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Two newsroom veterans ask the question "Did they really say that?" responding to the week's oddest sound cuts from politics, entertainment, sports and the world. Nancy Shack - A newsroom editor, writer and anchor for WBZ NewsRadio in Boston. She is a former talk show host and talk radio producer in New England with two National Radio Hall of Fame Shows to her credit. Ben Parker - A radio news anchor for WBZ NewsRadio in Boston, Ben has been honored with Associated Press awards for news coverage and was part of the team that received a Peabody Award for coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings. He was also awarded a legislative citation and a "Hometown Hero" award from the City of Fitchburg for broadcasting efforts in the days and weeks following the '2008 Ice Storm' that crippled much of Central Massachusetts. Joe Shortsleeve - An award-winning investigative reporter and anchor for over two decades at WBZ-TV in Boston. Joe is currently with The Liberty Square Group.

Episodes

June 15, 2026 38 mins

President Trump says enough, the Southern Poverty Law Center is exposed as a collaborator, and a Nazi wins in Maine. Not everything is as it seems as you will hear in this week's "did they really just say that" clips.

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Great Britain has a George Floyd moment - in reverse,  Maine struggles with the worst political candidate ever ,and Jill Biden gets confused, again. The world is upside down - or is it righting itself finaly? You can decide after you hear this week's "did they really just say that" moments.

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AG Pirro says parents must pay the price, Ebola pops its head up,  and the Secretary of Transportation gets into a gotcha war with a US senator. This week's "did they really just say that" clips prove we are living under the Chinese curse of interesting times.

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President Trump says he is not concerned about the finances of Americans, or did he? Is gerrymandering a weapon of the KKK?  And  is Hanta virus the new Covid?  These are the questions asked by this week's "did they really just say that" cuts.

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A possible 4th Assassination attempt, Hegseth branded a war criminal, and Chicago wants to make it criminal for a store to close. It is really getting dangerous out there as you can tell from this week's "did they really just say that" cuts.

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They miss President Trump again, North Carolina takes a shot at James Comey, and Democrats start to disintegrate before our very eyes when Rep. Rosa DeLauro is contradicted in a hearing. The world is going to hell in a handbasket, or so say this week's "did they really just say that" cuts.

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The Pope backs down, the blockade continues, and President Trump says the UFO docs are a comin . There are some pretty interesting I cant believe my ears in this week's "did they really just say that" cuts.

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Is Trump the Messiah or a doctor, is Swalwell guilty or innocent, and did Iran win or lose the war? These are the questions raised by our "did they really just say that" audio.

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Can you say Brinkmanship?  The President  threatens, the Democrats and mainstream media panic, and  Iran capitulates. There is a history lesson in this week's "did they really just say that" cuts.

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The President says screw Europe, Congress says screw the American people and the Olympics finally takes a stand on men in women's sports. There is a lot of flipping the proverbial bird going on in this week's "did they really just say that" cuts.

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Dems refuse to stand for the mom of a murdered child at the State of the Union, Gavin Newsom pulls a Biden, and a Minnesota State Rep says porn is educational, .  Are we having fun yet with our "did they really just say that" clip's from this week?

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Marco Rubio makes a good showing in Munich while the democrats demonstrate the bench for 2028 looks mighty thin, Hillary gives a swerve on Epstein, and RFK jr. Makes a startling admission...again.  A lot of revelations this week in our "did they really just say that" audio clips.

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Ghislaine asks for clemency, a congressman tells ICE officials they are going to hell , and NBC gets caught fibbing again about the Trump Administration.  It is hard to tell these days which way is up in our "did they really just say that" clips from this week.

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Don Lemon faces a reckoning,  Boston Mayor Michelle Wu gets caught pandering, and more people get caught having partied with Jeffrey Epstein. Lot of exposes this week in our "did they really just say that" clips.

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It's all Minneapolis! Nazi references, a 2nd shooting and Tom Homan to the rescue.  Minnesota is the flashpoint in our "did they really just say that" cuts from this week

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Greenland or bust, a protest too far, and what one congresswoman really thinks of the United States. Tempers are flaring this week in our "did they really just say that" clips.

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January 19, 2026 38 mins

Minneapolis vs Tehran. It's a tale of two cities today in our "did they really just say that" audio clips.

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The U.S. all but annexes Venezuela, Communists take control of New York City, and the Governor of Minnesota takes a powder for his re-election. The times they are a changing as you will hear with our "did they really just say that" cuts this week.

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January 5, 2026 27 mins

Crazy Democrats. We have seen them in many incarnations this year . There is the lie, the deliberate blind eye, inciting violence, stupidity and just plain out and out Trump Derangement Syndrome. And we have "did they really just say that" examples of all of them.

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Radical Islamist violence explodes across the globe all on the same day - Is it a coincidence? Providence police and Brown University fumble the ball and President Trump crosses a line with a social media post. There were some very surprising utterances this week as you will hear in our "did they really just say that" clips.

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