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This episode, as Becky Mccoy might say ,is not for the faint hearted. It takes a hard look a everyone's fear, death of our love ones. This is a realty of live that we need to be able to handle and somehow move on. If you are grieving or know someone that is you may find this episode useful on your journey.Becky L McCoy is an engaging writer and speaker on spiritual formation who helps women who are disillusioned with their faith bravely face difficult life circumstances with tenderness. Becky speaks from experience, but is relatable and lighthearted, even when talking about the most challenging and painful moments in life.As a young widow who has processed her own grief, learned to live with anxiety and depression, and adjusted her perspective on what it means to suffer, Becky earned a Masters in Christian Theology and Spiritual Formation and uses these experiences and tools to guide women in discovering gentle, trauma informed ways of being and believing.Becky's work has been featured in The Mighty, (in)courage, Babble, and other publications and podcasts as well as Great Day Connecticut on the local news channel WFSB. She has taught workshops and led sessions for Hope*Writers, Jeff Goins' Mastermind Group, and Writer's Retreat at God's Whisper Farm as well as presented at local public schools and regional colleges and churches. Becky currently serves the Brian Dagle Foundation, a non-profit for grief support and suicide prevention, as the Communications & Outreach Coordinator, offers training in the QPR suicide prevention method, and hosts the podcast Sucker Punched as well as BRAVE together virtual retreats and live events.Becky Mccoy;s Sites:Website: https://beckylmccoy.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beckylmccoyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/beckylmccoyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckylmccoy/Threads: https://www.threads.com/@beckylmccoyOTR sites:Podcast Website: https://bobadleman.wixsite.com/otrmentalhealthMail: OvertheRainbowbob@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/otrachievingmentalhealhfrInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/over_the_rainbow_achieving Twitter: https://twitter.com/overtherain1bownYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChEYTddPDUaiZbFliit1r5Q

Chaz and AJ were reading a report about the massive travel numbers expected this weekend, but questioned the legitimacy of the findings. The Tribe called in to set them straight. (0:00)   Chaz went to meet Jeff Warshaw, the CEO of Connoisseur Media yesterday, and embarassed himself by getting into an accident in the parking lot. (11:18)  In Dumb Ass News, a man's viral graduation moment caused AJ to have an aneurysm ranting about it. (17:02)  WFSB's Scot Haney is clearly stressing out a little about his vacation with longtime friends this weekend. (21:58)  Chaz and AJ took some time this morning to highlight the meaning of Memorial Day, as Dan Garritta was on to share the stories and remember the names of some local military service members. (30:16)   Boss Keith was in for his weekly Top 5, ahead of his favorite long weekend of the year. His list all about the local stories he's cranked up about, from mushrooms, to handcuffs and prentending to care about the Indiana Pacers. (39:32)  Photo credit: Getty Images

It's Monday, May 12th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus Chinese Communists order Christian media to publish propaganda China's only legal church, the Communist Party-controlled Three Self Patriotic Movement, has been ordered to publish more communist propaganda including President Xi Jinping's thoughts and teachings in its so-called “Christian” media, reports Bitter Winter. But Exodus 20:16 warns, “You shall not bear false witness.” Biden denied cognitive decline, claimed voters are sexist for electing Trump Last Thursday, former President Joe Biden, and former First Lady Jill Biden, appeared on ABC's “The View.” Whoopi Goldberg asked about the now famous debate debacle. GOLDBERG: “You know, what freaked everybody out? was that debate. BIDEN: “Yep.” GOLDBERG: “It wasn't a great night. It was a bad night.” BIDEN: “Terrible night.” GOLDBERG: “and everybody lost their mind.” BIDEN: “Yep.” GOLDBERG: “This is what started … BIDEN: “Yep.” GOLDBERG: “… both sides with this, ‘Oh, he can't do this. This needs to stop.' Why do you think that caught fire? Why do you think people bought into it, especially the Democrats?” JOE BIDEN: “The Democratic Party at large didn't buy into it, but the Democratic leadership and some of the very significant contributors did. I'm going to say something outrageous. I've not lost many debates in my life. I've been pretty good at doing that. I was sick. No excuse. I had a bad, bad night.” Alyssa Griffin asked about his mental competence. GRIFFIN:  “Mr. President, since you left office, there have been a number of books that have come out, deeply sourced from Democratic sources, that claim in your final year there was a dramatic decline in your cognitive abilities. What is your response to these allegations? Or are these sources wrong?” JOE BIDEN: “There are wrong. There's nothing to sustain that.” Jill Biden weighed in as well. JILL BIDEN: “The people who wrote those books were not in the White House with us, and they didn't see how hard Joe worked every single day. I mean he'd get up, he'd put in a full day, and then at night, I'd be in bed reading my book, and he was still on the phone, reading his briefings, working with staff. I mean, it was nonstop. Joe worked really hard. I think he was a great president. If you look at things today, give me Joe Biden any time.” GRIFFIN: “Mr. President, just to follow up on this, some of the reporting is that people like your former president, you served under Barack Obama, George Clooney, a long-time supporter of yours -- a major Democratic donor, Chuck Schumer, your dear friend Nancy Pelosi, also had expressed concerns about your ability to do the job for four more years. Can I ask what your relationship is with President Obama and how you address those concerns that they raised?” JOE BIDEN: “The only reason I got out of the race was because I didn't want to have a divided Democratic Party. It's a simple proposition. So that's why I got out of the race. I thought it was better to put the country ahead of my interest, my personal interest.” Sara Haines asked about Kamala's election loss. HAINES: “Why do you think the Vice President lost? And were you surprised?” JOE BIDEN: “I wasn't surprised, not because I didn't think the Vice President's not the most qualified person to be president. She is. She's qualified to be president of the United States of America. I wasn't surprised because they went the route of, the sexist route, all the whole route. I mean, this is a woman. She's this, she's that. Really, I've never seen quite as successful and a consistent campaign undercutting the notion that a woman couldn't lead the country and a woman of mixed race.” And Alyssa Griffin asked about Trump's landslide election to a second term. GRIFFIN: “Well, Mr. President, you had previously said that you thought that you would have won. Since then, Donald Trump won all the battleground states and made inroads with almost every major demographic, from working class voters to Hispanic men to black men. Knowing what you know now, do you think you would have beat him?” JOE BIDEN: “Yeah, he still got 7 million fewer votes. A lot of people didn't show up, number one, Number two: They're very close in those, those toss up states. It wasn't a slam dunk.” Charlotte viewer objects to Biden's Preserve-My-Legacy Tour Jack Acuff of Charlotte, North Carolina, sounded off in a fascinating  Facebook video post. ACUFF: “Somebody tell me:  'Why Jill Biden keeps dragging Joe out for these TV appearances and making a bad situation worse?' “Did you see him on ‘The View' this week? It was sad. It's the Preserve-My-Legacy Tour and the ‘Stick-it-to-Obama-and-George-Clooney-and-Nancy-Pelosi Tour, where he repeats again that he could have won, that Americans only chose not to vote for her because she's a minority and a woman, and we're racist and misogynist, and that he is ready to go at any minute.” Trump fully defunds pro-abortion UN Population Fund The Trump administration has fully implemented the defunding of the United Nations Population Fund, an agency which promotes abortions worldwide, reports LifeNews.com.   Specifically, Trump pulled $335 million in taxpayer funds from the pro-abortion United Nations agency. It's the result of the pro-life executive order Trump signed in January that prohibits American tax dollars from going to groups that promote or provide coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. Connecticut calls for tough new laws on homeschooling And finally, the state of Connecticut is getting tough with homeschoolers, reports WFSB. Using a couple of cases of egregious child abuse, the Connecticut Office of Child Advocate commissioned a report which advocates new legislation.  It's entitled “A Review of Children Withdrawn from School for Equivalent Instruction Elsewhere.” They write, “Currently, parents who wish to withdraw their children from school need do nothing more than assert that they are homeschooling or sending their children to private school. Once a parent does that, there is no further interaction with the public school system required. There is no verification of enrollment in private schools. There is no verification that a child is, in fact, being homeschooled.” The Connecticut Office of Child Advocate says every other New England state requires some form of annual evaluation or assessment.  The report says, “Homeschooling, when done properly, can be a positive experience for children and families. … Nothing in this report is a general criticism of homeschooling nor a suggestion that children should not be homeschooled. Nonetheless, not every parent who withdraws their child for the stated purpose of homeschooling is, in fact, providing their children with an education. Worse, some take advantage of Connecticut's complete lack of oversight to isolate children and abuse them.” Deuteronomy 6:5-7 says, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.  These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.  Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.” Close And that's The Worldview on this Monday, May 12th, in the year of our Lord 2025. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

AJ's Top 10 this morning was the greatest inventions of all time, only a few items didn't quite seem to meet the mark. (0:00)  A school in Hamden is dealing with a nude photo controversy, involving one of their faculty members. Why was Chaz taking so much heat from the Tribe about the story? (25:46)  In Dumb Ass News, a Florida man left his Easter dinner to wrangle an alligator into a garbage can. (42:53)  WFSB's Scot Haney was on the phone with Dana Neves, recently promoted to overseeing 16 stations on the East coast. (47:51) New mom, Ayesheh Mae was on the phone with Chaz and AJ! She missed a few calls this week because of a lack of sleep, but everyone was doing well today. Welcome to the world, Lincoln! (58:09) 

Sam Smink from WFSB discusses the ongoing Waterbury case and maybe an important question in the case should be why DCF didn't conduct check-ups of the kid after being pulled out of school for home schooling. Is this something that could be introduced because of this?

Chaz & AJ spoke with Channel 3 WFSB's Dylan Fearon who was in attendance at the press interview for the Waterbury step-mother's attorney. Dylan's questions were answered by John Kaloidis during the press briefing. Chaz & AJ then went on their own fact-finding mission on the air, employing the tribe to find the obituary of the biological father.

Yesterday, Chaz went to lunch with Connoisseur CEO Jeff Warshaw. Chaz could not remember the names of all the dishes, but loved his time at Himalaya in Newtown. (0:00)  In Dumb Ass News, an airline pilot was fired for doing drugs, but the highlight here was the computer robot AI voice dictating the news article. (7:15) WFSB's Scot Haney has big thoughts about the new Wicked movie, and was surprised when someone on the show had seen the movie before. (16:53)  Kevin, Director of Operations from Frank Pepe's called in after hearing Chaz and AJ talk about all the things they wish they could give to the Waterbury captive for free. Kevin agreed, and immediately decided to offer a lifetime card for Pepe's, if he wants it.  (26:01) 

Chaz and AJ spoke to defense attorney John Kaloidis, who is representing the stepmom accused with imprisoning her stepson for more than 20 years. The neglect and abuse seems readily apparent, but neighbor Suzette was on to say she never saw anything out of the norm.  Photo courtesy: WFSB 

Channel 3 WFSB's Scot Haney was on the phone with Chaz and AJ to talk about some commercials that will never leave his memory. Plus, the co-worker Scot would go after if he were not gay. (0:00)  Micaela Sweeney, a bartender from the Salty Dog in Southington went viral on social media, and called Chaz and AJ to talk about the online response. (18:50)   Comedian Anthony Rodia was on the phone this morning, despite having 4 sold-out shows in the state. He talked to Chaz and AJ about the expensive Super Bowl squares he participates in each year. (32:53)  In Dumb Ass News, a massive fight broke out at a Waffle House, that had employees throwing ceramic plates at patrons. (49:24)   Boss Keith's Top 5 (no longer sponsored) was a positive list today! He shared the 5 things he thinks has made life better in recent years, and still found a way to yell at everyone about Venmo. (55:21)

Chaz and AJ asked the Tribe which cars have the worst drivers, and got a wide range of answers. DOT spokesperson Josh Morgan was able to hit the number one vehicle with little hesitation. (0:00)  Channel 3 WFSB's Scot Haney was on the phone with Chaz and AJ this morning to talk about his Valentine's Day plans, and how he was able to lose over 30 pounds. (13:40)  A Waterbury police officer is recovering after being shot during an investigation, and a neighbor witnessed some of the incident. Rob Rotondo was on the phone to share what he heard and what he saw. (31:34)  "Becoming Led Zeppelin" is in theaters today, and director Bernard MacMahon was on the phone to talk about the five years he spent putting the film together. (42:45)  Boss Keith had his Top 5 takeaways from the Super Bowl, and someone everything came back to Tom Brady. (50:38) 

Chaz and AJ were talking about their prep for the Super Bowl this weekend, and AJ has spent a lot of time thinking about his sandwich order. (0:00)  Jiaoying Summers was in studio for her first time, and got to meet WFSB's Scot Haney, who was on the phone. It was an in-studio guest record for uses of the dump button. (14:09)  Jiaoying Summers shared the story of meeting her boyfriend, who needed a few extra hints that she was interested in him. (25:04) 

Where can you find the best taco on the planet? Chaz, after sharing a lunch with Connoisseur Media CEO Jeff Warshaw, thinks it is right here in Connecticut. (0:00) Comedian Dom Fig was in with Chaz and AJ for Dumb Ass News, which was certainly not fit for kids this morning. (6:26)  WFSB's Scot Haney was on the phone with Chaz and AJ this morning, and took some fashion advice from the most unlikely of places, Al in the Shed. (12:20) Mark Andrews of the Baltimore Ravens might always be remembered for the dropped ball, that ended the team's season. The Tribe called in with their not-so-great mometns they are remembered for, including the dreaded wetting of pants during class. (19:51)  Whitney Houston's actual bodyguard, David Roberts, was on the phone with Chaz and AJ. He refused to talk about some stories from his new book on the air, so he got the Chaz treatment. (28:21)  Boss Keith was in again for his Top 5, which was a list of the things people say to him that annoy him the most. (43:03) 

Joe Zone from WFSB was on with Chaz and AJ this morning, to talk about one exciting weekend of football. The College Football playoffs and championship will conclude, as the NFL's Wild Card weekend is just starting. (0:00)  Scot Haney was on with Chaz and AJ for his first call of 2025, and got a full update on AJ's health. Plus, some discussion on vacations and the L.A. fires. (12:30)  Comedians Felipe Esparza and Butch Esconbar were in studio with Chaz and AJ this morning, where Felipe talked about returning to smoking weed, after he stopped for a long time because of his other drug use. Plus, the Tribe called in their stories of scars and injuries following some nights of partying. (23:25)  Boss Keith was in for his first Top 5, which was the resolutions he considered for 2025, before settling on one he has already tried. (45:31) 

On this Sunday's edition of News You Can Use on WTIC Newstalk 1080 at 5:30 AM and 9:00 AM, host Ann Baldwin is joined by friend and colleague, Susan Raff, Chief Capital Reporter at WFSB Channel 3. In this episode, it's all about the news industry: the current state of the news, the challenges faced in an ever-evolving media landscape, and how technology is changing the way we connect with the news. In addition to stories from Ann and Susan's careers, be sure to tune in to hear a reflection on the life and legacy of Gov. M. Jodi Rell and WFSB's recent coverage of her funeral this past week.

Comedian Dom Fig was in studio with Chaz and AJ for Dumb Ass News, where a teacher in Florida was arrested after bring weed, sex toys, and snacks to an Elementary School. (0:00)  WFSB's Scot Haney was on the phone with Chaz and AJ to talk about his OGees performance next Friday at the Toy Drive. The crew went through the individual vocal performances, and noticed something different about AJ's contribution. (5:21)  The Tribe called in to share their stories about road rage fights, or the weapons they keep in their cars in case of road rage. Some rage moments at the gas pumps, brass knuckles, copper pipes, and one crazy lady swinging a horseshoe. Plus, Jim's insane story of ripping the door off of a movie theater and smashing the windows in on a woman's car. (12:55)  Matt from The Water Doctor was on the phone to talk about the Toy Drive, since they are sponsoring the stage this year. He will not be doing a song or a dance the morning of the broadcast, though. (33:11)  Everyone's favorite yelling boss, Boss Keith, was in studio to share his Top 5 for the week. The list this week was about technology that does not help our daily lives, and a  lot of complaints about his mother's cell phone problems. (36:36)

Chaz and AJ opened the show with a lot of frustration. Some from the proposed rate hike by Eversource, and some by the "fight" between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. (0:00)  WFSB sport guy, Joe Zone was on with Chaz and AJ this morning to handle Top 10 duties, but also to recap the Mike Tyson fight. Joe's Top 10 was the greatest boxers of his lifetime. (12:40) Friday night in West Haven turned violent, at a high school football team. Sergeant Allard from the West Haven PD was on the phone to explain how things started, and why identifying those that participated is so difficult. (27:29)  Chaz and AJ asked the Tribe to call in their car accident stories. One father thinks his daughter may actually hold a world record of some kind. (42:56) 

Boss Keith entered the box this morning at 6 AM, for the final 3-hour stint of the Battle of the Box. Chaz and AJ did not reveal the song he'd be listening to until after his Vince Berry intro, and he sat down to start the shift. (0:00)  Fox 61's Matt Scott was on the phone to recap his time in the box from last night, enduring 2 hours of DeBarge. Plus, the difficulty he had trying to interview Chaz for a live hit, shortly after he walked into the box. (7:38)  WFSB's Scot Haney called in to talk about the Battle of the Box, and agreed to join Chaz for a 24-hour shift in 2025, if a certain donation threshold could be met. (20:28)  Boss Keith had to endure more than just Tom Jones' "What's New, Pussycat?" for three hours, as flutes and piccolos showed up, and the Rum Runners played a special parody song just for him. John Pierson from News 8 was on site to help with the play-by-play for Chaz and AJ. (36:53)  Keith finally exits the box, and Ruth tallies all of the donations for each and every participant. Are Chaz and Scot Haney going to be spending 24 hours in a box together next year? (54:22) 

Fox 61's Matt Scott was on the phone with Chaz and AJ this morning to talk about his time in the box tomorrow, on site at McDermott Chevrolet and Lexus of New Haven. Plus, Boss Keith needs a song for his time Friday morning in the box. (0:00)  Suggestions continued to roll in from the Tribe for Keith's torture song, and two Connecticut natives made Dumb Ass News. (13:40)  WFSB's Caitlin Francis and Marcy Jones were the first to be subjected to the box. Vince Berry was live on site for their entry, while Caitlin and Marcy endured Raffi's "Bananaphone." (20:14)   Today's Stump the Chumps topic was Home Alone trivia, since Marcy Jones is a superfan, and has just about memorized the movie. (41:22) 

Chaz and AJ have decided to keep AJ out the box this year, and instead will deploy a rotating schedule of guests in 2-hour shifts. Ruth, Caitlin Francis from WFSB, and Matt Scott from Fox 61 all agreed to participate this year. The quest now is to find the songs that will annoy them.  Photo credit: Caitlin Francis 

Cassidy Hutchinson from WFSB discusses her latest series.

This year, a big change is being made to the "AJ in the Box" event; AJ will not be participating. So, instead there is expected to be a rotating cast of guests to help raise money for the Toy Drive. Scot Haney from Channel 3 cannot commit to the schedule, but thinks he found the perfect replacement, with another reporter from WFSB. (0:00)  Chaz and AJ asked the Tribe to call in their "insult to injury" stories. This all started earlier this week with a call from Al in the Shed, who admitted to accidentally running over his daughter with the car, then yelling at her. (9:11)  In Dumb Ass News, Chaz and AJ covered a story about an assault committed with a Hot Pocket. Irish comedian Keego was in studio as well. (24:14) 

WFSB's Joe Zone called in to Chaz and AJ to pile on the Yankees, who completely choked away Game 5 in the World Series. (0:00)   Live Nation's Jimmy Koplik was on with Chaz and AJ to talk about Halloween, one of his favorite holidays. Jimmy admitted this is not a big day to book concerts, but there have been some memorable shows in the past. Plus, a little information on some show he's put on his wishlist, including Iron Maiden, Billy Idol and more. (5:32)  Tribe member Billy on the road was on the phone with Chaz and AJ to help them in Stump the Chumps, which was all about Friday the 13th trivia. (31:07)

WFSB's Joe Zone was on the phone this morning to share the grim reality that is the Yankees lineup in the World Series. (0:00)  Ashley Baylor from News 8 called in to talk about the Monster's Ball, and her iconic metal cat scream. Plus, the problem that pet adoption and rescue agencies are facing state-wide. (9:56)  The Tribe called in their general knowledge trivia questions to Stump the Chumps, which included questions about everything from trick-or-treating, to the Earth's circumference and candy bars. (22:56)  

A woman destroyed $1,000 worth of Halloween decorations for no apparent reason. The news story of her rampage was covered during Chaz and AJ Dumb Ass News. (0:00)  AJ called in live from Bridgeport Hospital this morning, with an update on his health. He was not at the Monster's Ball on Friday, but sounded much better this morning on the phone. However, the details of his diagnosis were pretty gnarly. (7:38)  John Pierson from News 8 was on the phone to talk about the Yankees, and all they will need to do to mount a World Series comeback. Plus, Live Nation's Jimmy Koplik on the passing of Phil Lesh at age 84. (16:56) WFSB vice president and general manager Dana Neves was studio with Chaz and AJ this morning. Dana shared her story of starting in news as an intern at WFSB, bouncing to ESPN, and what it was like when Scot Haney was first hired at Channel 3. (32:24) 

WFSB's Scot Haney was on the phone with Chaz and AJ to talk about his Hall of Fame induction, the weather this weekend, and AJ's history of stomach problems as he was calling in live from the office bathroom. (0:00)  Comedian Adam Ferrara and his longtime friend Joe Curry were in studio with Chaz and AJ for Dumb Ass News. They shared their story of finding comedy together, after working at a fence company. (17:43)  Boss Keith came in for his Top 5 list wearing a Red Sox shirt, and then told everyone to leave him alone tonight at the Monster's Ball (unless you look like Sydney Sweeney.) (25:54)

Chaz and AJ invited Michael Killen to handle the Top 10 duties this morning, since he's in charge of no less than 8 different fantasy football teams. These are the top pet peeves of draft night. (0:00)  In Dumb Ass News, a doctor is in trouble for forgetting to wear his hearing aids, and ignoring his screaming patient during a colonoscopy. (15:32)  Dylan Fearon from WFSB was in studio, and Greg Thomas who is in charge of promtions at Channel 3 was on the phone to talk about Saturday's event. Chaz has taken the reigns on a full-day, free concert to benefit Community Rising and the families affected by flooding damage. Plus, what is everyone binge watching right now? (24:14)  Children playing in a field has enraged the HOA, and comedian Donnell Rawlings called in with some surprise karaoke. Damien Speranza was in studio with Chaz and AJ as well. (35:50)

A ton of cars, trucks and vehicles were washed away in the flooding this past Sunday. Chaz and AJ wanted to know who is in charge of getting these vehicles out of buildings, wooded areas and more. John Weid is that man, who also was part of the viral rescue efforts by Beacon Hose at Brookside. (0:00)  WFSB's Scot Haney was on the phone with Chaz and AJ this morning, to hear about last night's thank you party to first responders, and announced the dinner auction, to benefit residents. Chaz, AJ and Scot will all be attedning the dinner with the winning bidder. (10:49)  WFSB'd Dylan Fearon was in Oxford last night for the first responder party at Quarry Walk, and was on with Chaz and AJ this morning to talk about the incredible event, and sympathized with AJ over getting lost on Oxford roads. Plus, David Morgan from TEAM Inc. called in share more information about the money needed to make "Community Rising" work, and how it will directly help the communities in need. (27:05)   Some big time donors lined up immediately after hearing David Morgan, including Mike Burton from Sandy Hook Fire, Joe, who saw his nephew Luca helped by generous donations this past winter by a fundraiser at the Hamden ice rink, Jonathan Carbutti, Rick from K&J Tree Service, Amy Stefanowski, and Don Shubert from the CCIA. (41:46) 

Gary from Brookside restaurant was on with Chaz and AJ this morning. Brookside was at the very center of the most devastating flooding, and yet Gary is optimistic about opening the restaurant again sooner than most could imagine. (0:00) Janet Morgan is the Fire Marshal and Fire Chief of Woodbury. She was on to express concern and frustration over people continuing to drive through barriers of closed roads in town, where flooding damage has made the roads unsafe. Plus, Naugatuck Mayor Pete Hess shared some information for those in town with storm damage, so they can increase their chances of getting the most money possible in federal aid. (5:42) Stacey was on to talk about the flooding damage and devastation her family has experienced. Her parents have lost their home in Newtown due to intense flooding, and was deemed to be a total loss. (18:01) An update from Randi, who had her home collapse in Oxford after the flooding. Randi shared a miraculous moment in all of this, the sonogram from over three years ago, pregnant with her son, was recovered on the beach in Westport. (25:47) Dylan Fearon from WFSB called in with his first hand account of meeting Randi, and the neighbors in Oxford who have all banded together following destructive flooding that has destroyed much of the street. (34:17) Tom Haynes has graciously offered a lot of space at Quarry Walk for Randi, and others who have been most affected by the flooding in the community. (38:01) Images Courtesy Of Claudia Chapman 

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Chaz & AJ welcomed Channel 3's Dylan Fearon and comedian Colin Pasquarella in-studio to discuss their pet peeves, and took calls from the Tribe to add to the list.  Many everyday frustrations were vented!

In Dumb Ass News, a man tried to cut off his own feet (!!) with a hatchet to claim insurance, but it didn't work. (0:00)  WFSB's Scot Haney was on the phone with his mom this morning. She doesn't hear so well, but had a lot of fun talking to Chaz and AJ, anyway. (5:25)  Even following a loss, UConn tickets are quite expensive right now. Channel 3's Joe Zone was on with Chaz and AJ to talk about the Huskies big matchup with Villanova. (12:50)  Bar Rescue's Jon Taffer was on the phone briefly, to talk about his biggest fail happening in Connecticut. Ruth has acutally been to this bar, and shared her experience inside. (19:35)  Boss Keith felt Chaz and AJ got it wrong this week, talking about the worst love songs ever. So, his Top 5 list, was the "correct" songs they should have mentioned. (29:15)  

Dumb Ass News - Comedian Vince Berry joined Chaz and AJ for a story about a perp who escaped police, while dressed like cookie monster. (0:00) WFSB's Scot Haney responded to an imaginary, hilarious scenario proposed by Chaz's wife, Jennifer. (3:06) The Tribe has more experience with smuggling than anyone could have imagined. Chaz and AJ took calls about smuggling things into concerts, into jail, and even a stripper into the hospital. (14:53) Boss Keith's Top 5 list this week seemed like a thinly-veiled excuse to bust on AJ for a big lie he thought he was telling on the air. (29:47) Image Credit: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Connoisseur Media CEO Jeff Warshaw was on to talk Super Bowl snacks, and the specific food request he's got for Sunday. (0:00) WFSB's Scot Haney instead of talking football, we were treated to an imagining of Scot as a country music star. (4:24) NFL Agent Joe Linta represents players on both teams, the Chiefs and 49ers. So who is he rooting for, and which prop bet is he willing to put money on? (11:01) Sports guy Jason Page was teased with a little taste of home, as Kevin from Pepe's was in studio for National Pizza Day. Then, more Super Bowl bets, including the big payoff on a $100 bet Jason thinks is likely to happen. (26:52) Boss Keith was in studio for his Top 5 Super Bowl things. He hates both teams, so is rooting for the Patriots (?) and their legacy to remain intact. (40:45)

How much are Super Bowl tickets this year? Safe to say, tickets will be more than last year and the "Taylor Swift effect" is not helping the average fan. (0:00) Dumb Ass News - A man in Florida was arrested after throwing a chocolate egg at a cashier, and hitting him in the forehead. (14:31) The Tribe called in their stories of attending Super Bowls in past years, and the expensive tickets they regret paying for today. (21:08) WFSB's Mike Slifer was in studio to share an unbelievable story about a winning lotto ticket, on Christmas no less! The whole story is full of crazy details, and Chaz and AJ had the Tribe call in their stories that made them ask, "What are the chances?" (27:31)

A church collapse in New London has made headlines, though thankfully, it seems no one has been injured. Chaz and AJ spoke with fire chief Tom Curcio about the initial call, and how they put together a game plan to search for the injured. (0:00) Dumb Ass News - An Amish family had their horse and buggy stolen at a WalMart. (13:40) WFSB's Scot Haney was on with a look into this weekend's weather (more rain!) and then talked about a woman who recently claimed the Guinness World Record for the longest arm hair. (21:04) Boss Keith's Top 5! First, some complaints about his winless basketball team, then complaints about the disgusting "icks" people do in their every day lives. (30:06) Image Credit: Violetastock / iStock / Getty Images Plus

Tolland Town Manager and former Hartford detective Brian Foley was on with a summary of the entire Fotis Dulos crime saga, leading to today's Michelle Traconis trial. (0:00)  Producer Phil will be taking paternity leave in March, and Chaz & AJ try to get to know the substitute producer Justin. (12:49)  Comedian Jimmy Cash sits in-studio, and WFSB meteorologist Scot Haney joins in by phone to discuss weather, the New England Patriots and to also ask some questions of substitute producer Justin. (19:07)  Tribe members call in to Chaz & AJ to share experiences they've had or witnessed that are hillbilly, white trash, redneck and/or any combination thereof. (29:15)   Boss Keith sits in with Chaz & AJ to share his weekly Top 5 list - "Top Five Annoyances of 2024 (Already)" (46:31) 

WFSB's Scot Haney was on the phone to talk about his performance with AJ at the Toy Drive as the OGees, and his beef with Andrea Bocelli. (0:00)  The best of the worst from 2023, a countdown of the five funniest flubbles from a year of radio. (11:53)  Boss Keith was in to do his top 5 predictions for next year, taste test some Christmas Crack cookies, and complain about his Toy Drive bit on the zip line. (18:31) See you all again in 2024! 

A plague of robberies has struck delivery drivers in New Haven, so Chaz and AJ asked the Tribe to share their stories of daily delivery driver difficulties. (0:00)  In Dumb Ass News, comedian Dom Fig joined in studio to talk about the lawyer who got busted for pooping in Pringles cans. (13:18)  WFSB's Scot Haney was on the phone to talk about the OGees performance a week from now, and talked about his new weather tool, "The Static Meter." (21:07)  Shot, or been shot? Chaz and AJ asked the Tribe to share their experiences being shot at, after reading a story about a man who was shot at for not sharing chips. (31:24)  Tom Cantone from Mohegan Sun was on with Chaz and AJ to talk about the special seats being auctioned off on Monday, all to benefit the Toy Drive. (36:22)  

Welcome back to Analyze Scripts, where a psychiatrist and a therapist analyze what Hollywood gets right and wrong about mental health. Today, we are joined by WFSB morning show anchor, Nicole Nalepa, to discuss season 3 of "The Morning Show." In this season we see a different Alex Levy and discuss if people with narcissism can change. We get to see Cory's mom which gives us such great information for answering the age old question of nature versus nurture. Bradley and her brother continue to give us strong family dynamics to discuss and we finish up with the impact of power and money on a person's personality. Nicole answers all our questions about what goes on behind the scenes at a morning show (like what time she wakes up and if she does her own hair and makeup). Nicole also shares how she practices self care while covering traumatic stories and events. We hope you enjoy! Instagram TikTok Website Watch on Youtube Mommyhood Unscripted Dr. Katrina Furey: Hi, I'm Dr. Katrina Fieri, a psychiatrist. Portia Pendleton LCSW: And I'm Portia Pendleton, a licensed clinical social worker. Dr. Katrina Furey: And this is Analyze Scripts, a podcast where two shrinks analyze the depiction of mental health in movies and TV shows. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Our hope is that you learn some legit info about mental health while feeling like you're chatting with your girlfriends. Dr. Katrina Furey: There is so much misinformation out there and it drives us nuts. Portia Pendleton LCSW: And if someday we pay off our student loans or land a sponsorship, like. Dr. Katrina Furey: With a lay flat airline or a major beauty brand, even better. Portia Pendleton LCSW: So sit back, relax, grab some popcorn. Dr. Katrina Furey: And your DSM Five and enjoy. And welcome back for another episode of Analyze Scripts. I'm Dr. Katrina Fury. Of course, I have my friend and colleague Portia Pendleton here and we are so excited to welcome a very special guest, nicole Nalapa, who is the anchor of Connecticut's number one morning newscast, Eyewitness News in the Morning, and the co host of WFSB's newest lifestyle TV show, great Day at Nine A. She came to WFSB in December 2013 and has been waking up Connecticut every weekday morning since. She wears many hats at channel three. Her newest role began in September 2022 when she was named the co host of Great Day at Nine A. Alongside Scott Hanley. She also hosts the weekly franchises, including Family Friday, What's Going On, the Bright Spot, and Three Things You Need to Know. And when you don't. She also has a podcast called Mommyhood Unscripted, which is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, where she tackles some of the biggest topics and least discussed issues surrounding motherhood, which, as a reproductive psychiatrist, I totally love. She's a mama, too and takes listeners along for the ride. And before coming into Connecticut, she did a whole bunch of things. She worked in Springfield, she did a lot of live on scene reporting, she had an Emmy winning newscast aired on CNN, and she also spent several months at CBS in New York, interning for the evening news with Katie Couric. Is that right? Nicole Nalepa: Yes, that's right. Dr. Katrina Furey: So we are so thrilled that she's here, a, because she's super cool, and B, because we're talking about one of our favorite shows, the Morning Show season three. And this is just, like, so exciting to talk to someone who's actually on a morning show, right? Like, I'm just dying to hear what is that? Like, how do you wake up so early? Do you like getting your hair and makeup done every day? Is it like the kardashians where you sit there on your phone and they're just fluttering around you? Do you do your own investigative work? What do they get? Right? Basically, I want to know all the things. Nicole Nalepa: Well, thank you so much, ladies, for having me on your podcast. I'm so excited to be here. And, yeah, it is exciting to talk about a show that has to do with this industry because so often I always say to my coworkers we have had so many laughs and so many funny moments and also emotional moments both in front of the camera and behind the scenes. So I always say this would make a great reality show but it's hard to right? Because in the news industry you need to be as unbiased as possible. But I swear we are real human beings. We go to the bathroom, we do everything else that you guys do. Dr. Katrina Furey: No way. Nicole Nalepa: But no, it was fun. I loved in The Morning Show came out, I was really excited. And of course, I Have to Admit, I Had a very hypercritical eye, too, because whenever you see I mean, obviously the process of how things happen, but whenever you see people who are trying to portray anchors or reporters, you have that anchorman like, Good Morning, San Diego. And that was the one thing when I Got Into business, I look back at my Old reels and old clips and stuff when I First Started out, and I said, oh, little Nicole, she was trying to be older and tried to get that news voice, and we were all feeling it out. Everyone does when you're starting out in the business. But I remember at Some point, something clicked. I think it was when I got here to Connecticut. At that point, because I had a few reps in, in Springfield, I was actually hired as a traffic anchor. Technically, here in Connecticut, I was going to be a reporter. But then their traffic anchor was leaving, and then they said, hey, you should work with this guy, Scott Haney. You know, the guy that ate cat vomit off the bottom of his shoe, alive on air. And I'm like, what? Well I've never heard of this guy but he know the most beloved meteorologist and on air talent probably in the state of Connecticut. I had no idea of his legacy until I got here from Massachusetts and I said wow, now I get know this is like the magic and at that know, doing traffic it was all ad living. I didn't have a teleprompter so I really had to think on my feet and working alongside him he's so zany and crazy and unpredictable in the best way possible and definitely in an unconventional news way. I would say that nothing is rehearsed, nothing is fake even in the newsroom excuse me, in the morning show and the newsroom, that's another great show too. They also have those fake laughs you see they're trying to elicit those emotions but they schedule it in I remember saying to myself I never want to fake anything. I don't want a news anchor voice, I just want to be me and it's work. Dr. Katrina Furey: That's so cool. Tell us a little bit about your take about the morning show like what it's getting right, what it's getting wrong? Nicole Nalepa: Yeah well so the morning show, that's from a network standpoint so that's big time right. That's new York. You're seeing all of these operations. There's a job for everything. There's a person behind the camera, there's a person that's running scripts. There's a person that's running you scripts. There's someone what was it? The anchor producer. Right. Someone's set to just produce the anchor. Dr. Katrina Furey: There's someone there's a junior and a senior one. Nicole Nalepa: Yeah. There's a big hierarchy. Yes. The booker. I wish we had a booker here on a local level, local TV news. It is quite the opposite. And just by way of we basically do five different jobs. That's just kind of how we've adapted into this industry, provided it's changed over the years. Like the that was definitely the heyday of before the World Wide Web really took charge and came through. And these phones, too, right. Have changed the way we get our news. So there were more bodies, I would say in, but I don't know even if you could see in our studio here, I'll turn you around, but we have robotic cameras. We don't have camera guys in our studio. We have literally a system that will tell the camera where to zoom in and who to zoom in on. So we don't have camera guys like the morning show. But obviously in New York, at CBS News, when I was interning there, they have camera that was that was accurate, I would say. And seeing the process. Right. And when breaking news comes in and how they're all kind know, just huddling up really quick. Yeah. How are we going to figure this out? We got to get it on. We got to get it on. That's very accurate. Yeah. Dr. Katrina Furey: How do you wake up so early? Nicole Nalepa: So that's one thing I love, seeing the morning show and how they portray the alarm clock. Right. They're always like and trying to hit. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Snooze and they have to get out of bed. Nicole Nalepa: And I love the shots. Right. The close up shots of them trying to put their shoes in the slippers and making their coffee. And that's very accurate as well. I think to work on a morning show, to some degree, you have to be a morning person. Whether you feel like you're a morning person or not, to some degree, you have to there are some people that can do it, probably, and some people that can't. Some people are more night owls. I worked overnight when I started in the business, and then when I came here to Channel Three, I ended up my shift was shifted. So I think I was working four to twelve when I first started here and then shifted back. And I don't know, to me, going from overnights to getting up early in the morning, I actually got to sleep finally, like when everyone else sleeps, when it starts out. So that was an upgrade for me. It's still tough, though. My alarm goes off at 230, so no 330 alarm like Alex Levy or. Dr. Katrina Furey: Bradley jackson extra hour of sleep. Nicole Nalepa: Wow. Yeah. And she probably has a driver, too. Most networks, they have a driver. They send a car and they drive you to the station. No, I'm driving myself. And I'm doing my own hair and makeup, too. Dr. Katrina Furey: No, it looks great. Yeah, you're really good at it. Nicole Nalepa: Thanks. That's another thing, another little myth I'll dispel. So we don't have any makeup or hair artists. Most local news stations do not. I think New York may still have hair and makeup. Maybe La. And I don't even know if Chicago does anymore. When I was interning in Boston about I mean, this is a little while ago now, but they didn't have hair and makeup. You that was, I think, probably one of the big expenses to go. Dr. Katrina Furey: That takes skill to do on air quality hair and makeup that's different from your everyday hair and makeup. Nicole Nalepa: It is. Dr. Katrina Furey: That's expecting a lot of you to be able to do that and be a journalist. Nicole Nalepa: I call it your clown makeup. I'm like, I have my clown makeup on stronger. Right? Exactly. Because these lights are very bright and you don't want to get washed out, but that's a skill. We do have these image consultants, most stations do, where they'll say, hey, this shade looks really good on you. And they'll show us some makeup tips and just recommendations, which is really helpful. Right. Because it's accentuating the parts right. And the features in your face. So I've learned over the years from multiple consultants at my stations, and it's been really helpful. But you have to have a thick skin, too, because you're looking at your face really early in the morning every day. And I learned that my face is not symmetrical like I always thought it was when I drew myself portraits in school. Dr. Katrina Furey: I think it's pretty rare to have a symmetrical face. Nicole Nalepa: Yeah. Dr. Katrina Furey: But I also appreciated that they were really honing in on how early the characters wake up, because that is hard. I remember in my residency training, doing, like, 24 hours shifts, night shifts, shifting between night shift and day shift, it was so hard on your body. It's just like your circadian rhythm isn't meant to do that. And I remember working overnight in the Er, and it was like, every night right around 03:00 A.m., I would get so cold and tired and hungry, and I had some senior attending tell me, like, well, yeah, your cortisol level drops around this time, so naturally you want to kind of hibernate. And so just thinking about you and watching the show, I'm like, It must be extra hard to wake up at that time. Nicole Nalepa: Yeah. I think before kids, I made it work and didn't get a lot of sleep. And then when I became pregnant, and then after my second pregnancy, I'm like, oh, God, I wasn't sleeping at all. That was the hardest I've ever experienced. So I appreciate my sleep now more so than I did in my 20s, when you remember being in your twenty s and just we can ride this out. We'll catch up on the weekend. I can take a nap when I get home. Dr. Katrina Furey: Yeah. Well so one thing that we thought would be interesting and portia, please chime in. Is, again, one thing that we or I find myself often telling my patients these days. I would say kind of always, but especially since 2020 with COVID and the election and the social unrest in our country and everything going on, we would talk a lot about limiting your news consumption to help limit how much traumatic material you were being exposed to that you're already thinking about throughout the day. And even, like, our diagnostic manual called the DSM, the way they define PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder, changed from version four to version five, which actually came out many years before 2020. But they adjusted it so that people who before then, you had to actually experience the trauma directly to be able to be diagnosed with a trauma disorder. Now they've changed it. So you can either experience it directly, witness it, like, via bystander, or experience it vicariously. And I believe that was done in part to capture a whole lot of other people who are being traumatized. And I know especially, like, in my training, we talked a lot about people in certain professions, like police officers, firefighters, journalists, newscasters, photojournalists, who are like, in the thick of it, like, we see Andre in season three. But I was wondering if you could kind of speak to that, because I feel like you can't limit it. You are reporting on it, and I just think that's got to be so hard. And I wonder, how do you guys take care of each other? How do you take care of yourselves? Is that talked about in the field? Is anyone looking out for you guys in terms of your own mental health? I feel like I hope so. Nicole Nalepa: Yeah, that's a great question. And I think that that's probably a question we don't always get. We always get the what time do you wake up in the morning? But of course, when we think of the serious and the more traumatic things that we cover, we don't always want to go there asking people those questions. Right. But I am so happy to answer that. I can only speak, obviously, from my experience, but from what I have experienced in covering some traumatic stories in particular, actually, the one that comes to mind when you were talking about this is the Boston Marathon bombings. I was there, maybe less than a mile from where they ended up finding the brother underneath the boat that was hiding at the you know, from the moment the bombs went off at the finish know we were wall. To wall coverage, obviously from up until when I got a call in the middle of the night from my news director at the time saying, we're sending you to Watertown. And that's where the staging area is. The brothers know, throwing Molotov cocktails at everyone. And it was just such a scary time knowing, like, okay, well, this is my job and I'm going into it. And I remember sitting at the kitchen table that night and going, I'm going to let my parents know where I'm headed now, because we really didn't know what we were going into. I remember I had my insurance card and really quick before I left in the middle of the night, which, I mean, I was in my mid 20s, little over prepared, I guess I was thinking a little bit ahead, god forbid something were to happen, but you don't know. Yeah, it's very scary. And I remember when the movie about the Boston Marathon bombings came out. I still to this day, haven't seen it. And I'm from I just I feel like I've been there. I lived through it, know, to experience, know what it was like. I don't really want to see a Hollywood adaptation to watch it, but I think that it is so important to keep your mental health in check. That was kind of something for me at the time. That's how I was keeping things in check. I didn't want to expose myself to something that maybe wouldn't make me feel happy watching and reliving again. Right. So I think that in this business, overall, we compartmentalize because that's kind of how you do survive. Some of those tough stories when you're doing those doorknocks, those awful stories where a mother has just lost her child or just awful. I mean, the list goes on. And I think that we tap into a place where we get the facts and we do our darndest to deliver everything that we know and what information is going to help the public. And then I think what you do with that when you go home is really like the ultimate test there. So, for example, with the pandemic, the start of season two on the morning show when they were taking the drone image, my husband and I, he used to be in the news business, too. He was behind the scenes and we both looked at each other and I'm like, I don't want to watch this right now. I love this show. We loved it. And I'm like, I just can't watch it right now. For everyone in their right, that makes me feel so good because I said, what's wrong with me? I love this show. I know that. It's okay. We're here right now. We're okay. Dr. Katrina Furey: Why don't I good grounding, Nicole. Nicole Nalepa: Good grounding. I try, but yeah, I think it's just important to listen to what's not going to make you feel good in your own time, because that's your time, right. And that goes for any job, right? Portia Pendleton LCSW: Totally. Dr. Katrina Furey: I don't know if any workplaces talk about it enough. Like, I know I only know my own experience in medicine, where you're working in the ICU and there's really sick people. You're giving awful news. People are dying. There's codes, and then you just go to lunch, and then you go to the next one. And then even within medicine, there's not a lot of room for, like, who you just witnessed a lot. How are you going to process if there isn't a lot of modeling or anyone kind of checking in? I think, and I hope that that culture is changing. But as I think about that, of course, as a psychiatrist, I'm always thinking about these things. I wonder about other fields and the news in particular. I can never watch the news because every time I turn it on, it's like, happy, happy shooting. Happy, happy fire. It's just like it catches me by surprise. So it's hard. And I just always wonder about when that's your job. That's just got to be hard. And I hope your field also emphasizes that, or is starting to. Nicole Nalepa: I've been very blessed where I've worked for news directors who have checked in on us when we have covered horrific stories, offering support if anyone needs counseling. We've had even comfort dogs that have come in through. I wasn't here in Connecticut when the Newtown the Sandy Hook shootings happened, but I was at Springfield at the time, but I wasn't sent there. I was producing that newscast and anchoring, but I know my husband was sent there as a photographer to cover that. I also know that the photographers here at Channel Three, they were offered anything that they need, any kind of services, because, great, well enough, we don't even need to mention what that can do, right. For anyone who experienced it on any kind of end directly, indirectly. So that is definitely mental health is, I think, like you said, definitely something that's coming to the forefront more. I think the pandemic really opened it up for people who may not have realized that they've been affected by things. Dr. Katrina Furey: We all that trauma, right? Nicole Nalepa: Exactly. It was such a shared collective experience. So I think one of the things that I did to kind of ground myself, because it got to a point where all we were doing right, because everyone was home, nothing was going on. We were just reading the numbers, too, recording what was going on from that standpoint. So there you were, right, like, in the ICU and the medical front of things, seeing the people die, and then we're getting the numbers to report it. So we were, like, both working from different angles, which is crazy when you think about it, right. But we were informing people and helping people in a way. And just with all the heaviness, just that these kinds of things bring, I wanted to create something positive. So I created this segment at the time that was born out of the pandemic called the bright spot. It was all about trying to focus on, okay, let's take a moment now and see what good is going on. This is awful, but what is going on? What good is happening? Anything from the little kids doing these drives or sending messages to the healthcare workers? Everything. There were so many amazing stories, so that kind of helped ground me, too. At least that hard news time as well. And that was like my little baby. And every day I worked really hard to turn out the best positive stories that I could find here in the States. So that was really cool. I hope I'm answering your questions. Dr. Katrina Furey: Definitely. And I think that's so important that, again, it reminds me of the Mr. Rogers quote that, you know, in times of suffering, look for the helpers. Even when things are atrocious, you can find a glimmer somewhere. It can be harder at certain times than other times. But if you can try to find that and hold on to it without forgetting what's going on right. Without repressing that or ignoring it. But you need that as a human to kind of soldier on. Nicole Nalepa: Yeah, absolutely. Portia Pendleton LCSW: And we see kind of a tragic way in which Hannah from season one was not given help and her helper ended up being harmful. But I thought it was beautiful. In season three, in one moment, they all kind of got together and were, like, meeting in the and I was like, oh, why? And then they were all kind of sharing a moment of tribute to Hannah. And I was, you know, that family kind of aspect of being a team in the newsroom, the all of the people who were kind of connected with her. I thought that was just like a really nice moment that they kind of continued to bring her story through season three. Dr. Katrina Furey: Yeah, I was really glad they showed that. And I think, too, with season three, as we sort of transition into talking about that with Nicole. I didn't love season three, I'll be honest, as much as the first two. And I kind of felt like the plot was really similar to succession with the big, rich, fancy tech guy coming in and then all the shenanigans with the shareholders and the board meetings and all the stuff I don't understand. Still great. Love it. But I thought it really spoke to the importance of the news being neutral and for people being able to trust and rely on the news to get their information and how that is something I think, even with all the discourse about TikTok and what's shown on TikTok versus what's shown on your TV. And how do you figure out who to trust and what happens when Elon Musk buys you know, this tech giant buys the news? It really got me thinking. Really? I hadn't really thought about that in any great detail. So it was really interesting commentary on all of that this season. Nicole Nalepa: I like seeing Don Draper. Dr. Katrina Furey: I know. Nicole Nalepa: I love him. Dr. Katrina Furey: Jen Aniston. I was like, they're just beautiful. Portia Pendleton LCSW: I really like the couple like themselves. I was like, they are a good match. Nicole Nalepa: I know. I love to see them. Wow. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Yeah, it was great. Like casting. Dr. Katrina Furey: Yeah, for sure. Portia Pendleton LCSW: So what do you think about because they talked a lot about streaming in season two and three. As right is really on streaming. He believes in it. He wants the streaming service for, like what's it been like for you guys? Kind of navigating having Instagram TikTok even like Facebook. I do follow WFSB. I really quickly love you and Scott Haney. My mom's very excited today that I'm talking to know it's just been a huge shift with news, and I think you guys do a great job. But I imagine the transition after transition, first with COVID like filming at home wearing masks, like having visors up and then having to do more reels, how I think of them on social media. Dr. Katrina Furey: What'S that been like for you guys. Portia Pendleton LCSW: As it compares to the morning show or just in general? Nicole Nalepa: Yeah, I think in general, just with anything, technology changes things, and you got to keep up with things. And as we saw Right in the morning show, how Corey kept pushing, we got to go to streaming, we got to go to UBS Plus. And he was upset, right. That they waited on that. I definitely think the pandemic, just generally speaking with this industry as a whole, we realize that we can do a heck of a lot more on our phones, right. We can stream live and report live from wherever we are. We have capabilities to do that. Like you said, social media, the Facebook live stories, that was huge, right? Doing all of those live stories. And it's so interesting to see this industry shift again. And it's exciting in the sense that we're keeping up with things. We definitely have our pulse on what's new, what's the latest, what's going to reach people, what's going to help people. It means that there's a lot less downtime, not like there was any downtime before. You go into work every day and it's a brand new day. That's what I loved about this industry. Unless if you're working on a special sweep story or something or like a feature story, it's not the same day after day after day, right. Every day is different. Every story is different than the day before, even if it's an update to a follow up to a story. So I think that this has helped continue the dialogue of stories. So when we have what's on air and then we switch to streaming, it's kind of keeping things going and the dialogue going on stories, and it's making sure that viewers know that, hey, we haven't forgotten about this. We're still asking those questions and we're still following up on it right now, so it's not as much of a to be continued dot, dot, dot. It's kind of like, all right, here's what's new. Here's what's happening now, and here's what's happening next. This is the latest that we have at this point in time, and we're busy doing that with all the streams and stuff. To answer your question, I think that it's giving people what they want. And when you think of all the younger generations, now most of them are getting news from their phone more often than not. So if you want to stay relevant and you want to put the important information out there that people need when they wake up in the morning, that's the way to do it. Dr. Katrina Furey: Yeah. That is a lot, though. It's like you're always on. Right. That was one thing this show really captures, is, like, whenever the news breaks, all right, it's time. We got to go figure it out, no matter what's going on. Nicole Nalepa: Yeah. I always say I feel like I'm always in transit, but I always had this personality before I got in this business, so I think I was attracted to that, and it was a great fit for me. Dr. Katrina Furey: Yeah, a lot of adrenaline. Nicole Nalepa: Yes. I always succeeded in chaos, always from a young age. Dr. Katrina Furey: I get that. Nicole Nalepa: So. Yeah, I like that. I like that adrenaline rush. I like being able to help deliver important stuff. And I think that there's such a huge responsibility that comes with that. Because like I was telling you before about the anchor voices and stuff, you have such a huge responsibility delivering certain stories to the people and in a way where you have to be an empathetic person if you really want to reach people. And if you're really feeling it, you just got to say it from the heart when you do it. You know what I mean? I almost, like, in a way, I wanted to reclaim that when I got in this business, too, because it's so hard. What am I trying to say? We grew up watching news anchors and stuff, and then Anchorman comes out, the movie. Right? Will ferrell love it. But it's like, I want I just want people to feel like we're just talking to them, and there's no ego. There's no coming up today. I don't want that. Dr. Katrina Furey: The anchor voice? Nicole Nalepa: Yeah, because people are letting you literally into their homes every day. You're part of their routine. And I have to be honest, I don't really think about that. Like, when we stare into the camera, I'm not thinking about how many people are on the other side of that lens. I'm literally just, like, talking like I would talk to my mom or to a friend hanging out with my coworkers. It's a very surreal experience, and I realize it's a very wild job to have, and one I guess I don't think as much about. Obviously, I know what I do. And I know it reaches people, but I don't think I understand the extent and how impactful it is. Sometimes until I see a viewer, like when I'm at the grocery store or someone, they'll be like, hey, Nicole. And I'm like, oh, hi. I don't know that person's name. And then I'm like, oh, wait, they probably watch on is like it's still a novelty, I guess, in a way, to me, it's also got to be. Dr. Katrina Furey: Like a skill to be able to talk to a camera like a robot cameras in such a personable way. Right. Even if there's a camera man or woman behind it, there's a human. So I feel like that's just a really interesting skill to have. And I wonder if you can comment at all about one thing that I think Portia and I were thinking might be similar between therapists and newscasters is you would tell us if we're wrong, but it seems like we see in the Morning show bradley can have a hard time. I mean, she does a good job, but you know her, right? And like, sometimes I think it seems like the network wants her to be more neutral or not talk about certain things or keep it here, don't go there. And I feel like as therapists, at least in our role, it's really important to maintain a sense of neutrality, especially when you're helping your patients navigate COVID or the 2020 election or the January 6 riots. How do you maintain that neutrality so they feel open to talk to you? That's different from what you do. But I wonder if you can comment at all about what that's like to comment on such charged things, and if the morning show your opinion about how they're portraying that. Nicole Nalepa: Yeah, it is nice to see the extreme example of someone in this industry, what it would probably look like when struggling with that. You see that internal conflict play out outside. Even on her face, you can really see it. Whereas Alex has a better job at just holding things together. Dr. Katrina Furey: Right. Nicole Nalepa: I remember her saying, actually, like, I do something control. This is what I do really well. Dr. Katrina Furey: Like damage control or what? Nicole Nalepa: This is what I'm meant to do. I'm great at doing damage control. She's good at reeling it in. So you see the two extremes. I think that at least what helps me in those situations. Because at the end of the day, we all have opinions on things, whether or not we make them vocal or not. But I think that just like any job, it's almost like we took this unofficial oath mentally to do this public service and acknowledge that there are going to be people who are on both sides of the aisle and a lot of people who are unsure too. And your job is to not do anything from where you're standing to move their point of view. You just have to stick to the. Dr. Katrina Furey: Facts to the facts. Nicole Nalepa: Exactly. I know I wouldn't want someone swaying me, trying to sway me one way if I'm turning on the television, and that's what those editorial shows are for. The news is so different. You just literally stick to the facts and also make sure that both sides are reflected in a story, which is also so important, too, because you have to get both sides of it. Even if someone isn't going to comment on the story, you have to let the viewers know that you tried to get their comment and they wouldn't return our calls. You might hear that in some news stories. Portia Pendleton LCSW: There's a moment at the end of season three where Chip is, like, making this on air live after he's let Go statement about why Mark's, like, shouldn't buy the network and what the risks are and what I really liked. And again, it feels really relevant just to and this is how we fact check and we get the alert. We call the police officers in this random town. We get the statement from them, then. Dr. Katrina Furey: We go there and then we fact. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Check on this way. Dr. Katrina Furey: And it's like we do this whole. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Thing just to get the story, just to be able to promote it. And it's like, I think so many people for the show, the morning show, I never realized that the 40 people yes, it's a big show, all behind the scenes, doing all this work overnight, getting everything right and it's so important. I love that you said kind of taking that oath because, Katrina, like you were saying, we're all kind of in a position of power with our clients, with the viewers know it can go wrong really quick if you kind of know the relationship with your patient or with viewers. And season three just really felt like that was kind of a big message that they were trying to get, really. Dr. Katrina Furey: And what happens when someone like Paul Marx, who has a proclivity, you could say, for abusing his power, is now being given a lot of power that could sway things in a major way? I thought that was just like an interesting commentary. Portia Pendleton LCSW: What do you think about Hallmarks, like diagnostically? I mean, obviously we think he's attractive, but I guess there's everything. Dr. Katrina Furey: I think it's pretty well known that I don't remember the statistic off the top of my head. I think it's pretty well known that when you're in such a high position of power, there is some degree of sociopathy. I don't mean that people in really high positions of power are out, like being serial killers, but there's some sense of stepping on someone else to get to where you want some sort of lust for power that comes from being able to get to those super high positions. Again, it's not everyone in the high position, right? But it's like a higher percentage of people in those uber high positions than the average person. There's some sense of that. And I feel like they could have gone a little more with him and made him a little more cutthroat, like kind of in the succession guess. I don't know if you watched Succession, Nicole, but that was a show we covered. Nicole Nalepa: I watched like the first episode or two. I've been so awful finding time to watch shows lately. 14 month old, you have a lot of time. Dr. Katrina Furey: But I feel like they really went there with Logan Roy in a really cutthroat way, whereas Paul Marks was more mild. But you still got enough of that flavor. Like, when they talked about what happened with Stella at Stanford, it seems like he, I guess on paper did compensate her for her programming or whatever she had done. That's where it goes over my head a little, but like, clearly not like he knew it was going to be worth way more than he was offering her those sorts of things. Portia Pendleton LCSW: And that was the NDAs. Dr. Katrina Furey: All the NDAs. Right. I think it did really just speak to that a little sociopathy, some narcissism, but again, more of like this covert way, would you say? Portia, like trying to portray himself as earthy and very charming. But he had that edge and we really saw that when he threatened Bradley near the end of season three and when she quit. Right. Like, he knew all this stuff. It was clear he was surveilling everyone. I think he was the one who leaked the photo of him and Alex. I think we never really got an answer. Portia Pendleton LCSW: It seems like that would be accurate. Dr. Katrina Furey: I was trying to figure out, like, were Paul and Alex really connecting in a genuine way or was it like Alex met her match and it was like narcissists using each other to stay on top the whole time? I couldn't really tell. And then near the end, it really did feel like she was really like I think they did really genuinely care for each other. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Yeah. Because as much as they know, I think her kind of having to make that decision to ultimately betray him, even though he betrayed her, I think was really hard, because I think she had she almost felt it reminded me of. Like, I think Alex felt like he really saw her and she could be herself with him, which was like, this uber powerful woman with wanting to be more and maybe own a network and work really hard, and she's really smart, and she never got that opportunity from some of the past owners of UBA. And so I think she was really hurt by that. And it reminded me of Corey and Bradley's kind of like special, unique relationship where Bradley felt really seen by him and her authentic self. So I think it's almost like Alex was grieving, right, being able to who. Dr. Katrina Furey: She thought he was rather than who he really was. Which I think a lot of people leaving a relationship with someone with narcissistic traits feel is they're grieving who they thought the person was rather than who they really are. Once they see who they really are, I do feel like, in general, I love Alex Levy, I love Jennifer Aniston. I love her. Just I don't think it's accurate that she wouldn't have been as narcissistic as she had been before. It doesn't just go away, unfortunately, for the most part. Nicole Nalepa: Yeah. I wonder if there's another character who could have brought that side out that we weren't seeing. Dr. Katrina Furey: Right. Yeah. It was just weird to me how for so much of the season, it seemed like quieter to me. Portia Pendleton LCSW: And it was very loud in season one and two. Dr. Katrina Furey: Right. In a very big way. And again, I guess it is known that sometimes people with personality disorders peters out a little bit as they get older, but not all the and she's when I say get older, I mean more like elderly age, not. Nicole Nalepa: Would you see as a personality disorder? Dr. Katrina Furey: I think if I was diagnosing Alex Levy, I would, based on season one and two. Diagnose her with narcissistic personality disorder based on season three. I feel like we see more empathy than we've seen before. And so from like a mental health perspective, I don't know how accurate that is. Based on season one and two was, at least to me, very clearly NPD, like, in your face. I don't think that just goes away. But I think her as a character is very fascinating and I think they wanted her to have more of this arc. And she does, I guess, sort of at the end come in and save the day, which is great. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Which is also, though, like, self importance. She does get agreement from the other network and she talks to Laura. And I thought that was kind of just I don't know, I felt like, go women and everyone's working together. Yeah. Nicole Nalepa: Girl power. Portia Pendleton LCSW: But it's almost like, though, she is like the savior. So it could be maybe right. Dr. Katrina Furey: But it wasn't in like a icky. Nicole Nalepa: No. Dr. Katrina Furey: Like, I guess I felt like her narcissism was coming back out when she was like, in cahoots with Paul to start her own thing. But you saw how much she was grappling with how it was going to affect the 20,000 employees. And I don't think Alex Levy from season one or two cared about that. We saw her going to see Mitch in Italy kicking off those other people on their plane so she could get right. Like that level of narcissism in reality doesn't just go away. Whereas in season three, we really saw her really wrapped with guilt over going through this and then totally changing her mind when Maggie Brenner kind of reminded her like, Bradley was really there for you and she could really see that. Nicole Nalepa: Right. Dr. Katrina Furey: So, again, love it as a show. I think as a criticism, I think, unfortunately, doesn't happen that way, although we always wish it could. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Yeah, I have why we have a podcast. Nicole Nalepa: Yeah, exactly. From a therapy point of view, could a traumatic event such as the pandemic, it seems like that was almost a turning point for where we saw her personality kind of shift a little bit. Right. She realized, like, she was so grateful to be living. She was so grateful that she was given another chance right at her job, and it opened up the way for more opportunities. Could that kind of water down that narcissism? Dr. Katrina Furey: What do you think, Portia? Portia Pendleton LCSW: Well, I'm always optimistic and filled with joy, so I feel know at least even if we think about it mechanically, trauma impacts our brain. So structurally, it could have changed her brain. How she processes information at a time, especially like the length of the pandemic and then all of the other collective traumas after that. With everything that was going on, especially considering her job and reporting on it, maybe like I don't know if it would shift her. I think if someone is truly narcissistic, like no, it could change you, how you relate to things like you were hurt by X, Y, and Z happening. You might feel the physical sensations, the change in the worldviews, the other symptoms of PTSD, but at your core, I think it's still going to come back to you being selfish or just grandiose and kind of not looking out for others. A little bit of lacking empathy. But that's why I think it's like, maybe if we think of it as a spectrum, she has maybe a lot of the narcissistic traits, and she didn't really have narcissism, and then the trauma would more so be more likely to impact her. Dr. Katrina Furey: I think when we think about narcissistic personality disorder, right, when we think about personality development as a whole, we all need some healthy degree of narcissism to have confidence and self esteem and put yourself out there. But what balances that sense of self importance in the world? You probably see this with your children, as we see with many children. When you're younger, you're like little narcissist. The whole world revolves around you. Your parents hopefully cater to your every need, whatever you need that's met, like, at all other expenses that's developmentally appropriate. But then usually as you grow up, you start to appreciate that there's other people in the world too, and the way you relate to them. In psychology, we call it object relations is really important. And that is the part that gets kind of stunted in people who have narcissistic personality disorder, where they have a really hard time holding on to conflicting feelings about themselves and others, like being good and bad at the same time. They can't tolerate being bad at all. And really deep down, the core wound is they feel useless, they feel worthless, they feel really bad, but they can't tolerate it. So they have to project it out onto other people, put them down, put themselves up here to sort of maintain their own inner sense of goodness. They haven't learned how to see other people for who that other person really is and appreciate the complexities that that person's good and bad, and so am I, and we're all okay. They can't really do that, if that makes sense. And so I feel like in seasons one and two with Alex, we really saw that a lot, where it was her, everything is for her. Like the way she treats everyone, the way she treated Chip. Everyone's almost like, right, everyone's like a chess piece. You're moving around for your own agenda. And season three was so different, which great for her. I just think in my clinical experience, when someone's like that degree of narcissism, it doesn't shift that much, even a trauma. And again, maybe you always hold out hope, but I'm not sure. It's very hard to do therapy with people with narcissistic personality disorder. Nicole Nalepa: So interesting. I just love listening to you guys talk. I love talking about psychology and getting in depth with feelings. Dr. Katrina Furey: We like it too. Nicole Nalepa: I love when you guys break it down, like, thanks. Dr. Katrina Furey: So I want to be respectful of your time. There's so much more we could talk about, but did anything jump out to you, Nicole, about this season or the relationships, the dynamics that really spoke to you or resonated with you? Nicole Nalepa: I think when you see the camaraderie like you were talking know, at the end there, you are a family, right? You're working with these people day in, day out, some people you're spending more time with than your own spouses. And you're also working through some horrific stories and traumatic situations and some really amazing joyous stories that you're celebrating with each other as well. So it's a very close knit community and I would say that it's a smaller business than you may think. There are a lot of people you never know who is going to advance on in the industry, which is why you should always be kind to everyone. Of course, that doesn't always happen, unfortunately. Let's be realistic, right? In life, there's always those who just struggle with that a little bit more. But I have found and I've witnessed and I've seen enough at this point where I've seen people who I may have known, who I've interned with. You never know, you might find yourself working with that person, which is great. But with that said, people will always remember how you make them feel, always treat people with respect and be kind because that also does come back around too. And there are people that unfortunately, like in any industry and workplace, people hear someone knows someone through someone else. So I think that that is like a huge theme to just never burn your bridges and just always be a kind person. At the end of the day, everyone's trying to do the best they can, and sometimes people struggle in other areas, but you just got to give everyone a little bit of grace yourself. Some grace, too. It's not an easy industry to work in, but if you love it, you can tell you want to stay in it. Portia Pendleton LCSW: It feels like you love it. Nicole Nalepa: I do. Yeah, I do. I love helping people. So this kind of helps satisfy that need to reach people and help people. That's always been, like, something I've loved to do. Yeah. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Well, we'll have to see what happens in season four. We have a lot of questions, like, what happens with the network? What happens with Bradley? Is Corey still attached to the network? There's so many places to go. We met his mom this season. Dr. Katrina Furey: Oh, my God. Nicole Nalepa: Really? Portia Pendleton LCSW: Manipulative. Dr. Katrina Furey: Yeah. What do you think of his mom, Portia? Portia Pendleton LCSW: I feel like, I don't know, like, borderline. I mean, manipulative and cruel. Maybe narcissistic. Dr. Katrina Furey: I feel like it's exactly who I would have thought his mom would be. Like. You could just sense, like, he brought Bradley there as, like, a buffer, which I think often people with personality disorders, especially narcissism, do better with a crowd because they want to put on a good show. Right. Whereas when you're one on one with them, that's often when you get their cruel side and the real them, like, children of people with personality disorders like this will often talk about no one knows the real them. There's, like, the persona everyone else sees as charismatic, gregarious, bubbly, kind person, and then there's the real one. So I felt like him even just bringing Bradley to me was, like, diagnostic. And then she was so cruel with what she said and it was this interesting dance of codependency needs him to fill this void and he's constantly trying to fill it for her, but then she rejects him when he fills it. Or especially if he has his own need that doesn't align with hers and doesn't keep her in the center of his world. And then she's mad at him for staying away, and it's like, of course he's staying away. Look what he gets when he comes around. I was just like, I'm so glad we met her. And she was spot on who I thought she'd be. Nicole Nalepa: Definitely. Portia Pendleton LCSW: A mix of both. I think we didn't get her enough. I want more from her. And I think, though, for sure, we talked about last season, sometimes he appeared manic, but then I was like, or is that just the industry? He's just like, yeah, I think you. Nicole Nalepa: Got to be ready for anything. Dr. Katrina Furey: You got to jazz yourself up. And, like, that scene with him and Bradley driving home in the car where she's trying to empathize with him, and he's shutting her out because he just can't go there. I think it's so painful, especially when it's your mother of all people, you still love them. And she's trying to say to him, like, cory, I care about you. And he's like, no, Bradley, we mutually use each other. And I was like, oh, there it is. There's his impaired object. Can't he's struggling too. And just real quick, before we wrap up, we got to talk about the Bradley and Hal and Laura Peterson of it all. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Yeah. So she protects Hal. She's at the January 6 riots. She's filming. She gets, like, pepper sprayed her eye, hiding her identity. So she gets all this great footage, and then she sees her brother there, salting a police officer. Dr. Katrina Furey: I was like, of course, Hal. Nicole Nalepa: Yeah, right. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Hal is someone who we would consider kind of diagnostically to be vulnerable to ideas, beliefs, cults. He's in recovery. He's kind of searching for hiding identity. Dr. Katrina Furey: A purpose for connection, love for community. And just like they portrayed him all along, coming from the Deep South, I just was not surprised. He was yeah, yeah. Portia Pendleton LCSW: So she released the and, like that the FBI investigates, and blah, blah, blah, and Corey protects her, and then Paul. Dr. Katrina Furey: Threatens her, and it's just like, Laura. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Finds out, right, because she thinks that Bradley is cheating actually on her with Corey. Not anything like the. Dr. Katrina Furey: Right, right. But then she finds out and so quickly washes her hands of Bradley. And I was like, I get it, especially with what we were talking about, how important journalistic integrity is, and it was something like that. But I also get that it was her brother. And it's like, I just feel like Bradley's always in this impossible situation. That's the role she's played in her family, it seems like the whole time, right? Like, they hearken back to when she told authorities about her dad, like, you know, killing the child and the drunk driving, and I just feel like she's always in this impossible position, and I just want to see her in therapy. In season four, I was so sad we didn't see her go to therapy. Portia Pendleton LCSW: And I think Laura tried to get her to go. Nicole Nalepa: Right? Portia Pendleton LCSW: Laura did. Nicole Nalepa: She tried. Dr. Katrina Furey: I know. And that was, like, such a beautiful conversation about how to encourage someone you love to go to therapy. I was so hopeful. And then it was clear she didn't go. Yeah, she's not ready yet, but maybe. Portia Pendleton LCSW: She ordered because she's walked right the last she's walking into the FBI with Alex as a support, not Laura, and with Hal. And then the season ends, and we'll see. Dr. Katrina Furey: I know, we know. It's coming back for season four. I'm really excited. I do love the show. And we'll see where they go. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Well, thank you again, Nicole, for joining us today. Do you want to just share where people can maybe find you? Your podcast and stuff like that? Nicole Nalepa: Sure. I'm on social media at Nicole Naleppatv. N-I-C-O-L-E-N-A-L-E-P-A-T-B-I also have my podcast Mommy Head unscripted. You can find on Apple and Spotify and wherever else you listen to your podcast. And I'm always looking to hear from moms to see what kind of issues and topics that they want covered, because, let's face it, we still have a lot we're discovering, I think, as moms in this era. So we got to keep the conversation going on that too. Dr. Katrina Furey: Definitely. Well, thank you so much. This was such a joy and a treat. And you can find us at Analyze Scripts podcast on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, and we'll catch you next time with a brand new episode. Nicole Nalepa: Yes. Portia Pendleton LCSW: Thanks, everyone. Dr. Katrina Furey: All right, bye. Nicole Nalepa: Thank you. Dr. Katrina Furey : This podcast and its contents are a copyright of Analyzed Scripts. All rights reserved. Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited. Unless you want to share it with your friends and rate, review and subscribe, that's fine. All stories and characters discussed are fictional in nature. No identification with actual persons, living or deceased places, buildings, or products is intended or should be inferred. This podcast is for entertainment purposes only. The podcast and its contents do not constitute professional mental health or medical advice. 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Connecticut is spending quite a bit on legal weed each month, according to the latest numbers. Chaz and AJ talked about the millions made in October, and asked the Tribe to call in their weed habits while working. (0:00) Two highways in Connecticut made a list of the most hated highways in the country. The Tribe called in their guesses for which highways made the list, and put forth some notable omissions. (16:25) Dumb Ass News - Comedian Matt Lopes joined in studio for dash and delivery week, where every headline is related to food delivery morons. Plus, the thing our boss has in common with the main character of this story. (30:09) WFSB's Scot Haney called on the day of his 25th anniversary to celebrate a little with Chaz and AJ. What is his most memorable moment on television since 1998? (37:47) Image Credit: miromiro / iStock / Getty Images Plus

WFSB's Scot Haney called in to talk to AJ in the box, and thank him for stepping in. Scot was considered as an alternate, if AJ's doctor decided not to clear him medically. Now, Scot can go into an important wedding weekend well-rested. (0:00) Wallingford's first new mayor in over 40 years was on with Chaz and AJ live this morning, to talk about how he plans to begin his term, and his extensive collection of guitars. (15:17)

Dumb Ass News - A refusal to buy a Happy Meal, leads to a gun being pulled, an arrest, and a conversation about the last time everyone has had one. (0:00) WFSB's Scot Haney was on to talk about the debate between Chaz and AJ and the Tribe over AJ in a Box. AJ wants to go through with it! The Tribe says he should focus on recovery, so what is Scot's solution? The new Plan B develops. (5:03) The Tribe called in their redneck moments, from potato guns, to shotgun games, and "chain racing" with three cars all tied together. (21:57) Boss Keith hates your Halloween decorations, and other rants from the holiday that is only for children. (43:38)

WFSB's Scot Haney did not want to give away his Halloween costume, but Chaz was able to pick it out of thin air. (0:00) A full update from AJ on his hernia surgery recovery. He tried to give details about his surgical drain in between bites of his breakfast. (9:37) The Flubble Montage is the best of the worst moments from the week, all the mistakes and blunders that made us laugh. (23:34) Boss Keith had a personal Top 5 list this week, to vent about his least favorite parts about the waiting room in the hospital. (26:57)

Comedian Adam Ferrara was in studio with Chaz and AJ, and WFSB's Scot Haney was on the phone. Scot had an incident this week on the air, choking on his breakfast during a live hit, so Chaz and AJ used that as an opportunity to introduce Adam to the infamous Grape Nuts debacle. 

WFSB's Joe Zone was on with Chaz and AJ to talk about the pre-season ranking for the UConn Men's Basketball team. Is it the right spot, or did they deserve a higher ranking? Plus, Kyle from K&J Tree Service called in to talk about this weekend's Skate for Luca event in Hamden. (0:00) Dumb Ass News - Who would steal a porta-potty? Who would steal MULTIPLE porta-potties, that had not yet been emptied? (13:37) A fourth grade teacher put on the wrong Winnie the Pooh movie, horrifying his students, and refused to turn it off for 30 minutes. The Tribe called in their horrifying movie moments from their childhood. (17:32) A teacher is accused of taping a student's mouth shut, but everyone in the studio seemed to remember a time where teachers were able to do worse, and even had the parents behind them. (28:33) Image Credit: user_with_dslr / iStock / Getty Images Plus

It's Day 2 (or not?) of AJ in Los Angeles for comedy fantasy camp. Chaz, Pat Oates and Phil played another video AJ posted to Facebook and heard all about his broken big toe. (0:00) Dumb Ass News - A man with no arms did something to a tourist in Florida, and the Tribe had a hard time figuring out the answer. (5:54) WFSB's Scot Haney is back from his trip to Paris, and talked about the inappropriate movies he watched on his flights. (11:16) What's the strangest thing a doctor has ever said to you? That was the question to the Tribe, and Tara called in a story that will never be forgotten. (20:06) Lenny DePaul, American Badass, was on to talk about his career chasing down some of America's Most Wanted. Lenny was hired immediately following the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, when training for these positions changed drastically. (27:05) AJ was on the phone live from LA with an update from comedy fantasy camp. (43:48)

WFSB's Dylan Fearon joined Chaz and AJ in studio to talk about his first-ever concert, reporting on Quinnipiac winning the national title as an alum, his family ties to the infamous Bill O'Reilly meltdown, and being "attacked" by a three-legged dog. 

WFSB's Scot Haney was on to talk about the weekend's forecasted rain, but also seeing naked people in public, and the worst song covers ever. (0:00) Doorbell cams are more and more common, so more and more hilarious circumstances are caught on camera every day. Chaz and AJ had a few examples, from farts to bugs and some personal stories. (17:45) The Tribe called in stories about the things they swallowed by accident. The prizes in cereal boxes, false teeth, and even pins. (24:04) Boss Keith was in studio today, with a Top 5 list of things that need to change at hospitals. (32:23) Image Credit: Liubomyr Vorona / iStock / Getty Images Plus

Would you ever describe Air Supply as rock? Chaz and AJ had Scot Haney from WFSB on and comedian/orthodontist Blaine Langberg in studio and he tried to defend them after seeing them live recently.  Chaz and AJ asked the Tribe to share their embarrassing moments at the doctor's office. Nothing is worse than when all of the medical students come in to gawk at your nude body.  Boss Keith's Top 5 this morning was the most frustrating emails he received throughout the week. Never ask this man to take a survey for your company or business.  Image Credit: AaronAmat / iStock / Getty Images Plus

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