7-18-25 Morning Rush - Golden Bachelor Reveals Air Date & Trump Threatens To Sue WSJ Over BOMBSHELL Story!
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 18 July 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Rush Hour Podcast – July 18
Today on Rush Hour, we dig into the bombshell Wall Street Journal article calling out Donald Trump’s connection to the Epstein cover-up — and why even conservative media is starting to turn on him. Plus, the Golden Bachelor spin-off is already tanking before its fall premiere, raising big questions for ABC. We also break down the latest in pop culture, from reality TV drama to the influencers caught in the political crossfire.
In this episode:
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WSJ exposes Trump in new Epstein-linked report
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MAGA media civil war continues
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Golden Bachelor already in trouble
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Tags: Epstein, Donald Trump, Wall Street Journal, Golden Bachelor, ABC, pop culture, reality TV, influencer news, MAGA, podcast news roundup
Transcript
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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. |
| 0:13.7 | Hello everybody. Good morning on this Friday, July 18th, 2025. I got all of your |
| 0:19.8 | stories for your rush hour ride to work. Happy Friday indeed. |
| 0:24.7 | On today's episode, actually some sour news to start off on after the death of a famous skydiver, |
| 0:30.9 | a tragic accident we'll talk about. And then the late show has been canceled. Stephen Colbert's |
| 0:36.7 | late show canceled. Some folksbert's late show canceled. |
| 0:38.1 | Some folks think it was politically motivated. |
| 0:41.0 | And then we'll talk about Trump falling ill, what he has and why the doctors say it's okay. |
| 0:47.0 | And then the Wall Street Journal released a bombshell story. |
| 0:50.3 | Trump is now going to be suing the Rudolph, excuse me, Rudolph Murdoch owned newspaper over a story he calls fake. I'll share that with you. There's a lot to get into. It's going to be a wild morning. All these stories and more. It starts right now on The Rush. All right. So let's dive in. I actually feel terrible for this opening story here. You know what? Okay, how about this? Before we get into the skydiver, let's go with Jesse Palmer. He is announcing the air date for the next season of Golden Bachelor. Bachelor Nation fans not too happy. Have a listen. Pst, Bachelor Nation. What up? You're ready for the latest on The Golden Bachelor? Sure. |
| 1:28.8 | There it is. |
| 1:32.4 | The Golden Bachelor, season premiere September 24th. |
| 1:35.1 | Now, they did not say who the lead will be. |
| 1:39.4 | It was previously announced as Mel Owens, a guy who hasn't been on the show before. |
| 1:42.4 | Mel Owens went on a podcast and said, |
| 1:45.3 | I don't want any woman over 60. I don't want women with white hair or broken hips or whatever the hell else he said. He's 66, I believe, but he wanted |
| 1:51.5 | 45 to 60s, the age, which pissed off a lot of folks. Well, I guess they didn't have enough |
| 1:57.0 | time to recast them because sources are now saying that it will stay as Mel Owens. |
| 2:02.8 | I think the reviews for this season or the ratings, I should say, will be lower than the low |
| 2:09.0 | that they've already had. But again, we'll have to see how it all plays out. I mean, whatever. |
| 2:12.9 | You know what I'm not here to cancel the show. That's your job. All right. Famed skydiver, Felix Baumgardner, |
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