It's Friday and that means we're ready for another installment of Friday release valve.

If you're new to the program,

Wednesdays are the flagship day where we learn stuff

and Fridays are for underserved headlines of the week I review with degenerate comedians.

Technically, it's news, but just barely.

If Wednesday was dinner, you've already had that.

Friday is the birthday shots following dinner probably after the restaurant is closed.

In a few moments, I will bring on the very funny Travis Irvine to make his debut appearance

on the political orphanage, and I don't think he

swears but I probably do and we're going to work our way through some awesome

headlines for you. But before we do that I want to run through a few show announcements.

Congratulations to fellow orphan David K. Dobson of Vancouver on his new album,

Dirty Magic.

You can find that on Band Camp.

Dave and I particularly liked Pressure,

which has a cool 1980s, heavy synth vibe to it.

It felt like a dramatic movie in the 80s, very stranger things.

Tip of the hat to you, Davein, hit me up if you ever feel like making a song for this show.

Marjorie from Hutchinson, Kansas, writes,

Heaton, I heard you're doing shout-outs for other orphans on the show now.

I'd like to give a big shout out to my husband Ron, who finally mowed our lawn.

Our neighbors were starting to complain that it looked like we were trying to breed tumbleweeds,

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