Top 5 at Five

A dog-walking length daily update.

About the show

Daily top news stories, always waiting for you M-Th at 5pm ET. Short enough to learn something, long enough to walk your dog. Dodge the news and catch up with Jonni.

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Episodes

  • 32: La Doña Will Save Us, To the Moon Alice, and Would You Like Plastic with That?

    April 8th, 2020  |  9 mins 48 secs

    It’s Hump Day! In this one, we updated you on Bernie’s High School Dropout; La Doña Will Save America; We called dibs on the Moon in 1969; Instacart offers preflight plans; and Mickey D’s is finally ditching some of that single use plastic.

  • 31: Rocket Mortgage is Big Tech Too, Baseball in Hell, and Netflix and Control ‘em

    April 7th, 2020  |  8 mins 38 secs

    In this one, we updated you on the rona situation aboard the USNS Comfort and in the city of Detroit; We updated our Big tech companies that are doing it big for the cause, this time Dan Gilbert and Quicken; Wisconsinites are actually voting today; MLB wants to play baseball in hell; And now you can Netflix and walk away from your kids more often with new controls.

  • 30: Is NY At the Apex, The Tesla Model V, and the StayAtHomeBoxOffice

    April 6th, 2020  |  9 mins 37 secs

    We start a new week! In this one, we updated you on the New York plateau, or apex depending on how you look at the data, Tesla comes through with a brand new model that’ll save your breath, there’s free premium tv out there for now, don’t miss out, you’re in 15% better hands with Allstate now and we catch up on this little old lady that kicked the vid’s arse.

  • 29: Just Wear a Mask Already, Medicare for All Trumps, and WeWork is OuttaWork

    April 3rd, 2020  |  11 mins 46 secs

    It’s the WEEKEND. In this one we updated you on masks. What’s the deal with those now?; Did the prez really say it’s unfair if you don’t have health Insurance; Tesla is selling cars and that’s a good thing; WeWork might be outta work soon, and How many engineers does it take to fix a ventilator?

  • 28: Be a Smart Parishioner, Drink To Your Heart’s Content, and Don’t Crash a Train

    April 2nd, 2020  |  11 mins 16 secs

    We back baby! In this one, we updated you on some of the rona news including a deranged train engineer; TSprintMo is now a thing so I hope you finally get coverage; I’d really like for church goers to be smarter than this but oh well; all while we drink a lot more during the crisis, but at least kids started a newspaper to read.

  • 27: T-SprintMo?, Everyone’s an Alchy Now, and Should We Cancel April’s Fools Jokes for Rona?

    April 1st, 2020  |  28 secs

    Wake up, wake up wake up, It’s the First of the Month! In this one we talk about Jean Lefefe’s last day at TOM; We all drinking all day err day; Don’t forget we gotta talk about the stupid rona; Did that just really happen?; and Should we cancel April Fool’s because no one’s joking?

  • 26: Zoom-Zoom-Zoom Hell No, Couples are Getting On Each Other’s Nerves and Go Run a Marathon–In Your Backyard

    March 31st, 2020  |  11 mins 6 secs

    Last Day of the Month! We made it! In this one, I talk about more ‘Rona crap. But not the worst. There’s Stimulus Check info, and maybe we’re starting to see things trend downwards; Zoom is popular, and really good at spying (I have no proof); the NFL is adding more playoff games to get your mind off the case numbers; Celebrity couples fight too, but not usually live on camera; and if you’re up for it, you too can run a marathon during the lockdown–just stay on your own property and don’t get bored.

  • 25: The Deregulation Station, The Space Force is Real Y’all, and T-U-R-T-L-E Power!

    March 30th, 2020  |  10 mins 19 secs

    Hey hey, it’s Mun-Day. This is the one where I give another rona wrap-up for the day, no numbers included; We talk about banks getting some deregulation love; Microsoft did some stuff today and announced some news; the Space Force is for real, and is doing stuff, but it’ll be awhile before any of it matters; and finally some good stuff to talk about. Oh yea, 30 years of Ninja Turtles fandom over here!

  • 24: Your Rona Rap-Up, I Love Popcorn, That’s Why I Added This and This Bud’s for NY

    March 27th, 2020  |  9 mins 38 secs

    I promise this one is gonna be worth it. This is one where I give you another rona wrap-up; Chinese factories thought they was in the clear, but nah-uh; I really love popcorn so I wrote this story cuz I’m stuck in a house and I can’t go to the theater and this dude is pretty awesome too so that’s it guys; New York might need the bud to pay the bills; and our new segment, DB OTW. Enjoy. Oh check out what to watch this weekend.

  • 23: Tiger King is a Tiger Can’t, Chubb Gets Clubbed and An Old Story About 5G

    March 26th, 2020  |  8 mins 17 secs

    I finally did it. I couldn’t make it by 5. My bad. Last time I swear. But today we talk about the same stuff as everyone else in the new in our daily update; We found out the only Exotic thing about Joe is his phony ass voice; Chubb can’t protect its own data, but insures your’s; I found an old story about 5G I wanted to talk about because f!©k corona; And the Duchess don’t need your stimulus bill, she got a job.

  • 22: The Shmoney Cometh, YouTube Downgrades Us all, and Something, Something, Something, READ

    March 25th, 2020  |  7 mins 49 secs

    Here’s another one my beautiful people! In this episode we talked about all that shmoney congress finally approved, other rona updates bouncing around the news world, Apple released another version of iOS, should you care? Youtube explains why your Dude perfect videos are all pixelated, and Something Something Something read it.

  • 21: Google Play Catches the Rona, Spotify Tells DJay It’s a Dub, and TV Hospitals Are Kind of Like Real Ones

    March 24th, 2020  |  9 mins 53 secs

    This episode has some news stories. We update you again on the rona. We ask that you kindly not do stupid things. We find out that you should wear an N95 mask when playing in the Google Play store. We learned that that DJ’s are losing their Spotify Riddim; and TV hospitals use all the same stuff as regular ones. Plus more companies pretend to just learn what a tax deductible donation is.

  • 20: Another Veerooos Update, Bandcampers Make Some Bank, and Van’s Drops Dope New Kicks

    March 23rd, 2020  |  8 mins 34 secs

    New one today. As always. This episode covers today’s virus update; Apple Watch tariffs be-gone; Bandcamp waived fees and creators made mad dough; Australian bushfires are done. Did you forget that was happening?; and Van’s dropped some dope kicks for people suffering from ASD

  • 19: Will You Run a Coronavirus Home School?, Mark Rober has a Cool Video on Dirty Kids and Ahsoka Tano-Nuff Said

    March 20th, 2020  |  11 mins 37 secs
    ahsoka tano, bloomberg, covid19, cuomo, home school, mandalorian, mark rober, newsom, quarantine, star wars, trump, youtube

    We did it again. Another week down. This episode covers another friggin update to some stuff about the viral outbreak; Some parents just want their kids to keep learning, others are like screw that: what do you think?; Bloomberg changes his mind yet again, but still comes with the good$; Mark Rober is a dope ass engineer. Watch his YouTube videos and learn, this time about Germ Spread!; and Star Wars nerds will love this news. I wont spoil it in the notes. Only in the title.

    Btw, you won't see this but ¡Feliz Cumpleaños Papi!

  • 18: Netflix is Gonna Break the Internet, Google Ads May Target Your Diseases, and Chef Jose Andres is the Best

    March 19th, 2020  |  9 mins 34 secs
    ads, cameo, chef jose andres, china, covid-19, google, instagram, netflix, red cross, trump, verily

    Well this is another show down. Today I give you another quick outbreak update and try to make sense of the crazy daily news conferences; Netflix might break the internet so they gotta slow they roll; There’s a website named Cameo: you’ve probably never heard of it or will ever use it but it’s better than talking about the Rona; Google’s health website makes you login so they can send you Cialis ads next year; And some good stories about people coming together, singing, and being fed by the best human on the planet, Chef José Andrés.

  • 17: Guvmint Checks A’comin’, Apple Has Some New Floss, and Humans Need Not Apply

    March 18th, 2020  |  9 mins 47 secs
    apple, bernie sanders, facebook, humanity, joe biden, mnuchin, snoop dogg, trump, venice

    This is a news podcast. And in this news podcast’s episode for today, we talk about what Trump’s brilliant plan to save the economy of America is, and its not terrible; Joe Biden is rollin through these primaries like Snoop in a Cadillac; Facebook tries to do right, and still does wrong, while trying to do right again; and Humans mess things up when we overburden the earth, the proof is in Venice.