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📕 MRBEAST’S BIGGEST FLOP?
Something baffling. MrBeast teamed up with James Patterson, the number-one bestselling author alive, offered $1 million to a reader, and the crowd went mild. On paper it should have been a smash, so what went wrong? We dig into who this book is even for, why the reviews are brutal, the irony of it landing as Singapore pays young people to read, and the bigger question of who actually wrote it given Patterson’s factory-style process.
🎮 KID SPENDS $118,000 ON HIS DAD’S CARD
This is insane. A 9-year-old spent $118,000 on his dad’s company card running ads to promote his gaming YouTube channel, in just three weeks. We get into how “Mighty Mike” learned to run ad campaigns by watching his marketer dad, how the saved card was just sitting there, the meeting with corporate that uncovered it, and why the dad refuses to blame his son (and how the viral fame might just make the money back). –
( https://www.youtube.com/@MightyMikePlays67 )
🇮🇳 THE VIRAL INDIA FAKE STORY
India is getting cooked online and probably doesn’t deserve it. After South Africa’s president fell ill returning from the BRICS Summit, it went viral that India made world leaders sick, with claims Xi even fainted racking up tens of millions of views. We break down why there’s no evidence, how the Xi video was actually just a microphone issue, the official fact-check debunking it, and the separate vegetarian-menu controversy.
🎬 IS HOLLYWOOD DYING? PARAMOUNT LEAVING CALIFORNIA
Hollywood might be dying. TMZ reports Paramount, one of the biggest film companies in the world, is threatening to leave California over a blocked Warner Bros merger. We get into the wider trend, the 42,000 film and TV jobs LA lost between 2022 and 2024, the uncompetitive tax rebates, and the counterpoint that LA is still by far the biggest production hub.
🇨🇦 CANADA JOINING THE EU?
How is this even possible? For the first time ever, a non-European country has been invited to become an EU “associate member,” and it’s Canada. We cover what the EU president announced, the key areas of cooperation from defence to AI, the “one ocean, one set of values” framing, and Trump’s threat to cut trade with the EU and call it a hostile act.
🐱 NEW SPECIES OF CAT DISCOVERED
For the first time in over 100 years, a brand new species of cat has been discovered in a remote Bolivian forest. We cover the Tilcayo, smaller than a house cat at just 1.4kg with distinct dotted fur, the wild story of how a family had one as a pet before bringing it to a sanctuary, and the near-decade of DNA analysis it took to confirm it.
🧸 TOYS R US MAKES A COMEBACK
We thought they were dead and buried, but Toys R Us just announced 120 new US stores for the holidays. We get into how the comeback is being driven not by kids but by adults buying toys for themselves, the stat that adult-only households made up 55% of US toy sales, and how toy makers are now designing for nostalgia.
🏴 A UK VILLAGE VOTES TO LEAVE
The UK is falling apart, literally. The tiny English village of Piddington voted over 90% in favour of leaving the UK, a symbolic protest against plans to house migrants nearby. We get into why it’s not legally binding, and how it reflects a bigger moment, with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland all pushing for independence at the same time for the first time.
00:00 – INTRODUCING
00:56 – MR BEAST WROTE A BOOK?
08:47 – A MINE CRAFT STORY
13:24 – INDIA IS GETTING COOKED
15:38 – PARAMOUNT LEAVING CALIFORNIA?
16:48 – CANADA TO JOIN THE EU!?
18:32 – PEASANT WHISPERS
19:03 – NEW CAT WHO DIS?
20:56 – TOY R LAZAR-US
23:43 – PIDDINGTON REVOLUTION
