Gary and Shannon
Gary Hoffmann and Shannon Farren. Covering what you need to know (and even some stuff you didn't) weekdays 9am-1pm
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October 24, 2025 • 12 mins
Forget keg stands, Gen Z is bringing “mindful” mixers and monetized hangouts to the party scene. Gary & Shannon explore why younger crowds are skipping booze, embracing “functional” beverages, and redefining what fun looks like (while still managing to talk underwear somehow). 🩲
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October 24, 2025 • 30 mins
With Shannon on a planned day-off, Gary takes the mic solo, and dives deep into the NBA’s exploding gambling scandal: complete with mob poker games, x-ray contacts, and four crime families. From NewsNation’s Ryan Bass to Fred Roggin’s insider take, it’s chaos, comedy, and crime!
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October 24, 2025 • 26 mins
Gary dives into two very different kinds of rigged games: California politics and NBA poker 💸. From Prop 50’s partisan redraw to the “hacked” shufflers behind the league’s gambling scandal, he connects the dots between power, money, and manipulation. (Also: your fitness app might be gaslighting you.) 🏃♂️📱
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October 24, 2025 • 28 mins
Solo Gary takes the reins with a jam-packed hour of #SwampWatch: from Trump vs. Canada over a Reagan quote, to Venezuelan drug-boat battles amid a shutdown. Then, filmmaker and professional prankster Oobah Butler (follow him @Oobahs) joins the show to talk about his new documentary and the wild success of The Great Amazon Heist 🎬. Plus, #EntertainmentReport with Heather Brooker covers Emma Stone’s dark comedy Bugonia and Ethan Ha...
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October 24, 2025 • 38 mins
Gary closes out the week with a rapid-fire #WhatsHappening aka a rundown of today’s biggest headlines: from Dodgers World Series hype ⚾️ and Prop 50 drama 🗳️ to wild SoCal fires and an FBI investigation in the Bay Area. Then it’s #GasFantasy4Play 🏈, listener lessons from #WhatILearned, and the infamous #NineNewsNuggetsYouNeedToKnow, nine ‘bizarre’ stories you definitely missed this week!
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October 23, 2025 • 27 mins
Shannon joins the show live from SoFi Stadium ahead of Thursday Night Chargers Football, as Gary breaks down the wild FBI bust of an NBA gambling ring: complete with mafia ties, poker games, and insider prop bets. Plus, Shannon gets suspicious of Gary’s sudden streak of kindness, the crew weighs in on her “SoFi setup,” and we learn how changing your mindset can literally rewrite your memories in today’s #GaSTherapy.
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October 23, 2025 • 28 mins
Gary and Shannon go deep into Yamamoto’s lucky underwear saga — yes, the one with rainbow lasers shooting out of rabbit eyes. From Malibu’s million-dollar rebuilds to tropical storm warnings, this hour has it all: underwear debates, fashion show threats, and Shannon’s animal-print underwear fascination.
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October 23, 2025 • 30 mins
Gary and Shannon flush out the big stories, from President Trump’s last-minute National Guard reversal in San Francisco to Dodgers vs. Blue Jays World Series predictions ⚾️. Then Marc Saltzman joins for #TechTalk and drops a bombshell 💩📱: people who scroll their phones on the toilet are 46% more likely to get hemorrhoids 😳. Cue laughter, chaos, and a debate about who still brings a newspaper to the bathroom.
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October 23, 2025 • 30 mins
Gary and Shannon close out the show with a loaded hour: from the NBA gambling ring with mafia ties 💰 and an egg + Coca-Cola recall scare 🥚🥤 to the nostalgic return of Toys R Us 🧸. Then, they debate why people are ditching screens for analog bags, and how Shannon survives the Chargers Wi-Fi-free game flights ✈️. In #StrangeScience, they revisit their favorite cosmic wanderer 3I/ATLAS 🪐 and wrap with a surprising study on the ...
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October 22, 2025 • 29 mins
Gary swears he’s loyal to L.A., but Shannon’s not buying it after spotting his suspicious Cleveland tee during World Series week! They spar over whether it’s a betrayal or just bad laundry timing, then dive into President Trump’s $230 million DOJ reimbursement demand, the Lakers’ rough start, and the newest Gen Z dating trend, “throning.”
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October 22, 2025 • 24 mins
Gary and Shannon open Hour 2 with the latest twist in the Celeste Rivas Hernandez investigation, as details about D4vd’s Tesla and his high-profile lawyer raise eyebrows. Then, they dive into LA Metro’s hacked digital signs (with some unsolicited “helpful” suggestions for the hackers) before Shannon questions just how far Gary’s strip-tease threats might go at next week’s live remote (10/30 at BJ’s in West Covina)! Later, Huntingto...
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October 22, 2025 • 33 mins
Gary and Shannon kick off the hour with a bizarrely heartwarming story, a bear caught visiting other bears at the zoo. Was it a reunion… or a prison visit?
Then it’s #SWAMPWATCH, where they cover the ongoing government shutdown, Hunter Biden’s public comments, and Scott Weiner’s run for Pelosi’s seat.
Later, they dive into the rise of testosterone therapy among women (and Real Housewives), before Justin Worsham joins for #Parenting:...
Then it’s #SWAMPWATCH, where they cover the ongoing government shutdown, Hunter Biden’s public comments, and Scott Weiner’s run for Pelosi’s seat.
Later, they dive into the rise of testosterone therapy among women (and Real Housewives), before Justin Worsham joins for #Parenting:...
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October 22, 2025 • 30 mins
Gary and Shannon dive into #WhatsHappening — from an ICE agent accidentally shooting a U.S. Marshal, to new details in the Celeste Rivas Hernandez case, four softball teammates found dead after a suspected overdose, and Newsom’s surprising plan to send the National Guard to… food banks? Then Gary shares how his dog Peter’s wild social weekend turned into a lesson on canine memory and boredom. Plus, Dr. Stephen Forman from City of H...
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October 21, 2025 • 25 mins
Gary and Shannon celebrate the Dodgers’ ticket to the World Series, break down the massive AWS outage that briefly broke the internet, and try to decode the Gen Alpha slang term “6-7.” Plus, what’s the proper elevator etiquette, and why is Portland bracing for the National Guard?
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October 21, 2025 • 28 mins
Gary and Shannon dive into the wild world of Southern California politics and break down the latest scandal involving an LA City Council nominee already fined for failing to disclose lobbying income, plus a few other examples of why voters here seem to reward bad behavior. Later, they talk about a bizarre viral claim that President Trump plans to commute Diddy’s sentence (spoiler: the White House denies it), the chaos of an LAX t...
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October 21, 2025 • 29 mins
Gary & Shannon kick off #SwampWatch with Rubio’s cartel crackdown, Trump’s new ballroom, and a D.C. shutdown that refuses to die: but the real story might be out of this world. They revisit the mysterious 3I ATLAS “alien probe”, the mini-probes it supposedly released, and the theoretical physicist tracking them. Plus: Warner Bros might be up for sale again, Shannon’s got a house cow update, and the crew debates the average we...
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October 21, 2025 • 30 mins
Gary and Shannon dive into a wild #TrueCrimeTuesday: starting with #WhatsHappening, from a U.S. Marshal shot in downtown L.A. to TMZ’s bombshell that President Trump might commute Diddy’s sentence. Then, they unpack a disturbing new book revisiting the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and Prince Andrew’s alleged ties. Finally, they break down Netflix’s The Perfect Stranger, a gripping body-cam-told true-crime doc that’s impossible to look...
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October 20, 2025 • 29 mins
Gary and Shannon kick off the week celebrating the Dodgers’ huge postseason win and Shohei Ohtani’s legendary performance, while Shannon wrestles with the emotional toll of her “unhappiest child,” the LA Chargers. Then, the internet falls apart as major apps crash in a global AWS outage, protesters wear bizarre costumes in the “No Kings” demonstrations, and four thieves pull off a real-life museum heist at the Louvre.
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October 20, 2025 • 26 mins
Gary and Shannon debate everything from San Francisco’s “doom-loop” recovery to LA’s Olympic promises, but first, Shannon can’t ignore what’s happening during the commercial break. Let’s just say Gary’s mid-show warm-up routine involves fewer layers than expected. Plus, Gary and Shannon dive into dueling takes on San Francisco’s comeback, the Daily Mail vs WSJ showdown, and the latest on a missing 9-year-old in California.
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October 20, 2025 • 32 mins
Gary’s Jeopardy question about a half-horse, half-man creature sends the show galloping straight back into Shannon’s new vertical short, Space Wars. Then it’s #SwampWatch with updates on the ongoing government shutdown, Trump’s clash with the Australian ambassador, and the Supreme Court’s latest gun rights debate. Later, they pay tribute to Jimmy Fallon’s late dog (also named Gary), breaks down nuisance homes in the Palisades, and ...
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