Reality Steve Podcast

(SPOILER) Your Daily Roundup covers Rachel Recchia has thoughts on one of Jenn’s suitors, Rachel Reilly talking Big Brother with me this week, and I read some of your Reader Emails on 90210, Melrose Place, podcast advertising, & more.     

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Introducing Jane Mayer, David Grann, and Patrick Radden Keefe on the Importance of a Good Villain. from The New Yorker Radio Hour.

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During the 2023 New Yorker Festival, three legendary staff writers got together to discuss the craft of investigative journalism: digging for information like detectives, and then presenting it in a way to rival the best thrillers. For each of these writers, the “bad guy” —whose actions usually set the story in motion – needs to be presented in three dimensions; trusting the reader to grapple with that person’s perspective is key to an engrossing story. “I look at these big, boring issues often, like economic inequality or corruption in politics,” Jane Mayer says. “You take a subject like campaign finance – the Citizens United decision and how it’s corrupted politics. If you can find somebody like [Charles or David] Koch and explain there actually was a billionaire behind so much of this, and he has a story, and he has a family, and there are always screwed-up fathers and sons involved in these families. . . . It means that you’re able to explain the ethical choices people make.” Mayer is best known for her book “Dark Money,” about the Koch brothers; David Grann wrote “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “The Wager,” both best-sellers; and Patrick Radden Keefe covered the Sackler family’s opioid dynasty in “Empire of Pain,” and a murder during the Troubles in Northern Ireland in “Say Nothing.”  They were joined by their editor, The New Yorker’s Daniel Zalewski.  

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(SPOILER) Your Daily Roundup covers Bachelorette episode #3 thoughts, a villain changing in a span of one episode, a 90’s movie being rebooted I’m giddy over, & Cobra Kai season 6 has me happy and frustrated.     

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Introducing Biden Passes the Torch to Kamala from Pod Save America.

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In a historic moment in what was already a norm-shattering campaign, Joe Biden withdraws from the presidential race and endorses Kamala Harris. As the rest of the party moves to unite behind the VP, Jon, Lovett, Dan, and Tommy talk how Biden arrived at his decision, the particular strengths that Harris brings to the race against Donald Trump, and how the GOP will look to blunt the new burst of Democratic energy and excitement.

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(SPOILER) Your Daily Roundup covers no livestream last night, Jenn’s episode #3 tonight, major happenings in Big Brother in the first week, and I’ve basically been spoiled on Claim to Fame thanks to social media.   

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Introducing Bidin' His Time from Pod Save America.

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Is Biden inching toward dropping out, or is he committed to staying put? If he did make a move, when would he do it, and how? Live in Madison, Jon, Lovett, Tommy, and Dan parse the latest news and discuss the worst and the weirdest of the Republican convention alongside guest host Errin Haines of The 19th and special guest Ben Wikler, chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. Then, Sen. Tammy Baldwin stops by to talk about her crucial Senate race and what Democrats need to do to win Wisconsin in November.

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(SPOILER) Your Daily Roundup covers the Clayton reaction from yesterday, Golden Bachelorette hometown, Big Brother night 2 was awfully similar to night 1, Claim to Fame episode 2, & Laura Owens’ lawyer loses again.   

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(SPOILER) I begin by talking about another Golden Bachelorette hometown & some Daily Roundup topics.  Then Clayton joins me (4:22) to discuss his last year involved in litigation, how it’s affected his mental health, his Bachelor season, how he navigated his relationship with Susie, and much, much more. 

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(SPOILER) Your Daily Roundup covers Podcast #400 today also on YouTube, another Golden Bachelorette hometown date, Big Brother premiere last night already has me annoyed, and my 2 yr wait for Cobra Kai to return is over. 

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(SPOILER) Your Daily Roundup covers another hometown date for the Golden Bachelorette, more from Monday’s episode of the Bachelorette, Ingrid Andress was drunk singing the national anthem, and Big Brother premiering tonight. 

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