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Potentium – Episode 185 (8/2/19)

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Guest co-host Susi from Germany

The Pink Lady Bandit arrested (9:15)

$30 million dollar Brazilian airport gold heist (15:30)

Dallas police kill mentally ill man who called 911 for help (20:50)

SC officers shoot homeowner through window in his home (30:50)

Two SF teens go to Italy & kill an Italian police officer (38:20)

Racism – Ole Miss students deface Emmett Till monument/TSA and gorillas in nooses/Ronald Reagan and African “monkeys” talking to President Nixon (43:40)

Trump – Elijah Cummings & Baltimore (1:08:05)

Democratic debates (1:20:55)

Bianna health update

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Potentium – Episode 183 (7/19/19)

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Maynard James Keenan vs. The Biebers (4:15)

Madden ’20 ratings come out & slap the Bears in the face (16:40)

No federal charges for NYPD officer who choked Eric Garner to death (21:35)

Rand Paul objects to 1st responders funding bill (28:15)

Trump – Barr & Ross in contempt of Congress/“The Squad” racism & an America we don’t recognize/Lindsey Graham/Mitch McConnell/“Send her back!”/Chuck Schumer (40:40)

Startling, indisputable similarities between Hitler, Trump, and his cult (1:27:50)

Bianna’s health update (1:45:30)

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Potentium – Episode 181 (7/5/19)

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The Fourth of July & how ignorant Americans are (3:45)

“Manly” Force Factor pills & commercials (20:20)

Nike, Betsy Ross & Colin Kaepernick (30:10)

Judge James Troiano (NJ) says teen rapist should be shown leniency because he comes from a good family & is an Eagle Scout (41:20)

California introduces common sense ammunition law (51:00)

Georgia using Jim Crow tactics to keep native Puerto Ricans from getting driver’s licenses (54:45)

Racist Border Patrol Agents & their secret Facebook group (57:40)

Trump – Joking with Putin/N. Korean photo op/Donald Trump Jr’s “birther” type Tweet about Kamala Harris/Homelessness started two years ago/Tech companies/Salute to America (1:05:50)

Bianna’s health update

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Potentium – Episode 173 (5/10/19)

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Colorado STEM school shooting (4:40)

“Winnie the Pooh” voiceover actor Jim Cummings accused of rape & animal abuse (18:45)

Rhode Island “Lunch shaming” (28:55)

Big Pharma prices/HHS/CEO John Kapoor indicted (33:40)

Republican C.D. Davidsmeyer wants to make Chicago it’s own state (43:35)

Ohio district map ruled unconstitutional/Gerrymandering (50:15)

Facebook bans extremists/Chris Hughes says Facebook should be broken up by the government (54:50)

Trump – N. Korea/Pardoning a murderer/Trump’s financial losses from ’85 to ’95/Mitch McConnell/Donald Trump Jr. subpoena/The hypocrisy of Tucker Carlson & Lindsey Graham/Shooting migrants is funny (1:06:20)

New Tool album to be released August 30th!!!!!

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Potentium – Episode 171 (4/26/19)

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Sri Lanka bombings

A.J. Freund’s body found ten minutes from my house (10:40)

Big Pharma CEO Larry Dowd arrested for opioid crisis (21:05)

“Militia” terrorists & leader arrested (25:55)

Kentucky BBQ owner mocks LGBTQ with bigoted t-shirts (37:55)

Bernie Sanders thinks inmates should be able to vote/”Dirty Bernie” calls in/Other people who should & shouldn’t be able to vote (46:25)

Steve King & Michelle Bachmann are batshit nuts (1:08:35)

Trump – The wet mop that is Jared Kushner/Subpoenas (1:14:50)

Joe Biden announces his run for the Presidency (1:25:20)

Bill Maher – Democratic Socialism (1:40:35)

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Potentium – Episode 168 (4/6/19)

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The Shining & The Overlook Hotel

Timmothy Pitzen kidnapping imposter/American woman kidnapped in Uganda (5:15)

Opioid crisis’ other victims/Martin Shkreli put in solitary (19:10)

Touchy, feely Joe Biden (33:30)

WI lame duck laws upheld/Mitch McConnell’s nuclear option (47:00)

Trump – Mueller report & William Barr/Healthcare retreat/Security clearances/Breach at Mar-A-Lago/The border/Trump’s father born in Germany?/Windmills cause cancer (53:15)

Tucker Carlson from fox “news” thinks Trump may be sabotaging his reelection (1:25:35)

Sincere apologies to JC (1:35:00)

Alien Mick Jagger recovering from heart surgery (1:36:45)

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Potentium – Episode 167 (3/30/19)

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Siegfried & Roy trainer speaks (5:45)

Trump cultist Anthony Stephens supposed to call into the show

Mom chokes on a nacho chip & I give her the Heimlich during the show (17:40)

Jussie Smollett charges dropped (28:30)

Suicides over Parkland & Sandy Hook/PTSD/Alex Jones (36:00)

Anthony Stephens wimps out

Purdue Pharma settles lawsuits (54:00)

Police take child with high fever from parents/Rockland County NY bans all unvaccinated kids from public spaces (1:02:05)

Mo Brooks (R-AL) compares Democrats to Nazis (1:13:30)

Trump – Mueller Report/William Barr/Adam Schiff/Obamacare/Special Olympics (1:18:20)

Kurt Cobain – 2/20/67 – 4/5/94

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Potentium – Episode 159 (2/2/19)

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Red Dead Redemption 2

Ricky Gervais on hunting (6:30)

Another Orca (Kayla) dies at Sea World (11:35)

St. Louis cops playing Russian roulette on duty (19:25)

Cops find tunnel leading to bank after sinkhole investigation (23:20)

Purdue Drugs lies about Oxycontin’s addictive effects, chastised addicts, then tries to profit off of their treatment (27:00)

Tom Brokaw’s assimilation comments (33:15)

Racist Detroit cops mock black woman & post it on Snapchat (44:15)

VA Governor Ralph Northam’s KKK photo (48:15)

WA measles outbreak/Anti-Vaxxers (53:15)

Texas passes “religious freedom” law to let Foster agencies discriminate against Jews, Muslims, gays, single parents and multi faith couples (56:00)

Suhey Sanders says “god” elected Trump (59:35)

Kentucky seeks to have Kim Davis pay legal fees (1:01:40)

Trump – Encourages Bible classes in public schools/Blasts & lies about intel team/The economy/Withdrawal from Russian nuclear treaty (1:04:10)

From the archives of The Fandick Show – Trump running in 2012/The Apprentice – May 2011 (1:14:10)

Bill Maher – The Economy (1:38:00)

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Potentium – Episode 155 (1/5/19)

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Singing brain surgery

Big Pharma raises prescription drug prices 6% (9:45)

Texas 14 year old charged with murder after egg “prank” turns deadly (16:05)

Zoo incidents – Lion kills intern/Girl goes into rhino enclosure (20:40)

Louis C.K., Kevin Hart & Ellen DeGeneres (29:35)

Doctor in Ohio purposely prescribes the wrong medicine to Jews (42:00)

China lands on the far side of the moon (43:50)

Elizabeth Warren running for President (46:00)

Trump – The national debt/Shutdown/New laws & new House/Rashida Tlaib/Unhinged press conference/Trump knows more about everything than anyone (50:35)

Celebrity deaths – Bob Einstein, Mean Gene Okerlund, Daryl Dragon (1:21:30)

Notre Dame/Bears