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The Rich Zeoli Show

Phillie Phanatic Named One of MLB’s “Sexiest” Mascots + Elon Musk Leave the White House

The Rich Zeoli Show

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4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 181 minutes

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Show (05/30/2025): 3:05pm- On Friday, President Donald Trump is planning to hold a rally in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania celebrating his administration’s negotiated merger between Japan’s Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel which will keep steel manufacturing in Pittsburgh, PA. In response to the agreement, Governor Josh Shapiro (D-PA) conceded: “it is a big f***ing deal.” 3:20pm- In a series of articles published over the weekend, The New York Times examined the Democrat Party’s continued struggles appealing to the American electorate. Shane Goldmacher writes that Democrats “are still searching for the path forward”—noting that the party spent $20 million studying their “erosion” of support with “young men” specifically. In another article, Goldmacher—alongside June Kim and Christine Zhang—evaluate “how Donald Trump has remade America’s political landscape.” They document that 435 counties across the country became more “Democratic” from 2012 and 2024—however, 2,678 counties became more “Republican.” Further complicating matters is the 2030 census which is expected to cause comfortably blue states to lose electoral votes as citizens move to red states. You can read the articles here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/democratic-party-voters.html. And here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-politics-democrats.html. 3:40pm- Tom Burgoyne (Best Friend of the Phillie Phanatic) and John Brazer (Director of Fun and Games for the Philadelphia Phillies) join The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the Phillies season, the Phanatic being named one of MLB’s “sexiest” mascots, and their podcast: “Phillies Backstage with Brazer and Burgoyne.” Plus, does the Phillie Phanatic still have a hotdog cannon? 4:05pm- Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss movie star Sydney Sweeney partnering with Dr. Squatch to sell 5,000 bars of soap made from her actual bathwater. Plus, one of the highest paid professors at Harvard Business School is busted for falsifying research data. 4:40pm- On Friday, former President Joe Biden spoke at a Memorial Day event in New Castle, Delaware. It was his first public appearance since announcing he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. 4:45pm- Friday marked Elon Musk’s last day leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). President Donald Trump praised Musk’s work, highlighting several instances of federal waste that were discovered under his leadership: $101 million for DEI contracts at the Department of Education, $59 million for illegal alien hotel rooms in New York City, $45 million for DEI scholarships in Burma, $42 million for social and behavioral change in Uganda, $20 million for Arab Sesame Street, and $8 million for making mice transgender. As a thank you, Trump presented Musk with a golden key to the White House. 5:05pm- Gerald Posner—Award-Winning Investigative Journalist & Author of the book “Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show and reacts to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) releasing its Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) commission report investigating the cause of chronic illness. The report determines that the health of children nationwide has been negatively impacted by ultra-processed foods, chemical exposures, the over prescription of pharmaceutical drugs, and a lack of emphasis on exercise. 5:30pm- Friday marked Elon Musk’s last day leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). President Donald Trump praised Musk’s work, highlighting several instances of federal waste that were discovered under his leadership: $101 million for DEI contracts at the Department of Education, $59 million for illegal alien hotel rooms in New York City, $45 million for DEI scholarships in Burma, $42 million for social and behavioral change in Uganda, $20 mi ...

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0:00.0

The Rich Zioly Show podcast is sponsored by Mike Vaneria Jr. with Osparity Private Wealth.

0:05.4

Hi, I'm Mike Vaneria Jr., wealth management specialists. Make your retirement dreams a reality by creating your retirement plan today.

0:11.7

Call me at 856-252-0107. On X at Rich Zoli. As soon as I get my camera to work, I'll be on Zoom.

0:22.4

I'll be on our YouTube chat, I mean,

0:25.4

and then you'll be able to see that I'm wearing my Philly shirt because we're going to the game later.

0:26.4

And it looks like the weather's going to hold up.

0:28.1

So that's good.

0:29.0

And we have some special guests coming up later on the show today because it turns out

0:33.1

that the fanatic has been named the sexiest mascot in all of baseball. No surprise there.

0:40.6

You ask me? I mean, what's not to love about the fanatic? He's a hunk from the Galapagos Islands.

0:47.6

So, yeah, I'm excited for that. We'll talk about that. The president just wrapped up a very long

0:52.8

press conference in the Oval Office with

0:54.4

Elon Musk. I was watching it. I have lots of thoughts for you. We're grabbing audio. It literally

0:59.5

just wrapped up before we got on the air today. So we'll bring it. But here's the bottom line,

1:05.1

if you're wondering. The bottom line is that Elon Musk is officially out at Doge. He hopes that

1:10.1

Doge will continue.

1:11.0

He's confident it will and that they found identified over a trillion dollars in savings.

1:15.7

And now, of course, we need Congress to act on all those savings and make all those things

1:19.1

permanent and real and stick.

1:21.5

And that would be a very, very good thing.

1:23.2

The other thing that came out of it was the president was asked about the auto pen and he mentioned

1:29.3

how they think they know who's behind it and he alluded to jill biden doctor jill biden of course

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