Full Show 6/24/2026: How do you decompress after doom-scrolling bad news?

Full Show 6/24/2026: How do you decompress after doom-scrolling bad news?

On today's show, Scoot "Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen" has experienced a massive national ratings collapse since replacing "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on CBS. Does it matter if the president tells the truth? President Trump has made questionable claims about the stock market and about alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Are these harmless exaggerations, political salesmanship, or does the truth still matter when it comes from the White House? The gap between the informed and the uninformed keeps growing. So why do you think you are informed? Where do you get your news? How do you know it is reliable? And are you actually seeking information, or just looking for someone to confirm what you already believe? Scientists say our brains are being overwhelmed by the constant stream of bad news, from politics and crime to wars, storms, and everything else flashing across our phones. Do you feel overwhelmed by the news? Do you turn it off, talk it out, exercise, pray, drink, doomscroll, or something else?

Hour 3: Where do you get your news, and do you believe it's reliable?

The gap between the informed and the uninformed keeps growing. So why do you think you are informed? Where do you get your news? How do you know it is reliable? And are you actually seeking information, or just looking for someone to confirm what you already believe? Scientists say our brains are being overwhelmed by the constant stream of bad news, from politics and crime to wars, storms, and everything else flashing across our phones. Do you feel overwhelmed by the news? Do you turn it off, talk it out, exercise, pray, drink, doomscroll, or something else?

Hour 2: Are Trump's comments harmless exaggerations, political salesmanship, or reprehensible recklessness?

Does it matter if the president tells the truth? President Trump has made questionable claims about the stock market and about alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Are these harmless exaggerations, political salesmanship, or does the truth still matter when it comes from the White House? Democrats have built substantial electoral momentum across the country through a series of significant victories in marquee gubernatorial races, state legislative flips, and progressive primary sweeps. Driven largely by an early voter backlash and a shifting political landscape following President Trump's return to the White House, the Democratic Party has repeatedly overperformed in local, state, and special elections.

Does it matter to Republicans if the President Trump tells the truth or not?

Does it matter if the president tells the truth? President Trump has made questionable claims about the stock market and about alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Are these harmless exaggerations, political salesmanship, or does the truth still matter when it comes from the White House?

Hour 1: "Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen" has experienced a massive national ratings collapse

"Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen" has experienced a massive national ratings collapse since replacing "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on CBS. Also, Scoot asks if you'd live in a haunted apartment.