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Join Keith, Terry, and Matthew live for a properties event on September 30th. Sign up here: GetRichEducation.com/MidSouth Keith Weinhold asks why so many people end up competing in the "Grind Olympics" of the traditional day job, and explains why separating income from time is key to building real wealth.  He then counts down the top five ways to give a rental property a raise by increasing its net operating income, and points to the lever investors most often overlook.  Keith also looks at what has happened to home prices during every major stock market crash since 1980, and shows why negotiating better financing terms can beat simply getting a lower purchase price.  He offers practical strategies for building cash flow, creating value and investing with more confidence in any market. 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Search "how to leave an Apple Podcasts review"  For advertising inquiries, visit: GetRichEducation.com/ad Best Financial Education: GetRichEducation.com Get our wealth-building newsletter free— GREletter.com  Our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/GetRichEducation Follow us on Instagram: @getricheducation Complete episode transcript:   Keith Weinhold  0:01   Welcome to GRE. I'm your host Keith Weinhold. Does your day job have you competing in the Grind Olympics? It's something that you never signed up for, and the top five ways to increase your rental property's income. Then, when stocks crash, what happens to real estate? You'll see historically today on Get Rich Education. What if I told you that one of America's strongest cash flow real estate markets is also becoming the new brains and brawn behind AI? That city is Memphis, believe it or not. In September 30th, we're going to show you why the smart money is paying attention now, along with an investing opportunity you won't want to miss. Join me, Terry Kerr and Matthew Van Horn of Mid South Homebuyers, the largest turnkey company in Memphis with more than 6000 homes under management, for a free live webinar the likes of which I've never done before. We're going to look at what billions in new investment could mean for jobs, housing demand, neighborhood appreciation, and your portfolio. Everyone who attends live will also get exclusive access to the best deal terms Mid South has ever offered. Reserve your free seat at getricheducation.com/midsouth again. that september 30. Don't say we didn't tell you. Save your spot at getricheducation.com/midsouth.   Speaker 1  1:34   You're listening to the show that has created more financial freedom than nearly any show in the world. This is Get Rich Education.   Keith Weinhold  1:50   Welcome to GRE from Wheeling, West Virginia, to Whiting, Indiana, and across 188 nations worldwide. I'm Keith Weinhold, and you're listening to Get Rich Education. Before I get into basically giving your rental property a raise with the top five ways to increase its income, first let's get the context of pulling back and understanding your compelling why for all of this. You may or may not like investment property itself-it's more likely rather that you love what it does for you. That's how it is for me. What do most people do? It's like they're training for the Grind Olympics. Are you doing this too? But you don't remember signing up? I mean, that's kind of what the day job is, society's vortex gradually pulls you into it. The investment property is what gradually tilts you out of it, or it gives you that option. For so many, the day job, it's sort of like this competition that really no one officially announces it yet. Millions enter it. Who can work the longest hours? Who can answer the most emails? Who can miss the most family dinners? Who can delay their life the longest? And at the end of it all, something we call retirement. If you're a winner, not a loser. The winner, you receive a gold-colored watch, lukewarm sheet cake, and a little party at age 65, and that's assuming that the finish line hasn't been moved to 70.   Keith Weinhold  3:40   This is especially bad and prevalent in the United States, where you start out with just two weeks vacation. That's about the worst grind in the developed world. I really myself started questioning this lifestyle when I was a teenager, and this is because my older friends, sort of those that were getting into their late teens, they were relatable to me, and they started going down this path and telling me about it. And suddenly, they couldn't play baseball or tennis with me during the day because they started working during their summers. Now that's not so bad in itself, but stay with me. I also looked at the adults around me and noticed that most traded the majority of their waking hours for work that they didn't even like. Now, my dad was a good worker. He worked 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. faithfully Monday to Friday, and despite being a good worker, he certainly didn't love his job. As a teen, then I found it confounding that so many people were working Monday through Friday, primarily why, primarily to reach the weekend. Wednesday was celebrated as. Day, this sort of strange admission that the work week was something to climb over and survive. You're surrendering 50 weeks to earn two weeks of vacation. You're repeating that very bargain for 40 years and hoping you still have enough money, energy, and health to enjoy retirement. And what puzzled me most was where this was happening. We are not some impoverished nation with paltry resources and limited opportunity. This is the United States, the most powerful and perhaps the most prosperous nation in the world.   Keith Weinhold  5:40   This is the part that I still can't work out in my head. Almost everybody falls into a narrow, rigid groove and grinds. Eventually, the groove becomes a rut. Then the rut gets a job title and a dental plan. Many even form their identity around this. Fear is the number one motivator that gets employees to show up at work. So then, do most people lead fear-based lives? It's almost insane. Sheesh! We have skyscrapers, interstate highways, world-class universities, abundant natural resources, advantageous geography, rule of law. We've got vast capital markets. We've got technology that sent people to the moon before I was born. Endless possibilities, but yet the standard life plan is to spend our most vivacious years doing something that we didn't even want to do. What a paradox! How could a nation create so much wealth while so many people have such little control over their own time? Even then, as a teenager, I remember thinking, "Gosh, there has got to be a better way than this system somehow. I didn't yet know the way, so I started going to college at age 18.   Keith Weinhold  7:16   But this path put me on that same trajectory of get good grades, land a job, max up my 401k, which would reduce my salary, and work for four decades, and then cross my fingers and just somehow hope that promotions, inflation, taxes, a stock market that I couldn't control, and life itself would cooperate. I mean, that plan could kind of work, but your time is still doing most of the work. Your employer rents your time usually one hour at a time, and if you stop supplying the hours, then soon enough your income stops too. Capital compound. labor doesn't. The better path is to gradually separate your income from your time. That's what I began doing when, while I was working full time, I bought my first income-producing rental property a few years later, a few years after college, in fact, doing that on the side, divergent, black sheep. I was stepping out of the groove. Now I own an asset that created leverage and income, whether I'm working, sleeping, camping, climbing a mountain, or spending time with my family. So the goal then it's not to avoid hard work entirely. I mean, meaningful work that can even provide some purpose and achievement and pride. But what provides wealth? What are you going to do for that? Wealth is what happens when you're not working. Wealth is what happens when you're sleeping. Labor produces income. Assets create wealth. Grinding should be a season, even your contribution to society, but not your primarily financial strategy. So the bottom line is that we don't want to win the grind Olympics, income-producing assets help us build a life that we don't have to postpone. The entire conventional life plan, the whole thing, just never felt right to me. Intuitively and rationally, deep down, you know, think to yourself: Doesn't at least some part of you feel that way too? Thank God that I found real estate. I don't love it. I love what it does for me. You've got to love what it does for you.   Keith Weinhold  9:54   One attribute that your income property gives you is control. So. With that in mind, I put together the top five ways to increase your rental property income countdown style from number five to number one. Since you do own an asset that you can control, so we're talking about giving your rental property a raise here, and you know your property does not even need to appreciate in order for you to make it more valuable, your property doesn't need to sit around waiting for the market to appreciate like it's waiting for a promotion from corporate or something, which always takes too long. You can manufacture more income yourself. So net operating income or NOI, it only has two moving parts. It is property income minus operating expenses. Push income up or pull expenses down, and you've effectively given yourself a raise. Better yet, on an income-valued property like a five-plus unit apartment building, every additional dollar of NOI can create far more than $1 of property value. So here are the top five ways to increase your property's income.   Keith Weinhold  11:10   The fifth best way is to add ancillary income, because monthly rent it's not the only asset inside your property. Now, depending on what property type you have and what the local laws are, you can charge for pets, parking, storage, laundry, furnishings. You can charge for internet packages, utility reimbursement, reserved garages, upgraded amenities, or you can even charge in some cases for application, administrative, or lease break fees. The best ancillary income it provides something that the resident genuinely values. We're here to serve and give value to others. Importantly, it should feel like an option for your tenant with these things, not some toll booth placed between the tenant and their front door. We know how annoying it is to have a tip screen swung around and placed in your face. Even an additional 25 or $50 per unit each month that can become meaningful across several properties. The fourth best way is to cut your controllable operating expenses, and you know what most investors do, and it is easy to fall into this, and I certainly have too at times. You know, most investors they carefully negotiate the property's purchase price at the beginning, and then they spend years casually accepting every recurring bill, audit your expenses rather than just accepting last year's cost plus inflation.   Keith Weinhold  12:49   So closely look at your property management fees, landscaping and snow removal, pest control, cleaning, trash service, water consumption, and any leaks that you might have. Common area electricity, repair labor and material markups, service contracts, and preventive maintenance. Gosh, I really lost a lot of money in pest control one time when the pest would just move from one apartment unit to the other, and we just couldn't get it trapped or stopped. Loyalty is admirable in marriage. It is less compelling when your landscaping company raises its price 14% every year. So solicit competing bids, consolidate your vendors where you can, install efficient fixtures where the payback period makes sense and where the break-even math works. But now, don't confuse expense reduction with maintenance neglect.   Keith Weinhold  13:53   That is one danger. So you know, if you delay a $300 repair until it becomes a $3,000 emergency, well, that really doesn't increase your NOI. It merely makes this month's numbers lie. Now, as I tell you about this list, you might think sometimes, "Oh, I've heard of that one before. Okay, but yeah, are you actually doing it? The third best way to increase your property's income is to challenge taxes and shop insurance because property taxes and insurance they are really among your property's largest operating expenses. So therefore, if you get good at this, you can both increase your net income and you will have gained a new skill that you can apply later and elsewhere. Yet you know a lot of owners they treat property tax and insurance sort of like the weather. They complain about them and then they just assume that nothing can be done. Possible moves that you can make are appealing in excessive property tax assessment, correct inaccurate property records. You can compare insurance carriers as often as annually. Adjust your deductibles when it's appropriate. Be sure you remove redundant coverage. Make sure that there's no overlap there. You can add safety or resilience improvements that qualify for insurance discounts, and then at the same time, sometimes that improves your property's value. You can check the property's classification and claims history for any errors there. So you know every legitimate dollar saved that flows directly into your NOI, your net operating income. Remember, mortgage payments though they do not factor into NOI. Neither do major capital expenditures. Refinancing can improve your cash flow, but that does not increase the property's NOI, and that's what we're talking about today. But when it comes to property tax appeals, you remember a while back on the show, perhaps a year ago, I went into detail on just how you can do that.   Keith Weinhold  16:00   Now we're up to number two. The second best way to increase your NOI is to raise rents intelligently, and really this is the most obvious strategy. But it isn't as simple as typing a larger number into your renewal letter and then just sort of hoping that your tenant doesn't notice. Bring rents closer to market without automatically chasing the absolute maximum. That can include gradual increases at renewal, premiums for upgraded units. How about a premium for the unit with the best view? If you have one of those, higher rent for furnished units, appropriate charges for garages or shorter lease terms. I mean, shorter lease terms, like a six month instead of a 12 month, that can get you a bump up in the rent. Be sure to eliminate any unnecessary concessions, like the first month's rent is free. Do you really have to continue to do that? And use better listing photos and copy to support higher rents. It's easy to have AI write some good snappy copy for you today. So the objective here is economic occupancy, not merely the highest advertised rent, because raising the rent $100, if that's going to create an extra month of vacancy that is stepping over dollars to pick up dimes. Know the market, understand the tenant, and make increases that improve NOI rather than merely improving the asking price for the REM. And the top way, the number one way to increase NOI is reduce vacancy and turnover. Yes, you might have heard that before, but it is still the most overlooked NOI lever, even though it's number one. An occupied unit at a sensible rent that often produces more income than an overpriced empty one.   Keith Weinhold  17:58   The way to improve your occupancy is by you starting renewal conversations 60 to 90 days before that lease comes due. Respond quickly to maintenance requests. I mean, few things frustrate a tenant more than a ceiling that is leaked for a month. Pre-market an upcoming vacancy that you have. Start that process early. Complete your turns faster, screen residents carefully, and unless you're in an especially hot market, consider offering renewal incentives when turnover would cost you substantially more than doing that. So there are a bunch of ideas for reducing vacancy and turnover. Another one, more of a modern-day one, is for you to buy and operate new build property because tenants tend to stay in new builds longer. They love that feeling that no one has ever lived there before. Suppose a unit rents for $1,800 a month. All right. Well, then one vacant month costs you $1,800 before cleaning, repairs, utilities, advertising, and leasing expenses. So the true cost of that turnover could easily be three or $4,000. And when you consider that, then giving a good resident a $250 one time renewal incentive that doesn't look generous that looks profitable for you. Keeping a responsible tenant, you know that might be the biggest quote unquote rent increase available. Just simply keeping a responsible tenant because occupied properties produce income, and empty properties produce invoices.   Keith Weinhold  19:48   Now that I've told you about the five ways to increase your property's income, let me give you some more motivation for this. It's about how $250 can become 50. $1,000. Suppose you select just a few of these five improvements, and say that that increases your NOI by just $250 per month. Okay, that's nice. That's cash in your pocket, and if you happen to apply it to a five-plus unit apartment building, since it's also valued on NOI. You take 250 bucks times 12. That is $3,000 a year at a 6% capitalization rate. Take 3000 divided by point 06. That is $50,000. You just created 50k of additional property value from only $250 of monthly NOI creation. Yeah, you are up 50k now, and here's the thing: you did not do anything that substantial. It's not like you added another story to a property, or you discovered oil underneath your parking lot, or you convinced a celebrity to move in. Okay, these are practical things that you can do in control. You simply operated the property better, and this forced appreciation relationship that applies most directly, though, to commercial and larger multifamily properties because those are the types that are valued based upon their income. A single-family rental or a duplex or a fourplex that is generally appraised primarily through comparable sales. So its higher NOI might not immediately produce the same increase in appraised value, but in either case, higher NOI it still means more cash flow for you, a stronger financial cushion, and a better performing investment. The bottom line here is that you can wait for the market to increase your property's value, or you can operate the property better and create value yourself, raise income, control expenses, and keep good residents. That is how you improve NOI without increasing your blood pressure.   Keith Weinhold  22:10   Coming up on the next few shows, we're going to speak with the original co-author of the book Rich Dad Poor Dad. Yes, we had Robert Kiyosaki on here earlier this year, but we're going to talk with the co-author alongside Robert Kiyosaki. A lot of people don't know who that is. That is going to be interesting on another upcoming episode. The man that wrote the book on the 8020 rule called the Pareto principle, he will be here. That's where 80% of the results come from. 20% of the effort. So here on GRE, there's a lot of education, strategy, and mindset coming up straight ahead today. When stocks crash, what happens to real estate? That's next. I'm Keith Weinhold. You're listening to Get Rich Education. Let me ask you something: If you've worked hard to build wealth, is your money positioned to actually support your goals. A lot of accredited investors leave capital sitting in cash because it feels safe, but inflation and missed income opportunities can quietly erode its value. Freedom Family Investments offers freedom notes for investors seeking structured income backed by real estate. 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That's ridgelendinggroup.com.   Kirsten Tate  24:31   This is author Kristen Tate. Listen to Get Rich Education with Keith Weinhold, and don't quit your daydream.   Keith Weinhold  24:49   Welcome back to Get Rich Education. I'm your host Keith Weinhold, and this is episode 625. AI songs are becoming more popular. Fortunately. AI podcast hosts-they really aren't that much of a thing yet, or else I might not be here. Thank goodness that listeners still want to hear from a real person. When stocks crash, what happens to home prices? Since 1980, there have been 10 or more major stock downturns. Guess how many of those cause national home prices to crash? Exactly zero. Now there was one pretty enormous housing decline, but that one started in housing. And what happens next? It reveals something that every real estate investor should understand a lot like real estate right now. Stocks are hovering near their all-time highs. Okay, both major assets, real estate and stocks, bumping up against all-time highs. There is a predictable rhythm about what happens to real estate when stocks crash. Now, when we look at stocks' seven big downturns that occurred just this century, as measured by the S&P 500, you know, first a lot of people think that stocks are overvalued here in the late 2020s. That is based on measures like the historic P/E ratio, the Shiller cape ratio, and the Buffett indicator. I mean, some investors are just disillusioned by how stocks' movement makes so little sense anymore. For example, when the latest labor number showed that 162,000 jobs were added in a month. That tripled expectations. I mean, people should have been like, "Hey, go USA! This is great. People are employed. All that. Nope. The stock market fell specifically in response to that. Why? Because strong employment increases the chances of higher interest rates, and sure enough, the Fed did then raise rates.   Keith Weinhold  27:09   Oh, geez, what? So a labor market collapse is then bad for America, and that's good for stocks. Yes, that is how it works. That is just stupid. So, with that context in mind, let's see what actually happened to national home prices this century during all the major stock market downturns that were not caused by housing, and then we'll get back to housings. Okay, during the dot-com bust in 9/11, that whole period about 25 years ago, stocks again. This is all per the S and p5 100 crashed 49% Home prices were up 23% during that time. We'll get back to the global financial crisis shortly. During the 2011 debt ceiling crisis, do you even remember that stocks went down 19 percent. Home prices went down just slightly, 1 percent. During the 2018 Fed tightening and trade war sell-off, stocks were down 20 percent, a classic bear market. Home prices were up 1 percent. Then came COVID. In barely a month, stocks plunged a jaw-dropping 34% This was in 2020. It was like a flash crash. What happened to home prices then? They were up 1% just a little. So, are you beginning to see a pattern, or perhaps a lack of one here during 2022's inflation peak and Fed tightening bear market stocks fell 25 percent. Home prices they were up 4% during that time period, and then during the 2025 tariff sell-off, you might remember Trump called that Liberation Day. Stocks were down 19 percent. Home prices. were essentially unchanged.   Keith Weinhold  29:06   All right, so there they were: six major stock market downturns this century, not one housing crash. All right, now let's turn the telescope around because 2008 was different since the crash was real estate induced, and it is the only time in the life of you or I or anyone alive today, even a 90-year-old, where national home prices took a significant fall. In fact, they were down 27 percent, and it took them a few years to fall that much. All right. Well, what did stocks do during this period? They fell even more, down 57% more than twice as much, 57% I mean, just imagine having a million-dollar stock portfolio and seeing its value cave in, down to 430k from a million. Okay, that's what really happened march 6, 2009, when the S and P hit its global financial crisis low, and that happened over a 17 month stock collapse. Okay, so what's really the summary? It is that in the six times that stocks led a price crash this century. Real estate held up, or it rose, and the one time real estate led the crash, stocks fell more than twice as much.   Keith Weinhold  30:31   It was 27 %versus 57%. All right. Well, that is what's happened this century. But you know this cause and effect relationship or lack thereof, that didn't just begin happening in 2000. When we stretch the history back to 1980, which is Jimmy Carter, almost Ronald Reagan era days, stocks had four more big downturns. We had the Volcker Bear Market, the famous 1987 Black Monday stock market crash, the Gulf War sell-off, and the LTCM crisis. During those four stock crashes, home prices also either stayed resilient or they rose. All right. Well, all of this is because homes and stocks, you know, they just aren't connected by some push and pull relationship. Stocks reprice in seconds. Fear spreads. Algorithms sell, and billions of dollars can disappear before lunch. Instead, housing moves more like a cargo ship that you're trying to turn around in the Mississippi River, it can take a long time. Housing transactions take months. Prices depend on local supply and local incomes, and mortgage availability, and whether homeowners are actually forced to sell. Housing provides something that every human actually needs and cannot be easily disrupted by AI. I mean, AI still cannot download a three-bedroom house onto a vacant lot. And of course, during any stock crash, what else happens with real estate? Your rent just keeps coming in as well. So the bottom line here is we're learning from history rather than having a hunch again. Home prices don't react to stock market crashes. Stock crashes and housing downturns are different events.   Keith Weinhold  32:32   A falling stock market it can eventually weaken consumer confidence. In in a severe recession, some of that can trickle in and affect housing, but history shows that a stock crash alone has not caused national home prices to fall. When stocks scream, real estate just kind of shrugs. Now, as we get back to talking about today, with real estate being cash flow challenged, you usually need a deal in order to make the numbers work. And as we know, for more than two years now, it has been wise to buy new build property and have that home builder buy down your mortgage rate rather than getting a property price discount. And do you realize that it actually works out better for you in almost every case for you to get your rate bought down than it is to get a discount. Yeah, it is often substantially better. Let's just think about an example. Say you're putting a 20% down payment on a 300k property at a seven and a half percent mortgage rate. Okay, let's compare your seller discounting the purchase price by 20k versus them instead using 20k to buy down your mortgage rate. All right, in the first scenario, let's call it then a purchase price reduction. The seller reduces it from 300k down to 280k. Your monthly payment would be 1566 $1,566. All right. Well, then your monthly savings from the price discount would be $112. You would also need 4k less for the down payment. Okay, 112 bucks a month is helpful to you.   Keith Weinhold  34:18   That might buy you dinner for two at the Olive Garden or something, at a wildly overpriced airport convenience store. By the way, this is a bottle of water and one almond, 112 bucks. Okay, but now let's compare it with the second option. If instead of a price discount, you pay the full 300k and use the 20k as a seller credit, a credit from the seller, and you use that to permanently buy the mortgage rate from seven and a half down to five and a half percent. In this case, even though it's a larger amount financed, your monthly payment is no longer 1566. It's just 1363, so your monthly savings is no longer 112 bucks. That Olive Garden dinner for two, it is 315 bucks. So therefore, using the seller credit instead of reducing the purchase price that ups your monthly cash flow by about 203 bucks. All right, and this was just an illustration. It's not a universal lender rate sheet carved into a stone tablet. But the larger lesson remains. Okay, terms are often more important than price. Negotiate the financing. That is the lesson. And of course, you can try to use this most anywhere with any seller, but it's been especially popular with American home builders for two plus years now.   Keith Weinhold  35:47   The bottom line is that the best deal isn't always the property with the lowest price; it is the one with the best financing, and it's one of the strategies that Mid South Homebuyers is going to offer on Wednesday night's webinar just two days away, and there's no negotiation needed. They are offering this, and it's where I'm going to be appearing live, and you're invited to join us from the comfort of your home or a coffee shop or wherever you are. So we're talking about properties in Memphis, Little Rock, and North Texas. New build properties for as little as about 200k, and some fully renovated resale properties for as little as 150k, and even less than that. Now, low price isn't reason enough to own an income property, but it's the fact that you get a strong rent in a stable market to support that, and they're offering what they call their triple five terms. They'll buy your mortgage rate down into the fives and provide property management for just a 5% fee for five years. And I just learned that for attendees of Wednesday night's event, they will even announce a promo code there, and you will get triple five terms for life on both financed and cash deals.   Keith Weinhold  37:12   And you know, I've got to say that when I began in real estate investing, I wish that any of this would have existed. Like when I began, I wish there even would have been new build property available. They just didn't even have that for income property when I started out. And the fact that it's managed for you from day one, I didn't know about that when I started out. I thought I had to invest only in my home market and then manage it myself. And here you get investor advantaged geographic markets, and then if that's not enough, you get that rate buy down into the fives and property management costs. It's basically cut in half to help improve your property's cash flow, and you can almost think of this as lifetime cash flow. You get to control a sustainable business model that's resistant to AI disruption, and yeah, it's sustainable. I mean, people will pay you to live there. That has happened for centuries. It's sort of the opposite of a cryptocurrency that will not exist in two years. It happens Wednesday night. You'll get to see me live along with the renowned providers from Mid South Homebuyers and their properties and their generous incentives and all the new AI investment that's acting as a tailwind coming into Memphis. Registration is free at getricheducation.com/midsouth. It's 8p.m. Eastern on Wednesday night. I'll see you there, getricheduceducation.com/midsouth. Until next week, I'm your host Keith Weinhold. 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On this week's Extra Serving, NRN editor in chief Sam Oches and executive editor Alicia Kelso discuss the latest restaurant industry news, including KFC's new Open House prototype, McDonald's massive NEXT initiative, and Darden's impressive results across its portfolio. First up is KFC, which introduced its Open House prototype at a new location outside Dallas last week. Alicia toured the new location and reported on how the prototype enhances everything from hospitality and menu innovation to operations and the digital experience, and she and Sam discuss how this could be transformative for the fried chicken chain. Next they turn to McDonald's, which unveiled details around its $8.5 billion NEXT initiative. Not unlike KFC's prototype, the NEXT initiative is a comprehensive retooling of the McDonald's operation, just at a much more massive scale. Sam and Alicia explore the various components of NEXT and what's at stake for McDonald's in its transformation. They then shift to the full-service world, where they unpack recent performance from Darden Restaurants and Cracker Barrel. For its part, Darden reported growth across all of its portfolio brands, while Cracker Barrel is still negative despite new CEO David Deno saying it's “on the right track." Sam and Alicia dive into the results and what they mean for both companies and the broader full-service landscape. For more on these stories: KFC unveils 'Open House' prototype as a centerpiece of its U.S. comeback planInside McDonald's massive 'Next' evolution strategyCyclospora outbreak put a damper on Olive Garden's summer

Nutrition Nugget! Bite-sized bonus episodes offer tips, tricks and approachable science. This week, Jenn is talking about Olive Garden. Yes, the chain restaurant with the famous unlimited breadsticks. Can a sit-down Italian favorite really fit into a healthy lifestyle? Jenn dug into the nutrition facts, and what she found surprised even her, especially when it comes to one number that shows up in nearly every dish. Olive Garden has also launched a new Lighter Portions menu aimed at people taking GLP-1 medications, so Jenn did some detective work to see what is behind it. Is it a true game changer or something else entirely? She also shares which soups, salads, and entrees might deserve a spot at your table, and which classic dishes could be a bigger challenge than you would guess. Is Olive Garden ever a smart choice, or should it stay off your list? Listen in to hear Jenn's final verdict. Like what you're hearing? Be sure to check out the full-length episodes of new releases every Wednesday. Have an idea for a nutrition nugget? Submit it here: https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/index.php/contact/ RESOURCES:Become a Happy Healthy Hub MemberJenn's Free Menu PlanA Salad With a Side of FriesA Salad With A Side Of Fries MerchA Salad With a Side of Fries InstagramOlive Garden Lighter Portions MenuJenn Trepeck, Nutrition Nugget, Salad With A Side Of Fries, Health Tips, Wellness Tips, Olive Garden Nutrition, Olive Garden Menu, Olive Garden Healthy Options, Wellness And Weight Loss, Healthy Eating At Restaurants, Eating Out Healthy, Sit Down Restaurant, Chain Restaurant, GLP-1 Menu, GLP-1 Medication, Weight Loss Drugs, Lighter Portions, Portion Sizes, Sodium Content, High Sodium Foods, Low Sodium Choices, Soup Salad And Breadsticks, Unlimited Breadsticks, Minestrone Soup, Pasta E Fagioli, Herb Grilled Salmon, Grilled Chicken Margherita, Shrimp Scampi, Chicken Parm, Gluten Sensitive Menu, Nutrition Facts, Macronutrients, Carbohydrates, Protein, Fiber, Saturated Fat, Calorie Density, Healthy Restaurant Choices, Dining Out Tips, Weight Loss Tips, Fast Food Alternatives, Restaurant Nutrition, Mindful Eating, Healthiest Things To Order At Olive Garden, Olive Garden Lighter Portions Menu Nutrition Facts

Starbucks is closing even more locations. Burger King is shifting gears on drive-thru AI. And Cyclospora fears put a damper on Olive Garden's summer.Learn more about Yelp Host at https://business.yelp.com/nrn

EPS and sales both made a slight miss in earnings for Darden Restaurants (DRI), though as Diane King Hall points out, the company still sees strength in Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse. MGM Resorts (MGM) sold off sharply after Diller's withdrew its takeover bid, while Everpure (P) hit a new all-time high after it issued positive guidance.

LikeFolio's Landon Swan sees his firm's consumer sentiment data pointing to a solid Darden Restaurants (DRI) earnings report. He says a 22% increase in year-over-year demand is driven by Olive Garden holding the line on pricing and Longhorn Steakhouse outperforming on strong beef and protein trends. He explains casual dining is in a sweet spot as consumers trade up from fast food like McDonald's (MCD) and trade down from fine dining.======== Schwab Network ========Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the Market Minute newsletter - https://schwabnetwork.com/subscribeDownload the iOS app - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/schwab-network/id1460719185Download the Amazon Fire Tv App - https://www.amazon.com/TD-Ameritrade-Network/dp/B07KRD76C7Watch on Sling - https://watch.sling.com/1/asset/191928615bd8d47686f94682aefaa007/watchWatch on Vizio - https://www.vizio.com/en/watchfreeplus-exploreWatch on DistroTV - https://www.distro.tv/live/schwab-network/Follow us on X – https://twitter.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/schwab-network/ About Schwab Network - https://schwabnetwork.com/about

The crew looks back on the two-plus hour weather delay and the nervy finish, then credits Todd Monken for refusing to apologize after some heated practice scuffles. The main argument is over fans who wore Baker Mayfield jerseys to the game: one side calls it loser energy that undercuts a young team, while the other says angry fans shouldn't be attacked for still caring. Along the way, a passionate Olive Garden and Nickelback defense derails things, and the segment wraps with social media reactions and a jab at Tampa Bay fans booing Mayfield.

When Ben was in treatment, he had a signature move. He would flip on some music, put on his headphones, and check out. Not in a sad way. In the way of a boy who had discovered, long before anyone taught him the term music therapy, that sound could carry him somewhere the chemo could not reach. He was five years old when he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma. He was eight when he died. And in between, he wore a Michael Jackson curly wig and a sparkly glove to the grocery store, demanded Olive Garden in Times Square after immunotherapy, and once stood up on a procedure table before a bone marrow biopsy and told his doctor, show me all your supplies first. He was never defined by his illness. He was just doing cancer, as his mother Wendy puts it. Because that was what was there. The rest of the time, he was dancing through the city. When the news ran their memorial piece after Ben died, they described him as having lost his battle with cancer. Wendy wanted to scream. He didn't lose anything. He got dealt a crappy hand in this life. And then he inspired a community, countless people, people she will never meet. How do you call that losing? In the years since, Wendy has channeled everything she learned in those three and a half years of treatment into the Benjamin Goldberg Foundation, which advocates for what she calls the healing arts in healthcare. At Sloan Kettering, a dance therapist had walked into Ben's treatment room one day and changed everything. His blood pressure dropped. He needed less medication than the other kids. The nurses came in and danced. And Wendy thought, I want to bring this home. She did. Today, every child who walks into their local children's hospital in Virginia has access to music therapy, art therapy, dance therapy, yoga, and Reiki, because of Ben. Because of one little boy with headphones and a heart full of music. The foundation has since expanded into social prescribing, partnering with a regional health system to explore the formal prescription of music and art to reduce anxiety, depression, and hospital visits. And Wendy has written it all down in her book, Mom's Book: It Was Never About the Grief, just published last month, because that is the whole truth of it. It was never about the grief. It was about Ben. And Ben is still in every room. You can find Mom's Book wherever books are sold. Learn more about the Benjamin Goldberg Foundation and the BGF Podcast at benjamingoldbergfoundation.org.

Mazawey's top 5 hottest coaches, Ed Sheeran in a tough spot, LA news helicopter crash, Arch Manning apologizes, Sydney Sweeney loves sports, a new Bonerline, Jim's List: Most Pretentious Songs, and Drew's never been to Olive Garden. We miss Jerry Springer. Olive Garden is the #1 restaurant in America. Drew says he's going to eat there for the first time ever. Arch Manning has been in some hot water over a hilarious AI video. Sydney Sweeney is the worst...According to female athletes. Jordon Hudson is going scorched Earth on UNC to find out who is spilling the beans over there. Brand New Bonerline. John Gotti's grandson, Carmine Agnello, is a bum. He pushed off going to jail for months. Turns out, his mom never needed a kidney. How is this possible? Now, he married the chick that ratted him out. The duct tape airplane racist guy broke his silence. Nice excuse, idiot. An LA news anchor gave a eulogy for her "family" in the helicopter crash. Ed Sheeran is in a pretty bad spot right now. But Macklemore is kicking ass. Tom Mazawey answered on the first try. Tom rattles of his Top 5 hottest football coaches. Tom gives his hottest Detroit Lions takes. Jimmy Connors is Maz's guy...Always has been, always will be. Maz gives us his Lions vs Bills prediction. JJ McCarthy's stock isn't very high in Minnesota. Get well soon, Barry Manilow. See ya, Tommy! Tiger Woods is back at the driving range. No one was injured in a car on his way to the course. J Lo is posting pictures of her new $18M home. Wonder what her next failure is? Macklemore Breaking News: He's calling out Robert Kraft to match his $1M donation to Palestine. Yeah. That'll happen. Jim's Picks: Top 10 Most Pretentious Songs Of All Time Don't forget to check out Dave Landau's special… for free! Merch is available if you want to rep the show. You'd look amazing too. If you'd like to help support the show… consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew Lane, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley, BranDon, and Roberto).

Every church says “we're a family.” So does Olive Garden. What does it actually mean when Jesus says it?In week two of the Believer series, Pastor David walks through three things that make a church a family and a home:Jesus makes us family. In 2 Samuel 9, a king goes looking for the grandson of the man who tried to kill him, calls him by name, and sits him at the table like a son. That's a preview of Jesus. You didn't find him. He came and got you. And you can't say yes to the King and no to his family.We share the joy and the weight. Most of us are better at the funeral than the party, because mourning with somebody costs you a casserole and rejoicing costs you your ego. Paul says carry each other's burdens, and carry your own load. You carry your backpack. We carry the boulder together. And “let me know if you need anything” is where help goes to die.We don't quit on each other. It's easy to treat people like stores. The minute one stops paying off, you go to Sam's. Paul says bear with each other and forgive as the Lord forgave you. Not as much as they deserve, as much as you got. Most friendships don't end with a fight. They fade. Family sends the uncomfortable text instead.It lands on one ask: make room in your life for the family Jesus gave you.Scriptures: Matthew 12:48-50, 2 Samuel 9:1-11, Romans 12:15, Galatians 6:2, 5, Colossians 3:12-14Facebook: / believerchurchabq Instagram: / believerscenter YouTube: / @BelieverChurchABQ Giving: https://pushpay.com/g/believerscenter First Time: https://believerchurch.churchcenter.com/people/forms/797243 Salvation / Rededication: https://believerchurch.churchcenter.com/people/forms/797600Thanks so much for listening to the Believers Center podcast! Service Times:   Sundays at 10AM (online + in-person)Tuesdays at 7PM (in-person only)Follow us on Instagram @believerscenterTo learn more about Believers Center, visit https://www.believerscenter.com​​To submit a prayer request, or to get connected with a pastor, visit https://www.believerscenter.com/prayforme

Host Siebe Vanderzee interviews career strategist Curt Sassak, a former award-winning chef who lived and workedin seven countries and reinvented his life around age 40 after losing passion,feeling bored despite “success on paper,” and turning to excessive alcohol.Curt explains how identity can outlive its usefulness, and how COVID—while he was running a wine and spirits company—pushed him to become “unf*ckwithable” by building skills, hiring coaches, and creating more self-sufficiency. He shareslessons including the Jurassic Park effect (repeating the same career move expecting a different result), the Olive Garden effect (looking polished externally while feeling empty), the Blockbuster Video effect (what made you successful can keep you stuck), treating career transitions like a recipe with interdependent ingredients, and that staying put can be the biggest career risk. He also discusses self-awareness, overthinking, and using AI as a thinking partner rather than for judgment calls. 00:00 Curt Sassak - Career -WIP09:15 Lesson 1: The Jurassic Park Effect11:38 Lesson 2: The Olive Garden Effect13:21 Lesson 3: The Blockbuster Video Effect17:13 Lesson 4: The Recipe Effect24:43 Lesson 5: The Biggest Career Risk

The gang relives the glory days of Yo Mama jokes, Mocha reveals he ate dinner before 4PM and was asleep by 6:30, and a listener shares her emotional reaction to The History of Roz & Mocha docuseries. Plus, a tongue twister challenge, an unbelievable Olive Garden breakup story, a listener who's been with the show for 16 years, and Shem learns the surprising Hebrew meaning of his name Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week Jeff welcomes ToniAnne to the podcast.  They chat about the My Very Many Hats platform that ToniAnne has created, podcasting, their friend Stephanie's love of Olive Garden, JeffGPT, and so much more! You can also listen to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify Podcasts, IHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Youtube...and most places podcasts are available. Video podcast form is available on Spotify or on YouTube @everybodyhasastorypod Please follow and write a review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. If you would like to be a guest, DM the show on Instagram @everybodyhasastorypod To check out some additional show content, check out everybodyhasastorypod.com For more information on the podcast, check out:jeffseltzer.com

We're giving Roscoff, France a microphone on a summer afternoon. Enjoy French traffic, French talking! French birds! Whether you're studying, working, reading, sleeping, or unwinding after a long day, this immersive ambient soundscape provides the perfect background soundtrack. No commercials, no interruptions—just Rue Amiral Réveillère. Ignore the World.___________You will hear local birds, traffic, voices, and other sounds from Mid-Afternoon Rue Amiral Réveillère (the primary central street in the old port district of Roscoff, France). Thanks to my twin for recording during a recent research trip to the Brittany region of France. She stayed at an inn a short walk from Roscoff's port and, while out, left a microphone in the window.Because my twin was a short walk from the Vieux Port de Roscoff, which serves Île de Batz, you will hear extra activity affected by ferry schedules. As an aside—to grab the ferry you have to take a long footbridge that leads directly into the Atlantic, no platform, just a ramp that deposits you directly into the ocean.What to do for Episode description this week? Like I could try to retell the entire Roscoff history or write something silly. And so I looked at a map—my eyes immediately darted east to Jersey (the British Crown Dependency Island off the coast of NW France). I salivated over the easy writing assignment of taking shots at something with "Jersey" in its title. Because of course Jersey, we talked about Jersey in the White Castle episode (NEW Jersey). North Atlantic (USA) mockery of New Jersey is low-hanging fruit and I enjoy an easy time tapping out a banal missive. So I searched online like: "hey, did anything strange happen on that island called Jersey?"—OMGWTFNVM—Let's talk Roscoff—There's a famous French onion, Oignon de Roscoff—an onion that purportedly arrived to the region by way of a traveling Capuchin monk named Brother Cyril. He was returning from Lisbon and probably had the seed in his pocket—I'm positive monks had pockets in 1647.Ok, I looked it up, there is evidence of a handmade fanny pack 6000 years ago—being worn by some prehistoric guy named “The Iceman.” (To be a known person of history that lived over half a decamillennium ago and still get the moniker “The Iceman...” So cool. You know some men and women live forever in infamy—this pre-Austrian gentleman had a fanny pack and is known as “The Iceman.”)Pouches started being woven into clothing more recently (within a few centuries) because fanny packs were noticeable targets for thieves. I'm imagining Peaky Blinders versus the ****** Iceman. The Iceman had a bone awl in his fanny pack—think of an icepick carved from animal bone. “You want my dried tinder fungus you weird (but stylish) hat mother*******?! Talk to bone awl!!!” Ba-BLOWAnd voilà, Brother Cyril could have had a pocket with an onion seed ultimately leading to the culinarily significant Oignon de Roscoff.  (Maybe he had a suitcase... When were suitcases invented?)And that is where I will stop trying to parse agricultural history—I am unequipped for onion significances. I did find a blog of a lady who shouts “bonjour” at Roscoff residents to get candid photos (and has an Oignon de Roscoff recipe that looks delicious) — she speaks highly of Roscoff onions. My best onion take is that red onions are vastly overrated. Like you're not getting points with me because you're usually in every hoagie I love and you're the sexiest element in an Olive Garden salad.

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This week: A rainy Labor Day weekend ruins Thulio's beach fantasy, Animal enters the LA gay bar group chat, Olive Garden becomes a Mid-City gay haven with bottle service and an iPad baby, Stella Lefty is not beating the nepo-baby theft allegations, and HBO's Lanterns turns a gay Green Lantern into Yellowstone cosplay. Plus a Punch-Up on letting the Harry Potter reboot die already... and giving Brittany Murphy the Oscar she was owed. La Lista Podcast host Rubén Mendive and writer Thulio DaSilva ditch the formal interviews and hop on the mic for quick, unfiltered conversations about their chaotic creative lives — covering new writing projects, hot takes on industry trends, dating disasters, and whatever discourse the algorithm served them that morning. Instagram - @lalistapodcast Music: Sunny Side - Airstream

We're back in the new (almost-finished) studio for another loose, all-over-the-place episode with the whole crew. We kick things off catching up on life — golf trash talk, Chili's vs. Olive Garden debates, and a trip to Turkey that somehow turns into a full breakdown of hair transplants, finasteride, minoxidil, and TRT. From there we get real about hormones, side effects, and what it's actually like going through fertility treatments and hair loss in your 30s. Things get even more personal as we dig into sleep tracking apps, wearables, and whether we're all a little too obsessed with optimizing our bodies. We swap old bodybuilding competition stories (peak week is rougher than you'd think), talk through the pressure of YouTube titles and clickbait, and have an honest conversation about growing up with successful parents, nepotism, and how we want to raise our own kids differently. Naturally, we close it out bouncing between everything else on our minds — GTA VI, our all-time favorite video games, David's big move, and getting older in general. We also can't help but touch on the Tupac case update, the Diddy and Kanye conversations everyone's having, and a little bit of politics because why not. It's a long one, but if you like hanging out with us and hearing us talk about literally everything, this episode delivers.

(0:00 - 2:08) It's Wednesday! According to recent research, night owls are actually “cognitively superior” to early birds. That means night owls excel in understanding and decision-making. (2:08 - 7:11) Today's DM Disaster is from Garrett! He was just expecting a quite house when he got home from work. But he walked in house and his kid with his friends were trying the diarrhea challenge. They had all the foods that could give you diarrhea and were filming it for social media. He shut it down and his kid is pissed at him. That's Garrett's DM Disaster! (7:11 - 13:26) Parents, go check the backpack. Because what some people found in there after an entire summer is absolutely horrifying. Adam 12 gives us the rundown on what was inside his kid's backpack. (13:26 - 17:03) Today's Supah Smaht player is Glynn from Lynn. Find out if they were Supah Smaht! (17:03 - 24:02) There are some things you cannot protect your child from like other people having better snacks. We're talking about Oreogate, and the parenting lesson hiding inside the cookie chaos.(24:02 - 32:44) Some professions apparently make people SWOON. But LBF has discovered the only truly sexy jobs. Plus, Olive Garden revealed its Never-Ending Pasta Bowl deal will return to restaurants nationwide on Monday. Unlimited pasta, soup or breadsticks, starting at $14.99. LBF will have Olive Garden in her obit!All this and more on the ROR Morning Show with LBF & Adam 12 Podcast. Find more great podcasts at bPodStudios.com…The Place To Be For Podcast Discovery! Follow us on our socialsInstagram - @rormorningshowFacebook - The ROR Morning ShowSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's episode begins exactly where every respectable radio program should: debating canned chili and whether The Rizzuto Show should abandon broadcasting altogether to open a chili parlor. Because apparently decades of radio experience were merely preparation for serving questionable bowls of meat during a St. Louis summer.The crew gets into a disturbing local story involving two kittens rescued after being thrown from a moving vehicle, which launches a conversation about animal cruelty, punishment, and why there have been so many bizarre animal-abuse cases around the St. Louis area. Thankfully, the kittens are recovering, because this show has enough emotional damage without adding more.Then we head to the amusement park formerly known as Six Flags, talk about its new Mid America Adventure identity, and immediately start remembering the various roller coasters that have spent decades attempting to rearrange our internal organs. That leads us to California's X2 coaster and reports of riders suffering terrifying medical emergencies. Naturally, half the room hears “brain hemorrhage” and responds like someone just announced a new thrill ride they absolutely have to try.Rafe also gives us an update from the dating world, including his Texas connection and the increasingly complicated rules surrounding modern romance. That turns into the question every hopeless romantic eventually has to answer: is a grand gesture thoughtful… or are you about three seconds away from appearing in somebody's “THIS GUY IS A CREEP” TikTok?A guy goes on two dates with a woman, finds her address without asking, and sends her Mother's Day flowers supposedly from her dog. Sweet? Creepy? Thirsty? The Rizz Show Supreme Court is now in session, and absolutely nobody involved has passed the bar.Apparently this question is complicated enough to involve law enforcement, surveillance footage, social media, and an actual public search for the guy who picked up the cash. Suddenly our daily comedy podcast has become CSI: Walmart, where the suspect is armed with three ten-dollar bills and an extremely debatable interpretation of “finders keepers.”We also get into air-travel nightmares after a pilot suffers a medical emergency during a flight and still manages to help get the plane safely on the ground. Meanwhile, Moon is preparing to fly, which is exactly the kind of story you want to hear immediately before heading to an airport.The episode's namesake saga involves Yolanda Jackson, a drive-through order, a dangerously hot pot pie, severe burns, permanent scarring, and the resulting courtroom battle. Nothing says daily comedy quite like discovering your food apparently requires protective equipment.It's another episode filled with St. Louis stories, weird news, dating disasters, food catastrophes, questionable financial ethics, amusement-park trauma, and the kind of conversations that start somewhere reasonable before wandering directly into the woods.Dust off that giant binder of scratched CDs you definitely didn't throw away because apparently funny podcast history has come full circle: physical media is making a comeback.The show kicks off with the surprising resurgence of CDs, with sales jumping while vinyl growth slows down. Why? Turns out paying nearly $40 for a new record eventually makes people reconsider the humble compact disc. Gen Z is getting into CDs, independent record stores are stocking more of them, older cars still have CD players, and there's something comforting about owning music that can't suddenly disappear from a streaming service. Moon also realizes those boxes of old band CDs might not be useless relics after all. Congratulations to everyone who refused to clean out their basement. Your moment has arrived.Then Crap on Celebrities takes us directly into the wildly expensive world of Hollywood memorabilia. A screen-matched mosquito-in-amber prop from the original Jurassic Park sells for more than $400,000, while Christopher Reeve's Superman gear and John Travolta's famous Saturday Night Fever suit also bring ridiculous money at auction.The crew also gets into entertainment news, including the changing timeline between theatrical releases and streaming, Toy Story 5, a live-action Scooby-Doo prequel, and Ghost taking a hiatus after Tobias Forge admits he doesn't currently have a clear vision for the band's next album. We salute a man willing to say, “I don't know what the next thing is yet,” instead of releasing twelve remixes and a commemorative popcorn bucket.Then there's Grand Theft Auto.The latest massive GTA preview sends the room into gamer mode as the crew talks about the gigantic map, Jason and Lucia's evolving relationship, smarter cops, surveillance cameras, changing disguises, massive police chases and an enormous story that could consume roughly 80 hours of your life.Chris Novoselic. Danny Carey. Mick Fleetwood. Buckethead. Joey Ramone. Billy Corgan. Angus Young. Prince. Glenn Danzig. Stevie Nicks. The measurements are flying, everyone suddenly seems either seven feet tall or legally eligible for a booster seat, and we discover once again that stage presence apparently adds about eight inches.Carefully constructed journeys through comedy, culture, and the human condition. This one starts with an eagle call, gets yelled at by an offended listener, drinks imaginary Malört, sends Riz back to college, remembers the horrors of Rotten.com, and eventually makes everybody emotional over Dolly Parton. So… basically the same thing.The Rizzuto Show kicks off with Team JB and the Zero Prostate Cancer Run and Walk in memory of our buddy Jeff Burton, plus Greek Fire getting ready for a show benefiting Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. Then we get into one of radio's oldest traditions: somebody getting mad enough at the show to contact the bosses.This time, a listener wasn't thrilled about the proximity of the Porno Birthday to a children's charity announcement. Riz got the dreaded “Can I see you before you leave?” message, and suddenly we're debating whether everybody is too easily offended, whether people need to watch what they say, and whether society could possibly locate that mythical middle ground where empathy and a sense of humor coexist.Rafe brings the comedian's perspective to the argument, including the audience member who loves 99 jokes but desperately needs to inform you about the one they didn't like. Our solution remains remarkably simple: maybe leave that joke at the club and take the other ones home.We discover that Malört has somehow created an entire identity around tasting terrible. Most companies try to convince customers their product is delicious. Malört basically dares you to survive it. The gang dives into its hilariously hostile marketing, its reputation as Chicago's favorite way to punish a friend, and the important question nobody has apparently answered: Is anyone ordering this stuff because they actually enjoy it?From there, we say farewell to Sam Rizzuto's dream of college independence after Riz tours the University of Arkansas and realizes he might want the full college experience himself. Suddenly we're imagining a Back to School scenario where father and son become Razorbacks together, share a dorm, take Intro to Communications, and graduate in the same class. Nothing weird about that whatsoever, Sam. Your new roommate just happens to be Dad.The real RIPs begin with tributes to Peter Cullen and Tim Curry, celebrating two remarkable careers and the voices, characters, movies, and performances they left behind.Finally, Rafe delivers a deeply personal tribute to Dolly Parton.It's funny, sincere, personal, and probably more emotionally responsible than anything surrounding the previous discussion of Malört.Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.Two kittens recovering after being thrown from vehicle, covered in what shelter believes was bleachSix Flags St. Louis officially rebrands as Mid America AdventureIntense Six Flags Coaster Closed After Two Riders Suffer Brain Hemorrhages: “It's Got to Stop”Man Finds $30 on the Ground, Then Learns He's Wanted by PoliceDelta flight from LA to Boston lands in Detroit as captain gets sick: "I am the one who is ill"Woman left scarred by burns from Church's Chicken pot pie wins $20,000 in lawsuitMiss Sheri's Cafeteria closing after 54 yearsNever-Ending Pasta Bowl returns to Olive Garden menu at special price for limited timeCouple accused of stealing hundreds of library books to resellBloomington Man, 19, Charged After Applebee's Bomb Threat Over Slow FoodFlorida man caught speeding claimed he was rushing to Buc-ee's bathroomSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Jim McTague analyzes the July jobs report, which unexpectedly showed a loss of 23,000 jobs, signaling a cutback in spending by those "with little." He describes a "K-shaped economy" where the wealthy continue to spend while others struggle with high gas prices and inflation. In Lancaster County, the economy remains uneven; while tourism and manufacturing are strong, hiring for non-specialists is weak. The property market is particularly discouraging for buyers, with low inventory driving prices toward one million dollars for decent homes. McTague observes local economic health through visits to Costco and Olive Garden, noting that despite high traffic, people are increasingly discount-conscious. He also mentions the high-security development of a new data center, which is expected to contribute significantly to the local tax base through 2028. (3)

Story of the Week (DR):Cracker Barrel CEO is out after MAGA backlash to "Uncle Herschel" logo change MMBefore Julie Masino was brought in, Cracker Barrel was facing a slow-moving existential crisis:Their primary core customer base (older generations and rural highway travelers) was naturally shrinking, and younger diners were simply not replacing them.Kitchen tech, supply chains, and digital ordering lag behind competitors like Texas Roadhouse or Olive Garden.Some great fake populism from Fox: Cracker Barrel to pay for outgoing CEO's security, $4.6M severance after failed rebrandCracker Barrel names David Deno CEOBurger KingYum! Brands and Pizza Hut for 15 years, including serving as CFO and COO.Quiznos CEO.Best Buy: Served as President of Asia and CFO for Best Buy's International DivisionBloomin' Brands for 12 years: CEO, CFO and Chief Administrative OfficerOutback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, and Bonefish GrillBoard MembershipsCracker Barrel Old Country Store (2016-)Panera Brands (2024-): Audit Committee ChairKrispy Kreme (2016-)Bloomin' Brands (2019–2024)Peet's Coffee (2006-2012)Macalester College: Former Chair of the Board of Trustees (1998-2022).From Cracker Barrel to Boeing, Companies Are Turning to Retired CEOsThese retired CEOs are being hired to be "fixers." They are brought in to cut costs, repair supply chains, restore investor confidence, and act as a stabilizing force rather than reinventing the brand.Exxon and Chevron profits surge on rising oil prices due to Iran warChevron posted its highest profit in six years as the Iran war boosted oil pricesBig Oil Is Getting Sued for Heat Deaths. It's Fighting Back With an Army of Immunity LawsMore than a decade after investigations found that Exxon Mobil had known about the dangers of global warming since the 1970s but publicly downplayed the threat, lawsuits against oil companies have proliferated. There are nearly 40 of these cases pending across the countryIn the meantime, the industry has been mobilizing a counterattack against the lawsuits with the help of the Trump administration and Republican politicians.Republicans are trying to pass laws to grant oil majors immunity to these kinds of lawsuits, with success in several states so far.Utah, Iowa, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Louisiana have recently signed laws shielding fossil fuel companies from lawsuits related to greenhouse gas emissionsOil executives have also gotten help from the federal government, following an executive order from President Donald Trump last year directing the attorney general to prioritize blocking climate lawsuits by states.This May, the Justice Department responded to Minnesota's climate lawsuit against Big Oil with a lawsuit of its own, just as the state's case was moving into the discovery phase. It said Minnesota was undermining “American energy dominance” and attempting to regulate greenhouse gases, which should fall under the purview of federal law—echoing the oil industry's well-known argument.Elon Musk Is Quietly Turning to This Fossil Fuel to Power His AI AmbitionsSam Altman Announces That the Singularity Has Arrived: a hypothetical future point in time when technological growth becomes autonomous, uncontrollable, and irreversible, fundamentally transforming human civilization“We are now, like, in the singularity ... Now we're actually in the moment that we used to talk about at the lunch table in a very not-serious way ...I've been waiting for this my whole life, and I think it's going to be incredible, hugely positive, awesome for the world.”Sam Altman says one of his biggest fears is that a small number of companies will control AI: 'That'd be very, very bad'Sam Altman says the Hugging Face hack is a reminder that an AI power monopoly could lead to 'long-term disaster'OpenAI says its rogue AI tried to hack other companiesMark Zuckerberg is urging the U.S. to accelerate AI development, not restrict it'No Way to Stop It': Elon Musk Warns Humans Will Lose Control of AI and Face Extinction by 2036Microsoft CEO Warns That Companies Embracing AI Could Drive Themselves Out of BusinessAI hackers are getting faster. The government may not be readyAnthropic says its Claude models 'gained unauthorized access' to other organizations' systemsAnthropic says its models went rogue and hacked 3 companies during testing'It Will Happen Frequently': Musk Warns of Rogue AI Threat After Anthropic Breached Three FirmsElon Musk Commits Up to $120M to Republican Midterms: Sets Feud With Trump Aside for Major Election PushGoodliest of the Week (MM/DR):DR: Gen Z women are having an entrepreneurship boomOf all women who started businesses in 2025, 47% of Gen Z women did so, compared with 38% the previous year. Gen Xers followed close behind at 46%. Then came millennials at 43% and baby boomers at just 23%.Overall, in 2025, 69% of new Black-owned businesses were started by women. The survey also found that women business owners are less likely than their male counterparts to depend on AIMM: Delaware judge rules public benefit corporations exempt from maximizing value in sale DRFiduciary duty is different - OpenAI, AnthropicAssholiest of the Week (MM):Fake man apologies MM‘I'm sorry ... but': Apologetic Alan Joyce tells his side of the Qantas storyJoyce has expressed some regret“So with the information we had at the time, I still don't think there was any other decision you could make,”“Hindsight is a great thing.”“I'm actually very, very proud of the fact that I'm not sitting here and apologising for Qantas going bankrupt, [something] that many airlines around the world did,”Australian Competition and Consumer Commission fined Qantas $120 million for selling tickets for 8000 already cancelled flights“I apologise for the angst that was generated [for] the customers on it, but the reality was we had 22 million bookings in the system [and] the system wasn't designed to do an automatic refund,”“Stop us!”More than 1,200 AI workers across Anthropic, DeepMind, OpenAI, and Meta are asking for Washington's help building an AI slowdown plan‘No Way to Stop It': Elon Musk Warns Humans Will Lose Control of AI and Face Extinction by 2036Elon Musk's new 5-year warning to Americans: AI will beat human brains by 2032 (then go wild). Get rich or get crushed?Sam Altman says the Hugging Face hack is a reminder that an AI power monopoly could lead to 'long-term disaster'It Will Happen Frequently': Musk Warns of Rogue AI Threat After Anthropic Breached Three FirmsBut also, DON'T stop us, obviously…Palantir CEO warns US against Europe's AI regulation path, urges Trump admin to not ban open modelsElon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over law to ban 'nudify' appsMark Zuckerberg is urging the U.S. to accelerate AI development, not restrict itElon Musk Commits Up to $120M to Republican Midterms: Sets Feud With Trump Aside for Major Election PushIgnoring boardsHims & Hers mission:“Hims & Hers is the leading health and wellness platform on a mission to help the world feel great through the power of better health. We believe how you feel in your body and mind transforms how you show up in life. That's why we're building a future where nothing stands in the way of harnessing this power. Hims & Hers normalizes health & wellness challenges—and innovates on their solutions—to make feeling happy and healthy easy to achieve. No two people are the same, so the Company provides access to personalized care designed for results.”Hims & Hers board:CEO: Andrew Dudum, tech VC bro investor “serial entrepreneur” with deep health experience from Bungalow (airBnB knockoff in the UK), Homebound (a “homebuilding platform”), TalkIQ (an AI startup, duh), and Terminal (something about scaling engineering?)TWO directors from DoorDash (Kofi Amoo-Gottfried from Marketing, previously of Facebook, and Christopher Payne the COO, previously of eBay, MSFT, and Amazon)TWO pharma execs (one lawyer, Deb Autor, one with an econ degree, Kare Schultz)One guy from Netflix (David Wells) and one lady from Urban Outfitters (marketing/brand, Andrea Perez) and one pure law firm lawyer (Anja Manuel)ONE DOCTOR EXCLUSIVE: US FTC sues Hims & Hers for sending user health info to Meta, SnapUsers' sensitive health information was shared with online advertising companies including Meta ​Platforms and Snap despite the company leading customers to believe their ​data was private, the FTC alleged in the lawsuit filed along with Los ⁠Angeles County and Utah.Hims & Hers also started charging users for prescriptions before ​they have ⁠had a chance to meet with healthcare providers, the FTC alleged. Most customers do not receive a consultation with a provider, and instead are charged for ⁠prescriptions ​soon after filling out an intake form, ​according to the agency.Headliniest of the WeekDR: CEO apologizes for offering interviews to people who got tattoos of his AI company logoSan Francisco tech CEO Jordan Zietz, co-founder of an early stage AI startup called LemonLime. Stanford grad.“LemonLime learns your business and then automates your team's busywork in a single click, no coding or manual setup required.”Former Qantas CEO reflects on tenure, issues apology to passengers over post COVID chaos AND ‘I'm sorry ... but': Apologetic Alan Joyce tells his side of the Qantas storyMM: Amazon received $600 million in tariff refunds and will pass some back to customersMM: Trump Staff Cuts Blamed After Watermarked OpenAI Map Mislabels Africa at AIDS ConferenceIt's the fact that we have less staff that meant we couldn't bother to figure out which country was whichWho Won the Week?DR: Kohls: For getting some much-needed female influence on board: Kohl's Appoints Wendy Arlin as Chair of the BoardCurrently only 2: Robbin Mitchell (7%) and Wendy Arlin (1%)John Schlifske (27%) stepping downMM: The phrase “not due to any disagreement with the Company”Anne Sweeney Resigns From Netflix BoardOn July 26, 2026, Anne Sweeney notified Netflix, Inc. (the “Company”) that she was resigning from the Board of Directors of the Company effective as of that date. Ms. Sweeney's resignation is not due to any disagreement with the Company1,660 8-Ks in the last 5 years have the exact phrase “not due to any disagreement with the Company”So we're saying that 1,660 c-suite and board members resigned in 5 years - more than 300 per year - and NONE were due to a disagreement with the companies? That's only THAT phrase - no other details are given for most of them except occasionally:To pursue another jobPersonal reasonsFor scale, in the last 5 years, the term “was due to a disagreement with the Company” appears… 5 timesPredictionsDR: Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson apologizes that it took former CEO Alan Joyce to apologize for something she already apologized for despite not being CEO when any of it happenedMM: Damion resigns from Free Float due to a disagreement with the zero dollars he gets paid, but Free Float puts out a statement saying it's “not due to any salary reason related to the company”

King James to Philly!Sophie Cunningham is transphobic!WNBA is amazing! Pete Hegseth wants Gender Affirming Care!Olive Garden!Benjamin Netanyahu is a War Criminal!Progressive Democrats for the Win!

In episode 2097, Jack and Miles are joined by super producer, Anna Hossnieh, to discuss… Zuck - What If We Tried NOT Freaking People The F**k Out About Sh*tty AI? Zoran Speech Is Very Popular? Republicans Are Using Olive Garden To Justify Vote-Stealing, Are Society’s “Eyes Adjusting” To CGI? And more! I’m a Mom of Two, and Olive Garden’s Returning $100 Pasta Pass Is My Ultimate Dinner Hack Olive Garden: "The Never-Ending Pasta Pass is only for use by the Passholder whose name is printed on the Pass." How the G.O.P. Turned Olive Garden Into a Voter ID Talking Point Olive Garden becomes unlikely face of voter ID fight after restaurant's policy goes viral FOXX on Voter ID: Heck, you even need to present a photo ID to utilize the Olive Garden’s never ending pasta pass. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson: "...that's weird, Olive Garden takes pasta pass security more seriously than Democrats take election security." Top Republican rages at needing a photo ID for Olive Garden pasta but not on voting day Scalise: "Anybody that gets on an airplane has to show a picture ID to vote. Nowadays, if you want to go to Olive Garden and get unlimited pasta, you gotta show a picture ID. This isn't complicated stuff." The SAVE Act: An attempt to restrict voting rights What Does Olive Garden’s Never-Ending Pasta Have to Do With Voting Rights? Diners furious at Olive Garden after ‘Never-Ending Pasta Pass’ sale went off the rails Secrets That Olive Garden Doesn't Want You To Know Olive Garden’s ‘pasta passes’ for sale on eBay for as much as $4,500 Olive Garden says no way to $500 unlimited pasta passes on EBay LISTEN: Cafe by TusabeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do a dangling uterus earring, Fireball sneakers, Jimothy the raccoon, Big Ed comparisons, kidney stones, Kool-Aid conspiracies, and Grimace's imaginary tool belt all have in common? Absolutely nothing... which is exactly why this collection of episodes feels like peak Rizz Show chaos.The gang somehow manages to turn a week of random headlines into comedy gold, starting with Riz's unforgettable week wearing a uterus dangler for charity. That spirals into an over-the-top "In Memoriam" featuring heartfelt (and completely fake) tributes to the Kool-Aid Man, Lake of the Ozarks, Riz's immune system, and the internet's newest four-legged fashion icon, Jimothy the raccoon. Somewhere in there, Bags Against the Machine gets ready to melt faces, and everyone learns that once something becomes a running joke on this show, it's probably never going away.Then it's on to some of the strangest news stories you'll hear all week. Fireball decides sneakers should double as whiskey flasks, Olive Garden pasta dreams are crushed, Motley Crüe somehow survives another unbelievable story from the '80s, Bret Michaels battles kidney stones, and the crew debates whether taking shots out of your shoes is somehow worse than sneaking booze in every other imaginable place. As always, the celebrity gossip takes a hard left into absurd territory before anyone has a chance to act like responsible adults.And because the universe apparently wasn't weird enough already, Riz experiments with a ponytail, immediately gets roasted by the internet, and discovers that reading comment sections is still one of humanity's worst ideas. Long hair, man buns, Big Ed comparisons, family pool disasters, forgotten garden hoses, and enough self-inflicted embarrassment to last a lifetime all become fair game as the crew relentlessly piles on each other the way only lifelong friends can.You'll also get plenty of music talk, pop culture commentary, ridiculous impressions, fake documentaries, strange animal obsessions, celebrity updates, weird news, and the kind of off-the-rails conversations that somehow make perfect sense when you're listening live. Whether they're breaking down bizarre internet trends, roasting each other's life choices, or creating elaborate backstories for mascots that absolutely did not need tragic origin stories, the laughs never stay in one lane for very long.If you love a daily comedy show that bounces between hilarious fails, entertainment gossip, celebrity news, weird internet stories, and completely unnecessary deep dives into topics nobody asked for, you've found your people. This daily comedy show is packed with sarcastic humor, funny stories, St. Louis attitude, and the chemistry that's made The Rizzuto Show a favorite for fans of comedy podcasts and morning radio alike. From pop culture commentary to fail stories and everything in between, this daily comedy show delivers exactly the kind of beautiful nonsense you've come to expect.So buckle up, ignore your better judgment, and enjoy three episodes stitched together into one glorious collection of organized chaos. Whether you're here for Jimothy Summer, the fake memorials, celebrity gossip, bizarre inventions, internet nonsense, or simply to hear friends make each other laugh until someone can't breathe, thanks for hanging out with The Rizzuto Show.Follow The Rizzuto Show → https://linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → https://1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.Bride Hospitalized on Her Honeymoon After Contracting Cyclosporiasis, the Parasitic Illness That Causes ‘Explosive' DiarrheaI traveled abroad with my 78-year-old parents. It was tougher than traveling with toddlers — and I learned some lessons the hard way.McDonald's customer was burned by ‘extremely hot' fries and the damage ‘may be permanent,' lawsuit saysFireball Cinnamon Whisky Debuts High Top Sneakers With a Pouch to Hide a Flask of BoozeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hi. Katy is out today, so Cody and Jonathan are joined by Some More News head writer Dave Bell. They break down the right-wing meltdown over The Odyssey, Elon Musk's inability to take responsibility for all the people he killed, and the connection between Voter ID and Olive Garden. Plus, they discuss the murder of a man in Madison, Wisconsin by police, and the possibility that Donald Trump is again about to escalate his war with Iran.PATREON: https://patreon.com/somemorenewsMERCH: https://shop.somemorenews.comYOUTUBE MEMBERSHIP: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvlj0IzjSnNoduQF0l3VGng/join#ElonMusk #theodyssey #BenShapiro EVERYONE who signs up wins a FREE toy or gift card! https://www.bboutique.co/vibe/somemorenews-podcastMake your summer bedding feel better. Go to https://quince.com/somemorenews for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.Chapters:0:00 - Introduction/MAGA'S Odyssey Meltdown21:56 - Elon Continues To Lie About USAID32:33 - Voting Isn't Like Olive Garden48:25 - Cops Kill Wisconsin Man52:30 - Trump's Latest War CrimesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

'The View' co-hosts weigh in after Republicans invoked Olive Garden's “Never-Ending Pasta Bowl” to argue in favor of the SAVE Act and stricter voter ID requirements, sparking debate over whether the comparison holds up. Molly Ringwald joins the show to discuss her new romantic comedy, 'One Night Only'. She reflects on working alongside LeVar Burton and Callum Turner, joining the final season of 'Yellowjackets', and starring in the play 'Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been'. Plus, 'The Lost Boys' stars Ali Louis Bourzgui and LJ Benet stop by to discuss bringing the beloved 1987 film to the Broadway stage, celebrate the release of the musical's new cast album, and reflect on a Tony-winning season. And the cast of 'The Lost Boys' takes the 'The View' stage to perform a medley from the hit show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wednesday, July 22, 2026; 8pm: Tonight, Donald Trump attends the dignified transfer of four U.S. soldiers killed in his war with Iran while trying to convince Americans the deeply unpopular conflict has public support. Plus, Republicans hold up Olive Garden as the standard for election security. And Congressman James Walkinshaw shares what he learned during a closed-door briefing with ICE leaders. Want more of Chris? Download and follow his podcast, “Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes podcast” wherever you get your podcasts.To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Seth takes a closer look at Trump lashing out at Canada for no apparent reason but giving China a pass after he claimed they meddled in the 2020 election while he was president.Then, Tracee Ellis Ross talks about making her Broadway debut in the play Every Brilliant Thing, casting audience members to participate in the show before each performance and traveling to multiple countries for her Solo Traveling series.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Support the pod and get so much extra content for $5/month at patreon.com/stiffsockspod  Bonus eps also available on Apple Podcasts! https://www.apple.co/socksThe boys spiral from the Taco Bell lettuce diarrhea outbreak into Big Milk, courtroom logic, OJ, AI evidence, gambling ads, Swiss Army knives, Mexico horses, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Super Size Me, Twix, ice cream trucks, and the search for the next viral candy. They also read Amazon reviews for She Comes First, debate whether they've had more beers or jerks, break down the 6/12/18/24 challenge, answer a hilarious orangutan hypothetical

-- On the Show: -- Pat Ford, producer of The David Pakman Show, fills in for David -- Donald Trump hosts Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, avoids war timeline questions, and invents the phrase "kill them like they're candy" -- Steve Scalise cites Olive Garden's promotional pass rules for unlimited pasta to advocate for strict voter identification laws -- Donald Trump posts to Truth Social about travel to Lebanon while defending Benjamin Netanyahu from arrest warrants -- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asks Congress for emergency defense funding as military conflict costs exhaust reserves -- Darline Graham Nordone, Lindsey Graham's sister, is running for a full Senate term with an endorsement from Donald Trump -- Laura Ingraham warns that the war in Iran threatens Republicans' chances in the upcoming midterm elections -- On the Bonus Show: A MAGA golfer threatens to get Trump involved in a penalty decision, Trump is sitting on a massive midterm war chest, and much more...

The fellas break down AOC's insane fake accents on the campaign trail, the Democratic Socialists' growing influence, the latest chaos in the Maine Senate race, and the voter ID debate. Plus, sit down with Sen. Bill Hagerty for an inside look at Iran, the midterms, and the future of the Republican agenda. #aoc #Senatedemocrats #congress #Iran #MAGA00:03:25 AOC's Campaign Trail Code-Switching Under Fire 00:09:25 AOC Targets the Filibuster and the U.S. Senate 00:13:41 Why Democratic Socialists Want to Abolish the Senate 00:18:46 The 'Global South' Agenda and the Democratic Party's Shift 00:27:08 Maine Democrats' Search for a Graham Platner Replacement Goes Off the Rails 00:38:34 Olive Garden's Pasta Pass Sparks a Voter ID Debate 00:42:07 Mark Warner Stumbles on Voter ID 00:55:29 Senator Bill Hagerty on Iran, Trump, and America's Next Move 01:05:06 Can Republicans Hold the House and Senate in the Midterms? 01:11:59 Chuck Schumer, Government Shutdowns, and the Democrats' Strategy 01:21:13 Senator Hagerty's Final Take on Iran and the 2026 Election Outlook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome back to the program On today's Majority Report: As Congress heads to recess the House GOP's push to get the SAVE Act passed by using out-of-touch rich guy analogies. For example, Steve Scalise says you have to show ID to eat pasta at the Olive Garden so why not at the voting booth? Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, joins the show to discuss recent developments in Trump's war on Iran. In the Fun Half: Half of the Israeli government participates in a rally outside the Gaza fence calling for settlements. A daughter of the Koch brothers got hired by the Wall Street Journal to make brain dead conservative propaganda. Brad Lander holds Batya Ungar-Sargon's hand through a simple conversation about the value of a democratic Israel that includes Palestinians as paramount to the safety of Israelis. all that and more. Tell your Senators to block the NDAA until it is stripped of the proposal to integrate U.S. and Israeli militaries. To connect and organize with your local ICE rapid response team visit ICERRT.com The Congress switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. You can use this number to connect with either the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives. Follow us on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here: https://rumble.com/user/majorityreport Check out our alt YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the AM Quickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! https://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: https://majority.fm/app Go to https://JustCoffee.coop and use coupon code majority to get 10% off your purchase Check out today's sponsors: ZOCDOC: Find and book the right doctor https://Zocdoc.com/MAJORITY SMALLS: For a limited time, get 60% off your first order, plus free shipping and free treats for life, when you head to Smalls.com/MAJORITY. SUNSET LAKE CBD: Use coupon code "Left Is Best" (all one word) for 20% off of your entire order at SunsetLakeCBD.com.  Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech On Instagram: @MrBryanVokey Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on YouTube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.

Olive Garden accidentally entered the voter ID debate after requiring customers to show photo ID for its Never-Ending Pasta Pass. Conservatives quickly pointed out the irony: some say a restaurant requires more ID for unlimited breadsticks than some states require to vote. Senator Mike Lee, the RNC, and others amplified the comparison as the SAVE America Act debate continues. Remember: South Florida votes August 18th.

Wingstop just crushed the fast-food race with 382 new locations, De Beers is getting gutted by lab-grown diamonds, and Olive Garden's $100 Never-Ending Pasta Pass is back after a six-year hiatus. Donny Deutsch and his Executive producer Lou Pellegrino run through this week's biggest movers: a booming box office (Odyssey, the MJ biopic, Toy Story 5), Hasbro turning Monopoly into a movie, the Mickey Mouse Club reboot, a surprise CD sales boom, solo dining's 52% surge, Starbucks swapping "grande" for "medium," and Pringles' controversial hot dog buns in a can. Plus, the debut of a new segment: Grand Brand of the Week. Tune in Thursday for Donny's big sit-down with Stephen A. Smith. Rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You need to see this before the next election: Olive Garden just exposed the hypocrisy on election security in the funniest way possible. The White House roasted Democrats after Olive Garden announced that its $100 Never-Ending Pasta Pass requires a valid photo ID every single time of use. The passes are personalized, non-transferable, and strictly enforced. Yet the same people who think that's perfectly reasonable fight like hell against basic voter ID for actual elections. Pat tears into the double standard and shows why this one hits so hard. Regular Americans live with common sense every day — you need an ID to buy beer, fly on a plane, check into a hotel, or pick up medicine. But somehow proving who you are to vote is treated like an impossible burden by some politicians. This Olive Garden pasta pass ID policy perfectly proves the elite hypocrisy and institutional failure we have all been seeing. Pat also covered: AOC is back and backing El-Sayed for Congress. Congrats to Spain for taking the W on the FIFA World Cup. Another round of attacks against Iran — what's next? Is John Fetterman about to switch to the GOP? Van Jones is COMPLETELY done with the progressive Democrats. Do you think a restaurant should have stricter rules than our polling places? What's the most ridiculous “no ID required” situation you have seen lately? Drop it in the comments. If you want unfiltered truth and common-sense analysis that cuts through the noise, hit subscribe and turn on notifications. 00:00 Pat Gray UNLEASHED! 01:03 WELCOME BACK, KEITH!!! 01:19 Spain Wins the FIFA World Cup! 02:55 President Trump Hands Spain their Trophy & Medals 03:56 Trump's Thoughts on Spain Two Weeks Ago 05:38 Europeans Returning Home from the World Cup 08:39 New Pat Gray BINGO! Sheet 13:02 The Odyssey is a Box Office SUCCESS! 16:37 U.S. Strikes against Iran Over the Weekend 23:17 What is China Planning??? 30:16 Caller Mike 32:00 Fat Five 45:03 Caller Rob 47:00 Another (Fake) Mitch McConnell Sighting 48:50 Keith Shares some Photos from His Trip 51:46 Olive Garden's Endless Pasta Pass REQUIRES AN ID?! 53:05 List of Things that Require an ID 55:44 Endless Pasta Pass VS. SAVE America Act 56:17 Mark Warner Caught Lying about Virginia Voter ID 59:06 FLASHBACK: AOC on the Filibuster 1:00:00 Bill Maher on the DSA 1:01:24 Bill Maher on the State of the Democrat Party 1:02:47 John Fetterman is Disgusted with Democrats 1:06:08 Andy Burnham Replaces Keir Starmer as Prime Minister 1:06:40 Emma Vigeland on Graham Platner's Political Collapse 1:08:04 AOC at Rally for Abdul El-Sayed 1:09:26 Abdul El-Sayed Calls Out Chuck Schumer 1:10:08 Zul Mohamed Does Not Support U.S. Veterans?! 1:12:45 Van Jones on How The Left has Gone Mad 1:19:54 Zohran Mamdani on Democratic Socialism 1:20:59 Zohran Mamdani on Illegal Immigration 1:21:59 What will Zohran Mamdani Do to Benjamin Netanyahu??? 1:25:20 Maine Senate Race Candidate Ashley Webb 1:31:54 Caller Ken Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Argentina suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Spain to close out the World Cup, but the only thing more embarrassing than the loss was the team's behavior afterward. Barstool's Kayce Smith joins Will & The Crew to break down the post-match melee before tackling a surprisingly difficult question: Is AOC actually as dumb as she seems? Plus, Kayce and Will react to Hasan Piker delivering a Hitler-esque speech in a Mao Zedong costume, the drama over airport cancellation fees at President Donald J. Trump International Airport, and Olive Garden somehow becoming the face of voter ID. Subscribe to ‘Will Cain Country' on YouTube here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch Will Cain Country!⁠⁠⁠ Follow ‘Will Cain Country' on X (⁠⁠⁠@willcainshow⁠⁠⁠), Instagram (⁠⁠⁠@willcainshow⁠⁠⁠), TikTok (⁠⁠⁠@willcainshow⁠⁠⁠), and Facebook (⁠⁠⁠@WillCainNews) Follow Will on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WillCain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carrington Harrison starts the final hour with Eric Edholm of Yahoo Sports to talk all things NFL. Also, what happened at Taco Bell and Olive Garden?

Aaron McIntire covers the U.S. military's response after Iranian strikes on a base in Jordan left two American service members dead and one missing, plus new Iranian attacks on Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan over the weekend. He digs into a $60 billion wave of U.S. business deals with Iraq aimed at building alternative oil shipping routes around the Strait of Hormuz. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz continues defending his pardon of a convicted child rapist, and Aaron reacts to Tom Homan's compromise plan requiring ICE agents to wear body cameras within two months. He also covers a viral Olive Garden customer service exchange over its Never Ending Pasta Pass ID policy, and a widely mocked answer from Maine Senate candidate Ashley Webb about her qualifications for office. Aaron closes by highlighting Bill Maher and Senator John Fetterman's blunt criticism of their own party's drift toward figures like streamer Hasan Piker.

Howie starts the hour continuing to talk about the left's reaction to President Trump's speech. Then, the Democrats are being mocked today because Olive Garden, which brought back its "Never Ending Pasta" promotion, has made it clear you'll need an ID to collect your pasta. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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