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I have a habit. Every Sunday, for more years than I can remember (lie!), I have done a one-hour radio show/podcast in which I try to both amuse and inform. Unlike most other such programs, mine has no trace of advertising, sponsorship, or “underwriting”. It began on public radio, and continues on certain sainted stations, although many, over the years, have hived off, preferring to use the time slot for, say, a third rerun of “Car Talk”.

The program has had several names, but the one that stuck was suggested by a now-departed friend. At the time, it was considered fashionable, if not pretentious, to put the French article “Le” in the names of stores and bars and all sorts of other businesses. I was photographing all of this, my favorites being “Le Club” and “Le Hot Tub Club”. She suggested I call my hour “Le Show”, and it stuck.

I tell you all this because I’m particularly proud of this week’s edition. There’s an original song about some of the more high-ranking passengers on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane, nicknamed “The Lolita Express”, an audio edition of Donald Trump’s Truth Social in which he establishes a new, higher than Supreme, court, and a series of “conversations” proving that intelligence—even if “artificial”—doesn’t necessarily coincide with common sense.

If I’ve made you at all curious or even interested, the program airs today at 1pm ET on wamc.org, kalw.org, and wcbe.org. And later, at 9 pm ET, on my home station, wwno.org. And it’s available on most podcast platforms, and at harryshearer.com. As the Felon-in-Chief would say, thank you for your attention to this matter.