230. Mike Pesca Convinces Sarah Sports Betting Scandal Matters

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Mike Pesca, host of the longtime daily news podcast “The Gist,” joins Nancy and Sarah to talk about sports betting scandal that threatens to destroy an entire industry. Marked cards, special contact lenses, the mafia: This is deep Scorsese territory. Sarah is so checked out on sports she didn’t know Pete Rose was dead, but she has questions about how betting went from taboo to industry goldmine. Pesca is Smoke’s resident “voice of men,” whether he likes it or not, so we also talk about his take on the Great Feminization (last week’s pod controversy) and women taking testoserone to boost their sex drive.

Don’t miss the backstage drama on Pesca’s podcast interview with former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. He’s done thousands of celebrity interviews, and only spiked a few. This was one of them.

Also discussed:

* A burning UTI of a question!

* Over-under and point spread, discussed

* Eight Men Out, a good movie

* When the mafia ruled porn …

* Three cheers for the red, white and corrupt

* Theo Von, Louis CK, Chris Rock, greatest sex addicts anonymous group ever?

* Longing for a “she-pee” that plays “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor

* Norm MacDonald, poster child for gambling addiction

* But what is addiction?

* Mike suggests Karine Jean-Pierre should have called her book Incoherent

* Sarah’s parents were Cuomo-sexuals

* Nancy tries to explain “boofing”

* A tone-deaf article about harm reduction

* Women, sex drive, and Nancy’s testosterone levels

* Andrew Cuomo: “I’m not perverted. I’m Italian.”

* “Get me off the Lady Testosterone ride!”

* Ozempic kills the urge to gamble

* Pesca’s wife has complaints

* Sarah’s Ethnic Stereotypes Corner!

Plus, Sarah reconsiders One Battle After Another, Nancy’s erotic gym-class epiphany, Mike explains how to read marked cards, and much more!

REMINDER: First Sunday this Sunday! Come one, come all, link sent out day-out. 8pm ET/5pm PT.

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