The Pete McMurray Show
Crying at work is more common than many think - nearly half of in-person and hybrid workers, and 70% of remote workers, have cried on the job.Why does crying at work feel different? We do it in other aspects of our lives. Why is crying at work tabooWhat's causing this?WHY are people crying at work? To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
Turns out you're not alone. People are relying on everything from gut instincts and prayers to what they're calling “pure vibes” when making major choices.36 percent lean on intuition, 29 percent on prayers, and 19 percent on vibes Forget logic - "I have this guy feeling we should go for it!" To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
For Pete's Sake 09.20.25 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
Randy West is a a longtime TV announcer for: The Price is Right, Deal or No Deal, Supermarket Sweep … his new book is called:"TV Inside-Out - Flukes, Flakes, Feuds and Felonies: The backstage blunders, bloopers and blasphemy of celebrities in search of success"Randy Talks:-How he met longtime Price is Right announcer Johnny Olson when he 14 years old-The stories he writes about: Jerry Lewis puts a hit out on Joan Rivers life; Desi Arnaz has a mafia hit put out on him -Wink Martindale wouldn't go out of his house without fixing his hair-The new documentary on the Price is Right "Holly Hallstrom was one of the girls involved in a lawsuit and she got a $3 million dollar settlement without an NDA...and she will be talking along with several of the other models"-
1 in 3 employees have dated a coworkerPete met his wife at workMost do To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
Anna-Sigga-Nicolazzi is a former prosecutor for the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office,She is the host of the podcast "Law & Order: Criminal Justice System"Law and Order podcastWorking for the Brooklyn DA How they all tie together To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
NBC News Morgan Chesky has been covering the Charlie Kirk assassination -Tyler Robinson's father turned him in-Security at the event-Utah Governor Spencer Cox -Formal charges "So we know Tyler Robinson, the 22 yr old suspect being held in Utah County jail, we anticipate formal charges on Tuesday, among those charges we anticipate is aggravated murder" To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
Chicago Fire's David Eigenberg joined. It's all ridiculous and funny!-Lisa running into David in the neighborhood and not talking to him-David was with Taylor Kinney in the neighborhood -The Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That is over-The binge watching and the hate watching "first I heard about the binge watching, that became very popular...then it spun out into hate watching...it was written up in the New York Times & Variety"-His buddy's hotdog stand made the reboot To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
New research says the average American second-guesses themselves 41 percent of their daily decisions. 4 out of 10 decisions daily!Do you struggle with this? To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
Show Open 09.13.25 ⚠️ Political violence has to stop
The 'Hot Mics' podcast host Billy Bush joined us to talk:-Meghan Markle being an unlikable person -Charlie Sheen's new book "The Book of Sheen" where he admits to sleeping with women and men “He was looking for the next dopamine hit and he couldn't find it in a crack pipe... I need a rush, I need a high, I need something different. I need something out of the box.”
For Pete's Sake 09.13.25 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
The list of America's favorite dogs are out… Here are the top 10:Labrador retrieverChihuahuaGolden retrieverAmerican pit bull terrierGerman shepherdFrench bulldog Golden-doodleShih tzuYorkshire terrier Dachshund To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
Today Show host Craig Melvin joined us to talk:-Craig enjoys the shifting of gears on the show "We go from politics to international affairs ... oh, could Taylor Swift be performing at the Super Bowl...and then we're doing a fall shoe segment out on the Plaza" -What happens off-air stays off-air-New artists on the show-His charity golf event to keep his brother's legacy alive- Click HERE to donate to 'Bottoms Up' To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
NBC Chief White House correspondent Garrett Haake joined us to talk:-US Military blew up the Venezuelan drug smugglers boat -The National Guard moving into cities to help with crime-Is President Trump winning on crime against the Democratic party sending in the National Guard "It's a very difficult position for these democratic politicians to be put in because they very much don't want to get caught looking like they are pro crime"-Xi, Putin and Kim show united front at huge Chinese military parade To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
For Pete's Sake 09.06.25 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
You know Tim Daly from Wings (with our pal Steven Weber), Madam Secretary, The Sopranos, and Tim is also President of The Creative Coalition. Along with him is Robin Bronk, the CEO of The Creative Coalition. They're joined the crew to talk about the proposed Congressional defunding and what it could mean for you and your children-What is the Creative Coalition-Why the arts are important -Call your congressman 202.224.3121-His friend Steven Weber from Wings (and now Chicago Med) To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
Sticker shock at the grocery store is all too common nowadaysMore and more grocery shoppers are experiencing sticker shock every single trip to the store.-The price of food, especially meat, fruit and vegetables has been going up.“For the last six to 12 months, the rate of inflation has fallen significantly, but that doesn't mean that prices are declining. They're just not going up as much,” Michael Swanson, chief agricultural economist at Wells FargoItems that have increased the most:Eggs, Meat, Frozen juice, lettuce, and chocolate To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
A Password survey in 2025 revealed 1 in 20 people use the word password and 78 per cent also admitted to using the same or near identical passwords across multiple sites despite all the hacksAlso people have included number combinations such as 123456 and 123456789What? Really? To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
Peter Alexander is NBC News Chief White House Correspondent and Weekend TODAY Co-Anchor joined us to talk:-Trump / Putin Alaska summit "The biggest real sticking point right now is appears to be on this issue of security guarantees ... Russia is basically insisting that they need to be apart of those assurances" -It does NOT look like they headed towards a peace deal in Ukraine -What did Putin and Trump talk about-Israel invading Gaza City-The National Guard on the streets in DC To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
Amy Morin is a licensed psychotherapist and best-selling author of “13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do.” -She helps people build mental strength the same way … you'd train your body at the gym!Amy joined us to talk-Kids pressure and anxiety going back to school-How do parents hide stress from their kids-How can adults deal with the anxiety in their life "Acknowledge it, this is what happens, instead of fighting it...and amplify it"-How to get rid of that inner negative voice-Doom scrolling is dopamine AMY MORIN Website To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
6 in 10 People Claim to Hate Foods They've Never TriedReally?-What do you think are the most common foods that people say they don't like - BUT have never tried …The crew runs through ... To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
Dreama Denver is woman who spent her life with everyone's favorite castaway. She's the widow of Bob Denver - who played Gilligan and the author of the new book - Island to Icon: The Many Lives of Bob Denver. Dreama Denver talks:-Gilligan's iconic Red shirt, blue pants, white hat-Gilligan's Island only ran from 1964-1967 - they did 33 episodes a season back in the day-Bob went to the CBS bosses and had them change the iconic theme song-Does she still have any of the props from set-"He always credited the longevity of the show ... you can't place Gilligan's Island in any particular time period...Gilligan's Island was on an ISLAND"
Crazy Rich Asians star Henry Golding is back with a new film called Daniela ForeverHenry Golding joined us to talk:-Is the dude on drugs-How did 'Crazy Rich Asians' change his life-Is talking to Matthew McConaughey like being in a lucid dream "He has his method, and his method is sort of being in character on set. And our two characters were pretty frosty to each other"-Hugh Grant comes off like he doesn't care about anything, but ... To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
For Pete's Sake 08.16.25 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
Show Open 08.16.25❌ Don't be a “Miller” at Costco… unless you enjoy getting tackled over free cheese cubes
Born to Run was released in 1975 50 years later we're still playing it and talking about it.There's a new book is entitled “Tonight in Jungleland: The making of Born to Run"Author Peter Ames Carlin joined us to talk:-Would a 9 minute song like Jungleland make it today -How his OCD and perfectionism almost drove him crazy making B2R-It took between 12 - 18 hours to nail down Clarence's Jungleland sax solo (we feel for the Big Man)-"...beyond the palace hemi-powered drones ..." what the heck does that mean???-How did they finally end up with (now iconic) B2R album cover...and so much more ... To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
Do you skip lunch?More than half of Americans skip lunch in order to work more, according to new research. 55% of us don't eat lunch on busy days to be more productive.Some people also admitted to completely forgetting to eat lunch two days out of the work weekWhat??? To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
Wildlife biologist FORREST GALANTE, was featured in SHARK WEEK specials ALIEN SHARKS: DEATH DOWN UNDER and FLORIDA'S DEATH BEACH joined us to talk sharks!He's wrestled crocs, dodged hippos, and now he's telling us why sharks aren't the ones you should be afraid of… unless you're in Florida.How he almost died one yearWhat's the one thing people get wrong about sharks...and so much more ... To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
Billy Joel's longtime creative director, Steve Cohen, served as executive producer of the HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes"As Billy says in the doc 'the most authentic thing he did in his life was screw up.' But, it's all about the recovery"Steve talked-Sean Hayes & Tom Hanks also produced the doc-The early years with a love triangle and suicide attempts -His first impression of Billy Joel back when they met in 1974-"All we knew is we had to show up and play. That was our north star. That was where we all felt the most comfortable. And everything fell into place after that"-What caused the breakup with Christy Brinkley "I don't know man, marriages are complicated"-"As Billy says in the doc 'the most authentic thing he did in his life was screw up.' But, it's all about the recovery" To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
For Pete's Sake 08.09.25 - 3 of the Most Important Stories of the Week!
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Lou Diamond Phillips plays a murderer in his new film"Et Tu" Lou joined us to talk:-Playing the bad guy in his new film "he's the bad guy, kinda like Jack Nicholson was the bad guy in The Shining...he's got some issues"-"It's a horror film, a thriller, and also a black comedy....a lot of people have said it's like The Shining meets Birdman"-They filmed this movie in 15 days!-He performed "The King & I" on Broadway. What is the buildup like leading up to opening night-Working on Numb3rs-Working on Miami Vice with all that start power To subscribe to The Pete McMurray Show Podcast just click here
Taron Egerton won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Elton John in the movie RocketmanHe joined us alongside Director Nick Rowland The film is called “She Rides Shotgun”
The wild era of Phish, Widespread Panic, Blue Traveler - and so many more The bands that built an entire culture of music, a community, and endless live shows. Mike Ayers, author of Sharing in the Groove: The Untold Story of the '90s Jam Band Explosion and the Scene That Followed.
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