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Christian Duguay Brings the Valley Heat

The Gist

Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Christian Duguay, creator of Valley Heat, breaks down how Doug Duguay, his in-show alter ego, works within a 51% fictional universe. Tight sound design and ad-jingle microplots create an absurd world populated with Canadian foosball biker gangs and rogue car washes. Duguay traces the show’s improv roots and why “I’ll take that” became its guiding ethos. Plus: RFK Jr. claims that CDC director Susan Monarez once admitted, “I am untrustworthy.” And in the spiel, Charlie Kirk’s killer has his first court appearance, as the administration all but declares war on leftists.

Produced by Corey Wara


Production Coordinator Ashley Khan


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0:00.0

It's Wednesday, September 17th, 2025 from Peachfish Productions.

0:07.6

It's the gist. I'm Mike Peska.

0:09.6

Two weeks ago, RFK Jr. testified before a Senate committee,

0:13.5

and the firing of his CDC director, Susan Menares, came up.

0:17.9

At the time, she had said that she was fired because she wouldn't go along with

0:23.0

his reckless and unscientifically based recommendations for a childhood vaccine schedule.

0:28.5

He said, no, no, no, wasn't that?

0:30.6

She failed a test.

0:32.1

When you fail a test, you can't run the CDC.

0:33.9

It was a pretty simple test, a yes, no question.

0:36.9

She should have known the answer. Here was Kennedy pretty simple test, the yes, no question. She should have known the answer.

0:38.4

Here was Kennedy testifying under oath back then.

0:41.5

No, I told her that she had to resign because I asked her, are you a trustworthy person?

0:47.6

And she said no.

0:49.3

Now, this would have marked the first time in human history when asked, are you trustworthy?

0:54.6

A person said no.

0:56.0

Nope, not trustworthy.

0:57.4

Got me there.

0:58.5

Of course, it also marked the first time that a guy who once staged an accident in Central Park with a baby bear carcass has been asked to lead a big federal agency.

1:07.2

Also, if someone says, are you trustworthy and they say no, why believe them?

1:12.8

I do have to say at the time when I heard that i did this thing where i said oh if i was only a senator if i was a senator i would

1:18.3

have then asked the question now mr director you're saying you said the words are you trustworthy

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