After an exhausting day of work and parenting duties, it can feel nice to turn off our brains and look at screens. 

-But if your partner is trying to make conversation with you and “you’re not responding because you’re so consumed in your phone,  then you’re missing cues for connection and emotional-deepening conversations that could lead to building and cementing trust,” according to therapists.

Here's what you can do ...

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Apple TV's "Your Friends and Neighbors" co-star Lena Hall 

-Lena Hall on Working with Jon Hamm: “He’s so good-looking, but I play his little sister.  I can’t look at him that way!” 😂 Plus: The question she keeps getting asked... 👀📺
-The acting rhythm with Jon Hamm
-The cast of the show
-She sang for the Pope JPII when she was 7



 

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The band HEART will be in Chicago at Ravina, 
The Hard Rock in Atlantic City
Detroit, Hinckley Minnesota, St Louis, and more cities ... 

Go to heart-music.com for details.

Nancy Wilson of Heart is a a trailblazer , a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, and just an all-around cool person.
Nancy joined us to talk:

-Working with her sister Ann for over 50 years, "Because we had the other focus on the music itself, it took a lot of pressure off of us as a relationship"
-Playing Radio City Music Hall (Ann Hathaway brought her kids)
-Todd Rundgren has always been that cool-college girl-mind-expanding-person
-Writing new music 
-Playing the Kennedy Center Honors for Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones
-Inspired by the Beatles on Ed Sullivan 

 

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Show Open 05.24.25

🧼 Pete learned to use a floor buffer in 4th grade — and lived to tell about it.
🧠 Senator Durbin weighs in on President Biden’s mental state.
💸 Is it a red flag to whip out a coupon on a first date?

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Senator Dick Durbin is the second highest-ranking senator in the U.S. Senate, serving as the Senate Majority Whip, and representing the state of Illinois since 1997. 

Senator Dick Durbin talks:
-On retirement "I've seen some sorry situations, I won't go into names about specific individuals, but some stuck around too long"
-President Biden's cancer and his mental state during his Presidency "Did I realise he was aging, about my age, 2-3 years older, I could see it but I never once ran into a situation where I thought 'uh oh, he's in trouble' until that debate"   
-Career politician and the effect it has on their constitutions 
-Did he know about President Biden's ailing health during his Presidency
-Terrorist threats and the Hunt for Osama Bin Laden
-The Israeli / Hamas war
-Tariffs and the US Dollar globally

 

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For Pete's Sake 05.24.25 - Three of the most important stories of the week

🎬 Jeremy Allen White is Bruce in the new Springsteen biopic, out Oct 24 
🧠 Overworking may be hurting your brain 
📨 A couple’s wild wedding invites go viral and people are eating it up

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Kelsey Grammer is a television icon, best known as Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers and Frazier

He has a very touching book about his sister Karen called:
Karen: A brother remembers

Kelsey Grammer talks:
-Kelsey Grammer on Cheers Co-Star George Wendt: “I asked him one time, ‘what’s the deal with beer?’ He says, ‘Oh, I love beer!’” 🍻 
-How the Cheers cast were like family

-His new book Karen is about his sister who was killed
-His struggles with booze and cocaine 
-His favorite role was playing "Boss" on Starz

Photo Courtesy: MrKelseyGrammer Instagram 


 

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You can't make this up.

Woman Files for Divorce After ChatGPT Reveals Husband's Affair Through Coffee Cup Reading

Here's the story ... 

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Court TV's Ashley Wilcott joined us to breakdown:

The Sean Combs Court Case
-CNN destroyed the original Cassie video.  Can the clips be used as evidence
-Does Cassie Ventura's testimony help the Federal case 
-"The argument by the feds is ... listen ..he used his power, his control, threats ... to engage in the enterprise of racketeering,of trafficking, of these women and sex workers to commit these crimes"
-When does it go from consensual to nonconsensual

The Menendez Brothers sentence was reduced from life without parole to 50 years to life
-They are now eligible for parole
-Now in their 50's

Karen Reid retrial
Harvey Weinstein retrial 

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ROBERT SELLERS, author of The Search for BOND: How the 007 Role Was Won & Lost

-Who is his favorite James Bond in the franchise "If you look at all the Bond's that followed (Sean Connery) Roger, Pierce, and even Daniel,  I think Sean encompassed all of them in one persona" 
-7 James Bonds: Sean, George, Roger, Timothy, Pierce, and Daniel
-In 1969 George Lazenby's mgr told him Bond was dead - that's why George was one-and-done
-Did Bond change over the years
-Considered to play James Bond, "Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Paul Newman, Adam West just finished Batman..."
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