Len Berman and Michael Riedel In The Morning

Hour 2: Open Phones Friday

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Larry predicted Trump would get 312 electoral votes last week, and the hosts just discovered he was exactly right.

The episode opens with the hosts reviewing election results, noting President Biden's transition and Trump's likely 312 electoral votes. They reveal Larry's envelope prediction from last week was exactly 312, prompting banter about his accuracy. Rob Astorino joins as a guest, explaining his electoral forecast and criticizing media bias. He details psychological operations like the false Iowa poll and how issues like the economy and immigration favored Trump. Astorino argues mainstream media outlets like CNN and NBC were in the tank for Kamala Harris and refused to call the election timely. Michael Riedel shifts to expressing anger at Columbia University, his alma mater, for canceling classes due to Trump's win but not after the October 7th terrorist attacks in Israel. He reminisces about professor Edward Said and laments the rise of anti-Semitism on campus. The hosts then play a soundbite of Trump attorney Mike Davis threatening to imprison New York Attorney General Letitia James for continuing lawfare. They discuss Hunter Biden's potential pardon and share humorous Urban Dictionary terms like 'manstand' and 'chain chow'. Open phone lines feature callers gloating about Trump's win, with one asking about missing Democrat votes. The episode concludes with an interview with historian John Monsky about his PBS documentary 'The Eyes of the World from D-Day to V-E Day'. Monsky describes the storm Eisenhower faced before D-Day and stories of figures like J.D. Salinger and Ernest Hemingway. The show ends with a tease for an upcoming interview with ABC News' Rick Klein on media failures.

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Election math, a 312-electoral-vote projection, and a Columbia grievance give this Friday rundown its loose political-radio charge.

Election fallout gives this Friday episode a firm spine, though its personality shows up in the side roads. The hosts move from President Biden's pledge of a peaceful transition to Donald Trump into Nevada, Arizona, a 312-electoral-vote projection if both states went Trump's…

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You want election fallout, a suspiciously accurate 312, and a Friday 8 o'clock show that can wander from electoral math into Ben Franklin.

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