Boxed Wine | 442

The Boomer Bunker kicks off with the Duchess fresh off seeing Rush live — no Neil Peart, a new female drummer named Anika, a still-got-it (mostly) Geddy Lee, and a $100+ concession bill for two baskets of chicken tenders and a couple of drinks. From there, John and the Duchess tear into the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, roasting the wave of "wine mom" true-crime detectives on TikTok who've decided — based on astrology charts and eclipse timing- that the husband did it. John also brings the receipts on a real screaming match he had with his AI research assistant Claudia over the Stop Nick Shirley Act and the Minneapolis ICE shooting, accusing her of feeding him left-leaning sourcing.

Then it's straight into Jersey's new "Skip the Stuff" law, which bans restaurants from automatically handing out plastic forks, knives, and napkins — and sets up a snitch system for anyone caught giving them out anyway. John connects it to Governor Murphy's outgoing budget mess and gets into a full plastic-bag-ban rant for good measure. Add in Gavin Newsom quietly signing a law nicknamed after journalist Nick Shirley to shield fraud investigators from public records requests, four unprepared 18-year-olds who had to get rescued off a New Hampshire mountain, and two women who each got caught with contraband hidden in a body cavity during jail intake — one with $3,200 in cash, one with a full bottle of Pinot Grigio — and this episode does not slow down.

Topics Covered:

Rush Concert Recap Concert Concession Price Rant Public Etiquette Meltdown (The Fork Video) Staten Island Ferry Dunkin' Donuts Investigation Four NJ Teens Rescued Off Franconia Ridge Calling Out AI Bias, Live The "Stop Nick Shirley Act"Trump Tweets Read by Kate New Jersey's "Skip the Stuff" Plastic Ban.Lindsay Clancy Trial — The Internet Detectives Jail Keistering, Part 1: The Bank Scammer Jail Keistering, Part 2: The Wine Thief John Joins Road Rage 101 — John announces he's now the on-air producer of the weekday morning Road Rage 101 podcast — come hang out in the Discord.

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