Episode 175: My Dad’s Words of Wisdom, Buc-ee’s Emotional Support Duck, & Praise to the Patron Saint of Gambling
INTRO (00:00): Kathleen opens the show drinking a “They Call Me Roberto” Mexican Lager from The Mason Jar Brewing Company in Menifee, CA. She shares her sentiments regarding her dad’s recent passing, reads his “mistake” prayer card from the Catholic mass, and pledges her love for Saint Cayetano, the Patron Saint of Gambling.
COURT NEWS (26:20): Kathleen shares news that Queen Tanya Tucker is launching a pop-up bar in downtown Nashville, Taylor Swift features a Stevie Nicks poem on her “Tortured Poets Department” album, Jelly Roll is opening a recording studio in a juvenile detention center in Nashville, and Dolly will open CMAfest in Nashville this June.
UPDATES (34:26): Kathleen shares updates on the cancellation of Charles Barkley’s CNN show, an Oklahoma judge orders Chiefs fan Chiefsaholic to pay a bank teller $10M in damages, and a controversial Klimt painting sells for $32M at auction.
“HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT” (49:04): Kathleen is amazed to read about an animal that hasn’t been spotted in Ohio for 200 years has been discovered outside of Columbus, and a picture of the iceberg that most likely sunk the Titanic has been found.
FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS (54:02): Kathleen shares articles on Planters Peanuts announcement that they are hiring NUTmobile drivers, the Post Office is raising the price of Forever Stamps to $0.73 in July, Buc-ee’s bans Wrinkle “the Duck” from its Sevierville TN location, the 2024 Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame inductees are announced, an Irish town banished smartphones for children under the age of 12, McDonald’s brings back a popular breakfast item, and an indoor cat is accidentally sent half way across the US in an Amazon return.
WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK (43:40): Kathleen recommends watching “Baby Reindeer” on Netflix, (and rating) her new stand-up Special “Hunting Bigfoot” on Prime Video.