April is the cruelest month, especially when Google, Amtrak, Elon Musk and James Comey dabble in comedy. And if April Fool’s Day wasn’t terrible enough, there were the unfortunately timed new products like $315 Janties--yes, jean panties--and Cadbury Creme Egg Mayonnaise that you think are pranks, but are actually real things. We also shut down voice deepening coaches, prison coaches (for parents who hired a corrupt college admissions coach) and a new sushi restaurant in Tokyo that requires a stool sample prior to dining there. To round it out, we explore the feud between Jim Carrey and Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter, solve a 35-year mystery involving Garfield phones washing up on the coast of Brittany, attempt to understand Lyft’s mission to eliminate cars from cities, and share the unusual tale of a couple that died after backing their car into a plastic bag.
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In this week’s episode:
Read this wonderful NY Times column by Jen Senior about Joe Biden’s “guerrilla nuzzling.”
The Verge explored all of this year’s horrible April Fool’s pranks in the tech world.
Listen to Elon Musk’s song about Harambe here.
Jean panties are selling out but there appears to be one pair left, in a size 24, here.
Learn more about Sushi Singularity, the new restaurant in Japan that requires a stool, urine and saliva sample prior to dining.
Big #YUPs to…
Autism Awareness Month and businesses that serve the community of people on the spectrum, like Daivergent. Check them out.
Our finest living actress, Patti Lupone, who just joined Twitter! Follow her at @pattilupone
And speaking of Twitter, Rachel wrote a piece on Medium about her complicated relationship with the frenemy of all apps.
