Pete McMurray Show

Natalie Compton is the  Washington Post Travel Reporter  

Natalie talks:
Spring break
Traveling abroad
Working with a travel agent 

... and so much more.  


 

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UCLA's Dr Jesse Mills joined us to talk Men's Health
–The Male Room Podcast with Dr Jesse Mills…serious medicine serious fun

His books is entitled 
-A Field Guide to Men’s Health —eat right, stay fit, sleep well and have great sex forever. 

He is the Professor of Urology at UCLA Medical School 

-Why weight training is so important
-4 weight training exercises
-Supersets 

-How much protein for men daily and women daily "30-60 grams of supplemental protein if you're eating sorta of your average protein diet ... if...

🏁🏎️ The Daytona 500 is Sunday! NASCAR driver and race analyst Parker Kligerman joins us to talk speed, strategy, surviving the chaos at 200 mph, and what fans should really watch for when the green flag drops 🟢🔥🏆

-Why is Daytona different
-It's more mental than anything
-Racing is a chess game
-The favorites for Daytona 


 

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🎙️🔥 For Pete's Sake 02.14.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week 

🔥📱😳 More than one third of college students admit to scrolling on their phones during sex

🚨🐔🍌 Parents brace yourselves. Kids are now saying “chicken banana” and yes it means absolutely nothing

💰🛠️💸 Nearly half of adults are fixing things they once tossed to save money

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NBC’s Savannah Sellers Live from Olympics 🥌❄️ talkss

-Curling: “You think ‘I could do this’! And there’s just no way! The level of intricacy… even employees who spray water dance backwards down the ice!"
-Ice dancing with Madison Chock and Evan Bates
-U.S. speed skater Jordan Stolz smashed the 1000meter Olympic record and won his first Olympic gold medal
-Norwegian Biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid confessed to Cheating on Girlfriend on Live TV After Winning Olympic Bronze
-Peacock has the GOLD ZONE for the Winter Olympics where they jump from event to event to capture t...

OH NO! 😳 New research says couples are having sex just once a month… or less 😬📉 Is this a dry spell or the new normal? 🔒And guess which generation is having the most? 🔍🔥

-All shocking!!!

-What generation is getting busy the most
-Touching without sex
-Date nights 
 

The gang discusses 



 

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Vagueposting 🤔 The Internet’s New Mind Game
People are dropping cryptic one liners with zero context. No backstory. No explanation. Just digital riddles tossed into the void. Is it genius for clicks… or are we all pretending to understand? 🧩📱

-What exactly is vagueposting
-Why are people doing it
-Does it work

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Show Open 02.14.26 🎙️

👮‍♂️ The Nancy Guthrie investigation and what we know now
🥉 Olympic biathlete confesses to cheating on girlfriend live on tv after winning bronze.  Whaaaaat the HECK??? 😳 
🏋️‍♂️ Pete’s yearly 40 day weight loss program aka LENT ✝️ 🏃‍♂️ Pray for abs and portion control.

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🎙️😂 Unique Valentine’s gifts “Animal dung, flowers, name a cockroach after your ex, or skip it all and run away to a VRBO” 💩🪳🌹🏡💘 Because nothing says romance like bugs, poop, and a change of address

Listen to the list (yes, Animal dung is in there)

RunPMc

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From Late Night host to game show ringmaster, he is the host of The CW’s Game Show Scrabble. 
Craig Ferguson is back on the show to talk:

-How he now looks like a polar bear with all the gray hair
-Hosting Scrabble is very retro to him 
-When rude words come up during Scrabble 
-Does he miss doing a Late Night Show
 

See Craig on tour at CraigFergusonTour.com

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🤖💔 8 in 10 Men Think AI Girlfriends ould replace real lovers 😅💘 

-The AI girlfriend trend is exploding 

-People are turning to (AI) to help boost their love life. 
-Some folks are actually trading human partners for AI bots.

Dr. Ian Pearson, a futurologist with an 85% accuracy rate for his forecasts, broke the internet by claiming that sex with robots will overtake sex with humans by 2050. However, new research suggests this future may be closer than we think, as the majority of people are already open to intimacy with AI.

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🎙️😂 Should you break up BEFORE or AFTER Valentine’s Day? Therapist Amy Morin settles the argument 

Amy joined us to talk:
-Should you break up BEFORE or AFTER Valentine's Day (Lisa says before - Pete says after)

-We all keep score in our marriage
-How does one change their "emotional home"
-What is the difference between Seasonal Affective Disorder aka S.A.D.
-How do we deal with the 'Dog Days of Winter???"
-New Years resolutions

Listen to Amy's Podcast Here
 

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🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 02.07.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week

🍅 Heinz made a literal ketchup keg called KegChup for Super Bowl parties and you could win one 🏈
❄️ An Oregon Town Needed Money for Snowplowing, So Two Women Created a Nude Calendar to Help 📸 
🍼 Baby names by AI? Yep, ChatGPT is naming the next generation 🤖

 

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Handicapper Fat Jack’s Super Bowl LX Picks and Prop Party 🎙️🏈💰

-Is the coin toss a dumb bet
-Who do we bet - Seahawks or Patriots 
-Do you take the OVER or the UNDER
-Best Prop Bet to make 
 

... This guy knows his stuff!

Go to FatJackSports.com 

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🎙️ Show Open 02.07.14

🤣 Lisa is a solar powered human or a Vitamin D addict 
☀️ What LX means and why the NFL still uses Roman numerals 
🏈📜 Name one Bad Bunny song (hello Dakiti or Me Porto Bonito 🎧🔥)

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️🏈 Westwood One & NFL on CBS announcer Kevin Harlan is calling his 17th Super Bowl and 16th in a row

Kev joined us to talk 🎧📊

-How he keeps his emotions in check before the big game
-The difference from doing play-by-play on the radio compared to television
-Working with Kurt Warner 

-His thoughts on Patriot QB Drake Maye and Seahawks QB Sam Darnold 
-The one statistic that championship teams possess

-Is Robert Kraft the greatest NFL owner EVER
-His thoughts on Coach Belichick NOT getting in the NFL HOF (Lombardi...

✈️ Americans Dropped $2,261 on Travel in 2025 😳💸 🌴 2026 Might Be Even Wilder with Beach Getaways, Road Trips, and Wallets Crying All the Way Home 🚗😂

-More than half - said most of their 2025 travel was in a car, compared to 30% who primarily flew domestically, 
-13% took a trip overseas and 
-And 2% went on cruises

... do you fit in this category ... listen and find out  🎧

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Actor Georgina Campbell on the new movie Cold Storage

-Starring with STEVE from Stranger Things - Joe Keery
-How scary turns funny in this dark comedy 
-Working alongside Liam Neeson
-Her American accent being from the UK

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Show Open 01.31.26

🎙️ Minneapolis unrest and how leaders are trying to cool things down 
🏈  Bill Belichick snubbed from the Hall of Fame 
💔 And the real debate, should you wait until after Valentine’s Day to break up 😂

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💔 Gen X had mixtapes and phone calls. Now it is vibes, emojis, and ghosting 

📱😅 Gen X dating traditions are disappearing 

Listen to the list of Gen X Dating Traditions ... 

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Tim Matheson 'Eric Stratton Rush Chairman' will be at Harry Caray's Chicago for Groundhog Day

-Meeting up with old pals from Animal House "We did become fraternity brothers...my college life jammed into 6 weeks...and still love each other"
-Tim was 28 playing a 21 year old college student 
-Tim starred with Lucille Ball & Henry Fonda in 'Yours, Mine, and Ours' Lucille Ball told him "If you want to be a star, you need to act like a star"
-Working with Chevy Chase on 'Fletch'

We love Tim!

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NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Garrett Haake joined us to talk:

-Lowering the temperature in Minneapolis
-Government shutdown 
-Marco Rubio testifying this week
-Iran, Cubs, Venezuela, Greenland 
 

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For Pete's Sake 01.31.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week

🎙️Americans will try anything to lose weight and have failed six times in ten years 
🏋️‍♂️ TikTok now has grown adults acting like owls 
🦉 Black roses are the new romance for Valentine’s Day 🌹😳 

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We first fell in love with him as Robert Hoover, the Delta Chi president in Animal House
He's coming to Chicago for a Groundhog Day appearance at Harry Caray’s -  Jamie Widdos joined us to talk:

-When he met Harold Ramis (co-writer of Animal House)
-America's mutual friend Billy Bush 
-He was the spokesperson for Montgomery Ward years ago
-Directing Charlie Sheen in Two and a Half Men "Even at the worst of times, he was a friend, we was a good guy, he was fighting the demons"
-Hanging with the Anim...

TSA reveals the wildest things people tried to bring through airport security in 2025 ✈️
😳 You will not believe what showed up in carry ons and checked bags 🎒😂 

Ohhhhhm Pete's been stopped by airport security in the TSA line!

 

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You fell in love with actor Vondie Curtis-Hall alongside Adam Arkin and Mandy Patinkin in Chicago Hope

His new movie is called "Sheepdog"
Vondie joined us to talk:
-Working alongside Academy Award Nominee Virginia Madsen 
-Streaming and his time in the business
-How he and Pete "starred" in two of the same shows: NBC's ER and FX's The Shield 

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Can’t Leave Without My Headphones 🎧😂 New research says most of us would turn around and be late before we dare go a day without our earbuds. Music podcasts and peace of mind now outrank keys and wallets 🔊😳

-Yes, most adults would turn around if they left them at home
-And, people don't like to turn down the volume

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IL (R) Congressman Darin LaHood is on the House Ways & Means Committee and the House intelligence Committee
Darin joined us to talk:

-President Trump at the World Economic Forum
-Does he agree with The President on Greenland  "I'm willing to give the President some flexibility here and authority, to try and negotiate something.  Let's see how this plays out.  I'm glad he was clear he will not use military force."
-Unrest in Minneapolis 
-Iran and the use of force
-The arrest of Venezuela President Maduro 

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From Stranger Things to Stories That Matter 👀
Dustin’s mom steps out of Hawkins and into a powerful new role 🎥
Actress Catherine Curtin joins us to talk fame, fans, and her new film If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing 🎭🔥

Catherine talks:
-Stranger Things and what a fun run it was
-Weirdest thing she had to keep a secret on the Stranger Things set 
- Did she touch Matthew Modine's hair

-Her first day on the set of her new film
-The film is about a pregnant teenager who keeps the baby 

🎙️ Show Open 01.24.26 🌍

Greenland is three times the size of Texas but only has the population of Kalamazoo 😳
January is somehow 97 days long and the most stressful month 😵‍💫
And Tiger King Joe Exotic is selling Valentine’s Day phone calls from prison 💘📞

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🎯 Focus Like a Pro
-Learn the mental tricks top performers and Army leaders use to crush stress and stay in control.  Author of 'The Confident Mind'
Dr. Nate Zinsser from West Point breaks it down 📘💥

-Can confidence really be taught
-His mantra "Believe and Be Unshakable"

-How to exude confidence when walking into a room, a presentation, a toast, etc
-Faith and belief in oneself takes practice 
-Body language and mindset
-Fake it until you make it - can you fake confidence until you build confidence

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✨ One in four Americans swear by manifestation 

💭 Daily affirmations, physical reminders, and the psychology behind why people believe it works 

 

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

🐶 Dogs are secretly learning words by eavesdropping
🚴‍♂️ Just 10 minutes of intense cycling flips healthy signals in your body
✈️💧A warning before you sip that plane water - you’ve been warned 😳😂

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Wish I’d Quit Sooner 😤📘 Dr Laura Hambley Lovett shows how to survive and escape a toxic boss without blowing up your career. If your job makes your stomach drop every morning this one is for you 💼🔥

Dr Laura talks:
-The lies we tell ourselves to stay in the toxic job
-PTSD from the toxic job
-How do you address the toxic work situation 

-What are the warning signs
-When is it time to quit?
-Is it a toxic boss or a difficult boss
-Is you can't quit because of money or fam...

THE LAST 15 with Dr Ian Smith 🩺🔥
America’s most trusted voice in health and weight loss shares how to finally drop those stubborn pounds without crazy diets or gimmicks and keep them off for good 💪🥗

Doc Ian talks:
-GLP weight loss drugs 
-Stop the narrative that obesity is not a choice 
-What the "Last 15" is all about
-WHY is the last 15, or 10, or 5 pounds the hardest to lose

instagram.com/doctoriansmith

"The Last 15: Stay Goodbye to Those Stubborn Pounds"

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Lake Superior State University (LSSU) presents the 50th annual Banished Words List, a tradition highlighting the importance and evolution of language.

They started this back in 1976, and it’s grown into a yearly must hear list of the words that wear out their welcome.
#1 on this year's ist "6-7"

Take a listen to the list ... 

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Ain’t Nobody’s Fool 🎤✨ Inside the life and genius of Dolly Parton with author Martha Ackmann

Martha talks:
-Dolly's upbringing and how it shaped her life
-Dolly is old school country and has written more than 3000 songs
-When Dolly made the crossover to television 

-Did 9-to-5 shoot her to stardom
 

Ain't Nobody's Fool Book

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Show Open 01.17.26 

The mess in Minneapolis 📰 
Note to self fad diets DO NOT work ... just say no to the carnivore 🍩🥬🤦‍♂️ 
What’s out and what’s in for 2026 ... say buh byeee to those skinny jeans 👖😂🔮🎧

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🎬 🏈 The USC Era You Still Talk About. From Reggie Bush to Leinart. How Pete Carroll Built a College Football Empire 

Monte Burke on Men of Troy 🎤🏈

-His coaching style - "summer of love" type from the 60's
-Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush won the Heisman Trophy while playing for Pete Carroll - TWO on one team
-Why did they take the Heisman Trophy away from Reggie Bush and why did they give it back

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Peter Alexander is The Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News and Weekend TODAY Co-Anchor joined us to talk:

-Unrest in Minneapolis "The President now threatening to invoke the insurrection act ... this would basically allow him to send the military in over these widespread demonstrations" 
-Will we see an investigation into the Renee Good shooting
-The President threatening invoke the insurrection act
-Iran military action
-Is it America first
-How serious is the President about acquiring Greenland
-Rams vs Bears 
 

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