Meghan Markle's Contradictions, Sam Levinson's TWISTED Mind, & NYT Bestselling Author Douglas Brunt

The Nerve with Maureen Callahan

MK Media & SiriusXM

News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Maureen Callahan discusses Meghan Markle's crumbling "As Ever" brand with new polling that shows a steady decline in market interest, while highlighting Meghan’s past comments on costly merchandise that contradict the prices she has listed on her website. She also revisits of Meghan’s claim that she didn't understand the Royal family’s global significance before meeting Prince Harry, and offers proof to the contrary. Then Maureen dissects the depraved mind of director Sam Levinson and the dark, twisted imagery in the season finale of "Euphoria," shares her thoughts about a new report on Diddy's ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura fleeing the country, and slams Coldplay kiss cam woman for her inability to let go of her 15 minutes of fame. Later in the show, Maureen is joined by NYT Bestselling author Doug Brunt to discuss his latest book, "The Lost Empire of Emmanuel Nobel." Doug Brunt: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVDawdC0lSROl0sF_oJy_Cw Toups & Co: Ready to give Toups a try? Get 25% off your first order by going to http://toupsandco.com/NERVE and use code NERVE for 25% off your first order. Cowboy Colostrum: Get 25% Off Cowboy Colostrum with code MAUREEN at https://www.cowboycolostrum.com/MAUREEN VanMan: Go to http://vanman.shop/maureen and use code MAUREEN for 15% off your first order LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos every day: https://bit.ly/4e8j7ml Watch full clips of The Nerve with Maureen Callahan here: http://bit.ly/4n7HuV9 Find the full audio show wherever you get your podcasts: Apple — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/4kR07GQ... Follow The Nerve with Maureen Callahan on all social platforms: Instagram: / thenerveshow TikTok: / thenerveshow X (Twitter): https://x.com/TheNerveShow Connect with Maureen Callahan on social media: Instagram: / maureen_callahan_writer X (Twitter): https://x.com/DM_Maureen_ Subscribe to our Substack: https://thenerveshow.com/

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to your Friday edition of The Nerve.
0:07.3	I am your host, Maureen Callahan.
0:10.0	We have a great Friday show for you today.
0:13.3	We're going to luxuriate in a few pieces of, well, they're repeat offenses.
0:22.0	What can we say?
0:22.7	They're repeat offenses.
0:24.5	We're going to begin with none other than the Duchess of grievance and endless despair
0:32.2	herself.
0:33.6	Megan Markle, there is breaking news about just how dire her situation is.
0:41.2	Newsweek ran an incredible story with numbers, hard data to back up.
0:48.6	Everything the rest of us just sort of feel like this sort of ambient collective just go away right just go away go away well now
1:00.0	there's data to back it up also we're going to get into a little bit about the finale the series finale
1:09.7	thankfully of euphoria. And my theories about why certain characters
1:17.9	were killed off in the ways that they were. We've got some hijinks over at Studio 1A, including, I will warn you before we show this reel.
1:33.2	It's one of the more disturbing things I've seen in a very long time.
1:38.9	Then we've got troublemaker feedback with some incredible art.
1:43.7	Just when you think, nerve house artist, Paul from
1:46.8	New Zealand cannot outdo himself. He does it. He does it. We've got two Warholian pieces by our
1:54.8	beloved Paul. And then later, we're going to be joined by New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brunt, who is both
2:03.9	a historian, or I should say and historian, right, and an incredible storyteller. He's got a new book
2:10.2	out, and Doug and I share a similar thread in our work. We both are very captivated by figures forgotten by history to history, lost to history.
2:26.8	And his new book is a study of one such figure who was a titan of his age since forgotten. Now no more. Thanks to Doug.
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