The NewsWorthy - More Travel Headaches, Musk’s $1T Pay Plan & Music Legends Honored – Friday, November 7, 2025

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We'll tell you how the shutdown is now forcing widespread flight cancellations — and whether lawmakers are any closer to a deal.

Also, the end of an era in Congress as one of the most powerful leaders decides to call it a career.

And the cold snap stretching across a wide swath of the country starting today.

Plus: the plan that could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire, the government's new deal for cheaper weight-loss drugs, and the classic Christmas spectacle that just returned to New York City.

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What A Day - If Not A Recession, Why Does It Feel Like One?

After Tuesday’s election results, everyone seems to have gotten the message that affordability is king. Democrats, Republicans, and even President Donald Trump have been talking about the costs of various things, like healthcare, groceries, and Thanksgiving dinner ever since. But for a lot of Americans, making ends meet has been hard for a while. To talk more about the disconnect between what the Trump administration is saying about the economy and how Americans are feeling, we spoke with Stacy Vanek Smith. She’s a reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek and co-host of the Bloomberg podcast, Everybody’s Business.

And in headlines, the Federal Aviation Administration cancels flights across the U.S. reportedly to ease the strain on air traffic controllers during the longest ever government shutdown, California Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi announces her retirement after nearly 40 years in Congress, and the jury in the case of the man who slung twelve inches of vigilante justice at a federal officer has reached its verdict.

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WSJ Tech News Briefing - Ford’s ‘Modern Model T’ May Be Heading to the EV Scrapyard

Ford is thinking of scrapping the electric version of its F-150 pickup, once hailed as a ‘smartphone that can tow.’ WSJ reporter Sharon Terlep explains why the news is a flashpoint in America’s bumpy road towards EV adoption. Plus, robot swarms are coming. WSJ contributor Jackie Snow is here to tell you why not to panic.


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The Best One Yet - 🦈 “Doo-Doo-Doo” — Baby Shark’s IPO. 85% off Ozempic. Lyft CEO David Risher. +Restaurant Hottie AI

President Trump struck a deal with Big Pharma for $150 GLP-1 drugs… a total euro move.

On the 10th anniversary of the Baby Shark video… its owner PinkFong IPO’d at a $400 million valuation.

Lyft’s CEO celebrated their best quarter yet… by joining The Best One Yet in-studio

LooksMapping ranks restaurants by the hotness of their diners.


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Native America Calling - Friday, November 7, 2025 – Native Playlist: PIQSIQ, Blaine Bailey, and LOV

Throat-singing Inuit sisters Tiffany Ayalik and Inuksuk Mackay released their sixth album, offering a soundtrack to the traditional stories they grew up with. “Legends” blends PIQSIQ’s cultural improvisational technique with sophisticated studio production.

First Nations Cree singer LOV is on tour, propelled by the success of the video releases for the singles, “Matriarch” and “Mama“. Her upbeat soulful, rhythmic style invokes Amy Winehouse, but LOV has a message all her own drawn from her roots on her Treaty Six Reserve.

Country crooner Blaine Bailey barely blinked after getting eliminated from the musical competition reality show, “The Road“. He hit the road with his own tour singing songs from his album, “Indian Country“, with a classic sound built around lyrics full of Native pride.

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Blaine Bailey (United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians), singer and songwriter

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Tiffany Ayalik (Inuit), singer and songwriter for the duo PIQSIQ

Inuksuk Mackay (Inuit), singer and songwriter for the duo PIQSIQ

 

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Short Wave - Fall foliage is still a mystery: Why do some leaves turn red?

Scientists know why leaves turn yellow in the fall: Chlorophyll breaks down, revealing the yellow pigment that was there all along. But red? Red is a different story altogether. Leaves have to make a new pigment to turn red. Why would a dying leaf do that? Scientists don’t really know. NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce reports on the leading hypotheses out there.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Can air traffic controllers keep calm and carry on — without pay?

There’s one job that gets all the attention during a government shutdown: air traffic controllers. Today on the show, we spotlight why this job has taken on outsize political influence and one controller’s experience during the longest shutdown on record. 

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | The Nick Fuentes Problem

Nick Fuentes—an openly antisemitic, openly racist, openly sexist type who once was persona non grata in all but the unseemliest of online spaces—sat down with former Fox News star Tucker Carlson this week, setting off a debate between the “whoa whoa whoa, we’re not Nazis over here” branch of conservatives and the “well now, hold on a minute” wing.


Guest: Ali Breland, staff writer for The Atlantic and author of “The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling.” 


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NPR's Book of the Day - Reese Witherspoon, Harlan Coben and Chris Kraus are out with new crime thrillers

Today’s episode features two new crime thrillers written by big names. First, Harlan Coben says he stopped in his tracks when Reese Witherspoon asked to collaborate on a novel. In today’s episode, the co-authors speak with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly about their collaboration on Gone Before Goodbye. Then, I Love Dick author Chris Kraus took an autofiction approach to her crime novel The Four Spent the Day Together. In an interview with NPR’s Elissa Nadworny, Kraus describes the protagonist as “me at the moment of the story.”


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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #500 – “The Quincentenary” with Mr. Goodnight & Dr. Pat Reilly

In this episode, ALL of the Goods from the Woods Boys are in the house for the 500th episode of our podcast. First up, Rivers, Sam, and Carter are hangin' out at Disgraceland Studios, chuggin' a retro JOLT Cola, and talkin' about Carter's face being all over the 2025 World Series. We answer questions from our beloved listeners and Three Days Grace's "Animal I Have Become" is our JAM OF THE WEEK! Then, Rivers hops on the Zoom and catches up with our co-host emeriti, Dr. Pat Reilly and the Sepulveda Cowboy himself, Mr. Goodnight! Thank you to every single one of our listeners! We are so happy to bring the show to you each and every week. Y'all are the best. Follow the show on Twitter @TheGoodsPod. Rivers is @RiversLangley Sam is @SlamHarter Carter is @Carter_Glascock Subscribe on Patreon for the UNCUT video version of this episode as well as TONS of bonus content! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt here: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod