Linda McMahon for Education Secretary | Pollock & Thurston

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🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston discuss Linda McMahon’s role in Trump’s administration, Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson & AEW’s third-quarter performance.

The President-elect has chosen Linda McMahon to lead the Education Department with many questioning this latest cabinet choice.

Netflix staged one of its biggest events ever this past Friday, the boxing match from AT&T Stadium, but the broadcast was hardly flawless.

Plus: AEW’s Q3 performance, WWE confirms its location for Raw on Jan. 6, AEW rolls out dates for December & 2025 including three nights at the Hammerstein Ballroom, a massive Republican presence at UFC 309 in New York City and Pollock & Thurston react to the WON Hall of Fame Class of 2024.

Music courtesy: “Panic Beat” by Ben Tramer

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0:00.0	Brandon Thurston from Ressalonomics is up next, and we're going to follow Brandon with John Pollack from post-wrestling.
0:08.6	Thank you, and good afternoon, everyone.
0:12.0	But we can't ignore the math, okay?
0:15.0	We can't ignore the data.
0:17.5	Go on Google Trends, type in your name, then type in mine.
0:21.3	You're a straight line.
0:22.6	I'm a pyramid.
0:23.9	I like the very direct question on that.
0:26.3	Television ratings, downward spiral, virate, plummeting.
0:31.4	The time is now to turn the math around.
0:45.4	And hello, everybody. Welcome to Pollock and Thurston. I am John Pollock from Post Wrestling,
0:51.1	joined as always by Russellnomics own. Brandon Thurston, as we continue to navigate the intriguing world of politics, how it has seeped its way into these various
0:56.5	industries that we tend to cover. How are you today, Brandon? I'm good. I'm an accidental
1:00.8	political reporter now, and we have news of a decision coming from the executive branch of the
1:09.2	U.S. government that is sure to troll all indie
1:12.6	wrestlers turned school teachers for, well, for, it might not be four years, but for some time.
1:19.4	For some time, yes. You know, for all the, uh, the complaints, uh, Robert, Robert Kennedy Jr.
1:27.4	Matt Gates, uh, Dr. Oz. The latest cabinet position
1:32.4	looks to be that of Linda McMahon to head the education department, as announced by Donald
1:38.9	Trump on Tuesday. Linda McMahon, as we spoke about last week, appeared to be the frontrunner to be the
1:46.9	Commerce Secretary, but then Trump ended up selecting plans changed. Plans changed. They do
1:53.3	apparently change. And instead, the co-chair of the transition team, Howard Lutnik, co-chair with
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