Dear listeners - on this week's show, Christine profiles epic takedown artist William Foege (22:45). The team gives their thoughts on the Oscar nominations (0:30). Plus our Medals of The Week (46:00).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Foege

Foege's letter to CDC Director Robert Redfield: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7222830-Foege-Letter.html

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Privet iz Moskvy! It's Oscar noms time - Brian, Christine & Clay share their thoughts (8:15). And Clay profiles his hometown hero Van Cliburn (20:00). Plus - our Medals of the Week (42:05).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Cliburn

Russian state television broadcast of Van Cliburn's 1958 performance: https://youtu.be/r9aKbfnMSrY

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Brian sips an overpriced latte while visiting the namesake of an iconic Senator (15:15). And the return of Rat News. Plus - our Medals of the Week (32:20).

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We're back! Brian, Christine & Clay talk about defeating Mother Nature and being prepared for the apocalypse. And Christine has a cleanup in aisle 4 with her profile of Sam Walton (6:00) https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/11/17/americas-richest-man-livesheresam-walton-waiting-in-line-at-the-wal-mart-with-everybody-else/495390e7-3fa0-40ff-becc-6d881c8b3354/ . Plus - our Medals of The Week (35:00).

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Brian, Christine & Clay talk about the Olympics that weren't. And the team is floored by what happened when Senator Javits went to Washington (14:45) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Javits . Plus - our Medals of The Week (40:00).

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We realize the Medal of Freedom is cooler than an Olympic gold medal.

Brian profiles 1980 medal recipient Tennessee Williams (12:30) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Williams

And we give our picks for Medals of The Week (33:15)

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Christine, Brian and Clay go into hiding after another person dies on the show (13:15) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld

We also give a remembrance to Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins (5:00) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(astronaut)

Music producer Gary Atturio on his love for Rodney Dangerfield and considers Clay's movie pitch (41:20) https://garyatturio.tumblr.com/

And we give our picks for Medals of The Week (1:06:30)

It's Oscars week - time to profile 1971 medal recipient Samuel Goldwyn (11:40) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Goldwyn

Guest Jani Chakravarti https://twitter.com/Jani_Cage tells us who Harry Snyder is & which fashion designer enrages her enough to give the Limbaugh (33:00).

And we give our picks for Medals of The Week (53:30)

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Christine introduces our apologies segment.

Brian profiles 1964 medal recipient Helen Keller (4:05) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

Guest Riley Cecil Taggart https://www.rileyceciltaggart.com tells us why Keanu deserves a medal despite being a non-US national & who his Limbaugh is (24:25).

And we give our picks for Medals of The Week (53:05)

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On the inaugural show - Brian, Christine & Clay discuss why they created a show about the Presidential Medal of Freedom and why they named it for Rush Limbaugh (spoiler - it's because he didn't deserve the medal).

Christine gives a profile of 1963 medal recipient E.B. White (9:00) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._B._White

Guest Sander Randall http://staggarsandjags.com tells us why Pete Seeger deserves the honor and who his Limbaugh is (32:45).

And we give our picks for Medals of The Week (1:00:00)

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