personal projects, recalling more wild anecdotes, and zany hypotheticals ("Seven lunch ladies, 10,000 and square pizza!"). The episode delivers the off-color, uncensored stream-of-consciousness chatter that defines Morning Zoo: irreverent, brutally honest, and unafraid to dive deep into the taboo, all while riffing and razzing with infectious glee.

Further Listening

• Miranda Meadows: @mirandameadows (send her your wildest shit stories)
• Maddi Mays: @maddimays (please, no shit pics)
• Sidney Gantt: World War Fun Podcast w/ Ryan Shaner (link)
• Host Zac Amico: @zacisnotfunny, dates at punchup.live/zac-amico

For fans of wild radio, depraved giggling, or those nostalgic for the chaos of old-school drive-time, this episode delivers peak “Zoo” energy: nothing sacred, everything fair game, and always, always funny.