Today we welcome back friend of the show, comedian Akeem Hoyte-Charles.
Last time he was on the podcast we cold called the teacher who got fired over her rap career, making a strong dent in Down to the Wire history.
In today’s episode we introduce him to the new format we've been testing out, where we read out a headline and our guest has 90 seconds to guess if it’s real or fake news.
To close out the show we hear out Akeem's rant on how Home Alone IS NOT a Christmas movie.
Today's slate of Back Page News is:
German Woman Ends 10-Year Relationship with Airplane (1:12)
Ohio Man Attempts to Rob Bank Using Only Interpretive Dance (12:30)
Huge bronze poop statue 'honoring' Jan. 6 rioters appears on Capitol Hill (17:20)
Woman arrested for training squirrels to attack her ex-boyfriend (23:24)
Starbucks’ new CEO faces backlash over 1,000-mile commute by private jet (36:26)
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