Lionel Nation - Lionel Nation: Live and Delirious in NYC Aired: 2025-05-03 Duration: 17:34 === Why We Talk About Tariffs (08:03) === [00:00:00] I didn't break it. [00:00:01] I just did something. [00:00:02] Anyway, about to go on live in New York City for my weekend piece on WABC. [00:00:18] 2 to 5 a.m. [00:00:20] Yes, 2 to 5 a.m. [00:00:22] Not 2 to 6, 2 to 5 a.m. [00:00:25] Could I make sure that I'm even on? [00:00:27] I know this is a bit of a surprise, those of you who might be, for whatever reason, paying attention right now. [00:00:35] This is exactly 1.43 p.m. [00:00:38] Do I have anybody? [00:00:39] Just give me anybody who happens to be... [00:00:41] There we go. [00:00:42] There we go. [00:00:42] Gina, Gina, what... [00:00:44] I love the fact that people say, what are you... [00:00:46] What is everybody up... [00:00:48] What is everybody doing up so late? [00:00:50] The same thing that the rest of the world is. [00:00:52] I just went... [00:00:54] I just was driving by a number of bars and they're pouring out into the street. [00:00:59] Look at this. [00:01:00] Beijing trying. [00:01:02] 143 in Beijing. [00:01:04] By the way, a good hello to our friends in China, our Chinese friends. [00:01:09] China, who has been absolutely so monumentally just blasphemed. [00:01:16] In any event, do I ever sleep? [00:01:18] You know, it's funny, Mary. [00:01:20] Of course I do. [00:01:25] I sleep a little bit here, a little bit there, but I love doing this. [00:01:30] Look at this Las Vegas. [00:01:31] Genius. [00:01:33] I'm going to call you genius, not Gina. [00:01:34] Genius in lost wages. [00:01:36] In any event, thank you so much. [00:01:39] Today, my friends, I'm going to be talking about a variety of subjects. [00:01:42] And I cannot get away from the guy who, I'm sorry, this will be a while before I get past it. [00:01:50] The fellow who had his way with a corpse. [00:01:54] And I've got to be careful of this, on a subway in New York City. [00:01:58] But not just had his way, but absolutely, oh my God. [00:02:02] You know what I just had? [00:02:03] By the by. [00:02:07] I'll just stop saying, by the way. [00:02:09] They have these little cereal things. [00:02:12] I mean, they're covered with a little sugar, which I shouldn't eat, but it was absolutely tasty. [00:02:20] Sugar and cinnamon, I have no idea. [00:02:22] Was it some kind of a dispenser? [00:02:23] In any event, I'm going to be talking about that. [00:02:27] And also, subjects which I think interest me. [00:02:31] Some things I should be interested in, but I don't care about. [00:02:35] Tariffs. [00:02:38] Nobody cares about tariffs. [00:02:40] By the way, is this coming out okay? [00:02:41] I just want to make sure the sound is okay. [00:02:43] Nobody gives a goddamn about tariffs. [00:02:46] Do you? [00:02:47] Do you wake up saying, what's going on with tariffs? [00:02:50] Do you? [00:02:51] Do you? [00:02:53] Do you think anything about tariffs? [00:02:55] Let me also say, by the way, my friends, please make sure you subscribe. [00:02:57] You subscribe to this. [00:02:59] And I'm also telling you something. [00:03:00] If you're listening to me right now, there is a sponsor that we've used, PrepareWithLionel.com. [00:03:07] I want to tell you something. [00:03:09] While everything is calm right now, irrespective of this great president, please, for the love of God, make sure you at least look at you. [00:03:17] Go to the... [00:03:19] Not just food, which is important, but generators and power. [00:03:28] I don't want to load you up with that, but it's really critical. [00:03:33] I am an absolute positive believer in preparedness, especially when things are calm. [00:03:40] Let me also tell you, the pod. [00:03:45] The pod has changed my life. [00:03:48] The pod is the most wonderful point. [00:03:50] Did you see Trump Post? [00:03:53] Let me just say, thank you, Mr. Keurig. [00:03:55] What was the Trump Post that we speak of? [00:04:01] You see, dear friend, if you don't tell me what the Trump Post was, I have no idea what it was. [00:04:05] I already shocked him awake and you want to throw an ad at me. [00:04:09] I throw an ad at you because this is commercial. [00:04:11] This is commercial, yes. [00:04:14] And the people that promote us, the people that we promote, Our great products and great people, and I will never, ever, ever shy away or in any way consider the sponsorship of these great people to be somehow intrusive on our discussion. [00:04:32] So forgive me, but I am a proud capitalist. [00:04:37] Okay. [00:04:38] Pope, Pope, Laurie Martin Pope, welcome to the Fourth Reich. [00:04:43] I don't know what this means. [00:04:44] Let me see. [00:04:45] Let me see if I can go back. [00:04:47] Find out. [00:04:48] Great sound. [00:04:49] I care about tariffs a lot. [00:04:50] But do you want to talk about tariffs? [00:04:53] I shouldn't say you care about them. [00:04:54] Do you want to talk about them? [00:04:56] What is there to talk about? [00:05:00] What is there to talk about tariffs? [00:05:02] What is it that I'm asking? [00:05:06] What? [00:05:07] That you want to discuss that nobody's talked about involving tariffs? [00:05:12] What is it? [00:05:13] Tell me. [00:05:17] What? [00:05:18] What is it that I can do? [00:05:20] Father Guido Sarducci wants you to find the Pope in the pizza. [00:05:24] John, you have a genius. [00:05:28] You have a genius. [00:05:30] If you've got WeChat, I can send you the video. [00:05:32] Could you do me a favor? [00:05:35] Could you just tell me what the subject is that we're talking about? [00:05:40] Don't send me a favor. [00:05:42] Just tell me. [00:05:43] President Trump or Trump said this in the video so that I know what you're talking about. [00:05:48] That's all. [00:05:48] You don't have to send me anything. [00:05:50] You've got me intrigued now, but I don't know what the hell you're talking about. [00:05:53] I'm in California where they want to dump dumping zillions of fruit flies from overseas. [00:06:00] Oh, that's not going to be good. [00:06:02] That, of course, is the perfusion of Drosophila into the areas probably sterilized. [00:06:11] In order to stop the production of fruit flies. [00:06:15] Let me see if I can find this. [00:06:18] Kimberly says, yes, crazy right. [00:06:22] What is? [00:06:23] I don't know what this means. [00:06:25] Again, I don't know what you're talking about. [00:06:28] Listen, Uncle Lenny's not giving you a hard time right now. [00:06:31] I swear to God I'm not giving you a hard time. [00:06:33] I really mean it. [00:06:34] Bonjour. [00:06:35] Fruit fly. [00:06:36] Fruit fly. [00:06:37] Lionel is firing 24-7. [00:06:38] That's true. [00:06:39] That's correct. [00:06:40] Do we ever find that about what is... [00:06:41] What about Trump's... [00:06:43] Is Trump's... [00:06:45] Do we know about his thing? [00:06:47] I'm looking desperately. [00:06:48] How about Trump's post? [00:06:50] What is it? [00:06:50] I'll send it to you. [00:06:51] No, just tell me what it is. [00:06:52] No, I'll send it to you. [00:06:54] No, seriously. [00:06:55] Tell me. [00:06:55] What is it? [00:06:56] Okay. [00:06:59] Mad scientist... [00:07:02] WeChat. [00:07:03] All right. [00:07:07] You know, I'm not into, and I should be more into things like Telegram. [00:07:13] Telegram I use for some people. [00:07:14] By the way, I found out that all of my friends, all my European friends use WhatsApp. [00:07:21] WhatsApp is a great... [00:07:22] Oh, WhatsApp! [00:07:23] Mrs. L and I use it to speak to each other. [00:07:25] I can talk to her on the phone and can actually hear her clear on WhatsApp. [00:07:33] Than on the regular carrier that we have. [00:07:35] Okay, I'm looking here for news, Trump. [00:07:40] How about this? [00:07:41] I'm looking at X now. [00:07:43] I don't see what it is. [00:07:45] Well, we're going to go to our graves today, not knowing specifically what about Trump's tweet or post. === Fascinated By Harry (08:06) === [00:07:55] I still don't know. [00:07:57] I don't think Carney legitimately won in Canada. [00:07:59] Well, there you go. [00:08:02] That's their problem. [00:08:04] And I swear to God, I don't know what their particular predisposition is to self-destruction, but that's their problem. [00:08:18] I hear a Carney. [00:08:19] I always think of Art Carney, the great Ed Norton. [00:08:24] So when we're talking about that, moving on down the line, I wish you... [00:08:30] Folks had more of an interest in the royal family. [00:08:33] Because I am fascinated by it. [00:08:38] Fascinated by Harry. [00:08:40] The royal rumble. [00:08:41] King Charles' reaction revealed after Harry lashes out after losing security appeal. [00:08:46] As Prince says, the monarch won't speak to him. [00:08:50] This is the greatest thing. [00:08:51] This is fantastic. [00:08:54] AOC heckled by hysterical protesters shouting about Gaza genocide. [00:09:00] Quote, unquote. [00:09:02] Quote, unquote. [00:09:04] They're saying that there is no genocide. [00:09:06] Remember, pick the people you want to talk to regarding them. [00:09:11] Most people have absolutely no interest whatsoever in this subject matter. [00:09:17] I know two others. [00:09:18] I was watching yesterday some great stuff about General McGregor and the great Judge Napolitano and Scott Ritter. [00:09:30] Everybody talking about Ukraine, I realize nothing that they are saying, nothing in any way is of any interest to anybody here in the United States. [00:09:44] Nobody. [00:09:45] Nobody. [00:09:47] They don't care. [00:09:49] I have a friend of mine who I listen to him and if I told him I said, do you even know, are you aware of the allegations that are being made? [00:10:06] Allegations regarding genocide. [00:10:09] I think you see the car activity in the background. [00:10:12] I said, are you aware of the allegations that are made regarding the subject matter of genocide? [00:10:21] That's ridiculous. [00:10:22] I said, are you aware of the allegations? [00:10:25] Are you aware of what they're saying? [00:10:28] Are you aware of what they are claiming? [00:10:34] I said, so how do you think they're ridiculous? [00:10:36] How? [00:10:37] How are you saying they're ridiculous? [00:10:39] Do you know what the ICC... [00:10:40] Ah, who cares? [00:10:42] So you just don't care about it. [00:10:44] See, that's the thing which I find fascinating. [00:10:49] Dispute something. [00:10:52] Counter something. [00:10:56] Say it's not true, but just don't say... [00:10:58] I don't care about it and have that somehow transfer into an answer. [00:11:04] I don't care is not an answer. [00:11:07] You do realize that, right? [00:11:08] It's fascinating to me. [00:11:13] So, that's that. [00:11:15] I think the president after 100 days is great. [00:11:19] Where's Elon? [00:11:20] Do you miss Elon? [00:11:22] Do you miss him? [00:11:23] Do you see where they're talking about now? [00:11:27] Authorizing the payment now to Ashley Babbitt's family. [00:11:29] Don't you see that? [00:11:32] Now let me ask you quickly. [00:11:34] I've got my pad of paper out. [00:11:35] This is a thing called show prep. [00:11:37] This is a term which I hate. [00:11:39] And I have my bag here and I've got my notes. [00:11:42] And I'm going to ask you, and I want you to be my show producer right now. [00:11:47] Give me the top three stories you believe are the most critical. [00:11:53] Top three stories. [00:11:55] I'm going to talk about the necromancy, if you will, on the subway. [00:12:00] And Albert Fish, I'm going to be doing, you know, I do a private subscription kind of thing where I can talk about. [00:12:15] Because, you know, everything that I want to talk about right now, I talk about in AM, but I can't mention it here. [00:12:21] So what is the big subject here? [00:12:24] Cuba is failing. [00:12:26] I want you to think of, you're my producer, and I'm asking you, what are the top three topics that Americans find fascinating? [00:12:34] Not arcane and recondite subjects you find fascinating, but tell me what people find fascinating. [00:12:42] Pakistan and India. [00:12:43] Nope, that's not going to work. [00:12:44] People don't care about that. [00:12:45] Pope Trump? [00:12:47] Okay. [00:12:48] Come on, Laurie. [00:12:49] Let's get with the program. [00:12:50] What is the big subject right now? [00:12:52] Necromancy is too disgusting to talk about. [00:12:55] Necromancy, by the way, is talking to the dead. [00:12:57] You're talking about necrophilia. [00:12:59] That's a different story. [00:13:00] Necromancy. [00:13:01] Now, if there is a story that is gripping the entire world involving having one's way with a corpse on a train, am I supposed to ignore it? [00:13:20] Is that what I'm supposed to do? [00:13:22] Am I supposed to ignore it because it's gross? [00:13:25] Come on. [00:13:27] I'm waiting. [00:13:28] Let's go. [00:13:29] Thank you, Kimberly. [00:13:30] Kimberly Kennedy, ladies and gentlemen. [00:13:32] What's the story? [00:13:34] Come on, let's go. [00:13:35] Top three that people will be absolutely thrilled about. [00:13:41] Conspiracies are fact while evolution is still theory. [00:13:44] Evolution is not a theory. [00:13:46] Evolution is a fact. [00:13:49] And that's a very good one. [00:13:52] It's a fact versus theory. [00:13:54] You do know that gravity is a fact, but the theories behind gravity, they didn't know if there were... [00:14:03] Was it the Newtonian model? [00:14:06] Was it the Einsteinian model? [00:14:07] But while they debated about gravity, who was it? [00:14:12] Somebody said the apples didn't... [00:14:14] Suspend in air. [00:14:16] Evolution is a fact in some cases, though I'm thinking that there may be something to it. [00:14:24] There are other folks who were suggesting that this burst of development was so great that evolutionary models don't explain. [00:14:38] So that's very good. [00:14:40] You kind of got that monkey look. [00:14:43] Thank you very much. [00:14:44] Remember, we need better trolls here. [00:14:47] That ain't gonna work. [00:14:48] But I appreciate it. [00:14:49] It's cute. [00:14:49] Okay, evolution. [00:14:50] What else is there? [00:14:51] Come on. [00:14:53] Do you think people are still tired or tired at all about the notion of Epstein? [00:15:00] Do you think people are... [00:15:01] Because I'm not even close to that yet. [00:15:03] I could talk about Epstein all the time. [00:15:07] Royals and Harry lost in his appeal. [00:15:10] I think Epstein is still critical. [00:15:12] I think that... [00:15:14] That's one of those things that we are forever going to be. [00:15:18] Let me turn, how's the music? [00:15:21] There we go, that's the speaker. [00:15:23] Evolution is right, but all of it isn't as far as Adam and Eve. [00:15:28] I don't know what that means. [00:15:29] Does anybody here believe in Adam and Eve? [00:15:31] I know it's a stupid question. [00:15:32] Do you actually believe in two people, Adam and Eve? [00:15:38] That's a great question. === Voir Dire Dilemmas (01:54) === [00:15:40] Do you believe in Adam, two people? [00:15:42] Adam and Eve. [00:15:43] Oh, jury selection of Diddy. [00:15:45] That's good. [00:15:46] Jury selection Diddy. [00:15:48] Okay, Diddy. [00:15:52] Ooh, you know what? [00:15:53] That's a whole thing about voir dire. [00:15:54] That's very good. [00:15:55] I think that might be good. [00:15:57] Does anybody believe? [00:15:59] Come on, Justin. [00:15:59] Get with the program. [00:16:00] Does anybody believe there were two people? [00:16:02] Adam and then Eve. [00:16:05] Anybody? [00:16:06] Anybody at all? [00:16:08] Okay, my friends. [00:16:09] Well, listen. [00:16:11] Did Shakespeare write the mainstream? [00:16:13] You have Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. [00:16:15] I know, Adam and Steve. [00:16:17] You know that's the oldest reference in the book. [00:16:18] In any event, I'm starting. [00:16:20] You hear this right now? [00:16:22] That's the sound. [00:16:24] That's the sound of the end of this piece. [00:16:26] I'm going to have to go right now. [00:16:28] Go to 77WABC. [00:16:31] Follow me over now. [00:16:32] Go to the ABC app. [00:16:34] 77WABC. [00:16:34] I think it is... [00:16:35] I want to see something here. [00:16:38] I think it is called... [00:16:40] Can you hear this? [00:16:42] The crown jewel. [00:16:43] The crown jewel. [00:16:43] And that it is. [00:16:45] You know, it is number one. [00:16:47] I know people use that term, number one. [00:16:48] They don't really mean it. [00:16:49] They mean it. [00:16:50] This is, by the way, go to wabcradio.com or you can also sign up and get the app. [00:17:00] In any event, dear friends, have a great, great time. [00:17:03] I might see you later. [00:17:04] And by the way, PrepareWithLionel.com. [00:17:08] That's right. [00:17:08] This is an advertisement. [00:17:10] PrepareWithLionel.com. [00:17:11] They're a great product and a great group. [00:17:13] I'll see you later. [00:17:14] I love yous. [00:17:16] I love you. [00:17:17] I honestly love you. [00:17:20] Wasn't that fun? [00:17:21] Thanks for being with us. [00:17:22] And always make sure you stay subscribed here to Lionel Nation because I may just pop up in a cab. [00:17:28] That's my next thing. [00:17:29] All right, dear friends. [00:17:30] Have a great day. [00:17:31] Don't forget, until next time, remember, the monkey's dead. [00:17:33] The show's over.