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Adam and Gina take a look at climate activists vandalizing a Warhol painted BMW art car and some highlights from ‘Michelle Obama’s Mission: Empowering Girls’. Comedian and friend of the show, Adam Ray, stops by to talk about his recent wedding where the Goo Goo Dolls played for his first dance. They get into Adam’s new mockumentary/comedy special ‘Tony Caruso - The Return’ and his upcoming series ‘Welcome to Chippendales’ before discussing Hollywood Tropicana mud wrestling, Paul McCartney, and the time Smash Mouth’s Steve Harwell threw out a nazi salute.

Adam gives an update on Bryan who has discovered a secret menu at the hospital. Adam gets into Michelle Obama’s new memoir ‘The Light We Carry’, a new study showing sperm count dropping globally, and whether or not to invest in a quality bathrobe. They hear some ‘Tales from the Cheap’ including having to wear cardboard insoles, recycling unused cereal milk, and having to wear soccer cleats as snow shoes.

Adam gives a recap of his show at the Hollywood Improv with Dane Cook, Ari Shaffir, Harland Williams, and more where Sir Paul McCartney was in attendance. Chris gives a play-by-play of Adam’s ‘Masked Singer’ appearance and Gina gives an update on how Bryan is doing. Author and analyst, David Fenton comes in to talk about his new book ‘The Activist's Media Handbook’ and tells the story of how he convinced Fidel Castro not to wear his green army fatigues anymore. He gets into how social media algorithms can lead to American tribalism and debates Adam on several topics.

Adam and Gina give their best wishes to Bryan as he is still out sick before Adam shares his experience being on ‘The Masked Singer’. He gets into how his avocado costume worked and his song selection including ‘Hit the Road Jack’ and ‘You're So Vain’. Musician and comedian, Ray Stevens, talks to Adam about how he was discovered, playing a session for Elvis Presley and working with Dolly Parton. Finally, they all get into the works of The Coasters and Tommy Roe.

Comedian Brad Williams sits in for Bald Bryan and takes full advantage of the sound board while Adam gives an update on Jay Leno and complains about some op-eds in the LA Times. They are joined by author and analyst Alex Joske to talk about his new book, ‘Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World’. Alex explains how China has stopped hiding their ambitions, how the world is not moving towards democratization, and the potential danger of TikTok.

Gina shares her experience completing the ‘12-hour walk’ before Adam gets into his love/hate relationship with Duran Duran and his friend Jay Leno being hospitalized after a car fire. Author and journalist, Joel Stein, joins the show and talks about his new podcast, ‘Story of the Week’, where he chooses an obscure article that fascinates him and has the writer tell him more about it. Joel remembers meeting Adam when he was covering ‘The Man Show’ for TIME Magazine and being in on the infamous Dixie Chicks prank.

Adam gets into the issues with having a ‘feeling based’ society and how all roads lead to narcissism. With Gallagher passing away, the gang remembers the comedian and how he did so much more than smash things with a hammer. Finally, they play a round of ‘The Rotten Tomatoes Game’ with movies featuring campaigns and elections and take a look at the evolution of the Milwaukee Bucks logo.

After a listener shows Adam another cover of ‘Eli's Coming’, he discovers the man behind it, Maynard Ferguson, also covered ‘Stoney End’ in a case of cover song coincidence. Adam gives an update on his upcoming 12-hour walk before Gina explains why picky eaters should have to take a “no thank you” bite. Host of the podcast ‘American Nightmare’, Paul Wagner, talks to Adam about the third season of the show where he follows the case of the Potomac River Rapist. He gives some insight into the interesting elements of the case and explains how law enforcement uses DNA evidence to solve cold cases.

Adam shares his thoughts on Chris Evans, Dusty Baker, and LA County’s recycling program before getting into a recap of the midterms and a new mashup of DJ Khaled with his father on trumpet. They look into Berkeley potentially banning all right turns on red lights before playing an Elon Musk themed round of ‘Blah Blah Blog’. Finally, Adam shares hits including, ‘Eli's Coming’, ‘Wedding Bell Blues’, and ‘Stoney End’.