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3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

American Heroes, 26 Million Jobs Lost, Ugly Virus Models, Draft Day

3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary

Radio America

Government, News, News Commentary

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Join Jim and Greg as they salute the stunning dedication of employees at a polypropylene plant in Pennsylvania. They're also staggered by more than 26 million jobs lost and discuss how to re-engage the economy responsibly. And they assess data suggesting there were tens of thousands of coronavirus cases in American cities by March 1. Finally, they forecast tonight's NFL Draft and Greg has fun imagining how National Review drafted Jim Geraghty back in the day.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Three Martini lunch.

0:04.8

Grab a stole next to Greg Carumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.

0:09.6

Three Martini's coming up.

0:11.8

Glad you are here for the Thursday edition of the Three Martini lunch.

0:17.0

Grab your stool.

0:18.0

Yes, we have another good Martini today, good, bad, and crazy.

0:22.0

And Jim, great find by you on the good martini everybody's looking for positive

0:28.1

ways to look at how people are responding to the coronavirus threat and boy kudos to the

0:33.0

Washington Post for highlighting the story.

0:35.0

I'm sure others have it as well,

0:36.0

but let's just read it.

0:38.0

At his factory just off the Delaware River

0:40.0

in the far southeastern corner of Pennsylvania,

0:42.0

Joe Boyce clocked in on March 23rd for the longest shift of his life.

0:46.0

In his office, an air mattress replaced his desk chair.

0:49.0

He brought a toothbrush and shaving kit, moving into the bratscombe Petrochemical Plant in

0:53.7

Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania as if it were a makeshift college dormitory. The

0:57.8

casual office kitchen became a mess hall for him and his 42 coworkers turned

1:02.2

into roommates. The factory's emergency operation and his

1:03.4

co-workers turned into roommates. The factory's emergency operation center became their new

1:05.9

lounge room. For 28 days they did not leave, sleeping and working

1:11.0

all in one place.

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