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 morning everybody. Dave Neal here for your rush hour ride to work this morning, Wednesday, January 8th, 2025. And here are the stories we've got for you

today. We're following the devastating wildfire hitting the Pacific Palisades in Southern California.

I'll have updates as cars are parked on major roadways. Folks are evacuating on foot. Institutions are

up in flames. This is not hyperbole. It is a devastating,

devastating story. Plus, we've got more information coming out from the Blake lively Justin

Baldoni lawsuits as Brian Friedman, Justin's lawyer, goes on a controversial program to share

a new voice note from Justin himself. I'm going to play that for you guys.

Plus, Bachelorette Trista Sutter explains how tough special forces kicked her butt.

Also, we might hear from Bachelorette Jen Tran, as she says why she would have preferred to never have met the guys that were on her season.

And James Kennedy of Vanderpump fame

breaks his social media silence following his domestic violence arrest. I'll share what he had to say.

All these stories and more coming up next on The Rush. All right, we have to jump into this

devastating story coming out of Southern California here. If you're listening on the audio-only

version of the podcast,

I'll be bringing up some of the video. There are houses being burned, schools are burned,

museums being burned, all due to a wildfire that is at 0% containment right now.

You know, the big devastating thing when it comes to these wildfires is the wind.

You know, they can move sometimes up to comes to these wildfires is the wind. You know,

they can move sometimes up to 30 miles an hour. It's absolutely insane. And when it takes a turn

and there's only certain ways to get in and out of the city, tragedy can hit. I'm going to go to

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