Episode 151: Vegas Gets Hacked, A Red Wine River, & The Takeover of Twinkies

Kathleen opens the show drinking a Quickbeer Pilsner from Rusty Rail Brewing Company. She reviews her weekend of sold-out shows in Hershey, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland, visiting Troegs Brewery and the Hershey Story Museum in Hershey, eating her favorite Primanti Bros Bar in Pittsburgh, and visiting the A Christmas Story House in Cleveland. QUEEN NEWS: Kathleen reports that Queen Taylor Swift makes history at the 2023 VMAs, and Queen Dolly is expanding her Doggy Parton collection to Petco. “GOOD BAD FOOD”: In her quest for delicious not-so-nutritious food, Kathleen samples a Gibble’s Red Hot chips, Pittsburgh Pretzel Rods and Weber’s Horseradish Mustard. UPDATES: Kathleen gives updates on Anna Delvey’s rooftop fashion show, and El Chapo’s son has been extradited from Mexico. “HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT”: Kathleen is amazed to read about the discovery of a lithium mine on the Nevada//Oregon border. FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS: Kathleen shares articles outlining deals on National Cheeseburger Day, another rare brown spotless giraffe has been born in Africa, a man stockpiles 75 years’ worth of incandescent light bulbs, mysterious “blue lights” flash in the sky moments before the Moroccan earthquake, a wine river flows through a Portuguese village when a distillery’s tank bursts, Smucker is buying Hostess, McDonalds is getting rid of self-serve soda machines, there’s methodology as to why you have to walk so far to your gate at airports, a resident at The Villages is arrested for trafficking illegal erectile dysfunction pills, and Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner is removed from the Rock n Roll HOF board after comments in his new book. LYRICAL BREAKDOWN: Kathleen compares the lyrical breakdown of Styx’s “Mr. Roboto” and Taylor Swift’s “Mean.” WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK: Kathleen recommends watching (and rating) her new stand-up Special “Hunting Bigfoot” on Prime Video. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.