Episode 234: Starbuck's Secret Menu, Nantucket's Chainsaw Massacre, & A $2,500 Martini

INTRO (0024): Kathleen opens the show drinking a Hipster Dance Party IPA from East Nashville Brew Works. 

 

TOUR NEWS: See Kathleen live on her “Day Drinking Tour.”

 

COURT NEWS (17:04): Kathleen shares news announcing that Cher performed at the Dolce & Gabbana fashion show, Dolly sent a lovely video message to Ozzy Ozborne for his final show, Post Malone is expanding his Big Ass Stadium Tour, and Jelly Roll is going to wrestle at SummerSlam 2025. 

 

TASTING MENU (4:44): Kathleen samples Publix Three Cheese Texas Toast Kettle Chips, Zapp’s New Orleans Style Spicy Cajun Pretzel Stix, and Indiana’s Kitchen Cooked Classic Potato Chips. 

 

UPDATES (28:15): Kathleen shares updates on the Backstreet Boys residency at The Sphere, the CEO of Red Lobster announces a new plan for the crawfish boil meal, the world’s first luxury dog cruise will set sail Nov 2025, and the stowaway captured on a flight to Paris is sentenced. 

 

HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT (42:24): Kathleen reveals that the world’s rarest bear, the Gobi bear, was found in the Mongolian desert. 

 

FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS (50:13) : Kathleen shares articles on the history of pineapples, Starbucks releases its Summer 2025 Secret Menu, Washington DC is planning a new wellness resort, TSA is rolling back the Shoe removal policy, Black Sabbath’s final concert raised $190M for charity, North Korea is pushing for tourism with a new beach resort, the missing Maine paddleboarder might be a victim of a serial killer, a 5-year-old goes on a $3K Amazon shopping spree, cars are catching on fire due to extreme heat in Death Valley, hundreds of Amazon packages arrive at a California woman’s home for over a year, Jane Birkin’s original Hermes bag sells for millions at auction, and a Denver speakeasy adds a $2,500 martini to its menu. 

 

STUPID TOURIST STORIES (46:05): Kathleen reads about a Florida man on meth who commandeered a Key West Conch Train on his birthday. 

 

SAINT OF THE WEEK (1:22:55): Kathleen reads about Saint Bernard of Menthon, patron saint of mountaineers and hikers. 

 

WHAT ARE WE WATCHING (23:20): Kathleen recommends watching the Trainwreck series on Netflix, and Billy Bob Thorton in “Goliath” on Amazon.