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Opie Radio

From Climbs to Challenger Explosion

Opie Radio

Gregg "Opie" Hughes

Comedy, News, Society & Culture

4.04.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ever watched a daredevil climber defy death on a skyscraper, only to relive a real-life tragedy that scarred a generation? Opie and Ron dive into Alex Honnold's insane Taipei 101 ascent, NYC's filthy post-snow reality, and Ron's chilling eyewitness account of the Challenger disaster where his teacher perished. Tune in for raw banter, shocking stories, and why these moments still haunt us—perfect for fans craving unfiltered insights.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom,

0:05.0

Mr. Sainman, Bep-Bad-da-da-da-da.

0:09.0

Good morning, everybody.

0:13.0

Welcome to the Opie Radio podcast.

0:15.0

I am the Mucinex kid.

0:17.0

I'm starting to think I probably should have, uh, gotten a flu shot this year.

0:24.2

Uh, my bad. But I'm at the end of this, uh, upper respiratory coffee thing. Now I'm on the

0:31.5

mucinex end. Wow, that, that will get things moving, huh? With that I say, cheers and good morning to

0:36.9

everybody. Hope you doing all right Hope you're doing all right.

0:39.0

I'm doing all right.

0:40.7

I spent the night watching a documentary,

0:47.5

well, a live documentary with my daughter,

0:50.1

with my daughter.

0:51.3

Don't call me daughter.

0:57.5

I was watching a skyscraper live on the Netflix.

0:59.0

And you know what?

1:03.1

I should have watched skyscraper live on the Netflix.

1:06.2

I should have watched it when it was live.

1:10.3

But I decided I didn't want to watch skyscraper live, uh, live, because I didn't want to see Alex fall to his death.

1:15.6

So I made sure everything was all right.

1:17.6

And then I was like, uh, to my daughter, don't call me, daughter.

1:21.6

I said to her, hey, you want to watch this documentary about Alex Honnold?

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