{"id":15686,"date":"2021-03-16T16:54:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T20:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=15686"},"modified":"2021-03-16T16:58:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T20:58:14","slug":"mp3-thumping-fbi-rascality-on-philly-radio-with-rich-zeoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/16\/mp3-thumping-fbi-rascality-on-philly-radio-with-rich-zeoli\/","title":{"rendered":"MP3 Thumping FBI Rascality on Philly Radio with Rich Zeoli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/radio-philly-vyzaGPRa_400x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15689 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/radio-philly-vyzaGPRa_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/radio-philly-vyzaGPRa_400x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/radio-philly-vyzaGPRa_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Philly WPHT talk show host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radio.com\/1210wpht\/podcasts\/rich-zeoli-show-260\"><strong>Rich Zeoli<\/strong> <\/a>had me on his show this morn to talk about FBI rascality and the perils of chatting with G-men who show up on your doorstep.\u00a0 Interview was spurred by my American Conservative piece on Saturday, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/will-fbi-chats-send-conservatives-to-prison\/\"><strong>Will FBI &#8216;Chats&#8217; Send Conservatives to Prison?<\/strong><\/a>&#8221;\u00a0 We talked about the landmark Supreme Court decision that made FBI interviews far more perilous as well as the FBI shenanigans in the Michael Flynn and Orlando Pulse Nightclub massacre cases.<\/p>\n<p>Rich is a hardline, high-energy host.\u00a0\u00a0 Still adjusting to Daylight Savings Time in this neck of the wood; my alarm malfunctioned so it was a caffeine-free interview.\u00a0 What the heck, at least I remembered how I felt about the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to or download the 10 minute exchange by clicking below.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15686-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JPB-radio-EXTRACT-PHILLY-RADIO-Bernie_still_outraged_over_Amazon_and_Walmart_James_Bovard_joins_the_program_N-Part.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JPB-radio-EXTRACT-PHILLY-RADIO-Bernie_still_outraged_over_Amazon_and_Walmart_James_Bovard_joins_the_program_N-Part.mp3\">https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/JPB-radio-EXTRACT-PHILLY-RADIO-Bernie_still_outraged_over_Amazon_and_Walmart_James_Bovard_joins_the_program_N-Part.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philly WPHT talk show host Rich Zeoli had me on his show this morn to talk about FBI rascality and the perils of chatting with G-men who show up on your doorstep.\u00a0 Interview was spurred by my American Conservative piece on Saturday, &#8220;Will FBI &#8216;Chats&#8217; Send Conservatives to Prison?&#8221;\u00a0 We talked about the landmark Supreme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1067,2727,47,1692,2728,214,2729,2726],"class_list":["post-15686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-entrapment","tag-false-statements-act","tag-fbi","tag-form-302","tag-michael-flynn","tag-mp3-2","tag-philadelphia","tag-rich-zeoli"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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