Comedy
The Warm-Up Welcome to the 517th installment of this podcast, currently known as Hardly Focused! Jack Gill, Mike Tarara, and Nate Fillers present this episode, with this being the last one for about a month while Jack treks west yet again. Jack introduces a new concept to the show – Soft Rocktober! Expect to hear a lot of your favorite soft-rock hits during this episode. Jack also talks to Mike and Nate about the September radio ratings in Boston, along with the city’s never-ending sports radio battle. The Great Facebook Outage of ’21 Kicking off this episode, Jack, Mike, and Nate discuss the massive Facebook outage that occurred on October 4. The outage took down not only Facebook, but Instagram and WhatsApp as well. The group talks about the overall effect social media has on society today, especially with misinformation continuing to be a rampant problem. Ex-Facebook Staffer Frances Haugen on 60 Minutes Continuing the discussion on the October 4 Facebook outage, the group discusses Frances Haugen. An-ex Facebook staffer, Haugen blew the whistle on the company, revealing how they push disinformation to turn a profit. Jack features for Mike and Nate in this segment clips from Haugen’s recent interview on 60 Minutes. The Wrap-Up Concluding this episode, Jack presents news from outside the realm of social media. Largely music-centric, topics discussed here include David Lee Roth’s impending retirement from music, and Kasey Musgraves’ nude performance on Saturday Night Live. Peace to Alan Kalter! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardlyfocused/support