We keep the Ben to the Shore debrief rolling with Uncrustables, rest-stop tactics, official finish positions and the still-open challenge to put Greg Stocker in a dunk tank. Matt Rooney and other WPHT personalities land on the donation scoreboard, while Road Warrior, Jenna Kovar, Greg Danielewicz and the rest of the team receive credit for their rides. We also thank the listeners whose roadside signs and donations turn the event into a citywide show of support.
The news shifts to Berlin, where a van and machete attack near a Pride event leaves one person dead and 29 injured before police kill the suspect. We examine the suspect’s reported extremist history, the first headlines used by national media and the collision between identity politics and religious extremism. The discussion then turns to celebrities who leave the United States because of Trump but continue making America central to their public comments.
Harry Mayes joins for Mays Monday, survives the donation audit and helps open the Cut Sheet. We play President Trump’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner material, including jokes aimed at Chris Christie, Jerry Nadler, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kaitlan Collins. The crew argues that Trump’s natural improvisation works better than the scripted set, while the room’s stiff reaction becomes nearly as big a story as the jokes.
