Rupert Murdoch passes the Fox torch to son, Lachlan ‘the great’ | 9.22.23

• (00:00:00 - 00:02:01) Intro

• (00:02:02 - 00:02:58) It’s getting cold in Austin

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☕ Cup of Coffee in the Big Time ☕

• (00:04:48 - 00:05:48) Fun fact: Missing F-35 Pilot

• (00:05:49 - 00:11:43) Rupert Murdoch steps down as Fox and News Corp. chairman after 7 decades, sending shockwaves through media and politics

• (00:11:44 - 00:13:34) Fun fact: Cliff Young (athlete)

• (00:13:35 - 00:13:50) Government shutdown is upon us

• (00:13:51 - 00:22:56) Sen. Susan Collins threatens ‘to wear a bikini’ to the capital in protest of ‘The Fetterman rule’

• (00:22:57 - 00:25:16) Border: Eagle Pass issues disaster declaration as more than 4000 migrants cross over two days

• (00:25:17 - 00:26:01) Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson receive offer from Maury Povich to take DNA test

• (00:26:02 - 00:30:20) Sophie Turner sues Joe Jonas to return kids to ‘forever home’ England as divorce battle heats up

• (00:30:21 - 00:33:40) Oldest structure: Archaeologists discover Half-million-year-old wooden structure in Zambia

🥛Cream of the Crop🥛

• (00:33:41 - 00:35:47) Bears raid a Krispy Kreme doughnut van making deliveries on an Alaska military base

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• (00:37:52 - 00:40:13) Day care child death: Fentanyl found under mats where toddler died, defendant deleted 20k texts after kids' fentanyl exposure 

 

OH NO, I FEEL TERRIBLE FOR THAT WOMAN

• (00:40:14 - 00:47:25) Michigan woman rescued from outhouse toilet after climbing in to retrieve Apple Watch, police say

• (00:47:26 - 00:54:00) Indonesian influencer faces fatwa, 2 years in jail after reciting Muslim prayer before eating pork on TikTok video

• (00:54:01 - 01:01:22) Philippines airport security suspended after being caught trying to swallow $300 that was stolen from passenger

• (01:01:23 - 01:11:26) Venezuelan government deploys 11,000 soldiers in operation to retake ‘luxury’ gang-run prison with pool, disco, zoo

 

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• (01:28:37 - 01:37:26) The only person that can save Hard Factor 

• (01:37:27 - 01:47:14) “We don’t negotiate”: Social media comments

 

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