The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie
The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie
The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie is a deep dive into the world of popular culture with new episodes every weekday. Join award-winning hosts Steve Barnes (Atlanta) and Leslie Fram (Nashville) as they fly through the latest TV, music, movies, celebrity sleaze, and general observations from the crazy world around us. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio App, Pandora or wherever you get …Social links:
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Step Into the Jury Box: Atlanta's New True Crime Experience
The Morning X talks with Brian Law, the mastermind behind a thrilling new immersive event hitting Atlanta called The Jury Experience. Listen in as Barnes, Leslie, and Crash discover how audiences are ditching the couch to step inside a highly intense, 60-minute interactive courtroom simulation. Fin…
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Chris Dalla Riva: The Man Who Listened to Every #1 Hit
The Morning X sits down with Chris Dalla Riva, a music data analyst who took on the massive challenge of listening to every single Billboard #1 hit since 1958. Discover the reasons why modern pop songs suddenly have over a dozen credited writers, and how modern software has completely blurred the l…
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Top 5 Most Viral Audio of the Week
Listen in as Barnes, Leslie, and Crash break down a rampant new money-transfer app scam that is cleverly tricking kind-hearted people. They also share a piece of rock history involving a legendary modern frontman getting brutally rejected via email by a music icon. Plus, hear a local news anchor co…
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Hood Anchor Ye: Ambushing a Professor Mid-Lecture
The Morning X reacts to a viral video from Hood Anchor Ye, an unorthodox, bathrobe-clad internet journalist they claim to have originally discovered. Listen in as they break down the moment this rogue reporter and his crew bypass campus security to ambush a university professor mid-lecture over som…
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Celeb Sleaze Pt. 2: Stunts, Spoilers, and Crossovers
The Morning X is back with "Celebrity Sleaze", starting with a tease about a mysterious, interactive Atlanta experience that you can literally buy your way into. Things get serious as Barnes and Leslie listen to a famously fearless stuntman describe the long-term mental toll of his most brutal movi…
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Celeb Sleaze Pt. 1: A Rock Legend's Daughter and the Midnight Takedown
Barnes and Leslie start things off on a heavy note by discussing a beloved actress's upcoming memoir that reveals some dark and traumatic childhood secrets. The mood quickly lightens as they react to an eccentric rapper's massive, all-expenses-paid Vegas invitation to a very specific group of star …
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Queen's Dating Game Deception
The Morning X gets a highly anticipated update on a recent radio dating match, but the romance is immediately derailed by a massive, deal-breaking secret. Listen in as Barnes, Leslie, and Jimmy interrogate the unapologetic contestant who played the game despite being completely off the market. Howe…
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Betrayal in the Virgin Islands
The Morning X opens the phone lines to hear one of the most brutal vacation disaster stories in radio history. Listen in as a caller recounts an expensive romantic getaway to the Virgin Islands that went completely off the rails within the first ten minutes. Discover what happened when a casual wal…
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Three Knives, a Gun, and the President
The Morning X puts on their investigative journalism hats to call a man who just made national news for a highly alarming, heavily armed blunder. Listen in as this casual "entertainer" attempts to explain why he accidentally strolled into a building hosting the President of the United States while …
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Queen Weekend's Rundown: Serial Killers and The Golden Girls
The Queen arrives to deliver the most unhinged weekend event guide. Listen in as they roast a professional sports team's incredibly unfortunate logo, debate the return of the "plumber's crack" fashion trend, and try to play matchmaker for a popular touring comedian. Plus, they completely lose it ov…
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