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Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.
Jack Armstrong
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Katie
And now here's Arnold Armstrong and Yeti.
Michaelangelo
Progress getting Russia to agree to a peace deal going nowhere despite the President cutting the window to ten days before approving sweeping sanctions.
Jack Armstrong
Ten days from today. I haven't had any response.
Michaelangelo
It's a shame Putin sending a low level spokesperson to issue this message.
Jack Armstrong
The special military operation is continuing and we also remain committed to a peace process. So no idea where that story is going whatsoever? Not the slightest. Does Trump follow through on that? How does Putin react? Does he punt? Again, no idea. So we'll wait and see. I guess this is.
Katie
And is whatever that's to happen going to be incremental or striking in its boldness or no idea.
Jack Armstrong
This is sort of breaking news. Cash Patel, the chief of the FBI, said he found thousands of sensitive Trump Russia probe documents inside burn bags in a secret room at the FBI. So that's either the biggest story of the week or we'll never hear it about it again. So there's another thing we'll check back in on later if there's more.
Katie
You know, this is a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. I mean, if that is true, that's really interesting. Is that routine? I don't know. Or is it a desperate attempt to redirect the conversation away from Epstein for the base? Damned if you do or if you don't is Cash Patel.
Jack Armstrong
They've called off the tsunami warnings in Hawaii and the California coast after one of the biggest earthquakes in modern history happened near Russia last night. And I was hoping to hell there wasn't going to be another one of those tsunamis that killed hundreds of thousands of people like happened in 2004. 250,000 people died in like a half an hour in 2004 when a tsunami hit.
Katie
Holy crap.
Jack Armstrong
Mother Nature's amazing.
Katie
Oh yeah. The death toll could be just unimaginable in la, say.
Jack Armstrong
Sure.
Katie
And San Diego, especially your low lying coastal areas. Oh, crazy. Anyway, hope it doesn't Happen. So I love this. This is funny. I like words. I think that's obvious. But they're fun to play with. And I came across this article that's just terrific. The guy starts with, go shopping online. Just about everything you look at will have a star rating based on, you know, previous customers. Right. Many of them phony. Which makes shopping online a bit difficult. But. And he says it's less easy to quantify things in such a way in day to day life. For instance, if your friend was telling you about a product or a restaurant or whatever, where would their description fall on the star scale? Blah, blah, blah. Well, he said, you're in the dark. No longer. A new YouGov study reveals exactly how positively and negatively the population perceives the various words or descriptions to be. They have a few dozen words, then ask people to score them on a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 being very negative to 10 being very positive. And as an explanation, I will tell you that of the 40 words tested, abysmal was seen as the most negative.
Jack Armstrong
Okay, so this is like, so you ask me how, how was that restaurant you went to? And I say, great. They figured out what great means to people. Yes, okay.
Katie
Right where it fits on the scale. So abysmal is seen as the most negative.
Jack Armstrong
Well, if I said to you, so what did you think of that restaurant? You said it was abysmal. Yes. I wouldn't try it. I mean, it's not like I would. I'd think, oh, that's just his opinion.
Katie
Would there be any doubt as to what my opinion is using the word abysmal? No. Slightly less bad comes the closely clustered.
Jack Armstrong
Fighting it out for second place.
Katie
Awful, terrible and very bad. Now, on the other end of the scale.
Jack Armstrong
That's interesting. So awful, terrible and very bad. Obviously a fairly negative review, but.
Katie
And I'll do the fullest for you.
Jack Armstrong
But measurably above abysmal.
Katie
Yeah, Abysmal is the clear winner. Clear winner.
Jack Armstrong
I'm trying to imagine what would have to happen in a restaurant before I would say that. I mean, the waiter would have to punch me in the face and give me rancid meat, I think as I.
Katie
Was being attacked by rats. Yes, yes.
Jack Armstrong
Abysmal was my experience.
Katie
At the other end of the scale, perfect is the most positively regarded word with an average score of 9.16. Only one other word managed to break the 9 point barrier. Remember, we're on a 0 to 10 scale, which was outside outstanding, just edging out. Excellent.
Jack Armstrong
For second place, perfect is similar to abysmal It'd be a hard to reach. Also, they gave me Kobe steak, didn't charge me, and I had an orgasm.
Katie
I hope you excused yourself before that last one. Anyway, I had one. I've had a couple dining experiences I probably have described as perfect or something close to it, but they also went with an enormous price tag.
Jack Armstrong
Right, like your.
Katie
Your anniversary and not like your 21st, only like your 20th and 25th. That sort of place you go.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, that's. That is a good point, too. Yeah, I. I say that to the kids a lot because I rarely complain about service, but, like, sometimes if we're at a really, really fancy place, I don't expect to sit around thirsty for very long if I'm going to drop a whole bunch of money. You know what I'm saying? And. Right, so you have different standards. I met Denny's. They don't come back to refill my water. That's what I expected.
Katie
Yeah. Yeah. All right, so let's. I think it would be better, more entertaining to go from the best to the worst. The words as rated by thousands of people. All right, we'll start with perfect and work our way down.
Jack Armstrong
Perfect. Included in orgasm.
Katie
As we remember, each one gets less and less appealing. Perfect. Outstanding. Excellent. Incredible. I would have incredible ahead of excellent, but this is a poll.
Jack Armstrong
Me too.
Katie
Wisdom of the crowds.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah.
Katie
Brilliant.
Jack Armstrong
Superb.
Katie
This is getting less impressive as we go.
Jack Armstrong
I've never. I don't think I've ever used the word superb, but.
Katie
Oh, I do. Constantly. I'm superb at using the word superb. The differences between these various words. Very, very.
Jack Armstrong
I'd say.
Katie
Do you use it seriously or sarcastically? No, I mean, like, the point total depends on my setting. On the setting.
Jack Armstrong
He's been good at using super as a sarcastic comment for various things. It's always made me laugh.
Katie
Super.
Jack Armstrong
Super.
Katie
Oh, super. But this is superb with the B shows. Sophistication. Anyway, moving along. Fantastic. Awesome. Very good. Really good. Which is not as good as very good. Great. Good. Oh, that's right. I forgot to tell you. It's. It's actually. Bang in the middle is average. I mean, that is exactly in the middle of these descriptors. Average.
Jack Armstrong
Wow.
Katie
Isn't that funny? And, you know, I mean, of course it is, but it's funny that it is.
Jack Armstrong
I will go to a place if somebody tells me it's average. If the price is low, probably, and it's convenient to me.
Katie
Yeah, yeah, it's funny. There's a restaurant, Judy and Delaney and I went to the other Day. And a lot of our friends go to it. And once again, we're like, it's okay. But the one word people use constantly describe it as consistent. Their food is really consistent. We have a place where we.
Jack Armstrong
Minus.
Katie
Every time you go, yeah, we have a place. It's like a B minus. But it's the charm that we go for. It's not really the food. Yeah, yeah, okay. Anyway, so remember, these words are getting less impressive. Great, good, pretty good, above average, decent, quite good, somewhat good. Fine. Satisfactory.
Jack Armstrong
Fine is.
Katie
Yeah, okay. All right. Fair, not bad. Average. And again, that was the average score. Weird. Mediocre, Below average. We've definitely departed thumbs up, folks. We're in thumbs down territory.
Jack Armstrong
We're in probably not going back territory.
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Katie
So, all right, so average, mediocre, below average, somewhat bad, pretty bad, quite bad, poor. And then just bad. Unsatisfactory, Rubbish. The original version of this poll was in Britain, then they did it in America. Slight differences, but not meaningful enough to mention. Rubbish. Really bad. Very bad. Very bad is seen as 0.9% worse than very bad. There was really bad.
Jack Armstrong
There was a hair in my soup. There was more hair in my salad. And then once again, hair in my entree.
Katie
The experience went from really bad to very bad. Terrible, awful, dreadful, Appalling.
Jack Armstrong
Can I get a razor to shave some of my food? Everything has hair in it.
Katie
Finally. Abysmal. Abysmal. The worst. Although if somebody told me our experience was appalling, I mean, even clear enough, that's hilarious. Who decided to rank these words?
Jack Armstrong
Well, the great thing about appalling and abysmal experiences is they make for a good story. It's almost better than slightly below average because then you just, you know, you don't have a story. You wasted your money, you're not satisfied. But something like abysmal, you're gonna be telling people about it, having laughs.
Katie
I tell that story way more than, like, a perfect dinner.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, yeah. Like, my kids and I have a. Coincidentally, because I mentioned it, a Denny's story from Arizona once from way, way back when they tried to get these. When they were little kids and they tried to get these pancakes. It was at Christmas time, and they made, like, a Santa out of the pancakes. Anyway, that was when I. We never got our food, and I went up to the kitchen to try to figure out what was going on, and. And the waitress was yelling at the cookie and the cook quit and left right in front of me. It was really quite the thing to see. But I still talk about that because it was an appalling experience, but it was entertaining.
Katie
Oh, wow. So, all right, finally, final note. So if you've had an experience that was just completely average but slightly better, you'd say mediocre and just slightly worse. Not bad. Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
That story, Katie, quickly, is. So we sat there, we sat there, we sat there, we sat there like, so what's going on? I go up to the kitchen where you can, like, you know, there's a. Like a bar there and you can see into the kitchen at a place like.
Katie
Didn't the mater d say anything?
Jack Armstrong
It's a diner. And. And the waitress is standing there and the cook is in there completely ignoring her with a blank look on his face, like flipping burgers and bacon and stuff, like. And she keeps saying, can you hear me? Are you going to. Are you going to make the food?
Katie
What are you doing?
Jack Armstrong
What is happening here? And he just kept looking straight ahead and kind of doing things slowly. And then pretty soon he just walked out and I assume he left.
Katie
Wow.
Jack Armstrong
I don't know what happened there, but.
Katie
That had been brewing for a while. I have a feeling she couldn't get.
Jack Armstrong
A response out of him.
Katie
That's dreadful.
Jack Armstrong
He kept.
Katie
Awful dismal.
Michaelangelo
A turd sandwich.
Katie
A turd sandwich. But we still didn't ask about that one.
Jack Armstrong
We still laugh about that experience at Denny's though. So I got something out of it again. I'd rather have appalling.
Katie
Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
Than below average.
Katie
What would be worse? A T S. I'm not going to repeat the. The phrase. Or a foster clock.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. Mine was really more of a foster cluck than a. Yeah. Than the food being bad because we never got. We had to go somewhere else.
Katie
Right.
Jack Armstrong
That's a pretty good story. Trump changed his story, it seems. Again on the Epstein thing.
Katie
I don't know why.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, it's pretty interesting. If you haven't heard that. We'll get to that this hour. Among other things, Stair Excelsior.
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Jack Armstrong
He's a terrible, he's a terrible Fed chair.
Katie
I think he's a total stiff. You talk to the guy, it's like talking to nothing. It's like talking to a chair.
Jack Armstrong
It's like talking to a chair. That's Donald Trump referring to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, who this afternoon is going to announce a rate cut or not. And nearly 100% of economists predict he will not cut interest rates at this time. Even though, or I shouldn't say even though. It doesn't make any sense. In addition, other economic news that came out today, the economy grew at 3% annualized for the quarter we had shrunk last quarter, if you remember. And if it had shrunk again, we would technically be in a recession. People would argue about that and I would get bored and have to leave the room.
Katie
Speaking for all of us, yes, but.
Jack Armstrong
It grew at 3%. So thank God we don't have to have that discussion. Speaking of, oh, Trump also gave us some brand new information about Epstein and their, and their why they split and couldn't be friends anymore yesterday. Why he's drip, drip, drip, dripping. This like he's, is he trying to keep the story going? Anyway, we'll get to that next segment. Speaking of Trump, I didn't see this. Maybe you did the video of Trump hitting his golf shot at his new golf course in Scotland. Did he ceremonial drive? Did he hit it pretty well? Because I heard he made some crack about Biden.
Katie
No, I didn't see that. I saw a different video that's popular online where his caddy gets to his ball and tosses it into a better spot for him quickly before anybody anti Trump site.
Jack Armstrong
Apparently he hit the ball quite well in his inaugural drive at his new golf course.
Katie
Oh, yeah, he's a good player for his age especially is amazing. He cheats like crazy. But yeah, he's a good player.
Jack Armstrong
A couple more notes. Just going through my notes. The watermelon diet has gone viral. Here's what experts say about this weight loss trend. Do you know anything about the watermelon diet? Katie usually knows about this stuff that we don't know. But I, I don't know that diet.
Katie
I assume, guessing you eat a lot of watermelon in this diet.
Jack Armstrong
I, that would be my guess.
Katie
Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
But all right, there's clapping back.
Katie
What does Sydney Sweeney think about it? Is it racist?
Jack Armstrong
Also, I read this article. I thought it was kind of interesting. I co parent with Chat GPT. I love turning off my brain and letting AI help raise my child. That sentence seems designed to get people to be angry. But I have used Chat GPT for a number of like sort of questions you might normally ask a therapist about a kid's behavior and gotten answers that I thought, wow, that really is a good idea. So that's just my personal experience.
Katie
Yeah, I don't know if that. Yeah. You know, it's funny, I'm distracted because I'm thinking about two avenues in which I might use it today for help and that sort of thing with various family dynamics. I've mentioned it a few times. It has helped me through the IVF process beyond any phone call I could make. Really.
Jack Armstrong
Give us a. Give us a. A general example.
Katie
Well, like right now I'm getting some results back and instead of having to call my doctor and track her down, I just plugged him into Chat GPT and said, can you explain this?
Jack Armstrong
You know, I've done that. I had a blood test a while back and I could have googled it but it would have been more cumbersome and complicated. Just I just like whatever one thing they tested in my blood, this being high. What could this mean? And it just listed the things and had links if you wanted them. It was fantastic.
Katie
And it also gives you like, you know, this looks great, like piece of encouragement, makes you feel better.
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Jack Armstrong
That is a little weird. It's also weird what Trump said on the plane yesterday about Epstein. So stay tuned.
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Jack Armstrong
Did you get to see my driver in the first hole?
Katie
You hit it straight pretty hard. Pretty long.
Jack Armstrong
Pretty long. That's. That's no Joe Biden, let me tell you. That's not bite, right? That was a good. That was a good drive.
Katie
Come on.
Jack Armstrong
That's Donald Trump on the plane. Did you get to see my first drive on my golf course that I cut the ribbon for while on this government trip.
Katie
Which is an odd duck.
Jack Armstrong
I'm not criticizing that. It's just an interesting confluence of events that he's opening his golf course and answering really important global questions about tariffs and war and all that sort of stuff while he's in his golf outfit at his new course cutting the ribbon. As I pointed out though, the other day, the Biden family only does government business but somehow ends up very, very wealthy. So what's the difference?
Katie
Yeah. Oh, yeah. On the merits, please. I have no time for that. But I have been borderline obsessed with the game of golf since I was a child. I have never come across a golfer who would refer hours later to a shot he'd hit. Hey, did you see that shot? I hit something, wasn't it? Not even once. He is an odd duck, Donald J. Trump, but he is the very odd duck. We need to paddle through these times. Jack.
Jack Armstrong
I have said this a hundred times in the last two weeks. I don't understand the Epstein scandal. It is now well beyond the point that it has become the biggest scandal he has dealt with in any, in either term.
Katie
Even if it's. Even as it's half a dozen different scandals depending on who you ask to describe it.
Jack Armstrong
I mean, not counting the Russia thing, but the Russian thing was all one sided. This has got, you know, elements of a scandal and that it's got both sides are involved. Speaker Johnson said the other day it's not a hoax. Various Republican committees have voted for releasing more this and that. And so what is exactly going on? I don't know. But then yesterday, Trump drops some information that keeps the story going and makes it reasonable to ask even more questions. So he's continuing to being to be asked about how did you and Epstein have that falling out? Because he's given slightly different answers at different times. What happened in the break between two guys that seemed to be pretty friendly and then went to not speaking to each other and it had to do with poaching employees. But then he got more specific about what employees. So that's, that's what the reporter's asking about here. And then you'll hear his answer.
Michaelangelo
You said yesterday you're falling out with Jeffrey Epstein was over him taking some of the workers from your business. But your administration in the past said that you threw him out because he was a creep.
Katie
So can you explain that description?
Jack Armstrong
Well, maybe they're the same thing, you.
Katie
Know, sort of a little bit of the same thing.
Jack Armstrong
But no, he Took people that work for me. And I told him, don't do it anymore. And he did it. And I said, stay the hell out of here. So the question was, you've said in the past that you broke ties with him because he was a creep. Now you're saying it's because he poached some employees. What's the, you know, how do you explain the difference in stories? And he said, well, those are the same thing. Little of both, which can be true. But in this question, this is what was news making. The most famous woman victim. We all know from the pictures if you've been following Epstein at all, she was a beautiful 17 year old blonde woman standing there with Prince Andrew, one of Epstein's parties, and apparently is having sex with freaking 50 year old powerful men. It's just a horrible story. She ended up killing herself last year.
Katie
Got an enormous settlement too at one point. Just a really troubled young galaxy.
Jack Armstrong
Anyway, turns out she worked at Trump's place. I guess so. Well, here's how the questioning went. Did one of those stolen, you know.
Michaelangelo
Persons that include Virginia Jeffrey.
Jack Armstrong
I don't know. I think she worked at the spa. I think so. I think that was one of the people. He stole her. And by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know, none whatsoever. Did, did she work for you? This is new. I mean, how have we been this far into the Epstein thing after all these years and just found out the most famous chick from the whole thing used to work at Trump's place? It seems like somebody would have pointed that out, but. So when he's asked, did she work there? I don't know. And maybe she did. She did. In fact, she did and she had no complaints. So you went from.
Katie
Well, as he weirdly negotiates against himself. I mean, he. Thinking out loud, obviously. All right, what can I say? What can I not say about. Or what should I say? What? And his answer just evolved in the space of like 10 seconds. That was interesting.
Jack Armstrong
Why does he remember one particular woman from 20 plus years ago who worked at his golf club? How many thousands of people have worked at his golf club? His many, many golf clubs.
Katie
Yeah, I, again, I suspect somebody reminded him of it when her name first became public. Probably said to him, hey, do you. She worked at Mar a Lago, she was one of the gals that Epstein poached. I, I suspect that's a fairly innocent explanation of that.
Jack Armstrong
I don't, I don't for a second or so far I haven't for a second believed that Trump's like, really implicated in anything awful in the whole Epstein thing. I've never thought that.
Katie
Right.
Jack Armstrong
So I'm not, you know.
Katie
So why are you attacking him like that?
Jack Armstrong
I just can't imagine why he would keep this story going.
Katie
Why didn't he just say, well, because I don't remember. Well, I don't. I don't know. I. Well, honestly, now you've dragged me into.
Jack Armstrong
It.
Katie
I don't understand why I wouldn't say. What was the question originally?
Jack Armstrong
Did she work for you? So obviously the reporters had gotten some information that she worked there.
Katie
I've been told that she did. I have no specific recollection.
Jack Armstrong
It would have been perfectly fine. Yeah. And believable.
Katie
The way his answer migrated, though, that creates a perception of. That's odd.
Jack Armstrong
Well, I feel like all the answers have been migrating, so that gives the conspiracy theorists, you know, fuel for their fire. Like I said, I don't believe there's a conspiracy to be found. But if your story about why you broke with Epstein is a little different every time we ask, I might as well keep asking.
Katie
Right? Right.
Jack Armstrong
It seems odd to me that the most famous woman from the whole thing we just now found out worked at Trump's golf course and was part of.
Katie
The falling out between Trump and Epstein. I mean, that's. That's big. I mean, it's not necessarily significant in any way, but it's very notable. Yeah. I don't know. Is this a lot of merc around this? And where there is merc, conspiracy websites thrive.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, yeah. And so Chuck Schumer, leader of the Senate for the Democrats, tweeted out, I'm fighting for the FBI to conduct a counterintelligence threat assessment to determine the risk proposed or the risk posed if a foreign adversary were to gain access to the Epstein files. Whatever is in the Epstein files is clearly concerning enough that Donald Trump is running scared. Our adversaries could try to use it to gain influence and hurt America and Americans.
Katie
So, Chuck Schumer, your party is terrible and nobody likes you.
Jack Armstrong
The. The mainstream media, of course, conveniently ignoring the fact that he was the leader of the Senate. It for many years when the Democrats controlled all the levers of every department and released every tiny bit of the Epstein information. Had they wanted to.
Katie
I know you would have to be truly ignoramus to fall for Chucky's latest judo move. I see you don't know your judo wells.
Jack Armstrong
So.
Katie
So it's.
Jack Armstrong
It's pretty obvious. The Democrats know that most people don't pay close enough Attention. To put two and two together and figure that out. Wait a second. You could have released it whenever you wanted. So there must not be anything there. So the Democrats know there's nothing there. Most Republicans, I think, know there's nothing there. That one guy who runs that one committee seems to be convinced, or he has to pretend he's convinced because his constituents are all into it, but he seems to be convinced that that whole QAnon child trafficking, Hillary Clinton runs it thing is real. When does this nothing burger finally get thrown in the trash because somebody says, this is no meat, Send it back. I want a new hamburger.
Katie
You know, I just. I got rid of a quote from. Maybe I can find it real quick from.
Jack Armstrong
There's not even cheese and sauce on this nothing burger. It's just.
Katie
There you go. Here's mtg. She was not the congressperson you're discussing, but I have a feeling he is of a similar mind to her quote. If you tell the base of people who support you of deep state treasonous crimes, election interference, blackmail and rich, powerful elite evil cabals, then you must take down every enemy of the people. If not, the base will turn and there's no going back. Dangling bits of red meat no longer satisfies. They want the whole steak dinner and will accept nothing else.
Jack Armstrong
Do you think the base would turn to what? Toward what? I do think that a lot of people, I know a couple, and I have no idea if that's a half of 1% of the Republican Party or 15% of the Republican party, but I know people that will not probably vote in the midterm because they're just so disgusted by not getting what they were promised out of this. Right.
Katie
Well, in response to your question, they'll turn to what? To not voting websites and podcasts and not voting.
Jack Armstrong
But not. Yeah, not voting is a big deal.
Katie
Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
If your most enthusiastic voters decide, screw it. Yeah, that hurts. That hurts. We'll see.
Katie
Well, and you know, Marjorie, actually it's an indictment of honestly, the whole harem scarum right wing conspiracy podcast world.
Jack Armstrong
You.
Katie
Know, and I'll beat up on lefties in a minute, everybody. So just be. Be patient. But if you tell the base of people who support you of deep state treasonous crimes, election interference, blackmail and rich, powerful elite evil cabals, then you must take down every enemy of the people. So, and I would say to Margie, and we are close friends, after greeting each other briefly in an airport once, and everyone knows it, they could see the sparks fly between us on. Anyway, there. There are two answers to what you're saying, Margie. One, as you said, you must take down every enemy of the people. Or two, what they told you, what they sold you was bunk. Or at least exaggerations. Extra exciting clickbaity exaggerations to keep you tuned in and to sell you stu stuff and to make money from you.
Jack Armstrong
Well, so to flip it to the other side, did the Democratic base, how did they react to the nothing burger that was the Russia hoax? They were promised all these things by Adam Schiff and all these different people that were going to happen and they never did. I don't know. Maybe that's part of the reason the Democratic Party is at the lowest rating they've ever been. Is that abandonment there?
Katie
You know, it's funny, Jack, as I was going to say, the mainstream media, which is their mouthpiece, those people were pretty skilled in a despicable low crawling. What's a belly crawling? What's that expression? You're. You're lower than a. Whatever you have belly crawling. Snakes snaggling. What's that expression? They used it in westerns all the time. You're a low riding. I can't remember. Anyway, they were. They were very good in an evil way at saying while Mueller was not able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump colluded with Putin, the signs were many. The meetings are still there and they spun it to their people like we almost got him, we almost got em. I was gonna say that, but now that you mention it played out over the long term. That had to play a role in their current abysmal approval rating.
Jack Armstrong
Lack of enthusiasm for their own party. Sure. Yeah, we will finish strong.
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Jack Armstrong
You want to play first?
Katie
68 okay, this is Cory Booker going nuts on the Senate floor, desperately trying to become the face of the Democratic Party.
Jack Armstrong
There's too much going on in this country. When are we going to stand together for principles that I just heard that were agreed with? When are we going to stand together if we don't stand as Democrats. We deserve to lose. All right, all right.
Katie
They're about to unanimously pass this measure. And he decided to stop it and yell at people for a while. And even though his own party was like, what are you talking about?
Jack Armstrong
So who brought us this meme? This.
Katie
Who cares?
Jack Armstrong
But I like, I just. So there's some horrible version of the Titanic song somebody played on the recorder that has become a meme. You put it underneath, like serious stuff to mock it. For instance, this. There's too much on the line right now in America as people do process rights and freedom of the speech rights. And secret police are running around this, this country picking people up off the streets who have a legal right to be here. There's too much going on in this country. Oh, I need that for that. I wouldn't actually do this, but I'd like to use that sometime when one of my teenagers is going on one of the rants about how rough their life is. Play that song.
Katie
Oh, if you had that handy on your phone saying, put that in voice memos. Yeah, it's that one note that.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. Well, have you ever. Did you play the recorder in fourth grade? It's not easy. Yeah.
Katie
You know, the fingering is wrong, but you can't remember. Then you like overcorrect the wrong way. No, there it is. Oh, my goodness. Yep. Well, it's. That's how he wooed Fang. Fang was playing the recorder, playing his, his fancy licks. So. Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, we got breaking news. Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer says there is a century old law that he can use to compel the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files. So he's going to attempt to do that today. I wish they would release the Epstein files. I wish every word about Epstein would be put out there though. That's the thing, though. That's one of the things you can't for perfectly good reasons. There's people's who have their names in there. Just tangentially. It's got nothing to do with the crime or anything. You can't be putting their names out.
Katie
There and, and all sorts of information about the victims.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, right. So then if you have anything that's like blacked out, then you get to continue to claim there's a conspiracy.
Katie
And not even, it's not even clear to me that Congress could do that because of our judicial system. Gentlemen, this is Final Thoughts manifest with Armstrong and Getty. I see you know your judo.
Jack Armstrong
Well, here's your host for Final Thoughts, Joe Getty.
Katie
How About a final thought from everybody on the crew to wrap things up for the day. There is our technical director, Michelangelo Michael.
Jack Armstrong
What's your final thought?
Katie
Okay, I'm thinking you use that Titanic.
Jack Armstrong
Theme at a city council meeting.
Cindy Crawford
When somebody's up there discussing a really.
Katie
Important topic and you're just out in.
Cindy Crawford
The audience, you've got on a little Bluetooth speaker.
Katie
Just pretend nothing's going on. It would go on for a while and they'd say, excuse me, who's playing that? Who's. Can you please stop that place? And everybody be cracking up.
Jack Armstrong
I love that idea.
Katie
Katie Greener, esteemed newswoman, has a final thought. Katie, today is my daddy o's birthday, so happy birthday to my dad. Happy birthday, Judge Larry Jack. Final thought for us.
Jack Armstrong
I got this text. I think I'm in this boat. This texter said, I'm a 60 something old guy and I'm gonna buy a pair of American eagle jeans today. What a bunch of idiots. You know, I'm gonna order a pair in my size today too. I'll do it right now.
Katie
During the break, I'm gonna drink a Bud Light to support Dylan Mulvaney to show you bigots. So Glenn Kessler, fact checker of the Washington Post has resigned. Nice fella. Really nice, man. But some of our favorite journalists are kicking the hell out of him because he got it so badly wrong so many times. Oh, yeah, as a fact checker, but.
Jack Armstrong
He was better than like 98% of the fact checkers out there.
Katie
Oh, we'll talk about that tomorrow.
Jack Armstrong
Which is unfortunate. Armstrong and Yeti wrapping up on another grueling four hour workday.
Katie
So many people. Thanks. A little time. Go to Armstrong and yeti dot com. Got a lot of great clicks for you. The hot links kids corner. Pick up some swag ang t shirt or hat or hoodie. Drop us a note. Mailbagarmstrongandgetti.com if there's something we ought to be talking about, send it along.
Jack Armstrong
Yes, what is today? Wednesday. Con, we got two days left this week. I don't know if I can do it. See you tomorrow. God bless America.
Cindy Crawford
There were so many great moments on today's Armstrong and Getty show, but none.
Katie
As great as this.
Jack Armstrong
Now, was it like the sort of thing that a couple would use in a loving way or was it like novelty size, like some or a circus act sort of deal? It was. It was.
Cindy Crawford
You could use it.
Katie
Okay, I'll take your word for it, but thank you.
Jack Armstrong
HR is walking down the hall right now.
Katie
I have to go to Church, Armstrong and Getty.
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Title: I Like Words. They're Fun To Play With.
Release Date: July 30, 2025
Host: Jack Armstrong & Katie
Produced by: iHeartPodcasts
The episode opens with Jack Armstrong and Katie delving into various pressing topics, seamlessly transitioning from light-hearted discussions to more serious newsworthy issues.
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Jack and Katie explore the nuances of language and how specific words are perceived positively or negatively by the public. They reference a YouGov study that evaluated 40 words on a scale from 0 (very negative) to 10 (very positive).
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Jack and Katie discuss a significant earthquake near Russia, addressing the ensuing tsunami warnings for Hawaii and the California coast.
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A significant portion of the episode delves into the ongoing Epstein scandal, with a focus on recent developments involving sensitive documents and political figures.
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The hosts provided updates on the current economic climate, focusing on GDP growth and Federal Reserve rate decisions.
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Jack and Katie discussed the integration of AI tools like ChatGPT in parenting and personal life management.
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As the episode concluded, the hosts shared their final reflections on the topics discussed and interacted with each other in a light-hearted manner.
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This episode of "Armstrong & Getty On Demand" offered listeners a blend of insightful discussions on language perception, critical updates on the Epstein scandal, economic analyses, and the role of AI in daily life. Through engaging dialogues and notable quotes, Jack Armstrong and Katie provided a comprehensive exploration of timely and relevant topics, all while maintaining an entertaining and relatable format.
Note: Advertisements, promotional segments by Cindy Crawford, Joe Getty, and Michaelangelo were omitted from this summary to focus solely on the content-rich discussions.