8-21-25 Afternoon Rush - Candace Owens v Macron, The French President Explains Why He Sued & Tucker Carlson Says We're Headed Towards A Dictatorship!
The Rush Hour With Dave Neal
Dave Neal
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🗓️ 21 August 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Rush Hour Podcast – Afternoon Edition
In today's afternoon episode of the Rush Hour Podcast, we break down the shocking defamation lawsuit French President Emmanuel Macron has filed against Candace Owens — and why he says he had no choice but to pursue legal action. We also dive into the latest political showdown as Gavin Newsom continues to make waves, with Senator J.D. Vance weighing in on Newsom's rising profile. Plus, Tucker Carlson is raising alarms, declaring the U.S. is sliding toward a dictatorship. All this and more on today's packed episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rush hour, your daily dose of pop culture for your rush hour ride. Buckle up and |
| 0:08.5 | enjoy the drive with your host, stand-up comedian Dave Neal. Good afternoon, everybody. On this |
| 0:15.7 | Thursday, August 21st, 2025, I got all of your stories for your rush hour ride home. A pretty busy day for me |
| 0:23.2 | traveling to St. Louis. We'll be performing tonight, Friday, and Saturday night at the St. Louis |
| 0:29.1 | Funnybone featuring for Gabe Kia, last minute gig. So that's where you can find me. But our big |
| 0:34.6 | story of the rush hour is actually going to be Candace Owens, specifically |
| 0:39.3 | how the French president has taken to the press to say why he had to sue and how he needed, |
| 0:46.2 | how he needed to defend his honor. It's a pretty wild story. I'm going to also share what |
| 0:50.4 | Candace is saying these days, as you guys know, or maybe you don't. Candice Owens sued for |
| 0:54.7 | defamation by the French president and his wife over claims that she has made that the |
| 1:00.7 | French president's wife was born a man amongst other things. So they've sued her. I guess we're |
| 1:06.5 | waiting for her response now. It's a pretty wild story. We'll have that featured shortly, |
| 1:11.6 | but first we'll get into some other news, including a big payday in the NFL. |
| 1:17.4 | Tyson Badgant fought back tears as he shared what it meant to him and his family to receive a |
| 1:24.0 | two-year contract extension for $10 million. |
| 1:35.9 | Yeah, I think that, you know, a lot of people don't know this, but, you know, my dad is my, |
| 1:42.7 | he's my right-hand man, and he didn't have running water until he was in high school. So there's definitely a lot of things that and people that I could, that I think I could certainly help with this gift I've been blessed with. |
| 1:54.0 | But yeah, just little things like that, you know, I don't really know anybody back at home with any money. |
| 1:59.0 | So, yeah, it feels good. |
| 2:02.3 | I mean, it's certainly a weight off my shoulders. |
| 2:05.8 | Can you imagine all the people calling him up now from his hometown? |
| 2:10.1 | I mean, listen, sadly, most athletes go broke after they play |
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