Rooney Tuesday continues as we cover New York City’s report on congestion pricing and air quality, then turn the discussion toward New Jersey’s bag restrictions, reusable bags and the everyday aggravations created by similar rules. Rooney circles back to Lindsay Clancy before putting real money on the line: if the show reaches 600 YouTube likes, he pledges $601 to the Families Behind the Badge Children’s Foundation.
Fight Club arrives with a chaotic restaurant brawl involving two women, hair pulling, a head slam and plenty of amateur detective work as the crew tries to identify the venue. After the break, the like count climbs while we cover Tyson’s decision to close its Joslin, Illinois beef facility, the workers losing jobs and the cattle shortage squeezing the company’s beef business. A man accused of trying to smuggle roughly 200 lizards through Tokyo inside 22 pairs of socks then gives Ana an excuse to reveal her middle-school herpetarium-club past.
We finish the hour with polling showing Democrats holding a more favorable view of socialism than capitalism and Andy Beshear pushing back on socialism while positioning himself nationally. Rooney and the crew debate Beshear, the Electoral College and costs in heavily Democratic states before the YouTube counter finally clears 600. Rooney owes the $601, the crew celebrates the long-running bit finally paying off, and Linda Kearns begins making her way into the studio for the final stretch.
Aug 18, 2026
