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Potentium – Episode 203 (12/5/19)

Co-Host – Ricky from Degeneration Radio (@rickyradio)

Politics – Voting for Trump/Depression

“Kid Rock” goes on drunken rant on stage at his restaurant at Little Caesar’s Arena/Lease will not be renewed (28:00)

George Zimmerman sues the Martin family, and everyone else (41:30)

Devin Nunes sues CNN/Ukraine (55:50)

Trump – Political tactics/IG report clears FBI of “spying”/Kim Jong Un’s “Christmas present”/Says Giuliani acted alone in Ukraine/Floppin’ John Kennedy/Impeachment & Constitutional Scholar testimony/NATO summit (58:30)

Star Wars Jedi – Fallen Order/Bears

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Potentium – Episode 182 (7/12/19)

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The Blue Bell ice cream licking scumbags identified (3:00)

Racism – “Callbox Chris” (9:50)

Man kills teen because he was “threatened” by his rap music (22:10)

First US baby born from uterine transplant by deceased organ donor (26:00)

Death by shit transplant (29:15)

Jeffrey Epstein arrested/Alex Acosta resigns (32:35)

Ross Perot dies/SNL & Dana Carvey (42:25)

MS gubernatorial candidate Robert Foster won’t be interviewed by female reporters without a man present (51:00)

Amy McGrath – The Letter (54:25)

US Women’s Soccer Team wins another World Cup/Megan Rapinoe/fox “news” & “Fuck Trump!” Live on the air (1:00:20)

Trump – Twitter Tantrum #10,996 – Attacking fox “news”/Bullshit “cleanest air & water” claims/S.E. Cupp’s great take on Trump’s “patriotism”/“Social media Summit”/Drug prices on the rise/ICE raids/Administration backs down on census question (1:06:40)

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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 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

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Potentium – Episode 149 (11/24/18)

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NC chicken pox outbreak/Vaccinations & religion

Religious nut job goes to island of natives to “convert” them to Christianity and hilarity ensues (6:00)

Racism – “Diner Diana” in Arizona prefers to sit next to whites in public (10:45)

Pfizer to raise prescription drug prices by 5% (14:30)

Elevator plunges 84 floors in Chicago’s Hancock Building (18:50)

CO “father” Chris Watts sentenced to life in prison for killing his family (22:08)

Moron Michael Avenatti arrested for domestic violence (30:55)

Laura Ingraham’s gay brother speaks about his fucked up sister (35:05)

Trump – Fake news media/Midterms/Admiral McRaven/Saudi Arabia/Mueller investigation/James Comey/Jerome Corsi/Trump is thankful for himself on Thanksgiving (40:45)

How the country “suffered” under President Obama (1:18:15)

Notre Dame/Bears