Here are some of the stories Bridget and Producer Mike recapped on the News Roundup for the week ending Friday, March 27, 2026. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Bridget posted this funny clip from the episode to her Instagram.
Chappell Roan bodyguard controversy fueled by bots
A viral controversy about a bodyguard and a celebrity’s daughter at a hotel got the singer banned by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro. It was amplified by inauthentic accounts.
photo courtesy Chappell Roan’s IG @chappellroan
AI couldn’t tell the difference between Erika Kirk and Druski
Comedian Druski did a parody skit of “conservative women in America.” When people showed Grok a photo of Druski in character, it confidently identified him as the real Erika Kirk.
Elon Musk loses big in court
Elon Musk bought Twitter, ran off the advertisers, then sued them for leaving. A judge threw out Musk's lawsuit that accused advertisers of illegally boycotting X — and said it can't be refiled.
Hollywood won't greenlight a Black filmmaker until an unrelated Black movie proves Black audiences exist.
Black filmmaker Nina Lee said execs told her they're waiting to see how Halle Bailey rom-com 'You, Me & Tuscany' performs before greenlighting her projects — showing how Black filmmakers are forced to prove the market exists over and over.
OpenAI shuts down Sora
Barely six months after AI-video app Sora was released to much hype, OpenAI is shutting it down. Demand cratered quickly after the novelty wore off.
AI-generated sexy soldier goes viral in fake images with Trump
A fake AI persona posing as a pro-Trump soldier gained a million followers by blending patriotism with softcore pornography.
image by some scammers
Meta and YouTube lose two landmark court cases about harming users
Two juries found that Meta and YouTube knowingly harmed young users — and kept doing it because it was profitable.
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