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Jumping the Shark (Cables)
Plus: Sharks are NOT to blame for your internet problems, Texas election chaos & a polygamist town gets a coffee shop.
Mar 4
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How To... Bust a Ghost!
I don't believe in ghosts... But I'm starting to believe I might be wrong.
Mar 3
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Shock & Ayatollah
Plus: Iran bans dog walking, Ticketmaster faces a breakup threat & why a man sneaks INTO jail.
Mar 2
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New Shirts. New Shoes. New Trial.
Plus: MAGA’s animal activism, Beyond Meat’s sizzling reality check & the TikToker who got Romania’s elections canceled
Feb 27
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Live Replay: SAVE Act or Save Face?
Mike Pesca and Matt Robison discuss the SAVE Act, voter ID politics, SCOTUS’s IEPA ruling, tariffs, Venezuela and what will shape the midterms.
Feb 26
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No One's Nice To Bari Weiss
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I Too Had a Disastrous Interview with Karine Jean-Pierre
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NPR's Death by a Thousand Decolonizations
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Anxiety, Inc.
Your anxiety is an opportunity to sell you something.
Feb 26
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Mike Pesca x Matt Robison LIVE
I’m going live with Matt Robison on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 1:00 p.m. ET.
Feb 24
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Fowl Play in Minnesota
Plus: Turkeys take over Minnesota suburbs, office-to-everything in Boston, an outburst at the BAFTA awards & a fake ICE hotline.
Feb 23
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Let Them Skate!
Plus: We don't need to ask Olympic athletes their opinion on Cuba, why "tax the rich!" isn't a great strategy, & why a local politician is pretending to…
Feb 20
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The Steak of the Union
Plus: The judge that declared a mistrial over a T-shirt, why billionaires are fleeing California & why Ken Paxton is suing over an EPIC housing…
Feb 19
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The Red, White & Gu: Live with Mike Pesca and Matt Lewis
I don't root for Eileen Gu. My advice is nor should you. This and more insights from my conversation with Matt Lewis.
Feb 18
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Why Is Everyone So Nice to Eileen Gu?
She was born in San Francisco, went to Stanford, and became one of the best freestyle skiers in the world. But why is she competing for China?
Feb 17
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Feb 17
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Is America Really Headed for Civil War? Yascha Mounk on Trump, Autocracy & Democratic Backsliding
What actually counts as a constitutional crisis, why “civil war” might be the most abused phrase in politics, and whether America’s messy election…
Feb 16
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