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 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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🎙️ 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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🎙️ 🎸 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...
🎙️ 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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🎙️ 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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🎤 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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🎙️ 😅 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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🎙️ 🏋️😂 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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🎙️ 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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🎙️ 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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🎙️ 🎧 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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🎙️ 🦋 This Is How You Finally Let Go of What's Holding You Back! ❤️ Certified Life Coach Lisa Morgan Shares How to Break Free from Fear, Emotional Baggage, and Limiting Beliefs
🎙️ 💭 Feeling Stuck? 🦋 We got you!
Lisa Morgan Explains How to Break Free from Limiting Beliefs, Let Go of Emotional Baggage,
and Start Living the Life You Deserve
-How do we know what's holding us back
-Her panic & anxiety changed her life
-First steps to take to improve
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🎙️ 😂🥊 "It Was Fun Kicking People in the Face!" 👣 UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping talks Life After the Octagon, Conor McGregor's Last Fight, and His New Action Film Atlas King! 🎬
🥊😂 UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping joined us to talk:
-Fighting "It Was Fun Kicking People in the Face... Those Were Some of the Best Times of My Life!"
-How he got into acting
-His new action thriller "Atlas King" starring aloingside Cuba Gooding Jr
-He fought with one functioning eye for years
-Conor McGregor's Last Fight
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🎙️ Show Open 08.15.26 🗳️ Primary Elections... Don't Worry, We'll Pay Attention for You! 😂 ✈️ The President's Secret Decoy Plane ✈️📱 Foldable iPhone...Because Apparently One Screen Isn't Enough! 🤣
🎙️ Show Open 08.15.26
🗳️ Primary Elections... Don't Worry, We'll Pay Attention for You! 😂
✈️ The President's Secret Decoy Plane ✈️
📱 Foldable iPhone...Because Apparently One Screen Isn't Enough! 🤣
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🎙️ 💸😂 Inflation Has Officially Killed the Friend Zone! ❤️ Why More Singles Are Saying, "Date Me... or Don't!" Because Nobody Can Afford to Wait Anymore
🎙️ 💰💔 The Friend Zone Just Got WAY More Expensive! 😂 Why Inflation Is Changing the Rules of Dating and Romance
Yikes!
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🎙️For Pete’s Sake 08.15.26 🍽️😳 Dinner in Florida... Clothing Optional! Apparently Pants Are NOT on the Menu 😂 🎸🦅 The Eagles Hint at Retirement... Then Add MORE Sphere Shows! 🤣 👶🌊 Baby Names Are Out... and Yes, Someone Named Their Kid TSUNAMI! 😳
🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 08.15.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week!
🍽️😳 Dinner in Florida... Clothing Optional! Apparently Pants Are NOT on the Menu 😂
🎸🦅 The Eagles Hint at Retirement... Then Add MORE Las Vegas Sphere Shows! 🤣
👶🌊 Baby Names Are Out... and Yes, Someone Named Their Kid TSUNAMI! 😳
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🎙️ 🧹🤯 Is Your House Secretly Stressing You Out? 🏡 Here's The Surprising Things You Should Remove TODAY to Feel Less Stressed, More Relaxed, to Create a Happier, Calmer Home
🎙️ 🏠✨ Want Less Stress? Start With Your House! 😌 The Simple Things You Should Remove Today to Create a Peaceful, Happy Home
Declutter that space, folks!
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🇺🇸 🚨 "I Think It's VERY High!" 🇺🇸 Congressman Darin LaHood on the Threat Against the President, the Decoy Plane ✈️, and Why Security Has Dramatically Increased Over the Last 18 Months
Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood
-The decoy plane
-The current threat environment involving the President "I think it's very high! That's why we've had to double the amount of secret service the last year and six months"
-Should we be worrying about attacks here in the United States
-Are we talking to the right people to end the war in Iran
-Misinformation from the Israelis
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🍗🤔 Did You Eat Enough Protein Today? 🥩😳 Wait... LESS Protein Could Help You Live LONGER?! 🤯 Everything We Thought We Knew Just Got Flipped!
💪🍗 More Protein? Maybe Not! 🤯 The New Study That's Turning Nutrition Advice Upside Down!
Do we really need 1g or protein for each pound?
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🎙️ Show Open 08.08.26 🌍 The War in Iran: Are the U.S. and Iran Actually Talking? 🍕 The Best Pizza Is the One Right Next to You 🎃 It's Baaaack... During the Summer! Pumpkin Spice Latte Returns ☕😄
🎙️ Show Open 08.08.26
🌍 The War in Iran: Are the U.S. and Iran Actually Talking?
🍕 The Best Pizza Is the One Right Next to You
🎃 It's Baaaack... During the Summer! Pumpkin Spice Latte Returns ☕😄
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MS NOW's 🇺🇸🗳️ Peter Alexander Hit the Road to Talk with Voters! 🤔 What Do Americans REALLY Care About? What's Their #1 Issue... And What Do They Wish Politicians Would Finally Stop Talking About?
MS Now's Peter Alexander joined us to talk:
-His new show "State of Play" weekdays 11am ET
-Talking with voters in Saginaw, Michigan
-What concerns American voters
-What are the main issues right now
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🍕😳 The Best Pizza Is in... LOS ANGELES?! 🎬 Filmmaker Pete Ferriero Is Taking on Chicago, New York, and Even Italy in the Ultimate Pizza Showdown!
🍕😂 A Documentary Claims the Best Pizza Isn't in Chicago or New York!
🎬 Pete Ferriero Explains Why Los Angeles Takes the Crown
(and we think he's nuts!)
-NY-style
-Deep Dish
-Thin Crust
-Tavern-style
-Detroit-style
-St. Louis
... no pizza is BAD! EVER!!!
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🧊❤️ Why Do We Keep Falling for the WRONG Person? 🚩 Charisse Walker Reveals the Hidden "Iceberg" in Every Relationship and the Red Flags Most of Us Miss Before It's Too Late!
❤️🚩 Think You Really Know Your Partner? 🧊 Charisse Walker Says You've Only Seen 10%! Discover the Hidden 90% That Can Make or Break Any Relationship
-What traumas are we dealing with
-We have to heal ourselves first. Be aware of Patterns!!!
-Low Self Esteem, so what do you do
-Helicopter parents
Her Book "Flipping the Iceberg"
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💉😳 Ozempic Is Shrinking Waistlines... But Is It Also Shrinking Marriages? 💔😂 Why Some Couples Say GLP 1 Weight Loss Is Changing Everything at Home!
😂💉 You Lost 50 Pounds... Now Your Spouse Is Mad?! 😳 The Surprising Way Ozempic & Wegovy Are Changing Marriages!
Can marriages survive?
What is happening ...
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📦😂 You're HOW Old and Your Stuff Is STILL at Mom's House?! 😳 Nearly Half of Americans Still Use Their Parents' Home as a Personal Storage Unit!
🏠🤣 Mom Wants Her House Back! 📦 Why Nearly Half of Americans Still Store Their Junk at Their Parents' Place
How much stuff is there (you will be shocked)
Why do we do it?
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🎙️🤪 For Pete's Sake! 🚀 William Shatner may rock Coachella at 96 🤘🚗 Parents spend 15 workdays a year as unpaid chauffeurs 😅❤️ The tiny phrases that make relationships stronger... and yes, "How did you sleep?" actually matters! 🥰
🎙️🤪 For Pete's Sake! - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
🚀 William Shatner may rock Coachella at 96 🤘
🚗 Parents spend 15 workdays a year as unpaid chauffeurs 😅
❤️ The tiny phrases that make relationships stronger... and yes, "How did you sleep?" actually matters! 🥰
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🎙️ For Pete's Sake 08.01.26 🎤😳 Conan's new '50s haircut broke the internet! 🥃👟 Fireball made sneakers that hold 4 shots. Worst idea... or genius? 😂 🏡😍 New study: If your house isn't attractive... people might think you aren't either! 😬
🎙️ For Pete's Sake 08.01.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
🎤😳 Conan O'Brien ditched his legendary pompadour for a slicked back 1950s look... and the internet completely lost its mind!
🥃👟 Fireball just launched sneakers with secret compartments that hold FOUR shots of whisky. Bad idea... or best idea ever? 😂
🏡😍 Your house may be getting you dates! New research says if your curb appeal stinks... your dating appeal might too! 😬
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💘🐸 Dating After 50 Is WILD! 😂 Victoria Vaughn got thrown back into the dating pool at 55, kissed plenty of frogs, and somehow found her prince! 👑🤣 Hear the hilarious stories behind Oh the Frogs I Kissed Before I Finally Found My Prince! 💘
😂💔 Single Again at 55?!
🐸 Victoria Vaughn survived dating apps, bad dates, and enough frogs to fill a pond!
-Expectations are lower dating north of 50
-Dating over 50 is like shopping at a thrift store
-ALL dating pictures are DATED
Her Book:
"Oh the Frogs I Kissed Before I Finally Found My Prince"
Her Website:
ohthefrogs.com
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🎙️ Show Open 08.01.26 ❤️ Do setups for dates actually work... ask Lisa 😂🌬️ Doctors say stop sleeping with a fan blowing in your face! 😴🎬🏠 Macaulay Culkin may return for a Home Alone reboot... Keep the change, ya filthy animal! 💸🤣
🎙️ Show Open 08.01.26
❤️ Do setups for dates actually work... or are your friends just trying to get rid of someone? 😂
🌬️ Doctors say stop sleeping with a fan blowing in your face! 😴
🎬🏠 Macaulay Culkin may return for a Home Alone reboot... Keep the change, ya filthy animal! 💸🤣
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🎙️🤖 Is Your AI Flirting with You? 😂❤️ 1 in 9 Americans Admit Their Chatbot Relationship Is Getting Serious... and 24% Say That's CHEATING! Do You? 🤯
🎙️🤖 Is Your AI Flirting with You? 😂❤️ 1 in 9 Americans Admit Their Chatbot Relationship Is Getting... Serious!
YIKES!
The survey found that younger Americans are far and away more likely to get steamy with AI than older Americans.
Gen Z - almost 30% say they’ve had dirty conversations with an AI chatbot, and an equal share report feeling aroused by those interactions.
Is flirting with AI Cheating?
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🎶😂 Your Playlist Is Basically Comfort Food for Your Ears! 🍕🎧 🎵 Most of us only have six artists on repeat... 🤦 We crave new music but somehow end up back with Fleetwood Mac... again.
🎧🔁 Your Playlist Hasn't Changed Since the George W was President! 😂🎶
A poll of 2,000 people who describe themselves as serious music fans found 70 per cent listen to the same tracks and artists over and over and over again.
As a result, they listen to their favourite song 343 times a year on average
– Most of us only have 6 artists in our rotation at any one time.
- 27% say they’re good. They don’t need to listen to new music.
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😂🍷 Your Circle Is Getting Smaller... On Purpose! 🧠🚫 Research Says You're Not Becoming Antisocial... You're Just Done with Meatheads & Drama Queens! 👋🤣
🤣🍷 Your Friend Group Is Shrinking... Because Your Patience Is! 🚫👋 Bye Meatheads. Bye Drama Queens! 😂
It's totally ok, you're not alone
PLUS, science says it's ok!
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🦈😳 Shark Week Special! Biggest Mako on Earth Star Kendyl Berna Reveals What to Do If You See a Shark (Hint: DON'T Splash!) 🌊⚡ Plus, the Insane Reason Mako Sharks Can Swim 45 MPH! ⚡
Shark Week Star Kendyl Berna Shares Wild Shark Facts
-How big and how fast is the Mako Shark
-Does she get nervous around sharks
-Swimming in the ocean and spot a shark? This is what you do
-Greatest misconception of Great White Sharks
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😂 We finally found someone who likes your taste in music... YOU! 🤣🎧 The average fan spends 379 hours a year listening alone 🚗🎤 Your car has officially become your concert venue!
🎵 EDM is the fastest-growing music genre of 2026! 🔥🎧💃
🎧 The average music fan spends 379 hours a year listening alone. 🚗🎶🎤
🤣 Pete's pickup lines: smooth operator... or instant restraining order? 💘😂
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🎙️ Show Open 07.25.26 😂🍻🎧 🤣 Pete & Lisa went out, but Lisa refused to meet Pete in the crowd! 🍸 After a few drinks, Lisa's voice gets so high pitched she sounds like a cartoon! ⬅️🌎 Why do most people naturally walk to the left?
🎙️ Show Open 07.25.26 😂🍻🎧
🤣 Pete and Lisa went out... and Lisa refused to meet Pete in the crowd!
🍸 After a couple of drinks, Lisa's voice gets so high pitched she sounds like a cartoon character! ⬅️
🌎 Which way do you naturally walk? Believe it or not, most people on Earth drift to the left!
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