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The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

10-1-25 Morning Rush - Baldoni Sued By New York Times! & Government Shutdown Updates

The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

Dave Neal

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.5 β€’ 1.7K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

πŸŽ™οΈ This morning's Rush Hour Podcast is brought to you by Tropical Smoothie Cafe! Start your day with fresh takes, hot stories, and just the right blend of news and entertainment.

🌟 Today's lineup:

  • 🎀 Megyn Kelly sparks outrage over Bad Bunny being named the 2026 Super Bowl halftime performer.

  • πŸ“‘ Justin Baldoni faces a shocking lawsuit from The New York Times.

  • πŸ›οΈ The looming government shutdownβ€”who's really to blame?

  • πŸ’” More updates on Keith Urban & Nicole Kidman's pending divorce drama.

πŸ”₯ Plus: Quick hits and behind-the-scenes media buzz you won't want to miss.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:08.5

enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. Good morning, everybody. Happy

0:15.5

Hump Day to you on October 1st, 2025. I got all your stories for your rush hour ride to work.

0:23.1

Oh, boy, a lot to get into here in the pop culture universe.

0:26.2

We have Keith Urban updates.

0:27.7

We're going to share some clips of what he said leading up to his now pending divorce.

0:34.3

Fans are looking at clues as to why their relationship may have failed. It could get

0:38.8

messy. We'll share that. Plus, we've got Justin Baldoni getting sued again. Oh, boy, bad luck.

0:45.8

Good for the lawyers. Bad for Baldoni. Sued by the New York Times. They want to recoup their

0:50.7

costs after his defamation suit was dismissed by the judge. We'll get into those

0:56.1

stories. Plus, an AI actor has emerged, leaving real actors upset. And then at the end of the

1:02.7

episode, we'll discuss the shutdown. Congratulations, folks. The government is shut down. What does this

1:08.1

mean? And what Jimmy Kimball has to say about his show getting canceled and then

1:13.5

uncanneled. And I've also got Megan Kelly reacting, you know, the culture war queen herself,

1:18.9

making a something out of nothing, loves to be upset at all of the culture war issues. Megan

1:24.7

Kelly responds to bad bunny being the halftime performer. These

1:28.2

stories and more starts right now on The Rush. So let's dive into this AI actress sparking backlash,

1:36.3

and it should. You know, if I could just choose the option to boycott all artificial intelligence,

1:42.7

I would. But it's everywhere. It's in our phones. It's in

1:45.1

everything we use at this point. But when is it going to go too far? And to me, it's things like

1:50.6

creative works. Like, it's one thing you use artificial intelligence for maybe some

1:55.4

assistant work here, you know, putting a schedule together. But are we going to start seeing

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