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 afternoon, everybody. On this Thursday, August 14th, 2025, I got all of your stories for your rush hour ride home.

Well, it's the hangover day

following Taylor Swift's record-breaking podcast debut. So we'll talk a little bit more about Taylor.

And then we've got Blake Lively. More importantly, the actress who played Blake

Lively's younger version of herself, and it ends with us, is she evading, receiving the subpoena to

have her either deposed or shared text messages? It's kind of getting interesting. So we'll share

that and a little bit on Johnny Depp, possibly making it return as Captain Jack Sparrow.

And then Hunter Biden threatened with a billion dollar lawsuit by the First Lady of the United States of America.

What a wild time to be alive.

Then J.D. Vance is booed as he tries to vacation with a 21 car entourage in UK.

They ain't happy about it. They're not happy about it, folks.

All right, all these stories and more, it all starts right now on The Rush. Let's dive into this one real quick. Jerry Brockheimer says he's spoken

to Johnny Depp about returning to Pirates of the Caribbean, says they think he would do it. Now, as you

guys know, Johnny Depp was embroiled in a defamation lawsuit with his ex-amber herd. People will never

change their mind on this story. They kind of

stand where they do. But he essentially won that case. A jury found Amber Hurd liable of defamation.

I think that's how it went. Correct me if I'm wrong. Don't hate me, folks. It's been a few years.

Either way, he said he would never do another Pirates of the Caribbean,

but it is one of the most iconic characters in the history of cinema. Say what you will,

about Captain Jack Sparrow, the affable drunk pirate. So would he come back? It would shatter

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