WBZ-AM
NewsByte
Two newsroom veterans ask the question "Did they really say that?" responding to the week's oddest sound cuts from politics, entertainment, sports and the world. Nancy Shack - A newsroom editor, writer and anchor for WBZ NewsRadio in Boston. She is a former talk show host and talk radio producer in New England with two National Radio Hall of Fame Shows to her credit. Ben Parker - A radio news anchor for WBZ NewsRadio in Boston, Ben has been honored with Associated Press awards for news coverage and was part of the team that received a Peabody Award for coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings....
Where to listen?
Podcasts in the app Replaio Radio Coming soonPodcasts are coming to the app soon. Install now and be the first to see a whole new take on podcasts
Episodes
The Trump Wallace Smackdown and Just Who is Hillary Talking About? 27.07.2020 25:37
There was an interesting exchange between President Trump and Fox News' Chris Wallace on the Oval Office balcony where they argued about senility tests and whether Joe Biden wants to reallocate police funding. Then Hillary Clinton slams someone...we don't know who...but could it be Joe Biden? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nooses 20.07.2020 23:42
A plethora of noose sighting have appeared lately as the topic of racism becomes all consuming across the country. So far the instances have been of mistaken identity and none of the ropes in question have been determined to be threats. Are people looking for hate crimes? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When is a Joke...Not a Joke? 13.07.2020 17:20
One person's joke can be another person's insult. A number of highly visible politicians have discovered this including President Trump, former Vice-President Biden and former Secretary of State John Kerry. The laughs are on us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
To Mask or Not to Mask, Social Distancing Hypocrisy, and Twittergate at the Villages 06.07.2020 25:11
The party lines are drawn between those who will mask and those who refuse making the issue of a federal mask order the topic of the day. Also on tap, why is lack of social distancing okay at a Black Lives Matter protest but not at a campaign rally and things get hot at a retirement community then even hotter after the President tweets about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CHAZ, CHOP, and the Summer of Love? 29.06.2020 17:53
From Washington Governor Inslee denying any knowledge of protesters taking over public streets and buildings, a police chief saying it wasn't her fault the precinct fell, a mayor sending in supplies and calling the occupation of her city the summer of love and the President of the United States threatening military intervention to quell armed vigilantes threatening to kill police while committing...
President Trump Needs To Think First, Biden Needs to Stay In The Basement and Behar Backs Down 22.06.2020 23:44
President Trump needs to stay away from descriptive adjectives...and Abraham Lincoln. Joe Biden needs to stay away from notes, MLK and voter fraud. And Joe Behar needs to just stay away..... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Hope of Spacex 15.06.2020 20:51
During all the fear and unrest in our country between pandemic lockdowns, and peaceful protests over the horrific death of George Floyd in Minneapolis devolving into ANTIFA inspred riots - there was a bright point - it launched out of Cape Canaveral and is now at the International Space Station in the form of two american astronauts on the first private public sector partnership for exploring spac...
Mistakes, Riots and Racism 08.06.2020 29:15
The whole horrible cycle of violence started when police received a 911 call that a man had passed fake bills at a convenience store to buy cigarettes. When police arrived the suspect, a man named George Floyd was still sitting in his car outside the store , apparently having consumed alcohol . Police removed from the car - 4 officers were there. George was black, two officers were white and two w...
Open Mouth, Insert Foot, and Chew, Hypocrisy Thy Name is MSNBC, and The Scarborough Effect 01.06.2020 24:07
Former Vice-President Biden accidentally insults all black voters everywhere - including in his own campaign. Also on tap, MSNBC is caught flat footed by a passerby while trying to mask shame beach goers in Wisconsin and Mika Brezinski should ask her husband about a 2004 clip with Imus before excoriating the President on air about his Twitter accusations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...
Hydroxy Double Dare and Joe Biden Explores Irony from the Basement 25.05.2020 31:47
The President unleashed a furor this week by announcing he is taking a course of Hydroxycholoraquin as a preventaive for Covid-19. Reaction ranged from NY Sen. Schumer calling him a liar, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling him fat and Fox News anchor Neal Cavuto saying he is killing people. Meanwhile former Vice-President Joe Biden, still in his basement, is having more memory issues about Tara Re...
A First Lady Makes A Surprising Statement, A Bizarre SCOTUS Oral Argument, and a News Anchor Plays Fast and Loose with the Facts 18.05.2020 30:49
Former First Lady Michelle Obama says children were a concession to her ambition (Who thinks of being First Lady as settling?), a Ren and Stimpy moment during a Supreme Court oral argument, and NBC's Chuck Todd gets caught fibbing in a live broadcast after editing a tape to prove his lie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hypocrisy thy name is #MeToo, a Heartless Judge, and the Losers Club 11.05.2020 28:46
It looks like a different standard is being applied by outspoken members of the #MeToo movement to the woman who has accused former-Vice-President Joe Biden of sexual assault than was applied to the woman who accused conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Also in the line up, a texas woman trying to feed her kids is called selfish by a judge and President Trump labels republican naysayers losers. S...
MaskGate, Let The Sunshine In, and You Can't Use Loser's Tickets at the Winner's Window 04.05.2020 31:00
Vice-President Mike Pence caught Holy Hell this week for touring the Mayo Clinic without a mask, the President was excoriated for suggesting that sunshine and disinfectant might be useful treatments for Covid-19, and people are starting to go over the cliff because of being quarantined and are yelling at each other.... and little children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Let Them Eat Ice Cream, The Pandemic Parade, and Hot Mic Reveals. 27.04.2020 29:21
The tone deaf Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi shows off her freezer full of gourmet ice cream and chocolates as lines outside food banks stretch for miles. New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio has a brainstorm that has even CNN shaking its head, and a Fox News reporter has a hot mic moment waiting for the White House press conference to begin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Gasp of Surprise, Bill Maher and Hell Freezing Over, and a Feverish Mistake 20.04.2020 28:58
This week former Vice-President Biden gives an audible gasp of surprise when Vt Sen. Bernie Sanders endorses him even though it was a scheduled broadcast. President Obama also words his endorsement of his former V.P. in a very weird way. Bill Maher shocks everyone by agreeing with President Trump on calling Covid-19 a chinese virus and Chris Cuomo bites the hand that feeds him as he recovers from...
Body Bags, Snitches Get Rewards, and the Great Face Mask Controversy..... 13.04.2020 24:26
The General Director of the W.H.O. gets into a snit fit with President Trump while the Mayor of Los Angeles offers to reward snitches and a cable news personality accuses the President of having a financial stake in a possible treatment for Covid-19. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Trump/CNN War, Hell Just Froze Over , and Gov. Cuomo Says No,No, No, No, No.... 06.04.2020 27:25
Hostilities between President Trump and cable news network broke out into out and out war this week during the White House Covid-19 press conferences until a pig flew by the window and CNN's Jim Acosta says he realizes the President gets it. Meanwhile, NY Governor Cuomo says no matter President Trump says he is a better democratic presidential candidate than Joe Biden, he is not running for the Wh...
Social Distancing, Going Stir Crazy and Kibitzing from a Bunker 30.03.2020 27:46
Social Distancing and cough etiquette have become the words of the day with the President getting his hand slapped on Fox for getting too close to a host and Joe Biden being read the riot act on CNN for not coughing into his arm. New York Governor Cuomo warns people about mental health in this time of social distancing then goes off a cliff. Finally Joe Biden gives a good imitation of a man whose...
Playing Politics with a Pandemic 23.03.2020 30:23
Instead of pulling together, it seems a lot of folks from politicians to the news media are trying to use the Covid-19 virus pandemic as a basis for claims of racism and ineptitude. Is this what you want to see from your national and local leaders at a time of global crisis? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Stop with the Wash your Hands, Playing Games with a Global Crisis, and the Democrats Try To Knock Over the Table 16.03.2020 27:02
Coronavirus experts and national leaders keep insisting on telling people how to wash their hands. What's next - lessons on how to comb your hair? Also on tap, politicians making hay out of a global crisis in order to score points and the DNC tries to pull the plug on the primaries now that Joe Biden is ahead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The First Black President, Fraying Tempers and So Long To A Cable News Fixture 09.03.2020 32:05
President Trump is called the first black president by an African-american former NFL player and CNN loses its mind. Then tempers start flaring at the Democrat National Party when republicans suggest Bernie Sanders is getting a short shrift again in order to avoid a brokered convention followed by Chris Matthews bids his show adieu after he compares Bernie Sanders win in the Nevada caucus to the N...
A Brain Hiccup, a Media Meltdown, and a Cluster@#$ Debate. 02.03.2020 32:30
This week more than one candidate makes a surprising statement from the podium, the Nevada Caucus triggers a meltdown for one cable news host, and then there was the melee also titled the South Carolina Democrat Debate on CBS..... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Fisticuffs in Nevada and Haunting Statements 24.02.2020 30:23
It was an all out brawl in Nevada for former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg's first democratic debate. The Mayor is also facing a number of angry potential voters over recently surfaced past statements on refusing medical care for the elderly, referring to members of the trans community as it, slamming the brain power of farmers and factory workers, and appearing as Mary Poppins. See omnystudio.com...
Lying Pony Soldiers and Past Mistakes Coming Back to Bite You in the ..... 17.02.2020 27:06
The campaign trail gave more than one candidate an opportunity to win - or not - new friends from former Vice-President Joe Biden calling a young woman a lying dog face pony soldier to Mayor Michael Bloomberg attempting to explain past statements which appear somewhat patronizing and questionable. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
And the Winner Of The Most Stupid Comment This Week Is..... 10.02.2020 28:18
Liz Warren wants to have nine year olds vet cabinet members, Nancy Pelosi wants to disbar defense attorneys and Pete Buttigieg is not really sure what sport Kobe Bryant played. There were some real lulu comments made this week and we want to now which one you think is the most ridiculous. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Similar podcasts
Replaio is not a podcast publisher; show names, artwork and audio belong to their authors and are distributed through public RSS feeds.