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Potentium – Episode 197 (10/24/19)

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Transgender woman wins cycling championship

House passes animal cruelty bill (10:10)

Apple Watch saves fallen hiker’s life (14:05)

New car! (19:25)

The Lunch Break Bandit (22:50)

Chicago mobster Joey “The Clown” Lombardo dies (25:15)

AZ, NM & CA police incidents (28:00)

Paid family leave in the US (36:15)

Toxic baby food (41:45)

Woman arrested for murder of her daughter/Munchausen by proxy (45:05)

TN City Commissioner Warren Hurst & his redneck, homophobic comments (49:30)

The State of California passes more than a few inspiring laws (54:20)

Trump – Anonymous book/Turkey, Syria & Russia/Impeachment & lynching/Bill Taylor testifies/Ridiculous GOP stunt…with pizza/The wall…In Colorado (56:20)

Hillary Clinton cleared of email scandal/Calls Tulsi Gabbard & Jill Stein “Russian assets” (1:30:40)

Chicago sports – Cubs/Blackhawks/Notre Dame/Bears (1:34:35)

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Potentium – Episode 194 (10/3/19)

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Amber Guyger – Sentenced to 10 years in prison (3:15)

Video released of Galveston Mounted Police leading mentally ill black man through the streets, tied with a rope (9:20)

GA Teen accidentally kills friend while hunting (12:05)

AZ Father drowns son in hot water during “exorcism” (14:35)

“Room clearing” in schools (16:55)

Woman nears mote, taunts lion at the Bronx Zoo (23:05)

UT Couple gored separately by bison…Same place, different days (27:05)

Concerns around the showings of “Joker” (30:45)

Riots in Hong Kong/First protester shot by police (34:00)

Bernie Sanders hospitalized/“Dirty Bernie” calls in (37:50)

Trump – Whistleblower/Impeachment/Ukraine/Rudy Giuliani/Former Ukrainian Prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko/Mike Pompeo/Australia/China/Kurt Volker/ (49:00)

Bill Maher – “Catch 23” (1:19:25)

CA passes Fair Pay to Play Act/ND/Bears/Khalil Mack (1:27:10)

AHS 1984

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Potentium – Episode 177 (6/7/19)

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Illinois legalizes recreational marijuana! (3:55)

Jeopardy champion James Holzhauer loses in peculiar fashion(16:00)

Drama at the mental health center and the DMV (23:45)

Disturbing disposition from a KC cop on “Cops” (32:15)

Parkland Deputy arrested & charged (34:05)

Virginia Beach shooting/Andrew from Youngstown calls in (40:30)

State of New York bans cat declawing (1:05:00)

Trump – Kushner dodges birther question/Trump goes to England/Mexico & Tariffs/1.5 million acres of federal land to be opened up for hunting & fishing/The idiocy of Jon Voight (1:11:50)

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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 166 (3/23/19)

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The plot thickens in the Francesco Cali murder (4:10)

Prime Minister of New Zealand bans semi-auto rifles & high capacity magazines/Introduces buyback program (9:45)

Stupid ass, ATV mobs (17:35)

Racism – School teacher in CT/Katie Pavlich from fox “news” on slavery (25:35)

Roseanne Barr blames Sara Gilbert for her meltdowns (38:15)

Child of Anti-Vaxxers sues Kentucky Health Department for not being allowed to play basketball (45:20)

The complete idiocy of “QAnon” (51:35)

Trump – Rolls back fines on nursing home abuse/Attacks on John McCain & George Conway/The Mueller report submitted/Trump supporter wants Trump as a dictator IF there was to be one (59:35)

Bill Maher on both parties being at fault for the political climate (1:40:05)

Motley Crue – The Dirt (1:46:35)

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Potentium – Episode 165 (3/16/19)

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Another one of Ted Bundy’s victims remains found

Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali assassinated (20:30)

New Zealand terrorist attack by a white supremacist (31:25)

Jeanine Pirro, Tucker Carlson & Bubba the Love Sponge (1:14:45)

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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Potentium – Episode 148 (11/17/18)

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Couples etiquette when paying the check

Couple and homeless man perpetrate GoFundMe scam (4:30)

California wildfires/East Coast Nor’easter (9:40)

Security guard shot by Midlothian PD after stopping active shooter (24:00)

Green Beret killed, “A Few Good Men” style (29:08)

Baraboo, WI High School Nazis (31:50)

Steve King warned by Iowa Governor for his racist mouth (38:20)

The “victim” Monica Lewinsky (46:05)

The pederast Anarchist that is Julian Assange (53:40)

Jim Acosta gets his WH press pass back, for now (58:45)

Vampira gets White House official fired (1:04:00)

Trump – France/Troops at the border/North Korea nukes/Mueller’s questions (1:09:30)

Stan Lee dies (1:34:35)

Notre Dame/Bears

Happy Thanksgiving folks & thanks for listening!

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Potentium – Episode 146 (11/3/18)

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Whitey Bulger killed in prison (2:30)

First cannabis based drug is approved by the FDA (10:35)

Mandarin duck found in Central Park (13:25)

Racism – “South Park Susan” (16:00)

Pittsburgh synagogue shooter (33:00)

Idiot Steve King from Iowa (1:03:00)

Trump – Birthright citizenship/Immigration/Russian birthright citizenship/The genius of Trump supporters (1:12:30)

Robert Mueller set up goes South (1:39:15)

Jeffrey Toobin vs. Chris Kobach (1:42:45)

Bears/Notre Dame/Blackhawks

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Potentium – Episode 139 (9/15/18)

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My shortened trip to San Francisco

Colin Kaepernick & Nike (17:10)

Texas police officer “accidentally” kills neighbor (26:10)

Georgia school brings back paddling (30:30)

Alex Jones banned from Twitter/Supporters & gay frogs (41:00)

Trump – Woodward/NYT “resistance” article/N. Korea/Hurricanes/Blatant lie about the economy (1:01:55)

Burt Reynolds dies (1:52:45)

Notre Dame/Chicago Bears (1:58:40)

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Potentium – Episode 134 (8/4/18)

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California wildfires (3:00)

L.A. hostage shooting (8:50)

Aero Mexico plane crash (13:20)

Swedish royal jewels stolen (21:45)

More racism – Having lunch on your campus/Helping the homeless while black (26:00)

Who is America – Roy Moore and the pedophile detector (38:00)

Alex Jones/“Q Anon”/Seth Rich/Hannity/Shep Smith (44:20)

Trump – Shutdown/Mueller investigation/The evolution of Batboy Giuliani/Sessions/Ivanka/N. Korea/ID for groceries (1:15:05)

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1:40:45)

Alan Alda has Parkinson’s disease (1:42:15)

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