Top 5 at Five
A dog-walking length daily update.
Episodes
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90: Find Something New, Wild N’ Outta Here, Cinéma sur l'Eau & More
July 15th, 2020 | 9 mins 47 secs
Happy Hump Day! In this one we talk about the drama around ViacomCBS and Nick Cannon’s Anti-Semitic statements; The WH has a new job slogan, Find a New one. Yea, just start a new career — like that’s super easy; Cogete Eso from a law enforcement officer that should’nt own a pistol; Trump’s lawyer team is down to keep wasting more tax payer money; and the French do movies right on the water in the middle of town.
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89: Rant on Testing, Socially Distant Surgery, Federal Executions & More
July 14th, 2020 | 13 mins 16 secs
It’s Tuesday! In this one we talk about the first Federal execution in 17 years; UK changes course and decides to block all Huawei equipment; Scientists had the first 5G enabled robot surgery taking place; I rant on Trumpito and his response to a testing question; and Ford released their new 2 door, 4 door and sport model of the first SUV, the Bronco.
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88: Goyaway or Goyahome, StitchiusXM, Stonewalled and Freed & More
July 13th, 2020 | 11 mins 14 secs
Its a new Monday! Happy happy. In today’s show we start with the Goya boycott controversy and my take; Roger Stone had his sentenced commuted by his homie DT; Washington is officially not the Redskins anymore; SiriusXM bought a major podcast platform; and parties in Melbourne do not include grease and Covid.
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87: Supreme Decisions, Lady A Sues Lady A, ✌🏼To Int’l Students & More
July 9th, 2020 | 12 mins 39 secs
It’s Thursday y’all. In today’s episode we cover the 3 latest Supreme Court decisions; The US formally announces the intent to leave the WHO; International students have very few choices on staying in the US if their school goes online only; Lady A(ntebellum) is suing Lady A; and I give you my favorite quotes from Kanye’s interview with Forbes. And sorry for missing yesterday’s show.
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86: TikTokBlok, Harvard.Online, Walmart+ & More
July 7th, 2020 | 9 mins 29 secs
It’s Tuesday! Today we talk about the US Government’s threat to ban the incredibly popular social dance app, TikTok amidst a brouhaha with the Chinese; Cogete Eso: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has contracted the VID, Sony has finally released some real future tech, an air conditioner you wear on your neck and is only 85grams; Harvard and Princeton announce their plans for students this fall; and Walmart is really gunning for Amazon now, planning to release Walmart+ this month.
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85: Washington RedTails, Uber Buys Postmates, How Old is Your Dog, Really & More
July 6th, 2020 | 10 mins 15 secs
Happy Monday! In this one we talk about the UK’s Super Saturday as they lifted restrictions on hospitality; The NFL’s Washington Redskins look to finally change their team name and mascot; Tesla is now the world’s most valuable car company beating out Toyota; Uber has bought all of Postmates stock, so they now own them; New study shows aging your dog is actually more difficult than just multiplying by 7. Plus some follow up in the post-show banter.
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84: Happy Birthday America!
July 2nd, 2020 | 53 secs
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83: Wacky Wednesday: Nducker Carlson’s Apology, Bobby Bonilla Day, Forever Putin & More
July 1st, 2020 | 12 mins 26 secs
Happy Canada Day! In today’s show we start with the argument over Confederate military base names and President Trump’s vow to veto any defense bill with that amendment; Russia just voted to allow Putin to run for President until 2036; Nducker Carlson aka Tucker Carlson from Fox News apologized to his viewers for feeding them GOP junk food; HBO Max is partnering with a cannabis company to promote a show; What is Bobby Bonilla day? We explain.
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82: LuluLemon Looks at Mirror, Taliban: Bounty Hunters, The Facebook Boycott & More
June 30th, 2020 | 12 mins 28 secs
Happy Tuesday! In today’s show we talk about this Taliban bounty for American soldiers allegedly paid by Russian intelligence agency, GRU and the White House’s position on whether or not they knew; China’s anti-sedition law for Hong Kong has been previewed and it’s not so great; Facebook is facing an advertising boycott for the entire month of July; LuluLemon makes its first acquisition of Mirror; and Zwift, the eBike platform for real racers is hosting a virtual Tour de France and much more. And as a bonus, Trump was asked a question and just agreed and said yes, like he always does. Of course, his answer was wrong.
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81: Another Supreme Strikedown, Amazon Plays Copy 🐈, Washington Douglass Commonwealth & More
June 29th, 2020 | 11 mins 25 secs
Happy Monday! Today we start with Mississippi’s momentous ruling to finally change their state flag and rid our eyes of the rebel flag; Amazon has bought autonomous driving startup Zoox, who’s aimed at Level 5 and up; Washington DC wants to be a state, and the House symbolically voted to approve; Cam Newton is going to the Patriots, but I bet you didn’t know they also got fined and penalized yesterday for another camera-gate incident; and Justice John Roberts swings left again as the Supreme Court rules against the State of Louisiana and says their anti abortion law, goes against Roe v Wade in a huge blow to the Trump administration.
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80: Princess Tiana Mountain, Facebook #oldnews Notifications, Thank You Ms. Jackson! & More
June 25th, 2020 | 11 mins 7 secs
It’s Thursday y’all! In todays show we give you an update on the Ahmaud Arbery case and the indictments; Disney is rebranding Splash Mountain due to it’s ties to an old racist Disney Movie; Speaking of which Big Mouth is recasting it’s bi-racial Missy character played by Jenny Slate for a Black actor; Facebook is now going to notify you if you try to share an article that’s older than 90 days; and NASA names it’s headquarters after Ms. Mary W Jackson, the now-famed Hidden Figures engineer.
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79: Rhode Island’s Not So New Name, #FakeNoose, Police Reform Bill Flops & More
June 24th, 2020 | 9 mins 18 secs
It’s HUMP Day! Today we talk about the Senate police reform bill that flopped and why; Rhode Island is changing it’s official state name to remove slavery undertones; The Bubba Wallace story that was and wasn’t; MLB is finally officially returning; and The Soundflowers released a new EP, Paris Jackson’s new band, and yea I can’t believe I’m talking about it either.
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78: Kentucky Poll Hunting, Segway Outta Here, Oculus Go Nowhere & More
June 23rd, 2020 | 9 mins 31 secs
Hi! It’s Taco Tuesday again! Today we talk about the Democratic Primaries in Kentucky and NY; The White House’s new foreign workers immigration ban; Bubba Wallace, the noose, NASCAR, and the aftermath; Segway stops producing the original PT; and Facebook is cancelling the Oculus Go
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77: The WWDC Episode and Microsoft Shuts Down Mixer
June 22nd, 2020 | 10 mins 31 secs
Happy Monday! Today we talk all about all the announcements at the WWDC keynote today; we also found out Microsoft shut down Mixer and Ninja walked away from ~$60M; and wash your hands and be smart. Thanks. Tell your friends and pass it on!
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76: DACA Khan!, Facebook Ad Police & Canada’s VID App Launch
June 18th, 2020 | 8 mins 6 secs
Hey hey, it’s pint-sized Thursday! In this one we talk about the ground breaking Supreme Court decision over DACA; Facebook had to take down a Trump campaign ad because it had Nazi propaganda—on purpose; and Canada is launching their contact tracing app using the Google/Apple API and it begs the question, why is the US doing it state by state? Also tomorrow’s Juneteenth! Go out and celebrate.
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75: The Boogaloo Who?, Uncle Ben’s Revenge, Rocket Mortgage Shoots the Moon & More
June 17th, 2020 | 8 mins 56 secs
Hey y’all it’s Wednesday! In this one we find out who the boogaloo boys are and why they’re trying to start race wars; Quicken Loans looks to file for IPO; the White House finally looks to spend on American infrastructure, $1T; Facebook let’s you turn off political ads from it’s platforms and Aunt Jemima is going bye-bye, the brand and images.