AI Taxes vs. The Strip Club Clown & Al Lubel’s Colbert Protest

Opie Radio

Gregg "Opie" Hughes

Comedy, News, Society & Culture

4.0 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

It’s Tax Day, and Opie is officially ditching the human touch for AI tax prep. He breaks down why a computer algorithm is a massive upgrade from his former accountant—a guy who operated out of the back of a strip club and insisted on wearing a clown nose while filing legal documents to the IRS.In the studio, comedy legend Al Lubel explains why he is actively protesting Stephen Colbert outside his own theater after a late-night booking went south. From the "glory days" of Johnny Carson to the specific neuroses of Jerry Seinfeld, Al leaves no stone unturned.

Plus:

The NYC Doorman Strike: Are the guys opening your door actually making more than you? The truth about under-the-table tips and the impending strike.
Ron the Waiter’s Coney Island Disaster: Why jumping into the Atlantic in April leads to an immediate, soul-crushing brain freeze.

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Opie Radio, Al Lubel, Stephen Colbert, Tax Day 2026, AI Taxes, NYC Doorman Strike, Johnny Carson, Jerry Seinfeld, Coney Island, Ron the Waiter, Comedy Podcast, New York City

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0:00.0	I think it's going to be 85 degrees today.
0:03.0	I think 85 degrees here at the ocean way out east on Long Island.
0:06.5	Yes, I escaped New York City.
0:09.5	And I couldn't be.
0:10.2	Oh, we're on.
0:10.9	Hi, Ron.
0:11.9	Oh, you froze for a second.
0:13.5	You got nervous.
0:14.5	Of course, because I'm out here with the bad, you know, cable company.
0:18.2	So let's just acknowledge that I'm going to freeze a few times because the cable company sucks out here.
0:24.7	And the audio will be good.
0:27.0	And you can download this on your podcast app.
0:29.6	Subscribe to OPI Radio.
0:31.2	What's going on, Ron?
0:32.3	How are you, buddy?
0:33.3	First of all, besides a heat wave in New York City,
0:37.9	but by the way, we're supposed to break all the records today.
0:42.0	All right, good.
0:42.8	We're 25 degrees above average and it's tax day.
0:48.8	Oh, tax day.
0:52.3	I use AI.
0:53.7	I just used AI. I'm like, yo, AI, find me some money today. Thanks.
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