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Potentium – Episode 324 (4/14/22)

Baseball begins/Mets & Nats & Cubs & Brewers plunking each other

NYC subway shooting (7:15)

PG&E settles for wildfire damage (15:15)

@Stewinsan calls in to rip on the adorable pud & his “Twitter gang” who now apparently see me everywhere (21:05)

Alex Jones’ idiotic woes continue (49:00)

Trump – “Kid” Rock concert message/Indoctrinated kid at rally says he’s there to see Biden in front of his MAGA parents/Trump says he’s “The most honest human being god ever created” & the cult laughs (54:50)

The Masters/ND & Brian Kelly/Dwayne Haskins killed/NFL overtime rule change/Bears trade Khalil Mack/Virginia McCaskey in poor health (1:04:10)

Gilbert Gottfried dies (1:08:15)

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Potentium – Episode 312 (1/20/22)

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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 301 (11/4/21)

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New MacBook Pro

Braves win World Series/Joc Pederson & his pearl necklace (5:35)

Halloween/House progress (6:45)

TX woman pulls gun on trick or treaters (11:00)

TX mother’s stunning neglect (16:15)

WA father kills the abductor of his daughter who sold her into prostitution (22:10)

Wife bilks elderly husband while convincing him he had Alzeimer’s (28:05)

Man punches AA Flight Attendant for bumping into him (32:55)

Q Anon, JFK, JFK Jr. & Trump’s “re-installation” (37:30)

Election volunteers threatened (48:05)

Youngkin wins VA Gubernatorial race (52:15)

Henry Ruggs III released from Raiders after fatal DUI crash/Asshole Aaron Rodgers lied about being “immunized” /Hawks finally win/ND/Bears (1:01:45)

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Potentium – Episode 286 (7/15/21)

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Guest Co-Host Luke from the Dashing Thru the Bronx podcast

(Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/7xcmjIrmYybzhAiBhXm2ZX?si=ZOGpk2YNTzGRTdUXw-TxDg&dl_branch=1&nd=1 )

Super Mario 64 sells for $1.3 million at auction (13:55)

Richard Branson goes to space (18:45)

Madison Cawthorn says volunteers going door to door to encourage people to get vaccinated will lead to them taking your guns & Bibles (28:30)

Rudy Giuliani’s law license suspended in DC (33:10)

Trump’s pathetic interview with Maria Bartiromo (36:15)

Biden – Voting/Texas Democrats leave the state (1:02:25)

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Potentium – Episode 268 (3/11/21)

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Physicists claim warp drive is possible

My first foray into the realm of Tik Tok videos & You Tube challenges (9:10)

Never understood why Americans care so much about the Royal Family/Andrew Cuomo should resign (52:30)

Covid – States lifting restrictions & mask mandates/CO college “revolution” over restrictions (53:20)

President Biden’s relief bill passes (1:03:25)

Brianna Keilar – The hypocrisy at Fox “news” rises to a whole new level (1:07:30)

Congratulations to “Youngblood” Patrick Kane on his 400th goal and 1,000th game of his career with the Blackhawks

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Potentium – Episode 253 (11/12/20)

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Co-Host Shawn Thorpe from blubrry.com & http://shawn.mx

Shawn’s thoughts on Trump & the election

CA Ponzi schemer tries to evade FBI with aqua scooter in Shasta Lake (7:10)

AK Jerkwater Chief of Police calls for death to Democrats – Edit: I mistakenly called him a Sheriff (14:10)

Highlights of “Slayer Pete” Buttigieg on fox “news” (25:45)

Trump – Lawsuits being thrown out left and right/Not cooperating with Biden team/Cult 45’s “Million MAGA March” ends in them getting their asses kicked/Fires Director of DHS Chris Krebs for telling the truth/GOP Wayne County Michigan electors and their complete stupidity (49:00)

Dustin Johnson wins the Masters shooting -20/Why isn’t Notre Dame #1?/The Bears’ offense sucks (1:31:00)

Fargo/The Mandalorian (1:36:40)

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Potentium – Episode 246 (10/1/20)

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Little league baseball

(6:55) OH mom tazed at youth football game for refusing to wear a mask & trespassing

Joe Montana & wife Jennifer thwart kidnapping of their grandchild in their CA home (12:30)

Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother receives standing Ovation at WI GOP event (17:00)

Trump – Kim Jong Un played Trump like a fiddle/Says WH may override FDA safety standards for Covid vaccine/Peaceful transfer of power/Taxes (19:30)

Debate highlights and lowlights & the neverending stupidity of Laura Ingraham (45:10)

Bears/Notre Dame/Cubs

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Potentium – Episode 239 (8/13/20)

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My neighbor’s despair

Jerry Falwell Jr. on indefinite leave from Liberty University (11:00)

Coronavirus – Schools/Georgia student suspended over photo/College football/Inside Wuan lab/Russia claims to have Covid vaccine/Trump’s virus failure (16:55)

MI County Commissioner Tom Eckerle blames “The niggers in Detroit” for Covid spread, then resigns (36:55)

Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate/Trump attacks/Tucker Carlson’s new angle of stupidity/QAnon nutjob Marjorie Taylor Greene wins GA primary/Conspiracy theories (40:05)

Trump – Biden wants to “hurt god”/Election meddling/Reporter calls him out on Veteran’s Choice lie/“Thighland” (1:18:55)

Collin Morikawa wins the PGA Championship at age 23/Baseball/RBI 20 (1:26:55)