The Chip Franklin Show

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a critic of Donald Trump who is one of two Republicans on the panel investigating the deadly Capitol attack, announced today he would not seek reelection next year. The military veteran, who won a long-shot suburban congressional district a decade ago, became one of a handful of Republicans who voted to impeach the former president on the charge on inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. He joins a small but growing list of Republican Trump critics in Congress deciding to bow out.Plus:Truth Social investors didn't get the full story on what they were putting their money into. Turns out - if Trump's name is attached to it, people want out.

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Josh Board, the KGO film critic who "hates everything" loved the latest in this franchise. Find out why.

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Alex Stone has the top candy by state. Candy spending this year is expected to top $3-Billion for Halloween.  That’s a 20% increase over last year and 10% over the all-time high.  And while we’re at it, what is your favorite Halloween song?  Billboard is out with its list of most played Halloween songs last year. Chip lists the top costumes for 2021.

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What The Franklin

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Art Caplan on kids and mandates.

Embattled country star Morgan Wallen pledged to donate $500,000 to the Black Music Action Coalition.

If a man takes paternity leave, how do other guys view him?

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Alex Stone has the latest on Facebook putting its focus on how we will live our lives in the future: the company says it will be in virtual worlds.  Rather than looking at a Zoom screen of little boxes you will be immersed in a virtual room or at a birthday party with people all around you like they would be in real life.  Through VR and AR and technologies that have not yet been developed Mark Zuckerberg says screens will go away and it will be in the world all around us.  It will start, likely, with VR glasses and then develop from there.

Also Facebook is expected to change its parent company name but as of this writing that has not yet been announced.  It would not change the name of the Facebook platform or Instagram.  Just the name of the parent company as Facebook looks to go beyond its social media platform like Google did with Alphabet. 

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We have nick names as kids but then change them for professional  / carreer reasons. Same thing with artists when they rebrand themselves. But what about Facebook's latest encarnation?

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Royal Oakes, ABC Legal Analyst, looks at the criminal liability and what charges any who were involved with the events might face. From the young, inexperienced armorer, to the assistant director with a history of safety complaints, to producer and actor Alec Baldwin himself what are the legal implications? 

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Chip takes some riveting calls on his topics from the show, particularly smoking.

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Laura Windsor, investigative reporter gives the latest from the Jan 6th committee. Then, Chip gets excited about the possiblity of the new A's ballpark in Jack London Square.

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