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.

Happy Friday, everybody. It's February 28, 2025, last day of the month, and we've got all of your news here in one place for your

rush hour ride to work. And let me tell you something. We have a lot to get into. Some of the

stories on today's episode will include Gavin Newsom's new podcast and what Fox News is saying

about it. Plus, it's an economic blackout. Put your money where your mouth is, a grassroots

organization, taking matters into their own hands. Put your money where your mouth is, a grassroots organization,

taking matters into their own hands. I'll explain that. And Blake, lively, and Justin Baldoni.

That's right. That's why you clicked. We've got it all. WME boss, Ari Emanuel. A live recording

has come out of the woodworks of him bashing Justin Baldoni in their Freakonomics episode.

They thought the episode would never be aired. We got a recording. It's not great quality, but the

T delivers. Also, Elon Musk on John Stewart. He says, I'll do it if you don't edit at all. And they said

ballgame, let's go. So we'll see when that takes place also

the epstein files are beginning to trickle out highly redacted i'll tell you so far who's on the list

and what this means oh boy it's a free-for-all friday and it's all starts right now buckle up folks

it's going to be a wild one. All these

stories and more coming up next on The Rush. All right, so stick around for the Blake

lively tea. I'm telling you, it's going to be worth it. Very interesting stuff. We'll get to that

midway through the show. But first, here's an update on the bizarre death of Gene Hackman and his

wife. They are now calling it suspicious.

I guess they found their bodies partially mummified?

Have a listen.

All I can say is they have been deceased for quite a while.

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