Welcome to the rush hour. Your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride.

Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal.

Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Friday to you on this January 16th, 2026.

I've all of your news for your rush hour ride home. Can you believe we made it to the finish line of this insane week?

We've got so many different updates for you. Continuing to cover Blake lively versus Justin Baldoni,

the he said, she said, as Baldoni's deposition and others have come to light, we now have conflicting information.

Baldoni essentially calling Director Claire Ayub a liar.

And I'm going to share exactly why that is.

That'll be our first story.

Then we're going to look into a real cultural moment as Sean Ryan, big-time conservative

podcaster and Joe Rogan, kind of like the goat in podcasting, have

questioned ICE and in turn really questioning Trump's administration over what they're doing,

how effective they are with the sort of, you know, riots that are going on. And Elon Musk is now

calling for the Insurrection Act. This was the game plan all along. I'm going to break it down for you guys so you know what to expect. It is coming. This isn't fear-based. It is just kind of the blueprints of what they want to do, which is install a police state. So get your papers ready. Who's got their passport? I do. It's like you're not leaving the country, but you still need it. You go going to Costco. You need your pass. You always have that app. You got to scan your QR code to get into Costco. Now you need your passport. It's the USSR. All right. I digress. All these stories and more starts right now on the rush. And don't forget, if you haven't already, we're having these conversations. And by conversations, I mean, fighting with a lot of,

you know, bots online, but we're having those conversations on Instagram. So close to 100,000

followers. What does a boy have to do? We are 6,700 followers away from 100K. Should we celebrate in

one way or another? Free cupcakes for everyone for life. I'm kidding.

Although, you know, I do appreciate all of those that have supported us. It's been an unbelievable time of growth. Okay, we'll get into that political stuff later. But first,

let's cover the story that has swept the entertainment news nation, which is Claire Ayub,

lying about Baldoni being banned on Empire Waste set. So she's got this movie. We covered it earlier this week. Wayfair gives her a $2 million budget. She gets other financing, and then Wayfair says, well, if you've got new financing, we need to cut down your equity. We all can't get, you know, 100% profit from a movie when new people are investing

in it. That's how investing works. Haven't you ever watched Shark Tank? And so he, of course,

has a conversation with Claire being like, this isn't negotiable. We can't do this. And then Claire

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