Episode 1: Pandemic Predictions, Sneaky Parents, & Walter Mercado

08/10/20 • 72 min

Kathleen reviews her predictions for COVID-19, and discusses how she first heard about the Coronavirus in a pub in Colorado in January. She breaks down each social media community and how each group communicates: the differences in Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter audiences.

Kathleen reviews the similarities between Reno and “old” Las Vegas, and gives a shoutout to Delta Airlines and awards them with the “best airplane screwdriver” title.

She discusses recently moving from Los Angeles to become “bi-lakeal,” relocating to the Lake of the Ozarks and a lake outside of Nashville. The conversation moves into validating the authenticity of the Netflix series “Ozark.” <https://www.netflix.com/title/80117552>

Kathleen gives her opinion on the impact of COVID-19 and PPP government loans, including the $1.4 billion payout to the Catholic Church and a childhood story about the Vatican’s art collection. <https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/07/10/us-roman-catholic-church-received-at-least-14-billion-in-taxpayer-funded-ppp-loans/#24ebb790250c>

Impact of COVID-19 and Professional sports: Discussion regarding the NHL’s initiative to quarantine players in Canada for the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, and a shoutout to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau <https://www.mtlblog.com/whats-happening/justin-trudeau-will-be-in-a-boxing-match-in-montreal-this-week>

MLB COVID-19 Update, including the latest on Kathleen’s St. Louis Cardinals and their bad behavior in quarantine <https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/cardinals-game-canceled-after-positive-covid-tests-they-play-in-detroit-next-week/ar-BB17q6y5>

Kathleen offers her opinion regarding the different News channels and their reporting of COVID-19 and other current events, including CNN, Fox News, and HLN.

Bitcoin Twitter Hack: Discussion regarding the arrest of a 17 year old Florida kid who hacked verified accounts to ask for Bitcoin donations <https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/twitter-bitcoin-scam-masterminded-by-17-year-old.html>

“What To Watch This Week:” Kathleen reviews her latest Netflix recommendation: the documentary “Mucho Muco Amor, The Legend of Walter Mercado” <https://www.netflix.com/title/81200204> She reviews the show and discusses her follow up research of the famous Puerto Rican Astrologer.

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Kathleen reviews the similarities between Reno and “old” Las Vegas, and gives a shoutout to Delta Airlines and awards them with the “best airplane screwdriver” title.

Kathleen offers her opinion regarding the different News channels and their reporting of COVID-19 and other current events, including CNN, Fox News, and HLN.

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Episode 2: Fast Food, Lake of the Ozarks, and Chimpanzees

Kathleen opens boasting her love for Dolly Parton with a few Dolly quotes, and promotion of Dolly’s version of Led Zepplin’s “Stairway to Heaven”.

Kathleen expands on her Episode 1 conversation about Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado as she reads a few lines from his 1997 book “Beyond The Horizon,” which includes predictions for the future. She shares that if she could have two experiences in her life, she would want to see the HistoryMiami Museum’s exhibit honoring Mercado, and also Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul museum in Mexico City.

Fast Food From the Road: Kathleen confesses that after decades on the road, she’s just tasted her first Popeye’s famous chicken sandwich. She loves Taco Bell and KFC UNLESS they are a combo restaurant, which is also how she feels about Baskin-Robbins + Dunkin Donut establishments. Kathleen is completely disappointed in how mergers like this usually result in customers needing to beg for extra hot sauce, be subject to insane new menu items such as the KFC Donut Chicken Sandwhich, or be forced to accept the loss in quality of one of her favorite treats: mint chocolate chip ice cream (WHY isn’t it even green anymore?).

Parental Update: Kathleen has a phone conversation with her mom and is warned to stay out of the “doughnut hole of health insurance.” Her dad is dominating his men’s golf league, but is the only player adhering to COVID-19 cart restrictions.

Sports: Kathleen provides an update on her COVID-19 Sports predictions: an update on the surging cases in her St. Louis Cardinals’ locker room (whom she refers to as “dirty birds,” her predictions on the success of the NHL’s “bubble” Stanley Cup Finals and the NBA tournament. Kathleen reviews the NCAA football conferences that have chosen to opt out of the 2020 Fall season, and reminisces how she was first introduced to good college football when the Missouri Tigers were admitted into the SEC in 2012.

Controversy: Kathleen discusses her thoughts on the Dixie Chicks transitioning their name to be The Chicks, and remembers where she was and the fallout of that band’s 2003 dissidence of then-president George W. Bush at a concert in the UK. She moves on discussing public figures whom she appreciates even though they have ideological differences, and how those differences probably wouldn’t be known without social media. Kathleen includes actor Jon Voight and Jerry Falwell Jr, and the repercussions when Falwell Jr. recently posted a picture of himself on a yacht with his pants open.

Lake of the Ozarks: Kathleen discusses her home at the Lake of the Ozarks, which has a new fame thanks to the Netflix series “Ozark,” but most recently made international news as local lake...