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Potentium – Episode 426 (4/11/24)

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LA “Heat” type heist

I finally ran the table in the pool room (7:30)

Chicago police shoot man who fired at them (9:00)

Rikers Island attempted suicide ignored by officers (17:10)

OK City Councilman, who marched in Charlottesville, loses election (29:10)

TN parental consent hypocrisy (34:45)

Marjorie Trailer Greene, “god” & the eclipse/GA shooter echoes her sentiments (38:05)

AZ abortion ban/Kari Lake flops/Settles defamation case (43:30)

RFK Advisor tells constituents how to help Trump (54:15)

NCAA women’s championship/“King” James takes over 400 more games to “beat” Jordan’s 30 pts. Per game scoring record/The Masters (1:00:25)

O.J. Simpson dies (1:07:50)

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Potentium – Episode 425 (4/4/24)

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WA serial speeder pleads not guilty after killing three children

NYC women being randomly punched in the face (14:25)

Migrant “influencer” arrested (19:15)

IA enacts Religious “Freedom” law (27:45)

SCOTUS & the NC voting map (32:30)

GOP & right wing news blame the border, Covid & Biden for the Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster/Trans day of visibility idiocy (36:20)

Trump – Expanded gag order/Judge Cannon/Truth Social (46:50)

Lizzo “quits”…Until she doesn’t (56:15)

Louis Gossett Jr. dies (1:06:50)

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Potentium – Episode 418 (2/15/24)

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

TX megachurch shooting/Joel Osteen & Televangelists (

NYC migrant shoots tourist after robbing a store (12:45)

Tucker Carlson gets insulted by Putin during boring “interview”/Says Moscow is better than any US city (19:50)

Biden – Docs case closed/Special Counsel comments on his memory (34:35)

Trump – Idiotic NATO comments/Mocks Nikki Haley’s husband who is deployed overseas/John Bolton on a 2nd Trump term (42:50)

Super Bowl LVIII/Shooting at Chiefs victory parade (1:04:28)

Ozzy Osbourne FINALLY inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist/Threatens Kanye West with a lawsuit/The monumental asshole that is Liam Gallagher (1:16:30)

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Potentium – Episode 417 (2/8/24)

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Carl Weathers dies

Jennifer Crumbly found guilty of involuntary manslaughter (8:50)

Serial swatter arrested (14:30)

NYC migrant crime spree (20:40)

FL homeless clear out & camps (28:15)

Mayorkas impeachment vote fails/Border bill (39:05)

Fani Willis (46:25)

Trump – Loses appeal on immunity claim (53:10)

The Grammys (57:55)

Bill Maher – Pop stars & materialism (1:03:25)

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Potentium – Episode 416 (2/1/24)

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Jon Stewart returning to the Daily Show…Sort of

MS “mother” goes to Walmart with baby in only a diaper in bitter cold (10:10)

Vince McMahon accused of sexual assault & sex trafficking (20:20)

Pregnancies from rape in red states since Roe V. Wade was overturned (29:05)

Trump – Thinks Nikki Haley is Nancy Pelosi/Ordered to pay $83 million to E. Jean Carroll/Kills border deal for political gain as Mayorkas faces impeachment (32:35)

NYC migrants attack police (56:20)

Iranian drone attack on US soldiers (1:01:05)

Championship Sunday/Chiefs fans die in friend’s backyard/Fox “News” goes full Q Anon over Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce (1:07:35)

Hell’s Kitchen/Fargo/Reacher/True Detective: Night Country (1:20:55)

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Potentium – Episode 414 (1/11/24)

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NYC subway collision/Alaska Airlines flight loses plane door mid-flight/TX building explodes

Wayne La Pierre resigns from the NRA (16:10)

Lauren Boebert’s husband arrested for assaulting her (20:25)

FL insurrectionists caught/Sentenced (23:25)

Trump – Immunity argument/Foreign money/Civil War could’ve been “negotiated”/Calls jailed Jan 6th insurrectionists “Hostages”/Mocks Biden’s stutter/ANOTHER birther accusation…This time against Nikki Haley (31:15)

Biden – Jared Moskowitz/Trump (52:10)

Nick Saban retires & Bill Belichick leaves the Patriots (1:11:45)

Reacher/Fargo/Hell’s Kitchen (1:13:50)

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Potentium – Episode 379 (5/11/23)

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NYC subway chokehold killing

TX mall shooting (9:10)

Proud Boys found guilty (15:20)

Clarence & Ginny Thomas’ never ending corruption (19:25)

George Santos arrested (23:40)

Trump found liable in civil sexual assault & defamation case/CNN Town Hall (30:35)

Biden – John King and the numbers (45:55)

Bill Maher – Us vs. them (51:25)

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Potentium – Episode 348 (9/29/22)

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NASA’s DART impacts asteroid 7,000,000 miles away

The utter stupidity of some Gen Z’ers (9:30)

CO pigs leave suspect in car on train tracks…Guess what happened (33:05)

OH candidate J.R. Majewski lies about military service & the GOP pulls ad funding (37:05)

Hypocritical Republicans vote against bill to reign in dark money in politics (40:25)

Jan. 6th – Hitler mustache insurrectionist gets 4 years/IA insurrectionist who assaulted Michael Fanone gets 7 years/Call from WH to insurrectionist/Asshole Roger Stone/Electoral Count Act (46:30)

Trump – Master calls for proof of claims the FBI planted evidence (1:03:30)

Aaron Judge hits 61st homer/Albert Pujols hits his 700th career homer/Brett Favre removed from sports station over welfare scandal/LSU/ND/Bears (1:06:15)

House of the Dragon/Lord of the Rings – Rings of Power/Star Wars – Andor (1:08:45)

Louise Fletcher dies (1:10:45)