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Potentium – Episode 312 (1/20/22)

Asteroid 7482 disappoints

MI Judge berates 72 year old cancer patient for unkept shrubbery/IL Judge releases teen rapist after less than 5 months in jail/MA Christian flag battle on government property & the SCOTUS (5:55)

Sirhan Sirhan denied parole by CA Gov. Gavin Newsome (21:55)

DirecTV drops OAN (24:45)

Oath Keepers charged with Sedition for Jan. 6th attack/Kevin McCarthy & Lindsey Graham flop again (27:15)

Voting rights bill/Trump on the big lie in AZ/NY AG report on Trump Inc. (44:55)

Novac Djokovic/Wild Card Weekend/Cowboys & Niners/Bears (1:01:30)

Spider-Man: No Way Home/The Book of Boba Fett/The Matrix: Resurrections/Ghostbusters: Afterlife/Being the Ricardos/1883/Dexter: New Blood (1:08:25)

Tool’s recent set lists are a dream (1:14:55)

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Potentium – Episode 157 (1/19/19)

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Co-Host Steve Domingues from the BS Podcast Network

http://bspodcastnetwork.com

You Tube challenge videos banned (12:30)

NC man charged with assault of a minor at mall confrontation (20:45)

PG&E files for bankruptcy over California wildfires (31:05)

Bernie Sanders responds to sexual harassment claims regarding his campaign team/“Dirty Bernie” calls in (42:45)

More stupidity from Steve King/Anabelle Lima-Taub’s moronic comments (58:20)

Trump – Syria/FBI investigates Trump regarding Russia/William Barr hearings/State of the Union & Nancy Pelosi/Rudy Giuliani flops/ (1:15:20)

NFL championship weekend (1:45:15)

Tool

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Potentium – Episode 143 (10/13/18)

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Three year anniversary

Guest Co-Host – Navy Veteran Andrew from Youngstown, OH

Hurricane Michael (10:45)

New crime…Babysitting while black (14:20)

Washington Post journalist presumed murdered in Saudi Arabian Consulate (23:15)

Trump – Kavanaugh “proven innocent”/Dianne Feinstein – The cult chants “Lock her up!”/Congressional makeup/Nikki Haley resigns/Lunatic Kanye West/The hypocrisy of Sean Hannity/Trump’s USA Today op-ed piece/Poor Vampira (33:10)

Golf/Bears/Notre Dame/Drew Brees/Blackhawks (1:49:50)

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Potentium – Episode 142 (10/6/18)

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Chicago officer Jason Van Dyke convicted of 2nd degree murder (2:50)

Montana judge stops grizzly bear hunt (13:50)

Incidents involving Spanish/Taco Bell (16:25)

Texas school expels student for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance (31:45)

Trump – Kavanaugh/Central Park Five/FBI investigation/Senator “Elvis Imus McConnell” calls in/Trump family tax scheme/Unemployment (36:55)

Bears/Notre Dame/Cubs/Blackhawks

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Potentium – Episode 140 (9/22/18)

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Cody Wilson arrested for sexual assault of a minor after fleeing to Taiwan (4:30)

Soon Yi Previn & the scumbag that is Woody Allen (13:10)

Love mail (20:45)

Anderson Cooper vs. Donald Trump Jr. (29:55)

Trump – Brett Kavanaugh/SNL – Clarence Thomas hearings/Michael Cohen/N. Korea/Rod Rosenstein/“Trump derangement syndrome” with Hannity & Gina Loudon (52:45)

Bill Maher – Socialism/Narcissism (1:44:25)

The Bears/Khalil Mack/Notre Dame (2:00:50)

Edit: My Mac is already back so there WILL be a show this weekend (29th)

Thanks for listening!

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Potentium – Episode 109 (2/10/18)

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Religion – Kevin McCarthy/Sarah Levin/The “god judge”/Televangelists/Gloria Copeland says Jesus will cure the flu/Dr. Tim White & Archie Bunker on evolution

TV – Waco/The Assassination of Gianni Versace/Young Sheldon (52:45)

The Falcon Rocket/Elon Musk (58:25)

Trump – Kimmel/Military parade/“Treasonous” Democrats/Rob Porter/David Sorenson (1:00:15)

Shutdown part 2 (1:45:20)

Bill Maher – The wall (1:50:30)

Super Bowl LII/Urlacher into HOF on 1st ballot (1:53:00)

The Olympics (1:54:45)

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Potentium – Episode 102 (12/9/17)

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California wildfires

Officer Michael Slager sentenced to 20 years for the murder of Walter Scott (4:00)

GOP passes bill to allow conceal/carry across state lines (7:30)

Alex Jones has to “retract” his caveman “vitamins” (10:45)

Russia banned from winter Olympics for doping (15:00)

Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israeli capital (18:20)

Taxes/Trump’s financial records with Deutsche Bank seized (37:10)

Trump defends Flynn/GOP slams Mueller investigation/Donald Trump Jr. testifies/CNN’s Wikileaks retraction (49:10)

Trump & the RNC rally for Roy Moore/Steve Bannon/Al Franken & Trent Franks resign (1:00:05)

President Obama on net neutrality (1:23:35)

Interviewed by podcaster Alexander Laurin –

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Jim Morrison’s birthday (I know, I fucked up and said it was the anniversary of his death, which is July 3rd)

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Potentium – Episode 099 (11/18/17)

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JFK

Taxes – Suzan DelBene (W) grills Thomas Barthold (JCT) (4:45)

Jeff Sessions’ testimony (13:25)

Sexual assault – Al Franken/Roy Moore/Donald Trump (31:25)

Trump appoints Federal Judge with no trial experience (1:12:05)

Trump believes Putin believes Putin (1:17:35)

Trump lifts ban on importing elephant trophies (1:22:15)

Notre Dame gets shellacked by Miami (1:29:00)

Malcolm Young of ACDC dies (1:30:55)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone…Thanks for listening!

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Potentium – Episode 098 (11/11/17)

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Larry David’s concentration camp jokes on SNL/Curb Your Enthusiasm

Texas church shooting (5:00)

Wisconsin eliminates minimum hunting age (31:00)

Puerto Rico and the Whitefish Energy investigation (37:40)

Al Franken grills Facebook’s lawyer (44:40)

Democrats sweep elections across the US (54:40)

Michael Flynn & son in more hot water (59:05)

Roy Moore accused of sexual misconduct/Sean Hannity (1:03:40)

Louis C.K. & more sexual harassment accusations (1:31:15)

Notre Dame vs. Miami (1:39:05)

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