In today’s very dong heavy episode of Hard Factor… It seems the Japanese festival of penies is doing a little C&D work when it comes to the official/unofficial “mascot” aka the guy that dresses up like a dick and comes to the festival early and stays late.  (00:00:00 - 00:02:21) Intro ☕Cup of Coffee in the Big Time☕ (00:02:22) GET EM WHILE YOU CAN: We are officially retiring merch -> https://store.hardfactor.com/  (00:04:06) Fun fact: The invention of the toilet and plumbing (00:07:07) Firefighters discover ‘missing’ plumber asleep in crawl space under California home (00:12:14) ‘Came for the chocolate chip’: Biden cracks joke after Nashville shooting (00:16:11) Nashville school shooting: Bodycam footage released, shooters chilling final messages to pal revealed: ‘I’m planning to die’ (00:19:51) Trans woman left sobbing in JFK Airport after TSA agent hit her testicles: report (00:23:42) ‘Holy grail’ of cancer detection predicts tumors a year before they form 🥛Cream of the Crop🥛 (00:27:24) "Weight in fish!’: Two fishermen caught cheating at Ohio tournament plead guilty 🍆A Flock Of C0cks🍆  (00:33:52 - 00:41:10) Louisiana water treatment worker arrested for peeing in drinking water supply tank twice (00:41:11 - 00:46:05) Japanese Penis Festival shrine distances itself from penis mascot 🕵️Read The Fine Print🕵️ (00:46:06) 'Terrifying, read the fine print': Bill that would ban TikTok is going to give the Government UNREAL POWER (00:52:01) Man indicted after texting his ex-girlfriend 815 times in two days 🫠🛌🍆🍑🪣🚿💦 (00:55:33) There is 21 new emoji now available in iOS 16.4…and this is what the kids are saying (01:08:12) The Wheel Brought to you by our sponsors…. BETTER HELP -  This Hard Factor episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/HARDFACTOR  and get on your way to being your best self. Use that url and get 10% off your first month! Go to store.hardfactor.com and support the pod with some incredible merch Leave us a Voicemail at 512-270-1480, send us a voice memo to [email protected], and/or leave a 5-Star review on Apple Podcasts to hear it on Friday's show Follow Hard Factor on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook

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