10-21-25 Morning Rush - Will Laura Owens Trial Go Down Today & Did Blake Lively Set Up Illegal Phone Call? & More Government Shutdown BS

The Rush Hour With Dave Neal

Dave Neal

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🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Rush Hour Podcast — Morning Edition

In today's explosive morning episode of The Rush Hour Podcast:

Laura Owens heads to court as her long-awaited trial begins — but not before she attempts to secure medical leave. We break down what's at stake and how this could affect her case.
Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni — reactions are pouring in after the release of the illegal audio recording that's shaking Hollywood to its core. Who's defending who, and what does this mean for both their futures?
Government Shutdown Chaos — as the standoff drags on, political tensions rise and essential services begin to feel the impact.
Caroline Leavitt faces backlash after her controversial exchange with a journalist goes viral.
And in Europe, a stunning heist at the Louvre has left authorities scrambling to recover stolen treasures.

🎧 Tune in for all this and more — breaking news, insider analysis, and the stories everyone will be talking about today.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride.
0:07.7	Buckle up and enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal.
0:13.6	Good morning, everybody. Happy Tuesday to you on this October 21st, 2025. I got all of your
0:19.7	stories for your rush hour ride to work, and we've got it all.
0:23.2	From Baldoni to Blake lively ballroom renovations, and we've got a Justice for Clayton update,
0:30.5	not to mention the Louvre has been robbed. So fantastic sets of circumstances to digest right now. We're also going to be talking about
0:39.6	Laura Owens as she's now asking for medical intervention as a reason why she can't be attending
0:45.9	today's trial in San Francisco. All that plus the shutdown these stories and more starts right
0:51.3	now on The Rush. Well, if you saw me on yesterday's Patreon, patreon.com
0:56.7	slash Dave Neal, you know I absolutely lost my mind that the morning episode of The Rush Hour
1:02.2	was not available on podcast form. I don't know if it was an issue with my service provider
1:07.8	or possibly this outage that went down. Are you familiar with this? Everything
1:12.6	from Venmo to United Airlines, McDonald's, Amazon all had a cloud-based issue. Have a listen.
1:20.1	That they have made a resolution. They identified the issue that basically recovery should be
1:24.3	happening right now. But it's been a weird morning for a lot of people that have been trying to access everything from finance apps to ride hailing to their airlines, as well as Canva. This is, by the way, a big type of software that a lot of students use. So it's impacting your ability to get your homework last minute before you get started on this Monday. Take a look at all these. So there it is. If you had an issue with your homework, it's, you don't need the dog, ate my homework excuse. Well, it got lost in the cloud. Either way, we're back. We're riproaring. If you watch on YouTube and want to help me out, please search the rush hour with Dave Neal, wherever you listen to podcast and hit subscribe. We're trying to boost our numbers over there to make up for whatever this
2:01.7	outage was. Okay, we're going to get into the baldoni stuff in a second. I've got a couple
2:05.8	legal takes that's going to be very interesting after yesterday afternoon's bombshell
2:12.6	audio recording, the leaked, I should say the sealed audio of recording of Steve Sarowitz was unsealed,
2:19.7	and we listened to it, and it's a big old fat nothing burger. So we'll get to that in a minute,
2:24.1	but how about this heist? Wanted to cover this yesterday, just ran out of time. Right here in Paris,
2:29.6	the Louvre was broken into, and apparently the DNA is everywhere. Have a listen. Still baffled by the brazen seven-minute robbery at the Louvre was broken into and apparently the DNA is everywhere. Have a listen.
2:34.9	Still baffled by the brazen seven-minute robbery at the Louvre.
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