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Speaker 2: We might not get a Tony Kennett cast on WIBC

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Speaker 3: Now the Toonas. How are you, gentlemen? I'm fantastic. People

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Speaker 3: A little bit? Sometimes? You know, the stuff that I

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Speaker 1: The reason we call you the Tonas. That's your handle

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Speaker 3: Yeah, some nicknames in high school just stick. Like you

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Speaker 3: used to be the supreme leader, Nigel. I seekos thanks

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Speaker 3: to Hammer and Ai. Yes, I am next in line

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Speaker 2: This the iatola of alcohola big Nige. Let's get into

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Speaker 2: what's happening in Tony Penny for your thoughts here, We're

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Speaker 2: about two weeks into this thing. I feel like every

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Speaker 3: People are wanting this thing to speed up just a

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Speaker 3: little bit. What do you think? So, there are three

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Speaker 3: They should be taken care of. And that is a

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Speaker 3: This is and to the number three here, this is

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Speaker 2: Really, that's amazing, but not surprising. Let me ask you this,

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Speaker 3: Well, I'd say it's kind of air and unfair framing,

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Speaker 1: Donald Trump. Donald Trump thinks that this is going to

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Speaker 2: Speaking with Tony Kennett of the Tony Kennett Cast, usually

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Speaker 2: you can hear that program right after US seven pm

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Speaker 2: here on ninety three WIBC. Again, it's an odd night

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Speaker 2: Who's your thoughts on what is taking place in New

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry, there's just a lot of fragile Islamic behavior

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Speaker 3: That's what's shaping those comments and hilarious that Norm had

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Speaker 2: And by the way, Norm MacDonald will be a part

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Speaker 2: of stand up comedy Madness, which begins Monday here on

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Speaker 2: The Hammer in Nigel's show, where we take the sixteen

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Speaker 3: Compete head to head.

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Speaker 2: Last thing here, Tony before we let you go the

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Speaker 2: scandal that's ripping America apart. How much money did Pete

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Speaker 2: Hegzeth spend on surf and tests? How much my I'm

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Speaker 2: hoping you'd ask, did he send on shellfish and steak?

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Speaker 3: Oh, they're so mad, They're so mad at hegset At

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Speaker 3: No again, for those who have actually had any kind

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Speaker 3: That is one of the ways we flex on our enemies.

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Speaker 3: I'm sorry. The same crowd that was giving transgender theater

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Speaker 3: no problem with eighteen billion in Somali fraud from Minnesota.

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Speaker 3: Spare me the pearl clutching. I want our troops to

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Speaker 2: So tonight again, I you basketball will be on WIBC.

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Speaker 2: But if folks want to catch your stream, where can

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Speaker 3: You go to Daily Signal over on YouTube. That's where

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Speaker 3: you find us. It's excellent. It's good, half the calories,

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Speaker 3: twice the taste.

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Speaker 1: Hey, what else can you say, Tony, how many how

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Speaker 1: many viewers are you getting a nine? On average?

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Speaker 3: If you add together the platforms, it's between two hundred

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Speaker 1: That's amazing, that's strong.

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Speaker 3: Congratulations man, it's all due to you too.

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Speaker 2: You're saying your success and to Echo Nige, you're welcome.

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Speaker 3: We appreciate you, appreciate you guys as well. You're the

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