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Headline news with a comedic twist hosted by James Heaney

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    • Sep 11, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
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    • 282 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Brief News Brief

    Brief News Brief - September 10th 2023 - No Really, How Was Your Burn This Year?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2023 35:40


    James interviews friends of the show Mary and Tucker to hear the unfiltered story of the Burn heard round the world + Headlines

    Brief News Brief - July 19th 2023 - American in North Korea

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 8:36


    Tensions on the Korean Peninsula   SAG/WGA strike Shuts Down Hollywood   Cash Bail go Bye Bye  

    Brief News Brief - July 12th 2023 - Get me to NATO!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 10:13


    NATO party in Lithuania Inflation Chills Hot hot American Summer

    Brief News Brief - July 5th 2023 - Cocaine In The White House

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 10:44


    Cocaine found in heavily trafficked area of the White House   Ocean Wind 1   Twitter Killer

    Brief News Brief - June 27th 2023 - A Wild Mutiny

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 11:20


    Russia in Disarray   Checks and Balances for the win   COVID lab leak theory debunked by intelligence report

    Brief News Brief - June 22nd 2023 - Submersible Debris Found, No Survivors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 9:41


    Expensive Adventure leaves 5 Dead Cat Fight on the floor of Congress One Year Since the Fall of Roe  

    Brief News Brief - June 16th 2023 - Police Department Problems

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023 9:09


    Still seeking justice for George Floyd    Inflation hits 2 year low   Hey Parents! Leave Those Teachers Alone!

    Brief News Brief - June 14th 2023 - The United States V Donald J Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 10:58


    Criminal charges against Trump   Lake Oroville Rebounds   No to Women

    Brief News Brief - June 10th 2023 - Good Lordy, There are Tapes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2023 8:59


    Trump's criminal post presidency   The LIV/PGA deal   Enter the Pyrocene

    Brief News Brief - February 22nd 2023 - Baby It's Cold Outside

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 7:32


    Winter is hot and Winter is cold   Biden Visits Ukraine   Toxic Train in East Palestine

    Brief News Brief - February 17th 2023 - Balloon Madness is Winding Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 7:14


    Balloons can again bring you joy Catalytic converter thief run over Housing Market hysteria

    Brief News Brief - February 15th 2023 - The EV Charging Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 7:36


    Charging standards announced   Americans are shopping!   Is AI losing its mind?

    Brief News Brief - February 8th 2023 - Biden's State of the Union Address

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2023 8:08


    Biden owns the GOP in SOTU Speech   Devastating Earthquake in Turkey   Lots o Cocaine found in the Ocean

    Brief News Brief - February 3rd 2023 - The Great Chinese Balloon Dispute

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 7:01


    China Balloon Incident   Jobs jobs jobs doing historically good   Iowa Woman buried alive in a body bag    

    Brief News Brief - February 1st 2023 - Black History Month

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 7:16


    Time to stop shying from fraught topics of race and racism   Radioactive capsule lost in Australia found   2 monkeys missing from the Dallas Zoo found in someone's house

    Brief News Brief - January 27th 2023 - Iran V Journalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2023 7:23


    Eastern European gangsters plot to kill a journalist   ISIS leader down   New Robot can Melt and Reform

    Brief News Brief - January 25th 2023 - Google the Monopoly Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 7:17


    DOJ sues Google   XBOX going woke   The Razzies razzed a baby girl

    Brief News Brief - January 20th 2023 - LA Dramatically Expands Protections for Renters

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2023 7:33


    "Just Cause" NO MORE   Alec Baldwin to face criminal charges   Toadzilla discovered

    Brief News Brief - January 18th 2023 - New Mexico Political Shooting

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 7:33


    Police Arrest Failed Candidate who tried to shoot democratic politicians   A Tragic Helicopter Crash in Ukraine   Say Good-Bye to Greenland

    Brief News Brief - January 11th 2023 - FAA Outage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 7:35


    NOTAM scrambles travelers   California and the parade of rain storms   Calls for George Santos to step down

    Brief News Brief - January 6th 2023 - Jan 6th Anniversary

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2023 8:06


    The Birthday of Insurrection   Kevin McCarthy Chaos   Expect Natural Gas Prices to Spike  

    Brief News Brief - December 16th 2022 - Elon Musk is Paranoid

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 7:14


    Free Speech hypocrite Elon Musk bans journalists for "doxing him"   AG takes on sentencing disparities on crack v cocaine   Aquarium in Berlin bursts

    Brief News Brief - December 14th 2022 - Fusion of the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 8:23


    Fusion is the power that lights the stars   US to send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine   Congress wants to ban TikTok  

    Brief News Brief - December 9th 2022 - Britney Griner is free

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2022 7:39


    Viktor Bout traded for Britney Griner in high profile prisoner exchange Karen Bass will be inaugurated by Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday Oil spill in Kansas

    Brief News Brief - December 7th 2022 - 51D - 49R

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 7:58


    2021 Election Season officially ends with a Democratic win   North Carolina substation attack   Supreme Court Session in full swing

    Brief News Brief - December 1st 2022 - Gas Prices Drop

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 7:28


    Black Friday shopping sets records   The Jackson Mississippi Water Crisis   Tees brains aged 3 years in the Pandemic  

    Brief News Brief - November 29th 2022 - Train Strike - The Sequel

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 7:34


    Congress intends to act to stop the train strike Protests in the China Mauna Loa erupts

    Brief News Brief - November 18th 2022 - Pelosi Go Bye Bye

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 6:45


    Pelosi steps down as Speaker of the House   Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison   Merrick Garland names a special counsel to oversee criminal probes of Donald J Trump

    Brief News Brief - November 16th 2022 - Dummies to the Moon!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 8:16


    The Next Gen Space Mission Begins   The Respect for Marriage Act advances   The collapse of FTX

    Brief News Brief - November 11th 2022 - Blue Check Identity Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022 7:45


    Twitter Fail   Biden Announces cuts to Methane Emissions   Big Ben Bongs Again

    Brief News Brief - November 9th 2022 - Democracy Wins

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 7:30


    Control of the House and Senate remain in the balance   Election Deniers loose Big   Abortion Rights ballot measures hold pro choice  

    Brief News Brief - November 4th 2022 - The Battle for Kherson

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 7:14


    Possible political humiliation for Putin   Paul Pelosi out of the hospital   The current state of time compromise

    Brief News Brief - November 2nd 2022 - The KooKoo Coup Plot

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 7:05


    Incriminating emails from Trump's lawyers released   Parkland shooter sentenced today to life in prison   Lions Escape from the Zoo

    Brief News Brief - October 28th 2022 - RIP Twitter

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 8:04


    Worlds richest man buys one of the world's most influential social media platforms   Eastman is at it again!   Gas company record profit equivalent to $14 million an hour

    Brief News Brief - October 26th 2022 - The Candy Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 6:47


    Halloween is on the way Three Men Found Guilty of Whitmer kidnapping plot Snake Swallows Woman  

    Brief News Brief - October 21st 2022 - Donald Trump Subpoenaed

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 9:25


    The man who set this all in motion MAGA-mega trickle-down economics Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison

    Brief News Brief - October 19th 2022 - Here Come the Midterms!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 8:56


    Voting begins in midterms Oil companies suck Big Box retailers close on Thanksgiving for good

    Brief News Brief - October 14th 2022 - Subpoena to Trump

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 7:28


    The Jan 6th Committee October session   Soup on Sunflowers!   Another day in the USA, another mass shooting

    Brief News Brief - October 12th 2022 - Alex Jones Ordered to Pay Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 7:32


    Sandy Hook Families beat back lies   Nuclear War Games   The Long COVID Blues

    Brief News Brief - September 14th 2022 - The US Train Strike

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 9:49


    Looming railroad strike   Mike Lindell's cell phone seized at Hardee's   Anti-Tech Terrorist in Boston

    Brief News Brief - September 7th 2022 - Hello from the Global Warming Present

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 8:01


    Your phone is begging you to keep the lights on, by using less power.   Vampire Dug up in Poland   Doomsday Glacier wake up call

    Brief News Brief - August 31st 2022 - Hot Hot Summer Heat Wave

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 7:52


    California Heat Dome   Aliens in the Ocean?   COVID VAX 2.0

    Brief News Brief - August 26th 2022 - The All Electric Car Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 7:52


    California unkills the electric car   Redacted Affidavit is Released   Monkeypox outbreak is on the decline

    Brief News Brief - August 24th 2022 - Gen Z'r in the House

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 6:53


    The newest youngest member of Congress   Student Loan Forgiveness Arrives   Ex-detective pleads guilty to misleading judge in Breonna Taylor case

    Brief News Brief - August 16th 2022 - Good Economic News

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 8:52


    Biden Signs the Inflation Reduction Act   Water shortage on the Colorado River   Do Spiders Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Brief News Brief - August 12th 2022 - Justice Department unseals Trump search warrant

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2022 8:18


    Trumps showdown with the rule of law   Author Salman Rushdie attacked at a literary event in New York   Guess what's back? Polio is back

    Brief News Brief - August 10th 2022 - Raid At Mar-A-Lago

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 12:25


    The Lawless Republican Party   Biden Signs Burn Pit Bill   John Bolton assassination attempt thwarted

    Brief News Brief - August 5th 2022 - Vote-A-Rama in the Senate

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 6:51


    The Senate races to finish up work before the August recess Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years Webb Telescope Sausage Prank

    Brief News Brief - August 3rd 2022 - Kansas Rejects the Forced Birth movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 6:53


    The first Post-Dobb election   All eyes on Nancy's trip to Taiwan   al-Zawhari killed

    Brief News Brief - July 26th 2022 - The CHIPS ACT

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 8:19


    Semiconductors Subsidies are on the way   The Oak fire near Yosemite   Russia to withdraw from the International Space Station

    Brief News Brief - July 22nd 2022 - Bannon Convicted

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 8:18


    Jan 6th Committee Season One Finale   The Big Grain Deal   COVID Virgins

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