Mark interviews Boston radio host Howie Carr.

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🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Howie’s got strong opinions; he thinks Trump shouldn’t lift the blockade in Iran. And some sad news: Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, passed away at 87. Mark shares some memories about Turner and the early days of CNN, which launched back in 1980. And speaking of Indiana, those state senators who fought against Trump’s redistricting efforts got wiped out in the primaries, a huge win for Team Trump. In New York, Mayor Mamdani seems more like a salesman than a politician lately, raising questions about how that approach is affecting the city. Mark and Howie also talk about JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom, how they might have had a leg up before their big political gigs.

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0:00.0	The Mark Simone Show.
0:02.2	On 710 W.O.R.
0:06.4	Hey, Howie Carr is one of the great talk show hosts in the world.
0:10.9	And bestselling author, too, you should get his latest book, Mass Corruption.
0:14.6	You can get everything.
0:15.2	You get his podcast, his show, the books.
0:17.6	Everything is at Howie Car Show.com.
0:20.6	Howie Car Show.com. Howiecar show.com.
0:23.1	Howie car?
0:23.7	How you doing?
0:25.4	Very good.
0:26.6	Very good.
0:27.1	What do you think of this new proposal?
0:31.4	Which proposal?
0:32.9	The Trump proposal or the Trump deal, suppose it deal.
0:36.9	That they're going to give them 30 days. Yeah. Well, you've got to give Iran credit. They're the best negotiators in the world. They've got absolutely nothing going for them, zero leverage. Right. But somehow they get... Right. What's going to happen? If we give them 30 days to negotiate the nuclear deal, what's going to happen at the end of the 30 days? Do you think the American planes are going to start arriving to take out the uranium? I don't think so.
1:01.9	Yeah. And they're a little crazy. You know, you can fight Trump all you want, but at any moment, a bomb is going to land on your head on your way home one day if you're one of those negotiators.
1:12.0	But I think this is part of the plan.
1:13.7	Just keep this stalemate going because as long as that straight is closed, their economy is stopped.
1:18.6	That's the deal.
1:19.6	That's the deal.
1:20.2	I mean, that's what I like about the whole deal is, you know, that the oil capacity is
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