Gary and Shannon

Gary Hoffmann and Shannon Farren. Covering what you need to know (and even some stuff you didn't) weekdays 9am-12pm

Gary and Shannon is a news podcast hosted by iHeartRadio and KFI AM 640, with 1,000 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

iHeartRadio and KFI AM 640 hosts Gary and Shannon, a news show with 1,000 episodes published.

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  Socialist Upset, California Tire Rules ,and the AI Thinking Problem

  Aug 19, 202626 min

  HOUR 1 (08/19) - Gary & Shannon break down last night’s primaries, including Democratic socialist Angie Nixon’s upset over Alex Vindman in Florida and another round of wins for Trump-backed Republicans. Then they revisit California’s new replacement-tire efficiency rules, the rise in West Nile cases and why drought may actually make transmission worse. Plus, are students using AI so much that they’re starting to outsource the very thinking skills school is supposed to build? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell on Street Takeovers, Homeless Camps and What Comes Next

  Aug 19, 202630 min

    HOUR 2 (08/19)  - Gary & Shannon are joined by LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell to talk security ahead of major events like the Super Bowl, cyber threats, drone incursions, homeless encampment policy and the growing problem of street takeovers. Then they get into new California polling, the murky legality of fake political polls and whether they can suppress turnout. Plus, News & Brews memories, Shannon’s fear that no one will show up, and a very serious debate over whether grown men should be baking cakes for unrelated children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Primary Fallout, Cake-Gate and #Parenting

  Aug 19, 202630 min

  HOUR 3 (08/19)  - Gary & Shannon cover the latest in #WhatsHappening and #SwampWatch, including the Los Angeles mayoral race, primary results from Wyoming, Alaska and Florida, and President Trump lowering tariffs on Canadian imports. Then Justin Worsham joins for #Parenting, where the show somehow turns into a full-blown debate over whether an adult man should bake a cake for an unrelated child. Plus, Jackie’s death, Shadow’s new companion and the growing idea of platonic co-parenting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Stephen Baldwin on Bad Movies, Baldwin Brothers and The Usual Suspects

  Aug 18, 202629 min

  HOUR 1 (08/18) - Gary & Shannon kick off the show with new details surrounding Eric Swalwell, his former girlfriend and the Chinese spy known as “Fang Fang,” as voters head to the polls to fill the remainder of Swalwell’s term. Then actor Stephen Baldwin joins the show to talk Baldwin family stories, Alec’s early career, his new podcast One Bad Movie, the appeal of gloriously cheesy films, making The Usual Suspects with Benicio del Toro and his work on Shelter Island with iHeart's own Paul Corvino.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Fake Polls, Burger Science and the Wellness Gap

  Aug 18, 202628 min

  HOUR 2 (08/18) - Gary & Shannon get into the FCC’s role in broadcasting, the brewing fight over control of the Lakers and a completely bogus poll that claimed Karen Bass was comfortably leading Nithya Raman. Then they turn to wellness, including a study on eating burgers five times a week and the growing “wellness gap” in relationships, where radically different ideas about exercise, food, sobriety and health can become their own form of incompatibility. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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