Mac Watson Talks

Mac Watson Talks voted BEST PODCAST by Phoenix Magazine's 2020 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Current Events:
Governor Ducey announces funding to expand outdoor dining
Free Covid-19 vaccine coming to Arizona--but will everyone agree to get it?
Biden plans to call for 100 days of masks after his inauguration
s'MACdown: NBC's Chris Collingsworth
Last Word: Kentucky mayor asleep in the drive thru of White Castle

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Mac Watson Talks voted BEST PODCAST by Phoenix Magazine's 2020 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Current Events:
University of Arizona researchers call for a 3-week stay-at-home shutdown
Cities and counties could implement mitigating measures such as curfews and mask mandates
El Paso officials report that big box stores are the source of spread in 55% of new cases
Trump attacks Governor Ducey on Twitter claiming he betrayed the people of Arizona
s'MACdown: Mysterious Utah monolith sculpture is ... GONE?
Last Word: Right to party meets right to bear arms in Georgia

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Mac Watson Talks voted BEST PODCAST by Phoenix Magazine's 2020 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Current Events:
Governor Ducey says AZ will have vaccine in 2020
Trump and GSA to begin transition for President-elect Biden
Trump cannot grant his own pardon
2020 words-of-the-year
s'MACdown: Holiday travelers
Other People's Perspectives listener sound-off and rants
Last Word: Utah finds giant metal sculpture 

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Mac Watson Talks voted BEST PODCAST by Phoenix Magazine's 2020 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Current Events:
Ducey declines to order statewide mask mandate: local mask ordinances still in effect
Safe Thanksgiving Guidelines from AZ Department of Health
White House COVID19 Taskforce advice to AZ governor: current mitigation efforts are inadequate
The Dakotas are Coronavirus epicenter
Stores reporting renewed hoarding and begin instilling per customer limits in advance of holiday season
s'MACdown: President Trump continues to undermine incoming President-elect Biden
Last Word: Marriage of 2 straight high school guys is genius 

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Mac Watson Talks voted BEST PODCAST by Phoenix Magazine's 2020 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Current Events:
Arizona faces potential shut down as COVID19 cases skyrocket
Is Governor Ducey doing enough (or anything) right now?
Arizona Superintendent of Education calls for additional measures statewide to protect children and families from Coronavirus
Americans need to normalize taking time off work without elaborate explanations
94.5% effective vaccine offers some hope
s'MACdown: Homeland Security's invalid attempt to limit DACA protections
Other People's Perspectives listener sound-off and rants
Last Word: Floating down the Delaware

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Mac Watson Talks voted BEST PODCAST by Phoenix Magazine's 2020 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Current Events:
Top 5 reasons COVID19 cases are on the rise again nationwide
AZ school districts announce closure of in-person learning as students return to online school
s'MACdown: Concession and political theater
Other People's Perspectives legal profession embarrassed by Trump campaign suits
Last Word: Yellowstone bans Idaho man for attempting to roast chickens in hot springs

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Mac Watson Talks voted BEST PODCAST by Phoenix Magazine's 2020 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Current Events:
President-elect Biden's biggest obstacle is the obstinate President-unelect Trump
Lawsuits over election results have no traction
Who is going to tell Trump it is over?
Whoooops--SCOTUS is not in POTUS's pocket for Affordable Care Act
s'MACdown: To-go alcohol is a no-go in AZ
Last Word: Woman poses as FBI agent to get free CFA

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Mac Watson Talks voted BEST PODCAST by Phoenix Magazine's 2020 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Current Events:
Trump addresses nation with unsubstantiated (false) claims of voter fraud and election impropriety demanding stops/starts in ballot counting
Biden says "Democracy is messy." but only asks Americans to be patient in giving states time to complete the counting process
Individual states following established laws about counting legally cast ballots
Prop 207 passes--Arizona legalizes recreational use of marijuana
Martha McSally(R) loses to Mark Kelly(D) and Arizona now has 2 Democratic U.S. Senators 
s'MACdown: Trump does not get it
Other People's Perspectives
Patron Shout-Outs
Last Word: Texas kindergarteners play with rabid bat

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Mac Watson Talks voted BEST PODCAST by Phoenix Magazine's 2020 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Current Events:
Election 2020--it is over but we are preparing for the worst
Firearms sales on the rise
Empty shelves and hoarding on the rise again
s'MACdown: Doorbell camera captures door dash driver delivering and dashing
Other People's Perspectives
Last Word: Woman snuck into first class for YouTube notoriety

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Mac Watson Talks voted BEST PODCAST by Phoenix Magazine's 2020 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll

Current Events:
Ducey and Hoffman not on same page about changes to COVID19 school benchmarks
Chaparral High School fails to timely notify students of exposure to COVID19
Fauci predicts normality will return in 2022 
Trump humiliates McSally at Goodyear, AZ rally
s'MACdown: Ducey will deploy National Guard, if needed, after election
Last Word: Girl Scouts trip over ACB appointment to SCOTUS

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BEST PODCAST in Phoenix Magazine's 2020 & 2022 Best of the Valley Readers' Poll