Top 5 at Five
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
176 episodes of Top 5 at Five since the first episode, which aired on February 25th, 2020.
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144: Purdue Pharma Finally Pays Their Due; Wait—GM Can Make Electric SUVs?; Pope Francis Makes a Statement; & More News!
October 21st, 2020 | 11 mins 13 secs
Happy Hump Day! We start today’s show with news on the Purdue Pharma company paying over $8Bn in fines for their role in pushing opioids; Pope Francis makes another bold statement as the most liberal Pope of all time; GMC unveils the Hummer EV, yea an electric Hummer worthy of its name; Adobe announces live-streaming from within the Photoshop and Illustrator apps; and an interesting story about American fighter pilots flying and testing Soviet MiG jets during the Cold War. Plus Bonus News!
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143: Great Googley Moogley—The Lawsuit; Muted Mics are Crazy; How to Avoid Pullin’ a Toobin; & More News!
October 20th, 2020 | 9 mins 33 secs
It’s Tuesday. In today’s show we start with the DOJ anti-trust lawsuit against Google; The Debates will have a muted mic finally—you’re welcome 😉 ; CSO Trump tells his followers that “Nobody gets hacked”; The stimulus package deal may get done soon, but don’t expect the Senate to vote before the election; and fellas, a PSA: put your d!ck away and don’t pull a Toobin.
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142: We’re Gonna Need Bruce Willis; A 48Hr Stimulus Deadline; Political Twitter Beef over Hunter; and More!
October 19th, 2020 | 10 mins 56 secs
Happy Monday! In today’s show we start out with the biggest story from last week and the weekend: Do social media platforms have it right or wrong in censoring/flagging dubious claims and misinformation from the press; Nancy Pelosi gave the WH 48 hours to figure out a stimulus package before 11/3. They have until tonight; Is there really a life ending asteroid on it’s way here?; Apple says that the internet has not killed the music video star and launches Apple Music TV; The World Series teams are set and Game 1 is tomorrow.
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141: CRoVID-7; The Apple October iPhone 12 Event; Wuv Your Doggos; And much More News!
October 13th, 2020 | 12 mins 58 secs
It’s Tuesday. In today’s show we talk about the voting suppression happening in Texas and California over absentee ballots by the GOP; Those fools that tried to kidnap Governor Whitmer also tried to do it in Virginia and talked all about on Facebook; CR7 has the COVID19. Smart; Apple held their October iPhone event and launched 4 new phones and a new HomePod mini; Your dogs can totally understand you. Believe the studies.
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140: Now Hear This, Ms. Coney Barret; We've been Foxconned; This is a Robbery—End Scene; & More News!
October 12th, 2020 | 13 mins 30 secs
Happy Monday! In today’s episode we start with the confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett; Foxconn gets denied their tax subsidies in Wisconsin; Nagorno-Karabakh: What is it and why are the Armenians and Azeris from Azerbaijan fighting over it?; CBS is getting sued for doing something really dumb, and the actors have suffered; Singapore Airlines is trying to make at least a couple dollars with their grounded planes, but even I don’t like airplane food that much. Plus Bonus News!
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139: Post-VP Debate Breakdown; Dr. Trump Has Found The Cure?; Militias Tryda Get the Guvna Michigan; & More News!
October 8th, 2020 | 13 mins 3 secs
It’s Thursday yah! In today’s episode we start with my post VP debate breakdown; Then I gotta talk about Trump and the cure for the VID; The FBI caught a militia trying to take down Governor Whitmer of Michigan; More cocaine planes crash in Mexico; and Apple gives a gift ahead of their Tuesday event. Plus bonus news.
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138: VP Debate: What to Watch For; The Big Tech Breakup?; Facebook Does the Bare Minimum, & More News!
October 7th, 2020 | 11 mins 56 secs
It’s Hump Day! In this episode we talk about Trump being crazy, or something, I dont know; The VP debate is tonight, here’s what to lookout for; Facebook does the very least and bans all Qanon accounts; The House published their 449page report on Big Tech Monopolies; and SNL had a live audience this past weekend, here’s how they did it.
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137: Captain America Beats the VID; NASA’s Doo-Doo Problem; Is Marriage Equality In Danger, & More!
October 6th, 2020 | 10 mins 13 secs
It’s Tuesday. In today’s show we talk about Trump being immune to wisdom, and maybe the VID; Biden gets an hour on prime time TV to finally speak; Cinemas are fighting to stay alive, but Hollywood won’t release any movies to see; SCOTUS Justices Alito and Thomas dropped some real sad news on the LGBTQ+ community today, but does it mean anything? And NASA spent $23M on a new toilet. What a load of crap! Plus Bonus News.
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136: 1 Little Piggy, 2 Little Piggy, 3 Little Piggy, More; World Teachers Day; Rock the Youth Vote & More!
October 5th, 2020 | 10 mins 53 secs
Happy Monday! In today’s show we start with all this wild VID related news about the president and his virus ridden cohorts; Breaking News Update; Youth voter registrations are up thanks to social media influencers and the platforms; McDonald’s is teaming up with yet another celebrity musician for a meal; World Teachers Day and a special giveaway.
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135: Airlines Furlough 32,000 Employees, Disney Drops 28,000 Employees, and 837K Americans Filed for Unemployment.
October 1st, 2020 | 4 mins 29 secs
It’s Thursday y’all. This week was tough so only one story today plus the bonus headline drive by. The story? People are still losing their jobs as the recovery to this economy goes slow, and back towards regression.
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134: What In the Heck Was That? Was That a Debate? Facebook Instagram Messenger by Facebook, The Google Pixel Event, & More News!
September 30th, 2020 | 12 mins 19 secs
Happy Hump Day! If you survived the debate last night, I have a roundup for you on the madness; Sacha Baron-Cohen is releasing a Borat 2 next month; Facebook is tryna make it harder to break them up; Google held their Pixel event and launched all the leaked equipment; and Japan is trying to take over the world with giant robots just like the Anime’s said they would.
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133: What You Need to Know for the Biden v. Trump Debate Part 1, Disney Money Grab 2, Amazon—I Saaaaaid NO! & More News!
September 29th, 2020 | 11 mins 19 secs
It’s Tuesday. This episode breaks down what you need to know for the debates tonight, including a drinking game if you’re that desperate for entertainment or just can’t handle it sober; Amazon continues to dive into biometrics and personal payment systems; A better faster stronger plastic eating enzyme has been announced; The NFL has their first case of the Rona Outbreaks; Disney is making another cash grab with a sequel/prequel and they’ve signed on Oscar winning talent. Plus one bonus news story.
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132: The Trump Tax Dump, No Amazon—I Will Not, And The Nominee Is...Plus More News!
September 28th, 2020 | 11 mins 47 secs
Happy Monday! We start today by running down everything we just learned about Trump’s taxes and lack of paying, plus how much he sucks at running a business; Trump named his SCOTUS nominee, Amy Coney Barrett; Saudi Aramco shipped 40T of Blue Ammonia to Japan, here’s why that’s cool; Amazon launched a bunch of new products, including a flying spy demon that I will not purchase; and there’s a new reality show about to launch, that will launch, you to the ISS if you win. For real. Plus Bonus News!
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131: #NoJusticeForBreonna, Tesla’s Big Battery Day, The Climate Countdown Clock, & More News!
September 23rd, 2020 | 11 mins 40 secs
Happy Hump Day! Today we start with the results from the Grand Jury in the Breonna Taylor case; UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns citizens and changes rules about the VID; Tesla held their battery day and dropped some important news; Climate Week NYC is here, and so is the Climate Countdown Clock; Tyrod Taylor missed last Sunday’s football game, we tell you why; plus Bonus News! And no show tomorrow, Thursday 9/24.
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130: The Ruth Replacement Shuffle, Shopping Malls are Changing, NFL Fines Coaches Over $1M, & More!
September 22nd, 2020 | 13 mins 41 secs
It’s Tuesday. In today’s show we talk about the top story, replacing the SCOTUS seat of RBG; The NFL has sent out fines to coaches not wearing face masks on the sidelines; Ellen returned to the studio and made her first public appearance and comments about the controversy; Shopping malls are changing in America, as big box stores close up shop; and 1Password has partnered with Privacy.com to secure your online life even more. I explain. Plus some Bonus News!
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129: The PandEmmys, The Beijing Blacklist, NYC is LIT with Bad Bunny, and More!
September 21st, 2020 | 12 mins 54 secs
Happy Monday! In this episode we start with the RBG story, her life, her death, and her needed replacement on the bench; the TikTok story that won’t go away. Banned? Allowed? Confirmed? Agreed? Who knows; The Emmy’s were last night, let’s run down the list of winners; Beijing is apparently creating a blacklist of American companies to stop doing business with. Wonderful; and NYC received a surprise concert on wheels yesterday by none other than the inventive and innovative Bad Bunny.