# 530: WE’RE BACK! – The World is Still Sad, Dumb, Ugly, Hilarious, Brilliant & Beautiful

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Podcast: [The System is Down with Dan Smotz](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-system-is-down-with-dan-smotz-1118706)
Published: 2026-07-09T09:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 5326

## Resource

Today, Dan Smotz and Dave Casey watch the world burn, while laughing their way thru all the most important articles in the news… and a whole lot of unimportant ones as well. Question everything. Stay uncomfortable. Lets get weird. On the Docket: * Where have we been? * What’s going on? * Andrew Wilson Replaced Charlie Kirk? * Is war over yet? * Wait. You have a podcast? * And more Follow Dan: https://x.com/tsidpod Follow Dave: https://x.com/davevsgoliath1 Join The Downers Club...

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