Hour 1: Big talks in the Middle East are upon us.

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🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Talks between the USA and Iran are set to begin soon in Pakistan, to potentially end the war. China, which is heavily dependent on oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, unlike the USA, has significant stakes in the outcome. Could Iran actually impose a toll on the strait? Also, Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has confessed to the murders of eight women. Mark takes your calls! Mark interviews Roger Friedman from Showbiz411. Hamilton remains a massive Broadway hit, but how is Broadway in New York City faring overall? Roger also breaks down the Michael Jackson biopic, which has been generating enormous buzz and is packed with details you won’t want to miss. Singer Paul McCartney is set to appear as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live in the near future. The Oscars will stay on ABC next year, and Roger shares what changes may be coming down the road.

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0:00.0	Now, 710 WOR presents the Mark Simone show.
0:09.0	Hey, another beautiful sunny day. It's Thursday. We've got a lot to get to. Bring you all the latest on Iran. The talks. We'll get to the Gilgo Beach, a lunatic, and what happened there. We'll get to Artemis, the space capsule coming down happened there we'll get to Artemis the space capsule
0:22.4	coming down tomorrow
0:23.5	we'll get to the Masters
0:25.1	and Mamdani
0:26.0	Hokel getting booed like crazy
0:28.7	Al Sharpton having his
0:30.8	big convention
0:31.6	right now as we speak
0:33.8	over there but
0:34.7	blocking two blocks away
0:36.9	at the Sheraton.
0:39.5	So we'll also get to some of the crazy, crazy left-wing rants that are, these are all people,
0:45.5	you know, very prominent left-wing Hollywood types, melting down on Twitter going
0:51.0	absolutely nuts.
0:52.7	Now, the talks are about to take place. Vice President Vance
0:57.5	will be there. Iran has agreed to talk for a couple of reasons. One, they see that militarily
1:04.2	they are going to get wiped out. He could just wipe them off the face of the earth, Donald
1:10.2	Trump, at any point, so they've realized that.
1:12.9	Also, as we keep telling you, we don't use the Straits of Hormuz for anything.
1:17.8	This country doesn't need anything from the Straits of Hormuz.
1:20.5	We don't use that oil.
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