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.

Hey folks, it's Dave Neal here, stand-up comic, and host of the Rush Hour podcast.

On this Friday, January 23rd, 2026. I have a special afternoon

episode for you, interviewed my pal, Ashley Brianna Eve. We talk all things Blake lively versus

Justin Baldoni, specifically the PR tactics used by Taylor Swift, what this means. I sort of stress test some of the conversations

around whether Taylor Swift was complicit in Blake Lively's actions. And it's super

interesting. If you've been following this case, which I'm assuming you have been,

you're like a PhD level grad student here. Like you want these higher conversations. And boy, do we have them for you. Now, it's been an insane day. I don't think I've ever released an episode this late into the day. Starting last night, I was preparing for this once-in-a-generation ice storm heading our way. You know, it could affect up to 150 million people. So stay off the roads this

weekend if you can. But in doing so, I had my name on a list at Lowe's in order to get a generator. They called me at 6 a.m. I didn't answer because I'm not a psychopath. I work till 3 a.m. You know, so I finally go back to the Lows this morning and they send me to another L and next thing you know i'm in line with a bunch of

rag tag dads all with a number just waiting for them to show up and we'll be here in 15 minutes we'll be

here in 30 and what turned into a several hour long journey landed me a generator so i can keep my

system running even if we lose power so very happy that we'll be here for you guys, rain or shine, but stay safe out there and enjoy my conversation with Ashley Brianna Eve. Ladies and gentlemen, I am so honored today to talk to branding and PR strategists. It's Ashley Brianna Eve. How are you? I am so well. Thank you for having me. It's quite honestly an honor to be

here. And it's an honor to have you. You're coming into us from Canada. You're on a farm, I believe.

Yeah, we run a farm animal sanctuary. I kind of traded up the high speed PR life for more of the,

my daily rush is ducks running out of their pen.

I think of the same thing.

I cover all this heavy news and I'm like, I just need a pig.

I need a couple pigs that I can talk to at the end of the day here.

You do.

I'll send you over some chickens.

Well, speaking of feral animals, we've got the Blake livelyly versus Justin Baldone case. It swept the nation.

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