Gary and Shannon
Gary Hoffmann and Shannon Farren. Covering what you need to know (and even some stuff you didn't) weekdays 9am-12pm
Episodes
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 1 (05.18) – California catches fire again, Luigi Mangione wins a bizarre backpack ruling, and TSA apparently prefers rotisserie chickens over shampoo.• Gary & Shannon discuss Elmer vacationing in Korea, Shannon battling a case of the Mondays, and Gary insisting 90-degree weather is the only acceptable summer temperature
• Rory McIlroy gets told to “shut the fu&* up&r...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 2 (05.18) – Antonio Villaraigosa stops in and says California Democrats lost common sense, modern campaigns have become street fights, and in politics you’re important… until suddenly you’re invisible.• Gary & Shannon sit down with former Los Angeles Mayor and California gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa to discuss his struggling polling numbers, the stat...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 3 (05.18) – Gary & Shannon spend much of the hour covering the rapidly growing Sandy Fire in Simi Valley as evacuation orders expand, helicopters swarm overhead, and dangerous winds fuel another major Southern California wildfire emergency.• Gary & Shannon deliver breaking updates as the Sandy Fire explodes from under 10 acres to nearly 200 acres in just over an hour near the Reag...
The Gary & Shannon Show: Overtime Hour 1 (05.16) – Gary & Shannon dive into whether AI is quietly destroying creativity, why restaurants are barely surviving, and how e-bikes have seemingly turned every sidewalk into a demolition derby.
• The conversation explores AI’s growing influence on creativity, work, and critical thinking
• Restaurants continue struggling with rising costs, delivery apps, and...
The Gary & Shannon Show: Overtime Hour 2 (05.16) – Gary & Shannon break down a bizarre suspected sailboat murder, a disturbing Wall Street coercion case, and why so many people still remember the worst teachers they ever had.
• The show dives into the suspicious death of a woman aboard a retirement sailboat trip and whether her husband’s story makes any sense at all
• Gary & Shannon also discuss...
Weekend Fix (05.16) – Gary & Shannon unpack the anxiety, comfort, and weird psychology behind travel, including why Gary still doesn’t feel like he “travels well;" before spiraling into the increasingly unhinged world of resort chair saving, poolside territorial behavior, and how otherwise normal people become vacation lounge chair monsters by 8:30am.
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The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 1 (05.15) – The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 1 (05.15) – Gary survives a skin cancer scare, California politics officially descend into reality television, and the NFL schedule release somehow becomes the internet’s version of the Oscars.
• Gary returns after having basal cell skin cancer removed from his face → including a full breakdown of the procedure, the smell of bu...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 2 (05.15) – The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 2 (05.15) – a shirtless Gary photo sparks controversy, Southern California braces for possible El Niño chaos, and Heather Brooker somehow gets pulled into an extremely serious debate about toilet paper usage.
• Gary & Shannon react to outrage surrounding an old shirtless photo of Gary from his water polo days after a similar Sp...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 3 (05.15) – The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 3 (05.15) – Drake floods the internet with surprise albums, a retired Navy general casually discusses UFOs controlled by non-human entities, and the show somehow ends with a man pulling a car using his genitals.
• #WhatsHappening → Gary & Shannon break down the biggest stories of the day including the California governor debate, ...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 1 (05.14) – The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 1 (05.14) – Andy Riesmeyer fills in for Gary, NFL schedule madness officially begins, and a terrifying plane crash survival story somehow turns into a full-on discussion about which passengers should be eaten first.
• Shannon opens the show with Andy Riesmeyer filling in → immediately spiraling into bird nest chaos, sandwich slander,...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 2 (05.14) – The California’s governor race tightens fast, and wealthy Californians are quietly building tax escape compounds across the Nevada border.
• Shannon & Andy Riesmeyer break down the latest California polling → with Karen Bass still leading the LA mayoral race, but Spencer Pratt now firmly emerging as a legitimate second-place contender• The ra...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 3 (05.14) – Spencer Pratt keeps climbing in the LA mayor race, airport fashion officially becomes a public health concern, and Shannon sneezes hard enough to nearly destabilize the studio.
• #WhatsHappening → President Trump continues his China visit while new polling suggests Spencer Pratt may actually make the L...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 3 (05.13) – the Murdaugh conviction gets overturned, President Trump meets with President Xi amid Iran tensions, and #Parenting spirals into stories about parents trying to get teachers fired and families outraged over $100 sports fees.• #WhatsHappening → President Trump meets with Xi Jinping as tensions with Iran continue complicating trade negotiations
• South Carolina...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 2 (05.13) – Alex Murdaugh gets a retrial, an asteroid buzzes Earth, and Shannon accuses Gary of running over children during a discussion about California’s growing e-bike chaos.• The South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously grants Alex Murdaugh a retrial → reigniting one of the wildest true crime stories in recent memory
• Gary & Shannon break down the corrupt...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 1 (05.13) – AI campaign ads spiral completely out of control, California politics get even messier, and Gary reveals he keeps his house at a temperature usually reserved for retirement communities.• Gary & Shannon open the show investigating a mysteriously missing studio knob — with immediate suspicion falling on Michael Monks• Amy King earns the title of “Disney Prin...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 3 (05.12) – LA politics implode, inflation spikes again, and #TrueCrimeTuesday somehow gets darker once the Coast Guard seizes a boat literally named “Soulmate.”• #WhatsHappening → the LA mayoral debate officially collapses after all major candidates back out
• Former Eileen Wang reaches a plea deal after being charged with acting as an agent for China• ...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 2 (05.12) – LA’s mayoral race gets weirder, San Francisco accidentally fixes itself, and Californians spiral emotionally after 14 minutes of rain.• Another LA mayoral debate collapses → after Karen Bass and Nithya Raman back out, joining Spencer Pratt who had already declined weeks ago• Gary & Shannon break down Pratt’s surprisingly effective socia...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 1 (05.12) – California’s oil nightmare gets worse, LAUSD gets rocked by another corruption scandal, and Shannon officially compares Lakers fans to drunken Buffalo Bills superfans.• Gary & Shannon break down California’s looming gas crisis → as Middle Eastern oil access tightens and the Iran ceasefire hangs by a thread
• President Trump reportedly pushes for lo...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 3 (05.11) – A bomb threat hits Magic Mountain, Gen Z gets labeled “the cursed generation,” and somehow the White House is preparing to host a UFC fight on the lawn.• #WhatsHappening → an active bomb threat investigation unfolds at Six Flags Magic Mountain while California launches a new lawsuit against Meta• Savannah Guthrie lands a primetime Wordle game sh...
The Gary & Shannon Show Hour 2 (05.11) – Netflix roast culture goes fully savage, LA politics stay messy, and apparently the future of office communication is quietly talking to your laptop like a lunatic.• Gary & Shannon revisit the wild Kevin Hart roast on Netflix → where absolutely nobody was safe
• The bigger takeaway → comedy might finally be getting offensive again without immediately apol...
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