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The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Good morning Lemon Nation. It's a sad sight to see the demolition of the White House's East Wing. When Trump is doing so much damage to the country, in just about every perceivable way, seeing literal destruction of The People's House hits hard. And building a $250 million dollar ballroom during a government shutdown? When hundreds of thousands of government works are furloughed? And millions are struggling to find jobs? It's downright cruel. Join Don at 10am to dive into the next chapter of MAGA cruelty. This episode is brought to you by ZBiotics. Go to https://zbiotics.com/LEMON use LEMON at checkout for 15% off first time orders This episode is sponsored by Ollie. Take the guesswork out of your dog's well-being. Go to https://ollie.com/lemon and use code lemon to get 60% off your first box! This episode is brought to you by Beam. Beam is offering UP TO 40% off their best-selling Dream Powder for my listeners. Go to https://shopbeam.com and use code LEMON at checkout. Limited time offer. This episode is sponsored by Henson Shaving. Go to https://hensonshaving.com/LEMON and enter LEMON at checkout to get a free pack of 100 blades with your purchase. (Note: you must add both the blades and the razor for the discount to apply.) This episode is brought to you by Lean. If you want to lose meaningful weight at a healthy pace and keep it off... Add LEAN to your diet and exercise lifestyle. Get 20% OFF WHEN YOU ENTER LEMON at https://TAKELEAN.com For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial 212-931-0855 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to https://askchapter.org/don DISCLAIMER: Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan's contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don't directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. Average potential savings are based on realized premium, co-pay, and out of pocket savings estimates self-reported by consumers that worked with Chapter Advisory LLC to enroll in a Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage, and/or Part D Prescription Drug Plan. The average is limited to consumers that chose to self-report. Savings information is subject to periodic updates and corrections. There is no guarantee of savings and any savings may vary by policy type, state, or other factors. WE HAVE MERCH!! Purchase here: https://don-lemon-merch-store.myshopify.com/ WATCH & Subscribe on YouTube @TheDonLemonShow! Become a member of our channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXs0PlIGUDSXfBaF7j-1euA/join Follow Don on Substack! Listen on Apple, Spotify and iHeart Radio! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, we begin with something that I think is going to be helpful because it helps me.
0:19.0	So support for the Down Lemon Show comes from Zbiotics. Listen,
0:22.3	I don't know about you, but I don't bounce back the way that I used to when I was in my 20s.
0:25.6	So if I'm going out for dinner with friends or celebrating after the show, I always reach for
0:30.4	Zbiotics, pre-alcohol probiotic drink before that first glass of whatever it is. So here's why.
0:36.2	When you drink, your body produces a toxic byproduct in your
0:39.1	gut, and that's what makes you feel rough the next day. So Zbiotics was created by PhD scientists
0:45.5	to break that byproduct down before it builds up. So you can wake up, wake up feeling fresh
0:52.0	and ready to go. So I first tried it before a big dinner party,
0:55.3	as I told you, happened earlier in the year. I drank it before my first cocktail. And the next
0:59.6	morning, I was up early. I got ready to do the show, and it was all great, okay? And I still
1:06.0	made the morning meeting with my team and we did the show, no crash, no fog. So as football season
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1:29.0	That's zbiotics.com slash lemon. Now let's go. Let's get started. Hey, everybody. Good morning.
1:37.3	Let's get started. So we were, I changed some things. All right. We were ready to go.
1:42.4	And I said, I'm a little bit late because I want to change some things. I want to add some things. And then we're just talking during our thing. I think TikTok was already up. And, you know, I was talking about, let's get started. You know, I don't bounce back like I'm in my 20s or whatever. And Peter threw a monkey wrench into the thing. And we started talking and I went, oh shit, we got to go. So I'm going to pose this to everybody. Good morning, everybody. We're going to get to the news. Don't worry about it. So Peter, what was your question like no more than a minute or two ago as we were getting ready? I said, Don, I'm so sorry, but I need to pose this to you and Andy.
2:20.1	Cube you through your head, not gun.
2:22.4	I said.
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