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Election pandering goes into high gear,  Trump rests, and a Kansas City Chief Gets in hot water for pointing out options for female grads.  You can tell its an election year by our "did they really just say that" moments this week. Listen to Ben Parker and Nancy Shack every week on NewsByte on the iHeartRadio app!

The Trump Trial is making the democrats' Trump derangement syndrome even worse,  the South Dakota Governor goes down in flames over killing her dog, and the Governor of New York thinks black kids in the bronx don't know what a computer is...there is a lot of  failing to read the room moments in this week s "did they really just say that" audio cuts. Listen to Ben Parker and Nancy Shack every week on NewsByte on the iHeartRadio app!

Iran flips Biden the bird, President Trump goes on trial, and  fisticuffs almost break out on Capitol Hill. Fights are breaking out all over and we have the " did they really just say that" moments to show you. Listen to Ben Parker and Nancy Shack every week on NewsByte on the iHeartRadio app!

The economy implodes under the democrats,  while the President ignores Death to America chants in Dearborn, and a member of congress thinks the moon is made of gas... Who are you going to believe this week ...our fearless leaders or our lying ears. You may just get a good laugh out of our "did they really just say that" cuts from this week.  Listen to Ben Parker and Nancy Shack every week on NewsByte on the iHeartRadio app!

GOP contenders slug it out, a congressman is censured, and a gay pro-Palestine protester gets a rude awakening. There are a lot of eye opening "did they really just say that" moments from this week. I'm Nancy Shack...Ben Parker...this is NewsByte!

Tornados, torrential rain, and flash floods are just part of the wild weather unleashed by the remnants of former Hurricane Ida across New England. NightSide producer Nancy Shack joins Dan to relay her experience being trapped in rising water on Storrow Drive in Boston this morning. How was your commute?

Scott Whitley of Wicked Bites talks to Nancy Shack (who is filling in for VB while he is on vacation) about lobster rolls! It's that time of year and New England offers the best lobster rolls around! Who has the best and what style of lobster roll do you prefer?

Nancy Shack fills in one more day this week for VB while he is on vacation. Today, she discuss the group of organizers calling on lawmakers to file a series of bills that would change the imagery on the Massachusetts state flag as well as ban the use of Native American mascots in public schools throughout the state. Should the Massachusetts state flag be changed? Is it racist? Then, should Native Americans mascots be banned? She shares her opinion on the matter and hears yours!

While VB is off on vacation putting tuna on a pringle, Nancy Shack helms the show.Today she talks about the Mask Mandate and possibility of fines for everyone not wearing a mask. Which, speaking of masks, she then discussed Whole Foods and their fight with employees who want to wear masks with Black Lives Matter on them. After almost a month of boycotting and refusing to work, what does the store do now?Last, to wrap up the show, Nancy brings up the topic of reparations. The two ways to pay that are being discussed right now are: direct money payments and investment in minority communities. Are either of those the way to go forward or do we even need reparations in the 21st Century?Download and listen!

While VB is on vacation, Nancy Shack sits in. Today, she discusses the continuing mask war! There is an ongoing debate about the usefulness of masks and the constant shaming that takes places by both people who wear masks and those who do not. Nancy shares her opinion and hears yours.

VB is off on vacation this week and Nancy Shack fills in. Today, she discusses the newly passed by the Senate, police reform bill in Massachusetts. She dives into what this bill entails and takes your calls!

Today Nancy Shack fills in for VB while he is on vacation. She discusses the uptick in crime happening across the country, that is surprisingly occurring the most in Democratic led cities. Who is to blame for the uptick in crime? Is it COVID-19 or people not being held accountable for their actions? Nancy discusses and takes your calls!

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that President Trump is not automatically immune from criminal investigations into his tax returns but stopped short of requiring their release. The Court directed the lower district courts to determine whether Trump's accountants and financial institutions must release his returns to New York prosecutors. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked if the President would release his taxes now, and if not, doesn't it look like he has something to hide? Should the President release his returns anyway?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. Mask rage is breaking out across the country with people picking fights if you wear one and picking fights if you don’t. Should we have a national mask order or has the mask become a symbol of state government run amok?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. Mask rage is breaking out across the country with people picking fights if you wear one and picking fights if you don’t. Should we have a national mask order or has the mask become a symbol of state government run amok?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. Mask rage is breaking out across the country with people picking fights if you wear one and picking fights if you don’t. Should we have a national mask order or has the mask become a symbol of state government run amok?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. President Trump says schools must re-open this fall with or without a vaccine and is warning that his opponents want to keep schools shut for "political reasons," and he is going to put pressure on state governors to get the job done while Vice-President Mike Pence says the CDC will issue new guidelines for schools that might make it easier. Would you be comfortable sending your kids off to school if there is no vaccine?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. President Trump says schools must re-open this fall with or without a vaccine and is warning that his opponents want to keep schools shut for "political reasons," and he is going to put pressure on state governors to get the job done while Vice-President Mike Pence says the CDC will issue new guidelines for schools that might make it easier. Would you be comfortable sending your kids off to school if there is no vaccine?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. President Trump says Harvard University's decision to hold all undergraduate course classes on-line next semester instead of traditional in-person classes is "taking the easy way out." Do you agree with the President? Should tuition be lowered for returning students if their classes will be virtual? Are you willing to pay full boat for a year at Harvard yet only get a fraction of the college experience?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. President Trump says Harvard University's decision to hold all undergraduate course classes on-line next semester instead of traditional in-person classes is "taking the easy way out." Do you agree with the President? Should tuition be lowered for returning students if their classes will be virtual? Are you willing to pay full boat for a year at Harvard yet only get a fraction of the college experience?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. Violence killed dozens of people and injured hundreds more in cities across the U.S. over the Independence Day weekend. Instead of seeing a correlation between defunding and vilifying the police and an outbreak of crime, many local officials are blaming Covid-19 and the pandemic shutdown. Who do you think is responsible for the lawlessness that is gripping our urban areas?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. President Trump suggested in a tweet yesterday that the accusation of a noose being placed deliberately in the garage of NASCAR's only black elite driver, Bubba Wallace, was a hoax and not an honest mistake. Wallace responded with a suggestion of his own, that the President was promoting hate. Is Bubba Wallace right?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. President Trump suggested in a tweet yesterday that the accusation of a noose being placed deliberately in the garage of NASCAR's only black elite driver, Bubba Wallace, was a hoax and not an honest mistake. Wallace responded with a suggestion of his own, that the President was promoting hate. Is Bubba Wallace right?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. President Trump suggested in a tweet yesterday that the accusation of a noose being placed deliberately in the garage of NASCAR's only black elite driver, Bubba Wallace, was a hoax and not an honest mistake. Wallace responded with a suggestion of his own, that the President was promoting hate. Is Bubba Wallace right?

Nancy Shack fills in on Nightside - Standing up for the flag, the Star Spangled Banner and Presidents Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln used to be signs of pride in the U.S. Now they are considered hallmarks of racism as was celebrating Independence Day. Is patriotism the new swear word?

Nancy Shack fills in on Nightside - Standing up for the flag, the Star Spangled Banner and Presidents Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln used to be signs of pride in the U.S. Now they are considered hallmarks of racism as was celebrating Independence Day. Is patriotism the new swear word?

Nancy Shack fills in on Nightside - Critics of the President's Mt. Rushmore speech, aka the Main Stream Media led by the New York Times, called it dark and divisive. Supporters called it patriotic. Which would you call a speech that defended American historical figures such as the Founding Fathers, the Wright Brothers, Ronald Reagan and abolitionists: dark and an attempt to divide the country or a reminder of a shared history and what we can accomplish if we work together?

Nancy Shack fills in on Nightside - Critics of the President's Mt. Rushmore speech, aka the Main Stream Media led by the New York Times, called it dark and divisive. Supporters called it patriotic. Which would you call a speech that defended American historical figures such as the Founding Fathers, the Wright Brothers, Ronald Reagan and abolitionists: dark and an attempt to divide the country or a reminder of a shared history and what we can accomplish if we work together?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan. According to a USA Today/Suffolk University poll the impeachment vote is not doing much to dampen voter support. The survey shows the President defeating former vice president Joe Biden by three percentage points, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders by five points, and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren by eight points. Has the impeachment changed your vote?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan. Unless the legislature acts sooner, Massachusetts voters may be asked to decide by ballot question if the Bay State should switch to a ranked-choice voting system. A number of states have already tried it and switched back to the primary-general election system saying ranked-choice disenfranchises some voters. Want to give it a go?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan. Homelessness remains a growing concern in Massachusetts. Should the federal government step in? Are there actual solutions to the problem of homelessness?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan. Officials say it was human error that caused yet another MBTA derailment yesterday and the following long commuter delays. Is this just one more symptom of failed planning and an overburdened transportation infrastructure that is crumbling before our eyes? Who do you blame for your long commute?

Nancy Shack fills in. Do you have a long road trip planned? Is your car making a funny noise? Is your car worth the trade in? These are the issues the WBZ Nightside Car Guys can help you with. Don’t miss your chance to talk with Larry, Scott, and Tony from Route 1 Auto and get all the info you need to keep your car running smoothly.

Nancy Shack fills in. Do you have a long road trip planned? Is your car making a funny noise? Is your car worth the trade in? These are the issues the WBZ Nightside Car Guys can help you with. Don’t miss your chance to talk with Larry, Scott, and Tony from Route 1 Auto and get all the info you need to keep your car running smoothly.

Nancy Shack fills in. Appeal Lawyers for the surviving Boston Marathon Bomber rare making a pitch today to the Federal Appeals Court to overturn his conviction and death sentence. The defense team argues that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did not get a fair trial because the jury pool was tainted. They argue the case should have been moved out of Boston because of the high level of emotion in the city after the attack which killed four and maimed hundreds. Do you think Tsarnaev got a fair trial?

Nancy Shack fills in. Appeal Lawyers for the surviving Boston Marathon Bomber rare making a pitch today to the Federal Appeals Court to overturn his conviction and death sentence. The defense team argues that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did not get a fair trial because the jury pool was tainted. They argue the case should have been moved out of Boston because of the high level of emotion in the city after the attack which killed four and maimed hundreds. Do you think Tsarnaev got a fair trial?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. A 14-year-old girl punched out a man in Florida who was waiting in line for a Fair ride because he was wearing a Trump mask. President Obama says virtue signalers and the Woke community have missed the message and need to pull it back a bit. Do you agree?

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. We delve into the scariest haunted house in the country and talk about what to do if someone's costume or yard display offends you.

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. We delve into the scariest haunted house in the country and talk about what to do if someone's costume or yard display offends you.

Nancy Shack fills in for Dan Rea. To celebrate the spookiest night of the year we will be speaking with a local guy made good, Andrew Mittman, executive producer of the hit animated movie in theaters now -- The Addams Family.

Nancy Shack in for Dan Rea - Three dozen protesters were arrested Saturday during a Straight Pride rally that ended at Government Center. Four officers were injured after the counter protestors began to assault them for protecting the rally attendees who were called fascists. Is free speech just for those who agree with you?

Nancy Shack in for Dan Rea - Social media is overwhelmed with comments hoping that Hurricane Dorian flattens the President's Palm Beach property in order ‘to teach the climate change denier-in-chief’ a lesson. Are these ignorant assertions that hurricanes are getting worse because of climate change or is it all political posturing?

Nancy Shack in for Dan Rea - Three dozen protesters were arrested Saturday during a Straight Pride rally that ended at Government Center. Four officers were injured after the counter protestors began to assault them for protecting the rally attendees who were called fascists. Is free speech just for those who agree with you?

Nancy Shack in for Dan Rea - Three dozen protesters were arrested Saturday during a Straight Pride rally that ended at Government Center. Four officers were injured after the counter protesters began to assault them for protecting the rally attendees who were called fascists. Is free speech just for those who agree with you?

Boeing is still reeling from the news that it sent misinformation about the dreaded 737 which has crashed twice in five months killing a total of 346 people. A number of American carriers have slowed their flight schedules through the fall to avoid using the aircraft. California is pondering the benefits of High Speed Rail and Boston, Massachusetts is trying to explain multiple derailments and runaway trains. Rod Morrison is a retired radio and television veteran who decided to showcase one of his great loves in life - trains , planes, and automobiles - in a podcast. He entered this venture with the other great love of his life, his wife Nancy Shack. In fact the two were married on the Cape Cod Scenic Train. Nancy is a writer, editor and producer for WBZ News Radio in Boston.

Nike was releasing a line of sneakers for the Fourth of July featuring the original Betsy Ross American flag with 13 stars in a circle until one of their spokesmen, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick of "I refuse to stand for the national anthem" fame, called it a racist symbol. Now the shoe company has lost a tax credit in Arizona, and the business of several highly visible politicians. Did Nike make a big mistake?Nancy Shack fills in for Dan.

Nike was releasing a line of sneakers for the Fourth of July featuring the original Betsy Ross American flag with 13 stars in a circle until one of their spokesmen, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick of "I refuse to stand for the national anthem" fame, called it a racist symbol. Now the shoe company has lost a tax credit in Arizona, and the business of several highly visible politicians. Did Nike make a big mistake?Nancy Shack fills in for Dan.

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins says she will not pursue charges against the 18 protesters arrested this week at the Boston ICE detention center. Should the D.A. be deciding which laws to enforce?Nancy Shack fills in for Dan.

Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins says she will not pursue charges against the 18 protesters arrested this week at the Boston ICE detention center. Should the D.A. be deciding which laws to enforce?Nancy Shack fills in for Dan.

Fox News and C-Span are the only two networks who will cover the national 4th of July celebration in Washington D.C. ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN will not carry it as they have in past years. MSNBC says they monitor the event as it takes place and could decide to run clips "if warranted." Has network partisanship jumped the shark?Nancy Shack fills in for Dan.

Fox News and C-Span are the only two networks who will cover the national 4th of July celebration in Washington D.C. ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN will not carry it as they have in past years. MSNBC says they monitor the event as it takes place and could decide to run clips "if warranted." Has network partisanship jumped the shark?Nancy Shack fills in for Dan.

Fox News and C-Span are the only two networks who will cover the national 4th of July celebration in Washington D.C. ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN will not carry it as they have in past years. MSNBC says they monitor the event as it takes place and could decide to run clips "if warranted." Has network partisanship jumped the shark?Nancy Shack fills in for Dan.

Fox News and C-Span are the only two networks who will cover the national 4th of July celebration in Washington D.C. ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN will not carry it as they have in past years. MSNBC says they monitor the event as it takes place and could decide to run clips "if warranted." Has network partisanship jumped the shark?Nancy Shack fills in for Dan.

Sitting Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph says she should be paid while she awaits trial on federal obstruction charges for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade ICE. The Supreme Judicial Court stopped Joseph's pay after she was indicted. Is she being punished before she is found guilty?*Nancy Shack fills in for Dan*

The P.C. police have their hands in editing newspapers, tv shows and of course movies. What movies that you thoroughly enjoyed could not pass political correctness muster today? Joining the conversation will be "Spaulding Smails" from Caddyshack aka John Barmon.*Nancy Shack fills in for Dan*

The P.C. police have their hands in editing newspapers, tv shows and of course movies. What movies that you thoroughly enjoyed could not pass political correctness muster today? Joining the conversation will be "Spaulding Smails" from Caddyshack aka John Barmon.*Nancy Shack fills in for Dan*

Sitting Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph says she should be paid while she awaits trial on federal obstruction charges for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade ICE. The Supreme Judicial Court stopped Joseph's pay after she was indicted. Is she being punished before she is found guilty?*Nancy Shack fills in for Dan*