Pete McMurray Show

👶 “Being a parent is basically a license to lie” 😏 From "the🍦 the ice cream truck ran out of ice cream" to 🍭 "that candy at checkout is expired" 😂 The funniest lies parents tell their kids 🤥😂 

Here are some awesome lies parents have told their kids

 

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IL Congressman Darin LaHood is on the House Intelligence Committee and joined us to talk

-When he received advance notice and why the President chose to strike when he did
-Damage to the nuclear sites "There's multiple reports that show the vast majority of, and this is public reporting, of the nuclear capabilities have been destroyed and set back"
-Where is the 880 lbs of enriched Uranium 
-Sleeper cells and radicals
-Where was he during the bombings
-What's a SCIF

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Show Open 06.28.25 🎙️

💥 The latest on the Iran bombing aftermath

🥵 Pete’s AC dies during the hottest stretch of the year

🤔 Do you have five or more close friends

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🔮🧘‍♂️✨ Bad Vibes? It Might Be Time to Feng Shui That Room 🪷✨”

If your room is feeling off, here's some tips on how Feng Shui could be the fix 🌿🛋️”

Why not try it ... 🚫🌀
Feng Shui 101 — Because That Weird Energy Isn’t Just in Your Head 🌸🧭🪴

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You fell in love with George Takei as Sulu from the original the original Star Trek, 
George is a bestselling author, activist, and social media legend. 
His latest book
It Rhymes With Takei

George joined us to talk
-How he spent 5 years in internment camps during WWII
-What did Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry see to cast him as Sulu "He had good taste, high standards...he was also a visionary.  He imagined Star Trek to reflect the 23rd century"
-What did the acronym "IDIC" mean on Star Trek
 

Stella Aykroyd, daughter of Dan Aykroyd, and Luke Pisano, son of Judy Belushi Pisano. They’re the co-authors of the new graphic novel 
Blues Brothers: Escape of Joliet Jake

Stella & Luke joined us to talk:
-Stella on father Dan Aykroyd "He is Elwood Blues in many ways.  That's how he moves through life"
-Luke talks about his mom Judy Belushi Pisano 
-How has the Blues Brothers story changed over the years 
-What's the book about
-Stories from the making of the Blues Brothers like Belushi walking into a random house

🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 06.28.25 - Three of the most important stories of the week 🔥💥📻

🥁 Ringo’s kid gets booted from The Who and Dad is not feeling the peace and love

💸 Dudes with secret bank accounts? What are they hiding from their spouses

🚿 Ladies, your shower might be wrecking your pelvic floor - seriously, put the loofah down 😳🧼

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NBC's Morgan Chesky joined us to talk about NBC's New Daily News Podcast
"Here's the Scoop"

-Life on the road
-What is a 'sleeper cell' and should we be worried, "Federal officials say that while they are increasing surveillance on potential suspects, there's been no credible threat as of this time"
-NBC's Richard Engel is a rockstar 

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🤝📺 Eye Contact, Voicemails & Vibes: Gen X Skills Gen Z Doesn’t Get.  

Listen to the List... 

Yeah, no one calls anymore!

#GenXvsGenZ #SoftSkills #OldSchoolCool

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📺 Gunsmoke Rides Again 🤠🔥 Wait WHAT? Gunsmoke Ended in 1975 but Just Made Nielsen’s 2025 Top 10 Most-Streamed List

📺 Who Knew This is an American Binge Favorite in 2025?!  

Plus: What Else Made the List (Hello? Arrested Development) 🕵️‍♂️📊
 

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For Pete's Sake 06.21.25 

🚁 Walmart deliveries by drone? They're landing sooner than you think.
💵 A $500 tip from a creepy customer sparks drama at the diner.
🥤🍎  Diet Cherry Coke & Busch Light Apple Flavor are the surprise summer hits

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Show Open 06.21.25 

🇮🇱🇮🇷 War and Tension in the Middle East - Israel Iran War 

🎶 Liner Notes, Warm Hamm’s, and That One Song You Forgot You Loved 🍺

🎤 Wait... Dan Aykroyd Sang on We Are the World?  Yup 🎶

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Not in the mood?  🍓🥑🔥 From Blah ... to ... Bow-Chicka-Wow-Wow: Foods That Turn Up the Heat in the Bedroom 🍫🍷💋


Here's a list of foods that will get your motor running!

#BOOM 

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💥 What’s the most used curse word on social media?
🗺️ Which 5 states swear the most?
😳 Plus: Swearing facts that’ll make your mother wash your mouth out with soap 🧼

It’s foul-mouthed fun you can’t f***** miss!
 

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

-Tensions in the Middle East
-Is Iran's weapon stockpile low
-Why did Israel attack now
-Israel taking out Iran's senior officials 
-Only one bomb that can take out Fordow "There is one non-nuclear weapon that takes this thing out.  It is a bomb that only the United States has, it weighs 30,000 lbs, and basically only US planes, flown by US pilots, can handle this particular mission"
 

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Dionne Warwick joined us to talk:

-One-night-only appearance at the Apollo Theater — “Don’t Make Me Over”
-Trembling, she was so nervous the first time playing the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem New York 
-On getting butterflies before walking out on stage at the Apollo "Not at all.  The Apollo feels like going home, it really does.  I love the Apollo Theater"
-Meeting Willie Nelson for the first time the night of recording 'We are the World' "Oh my goodness he's going to sing with me?  I had never met him and he was just a joy...

🔥 Sex, Tape & Rock ’n’ Roll: Inside the Studio That Shaped Music History 🎶 Martin Porter & David Goggin take us behind the scenes at Record Plant Studios - from Springsteen to Steve, to Lennon and more ... 

-The password to get into the studio was "BUZZ ME IN"  Yes, that was it!  Buzz (sfx) "Who is it?"  "BUZZ ME IN!"  
-50 years ago being recorded at the Record Plant was 'Born to Run', 'Toys in the Attic'
-The special speakers built for the Record Plant so they wouldn't blow
-The album that put the Record Plant on the map...

🧠 Things You Probably Had to Learn Alone if You Were Raised by Gen X Parents 
🎒 How to cook ramen, fix the VCR, and survive with a house key on a shoelace 🛠️

Hey, most of us turned out ok, but let's run through the list ...

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Music journalist and author Selena Fragassi, has a new book entitled  "ALANIS: 30  Years of Jagged Little Pill"

Selena talks:

-What the album is all about
-How it hit like a hurricane
-She was selling almost 1 million albums a month when Jagged Little Pill came out
-"In total 33 Million worldwide to this day (albums sold). She was the first woman to make $300 million for a record label.  Yeah, it's just incredible" 
 

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Our old friend Kevin Cronin joined us to talk:

-Vocal rest - is it a real thing
-REO's breakup "It doesn't make sense to me.  We've tried and tried and tried to make it work, and at some point you just have to accept that it's not gonna work."
-The Pope is now on the Kevin Cronin and Styx bandwagon
-JY of Styx and Kev go waaaaay back
-He went to a James Taylor concert

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Busy Philipps is a New York Times best-selling author, she’s an actor, writer, and host of the new talk show, "Busy This Week"

Busy talks:
-Her instagram, her name, her book
-Navigating the misogyny of Hollywood 
-"I try and stay grounded in the idea when I look at pictures of myself from 5 years ago, I'm like 'Good Lord She's Hot!'"
-On dating younger men "I've aged into my own Cougartown!" 
 

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For Pete's Sake 06.14.25 - Three of the most important stories of the week

🖊️ Miley Regrets 80% of Her Tattoos 🤦‍♀️ Yes, including the Pitbull one 🐶
📏 Tinder Now Filters By Height 😬 Who asked for this? Oh, right… everyone 🎧
🔥 Women Over 40 Just Don’t Care Anymore 🙅‍♀️ And guess what? You’re invited to the party 🎉
 

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Dean Cain joined us to talk about his new movie "Little Angels" 

Dean Talks:
🦸‍♂️ Maxing out his bench
💥 Dean Cain on his college buddies still calling him Superman 🦸‍♂️ “I’ve been called a lot of things. Calling me Superman, I can deal with that!” 
🏈 The coach in the film is based on Nick Saban 
🎬 Bryan Callen, Kyle Brandt, and why not get a Pete McMurray for the movie "Absolutely!  I have another one coming up"
👩 Teri Hatcher 
 

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A list of REAL Things Dads Really Wish Their Kids Would Say to Them 

...like ...
..."I checked the oil and rotated the tires... just like you said!"
     or
... "You grilling in cargo shorts is one of my fav childhood memories!"

Happy Father's Day to all the dads!

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Show Open 06.14.25 

⚾🌭🍺 Baseball, Hotdogs & Beer!
💍 Aaron Rodgers secretly tied the knot... but WHO did he marry?!?
🤫 And how much would you pay for one quiet day of peace?
 

Catch the chaos here 👇

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The Weber Grillmaster Dustin Green joined us to talk:

-Cleaning your grill properly
-How to cook chicken properly
-Cooking steak "Direct heat, you flip it once, you flip it to a new spot on the grate because you've already taken the energy out of the one spot, then once you get to your 'pull temperature' you take it off"
-His favorite things to grill and favorite veggies 
-Pork chop temperature 


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🎬 Tony Soprano 🕶️ From Jersey to Genius: The Life of Gandolfini (Minus the Tracksuit) 💥📺

James Gandolfini was more than just Tony Soprano and author Jason Bailey is here to tell his story

His new book Gandolfini dives dinto:
-The man behind the mob boss, from Jersey roots to TV royalty
-Behind-the-scenes stories and fresh insight
-We talk family, fame, and the legacy of James
-AND - Jason gives us his take on the series finale.

Fuhgeddaboudit ...you’re gonna love this one.

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Show Open 06.07.25 

💵 Gifting & Tipping Rules
🔥 Discomfort Is the New Sexy
🏔️ Mt. Everest Packing List: Bring Toilet Paper 🧻 

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For Pete's Sake 06.07.25 - Three of the most important stories of the week

🤰The secret Starbucks drink pregnant women swear brings on labor ☕💥 
❤️ The color that could land you a 2nd date 🎨💘 
😳 Teens are tracking their friends’ every move—and no one’s making them 📱👀 

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🎓 "Adulting 101"? Some colleges are now teaching what high school skipped - basic life skills like:: budgeting, doing laundry, and even how to cook 🍳🧼💸 #RealLifeSkills #Adulting

Why did it take so long?

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Dr. Clyde Yancy is the Doctor Who Saved Pete's Life: His “Essential Eight” for a Heart-Healthy Summer ❤️ 🩺 Plus: Why a $60/7 minute Heart Scan Could Save Yours
 

Northwestern Hospital's head of cardiology Dr Clyde Yancy joined us to talk Heart-Health:
-EVERYONE (that's including YOU) should get the heart scan / the calcium scan and here's why
-Ladies, you need to go in too.  Here's why ...
-What age should you get the heart scan

'Life's Essential Eight' steps include: 
1) Eat a healthy diet
2) Stay physically active
3) Manage your weight
4) Don't smoke
5...

LUVVIE AJAYI JONES, author of children's book Little Troublemaker Defends Her Name

Luuvie talks:
=Her Ted Talk 'Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable'
-Her new book 
-"Sometimes when it doesn't feel comfortable, you're not supposed to be comfortable...Here's the thing, confomfort has never 
really served us!"
-What exactly is a 'professional troublemaker'
-Ask yourself 3 questions before you speak up
-Your voice matters at any age
-Projecting fear onto others

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Our GUY!  Fox News Channel's Mike Tobin Climbed Mt Everest and joined us:

-We were one of the few people he told he was climbing Everest
-His prep time and sleeping in a chamber at home aka "The Michael Jackson Tent"
-Did he bring his own toilet paper and where do you go to the bathroom???
-One sherpa named "Tuesday"
-Took FOUR Days to climb Mt Everest
-"When you climb up on the Northeast ridge of Everest (most difficult climb), I had that moment that I'm higher than anywhere in the w...

Great friend of the show Rob Morrow joined us to talk about his new podcast   with Janine Turner 'Northern Disclosure' 

Rob Talks:
-His co-host Janine Turner
-On the popularity to this day of Northern Exposure "There's something about that world that's just fun to enter into and get lost in"
-Is doing a television show like summer camp
-He's tried to reboot Northern Exposure four different times
-His chemistry with Janine Turner
-The gentlemen's dinner!!! (helllllllooooo Pete needs to goooooooo)

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For Pete's Sake 05.31.25 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week

🎬 Nicolas Cage cast to play John Madden?! 🏈
👙 The right way to put on a bra
🍸 Martinis for the health-conscious drinker
 

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NBC News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander joined us to talk:

-Elon Musk stepping away and slamming president Trump on CBS Sunday Morning
-Israel bombing Hamas and the 50 hostages still being held captive by Hamas 
-US negotiating with Iran 
-What's next with Putin "He (Trump) is disappointed, he says Putin's acting crazy, because he's had some of his toughest strikes on Ukraine...the President said he'll meet with Putin and Zelensky when the time is right"
-What does Putin have to gain sitting down with The President and Zelensky
-Pardons this we...

Gloria Gaynor joined us to talk (yes, that Gloria Gaynor - hello?  I Will Survive):

-'I Will Survive' came out in 1978 - how high were your heels & what were you wearing "My heels were pretty high, my wardrobe was the 70's.  The 70's with the big shoulders.  My mother was a seamstress, I didn't wear the polyester because I knew the polyester wasn't a good thing!"
-Did she hang at Studio 54 and hit the VIP room
-Gloria's new single "Fida Known"
-What gave her the strength to leave an abusive marriage 

To s...

The Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich joined us to talk

-His new book 
-The President's first 100 days "He's anywhere between an A- and an A+"
-The stock market
-Dealing with Putin "Putin's not going to negotiate...the only way to slow that down is to physically stop him"  
-is the Republican Party now the Party of Trump

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Do you DoorDash? 
-In 2023, Door Dash processed 1.9 billion orders 
-and brought in $8.64 billion in revenue
-A 31.3% increase year-over-2022 

-DoorDash completed 1.9 billion orders … in the first 9  months of 2024.

Would you DoorDash a wedding gown in under an hour?   

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He’s the undisputed Roastmaster General Jeff Ross joined us to talk:

-His “Take a Banana for a Ride” Hard Rock Casino Tour 
-Rockford Rocks 
-The Tom Brady Roast "I agree it definitely hit harder than anyone expected.  But I gotta tell ya, he was a good sport for taking the 
hits like that!"
-Does the person fill out a psychological test before being roasted 
-His favorite roasts: Trump. Bieber, Alec Baldwin, Rob Lowe
-Both his parents passed away when he was a teenager 
-His peers coming up in comedy
-He roa...