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Potentium – Episode 186 (8/8/19)

Man attempts to poison his wife, on video, & Judge sentences him to 60 weekend days in jail (5:35)

Sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America (12:05)

Mass shootings in Dayton & El Paso/White supremacy/Mental illness/Gun control/Tucker Carlson calls white supremacy a “hoax”/Christopher Wray on domestic terrorism (23:50)

Trump – Asylum law ruled illegal/Russian meddling/“Moscow Mitch” McConnell (1:18:05)

Bill Maher – Trump fatigue (1:31:50)

Bianna health update

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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 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 178 (6/14/19)

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Bianna has cancer (4:40)

State of New York moves to decriminalize prostitution/Alabama castrations for sex offenders (13:30)

Jon Stewart lambastes Congress and gets 911 first responders funding extended (22:20)

The “triumphant” return of those idiots from “Damaged Goods – The Show” (29:35)

Trump – Receiving information from hostile foreign governments is ok/Mexico/Sarah Suhey Sanders is leaving the White House (1:26:25)

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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 176 (5/30/19)

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Bianna’s divorce is final/Relationships

Mt. Everest deaths (8:15)

FDA approves drug that costs 2.1 million dollars (15:25)

The monumental hypocrisy of Mitch McConnell (23:40)

Trump – (31:55)

Nancy pelosi

Kim Jong Un & Trump rip Biden

Investigating the investigators

Robert Mueller’s statement

Trump’s ballistic, impromptu press conference

USS John McCain Memorial Day controversy

William Barr interview on CBS This Morning

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Potentium – Episode 175 (5/24/19)

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All in the Family/The Jeffersons live remake

Game of Thrones finale (18:35)

Great white shark spotted off the Long Island Sound for the first time (28:05)

High school Hope Squads (32:35)

RV chase & F-16 crash in California (40:55)

Anarchist Julian Assange faces more charges (52:50)

Trump – Iran/Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg/Congressional subpoenas/Justin Amash/Nancy pelosi/Infrastructure/Trump again floats the idea of staying past two terms/Trump on abortion and being pro choice (57:40)

Bill Maher – The sexual repression of Catholics (1:36:05)

Tool – “Invincible”

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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!!!!!