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Madigan's Pubcast

Episode 134: France vs The Champagne of Beers, Austin’s Serial Killer & Remembering Dame Edna

Madigan's Pubcast

Kathleen Madigan

Madigan, Comedy:stand-up, Standup, Society & Culture, Kathleen Madigan, Comedy, Stand-up

52.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Kathleen opens the show drinking a Bull Durham Light Ale from the Bull Durham Brewing Company. She reviews her fun weekend in Durham performing 2 sold-out shows at the Carolina Theatre, and eating her favorite Carolina vinegar-based BBQ at The Original Q Shack

QUEEN NEWS: Kathleen reports that Queen Tanya Tucker has released a new single “Kindness,” and Record Store Day’s 2023 releases include Queen Dolly’s “Monument Singles Collection” and Stevie’s “Bella Donna Live 1981.” She announces that Taylor Swift will be joining the court. 

“GOOD BAD FOOD”: In her quest for delicious not-so-nutritious food, Kathleen samples Carolina Kettle Down East BBQ chips and Mac’s Speed Shop Carolina BBQ Sauce

UPDATES: Kathleen gives updates on Taylor Swift’s position on FTX sponsorship, Bud Light’s marketing exec takes a leave of absence, and Meta’s Hunger Games,

“HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT”: Kathleen is amazed to read about the discovery of a new Bible chapter containing hidden verses over 1,500 years old

FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS: Kathleen shares articles on the passing of her favorite drag queen Dame Edna, alligators have been spotted in West Tennessee, Miller High Life leaves French producers frothing, mystery mounts as Texas cattle turn up dead with tongues removed,  Austin could possibly have a serial killer, Celebrity Cruises improperly stored a dead body in a ship’s food cooler, and a Spanish woman spent 500 days alone in a cave alone as part of a scientific study

NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS: In business news, Kathleen reports that REI is abandoning its Portland OR location, David’s Bridal files for bankruptcy, and Ikea stores are expanding to 17 new US locations

WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK: Kathleen recommends watching “Waco: The Aftermath” on Showtime, and her new stand-up Special “Hunting Bigfoot” on Prime Video.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, it's me, Kathleen Madigan. Welcome to Madigan's Pubcast. You grabbed

0:13.0

yourself a drink, full of a bar stool. Let's talk about what's been going on.

0:18.0

It is very creepy. Oh my God, so many things to Hermites. Well, just truth be told today

0:38.0

is Monday, the, I don't know, the date, the 24th. So you will hear this after this.

0:47.0

It was I would. Well, you know what I'm going to call it? Massacre Monday. Massacre Monday.

0:53.0

We don't usually talk about these things on the Pubcast, but Tucker Carlson was fire.

0:58.0

It's going to break my friend Mark's heart. I had a set him a condolences text. I don't

1:03.0

know who was going to be as BFF now on TV. And on Lemon, Don Lemon was very, my dad was very

1:09.0

mad at Don Lemon because he said, you know, he came on there when he got that morning

1:16.0

show and talked for a half an hour about how he'd be in your mother and I's family room.

1:20.0

And he wanted to be my friend. And I don't want to be his friend. I have enough friends.

1:25.0

I'm 82 years old. I don't want another friend. You're supposed to tell me the news. I don't

1:29.0

need a goddamn friend to tell me. Oh my God. He went crazy. I'm like, okay, dad. Well, a lot of

1:34.0

other people seem to agree with you too. What are we drinking? So that was just breaking

1:41.0

news. I don't know Fox. They fired him too because he didn't know because Friday night,

1:46.0

Tucker said, have a good night. There's clips out of it on mine. And see Monday. Yeah.

1:52.0

And as I've learned from my corporate friends, bad things happen on Fridays. And it happened.

1:58.0

And Rupert still just still wielding the hammer. Bam. You're out. I'm sure the lawsuit didn't

2:07.0

make him happy. And then there's more lawsuits claiming that he in the office, you know,

2:12.0

just said anti-Semitic things and bad things about women. And you know, at some point,

2:18.0

this is always my thing. It's not canceled culture. It's it's consequence culture. If you

2:23.0

cost Rupert too much, bye-bye, chicken pie. Same with CNN. Nine-night termites. Yeah, not in a good

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