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The Other Side of Midnight with Lionel

April 6, 202651m 53s

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Show Notes

Buckle up for a delightfully chaotic hour of late-night talk radio. In this episode of The Other Side of Midnight, Lionel tackles the moral outrage over Polymarket, asking why Wall Street gets a free pass to profit off wars and disasters while everyday prediction markets are called "tacky". The conversation takes a nostalgic swerve as Lionel and his callers share memories of loud Sicilian family dinners, the mysterious allure of pre-Vatican II Catholic rituals, and the surprising origins of rap music. Things get weird and wonderful as Lionel explains why benevolent alien visitors are a pipe dream, completely dismantles a caller's wild sniper conspiracy theory, and spirals into a deep dive on O.J. Simpson's bizarre low-speed Bronco chase—sparked entirely by a chance call from a government electrician named O.J..

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