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Masters, College, and Rainy Days

April 10, 2026·36 min·3 clips

Doug Pike describes spinning out on I-10 and stopping just as an 18-wheeler roared past his truck.

Friday starts wet. The host is up on the seventh floor in the West Loop, looking out at the rain and talking through it like someone buying a little time before the next sharp turn. The water is needed. He also knows people may be irritated about being stuck indoors, so the weather gets his usual mix of practical advice and needling. Then politics takes over. He backs Fetterman for supporting pressure meant to keep Iran away from nuclear trouble, and he says Fetterman is following the right instinct. The mood drops fast. He talks about negotiations involving Iran, Pakistan, JD Vance, and others on the American side, while making it plain that he does not trust the people across the table. Ships are his proof. Merchant Marines are waiting offshore while Iran decides who gets through and who does not. He wants it settled, but he does not soften the warning: missiles during a ceasefire would meet a president willing to act. Then comes the radio snapback. After all that tension, he pulls Will into a run of puns and says he already tossed the worst ones. The bar is not high. He is hoping what remains lands somewhere above awful, even as the bit wobbles around on air. The ending keeps roaming. A story from the irony desk gets him: the manager of an alcohol free sober bar was busted for DUI and banned from driving. He takes the obvious button. Maybe a sober customer can drive the manager around. Then the show rushes toward India, with crocodiles and snakes turned into a border security punchline. The clock wins. Will gives the time cue, the host hurries the last turn, and the episode signs off with a quick adios.

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A Friday local-radio hour that moves from rain and Iran to puns and dry irony.

50 Plus stays loose and local, moving from rain outside the West Loop offices to Iran, ceasefire talk, and a stream of dry puns. Doug Pike keeps the hour conversational, with opinion and humor carrying as much weight as the reporting.

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You want a brisk radio hour that moves from rain outside the office to Iran to punchy puns.

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