Pete McMurray Show
The Pete McMurray Show is a talk show featuring Pete McMurray and Lisa Kotara. The two focus on insight, not outrage. Every show is built around curiosity, timely topics, engaging conversations, and compelling guests that make listeners think, laugh, or learn something new.
🎙️ 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 apparently he's one beer away from college. 🍺 🧶 Lisa is officially HIP! Crocheting is BACK!!! 😂
🎙️ 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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😳 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. 🇺🇸🙏
😳 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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🩺 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 joins us. Plus, Pete finally gets the recognition he deserves for being an extra "star" 😂📺
🩺 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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🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 09.19.26 🏄 Point Break is back! Hollywood has officially run out of ideas. 😂 👙 Over half of women race home to take off their bras. FREE AT LAST! 😂 ☕ Student suspended DAY ONE over her coffee. Well, that escalated quickly! 😂
🎙️ 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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😇 Five Seasons, 50 Years of Charlie’s Angels! Jaclyn Smith: “Five years, so it's like shocking that we're still talking about it 50 years later.” Apparently Charlie knew what he was doing! 😂📺
📺 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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🥶🔥 Grilling Season Is NOT over! Put on a coat, grab the tongs and FIRE THAT BABY UP! 😂 Weber Grill Master Dustin Green joins us to prove frostbite is temporary, but a perfectly grilled steak is forever. 🥩🔥
🥶🔥 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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💥 Before KIND Became a Multi Billion Dollar Brand, Daniel Lubetzky Failed… A LOT. “Setback after setback, failure after failure...all those little setbacks and failures plant the seeds for you to eventually figure things out.” 🌱💰
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"
🎙️ 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. ⏰ So now apparently pancakes need an appointment.
🎙️ 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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🎙️ Show Open 09.12.26 🏈 Pete’s football addiction has gotten so bad he’s now watching HIGH SCHOOL kids play 😂 🍎 Hate your kid’s new teacher? Before you demand a trade, we can help! 💰 And the HOTTEST career of 2026 is… trust us, you’ll never guess it!
🎙️ Show Open 09.12.26
🏈 Pete’s football addiction has gotten so bad he’s now watching HIGH SCHOOL kids play 😂
🍎 Hate your kid’s new teacher? Before you demand a trade, we can help!
💰 And the HOTTEST career of 2026 is… trust us, you’ll never guess it!
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🏈 Why Do the Rams and Patriots Keep Getting It Right… While the Jets Keep Getting It Wrong? 😂 Joshua Robinson, coauthor of The Playbook, reveals the hidden strategies that separate the NFL’s winners from everyone else.
🏈 Why Do the Rams and Patriots Keep Getting It Right… While the Jets Keep Getting It Wrong?
😂 Joshua Robinson, coauthor of The Playbook joined us:
-WHY do the Jets continually get it wrong
-WHY do the Eagles, Ravens, Rams continually get it right
-The amount of money the NFL makes and disperses to teams yearly
-Seattle's change in culture to winning
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🇺🇸 $5,000 for Every American?! Trump says the Iran war will end after the midterms AND promises a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” if Republicans keep Congress. NBC’s Garrett Haake joins us, plus John Fetterman at the GOP midterm convention. 👀💰
Garrett Haake is the senior White House correspondent for NBC News
He joined us to talk:
-The President saying the War will end after the midterms
-The $5,000 promise
-Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman spoke the other night at a Republican Pep rally
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He has a new podcast out called “Here’s the Scoop: Election Edition”
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☕ Your Coffee Order Is Judging You! 😂 A former Starbucks employee says your daily order reveals A LOT about your personality. Black coffee? Frappuccino? Vanilla latte? Apparently your cup is spilling more than coffee. 👀☕
☕ Your Coffee Order Is Judging You! 😂 A former Starbucks employee says your daily order reveals A LOT about your personality.
-Are you complicated
-Are you boring
-Are you torturing yourself
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🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 09.12.26 🥊 Alex Van Halen takes another swing at Sammy Hagar. Still no love lost! 😂 🍺 America has a NEW #1 beer. Sorry, Bud Light! 🌴 We’re all moving south to retire. Apparently Florida needs more old people! 😂
🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 09.12.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
🥊 Alex Van Halen takes another swing at Sammy Hagar. Still no love lost! 😂
🍺 America has a NEW #1 beer. Sorry, Bud Light!
🌴 We’re all moving south to retire. Apparently Florida needs more old people! 😂
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💔 What REALLY Counts as Cheating? Is it physical, or does it start way before that? A secret work connection, hidden texts, online flirting… if you wouldn’t do it with your partner watching, have you already crossed the line? 👀📱
💔 What REALLY Counts as Cheating?
Is it physical, or does it start way before that? A secret work connection, hidden texts, online flirting… i
-15% of Americans who are married or in a relationship admit they have romantic feelings for someone outside their relationship.
-Gen Z were the most likely generation to say they had feelings for someone else, at 31%
-Followed by millennials at 21%.
-Men were also more likely than women to report those feelings, at 19% versus 12%
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📺 For 8 seasons, Eriq La Salle was Dr. Peter Benton on ER. ❤️ “It’s one of those things that will always be a part of you, you know.” 🩺 Eriq talks ER, life after County General, and his gripping new book, LAWS OF SOLOMON. 📚
For eight seasons, Eriq La Salle played Dr. Peter Benton on one of the biggest shows on television, … ER.”
His new book is called “LAWS OF SOLOMON”
Eriq talks:
-ER "It's one of those things that will always be a part of you, you know."
-This is his fourth book!
-38 Million households were watching ER back in the 90's
-Coming to America was one of his earliest roles
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🇺🇸 Tom Brokaw Remembers September 11, 2001: Where he was when America was attacked, what he witnessed as the story unfolded, and what he remembers most about one of the darkest days in American history. ❤️
🇺🇸 Tom Brokaw Remembers September 11, 2001
Where he was when America was attacked, what he witnessed as the story unfolded,
and what he remembers most about one of the darkest days in American history. ❤️
This originally aired Sept 11, 2013
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🎸 Everybody Wants to Rule the World 🎶 Tears for Fears defined the 80s. Roland Orzabal joined us to talk hits, life and 40+ years of music. ❤️ And Pete finally thanks him for providing the soundtrack to his makeout college years. 😂
🎸 Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Shout, Head Over Heels! 🎶 Tears for Fears defined the 80s.
Roland Orzabal joined us to talk:
-Pete thanks him for providing the soundtrack to his makeout college years. 😂
-Did he pay attention to the hype
-How astrology was a big part of his life
-What's in the book that hasn't been written in a song
-How did he meet his bandmate in Tears Curt Smith
His book "Welcome to Your Life"
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🎙️ Lose weight, gain dates! ❤️⚖️ Netflix is casting Weight to Date, following singles through extreme weight loss. Because getting on a scale in front of America wasn’t terrifying enough. Now SWIPE RIGHT! 😂 The weight loss obsession continues!
🎙️ Lose weight, gain dates! ❤️⚖️ Netflix is casting Weight to Date, following singles through extreme weight loss.
Weight loss has become one of the biggest industries in America. From diets and supplements to Ozempic and Wegovy, how far are people willing to go to lose a few pounds?
Now with a new reality show, we continue to be obsessed.
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Hate your job…or just hate WORKING? 😂💼 Having frustrations at work is normal. Complaining about EVERYTHING? Maybe not. From meetings to deadlines to simply being asked to do your job, here’s what people with ZERO work ethic love to complain about. 🤣
Complainers. We all work with them
What are they complaining about at work?
Here's a few things ...
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🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 09.05.26 🥁 Zak Starkey fired by The Who, rehired, fired again…apparently “farewell” means something different 😂 🦇 She woke up with a BAT trying to get in her mouth! 😱 🤢 Moldy food? Stop performing surgery on it and THROW IT OUT!
🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 09.05.26
🥁 Zak Starkey was fired by The Who, rehired, fired again…apparently “farewell” means something different to these guys. 😂
🦇 She woke up with a BAT trying to get in her mouth! 😱
🤢 Moldy food? Stop performing surgery on it and THROW IT OUT!
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🎙️ Show Open 09.05.26 ☀️ Labor Day means summer is OVER! Thank God for the NFL 😭 💪 Pete has ZERO chance on the American Ninja Warrior course 😂 🍾 Lisa survived a two day bachelorette bender, and Pete has never been prouder. 🥂
🎙️ Show Open 09.05.26
☀️ Labor Day means summer is OVER! Thank God for the NFL 😭
💪 Pete has ZERO chance on the American Ninja Warrior course 😂
🍾 Lisa survived a two day bachelorette bender, and Pete has never been prouder. 🥂
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“Coach B” 🏃♂️ Chris Bennett is Nike’s Global Running Head Coach and the voice in your ear on the Nike Run Club app. His message: “Struggling doesn’t mean failure.” ❤️ His new book proves running is about a lot more than running. 📖
“Coach B” 🏃♂️ Chris Bennett is Nike’s Global Running Head Coach and the voice in your ear on the Nike Run Club app.
His new book "This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running: Lessons for Between and Beyond the Start and Finish Line"
Coach B talks:
-Biggest mistake people make when trying to run
-His advice for running (hint: consistency)
-What is the book about
-"Compete with ... "
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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. ⏰ So now apparently pancakes need an appointment. 😂
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.
Researchers therefore analyzed data from 31,044 adults aged 40 and older in the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1999 and 2018
This is what they found ...
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From med school to stand up to American Ninja Warrior host! 🩺😂💪 Matt Iseman quit his residency to become a comedian. Clearly, his parents were thrilled. 😂 Now he’s talking sports business on Front Office Sports Tonight. 📺🏈
💪 American Ninja Warrior Host Matt Iseman joined us to talk:
-Akbar his co-host on ANW
-How he quiet his residency after med school to become a standup
-He took the same path as Ken Jong (The Hangover)
-His new show "Front Office Sports Tonight"
-Doing the course
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🎙️ Are Screens Making Our Kids Worse at Learning? 📱🧠 Schools have spent billions putting technology in classrooms. Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath says we may have gotten it completely wrong. He explains The Digital Delusion.
🎙️ Are Screens Making Our Kids Worse at Learning? 📱🧠 Schools have spent billions putting technology in classrooms. Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath says we may have gotten it completely wrong. He explains his book "The Digital Delusion"
-Reading an actual book or highlighting
-Does tech hurt schools that don't have much money
-Don't these tech tools help teachers
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🎙️ Show Open 08.29.26 🇺🇸 Why everybody loved Dolly Parton 🎬 Why can men quote a movie 400 times but can’t remember where they parked? 😂 And 📵 your doctor isn’t ghosting you. Apparently, you’re just rude!
🎙️ Show Open 08.29.26
🇺🇸 Why everybody loved Dolly Parton
🎬 Why can men quote a movie 400 times but can’t remember where they parked?
📵 Your doctor isn’t ghosting you. Apparently, you’re just rude!
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🎤 Remembering Dolly Parton ❤️🎶 Dolly belonged to everyone. Was her death a shock? Biographer Martha Ackmann: “When Dolly started canceling things she never canceled... I thought things were not good.” We remember the icon behind the rhinestones. ✨
🎤 Remembering Dolly Parton ❤️🎶 She belonged to everyone.
Dolly biographer Martha Ackmann joins us to remember the woman behind the rhinestones. ✨
-Was this a shocker to even her "Well, when Dolly started canceling things, and canceling things she never canceled ... I thought things were not good"
-Dolly was liked by everyone
-Elvis wanted to record "I will Always Love You" and they declined because he wanted the publishing rights
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🎙️ How Does the War With Iran End? 🇺🇸 What’s happening behind the scenes at the Pentagon, and are we running low on weapons and ammunition? NBC News Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube takes us inside the war and what comes next.
How Does the War With Iran End? 🇺🇸 What’s happening behind the scenes at the Pentagon
NBC News Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube joined us to talk:
-How NBC and the rest of the presscore lost their access to the Pentagon
-What's the next steps
-How close are we to and endgame
-Are we running low on weapons because of the war
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🎙️ 🎸 If These Walls Could Rock! 🤘 The Untold Stories of Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Slash, Dave Grohl, and the Legendary Sunset Marquis Hotel Where Rock History Was Made
🎙️ 🎶 Welcome to Rock and Roll's Best Kept Secret! 🤘 The Sunset Marquis Was More Than a Hotel... It Was Where Legends Made Music and Memories
Co-directors and producers Tyler Measom and Craig A. Williams joined us to talk:
-How did it all start
-Springsteen was on the cover of Time & Newsweek in the same week and threw the magazines in the pool
-Billy Bob Thornton lived nearby, but paid to stay at the Sunset Marquis for 6 years
-Green Day threw all their furniture out the window of their hotel
So many great stori...
🎙️ Carol Kane! 🚕 Taxi, 👑 The Princess Bride, 🧙♀️ Wicked, ☀️ It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 😂 What was Andy Kaufman like off camera and her thoughts on Danny DeVito schlepping subs on TV!
🎙️ Carol Kane 🚕 Taxi, 👑 The Princess Bride, 🧙♀️ Wicked, ☀️ It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
She joined us to talk...
-Stay alive long enough, you're a Hollywood legend
-She shared some great stories from the Princess Bride
-Does she remember Andre the Giant drink so much beer
-What was Andy Kaufman like OFF Camera
🎬 If I TELL YOU OFFICIAL TRAILER 🎥
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🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 08.29.26 🎬 Robert Pattinson is doing To Catch a Predator because apparently we needed the movie. 🐶 4 in 10 owners would eat their dog’s food. Who’s a good boy now? 🍿 The Odyssey just made R rated history
🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 08.29.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
🎬 Robert Pattinson is doing To Catch a Predator because apparently we needed the movie.
🐶 4 in 10 owners would eat their dog’s food. Who’s a good boy now?
🍿 The Odyssey just made R rated history.
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🎙️ Screenshot it so you don’t forget! 📱🧠 Great idea… except science says taking a screenshot may actually make you LESS likely to remember it. So now we have 14,000 screenshots AND no idea why we took them. 😂
A new study published in Memory & Cognition …suggests that taking a screenshot may work against memory rather than for it.
-Screenshots don't help the memory
-Smartphones are to blame
-Attention span is just :47 seconds now
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🎙️ For Pete's Sake 08.22.26 🎟️ Charli XCX says, "How about tickets that DON'T require a second mortgage?" 💸😂 🐶 Your dog really is judging your facial expressions! 👀🐕 🏊💦 Is peeing in the pool actually a big deal? 🤢😆
🎙️ For Pete's Sake 08.22.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
🎟️ Charli XCX says, "How about tickets that DON'T require a second mortgage?" 💸😂
🐶 Your dog really is judging your facial expressions! 👀🐕
🏊💦 Is peeing in the pool actually a big deal... or have we all been overreacting? 🤢😆
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🎙️ 🏋️😂 Forget Marriage Counseling... Try Leg Day! ❤️ Couples Who Exercise Report Fewer Arguments and a Happier Relationship
🎙️ 🏃💍 Date Night Is Out... Gym Night Is In!
😂 Married Couples Who Exercise Say They Fight Less and Actually Like Each Other More ❤️
😂 Put Down the Remote and Pick Up Some Dumbbells!
Listen why ...
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🎙️ 📖 The English Language Has 170,000 Words... 😂 Apparently Gen Z Needed One More! 🤯 This Week's Slang Word Will Have Millennials Confused... Gen X Scratching Their Heads... and Boomers Calling the Grandkids! 📱🤣
🎙️ 🤔 Is It Real English... or Just Gen Z? 😂 Learn This Week's Slang Word Before Your Kids Use It on You! 📱🤣
Let's Recap:
Rizz
The ability to charm or flirt with someone.
Delulu
Being unrealistically optimistic or living in a fantasy.
No Cap
"I'm serious." It's the truth.
Cap
A lie or exaggeration.
Bet
Okay, sounds good, or I'm in.
Cooked
Completely exhausted, finished, or in trouble.
Aura
Your vibe, confidence, or personal presence.
Mid
Average or unimpr...
🎙️ 🍷 Happy Hour Is Getting Less Happy! 😲 Americans Are Drinking Less Than They Have in Years... Here's What's Driving the Trend
🎙️ 🍺 Sober Curious or Just Broke? 😂 Why Americans Are Drinking Less... and What's Really Behind the Biggest Shift in Years
Researchers point to several factors:
What's replacing alcohol?
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🎙️ 🚨 Ryan Nobles: "This Is Becoming More and More of a Quagmire..." 🌍 Why the War in Iran Is Becoming One of President Trump's Biggest Challenges ⚠️
NBC News Chief Capitol Hill Correspondent Ryan Nobles joined us to talk:
-$40 TRILLION Dollar deficit and what it means for you
-Democratic socialists winning primaries
-The War in Iran
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🎙️ 😅 Tired of Pretending You've Got It All Together? ❤️ Barb Stone Reveals Why Chasing Perfection Is Making You Miserable... and How to Finally Break Free
❤️ Stop Chasing Perfect! 😌
Barb Stone Explains Why Your Flaws Might Be Your Greatest Strength... and How Letting Go of Perfection Can Finally Bring You Peace, Confidence, and Joy
-Chasing perfection
-How she revealed her authentic self on stage ... a secret she's had for years
-Stop replaying the regrets
-How do you forgive yourself for a decision you wish you could take back
BarbStone.me
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🎙️ Show Open 08.22.26 🗳️ Primary elections are sending a loud message across America 🏛️ Columbia House is officially... no more 💿😢 💕 Dating apps have one simple rule: Stick to the facts... and you'll actually get more dates! 😂
🎙️ Show Open 08.22.26
🗳️ Primary elections are sending a loud message across America
🏛️ Columbia House is officially... no more 💿😢
💕 Dating apps have one simple rule: Stick to the facts... and you'll actually get more dates! 😂
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🎙️ 🎧 The Bushy Billy Bush Is Back! 😲 From Hayden Panettiere's Shocking Death at 36 to the Luigi Mangione Case, the Lindsay Clancy Trial, Postpartum Depression, and Why He's Suddenly a Noah Kahan Superfan 🎵
🎙️ 🔥🎙️ HOT MICS Host Billy Bush Joined Us to Talk:
-Hayden Panettiere sudden death at 36
-Postpartum depression
-Lindsay Clancy murder trial
-Luigi Mangione
-Visiting his mother out East
-He is now a Noah Kahan SUPERFAN
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