The News Junkie
The News Junkie, Shawn Wasson, with Sabrina and C-Lane. The three best friends you never knew you had run through the most viral stories of the day.
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April 20, 2021 • 158 min
TUESDAY 4/20/21: The show gets drinks named after them to celebrate 4/20. Sabrina tries for a newly-set world record. An actress in Ghana is jailed for a picture taken with her son. C-Lane continues to have crypto woes.
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April 19, 2021 • 158 min
MONDAY 4/19/21: A massive party ends in cars being flipped. Sabrina's band plays their first live gig. Shawn tries all day to get the latest crypto-currency, but pancakes are somehow involved.
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April 16, 2021 • 160 min
FRIDAY 4/16/21: A driveway cam captures a bobcat attacking a couple. Sabrina and C-Lane get Erich on crypto. Shawn almost gets sent to internet jail. Governor DeSantis gets a video pulled from YouTube.
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April 15, 2021 • 164 min
THURSDAY 4/15/21: A Rocco's Tacos can't re-open because nobody wants to work. A proposed animal law causes dispatches and stories to spiral into dark territory. The MyPillow guy gets a new social media platform. Shawn wants to have a farm.
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April 14, 2021 • 156 min
WEDNESDAY 4/14/21: Business owners are still finding it hard to get employees. Shawn rages out at a video of a robot police dog in New York City. White Claw has a new flavor, but the name seems to be infringe-y. The show finds out where the USA ranks on a best countries list.
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April 13, 2021 • 160 min
TUESDAY 4/13/21: The show returns after an adventure to the Caribbean. Shawn is concerned with an Amber Alert for an 11-year-old girl. A man joins the show who is livestreaming himself locked in his shed for an entire year, and willing to go longer.
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April 9, 2021 • 157 min
FRIDAY 4/9/21: C-Lane shows up to work in a robe. DMX dies. Sabrina and C-Lane cross off a bucket list item, and a man shows up for a tasting with a lot of rum as they show finishes off a trio of broadcasts from Sandals South Coast in Jamaica.
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April 8, 2021 • 158 min
THURSDAY 4/8/21: Shawn rages against beach billboards. C-Lane learns about cinnamon toothpicks as listeners chime in on ways they made side money in grade school. Sabrina has a near miss with a drone.
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April 7, 2021 • 155 min
WEDNESDAY 4/7/21: The show chronicles their journey to the islands as they begin three days of live broadcasts from Sandals South Coast Jamaica
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April 5, 2021 • 156 min
MONDAY 4/5/21: Shawn makes an NFT. Sabrina gets redemption. Moses wants to rent a helicopter. Everybody pretty much checks out on the day before the trip to Jamaica.
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April 2, 2021 • 160 min
FRIDAY 4/2/21: A woman's April Fools prank lands her in jail. Florida prepares for the vaccine age to lower once again, while one clinic apologizes for giving an empty one. Sabrina details the rules for Chet Hanks' "White Boy Summer"
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April 1, 2021 • 154 min
THURSDAY 4/1/21: Shawn thinks April fools is dead, but his girlfriend might disagree. Another gender reveal party goes horribly wrong. Sabrina quits mid-show.
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March 31, 2021 • 156 min
WEDNESDAY 3/31/21: Shawn rethinks his stance on food after more suggestions come in about what to eat in Jamaica and beyond. A raffle claiming to be from a school turns some heads. The show gets pranked by a major corporation. Questions arise after a preview of an upcoming show about twins.
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March 30, 2021 • 158 min
TUESDAY 3/30/21: Shawn is unsure about how the day will go after taking his COVID-19 booster shot in the morning. Some Florida politicians think the super majority isn't enough. Sabrina's schedule has shifted during the pandemic. An e-mailer has an interesting suggestion for the show's culinary adventures in Jamaica.
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March 29, 2021 • 159 min
MONDAY 3/29/21: The stuck cargo ship finally gets some good news. The show debates over who is the sexiest bald man. Lifeguards in California are making more money than you think.
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March 27, 2021 • 20 min
The crew face lie detector tests from one of the world's best polygraph examiners. The twist? We came up with the most embarrassing questions for each other. This is absolutely brutal. Get the whole thing on-demand at SecretShowsLive.com or sign up to be a Secret Shows subscriber now to get all of the UNCENSORED content!
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March 25, 2021 • 145 min
THURSDAY 3/25/21: More details emerge of the woman found to be living in a storm drain for almost three weeks. The Cinnamon Toast Crunch guy gets Milkshake Duck'd. An update reveals all adult Floridians are even closer to being eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.
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March 24, 2021 • 152 min
WEDNESDAY 3/24/21: The show looks for advice for a man who had his final paycheck delivered to him in pennies. Shawn can't stop laughing at a dispatcher having internet issues.
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March 23, 2021 • 150 min
TUESDAY 3/23/21: C-Lane screws up during a meeting. A survey reveals how people's weight changed over the pandemic. An American Idol contestant faints on TV.
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March 22, 2021 • 154 min
MONDAY 3/21/21: A listener from West Palm Beach reaches out to the show with a long-awaited gift.
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