April 9, 2026

April 10, 2026·1 hr·5 clips

Glenn Curry and Flat Earth Donnie argue over whether the moon landing was real and if colonizing a crater is feasible.

The actual talk arrives late. A long pre-roll stretch moves through CBS headlines, delivery drivers watching fuel costs, and Watertown ads that keep stacking up. Then he drifts in. He hears one commercial again, starts reacting to it, and the show slips from packaged radio into a man thinking out loud. Nothing gets wrapped in a neat bow. The excerpt closes around something that popped up on his timeline, with quick old-joke rhythm and the sheepish pleasure of remembering what used to crack him up. Johnny gets pulled in. Sharon gets thanked. The joke pile runs out, and he sounds amused by the memory, but also a little tired from carrying it. He says they were stuck inside. Long story short, he was making fun of things because there was not much else to do, which gives the silliness a small ache. The jokes are corny on purpose. The feeling under them is not. Right after that, he says he wishes he could do it again, then cuts himself down with the plain truth that he does not have the energy. That is where the segment turns. What starts as radio clutter and local commerce becomes a tired little reflection on time, isolation, and joking your way through it. He does not polish the moment. He just says it, bumps into the ending, and keeps repeating that he is not sorry. It sounds less like defiance than a man refusing to apologize for still thinking the old bit is funny.

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Headlines and sponsor reads give way to a loose, reflective comic turn.

Live At Five starts with the CBS top-of-hour news and a run through Israel-Lebanon talks, gas prices, and the Epstein case before the sponsor reads arrive. That stack of commercials slows the opening, though it also suits the show's plain, local-radio feel.

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For when you want a local-radio ramble that opens on CBS News and winds down in self-deprecating asides.

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