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Debanked, Deepfakes, and Damp Hope

A $5 billion lawsuit is usually a sign your day isn’t going great.

An episode of the The Snark Factor podcast, hosted by Fingers Malloy, titled "Debanked, Deepfakes, and Damp Hope" was published on January 25, 2026 and runs 49 minutes.

January 25, 2026 ·49m · The Snark Factor

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A $5 billion lawsuit is usually a sign your day isn’t going great. This episode of The Snark Factor opens with Donald Trump suing JPMorgan Chase and its CEO over claims he was “debanked,” which quickly turns into a conversation about discovery, settlements, televised courtrooms, and why the fun lawsuits never make it to trial. From there, Fingers and Sarah dig into how media narratives get built — and why once a story is shared enough times, the truth becomes optional. ICE, viral clips, selective editing, and the growing problem of misinformation all collide in a conversation about trust, cameras, and why nobody believes anyone anymore. There’s also: Tax refunds, stimulus checks, and why “stimmies” keep breaking people’s brains Why Goodwill had to beg Americans to stop donating wet, moldy items — including a novelty grenade YouTube’s plan to let creators clone themselves with AI, and why that’s deeply unsettling How vertical video, short attention spans, and tiny screens make fake content harder to spot Suits, weight loss plans, postponed events, and the return of pleated pants And finally, Peeps teaming up with Pop-Tarts, Sunny D, and chili-lime mango — proof we are absolutely unsupervised Serious topics, wild detours, and just enough common sense to make everyone mad. This is The Snark Factor. Fingers Malloy with Sarah Smith.

Episode Description

A $5 billion lawsuit is usually a sign your day isn’t going great.

This episode of The Snark Factor opens with Donald Trump suing JPMorgan Chase and its CEO over claims he was “debanked,” which quickly turns into a conversation about discovery, settlements, televised courtrooms, and why the fun lawsuits never make it to trial.

From there, Fingers and Sarah dig into how media narratives get built — and why once a story is shared enough times, the truth becomes optional. ICE, viral clips, selective editing, and the growing problem of misinformation all collide in a conversation about trust, cameras, and why nobody believes anyone anymore.

There’s also:

Tax refunds, stimulus checks, and why “stimmies” keep breaking people’s brains

Why Goodwill had to beg Americans to stop donating wet, moldy items — including a novelty grenade

YouTube’s plan to let creators clone themselves with AI, and why that’s deeply unsettling

How vertical video, short attention spans, and tiny screens make fake content harder to spot

Suits, weight loss plans, postponed events, and the return of pleated pants

And finally, Peeps teaming up with Pop-Tarts, Sunny D, and chili-lime mango — proof we are absolutely unsupervised

Serious topics, wild detours, and just enough common sense to make everyone mad.

This is The Snark Factor.
Fingers Malloy with Sarah Smith.

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