Pete McMurray Show

🦶💰 Would you sell pictures of your feet to complete strangers for cash? 😳 

What's the strangest way you've ever made money? 

From plasma donations 💉 to mystery shopping 🕵️ to everything in between

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🎙️😂 The world knew Richard Pryor as a comedy genius. She knew him as Dad. ❤️

Elizabeth Pryor joins us to share stories, memories and the man behind one of the most influential comedians of all time 🔥🎤

The Book 📖 Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word and Me

 

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🚲😂 Gen X childhood was basically "good luck out there!" 

Be home by dark 💡, 
Make your own dinner 🍞 
Sign your own school forms 📝

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For Pete's Sake - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week

🎙️😂 For Pete's Sake

 🎬 Nicolas Cage changed his name because apparently "Copella" wasn't Hollywood enough  
🥤🤱 A Florida woman stole a coworker's Stanley Cup to store breast milk 
😂  🏆☕ An Indian man collected 858 paper cups from 31 countries... proving every hobby has a champion 

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🐶❤️ If your dog or cat could answer ONE question honestly, what would you ask? 🤔

🐾 Here are the questions pet owners want answers to 😂🐕😹

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Former Eagle Don Felder joined us to talk:

-Hotel California (he co-wrote) "It's the one spot in the show where I cannot make a single one-note mistake!"
-He had someone in Malibu play the demo of Hotel California over the phone so they could replicate it in Miami
-What was the secret to making the Eagles chemistry work 
-Who wrote the lyrics "On a dark desert highway...Cool wind in my hair"

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The always entertaining Billy Bush aka The Bushy joined us to talk:

-His brother running for Governor of Maine
-Played a George W Bush voicemail for us 
-Attorney Alan Jackson and the Reiner Family
-Billy is not a Blake Lively fan

YouTube: Hot Mics 🎙️ with Billy Bush

 

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🎙️ Show Open 06.13.26

⚽😳 The World Cup is coming and yes, we're going to explain why the rest of the planet loses its mind over it
💍🎰 You can now bet on Taylor Swift's wedding because apparently we've run out of normal things to gamble on
🍫🏆 Congrats to M&M's new flavor, proving democracy still works... at least in the candy aisle

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⚾😂 Jeremy Piven joins us to talk live comedy 🎤, calmer crowds 😌 and the pressure of throwing out the first pitch at Wrigley Field. One bad throw and you're trending for all the wrong reasons 🤣🔥

Jeremy talks:
-Live comedy
-Audiences are more relaxed now
-Throwing out the first pitch at Wrigley

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🥊😂 Want to get fit, lose weight and kick ass at life? Santino DeFranco is a former MMA fighter and elite coach, he shares how to stop making excuses and start moving

-Is caffeine good for you
-Calories in / Calories out
-Life doesn't have to be all or nothing
-Why pick a profession where you get hit in the face at your job
 

His book
Fight Ready: How to Get Fit, Lose Weight, and Kick Ass in Everything You Do

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🎙️Show Open 😂 

🥤🇺🇸 Diet Dew is now "American Dew" because apparently soda is patriotic 

🎸👴 Enough with farewell tours that last longer than most marriages 😂

🛏️😴 Gen Z is taking mental health days for "bed rotting"... which our generation called Saturday 🤣🔥

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Michael McBride, host of "Mistakes That Made America," joined us! 🇺🇸📺 to talk:

-Play Doh was wallpaper cleaner
-Post-it Notes started because of a bad glue
-The twinkie was invented by mistake in Chicago during WWII
-The slinky and potato chips

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🎙️ For Pete's Sake 😂 Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week

💪 40+ pushups for guys today could mean a healthier heart tomorrow ❤️🔥 Apparently your cardiologist wants you to drop and give him 40 😂

🎤🕺 Despite what social media says, Barry Gibb is still stayin’ alive 😂

🚗😌 4 in 10 drivers say their car is their happy place... they may need to get out more 🤣


 

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Ryan Nobles is the Chief Capitol Hill Correspondent for NBC News - Congress is back in session

Ryan joined us to talk
-Is it surreal working on the Today Show 
-Locking the Supreme at Nine Justices
-Is Redistricting the new norm
-The War in Iran and Republicans growing uncomfortable with the progress of the war

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🐅⛳ Who had the greater career: Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus? The argument may never end 😳🏆 A legendary golf writer takes a deep dive into golf's biggest debate in his new book Tiger vs. Jack... Bob Harig 🎙️📖🔥

-As sports fans, we love to argue the past and present
-What matters more: Dominance or Impact of the Game
-Tiger has had 7 back procedures, not to mention everything else
-Jack came in second place 19 times in Major Tournaments 


Tiger vs Jack: Golf's Great Debate

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🎙️😂 One in 6 singles hasn't gone on a date with someone they met in real life in TWO YEARS 😳📱 And 60% say they're too nervous to start a conversation

Whaaaaa???

-Top reason to not  making a move - the fear of rejection
-Almost 40% talked themselves out of it because they were overthinking the situation.
-33% haven't made a move because they didn't know how to start a conversation.

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-🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 05.30.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week

🍽️😡 80% of couples fight over the kitchen mess

🤖✈️ Southwest Airlines is banning robots following an incident with a 3.5 foot robot named Stewie

💊😵 Kim Kardashian takes 35 supplements a day. At that point, breakfast IS a CVS receipt 😂

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🎙️ Show Open 😂

⛽ Gas & groceries are so expensive we’re financing eggs now

🧦 College boys smell like feet & their laundry is worse

💊 Pete’s PSA: Don’t take 2 Valium and expect to solve problems 😂

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💼😩 Tough day at work? Therapist Amy Morin joins us to talk about her new book “The Mental Strength Playbook” 📖🧠 Little psychological tricks to help you stay strong at work… even when you’re totally over everybody 😂🔥

-How do you "fake" confidence at that meeting aka "Let's Act as If ..."
-Imposter syndrom
-Amy's "plays" to help guide you through the difficult moments
-How should you start your day

Amy is so good...
Check out her website HERE

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One in three adults admits they “settled” for their romantic partner

Yikes!

28% believe their partner settled for them!

And to make matters worse, women were more likely than men to believe they settled, 35% of women versus 31% of men

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🥱📋 The most boring things in life are out! Waiting on hold ☎️, small talk 😬 and meetings that should’ve been emails 💼😂

Listen for the list ...

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Christopher Andersen has written bestselling books on Princess Diana, the Kennedys, and the Royal Family 
… and now turns his focus to the future Queen
His new book 
Kate: The Courage, Grace, and Power of the Woman Who Will Be Queen

-Who is Kate and what do we really know about her
-Kate and William have a great love story
-What is William like behind the scenes
-What is Kate and William's relationship with Harry and Meghan
-Kate and William's three children 

The book:
Kate: The Courage, Grace, and P...

Kal Penn is a good dude.  

Kal joined us to talk:

-Neil Patrick Harris
-His podcast "Earsay" - it's an audio book club
-What he "stole" from the White House
-Working with Kiefer Sutherland 

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Do you consider yourself cool?  Americans were asked a simple question: How cool do you think you are?  

16% say they're very cool, 
39% say they're somewhat cool, 
24% say they're not very cool, 
and 12% say they're not at all cool. 


Overall, 56% of Americans say they're at least somewhat cool

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Show Open 05.23.26 

🍔🔥 Lisa’s hosting a BBQ this week… huge mistake because nobody ever leaves 
😅 Off last week… Lisa went to Paris 🇫🇷 Pete went to Vegas 🎰 which tells you EVERYTHING about this show 
😂 Plus: Electric Cars vs Gas ⚡️⛽️

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He’s one half of the Farrelly Brothers 🎬😂 Bobby Farrelly joined us 

Bobby talks:

-New movie with the kid from White Lotus 

-Working with legends like Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, and even Bret Fav-ruh 🏈 (There’s Something About Mary!)

-The stories are absolutely fantastic 😆🍿

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Gen Z Overthinking LIFE  🤯🥇 70% Admit They Spiral… Replaying Cringe Moments and Rewriting Comebacks They Never Said 

😅🌀 How Did the Other Generations Fare? 📱😂

-Millennials follow close behind, with 63% often overthinking things

-This drops to just 38% for Boomers.

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Americans are Obsessed with Obsession 🤯🥦 Air Frying, Zero Sugar Drinks, and “Proteinmaxxing” 💪🍗… We’ve Officially Turned Everything Into an Obsessive Full Time Job 😂

Food
Working out
Proteinmaxxing (enough)

 

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

🧟 Thriller is back at #1… apparently zombies never left the charts
🦌 French cops warning about drunk deer on fermented fruit… Bambi’s had a DAY
🎤 An Ozzy and Sharon love story biopic is coming… bats everywhere are nervous

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From The Sopranos Mob Life 🔫🍝 to Dining Out with his Dog Willie 🍽️🐶 Steve Schirripa 
Talks New Book 'WillieBoy Eats the World'

-Sopranos and what it meant

-New book based off of taking his dog Willie to restaurants
-Working on Blue Bloods and the Cast

Follow Steve (and Willie) on Instagram  


 

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Congressman Darin LaHood

-Diplomatic talks with Iran to end the War
-Inspectors have access to every corner of Iran is the most important 
-Are our allies pushing away from us
-"Affordability is still a big issue. As we head into the summer, people are feeling that pinch"
-"Energy prices affect everything: From food, groceries, to going out to dinner, to buying a 12 pack of beer.  All of it is affected by it...we have to bring down affordibility"
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The Nancy Guthrie Mystery 🔍😳 An 84 Year Old Woman Vanishes From Her Arizona Home… and the Questions Still Haven’t Been Answered 🌵

🚨 Host Brian Entin Breaks it All Down 🎙️
-ALL the information came at us at once
-We thought it was solved
-Were the Ransom Notes Real
-Have all the family members been cleared


 

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😂🎤 John Michael Higgins back hosting America Says 📺 on Game Show Network 

-The iconic scene in 'The Break-Up' "This is a feature film, it was an expensive one, it had celebrities and big big stars in it ... there was a lt of people around the table - Ann Margret was at that table! Jennifer Aniston!"

-Six seasons of America Says - he does 5-6 shows a day
-His friendship and working with Katherine O'Hara 
-How he and Katherine didn't speak, they sang to each other


 

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🎓💸 HOW MUCH do you give 2026 grads? 😅📈 Inflation, tough job market… what are we coughing up 💵😬

Grade school
High School
College

What do you give grads this year?  Here's what experts are saying ...
 

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🍿 She made late night TV legendary… now Rhonda Shear brings 'Up All Night' back in a big way 😂📺

-Working with Gilbert
-What was it like being everyone's late night friend
-The movies played back in the day
-Now on Roku

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🎤😂 For Pete’s Sake - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week

The Iran war is making condoms more expensive 😳💸
Dave Grohl keeps his voice alive with beer whiskey and Advil 🍺🥃
Can you be friends with someone you love? Experts say… probably not 😬💔
 

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😂🎤 Show Open 05.09.26

Favorite TV moms (yes, Mrs Brady is in there) 👩‍👧‍👦📺
New food trend alert… soup for breakfast?! 🍲😳 (someone check on us)
A survey says the word of 2026 is “stressful” 😬💥 We are thriving… obviously 😂

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Eve Plumb aka Jan Brady joined us:

-She and her husband Ken have ZOOM cocktails with Chris Knight (Peter Brady) and his wife Cara
-The HGTV Brady Reunion was the biggest ratings HGTV has ever seen
-Her Plumb line
-Her guest appearances on 1960-1970's shows 

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FX's The Shield star Michael Chiklis joined us to talk:

-Rob Morrow and the backyard band
-Loves the 70's music 
-The arts and the Creative Coalition
-What the National Endowment for the Arts does with these grants and why this is so important to all of us
-Michael Chiklis' character The Shield's Lt. Vic Mackey changed cable television "it was kind of an incredible moment in television history...the rise of the anti-hero...I don't know if you could do the Shield now"

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🚨 Bret Baier was in the room during the assassination attempt on the President… now makes the case we’re still a great country 🇺🇸 in his new book, 'Case for America' 📚 

Bret talks:
-The chaos that night during the WHCD
-Gun violence and the effect on him
-His book 'Case for America' is basically a defense of the American idea
-What are the next steps to united a divided country 
-Is the President showing us by example unifying the country
-What is the Iran endgame 

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