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Latest Episode 048 • Thursday, November 5, 2026
TAX CUT AND A BILL AT THE SAME TIME! Amendment 3 Passes, Counties Brace for the Cuts, and Democrats Sweep Congress — Plus a Firefighter, a Renter, and a Tax Plan That Died on ‘Yacht People’!
Mack opens Thursday with Amendment 3’s 62 percent win — the homestead exemption jumping to $150,000 next year while counties stare down tens of millions in cuts, and a brand-new Volusia County Council left holding the bag. Plus: Democrats flip seven Senate seats and take Congress, the president answers with a VETO hat, the Iran war winds down, the St. Johns River floods near Astor, and the Bulldogs finish 9-1. Callers Katrina, Alastair, Nathan, Sylvia, Ignatius, Annette, Xavier and Mira lead the morning — and Mira’s tax plan gets the dump button eleven seconds in.
Episode 047 • Tuesday, November 3, 2026
ELECTION DAY IN A FLOOD! Donalds vs. Jolly for Governor, Five Million Already Voted, and the St. Johns River Keeps Rising — Mack Opens the Lines!
Mack opens Election Day Tuesday as Florida elects a new governor — Byron Donalds against David Jolly, a historic result either way, with more than five million ballots already cast and polls open seven to seven despite flooding that closed schools in five counties and moved some voting locations in hard-hit areas. Plus: a flood warning for the St. Johns River near DeLand, the Bulldogs rolling into the postseason behind Kaveon Jackson's 188-yard game, and the Fall Festival of the Arts returning November 21-22. Callers Jalen, Alondra and Khalil lead a wet Tuesday morning — and Falconer's write-in river campaign hits the dump button.
Episode 046 • Monday, November 2, 2026
ONE DAY TO GO, VOTE YOUR WALLET OR YOUR FIRE STATION! Amendment 3 Needs 60 Percent, 54 Million Already Voted, and Sheriff Judd Breaks Ranks — Mack Opens the Lines!
Mack opens Monday one day out from Election Day on Florida's Amendment 3, the property-tax amendment needing sixty percent to pass — raising the homestead exemption for non-school taxes to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028, while Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd leads the charge against it, warning it defunds deputies, firefighters and libraries. Plus: a record 54 million early ballots already cast, Iran's negotiators leaving Doha talks over reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and a fatal crash on Interstate 95 in Daytona Beach before sunrise. Callers Twyla, Palmer and Rowan lead a loud Monday morning — and Darrow's watering-schedule conspiracy hits the dump button.
Episode 045 • Sunday, November 1, 2026
TWO DAYS TO GO, YOUR WALLET IS ON THE BALLOT! Amendment 3 Promises a $150,000 Exemption in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028, 51 Million Already Voted, and the Bulldogs Finish 9-1 — Mack Opens the Lines!
Mack opens Sunday two days out from Election Day on Florida's three constitutional amendments, each needing sixty percent to pass — Amendment 3 leading the fight, raising the homestead exemption for non-school taxes and pointing toward full elimination, while critics warn fire departments, libraries and parks pay the price. Plus: a record 51.31 million early ballots already cast, Iran's supreme leader warning of an unrestricted response to any new attack, and DeLand's 44-13 rout of Spanish River to cap a 9-1 district-champ season. Callers Emory, Selah and Sutton lead a loud Sunday morning — and Wilder's fence theory hits the dump button.
Episode 044 • Saturday, October 31, 2026
RALLY DAY IN DAYTONA, FOUR MILLION BALLOTS IN, AND A MONSTER PARADE TONIGHT! Trump Brings the Apprenticeship Money Three Days Before the Vote, DeLand Caps a 9-1 Season, and Saturday's Radio Graffiti Lets the Town Talk — Mack Opens the Lines!
Mack opens Halloween Saturday on the president's Friday rally in Daytona Beach, where Trump endorsed Donalds and Moody and announced forty million dollars in federal apprenticeship grants for Florida — three days before Election Day, with more than four million Floridians already voted early and a Daytona woman arrested over alleged threats ahead of the rally. Plus: the Justice Department's plan to place one thousand staffers at polling places nationwide, Netanyahu's bloc winning 53 seats in Israel's election, DeLand's 44-13 rout of Spanish River to cap a 9-1 district-champ season, Stetson hosting Dayton at 1 p.m., and Monsters on MainStreet taking over downtown from 6 to 8 p.m. Callers Hezekiah, Temperance and Phoebe lead a loud Saturday morning — and the Radio Graffiti open mic closes the show, one sentence at a time.
Episode 043 • Friday, October 30, 2026
FOUR DAYS TO GO, THE HURRICANE MONEY LANDS RIGHT ON CUE! Trump Fast-Tracks Florida Aid in 12 Days, Jolly Rallies in the DeLand Rain, and the Lines Argue Whether Timing Is Everything — Mack Opens the Lines!
Mack opens Friday four days out from the governor’s race, with Trump fast-tracking residential hurricane aid for households in eight Florida counties — approved in twelve days while six earlier requests, three of them from tribal nations, still sit waiting — and David Jolly bringing his campaign to a rain-soaked barbecue at Earl Brown Park in DeLand. Plus: a Florida student-aid data breach that may have exposed personal information belonging to 4.9 million people, a record year for dengue fever in Florida, a high-speed train collision in Spain that killed 69 people, and DeLand’s swimmers charging into regionals. Callers Tansey, Kincaid and Selkie lead a loud Friday morning — and Briony’s weather-machine theory hits the dump button.
Episode 042 • Thursday, October 29, 2026
FIVE DAYS TO GO, THE OCEAN IS IN THE STREETS, AND MILWAUKEE JUST BROKE FLORIDA’S HEART! DeSantis Sounds the Alarm on GOP Turnout, the Brewers Win It All, and the King Tide Floods the St. Johns — Mack Opens the Lines!
Mack opens Thursday five days out from the governor’s race, with DeSantis himself warning in Crystal River that Republican turnout is not as strong as he would like — and the ballots back up the nerves, with more than 3.5 million Floridians already voted and the GOP lead just 35,000 despite a 1.5 million registration edge. Plus: Milwaukee beats Tampa Bay 4-1 in Game 5 to win its first championship in franchise history, the coastal flood warning runs through Friday morning with the St. Johns at flood stage near DeLand, and Trump rallies Friday at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach. Callers Zuleika and Fitzwilliam lead a loud Thursday morning — Fitzwilliam votes, then has soup, and Corisande’s river-gauge theory hits the dump button.
Episode 041 • Wednesday, October 28, 2026
SIX DAYS TO GO, THE RIVER IS UP, AND THE RAYS REFUSE TO DIE! Donalds and Jolly Sprint to a Dead Heat, Trump Storms Daytona Friday, and DeLand Checks the Sandbags — Mack Opens the Lines!
Mack opens Wednesday six days out from the governor’s race, with Byron Donalds and David Jolly sprinting through a dead-heat poll — Donalds up 49 to 47 — and President Trump set to rally Friday at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach. Plus: more than 34 million Americans have already voted early, the St. Johns River sits at flood stage near DeLand with coastal warnings running through Friday, the Rays stay alive with a 12-inning Game 4 walk-off ahead of tonight’s Game 5, and “Seminole Wind” becomes Florida’s newest anthem. Callers Darla, Falco and Nola lead a loud Wednesday morning.
Episode 040 • Tuesday, October 27, 2026
TWELVE HURT IN TALLAHASSEE, SEVEN DAYS TO GO! A Second Capital Shooting Throws Gun Policy Into the Governor’s Race, Trump Puts a Million on Election Fraud, and the Bulldogs Run Wild — Mack Opens the Lines!
Mack opens Tuesday on a mass shooting in Tallahassee that left twelve people injured — the second in the capital this year and the nineteenth in Florida in 2026 — landing less than a day after Byron Donalds rallied for the Second Amendment, with the governor’s race against David Jolly polling within the margin of error. Plus: Trump announces a one-million-dollar reward for election-fraud information; Syria shuts the Nassib border crossing after Jordanian airstrikes; the coastal flood warning runs through Friday with the St. Johns flooding near DeLand; DeLand police seek a woman after a stabbing near International Speedway and Spring Garden; and Taihj Moore runs for 211 yards and four touchdowns as the Bulldogs beat Mainland 46-27. Callers Branwen, Haldor and Tamsyn lead a loud Tuesday morning.
Episode 039 • Monday, October 26, 2026
“WRONG BALLOT, LAWSUITS, AND A $6 PUMP!” Mack Opens on Volusia’s 350 Wrong Ballots — Stellan Got Somebody Else’s Contests, Torben Says the Lawyers Are the Scoreboard, and Joren’s Diesel Is a Small Mugging With a Receipt!
Mack opens Monday on Volusia County resending about 350 mail ballots after a vendor error sent voters another city’s contests — replacements mailed Friday, but Stellan, who got one, says trust wobbles like a fence, while Anouk and Yolande praise the county for owning it fast and fixing it in public. Plus: the Justice Department’s pre-emptive Alaska suit and the Ninth Circuit’s California arguments, Lula’s Brazil runoff win with a concession refused, Obama’s endorsements of Jolly and Nixon in Florida, gas at $4.08 and diesel over $6, and a salute to Miguel Aviles, Volusia’s first Veteran Employee of the Year. Tanith reports from her sister’s Brazil, Yara learns what a runoff really is, and Torben’s all-connected theory hits the dump button.
Episode 038 • Sunday, October 25, 2026
“ELEVEN SHOT AT HOMECOMING!” Mack Opens on the Tallahassee Tragedy — Ianthe Pleads for the Families, Keturah Gets the Wrong Ballot, and Lilith’s Grand Theory Hits the Dump Button!
Mack opens Sunday on Saturday night’s shooting near Florida A&M’s Bragg Memorial Stadium — eleven people shot, a twelfth hurt fleeing, the youngest just eleven years old — while police say a fight between two or three people came first. Ianthe, a FAMU grad, begs listeners not to turn the kids into a talking point, Magnus demands a real big-event plan, and Keturah from Ormond Beach got one of the roughly 350 wrong Volusia ballots and waits on her replacement. Plus: Rafferty says the election is the grocery cart, Seren watches Brazil’s knife-edge runoff, Tove celebrates the 24-3 Bulldogs’ top seed, and Lilith’s all-connected theory gets cut off mid-constellation.
Episode 037 • Saturday, October 24, 2026
“CUBA, NURSES, AND $117 OIL!” Trump Promises Everything in Fort Myers — Brierley Demands Wages, Not Applause Lines, and Radio Graffiti Cuts Two Callers Off Mid-Sentence!
Mack opens Saturday on Trump’s 90-minute Fort Myers rally — Cuba once the Iran war is settled, Rubio sent in to finish the deal, and $250 million to hire 5,000 elder-care nurses — while Brent crude tops $117 a barrel eleven days before the midterms. Ferris dreams of a Cuba-shaped cake, Brierley says she has heard big numbers from big stages before and not one ever covered a night shift with her, and the Saturday Radio Graffiti closes the show with one sentence each: Thistledown packs a novel into a single line, Merriweather out-argues the whole rally in twelve words, and Vespera and Halcyon hit the dump button. Plus: Macron calls the Trappes shooting a racist terrorist attack, Frankenstein opens tonight at the Athens Theatre, the Harvest Fields Corn Maze wraps its final weekend, and Volusia replacement ballots are on the way after the vendor error.
Episode 036 • Friday, October 23, 2026
“FIFTY MEGAWATTS OF FREEDOM, GONE!” Council Votes 6-0 to Ban Big Data Centers — Osmond Says His Neighbor’s Retirement Just Got Vaporized, Alma Trusts Physics Over a Lease Check, and Wicks Votes in the Wrong City!
Mack opens Friday on the Volusia County Council’s unanimous 6-0 vote banning large-scale data centers in unincorporated areas — facilities drawing 50+ megawatts, killed on aquifer-killing water use. Osmond rages that his neighbor’s land just lost its server-farm retirement, Alma counters that physics beats a lease check, and Tristan reports from the Turnpike en route to today’s Fort Myers rally, where the Secret Service banned his cousin’s balloons and drone. Plus: Violet wrestles with Florida’s first county-run domestic abuse offender database, Wicks admits he already mailed back a wrong-city ballot, Esther asks if the Pentagon’s heat-ray is why Florida is hot, Glynis savors a pre-Christmas presidential deposition, and Tupper hits the dump button on the West Bank.
Episode 035 • Thursday, October 22, 2026
“PERP WALKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!” Kissimmee Mayor Arrested on Grand Theft Charges — Accused of Funneling $90K in COVID Relief Money to Her Own Businesses — Thatcher Demands Perp Walks on Every Channel, Adeline Says “Prosecute the Loophole,” and Bixby Gets Dumped!
Mack opens on the Kissimmee bombshell: Mayor Jackie Espinosa arrested on grand theft and organized scheme to defraud charges, accused of funneling $90,000 in COVID relief money to her own businesses — and she is sitting in the Osceola County jail on no bond. Thatcher demands perp walks on every channel, Adeline says prosecute the loophole, and Gemma — who got one of those COVID grants herself — says the money was the difference between open and closed. Plus: a UNF poll puts the governor’s race at a 49–47 coin flip with 13 days to go, Russia frees 74-year-old Michigan teacher Stephen Hubbard, the Bulldogs head to Mainland Friday night for the District 2-6A title, and Bixby gets dumped mid-threat.
Episode 034 • Wednesday, October 21, 2026
“I DON'T CARE WHO YOUR DADDY IS!” Daytona Man Arrested for Pistol-Whipping Rick Ross's Son — Roz Defends B-CU, Wilda Says the Tan Gun Was a Prop, and Weldon Hits the Dump Button!
Mack opens on the Daytona saga: Don Roberts III, 20, arrested and facing two felonies after allegedly pistol-whipping Rick Ross's son William “Will” Roberts III, a former Bethune-Cookman football player, near the B-CU campus — and it's unclear whether the two Roberts are even related. Bethune-Cookman student Roz calls the school's name next to “pistol-whipping” painful splash damage, and Wilda insists the tan-colored handgun proves the whole thing was staged. Plus: Weldon gets dumped for “these people” talk, France imposes curfews in Paris after a weekend of riots, a pedestrian is killed on U.S. 92 in DeLand, the Bulldogs (7-1) chase the District 2-6A title at Mainland Friday night, and DeLand volleyball hosts Navarre as the top seed.
Episode 033 • Tuesday, October 20, 2026
A ROUNDING ERROR WITH HANDCUFFS! DOJ Charges 28 in “Operation Protect the Vote” Over 25 Ballots in California — Lydia's Grandmother Cried at Her Oath, Portia Defends the Cookie Lady, and Greer's Criminal Can't Out-Hide a Six-Year-Old!
Mack slams the DOJ's “Operation Protect the Vote” sweep — 28 charged, 11 arrested over roughly two dozen California ballots out of 45 million — as Lydia's grandmother (nine years to citizenship, cried at her oath) says “use a smaller hammer, but still swing it” and Portia begs Washington to stop threatening 71-year-old poll workers. Plus: Alberta votes 76-24 to stay Canadian, early voting opens in Volusia, DeLand volleyball chases history against Navarre, and a 20-time felon gets foiled by his own beeping ankle monitor. Last call: Thora tries to read her neighbor's address on the air and Carla cuts the line.
Episode 032 • Monday, October 19, 2026
JUSTICE OR CAMPAIGN AD? Florida Slaps a No-Bond Murder Warrant on Raul Castro as Early Voting Opens — Covington Thought the Brothers to the Rescue Were a Band, Grimsby Declares War on the Pickle Aisle!
Mack opens Monday with the biggest Florida headline of the year: a no-bond conspiracy-to-commit-murder warrant for 95-year-old Raul Castro over the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown — landed on the first day of early voting, with the governor at the press conference. Damaris cries for the four men who never came home, Adela smells campaign props, Lorinda can't keep her Castros straight, Covington swears the humanitarian heroes toured in '88, and Grimsby launches a full-scale crusade against Publix BOGOs. Plus: DeLand football hangs 73 on Tavares, Bulldogs volleyball takes the No. 1 seed, and first-time voter Lachlan makes the walk.
Episode 031 • Sunday, October 18, 2026
TWO HAIL MARYS, ZERO MIRACLES! Canes Escape Noles 43-35 in Double-OT Thriller After Holding Flag Wipes Out the Touchdown!
Mack opens Sunday with the most agonizing twelve seconds in Florida football: No. 3 Miami survives Florida State 43-35 in double overtime after a Hail Mary touchdown gets wiped out by a holding flag on Xavier Chaplin and a second prayer is ruled an interception in a pile — while Noles leading rusher Ousmane Kromah is carted off in tears with his ankle in an air cast. Rennick says the refs should wear blindfolds, Thacker gloats about Malachi Toney throwing a two-point conversion, and Dunmore gets the dump button one parking-lot away from a wellness check. Plus: the DeLand Bulldogs hang 73 on Tavares with forty-five in the first quarter, Trump hits pause on the Russia sanctions under the Graham Act, the French riot over bread prices, and Solveig stockpiles baguettes for the apocalypse.
Episode 030 • Saturday, October 17, 2026
RADIO GRAFFITI! Mack Gives the Callers ONE Sentence — Three Get Dumped Live — as No Kings Rallies Storm Volusia and the Bulldogs Hang 73 on Tavares!
Mack’s Saturday Graffiti edition: the No Kings protests rally at Woodland and New York at ten — one of four across Volusia County today — while Biketoberfest roars on Main Street at the very same time, and DeLand’s Bulldogs annihilate Tavares 73-0 on homecoming with forty-five points in the first quarter. Plus: the president scraps the Pentagon’s planned livestream of the Fort Hood shooter’s execution, Canada’s prime minister says the U.S. wants to “own” Canada as Alberta votes Monday on starting a separation process, and Brady Tkachuk chases NHL history tonight — then Radio Graffiti: nine callers, one sentence each, and Eulalia, Abilene, and Minerva all learn what Carla’s dump button sounds like, while Melisande bakes cookies for the protesters AND the bikers.
Episode 029 • Friday, October 16, 2026
JUDGE QUITS OVER “LITTLE SNOT”! Jacksonville Judge Retires at Not-Yet-Fifty as Eleven Ethics Charges Land — Plus Georgia Smashes Early-Voting Records!
Mack opens Friday with the Jacksonville judge who retired at not-yet-fifty after the Judicial Qualifications Commission found probable cause on eleven ethics violations — including calling a woman in his courtroom an “entitled little snot” — and the lines split wide open: Zebulon wants to hand the man a medal and a bullhorn, Sidonie from Deltona calls it “bullying with a pension,” and retired court reporter Ottilie delivers the line of the morning: aim up, never down. Plus: Georgia smashes a first-day early-voting record with 180,000-plus ballots while the FBI probes powdery mailings to election offices, Hurricane Trudy roars to Category Three off Mexico’s Pacific coast, the No Kings rallies hit the corner of Woodland and New York tomorrow at ten — and Linnea wants to know whether the judge has a cold. Evanthe learns the hard way what Carla’s dump button is for, and DeLand volleyball just won its seventh straight district title.
Episode 028 • Thursday, October 15, 2026
COURT GUTS THE GROUP CHAT! Eleventh Circuit Upholds Florida’s Kid Social-Media Ban — Six Turtles Named Like a Folk Band Hit Ponce Inlet!
Mack opens Thursday with the Eleventh Circuit’s 47-page ruling that Florida’s under-16 social-media ban survives — retired teacher Bertram calls the phone “the babysitter, the friend, the drug dealer,” Conrad from Orange City roars “my house, my kid, my rules,” and Zillah through tears says the law is somebody finally screaming into the void at her kitchen table. Plus: Hester’s two-dollar bell pepper and 3.7% inflation fury, cargo ships sinking near the Strait of Hormuz, six rehabbed turtles (Highland Cow!) released at Ponce Inlet, Elmo’s turtle-surveillance conspiracy getting Carla’s dump button — and Sibella from Cassadaga pitches drivers-ed for the internet.
Episode 027 • Wednesday, October 14, 2026
BIG BROTHER GETS THE BOOT! Volusia Kills the Plate Readers — Taco Trucks, Stolen Trucks, and a Tracking Tag in the Spare Tire!
Mack opens Wednesday with the County Council’s twelve-month kill-switch on Flock license-plate readers — and DeLand fights it out. Keaton celebrates the end of the taco-truck dragnet, Torrance credits a camera with finding his stolen truck in two hours, Celestine demands a plan for missing kids, and Marigold wants somebody to check the empty poles. Plus: prayers for Pope Leo after lung surgery, the Bulldogs’ 57-7 wrecking crew, Hurricane Isaias’ toll at six — and Ferelith’s ex, the tracking tag in her spare tire, and the greatest last call in show history.
Episode 026 • Tuesday, October 13, 2026
GOVERNOR’S RACE IN A DEAD HEAT! Jolly Grilled at FAMU, Feds Raid Congresswoman’s Home, and a Rooster Gets the Button!
Mack opens Tuesday with Florida’s governor’s race tied at the wire: Jolly takes the hot seat at FAMU as a student demands answers — and cracks a fire-alarm joke at Donalds’ expense. Thorne calls the switch a turncoat’s trick, Alba from Port Orange crosses the aisle live, and young Colm recruits his grandma into a two-ballot household. Plus: federal agents raid Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. residence three weeks before the midterms, a hundred and forty thousand Floridians still sit in the dark after Isaias, the Bulldogs roll University 57-7 — and Isabeau’s government-rooster conspiracy gets Carla’s button.
Episode 025 • Monday, October 12, 2026
MADURO’S MONEY MAN BAGGED! Feds Perp-Walk the $1.6 Billion Food-Program Fixer in South Florida!
The feds walked Alvaro Pulido Vargas in handcuffs, accused of washing a billion-six through Venezuela’s CLAP food program while Winsome’s mom in Deltona sat at her kitchen table and said nothing for ten minutes. Plus: seven ICE shots on a Bronx street with a five-year-old in the back seat, Mayor Mamdani demanding the agency be abolished, North Korea answering Seoul’s missile test with missiles, a county council calling a $2.5 million Brown museum grant “uncomfortable” as donation records surface — and Algie gets dump-buttoned for wanting to nuke the moon.
Episode 024 • Sunday, October 11, 2026
ISAIAS SLAMS THE PANHANDLE! Four Dead, 900,000 in the Dark — and DeLand’s Bulldogs Hang 57 Anyway!
Hurricane Isaias roars ashore near Destin as a Category Two — 105-mile-an-hour winds, thirty-two-foot waves, and a carbon-monoxide tragedy that prompts Crandall’s unforgettable “generator is a dragon” sermon, while the Bulldogs crush University 57-7. Plus: callers Effie and Gussie split over the Fort Hood firing-squad livestream, Obie declares Russian diesel “energy crypto,” Volusia County kicks the Flock spy cameras to the curb, and a Sanford man tries to haggle his way out of arrest with a five-hundred-dollar bribe.
Episode 022 • Saturday, October 10, 2026
RADIO GRAFFITI! Mack Gives the Callers ONE Sentence — Three Get Dumped Live — as Isaias Charges Pensacola!
Mack’s Saturday Graffiti edition: Hurricane Isaias is a Category Two — maybe a Three by landfall tonight near Pensacola — with seven feet of surge and twenty-seven counties under emergency, while Bram’s brother refuses to leave: “stubborn isn’t a building code.” The Nobel Peace Prize goes to South African human-rights lawyer Navi Pillay, and Dewey has the last word on campaigning for it. The Bucs edge the Cowboys fourteen to ten, the Dodgers take the NLDS — then Radio Graffiti: nine callers, one sentence each, and Cobb, Kitty, and Xenia all learn what Carla’s button sounds like.
Episode 023 • Friday, October 9, 2026
BOY WHO CRIED CAT THREE! Isaias Eyes Pensacola as the Nobel Goes to Navi Pillay and Volusia Rips Down the Cameras!
Mack’s Friday: Isaias is a Category Two that could hit Three before a late-night landfall near Pensacola — seven feet of surge, twenty-seven counties under emergency, evacuations in the Panhandle — and Zebedee in Pace isn’t leaving: “the boy who cried Cat Three is getting tuned out.” The Nobel Peace Prize goes to eighty-five-year-old anti-apartheid lawyer Navi Pillay — Quintus says the timing is the message, Cressida learns the hard way that hurricanes don’t curve out of politeness. Honoria weaponized prayer and caller ID against the sheriff-impersonator scam — and the Georgia woman accused of running it from a prison-boyfriend’s call center is behind bars. Seraphina reports from the smog-choked Singapore Grand Prix, Crispin wants to know who holds the plate-reader database, and Philomena’s Bulldogs volleyball team just three-peated. Plus: DeLand Bait, Tackle, and Tax Preparation.
Episode 021 • Thursday, October 8, 2026
THE BADGE HAS A WEEK! Deputy Walks Free in Panhandle Verdict as Volusia Rips Down the Cameras!
Mack’s Thursday: an Okaloosa County jury acquits a fired deputy in the shooting of Senior Airman Roger Fortson — Mack trusts the jury but says you don’t fire a man for following his training, and the civil case is where the family gets its day. The lines boil over: Sybil’s fury for a twenty-three-year-old buried by his mama, Ezekiel’s annoyingly well-put “policy ain’t the penal code,” Mose on staying alive at your own front door, Vester dancing over the plate-reader moratorium after Lindsey Isaacs’ thirteen days in jail for nothing, Magnolia the retired nurse sitting with the mamas, Leona lighting a candle, Hesper channeling the spirits on tomorrow’s Nobel Peace Prize, and Clem asking who gets to stand their ground. Plus: the Hope Florida report expunged, Trump’s eight-wars Nobel campaign, Senate polls that land like a piano, and a jobs report that handed the White House nothing.
Episode 020 • Wednesday, October 7, 2026
PLATE READERS DEAD, NINETY BUCKS IN THE MAIL! County Rips Down the Cameras, President Mails Checks, and Georgia Inmates Raid DeLand Wallets!
Mack storms into Wednesday: the Volusia County Council kills Flock license-plate cameras for twelve months — but Stetson student Petronella detonates the whole debate, because the cameras just move six feet left onto private property! The lines explode: Fergus’s Tuesday-diner intersection loyalty, Cosette’s stolen-car defense, Zelma’s upside-down threat model, Bramwell’s plan for “surveillance communism,” Ione’s heartbreaking line that the scammers “hacked her good manners,” and Okey’s mileage-police conspiracy (kept in a drawer). Plus: the president’s ninety-dollar Medicare checks three weeks before the midterms, a DeLand woman feeding fifteen thousand into a Bitcoin ATM on a phony sheriff’s call — Chitwood says “use an expletive and hang up” — and the Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to the brain-light scientists.
Episode 019 • Tuesday, October 6, 2026
DATA CENTERS, SPY CAMERAS, AND $13 MILLION! The County Council Votes DeLand's Next Ten Years!
Mack rides shotgun into Tuesday's Volusia County Council showdown: a data-center moratorium, a ban on Flock spy cameras on county land, and thirteen million dollars in ECHO grants. The lines catch fire — Rafe's power-bill rage, Junie's church-parking-lot privacy crusade, Hutch's stolen-truck defense, Maren's cookie-jar questions, Pansy's kitchen-table math, and Sparky's four-to-three prediction from Cassadaga. Plus: Florida's twentieth death warrant of the year, the Supreme Court's new term opens, and the SAVE voter-roll showdown heats up.
Episode 018 • Monday, October 5, 2026
TAX RELIEF OR DOOMSDAY? Amendment Three’s Eighteen-Million-Dollar War Chest vs. a $472,000 Bake Sale!
Mack takes Monday head-on: Amendment Three’s property-tax referendum has the yes side outspending the no side thirty-eight to one — nearly eighteen million Florida Realtors dollars against four hundred seventy-two thousand — and the polls can’t agree (forty-five percent... or seventy-four?). The lines melt down: Vern’s doubled tax bill versus Agatha’s thirty-one-year librarian warning, Cecily’s linoleum defense, Daphne thinks Flock cameras track egrets, Sylvester tries to register to vote in Brazil, Gilbert defends his shed, and Ursula warns the D Ranch ECHO money is funding a stargate. Plus: Tuesday’s county council votes on thirteen million in ECHO grants, Flock cameras, and the data center freeze; Trump barnstorms Nebraska at thirty-two percent approval; and Brazil heads to an October 25 runoff after Flávio Bolsonaro stuns Lula.
Episode 017 • Sunday, October 4, 2026
BAN THE IMAGINARY BUILDING! Volusia County’s Data Center Fight Goes to Tuesday’s Commission Vote!
Mack goes Sunday-morning fireball on the Volusia County Commission’s Tuesday first reading banning fifty-megawatt data centers — buildings nobody is even proposing yet! The lines pile on: Arlen’s two-hundred-eleven-dollar power bill, Desmond’s server-coolant supervillain warnings, Esmeralda’s fifty-million-watt math, Fenton protecting the library (not the same thing, Fenton), Geraldine locking the door before the burglar shows up, and Horatio tying it all to Wednesday’s eight-percent water rate hike for PFAS cleanup. Plus: ninety-dollar Medicare checks for one-point-four million Floridians, Brazil votes TODAY, the G7’s hundred-million-barrel diesel rescue, and Iola’s toast-based theory of electrical infrastructure (dump button deployed!)
Episode 016 • Saturday, October 3, 2026
BREAKBONE FEVER! Florida’s Biggest Dengue Outbreak Since the 1940s — Spray Trucks vs. Butterfly Gardens!
Two hundred fifty dengue cases, one grandmother dead in Tampa, and Florida’s biggest mosquito outbreak since the nineteen-forties has the spray trucks running day and night — and Volusia County is picking sides! Mack works the lines: Roy demands the fog and bakes the driver a casserole, Gladys’ DeLeon Springs pollinator garden looks like a crime scene (her cat sneezed for two days!), Cletus blames dingo fever off an Australian pineapple boat, Eunice’s sister spent nine August days flattened in Carrollwood, Howie brings a spreadsheet to the panic, Dorcas’ husband patrols the patio with a tennis-racket zapper, Lonnie ties it all to 5G chemtrails (cue the dump button), and Petunia’s rooster Benedict chases a county spray truck down the street, spurs out! Plus: the G7’s hundred-million-barrel diesel rescue, Brazil’s jailed-president’s-son-vs.-incumbent showdown, Trump’s Ohio rally, and the Bulldogs’ 67-to-nothing buzzsawing of Centennial!
Episode 015 • Friday, October 2, 2026
Vaccine Rule Implodes! Florida’s Own “Moral Beliefs” Exemption Vanishes — and 162 Measles Cases Say Hello!
Mack goes nuclear on Florida’s vaccine fight: the DeSantis administration yanked the “sincerely held moral or ethical belief” exemption from its own rule on Wednesday, measles cases hit one hundred sixty-two statewide, and a four-hour Lake Mary hearing next Thursday decides it all. The lines bring the chaos — Odilia’s mom fury (“that’s not a statistic, that’s my kid’s classroom!”), Gwen’s scoreboard of five hundred dead a year, Selmer actually reading the rule, Dempsey feeling very free, Hilda’s dachshund Pickles versus aerodynamics, Tiberius’s surveillance pigeons, Bick’s laminating wife, Wisteria’s scalpel question, and Flinch’s “chicken adjacent” immunology. Plus: Riley Gaines’ Title Nine suit against the NCAA tossed on funding, oil over a hundred and three bucks, and Saturday’s Doggy Derby at Earl Brown Park.
Episode 014 • Thursday, October 1, 2026
Cameras Down! Florida Rips the License Plate Readers Off Its Own Highways!
Florida just ordered every license plate reader off state roads — the governor asking “where is this data going?” while every sheriff in the state screams into a pillow. Mack works the lines: Phyllis drove to church for forty years under cameras she never voted for, Buck’s deputy brother begs them to fix the net, not burn it, Yvette warns about the bored clerk with a password, Lorraine wants the booth people back, Dexter blames Canada for speeding tickets, Maisie got her stolen car back on one ping, and a Cassadaga “traveler” invokes the gold fringe. Plus: Trump Accounts auto-enroll sixty million kids (minus the thousand bucks), all but one Senate Democrat demands a West Bank human-rights report, a wounded captain saves a plunging Flydubai jet, the Iraq withdrawal is complete, oil tops $103, and Parched Oak — the DeLand bar — gets shut down for rodents a TWELFTH time.
Episode 013 • Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Ninety Names on the Terrorist List — Is Your Neighbor Next?
Florida just slapped the “terrorist” label on ninety-plus organizations — CAIR, antifa, the Muslim Brotherhood, plus cartels and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard — with the designations taking effect November fifth and CAIR already in federal court. Mack works the lines: a twenty-two-year Army veteran says it’s about time, a furious Port Orange mom warns the list only ever grows, a Lake Helen caller asks whether antifa is a guy, and a Daytona caller’s best friend is suddenly scared to wear her hijab to the grocery store. Plus: the White House AI “self-policing” accord, Iran’s oil-for-sanctions standoff, Bulldogs 42-14 over Spruce Creek, and Florida’s $15 minimum wage kicks in this morning.
Episode 012 • Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Five-Buck Gas and the Pump Thunderdome!
Gas jumps twenty-five cents overnight — some Florida pumps flirting with five bucks a gallon in what could be the priciest September in American history — and Washington just loosened mileage rules, so your next ride drinks more while you pay more. Mack works the lines: Ophelia sells lottery tickets to eleven-dollar fill-ups, Buster hauls lumber four hundred dollars a month, Zelda blames the calendar, and Sapphire boycotts Tuesdays from behind the wheel. Plus: a DeLeon Springs gas-pump argument ends in a shooting, terror suspects near a U.K. air base walk out on bail, and DeLand’s Madison Dusenbury goes one-under to win the county girls golf title.
Episode 011 • Monday, September 28, 2026
Tax Cut, or Service Cut in a Costume?
Amendment Three needs sixty percent — and it’s got the sheriffs calling it a train wreck while the Realtors spend eighteen million dollars selling it to you. Mack works the lines: Doris does scary math at the kitchen table, Buford wants to know why a tax cut needs a sales campaign, Thad makes a very short list, and Elmer’s shed is two phantom feet too big. Plus: Trump’s $810 million pocket rescission, DeLand’s new tax rate, and the sheriff’s $168 million day.
Episode 010 • Sunday, September 27, 2026
The Sharpie Backfire
A Democratic poll has their candidate UP two in the brand-new FL-22 — the seat the governor hand-drew for a Republican — while his own party panic-spends in thirty-nine “safe” House seats. Mack works the lines: Virgil calls the internals “a shakedown with a spreadsheet,” Milt panics that Tallahassee moved him to Miami, and a Pierson dog eats democracy. Plus: the sheriff banks his $168 million, pandas for Atlanta — and pandas at the polling place.
Episode 009 • Saturday, September 26, 2026
The Governor Predicts His Own Party’s Funeral
Ron DeSantis says the GOP could LOSE the U.S. Senate over the dead federal SAVE Act — thirty-eight days from the midterms. Mack takes it to the lines, where Barney’s furious, Clarice loses her birth certificate in the clicker battery drawer, and Biscuit eats the voter guide. Plus: a heavy farewell to James Copenhaver, the nor’easter on Roselle’s porch, and the Bulldogs’ 42-14 demolition of Spruce Creek.
Episode 008 • Friday, September 25, 2026
Twenty Warrants and a Press Conference
State agents raid Palm Beach — twenty warrants, the governor on television. Crackdown or campaign commercial? Mack works the lines while Carla keeps the coffee coming. Plus the fallout from the toss-up governor’s race and the sheriff’s $168 million payday.
Episode 007 • Thursday, September 24, 2026
Toss-Up?! In THIS Florida?
Decision Desk HQ just reclassified the governor’s race — Donalds vs. Jolly is officially a coin flip. Sixty percent still isn’t a lock, and one in four Republicans “hasn’t come home yet.” Plus: the sheriff banks his $168 million, gas flirts with five bucks, 760,000 Floridians get booted from ACA plans, and the UN’s week of high drama.
Episode 006 • Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Protest or Campaign Commercial?
Angie Nixon settles her Capitol sit-in case — a $250 fine, 15 hours of community service, zero apology. Was she standing up for your vote, or sitting in a lobby for hers? Plus: the White House launches a sitcom channel, Xi Jinping heads to the U.S., Macklemore gets bounced from the Ed Sheeran tour, and DeLand kills 204 apartments over an elevator fight.
Episode 005 • Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Nobody in Florida Is Debating Anybody
It’s not just the governor’s race — every statewide race in Florida has gone debate-free. Senate, AG, CFO, Agriculture Commissioner: challengers begging, incumbents silent. Smart strategy, or the political class deciding you’re not worth the trouble? Plus Boris Johnson at FSU, the press pool lawsuit, and DeLand’s millage vote.
Episode 004 • Monday, September 21, 2026
Jolly Says No to Three Debates
David Jolly, the Democrat running for governor, refuses to debate Byron Donalds — calls it bad faith, says it would “further stoke division.” Cowardice, strategy, or genius? Plus: Florida sues Amazon over rigged ad auctions, the Senate tells newsrooms to shred an insurance report, Ukraine’s massive drone strike on Moscow, and a gas-station shooting two miles from downtown DeLand.
Episode 003 • Sunday, September 20, 2026
Death Warrant #18
Governor DeSantis signs Florida’s 18th death warrant of 2026 — the old record was eight. Is this justice finally working, or a governor running up the score? Plus the Kennedy Center demolition fight, UN General Assembly week, and your DeLand Bulldogs ranked #1 in Volusia-Flagler.
Episode 002 • Saturday, September 19, 2026
Free Speech or Fired?
A Florida judge rules a Jacksonville art teacher should NOT lose her license over a Facebook post about the Charlie Kirk assassination. Free speech, or a teacher who shouldn’t be near your kid? Volusia County decides.
Episode 001 • Friday, September 18, 2026
Guts or Cruelty?
The very first Danner Line. Florida’s Board of Governors votes unanimously to ban undocumented students from the state’s 12 public universities. Rule of law — or telling a kid who was carried here at age six to go be a roofer? Lines open.