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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 424 (3/28/24)

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Forrie J. Smith of Yellowstone kicked off plane for refusing to sit next to passenger with mask

Ruby Franke’s psychotic diary detailing the abuse of her children (11:30)

SF man who stabbed 94 yr old Asian woman gets probation/IL Parole Board members resign after man commits murder the day after his release (21:30)

NY squatters kill resident/NY woman arrested in her own home because of “squatters rights” (32:25)

Migrants breach razor wire & push past Border Patrol Agents in TX (44:40)

Marjorie Trailer Greene files motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (47:45)

Trump – Hocking Bibles/Bond reduced/Stormy Daniels hush money trial date set/Jon Stewart on his “victimless crimes” (52:45)

Bill Maher – Depression (1:06:15)

Bob Marley: One Love (1:19:50)

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Potentium – Episode 419 (2/22/24)

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AL declares frozen embryos “children”

PA Judge shoots ex husband in the head and tries to convince him that he did it (8:45)

Brockton, MA high school considers National Guard for security (14:00)

NYC migrant, who recently attacked police in Times Square and was released without bail, arrested for another robbery (22:00)

Alexei Navalny murdered by Putin (30:00)

Trump – Compares himself to Navalny/Fined $355 million for fraud in NY/In true grifter fashion…Trump sneakers (36:45)

Biden – The idiot that is Rashida Tlaib/FBI informant lied to FBI about Biden & was influenced by Russian intelligence (1:00:10)

Caitlin Clark sets NCAA women’s basketball scoring record (1:09:45)

True Detective: Night Country/Wonka/Napoleon (1:12:10)

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has dementia

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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 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 410 (12/14/23)

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NYC building collapse in the Bronx

Judge sentences woman who threw food at Chipotle worker to work in the restaurant for 2 months (8:10)

Seattle hit & runs for fun (16:05)

Three men have been buried in Mississippi by public officials without their family’s knowledge (23:20)

Piers Morgan on Elon Musk reinstating Alex Jones’ Twitter account (27:50)

Puritanical TX abortion case (43:40)

Biden – Hunter makes a statement/House votes on impeachment inquiry/Mike Johnson says “the lord” spoke to him and made him the new Moses (50:00)

Zelensky & Ukraine aid (1:05:05)

Former Police Chief sentenced to 11 years for Jan. 6th insurrection (1:10:30)

Travis Kelce, the Hawks, Connor Bedard & Taylor Swift (1:13:25)

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Potentium – Episode 405 (11/9/23)

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Milk carton shortage across US schools

TX Horrific child abuse case (7:00)

LA County Sheriff suicides (20:20)

IL assault weapon & common sense gun law upheld by Federal Appeals Court (26:05)

Roseanne Barr thinks Trump is still “Commander in Chief”/Says the Holocaust never happened/Screams like a lunatic at Trump rally (33:00)

Rashida Tlaib censured by House (47:25)

Trump – Testifies in NYC/Christie scolds the cult (53:35)

Democrats win big in elections across the country (1:00:45)

3rd Republican debate (1:05:05)

Actor’s strike ends/Taylor Sheridan’s “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” (1:12:25)

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Potentium – Episode 404 (11/2/23)

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Tool – Maynard James Keenan says talking about new music is “irresponsible”/Reggie Watts from the James Corden Show insults the band

Delta co-pilot pulls gun on Captain mid-flight (13:30)

Atlanta schools change grading system for the worse (17:05)

Lewiston Maine mass shooting & red flags (22:45)

Would be CO gunman honorably kills himself before carrying out attack (28:35)

Staind frontman Aaron Lewis arranges the corpses of 32 dead coyotes, that he killed for fun, to spell out “Trump 2024”/Says Democrats are responsible for every scar on this country in it’s history (34:10)

GA election maps ordered to be redrawn by federal judge (47:50)

Becca Balint (VT) skewers Marjorie Trailer Greene on the House floor (51:25)

Speaker Mike Johnson & God (1:05:30)

Trump – CO lawsuit to remove him from the ballot/Jr. & Eric testify (1:09:15)

Bobby Knight & Matthew Perry die (1:18:10)

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