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, happy Thursday to you on this June 12th, 2025.

I've got all your stories for your rush hour ride to work. And on this episode,

we've got another bachelor wedding to discuss. And then we're going to talk about the judge in the

Blake Lively versus Justin Baldoni case. Some folks are wondering, does he have too many connections

to the Blake lively Ryan Reynolds side of things? of course. There are some connections which can happen

in the celebrity world, but should the judge have recused himself? Should he have alerted

wayfarer to what connections he has both in the world of the stock market and also personally?

So we'll get into that. I know it sounds

a little cuckoo for cocoa puffs. But then after that, we'll hear from Blake Lively's attorney.

If there was any thought that Blake Lively might be dropping her case and taking a sort of

foe victory lap, so says Justin Baldoni's attorney. You're not going to feel that way after

listening to Michael Gottlieb speak,

but we'll have that for you. And then more on the protests, which are not just in Los Angeles.

Now, they're really happening all over the country as we prepare for Trump's big birthday. It may

rain on his parade, but he has said he will be arresting protesters, of course, a giant

violation of First Amendment rights.

But what does this mean for everyone out there? I'll share that in the topic of deploying

Marines for domestic purposes. We hear from former Marines what they have to say. And then we'll

have more on Mahmood Khalil, who for three months has been behind bars in Louisiana with no due process. After being

arrested, it's led a lot of discussion to say the least in my world after I spoke on behalf of

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