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851: Try a Little Tenderness

851: Try a Little Tenderness

Update: 2025-01-1219
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In the new year, stories of people trying a radical approach to solving their problems.

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  • Prologue: Ira meets two sisters who got into a fight, and then learned a lesson in turning the other cheek. (8 minutes)
  • Act One: A hardened PI works the toughest case of his very young life. (18 minutes)
  • Act Two: Producer Aviva DeKornfeld talks to a man who finds himself the target of vengeful crows. (8 minutes)
  • Act Three: Comedian Josh Johnson wonders if some people should’ve been spanked as kids. (10 minutes)
  • Act Four: Writer Etgar Keret reads his story about a bus driver who refuses to open the doors for late passengers. (9 minutes)

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I DO Know

BREAKING: FDA Officially Bans Red Dye No. 3 in Foods, Citing Studies Linking the Dye to Cancer in Animals. Thank you, President Trump. #MAHA #MAGA

Jan 16th
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Even Joe Biden is MAGA Now

Israel and Hamas agree to a cease fire. Do not under any circumstances let the demons gaslight you into thinking that Joe Biden had anything to do with this. President Trump and his advance team leaned on the parties involved, let them know they didn't want anything still going on after President Trump is sworn in, and told them to get it done.

Jan 15th
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Even Joe Biden is MAGA Now

Joe Biden's going to give $770 to the victims of failed Democrat environmental policies in California. Sounds about time to give another 50 billion to Ukraine.

Jan 14th
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851: Try a Little Tenderness

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