Hour 2: Remember the kiss cam scandal?

The Mark Simone Show

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4.3 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The New York Times put out a new article claiming no evidence of a connection between President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, but some aspects of the article are controversial. In two weeks, Zohran Mamdani will take office as New York City’s new mayor. Jay Clayton from the U.S. Attorney’s office announces a focus on tackling crime in Manhattan and supervising Mamdani’s administration. Mark takes listener calls. Mark interviews WOR weeknight host Jimmy Failla. The Oscars will be broadcast on YouTube instead of on TV. Jimmy shares stories about driving a cab on New Year’s Eve. The two have a Discussion on recent public appearances by former President Biden and speculation about his activities.

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0:00.0	The Mark Simone Show, delivering the news before it's news on 710 WOR.
0:08.0	Well, that's today, Thursday?
0:10.5	It's one week until Christmas.
0:12.6	Christmas is a week from today.
0:14.3	Unbelievable.
0:16.2	It's almost time for New Year's resolutions.
0:18.9	It's almost time for a look back of Best of 20, 25.
0:22.6	Can you believe it?
0:23.5	The year just flown by.
0:26.9	So Nick Reiner was in court with,
0:31.2	I don't know what the hell of that was he had on.
0:32.8	It's, they call it a suicide vest.
0:36.7	It's a weird blue thing covering up. he had shackles on and obviously a very very
0:42.1	dangerous troubled guy he's in being held in isolation he's on suicide watch they brought him
0:48.4	into court uh basically only said one thing he only spoke once once when the judge said they agreed to delay
0:56.7	until January the arraignment and all that stuff. And then she said, are you okay with giving up
1:04.9	your right to a swift try? And he said, yes, your honor. That's the only thing he said in court
1:09.1	that day. This attorney has Jackson is one of the top, top, top, top Los Angeles criminal attorneys
1:15.7	handled a lot of big, big cases.
1:18.4	If you want to hire this guy on a murder charge and get defended by him, it's about a million bucks.
1:24.3	So I would assume the family is paying for it here's the attorney afterwards
1:29.9	we're set for January 7th for an arraignment that's the next court date and that's all I have to
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