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FiveStack: The Daily Whatever Show Talks Top 5 Breaking News — April 16

We guest co-hosted FiveStack today and it was exactly as fun as it sounds

By Lawrence Winnerman, Dana DuBois, and Zev ShalevApril 16, 2026 · 1 min read

When Zev Shalev writes and asks if you want to fill in as guest co-hosts on FiveStack—of course you drop everything and say YES. Or at least, that’s what we did.

And honestly, it was a blast. Big news day, great conversation, a lot of laughs.

Go check it out!

Thank you Jason Odell, NeuroDivergent Hodgepodge, Cat: Poli-Psych, Caro Henry, ShālahBPookie - TheRebelCrone, and many others for tuning into my live video with Zev Shalev and Dana DuBois! Join me for my next live video in the app.

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Lawrence Winnerman

The science fiction writer

Lawrence Winnerman is a science fiction writer in Fort Wayne, Indiana. After twenty-five years leading technology programs at Amazon and Microsoft, he was chief operating officer of Blue Amp Media. In his Substack publication, The Hinge & The Near Field, he writes about AI and democracy and is serializing his novel Light Shines Through. He co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show. All stories by Lawrence

Dana DuBois

The memoirist

Dana DuBois is a memoirist and Gen X word nerd based in the Pacific Northwest. She founded I Write Out Loud, her Substack publication, where she writes across a range of subjects; parenting, music and pop culture, relationships, and feminism are her favorites. She co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show. Em dashes, Oxford commas, and well-placed semicolons make her heart happy. All stories by Dana