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The Mark Simone Show

Hour 2: Why has Barack Obama been super active recently?

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3694 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The Tony Awards nominations are out, and Pink is set to host the show on CBS. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was pressed about possible insider trading but dodged the question. Former mayor Eric Adams used to call Michael Bloomberg for advice when making big decisions for New York City; maybe more mayors should try that, such as Mamdani. Stephen Colbert’s run as CBS’s late-night host is wrapping up soon, so what’s next for the Ed Sullivan Theater in NYC? Mark has a few ideas. Mark takes your calls!  Mark interviews streaming host Bill O’Reilly. They discuss Barack Obama’s aim to be a kingmaker for Democrats in 2028, believing the party is in decline. Bill and Mark touch on how mistakes by Michelle and Barack Obama have led to different outcomes for each. They also talk about how tough it is for a President to think clearly with constant pressure, especially Trump, and how this plays out with the current Iran war. Bill notes that networks such as NewsDay and more are censoring stories, leaving viewers confused, like in the recent Long Island Wendy’s stabbing case that sparked major attention. 

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0:00.0

plugged into everything new york on the voice of new york mark simone on seven 10 w o r well yeah that is good news the stock market is up uh the economy is booming

0:17.5

despite what you might read in the new York Times or any of those places.

0:22.3

Stock market is up.

0:24.7

Let's see.

0:25.6

The Dow up.

0:29.2

S&P 500 is setting an all-time record today.

0:31.9

Oil prices are down.

0:33.4

One reason the stock market is up is earnings are phenomenal.

0:36.8

Earnings reports coming out left and right.

0:38.6

They're all great.

0:40.9

They're excellent.

0:43.0

Spending is up, corporate spending,

0:44.7

CapEx, all that sort of stuff.

0:46.1

That's very important.

0:47.5

So it's booming.

0:49.0

It's booming.

0:49.8

That's great news.

0:50.9

So I'm just telling you because you're not going to hear about this.

0:53.0

You won't hear this on the news tonight. It's only when the Dow's down. That's the lead story on the CBS

0:58.6

evening news, the ABC News, the NBC News. Dow plunges. That's, if it's up, no mention. No mention of it

1:06.4

anywhere. So they just announced the Tony nominations.

1:15.2

Tony nominations for the season just came out a second ago.

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