Full Show 6/25/2026: Are we capable of putting politics to the side and celebrating America's 250th as a nation?

Full Show 6/25/2026: Are we capable of putting politics to the side and celebrating America's 250th as a nation?

On today's show, Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50 after suffering sudden cardiac arrest at his rented mansion in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. His death was ruled a homicide caused by acute propofol intoxication. Scoot reviews some of Michael Jackson's most newsworthy moments. There are new rumors and hints about a possible Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding, with some already describing it as a "royal wedding." Thinking back on your own wedding, would you do anything differently? Spend less money, invite fewer people, worry less about details, or change one big decision? The latest controversy at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool now includes reports of dead ducks, as wildlife experts work to determine whether chemicals, algae, construction stress, disease, or something else is to blame. Is this a real environmental concern, a political embarrassment, or both?  Louisiana U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy reportedly got into a heated confrontation with President Trump during a closed-door Republican lunch over the war with Iran. Cassidy has been one of the Republican voices questioning the war and the deal with Iran that followed it. Is this a real split inside the GOP or a temporary disagreement over one of the biggest foreign policy decisions of Trump’s presidency?

Hour 3: Would you go to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's "royal wedding"?

There are new rumors and hints about a possible Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding, with some already describing it as a "royal wedding." Thinking back on your own wedding, would you do anything differently? Spend less money, invite fewer people, worry less about details, or change one big decision?

Hour 2: The latest controversy at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool; 2 DUCKS ARE DEAD!

The latest controversy at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool now includes reports of dead ducks, as wildlife experts work to determine whether chemicals, algae, construction stress, disease, or something else is to blame. Is this a real environmental concern, a political embarrassment, or both?

Hour 1: Today is the day that Michael Jackson died in 2009; how do you remember him?

Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50 after suffering sudden cardiac arrest at his rented mansion in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. His death was ruled a homicide caused by acute propofol intoxication. Scoot reviews some of Michael Jackson's most newsworthy moments.

When Michael Jackson died in 2009, we truly lost one of the greats

Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50 after suffering sudden cardiac arrest at his rented mansion in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. His death was ruled a homicide caused by acute propofol intoxication. Scoot reviews some of Michael Jackson's most newsworthy moments.