Pablo Torre Finds Out Share & Squirrel & Tell with Elle Duncan and Desus Nice
Apr 3, 2026
Desus Nice, comedian and nightlife vet with wild digital anecdotes, and Elle Duncan, sports broadcaster with firsthand baseball reporting chops. They riff on robot umpires and ABS tech. They unpack Netflix’s baseball broadcast choices. They trade stories about porn infrastructure, iCloud phishing schemes, and urban oddities like the vaping squirrel and Tompkins Square smoking chaos.
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Desus's Unlikely Pre-Media Resume
- Desus Nice recounted varied pre-media jobs including librarian, nightclub bouncer, domain seller, and porn-industry DNS work.
- He described reading The Hungry Caterpillar to kids, then once choking out a kid in Riverdale while working at the library.
Elle's Nightclub Fight On Her Birthday
- Elle Duncan shared a nightclub fight story from her 25th birthday where an inebriated woman attacked her and ripped her dress.
- She defended a friend, used a karate chop to the neck, and described the assailant as possibly on bath salts.
ABS Robots Improve Accuracy Without Killing Drama
- MLB's ABS robot-umpire system balances accuracy with fan engagement by letting humans still be the focal point of emotion.
- ABS measures batter height to set strike zones and allows quick player challenges, exposing umpires like C.B. Buckner in dramatic Jumbotron moments.