The Clam Slam Heard Round The World: Friday, June 26th, 2026

The Toast

In this episode of 'The Toast,' host Jackson Clodden discusses a whirlwind week filled with dramatic twists from the reality show 'Love Island,' including a postcard reveal that sparks emotional turmoil and strategic manipulation. The episode also features a nostalgic deep dive into past podcast episodes, laughter-filled reflections, and playful segments like 'Queenie of the Week' and 'Weeny of th

Key takeaways

• The postcard from 'Love Island' was a calculated production move to incite drama and fracture alliances among cast members.
• Melanie's intervention encouraged the women to break free from obsessive relationship dynamics, marking a pivotal moment of empowerment.
• Jackson reflects on the emotional weight of the Hannah Montana reunion, highlighting artist Mitchell Mouso’s disappointment and erratic behavior.

Transcript preview

Good morning, girlies, it's the toast. It's Jackson Clodden, where you're host. It's Jackson Clodden, where you're host. It's your favorite show, the fast five things you need to know. We'll start your day off swirly, it's the toast. I sound amazing. Welcome back to the toast and happy Friday. She's from Texas, I can tell. By the way she's throwing that ass around the room yeah that's right Jackie's joining us from the Midwest is Texas the Midwest or like the Southwest I think more Southwest I would say more Southwest I would say you say Central America I would say you're calling in from Central America yeah that's exactly what I would say I would say so as well hey guys I took my cojourner friend to Dallas and I'm recording from the Dallas studio which we love and like it's super HD it's very exciting always from Dallas she makes my studio look like it's filmed on an iPhone like but it's okay we're having fun only one frame today but I'm bringing the Swirlitude and you're sort of bringing that like podcast I am bringing podcast I do feel do you know what else I brought I brought a special guest for the show today I brought Granny the cook I brought Granny the cook you guys so as you guys know Jackie's iPad which she uses for work only gets used by the kids when they're on an airplane and yesterday we were on an airplane they put it in those like I'm sure I'll understand one day why those dumb ass cases exist no you absolutely need them I actually thought that I lost Granny the cook so I insticarted more granny the cooks but then I found the OG granny the cook has a strap right like a shoulder she usually has a shoulder strap that part I did lose but it was okay because when you know take off and landing they can hold their little sides and then when we're up you know 30,000 feet this has got a stand it's got a little stand yeah so this is Granny the cook in all her glory. That Jackie's kids for some reason call the iPad Granny the cook. It is so funny. The first time I heard them say it, I'm like, what did you just say? The Granny the cook. Granny the cook. And of course I could have taken her off for the show today, but given the fact that we were talking about her this week, I just saw it. The legacy that she has created for herself. I needed to close on Granny the cook and this is. I needed to close on her. I'm She speaks softly but carries a big stick. Sala mama. Sala granny. She's from Texas I can tell but I was just watching a video I don't know if it was like CMA fest like one of those I'm but L. Langley was like the headliner and it got me thinking because you know yesterday we were saying how Noah Khan is like very much in the running for album of beer but you can't even bring him up again on the show because you ruined my day. All day I had that song I didn't write the song. I didn't write the song. day I had the song in my head. Did you not know that that's what the song was about? No, I had only experienced like experienced like that like I had only experienced like, like, like, like, I had a cut-sings and reels. I didn't know it was a new song. I just thought like it was having a moment where people were just like using it. You know, there's a bunch of like cute songs like that. So I never stopped like to think, I didn't really even know the lyrics. I didn't really know the lyrics. I didn't really know the lyrics. I didn't really know the lyrics. Let's talk about something else. Oh, but we can talk about music because I was I took I took a plane No, no I I didn't listen to music on the plane, but I did a car service To get to work today because like I just didn't want to be anxious and so it was a controlled environment I was able to listen to new music And I was like by car service do you mean Uber no it wasn't an Uber else I would have just said that that's why I was a traditional car service I was like I was like I was like I was like struggling to like I was like I was like dial seven? Dial 7? Dial 7? Um, wait what was that dial seven commercial? Remember they had that jingle that was like borderline anti-Semitic? But not six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six six remember six remember six remember six remember six remember six the best ride in town, remember six the best ride in town for wherever you want to go Carmel is a number six right in now, right around town Right Carmel and Be on time. Worldwide, and nationwide. Six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six. Was that regional? That was so original. I don't know. They said worldwide and nationwide. Can never. Regional. Oh, regional. Well, no, I guess I should have called them. Okay, so you were in a car service. That wasn't a new word. It wasn't a new word. It wasn't car. Listen to, high and sad the full song Frankie Jonas. And. And I said. Oh, it's. Olivia Rodriguez. No, I was about to. But then I was like, oh, it's Friday, New Music Friday. So like, Somber has a new song. Yeah, something about his body. Yeah, I listened to it, because it was on repeat one because of happy song yesterday. So like, I actually wound up listening to it three times. Enjoyable. Didn't add it to liked, but I add high and sat to liked. Then I listened to the new Benson Boon song that Alexor that Alexorel music video. Time. Time of my. Time of my life. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's a Pus. That's a Pus' that we've come to know from Benson, and that we would expect like Alex Earl, but I think the music video is very like lyrical dancing. Oh, Maddie Ziggler coded. Yeah, yeah for sure. But she's a dancer now. Yeah, Alex Earl is the new Maddie Ziggler. I think that's fair to say. No, like she is a skilled dancer. So I want to watch a music video, but that was the extent of my new music Friday and I will listen to Olivia Rodriguez. I think that. I think that, I think that, for those dance moms in real time. When Sia plucked Maddie Ziggler to be in the chandelier music video, like, the world stopped. I just, you really had to be there with such a special moment, it really was. Those days of like those Sia songs. Of course the music videos were amazing and Maddie Ziggler was amazing, but like those songs were amazing. We didn't deserve them, you know? No, she was for a brief period of time, time after time releasing some of the greatest songs ever written. Yeah. Bird set free. Yeah, alive. Unstoppable, of course Queen Korgi's favorite song. Oh my God, Queen Korgi, I miss her. And the fun fact about me is I weirdly now know every single word to unstoppable. Party girls. That's chandelier. Oh wait. Portia with no breaks. Yeah, but how does it start? And all through the night time, yeah. Okay, sing for us. I put my armor on, come on. Oh, sure. Put your arm on, come on. I put my armor on, show you how strong I am. I put my armor on, I'll show you that I am. I'm unstopable. I'm a Porsche with no brakes. I'll show you that I am. I'm unstoppable. I'm Yeah, I win every single game. I'm so powerful. Give the kick. The little Queen Core you kick. I'm so confident. Yeah, I'm unstoppable today. Unstop. Like, seriously, I have PTSD. Let's move on. What else did I want to tell you? I'm feeling like so far away from you. I know. We're using Zoom today. I know. It's so crazy. Just a couple of corporate batteries. It's really amazing what technology can do. I can just step on a plane, step off into a new land, and still podcast with my sister that early next morning. Yeah, and let's talk about technology, like at a glance. It's amazing. It is amazing. And you know, I feel like sometimes everyone talks about the negatives, right? Like I've been thinking a lot about Jeff Bezos because everybody hates him and he's terrible. But like Amazon. And I just want to say, I don't hate Jeff Bezos. We would love to be invited on the plane and the boat. Amazon has changed what it means to be alive. Yeah, absolutely. I see sometimes people writing like love letters to Amazon like trying to explain the fact that people are such ingrates like how we can the what we have with Amazon we take so for granted like think about being a new parent and instead of running out to like Walgreens and bye-bye baby every other day you get to be home with your child and just things show up at your door. Yeah, no we can of course talk about like how Amazon is bad for x y and z because you know they literally put bye bye-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by-by Yeah, nobody talks enough like glowingly. The quality of life improvement, I feel like people are really ungrateful. I completely agree. And he just reminded me, I saw the funniest like Tim Dylan clip about how like we just sort of have to be okay with like all of our billionaires, celebrities, politicians, like everyone's a pedophile. So you just have to be like, well what else is the pedophile doing and he was talking about it's a pedophile good for the climate? Do they passionate back are they passionate about you know creating good schools and then he was like well most of them are it was seriously a star girl you think all of them you think all of them you think all I don't think all of anything you know I think there are definitely exceptions but he was just basically being like yeah like we need to just have the general understanding like they're there they're petofiles damn moving on you know I think there are like no Like no no no and some of them really smell like pedophiles you know But the ones who like don't have a whiff I'm just I'm just not gonna pin that on them just yet Okay of course. Yeah Well I feel like we should dive in it's Friday. Oh Sorry I meant to say There will be no love island recap today because I did not watch You didn't No I went out. Oh I saw that you were out. Oh my god I didn't I didn't even occur to me I literally I because there's a time difference here. I'm so sorry I literally wrote in our chat that I wasn't watching. Oh I missed it because I was ignoring the chat because I was trying to watch and I thought everybody was like ahead of me because I'm on the time difference. You know I went out and I had a couple of cocktails the other trade I'm a little hung over yeah I drink a little and I was just not watching it like I felt so free it's like that Nicole Kidman mean she's like she's like it was just left Tom cruise. I don't a postcard. What's that? So they did something new again to try and like drum up the girls to fucking do something. They sent a postcard to the villa from Kossam Moore and it's pictures of each of the guys doing something with a girl and they're trying to suss out like was this in a challenge was it not and some of it's clearly not in the challenge and then Kossam more also got pictures of the villa and it push it definitely put- Oh no did they send the pictures of Trinity and Corey? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, but you know what, Bryce, he literally just won the whole show because he's like, he's spiraling at first and then he's like, you know what, I think he's like, I like her so much, like I'd rather go back there, fall on my sword and have it not work out and just like risk it all for something that's like love man. And like, so not just like coming back so you can stay on the show. So like he will be coming back alone, hoping against hope that Trinity has And it's going to become like the song of the summer. I'm letting you know. Yeah. Use toast by Claudia Asher, you guys. Like if any of the editors are listening. Also, they shared a photo of Zach and Alana kissing that was clearly outside of a challenge. Kata is having a breakdown. She's crying like inconsolable. So I feel as though this season will end up net net. It's already started like being bad for women because there's so much heavy handed production that needs to be done. couples and it's like they're being told they watch the whole thing they're being told and nothing will get them is Casey still talk is Anaya still talking about Casey she was but then there's a picture of him kissing Tierra like by the pool clearly just like it couldn't be more clear that they're like kissing during the day and then the girls are smiling then that night like Melanie comes to Kata and like says literally what all of us are saying like you guys we are being played we look stupid we look desperate and we're sitting over here being like my man my man man like I think actually go and explore and try. We should all cuddle tonight with our guys and give these guys a real chance. But what's funny, yeah, it was a very empowering moment. Also, Kenzi said a similar thing to them earlier in the day and it was like they needed to hear it. They were like, wow, Kenzi. And it was actually really poignant. Also, it's funny because Corwin's talking to Casey and they're like seriously two dumb bitches telling each other exactly. But he was, but he was like, I don't. want to be mean, but like, the Kossa girls