Episode 272: RIP Spirit Airlines, Dissecting the Starbucks “Experience” & Golden Tempo Makes Kentucky Derby History

INTRO (00:00): Kathleen opens the show drinking a 40 Gator Strong Lager from Abita Brewing Company. She reviews her weekend at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, eating chargrilled oysters and playing golf in the Swamp with her friend Ron White. 

 

TOUR NEWS: See Kathleen live on her “Day Drinking Tour.”

 

TASTING MENU (0:57): Kathleen samples J. Lee’s Spicy Pork Rinds, Zapp’s Bayou Blackened Ranch chips, and Giants “Big Easy” seasoned sunflower seeds. 

 

QUEEN NEWS (38:58): Kathleen shares that Dolly Parton has provided an update on her health, Post Malone cancelled the first month of his Big Ass Stadium Tour, and Stevie Nicks played a surprise set at the Met Gala.

 

HOLLYWOOD HAPPENINGS (16:12): HollyBobby provides the latest news in Hollywood.

 

SPANISH PHRASE OF THE WEEK (1:32:46): The Spanish phrase to learn this week is “a qué hora empieza la música? or “what time does the music start” in English. 

 

UPDATES (46:50): Kathleen shares updates on Pablo Escobar’s cocaine hippos, Red Lobster’s Endless Shrimp promotion is back, Starbucks CEO defends $9 coffee “experience,” and Bill Belichick resurfaces at the Kentucky Derby. 

 

SPORTS NEWS (57:20): Golden Tempo’s trainer Cherie DeVaux makes history as the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby. 

 

HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT (1:00:46): Kathleen reads about the discovery of the Ark of the Covenant’s final resting place outside of Jerusalem. 

 

FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS (1:04:35): Kathleen shares articles on Southwest’s “Sip and Ship” program, a cruise ship suffers a hantavirus outbreak, Bigfoot sightings are on the rise in Ohio, a rare split-colored lobster is caught near Cape Cod, cougars are no longer locally extinct in Minnesota, the DOJ is bringing back firing squads in federal executions, Banksy puts up a statue in London, and teens start “storm running” in the Times Square Scientology Center.

 

SAINT OF THE WEEK (1:40:12 ): Kathleen reads about Saint Cecilia of Rome, patron saint of musicians. 

 

FEEL GOOD STORY (1:30:04): Kathleen shares a story about 1,500 beagles being released from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research facility, and an 82-year-old woman finishes the 2026 Boston Marathon.