What Do Outrage, Artisanal Trends, And Aging Desire Say About Us

Brace yourself for a rapid-fire ride through the final stretch of our show: candid, punchy, and a little unhinged in the best way. We start with the countdown to the end and jump straight into a Fox News flare-up, using Greg Gutfeld’s on-air clash as a window into how immigration rhetoric, moral certainty, and online applause shape what we call truth. It’s a look at media ecosystems where heroes are crowned by viral clips and outrage becomes currency.

The mood flips to music as we unpack a rumored Springsteen protest track aimed at ICE. Do celebrity anthems still persuade anyone, or just preach to loyal fans? We break down why protest music lands flat when it leans on caricature and why satire gets traction when listeners are tired of being lectured. That conversation opens a broader thread about nostalgia: some icons age into legend, others into memes, and our memories do the sorting.

From stadiums to storefronts, we examine the downfall of an “artisanal” era through the $22 grilled cheese that couldn’t survive public mockery and tighter budgets. It’s a small headline with big implications: value signaling vs actual value, pricing power in a shaky economy, and the risk of building a brand around a trend that’s past its peak. Then we go full visceral with a 202-pound Florida python wrestled by a family of snake hunters—equal parts nightmare fuel and reluctant gratitude for the people who take on what the rest of us won’t.

The most controversial stop is a viral profile of a 73-year-old grandmother who left decades of celibacy for escorting and adult content. We push on skepticism, dignity, and the attention economy that blurs survival, choice, and spectacle. Agree or disagree with the takes, you’ll feel something—and that’s the point. We close by shifting the energy back to you with a question that anchors all the noise in something personal and warm: who ruled your high school playlist?

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Chapters

• 0:29 Final Stretch Reflections
• 0:51 Gutfeld’s Clash And Immigration Rhetoric
• 2:06 Mocking Springsteen’s Anti-ICE Song
• 3:30 Artisanal Pricing And Grilled Cheese Backlash
• 4:43 Python Wrestling In Florida
• 5:45 The 73-Year-Old Escort Story
• 10:23 Question Of The Day And Signoff

Transcript

SPEAKER_00: 0:15

Hello, good morning. Welcome to Thursday. I don't even know. I maybe have 12 or 13 episodes left after this one to go. We're on the final stretch. Oh my gosh. It's time for me to start thinking about how I'm going to end it with the last episode. I don't know. It'll probably just be the same thing I'm doing right now. Who knows? All right. Um, let's see. Uh oh, first, first and foremost, I want to talk about Greg Gutfeld and his response yesterday to Jessica on the five. I have it up on my X file right now. It's titled Amen. I have Pat Heads um hashtag in it. And uh Fox News has a very good problem, and his name is Greg Gutfeld. We, and this is a quote we had countless deaths by illegal aliens, and you didn't say S-H-I-T. He is quickly becoming the absolute best on Fox. Yes, well, he's already been the best. We've known him. I mean, we've known that he's been the best uh on Fox. Um, but to that I that's my response to all the people who are hand-wringing about the ice in Minnesota and oh my gosh, you know, uh Renee Good and Alex Petri, and oh, the ice are out of hand and they're out of control, and uh-uh-uh. Well, we voted for mass deportation. That's what they were doing. So that's my and that's Gray's response is my response to all of that crap. All right, moving on. Because I'm trying tried to find some silly stuff. Ugh. Speaking of silly stuff, Bruce Springsteen with his new anti-ICE song called Streets of Minneapolis. Here are some lyrics, and I hope to God Pat Gray is able to play 10 seconds of it on a show and be the new Bon Jovi mocking piece. I remember when Pat Gray first sh well, the first time I heard it was on Pat Gray. Oh sorry, I gotta get a drink of water. My throat is dry. When Pat played that clip of Bon John Bon Jovi and the vaxx vaccinated COVID crap, I seriously thought John Bon Jovi was drunk when he was singing. He sounded ridiculous. Though the winter's ice and cold down Nicolette Avenue, a city of flame, fought fire and ice neath an occupier's boots. King Trump's private army from DHS, guns belted to their coats, came to Minneapolis to enforce the law, or so the story goes. I I'm gonna take that's just the first verse. I'm sure it gets worse from there. I never, ever, ever was a Bruce Springsteen fan. Ever. Even when he was at the height of his popularity, I didn't like the guy. Oh, and now he looks like an old lesbian. Alright, we need to move on. What are the next things I have? Oh god, I gotta save this 73-year-old grandmother who who practiced 40 years of celibacy opens up on life as an escort. We're gonna save that for last. Uh let's see. Oh, this artisanal sandwich shop shudders after ruthless mocking of its insanely expensive grilled cheese. This is from the New York Post. And I remember when this type of food was so popular just a few years back, anything with artisanal, artisan bread, artisanal this. And my husband always made fun of it. And I at first I was like, why are you making fun of that? You know? But I see his I see his point now. Bunch of hipster doofuses trying to get all artsy fartsy with their food. The owner of an so this chick has to close her shop now because nobody wants to buy a$22 grilled cheese. I mean, amen. Times have changed, sweetheart. I mean, it wasn't and it wasn't that long ago when this was popular. I'm sorry she had a close her shop, but maybe she should have gone into something else. You don't know how many restaurants here in Huntsville have opened up and then a year later they're gone. It's ridiculous. All right, so let's see. Oh, this guy, this Florida snake hunter and his family wrestled a 202-pound python that dragged him 15 feet. Oh my word, there's a video attached to it. If you want to go read that story, oh and look at the video. Oh my word, I'm gonna have nightmares about it now. 16 and the the it was they dragged him 15 feet, but the snake ended up being 16 feet long and 202 pounds. No, no, thank you. Who wakes up in the morning and says, Let's go find a 16-foot python? Who does that? You are not right in the head. I mean, thank you for doing it because I don't want to do it, but thank you for doing it and keeping it off the streets. Oh, it's in Florida though. Oh, oh, I can't imagine coming up on that sucker. I would just I would die. I would die. I would freeze and faint, and he would have me for dinner. Oh, okay. Moving on to 73-year-old grandmother who practiced 40 years of celibacy, opens up life as an escort. I think this is so fake. I started reading this story and I was like, there is no way this is real. There is no way this is real. But can they fake a story like that? I mean, can they re report something in the New York Post and it not be real? I don't know. Caroline V, his she is 73 years old, swore by a life of prayer and celibacy until a sexual awakening at 57 years old turned her life around. I became an escort in 2017, V told podcast host Billy and Lauren on T at 4. When I became a born-again Christian and we couldn't have sex, it was like, well, I didn't enjoy it in my younger years anyway, so it's not going to be a loss. So that's how I managed to go through 40 years, partly of partly obviously because it wasn't allowed in the church, but also because I didn't have any interest. It was only when V joined her first dating site that she began to receive attention from men who found her sexy. Let's read more. I had to click on the button, read more. I even started getting messages from 18-year-olds who were keen to meet up with me, she said. Being young enough to be my son is one thing. Being young enough to be my grandson is just wrong in so many levels, V continued, despite later admitting that she had a 20-year-old client just last week. This cannot be real. This cannot be freaking real. After meeting someone through a dating site who introduced her to the idea of swinging, V was told that she'd be good at and would be paid for her escorting. Ugh gross ick. I seriously needed money. Wait, there's other ways you can get money. How about going to get a regular job? You can find something. Trust me, you may have to lower your standards. Not that low. Not that low. You don't need to go that low, sweetheart. I seriously needed money because my mortgage companies were trying to repossess me because I couldn't afford it. What is what is that talk? Where is this where is she from? They're trying to repossess me? You mean they're trying to repossess your house? I don't understand how these people talk. After this, V looked into phone sex after watching a program about how a woman made enough money to renovate her house through the side hustle. She then met with a photographer who offered to film her solo work for a mature website. We made a video and that was the very first thing I did, V said. She made a video. Ew, gross. V, now known as the Busty Granny, earns thousands every month and has appeared on popular UK TV shows, including Jeremy Kyle, and Filthy Rich. Despite her jump into the adult world, V said she doesn't feel that sites such as OnlyFans are worth her time. So what is she like a real escort? I guess she is. I'm registered, but I've never done anything on it, she said. It's all about content. You've literally got to upload content 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I guess she doesn't have time for that. Day and night, that's all you do. Good luck to them if that's what they want to do, but I would find that incredibly boring boring. V said that her job doesn't entirely revolve around sex, and that it's just an added bonus at the end. I've got a man that would like me to go on holiday with him. It's not purely sex, it's so much more, she said. Oh, she is quite busty, but she's a grandma. She definitely looks like a she definitely looks like a grandma. Good heavens. V now describes herself as the older version of Bonnie Blue and maintains that she refuses to be trolled. Just because I'm now 73 doesn't mean I should stop having sex or showing off my body. Yes, it does. Maybe not the sex part, but you don't need to show off your body. I'm proud of my achievements. What achievements? Syphilis? If people are bothered, that's their problem. Okay, well, it is my problem. Oh, I just can't imagine. Can you imagine? No, thank you. Alright, I think that's all of the topics I had for you today. So we need to move on to the question of the day. Um Okay, yes, question of the day. Well, since we talked earlier about Bruce Springsteen and how every how he was popular at one time, back in the what mid-80s. And I said I wasn't into him even back then when he was popular. I guess my question to you is who were you into back in the day when you were in high school? What group or band or single artist did you uh appreciate back when you were in high school? All right, that's the question of the day. I gotta go. Thanks for listening. Bye.