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A donut emergency, a lower-back tattoo identity crisis, and the possibility of cloning your hair before it abandons you. Science is moving forward. Humanity? Debatable.
Welcome back to The Rizzuto Show, the funny podcast where St. Louis news, rock music, weird science, questionable fashion choices, and an alarming amount of food talk somehow become a perfectly normal morning.
Rizz, Moon, Lern, Rafe, and special guest Devon are back with another round of daily comedy and sarcastic commentary, and this time we're tackling the important issues: Can you freeze your hair for future use? Is a tramp stamp still a tramp stamp if Gen Z calls it a cake topper? And how are we supposed to maintain a healthy diet when St. Louis keeps producing incredible donuts?
First, the crew gets ready for Greek Fire's upcoming show at Delmar Hall, where Moon promises at least three new songs. Rizz has already heard some of the music, Lern wants to experience it live, and Rafe suggests the new material might sound suspiciously like André 3000's flute album. Moon assures everyone there will be no flute. Apparently, the oboe-and-tuba market remains wide open.
That launches a trip through rock history as Rizz remembers footage of Dave Mustaine wandering onto the stage during a Guns N' Roses performance. The gang debates Megadeth versus Metallica, the unforgettable artwork of Vic Rattlehead and Iron Maiden's Eddie, and whether some music fans treat choosing a favorite metal band like declaring allegiance in an international conflict.
Then it's time for weird news, beginning with a mysterious vandal spray-painting religious messages around Blue Springs, Missouri. The gang agrees that having a message doesn't give you permission to redecorate somebody else's building.
But that's nothing compared to Lern's latest update from the Rizz Show Apocalypse Desk.
Apparently, another predicted date for the Rapture has come and gone, and Lern forgot to warn everybody until afterward. The crew debates doomsday predictions, followers who reportedly made drastic financial decisions, and what the end of the world would actually look like. Would people float into the sky? Disappear instantly? Deflate like balloons?
These are the theological questions that can only be answered by a room full of radio personalities who were supposed to be discussing the news.
Back in St. Louis, the mood turns serious when the gang discusses a fire at Old Town Donuts in Florissant. Thankfully, the report says nobody was injured, but the beloved local donut shop has the crew thinking about favorite pastries, simple glazed classics, long johns, and the sacred art of eating a grocery-store donut before you reach your car.
Unfortunately, Moon has recently eliminated added sugar from his diet, which means every conversation about donuts is now an act of psychological warfare. Rizz has also been cutting carbs and says he's down 15 pounds, but his strategy includes watching elaborate pasta and cheese videos with the concentration of a man studying for the bar exam. Lern catches him in the act. Rizz insists watching food videos helps him resist temptation. Nobody else is particularly convinced.
The food obsession continues when the gang celebrates Three Kings Public House at St. Louis Lambert International Airport being recognized in a USA Today readers' poll for best airport bar. From there, it's a tour of surprisingly good gas-station cuisine, including QuikTrip, Casey's, Wawa, Sheetz, barbecue, fried chicken, and unexpected international food finds around the St. Louis area.
Moon and Rafe also share the glorious spectacle of watching intoxicated customers attempt to order food at a Wawa after the bars close. Sometimes the biggest challenge isn't choosing a sandwich. It's remembering your own name when the employee calls it.
Then comes the cultural debate nobody knew we needed. Gen Z wants to rebrand the tramp stamp. The suggested replacement? Cake topper. Other contenders include bumper sticker and booty mark, because apparently the English language needed more ways to describe a tattoo directly above somebody's rear end.
Lern proudly admits she got her lower-back tattoo almost immediately after turning 18, then shares how her younger sister accidentally exposed the secret to her family. Moon reveals that he also has a tramp stamp, except his came from a questionable tattoo shop next to a former North County adult establishment, and the experience has not aged particularly well.
The crew debates tattoo regrets, changing slang, generational differences, and why a new name doesn't necessarily make a terrible decision any better.
Next, couples are apparently taking up pole dancing together as a workout, a bonding activity, and even an alternative to the traditional wedding dance. Lern and Moon appreciate the athleticism and strength involved, while Rizz struggles to imagine himself gracefully spinning around anything.
Rafe recalls performing stand-up at an event where aerial performers, contortionists, paintings, and a man wearing goat horns while playing a pan flute were all competing for attention. It's hard to win over a comedy crowd when the circus is literally happening above your head.
Then, this funny podcast dives headfirst into the future of baldness. Scientists are exploring experimental hair banking and hair cloning, which could someday allow people to preserve hair follicles and potentially grow new hair from them. The process isn't FDA-approved, and the technology still has major limitations, but that doesn't stop the gang from imagining a future where you can order somebody else's luxurious surfer hair like a custom accessory.
Moon wonders whether he could borrow another man's hair. Lern considers the possibilities for beards. Rafe, naturally, finds a way to make the conversation considerably less sophisticated.
The gang also discusses hair-loss genetics, family baldness, hair transplants, and why the lengths people go to preserve a hairline can get pretty intense.
Plus, the crew explores trending Halloween costumes, because nothing says spooky season like trying to explain an internet-reference costume to someone who has absolutely no idea who you're supposed to be.
From Old Town Donuts and St. Louis food favorites to hair cloning, tattoo regrets, metal legends, doomsday predictions, and couples pole dancing, Episode 88 delivers the weird news, funny stories, and pop culture chaos that make The Rizzuto Show a daily St. Louis tradition. This funny podcast has everything: donuts you can't eat, hair you can't clone yet, tattoos you can't undo, and an apocalypse that apparently forgot to show up. At least the radio show was on time. Mostly.
What if criminals only robbed other criminals? Who's listening through your shopping apps? And how did Prince end up in a pillow fight with Sinéad O'Connor?
Chaos begins when Rafe sends Rizz a viral video asking a truly unhinged question: Why don't criminals just rob registered sex offenders instead of innocent people?
The internet apparently believes it has discovered a loophole in the criminal justice system. The crew debates the ridiculous premise, Rafe invents an increasingly elaborate Liam Neeson-style hostage scenario, and everybody repeatedly reminds listeners that breaking into someone's house is, in fact, a crime.
Yes, even when your imaginary movie plot makes it sound convenient. But the conversation takes a much stranger turn when Lern decides to investigate the sex offender registry around her neighborhood. What follows is a spectacularly uncomfortable live rabbit hole.
Lern discovers just how much information is available through online registry maps, Moon warns her that she's about to ruin her own day, and Rafe predicts she's going to turn her house into a detective headquarters complete with red string and an evidence board.
The gang discusses neighborhood safety, the unsettling details that appear in public records, and why knowing what's around you can be useful without turning every evening into an episode of Criminal Minds.
And somehow, a discussion about public safety turns into the crew examining one particularly bizarre physical description in a registry listing.
We would explain more, but some things are better left to the actual audio.
Then the conversation shifts from neighborhood surveillance to your phone potentially surveilling you. Missouri's attorney general has announced a lawsuit against Temu, alleging serious problems involving consumer data, tracking, privacy, deceptive pricing, and counterfeit merchandise.
The crew discusses the accusations, the dangers of suspiciously cheap shopping apps, and whether a $4 dress is really a bargain when it arrives looking like a napkin with sleeves.
Rafe shares a story about someone ordering a couch that turned out to be practically dollhouse-sized. Moon talks about his kids discovering the joys of cheap online clothing, and Lern admits she's already suspicious that her messaging apps are listening to conversations that nobody should ever hear. Nothing says modern technology like wondering whether your phone knows too much about you while you're trying to buy a discount lamp.
Next, it's time for Crap on Celebrities, where rock history, Hollywood rumors, and entertainment news collide. First up: Sonic Temple 2027. The festival is adding bands including Primus, Clutch, and Crowbar, which gives Rizz an opportunity to confess his newfound obsession with Clutch. After years of somehow missing the band, he's convinced they'll dominate his Spotify listening recap. Better late than never. Especially when you're several decades late.
The crew also discusses reports that Led Zeppelin's “Stairway to Heaven” is being used in a trailer for Greta Gerwig's upcoming Chronicles of Narnia adaptation.
Considering how difficult Zeppelin music has historically been to license, the gang wonders what finally convinced everyone to open the vault. Maybe Robert Plant is secretly a huge Narnia guy. Stranger things have happened.
Then comes one of the episode's strangest celebrity stories.
A new book revisits Sinéad O'Connor's account of an alleged confrontation with Prince, including her claim that an encounter at his home involved a pillow fight that turned hostile. The crew can't get past the pillow-fight detail. Rizz imagines Prince loading his pillowcase with something considerably less fluffy, Moon debates the singer's physical stature, and the whole conversation inevitably wanders toward Dave Chappelle's legendary Prince basketball sketch.
Meanwhile, Guns N' Roses are reportedly looking toward studio work after touring, although the gang struggles to remember the band's recent songs.
In more somber rock news, the show remembers David Surkamp of St. Louis band Pavlov's Dog, discussing his distinctive voice, the group's local legacy, and its international following.
The celebrity roundup keeps moving with Kelsey Grammer's reported new medical drama, a strange allegation involving Jennifer Aniston and an embarrassing gift, and discussion of serious allegations against Russell Brand.
The crew also spots a familiar St. Louis face: Scott Bakula at a St. Louis CITY SC match. Rafe remembers the old STL Up Late crew's running dream of getting Bakula to appear on their show. Sadly, the Quantum Leap star never materialized out of thin air. Apparently time travel has its limits. Then it's awards season for the most important honor nobody can adequately explain.
Anthony Edwards' satirical Believe That Awards are back, and the crew debates Justin Bieber being named White Boy of the Year.
Rizz makes the case for Tom Holland. Moon considers Erling Haaland. Travis Kelce enters the conversation. Nobody agrees on the criteria, which feels appropriate for an award show that also includes a category called the Bring Your Ass Award. Rizz wants to win that one. He just needs somebody to explain what it means first.
There's also talk of a Mike Tyson documentary that gets Rizz unexpectedly emotional, celebrity birthdays, and the usual assortment of entertainment trivia that somehow produces more questions than answers.
Along the way, the show continues its October fundraising efforts for Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, thanking local sponsors and highlighting opportunities to support the cause, including Greek Fire's upcoming show at Delmar Hall.
Because even this crew occasionally manages to do something productive between bad jokes.
From a completely ridiculous vigilante robbery debate to online privacy scares, rock legends, St. Louis music history, celebrity controversies, and award-show nonsense, Episode 12 has the strange stories and sarcastic humor that keep The Rizzuto Show gloriously off the rails.
If you like a funny podcast that can jump from neighborhood safety to tiny couches to Prince's alleged pillow-fighting techniques without missing a beat, you've found your people. It's weird news, celebrity chaos, and St. Louis comedy all wrapped up in one funny podcast. And for the record: please don't rob anybody. The legal department would like at least one peaceful morning.
One paperclip. One hour. Two hundred people searching your house. One million dollars on the line. And somehow Moon's plan involves a dead bird.
Welcome back to The Rizzuto Show, the funny podcast where a perfectly innocent hypothetical becomes a criminal investigation, St. Louis parking lots deserve their own horror franchise, and the crew discovers that apparently you can turn complaining about your hometown into an actual career.
Rafe Williams is heading to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a weekend of comedy shows and his first experience at a major college football game. He's going to Michigan Stadium, better known as the Big House, to watch the Wolverines take on Penn State in front of more than 100,000 people. For a guy who's never attended a massive Division I football game, that's quite an introduction. Rafe scores a last-minute Airbnb just a couple blocks from the stadium, prepares to fly Southwest, and casually mentions that he doesn't have a REAL ID. Nothing like publicly announcing your airport security situation on a morning radio show. But before Rafe can escape to Michigan, Rizz presents the crew with a hypothetical that immediately reveals how disturbingly creative everyone can be when money is involved.
You have one hour to hide a single paperclip somewhere inside your house. Then 200 people get one hour to search for it. If nobody finds it, you win $1 million. Where do you hide it? Simple question. Absolutely horrifying answers.
Lern wants to open an old remote control and hide the paperclip inside the battery compartment, buried deep in that mysterious drawer of cables, chargers, and electronics nobody has touched since 2008. Rizz considers dropping it into a shampoo bottle, hoping nobody thinks to empty every container in the bathroom. Rafe suggests hiding it in plain sight by making it part of the toilet's flushing mechanism. He also considers cereal boxes, plumbing, and several locations that raise legitimate concerns about his understanding of human anatomy. And Moon? Moon decides the best strategy is to find a dead bird in his attic, hide the paperclip inside it, and bury the whole thing in fiberglass insulation. Yes. A dead bird. Apparently, when a million dollars is at stake, Moon becomes the world's least qualified forensic pathologist. The crew debates whether searchers would destroy the plumbing, empty every cereal box, inspect the lint trap, or simply tear the house apart like a SWAT team searching for the world's smallest fugitive.
Listeners throw out their own suggestions, including peanut butter, recessed lighting, and hiding the paperclip among other paperclips. By the end, everybody has a plan. Nobody has a million dollars. And somebody should probably check Moon's attic.
Then the show takes a serious turn with a tragic story from Nagoya, Japan, where a young woman reportedly died after a man jumped from an apartment building and landed on her. The man survived, and the woman's father is pushing for more serious criminal charges. The crew discusses the complicated questions surrounding criminal responsibility, recklessness, mental health, and the devastating consequences for everyone involved. It's a heartbreaking story that sparks a thoughtful conversation about accountability and an unimaginable loss.
But this funny podcast soon returns to familiar territory when a special guest arrives in the studio. Megan, the creator behind the popular STL Ain't Bad social media account, joins The Rizzuto Show with her boyfriend Ian. With nearly 200,000 followers at the time of the conversation, Megan has built a community around a refreshingly simple idea: St. Louis isn't perfect. But it definitely ain't bad.
Megan explains how the account began during the pandemic as a personal project, inspired partly by hearing people from outside Missouri dismiss St. Louis without really knowing anything about it. Instead of pretending the city is flawless, she started celebrating its restaurants, neighborhoods, events, shared experiences, and uniquely St. Louis frustrations. Because loving your hometown doesn't mean you have to defend every pothole. Especially not the Brentwood Promenade parking lot. That particular asphalt nightmare becomes one of the episode's biggest local talking points.
Megan explains why posts about Brentwood Promenade and nostalgia for the old Talayna's bar reliably get St. Louis residents fired up. Everybody has a Brentwood parking story. Nobody has a good one.
The gang also discusses endless highway construction, the old Millennium Hotel, West County childhood memories, and the strange phenomenon of living in a city where everybody seems to know somebody you went to high school with.
St. Louis might be a major metropolitan area, but socially, it's basically a small town with an Arch.
Megan also shares the story of leaving her full-time corporate job to focus on STL Ain't Bad, the challenges of turning social media into a career, and why she thinks education in digital marketing and influencing can actually be valuable. Rizz admits he used to question the idea of getting a degree in social media. Then he remembered that he chose radio as a profession. Suddenly, the whole thing made a lot more sense.
The conversation turns to Megan and Ian's latest business venture, Ain't Bad Booths, a collection of retro-style photo booths popping up around St. Louis.
What began as an idea after waiting in line for a photo booth in freezing New York weather has turned into a local business with locations at City Foundry, Midwestern, and Urban Chestnut, with another planned for the Washington Avenue Food Hall.
Ian helps handle the electronics and customer service side, which means he gets the unexpected pleasure of answering phone calls from people who are shocked an actual human being picked up. The future of technology is incredible. And apparently it still involves somebody asking whether you've tried turning it off and back on.
From there, the crew explores Westport Plaza's comeback, the giant Rawlings baseball glove, and whether that enormous glove should rotate so everybody driving past gets a better view. Lern has thoughts. Naturally.
Megan recommends local restaurants, including Basso, while Ian admits that dating a St. Louis content creator has introduced him to a whole new world of restaurants, concerts, and experiences. Growing up in Catawissa, Missouri, Ian didn't attend his first concert until a recent Post Malone show at Busch Stadium. Moon is horrified. Lern is determined to help. And suddenly Ian is being encouraged to attend Greek Fire at Delmar Hall and potentially experience the joys of crowd surfing. The man came in to support his girlfriend's interview. He may leave with a rock-and-roll homework assignment.
The crew also discusses the excitement of experiencing things for the first time, why trying new activities can make life feel richer, and how Megan's enthusiasm for St. Louis has helped Ian discover places he'd never visited before.
It's a surprisingly wholesome reminder that sometimes the best way to appreciate your hometown is to explore it like a tourist.
From million-dollar paperclip hiding strategies and Michigan football dreams to Brentwood Promenade nightmares, St. Louis nostalgia, social media entrepreneurship, and the city's growing restaurant scene, Episode 116 delivers a little bit of everything.
This funny podcast celebrates the strange, sarcastic, occasionally embarrassing things that make St. Louis feel like home. Come for the million-dollar hypothetical. Stay for the local love. And remember: if you ever find a dead bird buried in Moon's attic insulation, please don't ask why. There's probably a paperclip involved.
Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.
Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.
Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.

Blue Springs Police searching for 'Jesus Saves' graffitiing 'Jesus Saves' on private property across the city
Pastor who botched Doomsday prophecy predicts new date
Fire damages beloved Florissant donut shop - St. Louis
Three Kings restaurant at Lambert Airport rated No. 1 in country
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One paperclip. One hour. Two hundred people searching your house. One million dollars on the line. And somehow Moon's plan involves a dead bird.
Welcome back to The Rizzuto Show, the funny podcast where a perfectly innocent hypothetical becomes a criminal investigation, St. Louis parking lots deserve their own horror franchise, and the crew discovers that apparently you can turn complaining about your hometown into an actual career.
Rizz, Moon, Lern, Rafe, and Devon are back with another round of ridiculous questions, funny stories, local St. Louis chaos, and an interview with someone who's making a living reminding people that our city isn't nearly as terrible as the internet insists.
First, Rafe Williams is heading to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a weekend of comedy shows and his first experience at a major college football game.
He's going to Michigan Stadium, better known as the Big House, to watch the Wolverines take on Penn State in front of more than 100,000 people.
For a guy who's never attended a massive Division I football game, that's quite an introduction.
Rafe scores a last-minute Airbnb just a couple blocks from the stadium, prepares to fly Southwest, and casually mentions that he doesn't have a REAL ID.
Nothing like publicly announcing your airport security situation on a morning radio show.
But before Rafe can escape to Michigan, Rizz presents the crew with a hypothetical that immediately reveals how disturbingly creative everyone can be when money is involved.
You have one hour to hide a single paperclip somewhere inside your house. Then 200 people get one hour to search for it. If nobody finds it, you win $1 million.
Where do you hide it?
Simple question.
Absolutely horrifying answers.
Lern wants to open an old remote control and hide the paperclip inside the battery compartment, buried deep in that mysterious drawer of cables, chargers, and electronics nobody has touched since 2008.
Rizz considers dropping it into a shampoo bottle, hoping nobody thinks to empty every container in the bathroom.
Rafe suggests hiding it in plain sight by making it part of the toilet's flushing mechanism. He also considers cereal boxes, plumbing, and several locations that raise legitimate concerns about his understanding of human anatomy.
And Moon?
Moon decides the best strategy is to find a dead bird in his attic, hide the paperclip inside it, and bury the whole thing in fiberglass insulation.
Yes. A dead bird.
Apparently, when a million dollars is at stake, Moon becomes the world's least qualified forensic pathologist.
The crew debates whether searchers would destroy the plumbing, empty every cereal box, inspect the lint trap, or simply tear the house apart like a SWAT team searching for the world's smallest fugitive.
Listeners throw out their own suggestions, including peanut butter, recessed lighting, and hiding the paperclip among other paperclips.
By the end, everybody has a plan.
Nobody has a million dollars.
And somebody should probably check Moon's attic.
Then the show takes a serious turn with a tragic story from Nagoya, Japan, where a young woman reportedly died after a man jumped from an apartment building and landed on her.
The man survived, and the woman's father is pushing for more serious criminal charges.
The crew discusses the complicated questions surrounding criminal responsibility, recklessness, mental health, and the devastating consequences for everyone involved.
It's a heartbreaking story that sparks a thoughtful conversation about accountability and an unimaginable loss.
But this funny podcast soon returns to familiar territory when a special guest arrives in the studio.
Megan, the creator behind the popular STL Ain't Bad social media account, joins The Rizzuto Show with her boyfriend Ian.
With nearly 200,000 followers at the time of the conversation, Megan has built a community around a refreshingly simple idea:
St. Louis isn't perfect.
But it definitely ain't bad.
Megan explains how the account began during the pandemic as a personal project, inspired partly by hearing people from outside Missouri dismiss St. Louis without really knowing anything about it.
Instead of pretending the city is flawless, she started celebrating its restaurants, neighborhoods, events, shared experiences, and uniquely St. Louis frustrations.
Because loving your hometown doesn't mean you have to defend every pothole.
Especially not the Brentwood Promenade parking lot.
That particular asphalt nightmare becomes one of the episode's biggest local talking points.
Megan explains why posts about Brentwood Promenade and nostalgia for the old Talayna's bar reliably get St. Louis residents fired up.
Everybody has a Brentwood parking story.
Nobody has a good one.
The gang also discusses endless highway construction, the old Millennium Hotel, West County childhood memories, and the strange phenomenon of living in a city where everybody seems to know somebody you went to high school with.
St. Louis might be a major metropolitan area, but socially, it's basically a small town with an Arch.
Megan also shares the story of leaving her full-time corporate job to focus on STL Ain't Bad, the challenges of turning social media into a career, and why she thinks education in digital marketing and influencing can actually be valuable.
Rizz admits he used to question the idea of getting a degree in social media.
Then he remembered that he chose radio as a profession.
Suddenly, the whole thing made a lot more sense.
The conversation turns to Megan and Ian's latest business venture, Ain't Bad Booths, a collection of retro-style photo booths popping up around St. Louis.
What began as an idea after waiting in line for a photo booth in freezing New York weather has turned into a local business with locations at City Foundry, Midwestern, and Urban Chestnut, with another planned for the Washington Avenue Food Hall.
Ian helps handle the electronics and customer service side, which means he gets the unexpected pleasure of answering phone calls from people who are shocked an actual human being picked up.
The future of technology is incredible.
And apparently it still involves somebody asking whether you've tried turning it off and back on.
From there, the crew explores Westport Plaza's comeback, the giant Rawlings baseball glove, and whether that enormous glove should rotate so everybody driving past gets a better view.
Lern has thoughts.
Naturally.
Megan recommends local restaurants, including Basso, while Ian admits that dating a St. Louis content creator has introduced him to a whole new world of restaurants, concerts, and experiences.
Growing up in Catawissa, Missouri, Ian didn't attend his first concert until a recent Post Malone show at Busch Stadium.
Moon is horrified.
Lern is determined to help.
And suddenly Ian is being encouraged to attend Greek Fire at Delmar Hall and potentially experience the joys of crowd surfing.
The man came in to support his girlfriend's interview.
He may leave with a rock-and-roll homework assignment.
The crew also discusses the excitement of experiencing things for the first time, why trying new activities can make life feel richer, and how Megan's enthusiasm for St. Louis has helped Ian discover places he'd never visited before.
It's a surprisingly wholesome reminder that sometimes the best way to appreciate your hometown is to explore it like a tourist.
From million-dollar paperclip hiding strategies and Michigan football dreams to Brentwood Promenade nightmares, St. Louis nostalgia, social media entrepreneurship, and the city's growing restaurant scene, Episode 116 delivers a little bit of everything.
This funny podcast celebrates the strange, sarcastic, occasionally embarrassing things that make St. Louis feel like home.
Come for the million-dollar hypothetical.
Stay for the local love.
And remember: if you ever find a dead bird buried in Moon's attic insulation, please don't ask why.
There's probably a paperclip involved.
Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.
Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.
Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What if criminals only robbed other criminals? Who's listening through your shopping apps? And how did Prince end up in a pillow fight with Sinéad O'Connor?
Welcome to another episode of The Rizzuto Show, the funny podcast where one terrible hypothetical can derail an entire morning and nobody seems particularly interested in getting the train back on the tracks.
Rizz, Moon, Lern, and Rafe are back in the studio with a fresh batch of weird news, celebrity gossip, rock music updates, St. Louis stories, and questions that probably should've stayed inside somebody's head.
Today's chaos begins when Rafe sends Rizz a viral video asking a truly unhinged question: Why don't criminals just rob registered sex offenders instead of innocent people?
The internet apparently believes it has discovered a loophole in the criminal justice system. The crew debates the ridiculous premise, Rafe invents an increasingly elaborate Liam Neeson-style hostage scenario, and everybody repeatedly reminds listeners that breaking into someone's house is, in fact, a crime.
Yes, even when your imaginary movie plot makes it sound convenient.
But the conversation takes a much stranger turn when Lern decides to investigate the sex offender registry around her neighborhood.
What follows is a spectacularly uncomfortable live rabbit hole.
Lern discovers just how much information is available through online registry maps, Moon warns her that she's about to ruin her own day, and Rafe predicts she's going to turn her house into a detective headquarters complete with red string and an evidence board.
The gang discusses neighborhood safety, the unsettling details that appear in public records, and why knowing what's around you can be useful without turning every evening into an episode of Criminal Minds.
And somehow, a discussion about public safety turns into the crew examining one particularly bizarre physical description in a registry listing.
We would explain more, but some things are better left to the actual audio.
Then the conversation shifts from neighborhood surveillance to your phone potentially surveilling you.
Missouri's attorney general has announced a lawsuit against Temu, alleging serious problems involving consumer data, tracking, privacy, deceptive pricing, and counterfeit merchandise.
The crew discusses the accusations, the dangers of suspiciously cheap shopping apps, and whether a $4 dress is really a bargain when it arrives looking like a napkin with sleeves.
Rafe shares a story about someone ordering a couch that turned out to be practically dollhouse-sized. Moon talks about his kids discovering the joys of cheap online clothing, and Lern admits she's already suspicious that her messaging apps are listening to conversations that nobody should ever hear.
Nothing says modern technology like wondering whether your phone knows too much about you while you're trying to buy a discount lamp.
Next, it's time for Crap on Celebrities, where rock history, Hollywood rumors, and entertainment news collide.
First up: Sonic Temple 2027.
The festival is adding bands including Primus, Clutch, and Crowbar, which gives Rizz an opportunity to confess his newfound obsession with Clutch. After years of somehow missing the band, he's convinced they'll dominate his Spotify listening recap.
Better late than never. Especially when you're several decades late.
The crew also discusses reports that Led Zeppelin's “Stairway to Heaven” is being used in a trailer for Greta Gerwig's upcoming Chronicles of Narnia adaptation.
Considering how difficult Zeppelin music has historically been to license, the gang wonders what finally convinced everyone to open the vault. Maybe Robert Plant is secretly a huge Narnia guy. Stranger things have happened.
Then comes one of the episode's strangest celebrity stories.
A new book revisits Sinéad O'Connor's account of an alleged confrontation with Prince, including her claim that an encounter at his home involved a pillow fight that turned hostile.
The crew can't get past the pillow-fight detail.
Rizz imagines Prince loading his pillowcase with something considerably less fluffy, Moon debates the singer's physical stature, and the whole conversation inevitably wanders toward Dave Chappelle's legendary Prince basketball sketch.
Meanwhile, Guns N' Roses are reportedly looking toward studio work after touring, although the gang struggles to remember the band's recent songs.
In more somber rock news, the show remembers David Surkamp of St. Louis band Pavlov's Dog, discussing his distinctive voice, the group's local legacy, and its international following.
The celebrity roundup keeps moving with Kelsey Grammer's reported new medical drama, a strange allegation involving Jennifer Aniston and an embarrassing gift, and discussion of serious allegations against Russell Brand.
The crew also spots a familiar St. Louis face: Scott Bakula at a St. Louis CITY SC match.
Rafe remembers the old STL Up Late crew's running dream of getting Bakula to appear on their show. Sadly, the Quantum Leap star never materialized out of thin air.
Apparently time travel has its limits.
Then it's awards season for the most important honor nobody can adequately explain.
Anthony Edwards' satirical Believe That Awards are back, and the crew debates Justin Bieber being named White Boy of the Year.
Rizz makes the case for Tom Holland. Moon considers Erling Haaland. Travis Kelce enters the conversation. Nobody agrees on the criteria, which feels appropriate for an award show that also includes a category called the Bring Your Ass Award.
Rizz wants to win that one.
He just needs somebody to explain what it means first.
There's also talk of a Mike Tyson documentary that gets Rizz unexpectedly emotional, celebrity birthdays, and the usual assortment of entertainment trivia that somehow produces more questions than answers.
Along the way, the show continues its October fundraising efforts for Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, thanking local sponsors and highlighting opportunities to support the cause, including Greek Fire's upcoming show at Delmar Hall.
Because even this crew occasionally manages to do something productive between bad jokes.
From a completely ridiculous vigilante robbery debate to online privacy scares, rock legends, St. Louis music history, celebrity controversies, and award-show nonsense, Episode 12 has the strange stories and sarcastic humor that keep The Rizzuto Show gloriously off the rails.
If you like a funny podcast that can jump from neighborhood safety to tiny couches to Prince's alleged pillow-fighting techniques without missing a beat, you've found your people.
It's weird news, celebrity chaos, and St. Louis comedy all wrapped up in one funny podcast.
And for the record: please don't rob anybody. The legal department would like at least one peaceful morning.
Follow The Rizzuto Show → linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.
Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → 1057thepoint.com/RizzShow.
Hear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A donut emergency, a lower-back tattoo identity crisis, and the possibility of cloning your hair before it abandons you. Science is moving forward. Humanity? Debatable.
Welcome back to The Rizzuto Show, the funny podcast where St. Louis news, rock music, weird science, questionable fashion choices, and an alarming amount of food talk somehow become a perfectly normal morning.
Rizz, Moon, Lern, Rafe, and special guest Devon are back with another round of daily comedy and sarcastic commentary, and this time we're tackling the important issues: Can you freeze your hair for future use? Is a tramp stamp still a tramp stamp if Gen Z calls it a cake topper? And how are we supposed to maintain a healthy diet when St. Louis keeps producing incredible donuts?
First, the crew gets ready for Greek Fire's upcoming show at Delmar Hall, where Moon promises at least three new songs. Rizz has already heard some of the music, Lern wants to experience it live, and Rafe suggests the new material might sound suspiciously like André 3000's flute album. Moon assures everyone there will be no flute. Apparently, the oboe-and-tuba market remains wide open.
That launches a trip through rock history as Rizz remembers footage of Dave Mustaine wandering onto the stage during a Guns N' Roses performance. The gang debates Megadeth versus Metallica, the unforgettable artwork of Vic Rattlehead and Iron Maiden's Eddie, and whether some music fans treat choosing a favorite metal band like declaring allegiance in an international conflict.
Then it's time for weird news, beginning with a mysterious vandal spray-painting religious messages around Blue Springs, Missouri. The gang agrees that having a message doesn't give you permission to redecorate somebody else's building.
But that's nothing compared to Lern's latest update from the Rizz Show Apocalypse Desk.
Apparently, another predicted date for the Rapture has come and gone, and Lern forgot to warn everybody until afterward. The crew debates doomsday predictions, followers who reportedly made drastic financial decisions, and what the end of the world would actually look like. Would people float into the sky? Disappear instantly? Deflate like balloons?
These are the theological questions that can only be answered by a room full of radio personalities who were supposed to be discussing the news.
Back in St. Louis, the mood turns serious when the gang discusses a fire at Old Town Donuts in Florissant. Thankfully, the report says nobody was injured, but the beloved local donut shop has the crew thinking about favorite pastries, simple glazed classics, long johns, and the sacred art of eating a grocery-store donut before you reach your car.
Unfortunately, Moon has recently eliminated added sugar from his diet, which means every conversation about donuts is now an act of psychological warfare. Rizz has also been cutting carbs and says he's down 15 pounds, but his strategy includes watching elaborate pasta and cheese videos with the concentration of a man studying for the bar exam.
Lern catches him in the act.
Rizz insists watching food videos helps him resist temptation. Nobody else is particularly convinced.
The food obsession continues when the gang celebrates Three Kings Public House at St. Louis Lambert International Airport being recognized in a USA Today readers' poll for best airport bar. From there, it's a tour of surprisingly good gas-station cuisine, including QuikTrip, Casey's, Wawa, Sheetz, barbecue, fried chicken, and unexpected international food finds around the St. Louis area.
Moon and Rafe also share the glorious spectacle of watching intoxicated customers attempt to order food at a Wawa after the bars close. Sometimes the biggest challenge isn't choosing a sandwich. It's remembering your own name when the employee calls it.
Then comes the cultural debate nobody knew we needed.
Gen Z wants to rebrand the tramp stamp.
The suggested replacement? Cake topper.
Other contenders include bumper sticker and booty mark, because apparently the English language needed more ways to describe a tattoo directly above somebody's rear end.
Lern proudly admits she got her lower-back tattoo almost immediately after turning 18, then shares how her younger sister accidentally exposed the secret to her family. Moon reveals that he also has a tramp stamp, except his came from a questionable tattoo shop next to a former North County adult establishment, and the experience has not aged particularly well.
The crew debates tattoo regrets, changing slang, generational differences, and why a new name doesn't necessarily make a terrible decision any better.
Next, couples are apparently taking up pole dancing together as a workout, a bonding activity, and even an alternative to the traditional wedding dance. Lern and Moon appreciate the athleticism and strength involved, while Rizz struggles to imagine himself gracefully spinning around anything.
Rafe recalls performing stand-up at an event where aerial performers, contortionists, paintings, and a man wearing goat horns while playing a pan flute were all competing for attention. It's hard to win over a comedy crowd when the circus is literally happening above your head.
And finally, this funny podcast dives headfirst into the future of baldness.
Scientists are exploring experimental hair banking and hair cloning, which could someday allow people to preserve hair follicles and potentially grow new hair from them. The process isn't FDA-approved, and the technology still has major limitations, but that doesn't stop the gang from imagining a future where you can order somebody else's luxurious surfer hair like a custom accessory.
Moon wonders whether he could borrow another man's hair. Lern considers the possibilities for beards. Rafe, naturally, finds a way to make the conversation considerably less sophisticated.
The gang also discusses hair-loss genetics, family baldness, hair transplants, and why the lengths people go to preserve a hairline can get pretty intense.
Plus, the crew explores trending Halloween costumes, because nothing says spooky season like trying to explain an internet-reference costume to someone who has absolutely no idea who you're supposed to be.
From Old Town Donuts and St. Louis food favorites to hair cloning, tattoo regrets, metal legends, doomsday predictions, and couples pole dancing, Episode 88 delivers the weird news, funny stories, and pop culture chaos that make The Rizzuto Show a daily St. Louis tradition.
This funny podcast has everything: donuts you can't eat, hair you can't clone yet, tattoos you can't undo, and an apocalypse that apparently forgot to show up.
At least the radio show was on time. Mostly.
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Tim McKernan is a perfect 7-0 on his Locks of the Week, and the pressure is officially on! Can he keep the streak alive?
On this week's episode of The Spread Zone, Tim McKernan, Anthony Stalter, and Riz break down a loaded College Football Week 7 and NFL Week 6 slate, giving their favorite picks, best bets, and Locks of the Week.
Tim is coming off a 6-1 week and is hitting 74% of his college football picks this season. Meanwhile, Anthony is riding the team total train, and both guys have landed on the exact same lcok for this weekend!
The guys dive into some of the biggest matchups in college football, including Ohio State vs. Indiana, Alabama vs. Tennessee, Notre Dame vs. BYU, and Miami vs. Florida State.
On the NFL side, they're breaking down Packers vs. Cowboys, Rams vs. Cardinals, Bills vs. Raiders, and more before revealing their most confident plays of the week.
Can Tim make it 8-0 on locks? Will the team total strategy keep paying off? And which underdogs are worth backing this weekend?
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