BONUS: Rush Limbaugh: The Man Behind The Golden Mic - Episode 1 - Most Difficult Day

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🗓️ 12 May 2021

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Summary

Host James Golden had a front row seat to the Rush Limbaugh Show for nearly all its 33 years. He acted as the Show Observer and was the program’s call screener. You might know him better as “Bo Snerdley,” as Rush would lovingly refer to him on the air. In this podcast, you'll hear from "Snerdley” himself, as he shares his own unique perspective of the man who changed the conversation in America forever. It’s a heartwarming, emotional and revealing testimony, particularly as James takes us through Rush’s final year on the radio. Even in the midst of a Presidential election and a pandemic, throughout Rush’s battle with an advanced lung cancer diagnosis, the only item on his bucket list was to spend time doing what he loved most: being with you on the radio. This episode also contains an appearance by Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who narrates a special feature dedicated to Rush’s childhood dream of being in radio..

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, this day has been one of the most difficult days in recent memory for me,
0:11.2	because I've known this moment was coming in the program today.
0:17.9	Now, I'm sure that you all know by now, I really don't like talking about myself.
0:25.5	And I don't like making things about me other than in the usual satirical, parotic joking way.
0:40.1	I like this program to be about you and the things that matter to all of us.
0:46.4	And I've mentioned to you that this program is, and this job is what has provided me the greatest satisfaction and happiness that I've ever experienced, more than I ever thought that I would experience.
1:08.4	So I have to tell you something today that I wish I didn't have to tell you.
1:14.4	And it's a struggle for me because I had to inform my staff earlier today.
1:24.4	I can't escape even though people are telling me it's not the way to look at it.
1:30.4	I can't help but feel that I'm letting everybody down with this.
1:34.4	This was a day that I will never forget.
1:38.4	Certainly, none of us who have worked with Rush Limbaugh will ever forget.
1:44.4	I was on my way to work when I got the call.
1:48.4	There was going to be a meeting and instantly butterflies in the stomach.
1:54.4	We never have meetings.
1:58.4	Maybe two over the last 30 years, maybe two.
2:02.4	Rush wants to meet with the staff.
2:04.4	We knew. I knew.
2:10.4	Something was wrong.
2:16.4	Whether you listened every day, you are at the EIB Network and the Rush Limbaugh program heard on over 600 great radio stations.
2:24.4	Or every now and then.
2:26.4	Nations Leading Radio Talk Show, the most eagerly anticipated program in America.
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