Hard Factor

Big news related to the Mueller investigation; Michael Cohen reaches a plea deal and Paul Manafort catches 8 convictions. We interview Sean Spicer in the Hard Seat, where he tells us he might be interested in doing sketch comedy with Melissa McCarthy if she's willing. Finally, a Lightning Round of other headlines, including Mollie Tibbets, the Colorado family murder trial, two little badasses in Arkansas, and PETA saving the world from the terrors of Animal Crackers' artwork. 

Harvey Weinstein victim and former girlfriend of the late Anthony Bourdain, Asia Argento, may actually be a sexual predator herself. State Watch: South Carolina, with several hilarious headlines from the Palmetto State. Drunk American man peed on a Japanese man on a flight from Chicago to Japan. Midterm Madness: Florida congressional candidate Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera claims she was abducted by aliens as a child and has had follow-up telepathic contact with the aliens. 

On today's Hard Factor Uncle Chaps joins us as we bring down your day with a story about a Colorado man who murdered his pregnant wife and two little girls, and another story about Rudy Giuliani debating over the truth not actually being the truth, but no worries, the Pope apparently has magical lips that can cure cancer, and finally we toss Kevin Spacey in the soft corner because his new movie is absolutely tanking at the box office. 

The inventor of the DDT Jake “the Snake” Roberts joins us for an Interview in the Hard Seat, almost 50 overdoses on synthetic marijuana in Connecticut, and a lightning round of other headlines to close out the week.

Pennsylvania grand jury investigation finds proof of over 300 child molestors in the PA Catholic Church, new updates surrounding the religious cult family compound that was raided in New Mexico, and France turns Paris streets into giant toilets with new piss boxes called “uritrottoirs” all over the sidewalks.   

President Trump signs the McCain National Defense Authorization Act into law but fails to give props to Senator McCain in the announcement, Bristol Palin has to give up at least one house in her divorce settlement, MIDTERM MADNESS: Florida candidate lies about graduating from college and republican Virginia congressman's son makes a public donation to the democratic party, THE SOFT CORNER: Utah man tries to kill his family with a stolen plane but ends up just killing himself. 

A Virginia judge continues to defy the advice of his peers and commutes another rape sentence, an Alaskan Airlines plane was hijacked by a grounds crewman and taken for an epic joyride before a fiery crash, Unite the Right 2 takes place in DC with potentially DOZENS of attendees, and an Albanian man is arrested for killing 8 of his family members over being accused of stealing a turkey. 

USA tosses some sanctions on Russia for using chemical weapons in the spy game, a girl who describes herself as a "white thoroughbred" has been arrested for DUI in South Carolina, a woman was held captive as a sex slave by an Indonesian witch-doctor for 15 years, and aliens are coming but scientists don't have the balls to tell you. 

California is experiencing record setting wildfires and we catch up on the details, the Parkland, Fla. shooter says that the voices in his head made him shoot up the school, Johnny Depp's new movie release gets indefinitely delayed because Hollywood all of a sudden has a conscious, and HEALTHSCARE - Gout: The Disease of Kings. 

California is experiencing record setting wildfires and we catch up on the details, the Parkland, Fla. shooter says that the voices in his head made him shoot up the school, Johnny Depp's new movie release gets indefinitely delayed because Hollywood all of a sudden has a conscious, and HEALTHSCARE - Gout: The Disease of Kings. 

Facebook, YouTube and Spotify shut down InfoWars/Alex Jones accounts, while Twitter accidentally shuts down the accounts of old ladies they think are Russian bots.The CEO of NASCAR gets a DUI with some pain pills in his pocket while on vacation. He immediately attempted to ask the police, “Do you know who I am??”Internet hacking group Anonymous releases a video vowing to expose the  leader of the QAnon movement.Headline Lightning Round: including Chicago shootings and molestations, the missing Iowa student, vigilante justice in Florida, a heroic cop in New York, and “Unite the Right 2″ and the Paul Manafort trial in DC.

Venezuelan President Maduro escapes an assassination attempt by hiding behind blankets and umbrellas from explosive drones, Steven Seagal is named a Special Envoy to the US by the Russian Foreign Ministry, a special needs man in Minnesota tossed an 8-year old boy from a 30-foot pool slide deck, and "Amish Uber" starts up in Michigan which is really just a horse carriage ride from an Amish guy. 

QAnon shows up big at a Tampa MAGA rally and now the country grapples with how to understand 4chan, a man in Houston is at large after allegedly revenge killing the former cardiologist of George H.W. Bush, a North Carolina man wins a $9 million dollar settlement after finding out he had been cheated on with a man named Francisco for over a year, and parents who are buying Fortnite lessons for their kids are getting tossed in the soft corner. 

VP of Hard Factor Football Operations PFT Commenter joins the show for a lively discussion about “the Liberator” (both the 3D printed gun and the sexual enhancement device), the start of the Paul Manafort bank/tax fraud trial, and a plane crash in Mexico where all 100+ passengers (probably) survived. 

In a super unsurprising move North Korea is making nuclear capable missiles again, Americans are literally giving themselves anxiety disorders from freaking out over Trump tweets, and probably the best story of the year so far: a Virginia election is coming down to a choice between an anti-semite and a Sasquatch porn enthusiast.