Hour 2: Florida vs Manhattan.

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The media continues to push the narrative that there was no clear plan in the conflict with Iran, but the Trump administration strongly disagrees and has defended its strategy. The president is still being pressed aggressively by reporters, including a questionable line of questioning yesterday about nuclear weapons that seemed more provocative than informative. Meanwhile, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and President Trump are clashing over ICE funding, with Trump rejecting Schumer’s criticism and doubling down on enforcement. And yes, the $45 smoothie trend is real, and Mark breaks down why people are actually paying for it. Mark takes your calls! Mark interviews Journalist Steve Cuozzo. He weighs in on Mamdani’s $30 million government-run grocery store proposal, which critics see as costly and unrealistic. Steve also highlights the rapid rise of West Palm Beach, Florida—a booming hotspot attracting businesses and residents away from places like Manhattan. With its pro-business climate, modern development, and growing energy, South Florida is positioning itself as a serious competitor to traditional urban centers.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Here's more Mark Simone on 710 W.O.R.
0:05.0	Oh, hey, it's Friday. That's the good news. It's going to be a beautiful day. It's going to rain all day tomorrow.
0:10.3	I'll be okay on Sunday. So, for all of our lives, we've been terrified of a war with the Soviet Union or Russia.
0:23.5	You know, you'd see that they would do those parades in Moscow with the military.
0:29.1	These gleaming white tanks and these soldiers, the way they would march with their, you know, like rockets.
0:34.2	They're kicking their feet up in the air.
0:36.7	The incredible Russian army superpower, Russia, like rockets. They're kicking their feet up in the air. The incredible Russian army, superpower, Russia, their army.
0:41.6	Boy, you could never tangle them.
0:43.0	War with Russia, be unthinkable.
0:44.6	Then we see them in the Ukraine.
0:47.4	They're not very good at all.
0:48.9	They're not much of an army at all.
0:50.1	In fact, little rag-tag Ukraine army is able to fend them off for five years without blinking.
0:57.2	This Russian army is a disaster.
0:59.0	Their weapons stink.
1:00.1	They don't even have night vision.
1:02.6	Their troops stink.
1:03.9	They don't even know how to fight in formation.
1:05.9	They don't even have commanders on the field.
1:09.1	And most of the troops are just, you know, know draftees just drunken 22-year-olds
1:14.2	they're a disaster their army and then for a long time when are you know all these decades now
1:21.7	Iran has been the biggest troublemaker in the Middle East they're the ones that financed
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartRadio and Mark Simone, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartRadio and Mark Simone and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.