Tune in here to this Friday edition of The Brett Winterble Show!

Brett kicks off the show with Pete Kaliner for the long-awaited Friday Hangover, and the conversation goes exactly where you’d expect—everywhere. From playful ribbing about names, letters, umlauts, schwas, and radio mispronunciations, Brett and Pete ease listeners into the morning with sharp wit and off-the-cuff humor. The duo then pivots to more serious territory, reacting to student walkouts, ideological activism in schools, and the long-term consequences of politicized education. Pete breaks down how different systems identify “top performers,”

Later we’re joined by Don Brown to discuss the growing political firestorm surrounding what Brett has dubbed the “Cooper COVID scam” and its implications for public safety in North Carolina. Brown, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, lays out his case against former Governor Roy Cooper, arguing that pandemic-era policies were used to justify the release of roughly 3,500 inmates—decisions he says reflect a long pattern of being soft on crime. The conversation digs into accountability, including questions about the role of then–Attorney General Josh Stein, and whether state leadership bears responsibility for the consequences that followed.

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