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The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie

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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 pop culture observations from the crazy world around us. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio App, Pandora or wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to the show in Atlanta on 99X (100.5 FM) or via the 99X app. Others

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6:34

99X Characters: Where Are They Now? Pt. 2

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/24

The Morning X continues its "Where Are They Now?" series, digging into the archives to track down memorable 99X characters. The segment features an update on Rich Shertenleib, and an "APB" for a character whose current whereabouts are unknown: Angry Chris. Listen as Angry Chris launches into a rant against women. Find out why he believes the garage is his domain and how he feels about women setting the clock for when sex should happen. This is from the Best of The Morning X vault. The Morning X with

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8:22

99X Characters: Where Are They Now? Pt. 1

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/24

The Morning X dives into the vault to find out "Where are they now?" as they track down legendary characters who came through the doors over the years. Find out why traffic correspondentCrash Clark is the master of "failing up," moving to better gigs despite multiple firings and suspensions from 99X. Then, revisit the famous bit where intern Doug Harding was launched toward the heavens attached to balloons.Find out where Doug landed and what stable corporate career he found. Barnes, Leslie, Jimmy,

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5:22

Dates From Hell Pt. 3

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/24

The Morning X continues the "Dates from Hell," revealing how two men handled their terrible dating experiences. Hear from John, who reveals he chose a date from Yahoo Personals against his "better judgment". After she spent the ride berating him, John reached his limit when she bragged she "could go home with any of these guys" in Buckhead. Find out his immediate solution. The segment heats up with Dusty, who had the opposite problem: a gorgeous Buckhead date with an attitude. Listen as Dusty

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5:59

Dates From Hell Pt. 2

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/24

The Morning X delves back into the listener-favorite topic of "Dates from Hell". Listener Eric calls in to confess his date disaster, explaining that when he met his high school friend's setup at a restaurant. Hear Eric detail the strategy he used to disappear. Find out how his friend reacted when they ran into each other later at a party. Then, Barnes, Leslie, and Jimmy take calls from the University of Georgia, where Valerie explains why she ditched her "complete nerd" Tech date. The chaos

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10:57

Dates From Hell Pt. 1

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/24

The Morning X revisits the trend of "Dates from Hell", where people literally walk out in the middle of the meal. Barnes, Leslie, and Jimmy debate the etiquette of cutting a date short, contrasting the polite exit. They bring in Barnes's college friend, Travis, who proceeds to expose Barnes’s legendary college exit. Find out how Barnes handled the situation by embracing "fight or flight mode" and leaving Travis to make excuses. Crash confesses to his own date catastrophe in 1987. Hear the

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9:25

Instagram Class for Old People: Gail Baron’s Tech...

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/24

The Morning X opens with Jimmy sharing a story about his recent trip to Palm Springs to visit his 87-year-old mother, Gail. While sitting around, Gail picked up Jimmy's phone and began scrolling through his Instagram feed. The segment takes a turn when Jimmy realizes his mother is blindly "liking pictures" posted by an acquaintance—the father of his son Micah's classmate—of his teenage daughter in a "skimpy, skimpy, barely covering anything bikini". In a panic, Jimmy grabs the phone to

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7:25

Dave Matthews Pt. 2: Advice, Secrets, and Rumors

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/24

The Morning X resumes the interview with rock star Dave Matthews, where Barnes, Leslie, and Jimmy pepper him with questions from the "Morning X box." Matthews reveals he still lives in Charlottesville, despite the local university conspiring against him by refusing to let his band play there due to women's field hockey. The interview takes a bizarre turn when they ask what every man and woman should be able to try at least once in their lifetime. Matthews delivers an immediate answer: "Liberally

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4:08

Dave Matthews Pt. 1: Joke, Accent, and Commercial...

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/24

The Morning X welcomes Dave Matthews to the studio. They immediately challenge the rock star to tell his best party joke. Matthews delivers a joke involving nuns, holy water, and penises. Hear the commentary as Matthews critiques American sports broadcasting, slamming "Budweiser" for "stuffing their fat swelling cells in" commercial breaks. Finally, Dave reveals a truth about his speech: when his distinctive accent is noticeable, it means he is "fibbing". Additionally, discover why he only played a

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5:52

The '90s Defined Pt. 3

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/24

The Morning X drops back into its interview with Rob Harvilla, host of the highly-rated podcast 60 Songs That Explain the '90s. Harvilla discusses the resurgence of '90s music, now soundtracking modern "prestige TV" like The Bear and Yellowjackets. Harvilla notes that bands like R.E.M. were part of 99X’s "DNA," and he’s thrilled they are getting the respect they deserve in this resurgence. Find out why this comeback is largely driven by show producers in their 40s and 50s, who are

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6:06

The '90s Defined Pt. 2

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/24

The Morning X continues its interview with Rob Harvilla, host of the highly-rated podcast 60 Songs That Explain the '90s. Harvilla discusses the arduous process of selecting songs for the show.The discussion shifts to why '90s music endures, with Harvilla suggesting the decade was the"last gasp" of the "monoculture," where people felt they were all listening to the same things before the internet caused everything to atomize. Finally, hear Harvilla reveal the most personal piece of "hate mail" he

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8:13

The '90s Defined Pt. 1

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/24

The Morning X welcomes major rock critic and 60 Songs That Explain the '90s podcast host, Rob Harvilla. Harvilla explains why the music listeners loved as teenagers forms their lifelong identity, calling the '90s era distinct and influential. The discussion turns wild when Harvilla recounts the most surreal moment of his entire career: an iconic rock star revealed and sangpreviously unreleased, alternate lyrics to Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" directly to him via Zoom. Find out how this

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2:23

The Rockstar Flight Word Problem Pt. 2

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/21

The Morning X challenges listeners with the "Rockstar flight" word problem. The premise is simple but brutal: decide which of five rock stars—Billy Corgan, Sheryl Crow, Courtney Love, Anthony Kiedis, and Gavin Rossdale—you would sit next to, push out of the airplane, or join the Mile High Club with. Listen as listener Jamie calls in to reveal his shocking picks. Hear Barnes, Leslie, and Crash suggest that Jamie may be "too old for Anthony Kiedis". Finally, stick around for the debate on

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7:40

The Rockstar Flight Word Problem Pt. 1

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/21

Listeners are challenged to select one rock star from the list—Billy Corgan, Sheryl Crow, Courtney Love, Anthony Kiedis, and Gavin Rossdale—to sit next to, one to join the Mile High Club with, and one to "push out of the airplane". Listen to Barnes, Leslie, and Crash reveal their choices. Find out which rock star is deemed a "train wreck" but perfect for the Mile High Club, and who is thrown out because they "bring no value". Listeners call in with their own decisions. This is from the

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9:38

Ask Us Anything

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/21

The Morning X opens the vault for "Ask Us Anything," and they are immediately put on the spot. Hear the story of how Crash's co-workers ran a secret pool based on his commitment. The conversation pivots to their bizarre sleep schedules.Then, listeners demand the answer to the most awkward question in radio:"What are your salaries?" One person claims to be making "$8 an hour," while they force a listener to guess their true collective income. Finally, Barnes reveals the simple but surprising reason

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6:16

The Alanis Debate: Three Girls, One Pair of Coveted...

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/21

The Morning Xoffers a coveted ticket package to see Alanis Morissette, which includes a private session and the concert. They bring three teenage listeners onto the air, but there’s a catch: they only haveone pair of tickets and must figure out which single person gets to go. Listen as the girls are put on hold to "discuss it, fight about it, talk about it" and reach an agreement.When The Morning X returns, the girls reveal they haven't agreed and try to force the show to pick a winner using a

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6:32

Bob Puts Clark Howard on the Spot

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/21

The Morning X introduces listener Bob, who gets to meet his biggest celebrity crush on the air. Bob admits he has had a"huge crush on Clark for years," believing the consumer advocate is the "most handsome man on television". Listen as Jimmy successfully puts Clark Howard on the spot by patching him through live.The conversation takes a hilarious turn as Bob seeks advice for his upcoming trip toSalt Lake City, asking Clark about the "gay thing" there. Clark provides his signature travel wisdom. Bob

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7:45

Reliving Tommy Lee’s Legendary Home Invasion Wake-Up

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/21

The Morning X revisits its legendary "Home Invasion" stunt, where they would surprise listeners by broadcasting live from their homes at 6:00 a.m. This segment focuses on the iconic time Tommy Lee delivered a legendary drum solo on a listener's Chamblee front lawn as a "wake up" call. Barnes and Leslie are shocked when Mary, the actual winner of the Home Invasion from 28 years ago, calls in to relive the morning. Mary details how she won the contest by submitting a creative invitation involving a

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10:34

Stop the Panic: A Germ Expert Debunks Anthrax Hysteria

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/21

The Morning X discusses the anthrax scareby bringing a surprising expert into the studio:Dr. Bob Begoian, a biochemist and germ expert. Jimmy expresses anger that constant news headlines like "anthrax scare" are whipping people into a panic. Listen as Dr. Begoian defines anthrax, explaining that the spore form is "really nasty", but notes that inhaling the required 10,000 spores is "very, very rare".The doctor addresses the public frenzy around the antibiotic Cipro, explaining why the mad dash to

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8:45

Fram GPT: Leslie's Acting Failure and the AI Expert

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/21

The Morning X confronts the widespread "fear of Chat GPT" by exploring its newest capability: a live phone version accessed via a 1-800 number. Leslie calls the AI expert for help. Listen as the AI critiques Leslie's performance of iconic movie quotes. The AI praises her emotion but suggests crucial adjustments. The segment derails when Barnes takes over, aggressively trying to get the AI to dig up"dirt" or "insider secrets" on Leslie. Find out how the AI handles the request for gossip and if it is

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5:02

Jimmy Delivers Pizza Pt. 2

The Morning X with Barnes & Leslie ·

2025/11/20

The Morning X continues the saga of Jimmy's secret pizza delivery job. The segment picks up withJimmy on two deliveries that reveal new Domino's policies. First, tune in to hear a customer's absolute disbelief when Jimmy arrives with two "large" pizzas that are only about 4 inches in diameter. Next, listen to the most unbelievable delivery yet: two large pizzas that are completelyuncooked.When the exasperated customer tries to return the uncooked food, Jimmy refuses, stating, "I can't take them

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