Local Hour: What's The Point Of The Shadow Show?

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A staggering number of death-row inmates have used their last words to do the same thing: pay tribute to their favorite sports teams. So we sent correspondent Dave Fleming to a supermax prison in Texas to find out why. Charles Flores — Inmate No. 999299 at the notorious Polunsky Unit in Livingston — has maintained his innocence for over 25 years and counting… while living in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. And Flores agreed to take us inside his hidden world of game-day enchiladas, trash talk, and fantasy football. Where there isn’t always next year.= To learn more about the case of Charles Flores: https://www.freecharlesflores.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you don’t get excited to see David Alan Grier, then something is seriously wrong. Like, please, go figure that out… we’ll wait.  David’s got 40 years of experience on the stage and screen - the craftsman of both comedy and drama with the awards to prove it. He didn’t start out as a Tony-winning actor, though… David tells Dan about how his upbringing shaped his lifelong curiosity, from getting his start in comedy as a class clown, to his father’s history as a Black activist and David’s own attempt to join the Black Panther Party. David reflects on the incredible legacy and enduring magic behind “In Living Color”, his approach to the art of balancing comedy and drama today – and how both, coupled with kindness, can help us get through dark times. David stars in the new NBC hit comedy, “St. Denis Medical”, streaming now on Peacock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jose Antonio Vargas is the author of best-selling book "Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen" and is an undocumented citizen himself living here in America. But for Jose, his most important identifier is as "journalist." Jose is here to discuss the upcoming changes to America's immigration policy, the fear undocumented folks feel with another Trump presidency approaching, Stephen Miller's rhetoric against undocumented citizens, why no one can truly be "illegal," and why America historically wants undocumented labor but not the actual people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We kick off Hour 2 by finding out that Jerry Seinfeld -- yes, that Jerry Seinfeld -- watched a product made by Meadowlark Media. Congratulations, crew! We did it! Then, who can out-tough the tough teams of toughness in the AFC tough North of the tough Ravens and tough Steelers? Plus, it's time for a new episode of Gen CFB with Jessica Smetana and Lucy Rohden as the duo breaks down the CFP, Miami's loss, and the great games on this weekend's College Football slate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amin's triad of Mike Tyson stories continue as we break down whether or not Tyson stands a chance against Jake Paul. Then, MSNBC's Pablo Torre is here to make his case as the liberal Joe Rogan by discussing Matt Gaetz's potential appointment as Attorney General, why we are alien agnostic, his credentials as a boxing writer, Elon Musk, and why Millennials are best at sorting through misinformation. He also shares a touching story from his latest Pablo Torre Finds Out episode on a Fantasy Football league for Death Row inmates that Dan and Mike criticize for its production. Plus, do Dan and Pablo kind of hate each other? FIND OUT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We kick things off with Thursday Thunder and whether or not Saquon Barkley is TOUGHER THAN TOUGH. Then, Kenny Mayne is here to discuss his new documentary on Wiffle Ball and his experience with Ken Griffey Jr., Dancing with the Stars, being a delightful weirdo, his fake candles, and to give the crew a tour around his house for some reason. He also reveals whether or not Stevie Wonder can see before he challenges the young people of the show to break his record of throwing 69 mph with a wiffle ball. Plus, let's dive into the Mike Tyson fight against Jake Paul with two guys in Amin and Dan who believe in Tyson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's cast: Dan, Amin, Chris, Jeremy, Jessica, Mike, and Roy. What exactly is the point of this Shadow Show we've been doing? Seriously. Like...why are we doing this? Then, we kick off the actual show with Caitlin Clark choking on the golf course, the Sam Cassell big ball dance after Giannis Antetokounmpo's new celebration, and Amin's take on Erik Spoelstra's last-second blunder. Plus, are WE the liberal Joe Rogan the left has been looking for all along? Also, Info Wars has been purchased by The Onion, and Dan doesn't believe one football team can actually "out tough" one another after DeShon Elliot called the Dolphins soft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Turning on the news right now feels utterly surreal. But it didn’t always have to be this way. Because Connie Chung — tenacious TV broadcaster and author of a new memoir — set a gold standard in the pre-internet era. For being unafraid of powerful men. For getting scoops at the bar. For trash-talking. For calling out Donald Trump’s childishness to his face. For withstanding the boorish behavior of Bobby Knight and unearthing the inner pain of Michael Jordan. And, yes, for shutting down the richest man on Earth... even after he jumped over a chair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tony has a dilemma with boxes piling up at his home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices