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Potentium – Episode 341 (8/11/22)

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MN abortion pill case

Alex Jones fined $45 million in punitive damages (9:20)

Do I have to say it? MORE Uvalde incompetence (14:25)

Breonna Taylor cops Federally charged (20:25)

MS Emmett Till case (24:00)

Biden – Chips & Science Bill passes/July jobs report/Major climate & tax bill set to pass/PACT Act (27:30)

Trump – FBI searches Mar A Lago/Trump cultist shot dead after showing up armed at FBI office/Pleading the 5th/Tax returns (40:15)

Anne Heche in coma after accident & not expected to survive/Olivia Newton John dies (1:08:50)

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Potentium – Episode 340 (8/4/22)

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The Uvalde disgrace UNBELIEVABLY continues

GA schizophrenic woman dies after parents call police for help (7:50)

Co-Pilot jumps out of damaged plane & dies (14:25)

Alex Jones confronted by Sandy Hook parents in court (22:10)

IL Gubernatorial candidate Dan Bailey compares abortion to the Holocaust (38:15)

Justice Samuel Alito insults world leaders & Royalty who questioned the overturning of Roe v. Wade (41:10)

Trump – LIV Golf/Buries Ivana at his golf course for a tax break/AZ & other primaries (43:15)

Jan 6th insurrectionist gets 7 years in prison (58:00)

Beyonce changes lyrics over the word “Spaz” (1:03:50)

Nichelle Nichols, Bill Russell & Vin Scully die (1:08:25)

Thursday night edit – Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years in a Russian prison/Alex Jones fined 4 million dollars so far for compensatory damages (1:12:05)

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Potentium – Episode 339 (7/28/22)

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Yes…MORE Uvalde, TX disgust

TX couple assaults & shoots at driver with 2 year old in the car after traffic dispute (8:45)

Alex Jones trial/“Alex” calls in (13:15)

Garrett Ziegler’s idiotic comments/GOP rep votes against bipartisan gay marriage bill, then attends his son’s gay wedding/Matt Gaetz’ idiotic comments (26:20)

Steve Bannon found guilty after a 3 hour deliberation (38:15)

Jan 6th Hearings/Biden & Manchin/Trump’s edits/Merrick Garland(43:35)

Two MN officers in George Floyd case sentenced to 3 & 3 1/2 years (59:45)

Brittney Griner deal may be in the works (1:01:15)

Paul Sorvino dies (1:02:40)

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Potentium – Episode 338 (7/21/22)

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British heat

Still MORE Uvalde PD patheticism/IN mall shooting (6:50)

NYC Bodega owner charged with murder for defending himself (22:40)

Abortion fallout – OH 10 year old rape case/Effect on women who miscarry/Confusion at hospitals (29:10)

Ted Cruz wants the SCOTUS to overturn Federal gay marriage ruling/SCOTUS approval rating has reversed in the past year, down to 38% (46:30)

Steve Bannon trial/Jan 6th Hearings/Senators agree to clarify VP’s role in election certifications (52:10)

Wimbledon/British Open (57:45)

Better Call Saul/The Old Man (1:00:55)

Tony Sirico dies…And oh yeah, Ivana Trump (1:02:15)

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Potentium – Episode 337 (7/14/22)

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Email from long time listener Eric prompts a special episode & a stroll down memory lane…

Calls to Howard Stern in the 90’s

Winning the Miss America Book Contest in ’96

Calls to Opie & Anthony in the 2000’s

Hanging out with The Reverend Bob Levy back in the day

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Potentium – Episode 336 (7/7/22)

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Awesome 4th of July fireworks display in my town

4th of July parade shooting in Highland Park, IL (5:35)

Akron, OH shooting of Jayland Walker (13:15)

More unbelievable incompetence out of Uvalde, TX (17:35)

Bill Maher – Guns & Hollywood (26:20)

Terrorist Leprechaun Hamish O’Glubbish calls in (41:15)

SCOTUS – EPA/State Legislatures & voting/Clarence Thomas & his debunked conspiracy theory about vaccines & aborted children (48:45)

Kinzinger tapes (59:20)

Brittney Griner (1:05:15)

Pool with “Leonardo DiCaprio”/Biker bar/Replay Poker (1:10:50)

James Caan dies (1:18:12)

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Potentium – Episode 335 (6/30/22)

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SCOTUS – God, guns, misogyny & willful ignorance…

-WA football coach allowed to pray on the 50 yard line after games (5:45)

-NY gun law struck down (14:30)

-Roe v. Wade overturned (21:15)

Jan 6th Hearings (38:40)

Voting in the primaries in my small town (1:02:30)

Pool (1:04:14)

The Adorable Pud suspended from Twitter thanks to yours truly (1:05:50)

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Potentium – Episode 334 (6/23/22)

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Pool

Family business – Happy two year anniversary without an episode to those conspiracy theorist nutjobs at Damaged Goods/Adorable Pud update/Anuddercast (9:05)

Uvalde Tx is one pathetic town from top to bottom (26:55)

John Cornyn booed at TX GOP convention (34:50)

NM court orders county to certify election (39:15)

Jan 6th hearings/Trump supporters “reflect” on Jan 6th (41:30)

The Goat Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James/Schools don’t how to set up Track & Field hurdles anymore/Mayans/The Offer/Obi-Wan Kenobi (1:04:00)

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Potentium – Episode 333 (6/16/22)

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Baby Holly found after 40 years

Woman who wrote an essay on how to kill your husband, gets life in prison for killing her husband (11:05)

Woman sues Geico for getting an STD in a car insured by them (14:35)

Bipartisan gun bill in the works (18:30)

Herschel Walker, after condemning absentee fathers for years, has an illegitimate son he never sees (24:45)

White Supremacists arrested after planning riot at pride event/GOP Rep Carl Paladino says Hitler is the “Type of leader we need” & agrees with Qanon saying Uvalde shooting was “an act” (28:50)

January 6th hearings (38:25)

US Open at Brookline/Playing Pool again (1:14:20)

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Potentium – Episode 332 (6/9/22)

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Previous victim of predatory IN pastor confronts him at the altar in church

Ron DeSantis & his authoritarian rule over Florida (12:35)

TX Gov. Abbott pushes for mental health reform to deal with mass shootings after cutting state mental health budget by over 200 million (18:35)

NY Rep. Chris Jacobs won’t seek reelection after GOP backlash for supporting assault style weapons ban/Former Capitol Officer Michael Fannone speaks on the AR-15/Reality Check – Gun Laws (21:00)

CA man goes to Justice Kavanaugh’s house to assassinate him (35:50)

GA fake electors scheme/Peter Navarro arrested for Contempt of Congress/Enrique Tarrio & other “Proud Boys” indicted for Seditious Conspiracy/Dan Abrams from News Nation doesn’t know why fox “news” should cover the Jan. 6th hearings (40:45)

Tribute to listener J.C. (57:25)

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