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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Brands Treated Like a Religion Pt. 2
The Morning X opens the phone lines to tackle a fascinating topic: which massive household brands do people treat like an absolute religion? Listen in as Barnes, Leslie, Crash, and callers debate the cult-like devotion to everything from a massively popular, pajama-selling gas station chain to the …
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Brands Treated Like a Religion Pt. 1
The Morning X dives into the fascinating world of cult-like consumerism, asking listeners to name the massive household brands they treat like an absolute religion. After Barnes, Leslie, and Crash expose their own extreme loyalties to everything from tech giants to regional fast food, the phone lin…
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The Morning X's March Streaming Picks
Barnes and Leslie break down a massive, star-studded month of new television. Listen in as they tease a gritty, 19th-century origin story for a legendary literary detective, a high-octane military training exercise that suddenly turns into a desperate fight against an unimaginable, otherworldly thr…
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Celebrity Sleaze: Hollywood Allegations and International Travel Blunders
Listen in as Barnes and Leslie break down how a famous actor's son managed to get completely stranded in South America due to a highly avoidable, dual-citizenship passport mix-up. They also dive into some serious celebrity drama, discussing a troubled star's latest New Orleans arrest and his bizarr…
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Bill Paxton Pt. 2: Jam Bands and Blockbusters
The Morning X continues their sit-down with Bill Paxton. Listen in as the star recounts a traffic encounter with a young A-lister right before they began filming the biggest movie in history. The actor also shares some terrifying stories about his famous director's highly dangerous deep-sea dives t…
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Bill Paxton Pt. 1: Psychedelics, Fish Heads, and Candy Sticks
The Morning X sits down with the beloved, relentlessly consistent Bill Paxton for an entertaining live interview. Listen in as the star reveals the true story of the night a disgruntled crew member spiked the clam chowder with a powerful psychedelic on the set of one of the biggest blockbusters in …
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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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