VB in the Middle

High schooler, Nicholas Sandmanm sat down with The Today Show's Savannah Guthrie to talk about the Covington High School incident in Washington, D.C. that has the media in a frenzy. He was very calm, cool, and collected. We discuss the backlash, media's coverage of it, and the high schooler's side of the story.

We bring a couple guests on the program today. Right out of the gate we talk to film critic Ben Lyons about the latest Oscar picks, in which VB HATES that "Roma" is nominated for Best Picture. Then we have Tom Shattuck guest co host with us through the show as we talk Covington Catholic's PR nightmare with the media, Starbucks' new delivery service, and Boston DA's Rachel Rollins being furious at ICE, We talk to Guest Michael Graham on the ladies running in 2020, as well.

Starbucks is partnering with UberEats to offer delivery to their customers. Would you ever get delivery from Starbucks?

Newly appointed DA of Suffolk County here in the Boston area, Rachel Rollins is furious that ICE was doing their job and made an arrest at Boston's Suffolk Court. She is claiming it undermines the criminal justice system by making an arrest in the court house. Did we mention Rollins has a film crew following her around for a new TV show? We discuss.

With the nominations for Oscars in various categories released, VB talks to film critic, podcaster, and ESPN contributor Ben Lyons about the "Best Picture" nominations and how ripped he is about "Roma" being nominated. Lyons gives us some great insight!

Martin Luther King Jr. Day brought a variety of topics. We talked about the past weekend's NFL championship games in which the Rams & Patriots are now heading to the Super Bowl. We discuss the latest outrage over the Covington Catholic High School boys who were perceived poorly and talk about what the real story was. President Trump talked about his plan for DACA so we chat about that. Then have you ever been asked something way out of your job description? This one flight attendant from Taiwan can certainly answer yes to that question! We talk about it all today on "VB In The Middle"!

Over the weekend, the President made a proposal for what his plan is with DACA. He wants to help them and give them a 3 year extension so everyone in the government can agree on the best possible solution for immigration and make it happen. We discuss.

A viral video and picture has surfaced showing the Kentucky Covington Catholic High School young boys being portrayed in a negative light. The pushed narrative was that these young men were acting ignorant towards a Native American gentlemen also at the Lincoln Memorial. The story is later debunked and the real story is told. This is a lesson that we all fall victim to believing only one side of the story before we hear the rest. We discuss the media's fault in all of this.

Both championship games went into overtime this past weekend where it came down to a coin toss to see who would get the ball first. Now the rule is whoever scores first whether a touchdown or safety wins the game. That brings up the great advantage of having the ball first. A listener brings up the point that the coin toss is unfair and both teams should get the ball and use the full amount of time given to come back. What do you think?

Big news comes out of Buzzfeed, that President Trump urged former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie under oath to congress. Now Buzzfeed has a history of fabricated stories...every media outlet is left questioning and we ask you how you feel about it. In addition we do some Friday "feud trivia" in honor of Pelosi and POTUS Trump's ongoing feud this week. Then we talk to Scott Whitley of Wicked Bites and do some taste tests! We also ask you what is the most annoying hit song you'd add to our "Jukebox From Hell" playlist as well as your random celebrity encounters. We cover a lot here on this Friday. Take a listen!