January 18, 2024 • 10 mins
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(00:13):
And welcome to backstage pass. Iam Austin James. A big thanks to
you for listening at A big thanksto all of our military overseas for everything
that you do and all of yoursacrifices and your family sacrifices as well.
Have you heard about the lineup forthe twenty twenty four iHeart Country Festival.
Well, it's been announced and abig list of performers will be on stage.
(00:35):
Jason Alten, Jellyroll, Old Dominion, Lady a Rightley Green, Ashley
McBride, Brothers Osbourne, and WalkerHayes all slated to perform live at the
Moody Center in Austin, Texas.That's happening on May fourth, and iHeartMedia's
country music radio stations will broadcast theevent live in local markets and on iHeartRadio
(00:57):
dot Com Saturday, May fourth atseven pm. Now, in addition to
all of that, Capital one cardholderscan add a Capital one Access Pass to
their ticket purchase to enjoy an intimatecardholder pre event at the iHeart Country Festival
featuring an exclusive performance by Old Dominion. So tickets go on sale to the
general public January twenty six at twelvenoon on Ticketmaster I am Austin James,
(01:23):
and we're taking a little look atsome things that you may have missed during
the show, some things that peopleare talking about. Leslie, what show
are you currently binge watching? Tellus about it. It's called louder Milk,
and it's about this guy who's inrecovery from alcohol and he's a counselor,
but he's a smartass and he saysall kinds of ridiculous things and it's
(01:46):
just kind of funny to watch withRon Livingston. Yeah, louder Milk.
I kind of like chocolate milk,but that's my taste. Now have you
heard that a woman is going viralfar claiming that her unborn baby loves Check
it out. Our child deserves thevery best and has a taste for the
finer things. Luckily, there's Similaccaviar blend baby formula. Similar caviar blend
(02:09):
baby formula is the only formula thatcontains the finest caviar moon to ma'am,
Wow, just look at him.Sack that formula down. Yeah wow,
this kid's appetite is costing me afortune. That is worth it. Yeah
right, it's worth it. Now, don't spin it up? You fool,
don't waste it. And for yourolder children, make sure to get
(02:30):
new caviar lunchibules. Oh, you'vegot to be kidding me, mother,
father? Is this my lunch?A baby and jay a food of the
peasants? I demand caviar at once? What kind of life is this?
New? Similar caviar blend baby formulaand caviar lunchables in stores now, yeah,
you know. Leanne Rhymes has revealedthat she recently underwent a surgical procedure
(02:53):
that addressed some pre cancerous cervical cells. Now, the singer explained that she
had a long hit of abnormal papsmears, so she sought to deal with
the issue before it became a realproblem. She went to she went to
a doctor, and she informed thepublic and her fans that self care and
frequent checkups can help avoid larger issuesdown the road. She says, quote,
(03:16):
I think it's an important reminder toget our annual screenings in order to
catch changes that may be taking placewithin the body early on end quote.
Now, LeAnn Rimes told the fansabout all of this and her medical progress
on her Instagram page. So we'retalking about some other things here on the
(03:38):
show. What about shows that you'rebinge watching right now? Violet, what
about you? I'm late to theparty on this one, but I just
started watching Breaking Bad, and Iam of sess. I have to admit
I've never seen Breaking Bad. Don'tshoot the messenger, but I'm gonna have
to catch it because I hear thatit's an incredible show, an incredible show.
(03:59):
Well, we reach had a bigarctic blast across the United States,
especially here in South Louisiana, andit was in the teens in Baton Rouge.
Now, when he gets that cold, it gets real crazy. But
what happens to all the ice whenit melts? That winter storm outside might
be a hassle for you, butit's a windfall for us. Introducing melted
snow bottled water ah pure as thedriven snow, meaning lots of cars are
(04:24):
driven up bottled at the source thepavement outside of our office. You will
love the gravel for fiver, thedriveway oil for minerals, and the black
slush for that black slushy flavor whomthat's faulty. Melted snow bottled water also
available in Lemone. Yellow Melted snowbibled water now you don't want to eat
the yellow snow or the yellow ice. Seriously, how cool a person is
(04:49):
Caane Brown? Now? The answeris extremely cool. Because Caine saw some
people in Nashville that were having problemsnavigating the snowstorm earlier in the week,
so in order to help out,Caine Brown turned uber driver. As reported
by his wife Caitlin, Caine sawsome people struggling at a local gas station,
(05:09):
so he drove them to where theyneeded to be very safely, and
of course he gave them his numberif they needed a ride home. That
was Caine Brown doing all that coolstuff. How about that? Kenny Chesney's
been telling us that he has anew album on the way, and Kenny
said that the new album now hasbeen named Born MEO r N. He
(05:31):
says that he's got the cover artready for it. Straight ahead pick of
Kenny looking into the camera with anocean view behind him. Now, of
course we're not surprised by that.By the way, the album will be
available March twenty ninth. Have y'allheard about the new Miss America. Her
name is Madison Marsh and she isa test pilot, a fighter pilot for
(05:56):
the United States Air Force. Now. She was interviewed on Good Morning America
talking about one of the things thatshe hopes to accomplish now that she's been
crowned. I would love to bringback the USO tour with Miss America and
being able to go speak to peopleall around the world about what it means
to be Second Lieutenant Marsh and MissAmerica because obviously I wouldn't have been able
(06:17):
to do anything without the Air Force'shelp. What a great, great American.
She's really cool, Madison Marsh,Miss America now American country singer songwriter.
I think you know where her nameis, Dolly part She turns seventy
eight tomorrow, January nineteenth, andshe said that she never really wanted to
(06:38):
be a fashion queen or anything likethat. She just addressed the way that
she just wanted to dress. Sothere you go. Now we're talking about
some shows that you're currently binge watching. Mark about you, Bud. Right
now, I'm actually catching up onSuccession. I know I'm a little late
to the game, and I knowit's pretty much already aired, but everyone
keeps talking about it and now I'mobsessed, so I'm loving it. Good
(07:00):
for you man. Also in thenews. I don't know if y'all heard
about this, twenty seven year oldVeronica Coval, who went viral for her
glamorous mugshot as sharing her secret toher look, we'll check it out.
When you've committed a crime and you'regetting your mugshot taken, you need to
look your best. That's why there'sslammer girl makeup. I broke into a
(07:20):
Walmart and stole forty thousand dollars worthof merchandise, But who cares? Check
out the color of my lipstick?Straight ahead? Please, hey, get
aside. Wow, your cheeks havesuch a rosy glow. Part of that's
the makeup, part of it's fromhitting the pavement when the police arrested me.
Can I take a few more offof my personal use? Oh yeah,
yeah, knock yourself out? Ohyeah, look a good ain't so
(07:44):
bad? Sleazy, crazy, violentslammer girl in stores now? Oh man?
Some other stuff in the news.A passenger on board a flight was
recently stuck inside the laboratory for nearlythe entire flight, despite the crew trying
their best to get that guy outof the laboratory or the bathroom. However
(08:05):
you want to coin and call itwell. Check out this ad and audio
from the flight. Wait, gentleman, that's your pilot speaking. I'd like
to wild new aboard. We triedour best airlines, and i'd like to
advise you to ignore the screens comingfrom the laboratory. There's been a guy
stuck in there the entire flight,and we tried our best, but we
couldn't get him out. Also,i'd like to apologize that the in flight
(08:26):
meal was rotten food. Sorry,we tried our best. Furthermore, i'd
like to apologize that there are onlyfour seats on this entire plane. We
tried our best, but we didn'thave time to install all the seats.
Whoopsie Daisy, And sorry about earlierwhen the door of the aircraft blew off.
We tried our best and covered itwith a big garbage bag. We
know you have a choice which airlineyou fly, and you chose the one
that's just flat out off, butwe tried our best. Na. Yeah,
(08:50):
I'll definitely take another flight on thatone. Well, to conclude,
we have some more news here.I don't know if y'all heard about this
or not, but a massive bluefintuna weighing more than five hundred pounds was
reeled in at almost eight hundred thousanddollars at a Tokyo auction. There's only
one currency that's guaranteed to increase invalue over time, not gold, not
(09:11):
bitcoin, but massive bluefin tuna.And at the Tuna Exchange, you can
bring in your tuna and get coldhard cash. Ah, something stinks in
here? Is it your tuna?Yeah, it's been in the kitchen for
eight months. I just wish therewas a place I could time to call
the Tuna Exchange. Yes, theTuna Exchange will make your tuna work for
(09:31):
you. That's our promise. Wehad a giant bluefin tuna in our fridge
that was really stinking up the house. Every time I'd open the fridge,
the smell would hit me like aton of bricks. Well, we brought
it to the Tune Exchange, gotthousands of dollars for it. Do you
know how many more tuna we canbuy with that? Oh, you've got
to be kidding me. The TunaExchange, Bring in your tuna and get
cash today. Call now for yourfree grow. Sure youw gross. Thank
(09:54):
y'all for listening to backstage pass.I am Austin James. Catch more episodes
of Backstage Pass with Austin James onour free iHeartRadio app,
And welcome to backstage pass. Iam Austin James. A big thanks to
you for listening at A big thanksto all of our military overseas for everything
that you do and all of yoursacrifices and your family sacrifices as well.
Have you heard about the lineup forthe twenty twenty four iHeart Country Festival.
Well, it's been announced and abig list of performers will be on stage.
(00:35):
Jason Alten, Jellyroll, Old Dominion, Lady a Rightley Green, Ashley
McBride, Brothers Osbourne, and WalkerHayes all slated to perform live at the
Moody Center in Austin, Texas.That's happening on May fourth, and iHeartMedia's
country music radio stations will broadcast theevent live in local markets and on iHeartRadio
(00:57):
dot Com Saturday, May fourth atseven pm. Now, in addition to
all of that, Capital one cardholderscan add a Capital one Access Pass to
their ticket purchase to enjoy an intimatecardholder pre event at the iHeart Country Festival
featuring an exclusive performance by Old Dominion. So tickets go on sale to the
general public January twenty six at twelvenoon on Ticketmaster I am Austin James,
(01:23):
and we're taking a little look atsome things that you may have missed during
the show, some things that peopleare talking about. Leslie, what show
are you currently binge watching? Tellus about it. It's called louder Milk,
and it's about this guy who's inrecovery from alcohol and he's a counselor,
but he's a smartass and he saysall kinds of ridiculous things and it's
(01:46):
just kind of funny to watch withRon Livingston. Yeah, louder Milk.
I kind of like chocolate milk,but that's my taste. Now have you
heard that a woman is going viralfar claiming that her unborn baby loves Check
it out. Our child deserves thevery best and has a taste for the
finer things. Luckily, there's Similaccaviar blend baby formula. Similar caviar blend
(02:09):
baby formula is the only formula thatcontains the finest caviar moon to ma'am,
Wow, just look at him.Sack that formula down. Yeah wow,
this kid's appetite is costing me afortune. That is worth it. Yeah
right, it's worth it. Now, don't spin it up? You fool,
don't waste it. And for yourolder children, make sure to get
(02:30):
new caviar lunchibules. Oh, you'vegot to be kidding me, mother,
father? Is this my lunch?A baby and jay a food of the
peasants? I demand caviar at once? What kind of life is this?
New? Similar caviar blend baby formulaand caviar lunchables in stores now, yeah,
you know. Leanne Rhymes has revealedthat she recently underwent a surgical procedure
(02:53):
that addressed some pre cancerous cervical cells. Now, the singer explained that she
had a long hit of abnormal papsmears, so she sought to deal with
the issue before it became a realproblem. She went to she went to
a doctor, and she informed thepublic and her fans that self care and
frequent checkups can help avoid larger issuesdown the road. She says, quote,
(03:16):
I think it's an important reminder toget our annual screenings in order to
catch changes that may be taking placewithin the body early on end quote.
Now, LeAnn Rimes told the fansabout all of this and her medical progress
on her Instagram page. So we'retalking about some other things here on the
(03:38):
show. What about shows that you'rebinge watching right now? Violet, what
about you? I'm late to theparty on this one, but I just
started watching Breaking Bad, and Iam of sess. I have to admit
I've never seen Breaking Bad. Don'tshoot the messenger, but I'm gonna have
to catch it because I hear thatit's an incredible show, an incredible show.
(03:59):
Well, we reach had a bigarctic blast across the United States,
especially here in South Louisiana, andit was in the teens in Baton Rouge.
Now, when he gets that cold, it gets real crazy. But
what happens to all the ice whenit melts? That winter storm outside might
be a hassle for you, butit's a windfall for us. Introducing melted
snow bottled water ah pure as thedriven snow, meaning lots of cars are
(04:24):
driven up bottled at the source thepavement outside of our office. You will
love the gravel for fiver, thedriveway oil for minerals, and the black
slush for that black slushy flavor whomthat's faulty. Melted snow bottled water also
available in Lemone. Yellow Melted snowbibled water now you don't want to eat
the yellow snow or the yellow ice. Seriously, how cool a person is
(04:49):
Caane Brown? Now? The answeris extremely cool. Because Caine saw some
people in Nashville that were having problemsnavigating the snowstorm earlier in the week,
so in order to help out,Caine Brown turned uber driver. As reported
by his wife Caitlin, Caine sawsome people struggling at a local gas station,
(05:09):
so he drove them to where theyneeded to be very safely, and
of course he gave them his numberif they needed a ride home. That
was Caine Brown doing all that coolstuff. How about that? Kenny Chesney's
been telling us that he has anew album on the way, and Kenny
said that the new album now hasbeen named Born MEO r N. He
(05:31):
says that he's got the cover artready for it. Straight ahead pick of
Kenny looking into the camera with anocean view behind him. Now, of
course we're not surprised by that.By the way, the album will be
available March twenty ninth. Have y'allheard about the new Miss America. Her
name is Madison Marsh and she isa test pilot, a fighter pilot for
(05:56):
the United States Air Force. Now. She was interviewed on Good Morning America
talking about one of the things thatshe hopes to accomplish now that she's been
crowned. I would love to bringback the USO tour with Miss America and
being able to go speak to peopleall around the world about what it means
to be Second Lieutenant Marsh and MissAmerica because obviously I wouldn't have been able
(06:17):
to do anything without the Air Force'shelp. What a great, great American.
She's really cool, Madison Marsh,Miss America now American country singer songwriter.
I think you know where her nameis, Dolly part She turns seventy
eight tomorrow, January nineteenth, andshe said that she never really wanted to
(06:38):
be a fashion queen or anything likethat. She just addressed the way that
she just wanted to dress. Sothere you go. Now we're talking about
some shows that you're currently binge watching. Mark about you, Bud. Right
now, I'm actually catching up onSuccession. I know I'm a little late
to the game, and I knowit's pretty much already aired, but everyone
keeps talking about it and now I'mobsessed, so I'm loving it. Good
(07:00):
for you man. Also in thenews. I don't know if y'all heard
about this, twenty seven year oldVeronica Coval, who went viral for her
glamorous mugshot as sharing her secret toher look, we'll check it out.
When you've committed a crime and you'regetting your mugshot taken, you need to
look your best. That's why there'sslammer girl makeup. I broke into a
(07:20):
Walmart and stole forty thousand dollars worthof merchandise, But who cares? Check
out the color of my lipstick?Straight ahead? Please, hey, get
aside. Wow, your cheeks havesuch a rosy glow. Part of that's
the makeup, part of it's fromhitting the pavement when the police arrested me.
Can I take a few more offof my personal use? Oh yeah,
yeah, knock yourself out? Ohyeah, look a good ain't so
(07:44):
bad? Sleazy, crazy, violentslammer girl in stores now? Oh man?
Some other stuff in the news.A passenger on board a flight was
recently stuck inside the laboratory for nearlythe entire flight, despite the crew trying
their best to get that guy outof the laboratory or the bathroom. However
(08:05):
you want to coin and call itwell. Check out this ad and audio
from the flight. Wait, gentleman, that's your pilot speaking. I'd like
to wild new aboard. We triedour best airlines, and i'd like to
advise you to ignore the screens comingfrom the laboratory. There's been a guy
stuck in there the entire flight,and we tried our best, but we
couldn't get him out. Also,i'd like to apologize that the in flight
(08:26):
meal was rotten food. Sorry,we tried our best. Furthermore, i'd
like to apologize that there are onlyfour seats on this entire plane. We
tried our best, but we didn'thave time to install all the seats.
Whoopsie Daisy, And sorry about earlierwhen the door of the aircraft blew off.
We tried our best and covered itwith a big garbage bag. We
know you have a choice which airlineyou fly, and you chose the one
that's just flat out off, butwe tried our best. Na. Yeah,
(08:50):
I'll definitely take another flight on thatone. Well, to conclude,
we have some more news here.I don't know if y'all heard about this
or not, but a massive bluefintuna weighing more than five hundred pounds was
reeled in at almost eight hundred thousanddollars at a Tokyo auction. There's only
one currency that's guaranteed to increase invalue over time, not gold, not
(09:11):
bitcoin, but massive bluefin tuna.And at the Tuna Exchange, you can
bring in your tuna and get coldhard cash. Ah, something stinks in
here? Is it your tuna?Yeah, it's been in the kitchen for
eight months. I just wish therewas a place I could time to call
the Tuna Exchange. Yes, theTuna Exchange will make your tuna work for
(09:31):
you. That's our promise. Wehad a giant bluefin tuna in our fridge
that was really stinking up the house. Every time I'd open the fridge,
the smell would hit me like aton of bricks. Well, we brought
it to the Tune Exchange, gotthousands of dollars for it. Do you
know how many more tuna we canbuy with that? Oh, you've got
to be kidding me. The TunaExchange, Bring in your tuna and get
cash today. Call now for yourfree grow. Sure youw gross. Thank
(09:54):
y'all for listening to backstage pass.I am Austin James. Catch more episodes
of Backstage Pass with Austin James onour free iHeartRadio app,
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