Anson Frericks, author of Last Call for Bud Light: The Fall and Future of America's Favorite Beer, discusses his time at Anheuser-Busch as a Bud Light executive and the years of missteps thcatastropheat led up to the Bud Light-Dylan Mulvaney fiasco of 2023, a corporate castastrophe that devastated the company's bottom line and from which the brand still yet to recover from even two years later. Frericks left a year before the ill-advised ad partnership, and describes the writing on the wall that made it clear the company was headed in the wrong direction, how such an ill-advised decision was made, a different partnership that the company passed on, which would've likely not stirred up a backlash, and some of the great Bud Light ad campaigns of years past -- like Dilly Dilly, Ted Ferguson: Bud Light Daredevil and Ladies Night.

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Aaron Rouselle talks about his unique path to playing college baseball as a freshman at age 40, the monumental health challenges he overcame during the preceding decade, and his experience playing for the gold medal-winning Team USA basketball squad at the 2017 World Transplant Games in Spain -- as well as being a college basketball player years ago when he earned his first degree. As a cancer survivor, Rouselle discusses the highs and lows he's faced, including two liver transplants, out-of-body experiences in which he talked with God and how that impacted his faith and inspired him to start Pops Culture, a non-profit he runs that mentors youth athletes. Rouselle is a true survivor with an inconquerable will to live and a one-of-a-kind story.

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Brittany Patterson is a mom from Georgia who was arrested in front of her four children in late October of 2024, was dragged to jail where she was finger-printed and had her mug shot taken, and then was charged with reckless conduct. She is facing up to a year in prison and as much as a $1,000 fine -- all for having allowed her 10-year-old son to walk to the store by himself. For a distance of less than a mile, in a small town with a population of less than 400. And she is fighting the reckless conduct charge and refusing to sign a so-called safety plan that local authorities want her to agree to. In this episode, she talks about the day she was arrested, what life is like in Mineral Bluff, Georgia, what the reaction from friends and family has been, her thoughts on government overreach, how her kids have been handling the ordeal, why she refuses to sign the safety plan, and if she's prepared to go to jail fighting the reckless conduct charge. Brittany was joined by David DeLugas, her lawyer and the founder of ParentsUSA, a group that advocates for parents' rights. David discussed the legal nuances of Brit's case and others like hers.

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Ryan Noggle is a TV writer and producer and, in this episode, talks about his musical 'Charlie Hu$tle,' about the life of notorious baseball legend Pete Rose. Noggle discusses how rehearsals for the musical officially began the day before Rose died on Sept. 30, 2024. 'Charlie Hu$tle' has been a passion project for Noggle, who grew up as a Reds fan two hours outside of Cincinnati in rural Indiana, has been working on the musical for 11 years. He explains why after years of work, he scrapped all of his original songs and completely started over, talks about meeting with Rose while researching the project and shares the one piece of advice Rose gave him on how to approach the musical. In addition, Noggle is the founder of 'Survivor in a Day,' a backyard version of the popular TV game show 'Survivor,' as well as a former NBC Page.

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Scott Hickle, the co-founder and CEO of Throne Science, talks about how his company is developing a toilet camera and app to work with A.I. to analyze people's poop and pee in order to more quickly discover gastrointestinal ailments and diseases, like colon cancer, which if caught early, can be stopped with a colonoscopy. Scott discusses what inspired the idea, how he and his team have done market testing and are developing the product, which has yet to launch to the public at large. Scott also talks about the lesser-known history of examining human excrement with the intention of discovering otherwise unknown health issues. He describes himself as 'the world's shittiest founder.'

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Estee Palti is the woman behind the internet's favorite Kamala Harris impression and a social media content creator. She discusses everything about how she started doing impressions of Kamala Harris in the first place to her sudden rise to internet fame performing short videos of her skewering the vice president and 2024 candidate. Her impression is so spot on and funny that it got her invited to Donald Trump's 2022 Halloween party in Mar-a-Lago. Estee also talks about managing her newfound fame while being a mom of three and working a full-time 9 to 5 job. She also discusses her background growing up in Russia until the age of 4 when her parents fled the country and moved the family to the U.S.

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Andy Stuckey is a musician, comedian, TV producer, filmmaker, and a former NBC Page. He talks about his experiences working as a Page and then later for Lorne Michaels at SNL, how his participation in a Page-founded comedy group called Next Monday led to him creating the musical comedy duo Stuckey & Murray with Jon Murray as well as their unlikely run as fashion trendsetters. And eventually how that led to him starting the band Paper Anniversary with his wife, Katherine Slingluff. Andy also talks about some of his experiences working as a TV producer on shows like MTV2's 'Guy Code' and what it was like working on a show with NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal.

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Actor and comedian Bob Juergens talks about starring in commercials, on TV shows and doing voice-over work. He also talks about numerous pop culture and political topics, including what he thinks was really going on when Will Smith infamously slapped Chris Rock in the face at the Oscars.