Pete McMurray Show

⛽ How Much More Can Americans Take? Rep. Darin LaHood ton High Gas Prices, Putin and the Midterm Stakes. Is Relief Finally Within Reach? 🎙️

-"Putin, make no mistake about it is a thug and dictator and an international criminal.  He should not be viewed as anything but that"
-Fighting with Canada
-How worried should we be with China
-Are Republicans worried about midterms 

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😂 REMEMBER WHEN COMEDIES WERE COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL? Matt Singer, author of “Funny Business,” takes us inside the era of Wedding Crashers, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Anchorman & the movies we’re STILL quoting 20 years later! 🎬🍿

-Old School and an uncredited Will Ferrell showing up out of nowhere 
-Judd Apatow 
-Anchorman 

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🎬 Actor James McAvoy on his new movie CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN'! 

-Two Scottish Guys Fake California Accents to Become Rap Stars!  Yes, It's a TRUE STORY! 
-They completely fooled the music industry
-Sharing a sex scene with Keira Knightley 

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🇺🇸 Former Speaker NEWT GINGRICH has a new book called America's Golden Age

“I Wrote ‘America’s Golden Age’ Because I’m Really Tired of People Being So Negative About Our Future”
America’s Best Days Could Still Be Ahead ✨
America will be in a Golden Age by 2076 
The number of jobs in space will be astonishing 

How would he advise President Trump today
How has things with the country and Iran changed since 1984
 

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👂😂 Turns Out Listening Is Actually MORE Important Than Talking! 🗣️ 

A Couples Therapist Explains Why We’re All So Good at Talking and So Terrible at Listening! 

Guys, you need to step up your game!

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Four time super bowl champion
Pro Football hall of famer
You can see him every sunday on FOX NFL Sunday
His new book is called Looking for Terry

Terry Talks:
-Depression
-What you see on Fox NFL Sunday is a happy man, but struggled for years
-Why he kept his depression such a secret
-How he finally got it right after three divorces
-The Immaculate Reception

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🎙️ FOR PETE’S SAKE - 2 or the Most Important Stories of the Week!

🥊 John Oliver Reunites With Russell Crowe’s “Cinderella Man” Jockstrap 😂

🛋️ Two Guys Ride a COUCH Balanced on Two Lime Scooters. What Could Go Wrong? 🛴😂

🎵 After 24 Years, Phil Collins & Paul McCartney Finally Make Up! 🤝

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🎙️ Show Open 10.24.26

🇫🇷 Lisa Escapes Paris Just Before the Protests Explode! 
🏈 Pete's Sports History Obsession Is Out of Control 📚
👻 Ghosting Someone? Turns Out the Ghoster May Be the One Haunted by Regret!

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Paranormal investigator Amy Bruni combines haunted places, true crime and FOOD in 
Cuisine to Kill For. 50+ recipes from some of the world’s most haunted places

Haunted places combined with recipes from the location
How does one become a paranormal investigator 
The energy she feels when walking into a place

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🎙️ FOR PETE’S SAKE - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week!

🐉 Game of Thrones Is Coming to the Big Screen. Are You Ready for Even Bigger Dragons? 🔥

🛒 Are We Shopping Online or Actually Putting on Pants and Going to Stores? 👖

☕ How Long Can You Camp Out at a Coffee Shop Before the Employees Secretly Hate You? 😂

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🤠 “DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS” WAS ABOUT…LITTER?! 

Eli Burnstein, author of “Phrased & Confused,” reveals what famous quotes REALLY meant and which ones we’ve been getting wrong!

“Don’t Mess With Texas…Started in an Anti Littering Campaign” 
We've been getting Carpe Diem wrong for years!
And, the many other phrases we are using incorrectly and where they came from 
 

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🎙️ SHOW OPEN

🪑 When Should the Patio Furniture Go Into Hibernation? 🥶

✈️ Book Holiday Travel NOW…Or Prepare to Sell a Kidney! 💸

🍫 Halloween Candy Costs More This Year. At These Prices, Turn Off the Porch Light! 🎃😂

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We all do it. We know something needs to get done, but somehow we keep putting it off until tomorrow.

Dana K. White
author of “Procrastinators Get Stuff Done,” 
explains why we procrastinate, how to finally get moving, 
and why the 5 minute rule could change everything

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KYLE MacLACHLAN: Dune, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Sex and the City…

-We Needed Answers About Those Giant Bangs in the movie Showgirls 😂 “What the Hell Was I Thinking???”  
-His Podcast "What are we even talking about?"

... and so much more - fun guest 

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🎙️ AD LEGEND LINDA KAPLAN THALER: “I’m Not a Genius, But I Have a Lifetime of Knowing How to Take a Lot of Information and Squeeze It Into Small Soundbites” 

📺 The Stories Behind Ads Like Aflac and the Jingles We’ll Never Forget! 🦆🎶
-How the client thought the Aflac and the Gilbert Gottfried idea was crazy!
-"I'm a Toys r Us Kid" jingle
-We all miss jingles
-How does advertising work on Tik Tok or other social platforms

My Life in 30 Seconds

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📉 CARLOS GUTIERREZ: is the former Kellogg CEO & U.S. Commerce Secretary his new book is called "Sheer Will"

 “Two Things About Our Economy That Worry Me…I Worry About the Stock Market…Job Creation.” 
Tariffs and who pays for it
Became CEO with a college degree
Who had a bigger ego at Kellogg - Snap, Krackle, or Pop
Carlos on George W "He is a leader!  I never heard him brag, I never heard him blame someone else..."
President Bush's reaction to the housing crisis of 2008


 

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🎙️ FOR PETE’S SAKE 10.03.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week 

🍔 Wendy’s drops an EMO album. Apparently fries have feelings! 😂 
⏰ Why do years fly by as we get older? You blink and somehow you're 58! 😳 
🫘 Turkey sets a record with a giant pot of baked beans. Somewhere, a hot dog is VERY jealous! 🌭

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🎙️ SHOW OPEN 10.03.26

🎃👻 Enough With Halloween Already! 
☕😡 Pete’s Parking Rage May Require Less Caffeine  
✈️😂 And Tom Cruise Spots a Distressed Kitchen Worker. Of Course He Does. Maverick to the Rescue!

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Dr Ian Smith joined us to talk menopause and his new book The New Menopause Kitchen

What women are feeling mentally and physically
"When women are experiencing these symptoms, it can be not only frustrating but you can feel lost"
What is "midlife power nutrients" in Chapter 2
How much protein do women REALLY need daily 
 

The New Menopause Kitchen 

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🏠 HYBRID WORKERS: Saving 45 Minutes on the Commute…Then Spending It on the Couch 

Staying home you sit 44 minutes longer than at work.  
Here's what to do...

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🍔 25 Years After Fast Food Nation…Has Fast Food Gotten Any BETTER? 
Eric Schlosser’s groundbreaking book changed how we look at what’s REALLY behind the counter. 

Now he’s back with the 25th Anniversary Edition. 🍟😳

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MS Now's 🎙️ PETER ALEXANDER joined us to talk:

The White House Media Ban
Gas Prices Climbing & a War With No End in Sight 
A Terror Plot in the Sky,

And more ... 


State of Play - weekdays on MS NOW

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🏈 TOM BRADY WANTED TO BE THE GREATEST. BUT WHAT DID IT COST HIM? 

Lars Anderson, author of “BRADY: An American Story and the Price of Greatness,” 
on the obsession that fueled Brady’s success and the sacrifices his marriage and family made along the way. 

 

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📱 Is Your Relationship on DO NOT DISTURB? 

A couples therapist reveals the phone habits that could mean it’s time to cut the cord. 

If they’re suddenly guarding their phone - bad bad sign!

Here's what to look for ... 

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🎸 Kevin Cronin Wrote Some of Rock’s Greatest Songs for REO Speedwagon. 

Now He’s Being Inducted into the Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for a SECOND Time! This time as a songwriter.

What does Kev think about his music still being played around the world: “It totally blows my mind.” 🤯🎶

 

Follow Kev on Instagram

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👀 Before There Were Supermodels…There Was TWIGGY! 

The short hair, the huge eyes, the lashes, THE LOOK. 

Twiggy changed fashion forever. 

Now the icon joins us to talk about her incredible life and the new documentary TWIGGY. 

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🥊 “I Must Break You!” But Ivan Drago Wasn’t Dolph Lundgren’s Toughest Fight. His new book Fights Worth Fighting. 💪🎬📖

Dolph talks:
-The Expendables franchise and how everyone kept their egos in check
-He graduated as a chemical engineer (yes, he is a smart cat)
-He was turned down originally for Rocky IV
-His struggles with his father, drugs, alcohol

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🎙️ SHOW OPEN 09.26.26

⛽ Gas near Pete’s house is $5.39! At these prices, the car is staying home 😂 
🍂 Weather’s changing. DON’T HIBERNATE! Get out! 
🍞 A NY bakery sells a loaf for $60. For $60, that bread better make US a sandwich! 🥪

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🎙️ FOR PETE’S SAKE 09.26.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week!

😳 Tom Cruise fully admits he’s intense!  Shocker.
🥒 A dietitian says fruits & veggies cure hangovers. Nothing says “HELP MY HANGOVER” like a cucumber! 
✈️ And a guy folded 415 paper airplanes in an hour. Ladies, he’s single! 😂

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Dana Bash is CNN's Chief Political Correspondent and co-anchor of Sunday morning's State of the Union

Dana and writer DAVID FISHER share their book: THE ELECTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

-Current White House Ban
-Elections
-How history repeats itself in their new book
-Actor Spencer Garrett (stud)

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❄️ S.A.D.? You’re Not Alone. 
13 million American adults suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. 

Therapist Amy Morin joined us to talk:
-Recognizing S.A.D.
-Can someone have S.A.D. without knowing it
-Sun lamps can help 
-Communication hacks with coworker and spouse

Amy Morin Website 
Amy Morin Instagram
The Mental Strength Playbook

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Fox News Channel's Bret Baier joined us to talk:

-President Addressing the UN on the War in Iran “He has said this before and there is a real question about whether he's committed to making that choice on the annihilation front.”
-With Saudi Arabia being bombed, is he concerned this is now expanding in the Middle East
-The White House press ban
-Gas Prices, War in Ukraine, Diesel Prices

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🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 09.19.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week!

🏄 Point Break is coming back on AMC! Johnny Utah lives, because apparently Hollywood is afraid of new ideas. 😂

👙 Over half of women can’t WAIT to take their bras off when they get home. Freedom! 😂

☕ High School student suspended on DAY ONE for refusing to give up her coffee. Well, that escalated quickly! 😂

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🩺 The Secrets of ER! The casting, stars, romances, egos, exits and everything that REALLY happened at County General. 

ER: The Oral History author Lynette Rice joined us to talk:

-Pete "starring" on ER
-How the show made people stars like George Clooney
-The actors would record the medical terms on cassette and listen over-and-over to pronounce them correctly on television
-No one has been able to duplicate the success ER had

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Shark Tank's Daniel Lubetzky 
💥 Before KIND Became a Multi Billion Dollar Brand, Daniel Lubetzky Failed… 

Here's his story...

-His father was in a concentration camp during the Holocaust and that's what drove him to be successful
-His failures and setbacks help him grow
-The company's name KIND is in honor of his father because  he lived life in kindness
-Do highly successful people have something in common when things go sideways "Attitude is Destiny"
-Personalities of the Sharks on Shark Tank

His podcast is called "Build or Break"

😳 2,400+ Days Held Hostage by Al Qaeda. How Do You Survive? 

American aid worker Jeff Woodke endured nearly seven unimaginable years in captivity. 

Now he tells the incredible story of survival and coming home in All the Way Home. 🇺🇸🙏

-How it happened
-His first few days in captivity
-How did he not go crazy
-The point where he wanted to die

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🥶🔥 Grilling Season Is NOT OVER when it gets cold, folks!

🥩🔥 Weber Grill Master Dustin Green joined us to talk:

-It's never too cold to grill
-Biggest mistake we all make grilling when it's cold out
-He DOES NOT let his meat rest on the counter before grilling
-His go-to food to grill on gameday with people coming over
-Pizza on the grill
-How often should we clean out grill

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📺 Charlie’s Angels Lasted Just 5 Years… We’ve Been Talking About It for 50! 😂 Jaclyn Smith: “Five years, so it's like shocking that we're still talking about it 50 years later.” 😇❤️

Jaclyn Smith joined us to talk about her new book
"I Once Knew a Guy Named Charlie"

-50 years later we're still talking Charlie's Angels
-The show blew up overnight
-Advice for her younger self

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🎙️ Show Open 09.19.26

⛽ Gas prices are so high, filling up the car is now the family’s big weekend purchase. 😂
🎓 Pete visited his son at school and now wishes HE could go back. Apparently he's one beer away from college. 🍺
🧶 Lisa is officially HIP! Crocheting and grandma hobbies are cool now. Somewhere, Nana is saying, “I told you so.” 😂

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🎙️ Breakfast may be trying to kill you! 🥓🥞 Turns out it’s not just WHAT you eat, but WHEN you eat it that could affect how long you live. ⏰

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