web01.fireside.fm Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:05:37 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Snark Factor - Episodes Tagged with “Irs” https://thesnarkfactor.fireside.fm/tags/irs Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0400 The Snark Factor is a weekly show that airs on WAAM Talk 1600AM, 92.7FM Ann Arbor. You'll hear unusual takes on the latest news and entertainment from host Fingers Malloy. Sarah Smith and The Snark Factor Players join in on this unique talk show. en episodic The Snark Factor is a weekly show that airs on WAAM Talk 1600AM, 92.7FM Ann Arbor. Fingers Malloy The Snark Factor is a weekly show that airs on WAAM Talk 1600AM, 92.7FM Ann Arbor. You'll hear unusual takes on the latest news and entertainment from host Fingers Malloy. Sarah Smith and The Snark Factor Players join in on this unique talk show. no Fingers Malloy fingerstmalloy@gmail.com Ceasefires, Cage Fights, and Cable Bills https://thesnarkfactor.fireside.fm/ceasefires-cage-fights-cable-bills 85867ef7-778f-43e0-85bf-d0b26fdc1521 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:00:00 -0400 Fingers Malloy full Fingers Malloy Fingers and Sarah break down the chaos around Trump, Iran, and the ever-shifting media reaction, from ceasefire confusion to the now-familiar cycle of panic, reversal, and hot takes. They talk about criticism from the right, the possibility of regime change, and why so much of modern political coverage feels more like performance than analysis. Also in the episode: Hunter Biden’s bizarre challenge to the Trump sons, the pay-to-play nonsense of social media, streaming services becoming just as expensive and frustrating as cable, the sad state of late-night TV, and a reminder not to trust the mailbox with your tax return at the last second. It’s foreign policy, media theater, culture decline, and a little tax panic for dessert. 49:27 no Donald Trump’s on-again off-again posture toward Iran gives Fingers and Sarah plenty to work with, from mock “exclusive audio” of the negotiations to the media’s instant pivot from predicting apocalypse to calling Trump weak the second the tone changed. They get into the shaky ceasefire talk, oil prices dropping fast, criticism from the right, and the bigger question of whether this turns into another endless conflict or something very different. Also in this episode: the online outrage machine, engagement farming on X, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones, and why hot takes have become their own broken economy. Then the conversation swings to Hunter Biden challenging the Trump sons to a cage match, the rising cost and shrinking value of streaming services, the strange disappearance of movies from platforms you already pay for, the collapse of late-night TV as we knew it, and a last-minute warning for anyone still mailing in a tax return at the deadline. It’s foreign policy, media absurdity, social media nonsense, pop culture decline, and tax-season panic. A very normal week. Donald Trump’s on-again off-again posture toward Iran gives Fingers and Sarah plenty to work with, from mock “exclusive audio” of the negotiations to the media’s instant pivot from predicting apocalypse to calling Trump weak the second the tone changed. They get into the shaky ceasefire talk, oil prices dropping fast, criticism from the right, and the bigger question of whether this turns into another endless conflict or something very different.

Also in this episode: the online outrage machine, engagement farming on X, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones, and why hot takes have become their own broken economy. Then the conversation swings to Hunter Biden challenging the Trump sons to a cage match, the rising cost and shrinking value of streaming services, the strange disappearance of movies from platforms you already pay for, the collapse of late-night TV as we knew it, and a last-minute warning for anyone still mailing in a tax return at the deadline.

It’s foreign policy, media absurdity, social media nonsense, pop culture decline, and tax-season panic. A very normal week.

]]> Donald Trump’s on-again off-again posture toward Iran gives Fingers and Sarah plenty to work with, from mock “exclusive audio” of the negotiations to the media’s instant pivot from predicting apocalypse to calling Trump weak the second the tone changed. They get into the shaky ceasefire talk, oil prices dropping fast, criticism from the right, and the bigger question of whether this turns into another endless conflict or something very different.

Also in this episode: the online outrage machine, engagement farming on X, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones, and why hot takes have become their own broken economy. Then the conversation swings to Hunter Biden challenging the Trump sons to a cage match, the rising cost and shrinking value of streaming services, the strange disappearance of movies from platforms you already pay for, the collapse of late-night TV as we knew it, and a last-minute warning for anyone still mailing in a tax return at the deadline.

It’s foreign policy, media absurdity, social media nonsense, pop culture decline, and tax-season panic. A very normal week.

]]> He Doesn't Want To Get You Excited https://thesnarkfactor.fireside.fm/he-doesn-want-to-get-you-excited 64cedaab-6825-4273-93e1-10030e92ef1e Mon, 24 Feb 2025 06:00:00 -0500 Fingers Malloy full Fingers Malloy This week on the radio hootenanny: Over 6,000 IRS employees were expected to be terminated by end of week. Property taxes are ridiculous. There's little respect for the American taxpayer in DC. The media has started its 'Bart's People' segments about people who lost their jobs because of DOGE. Federal Reserve officials seek ‘further progress’ on inflation before cutting rates. Home delistings soar 64% to the highest level in nearly a decade as buyers turn down sellers. The Washington, D.C. real estate market is getting crazy over possible job cuts. Folks need to be aware of how their Facebook posts can travel well beyond the popular social media platform. Does the construction industry have a labor problem? KFC is leaving Kentucky. Costco now carries the retro soda Slice 49:54 no This week on the radio hootenanny: Over 6,000 IRS employees were expected to be terminated by end of week. There's little respect for the American taxpayer in DC. Property taxes are ridiculous. The media has started its 'Bart's People' segments about folks who lost their jobs because of DOGE. Federal Reserve officials seek ‘further progress’ on inflation before cutting rates. Home delistings soar 64% to the highest level in nearly a decade as buyers turn down sellers. The Washington, D.C. real estate market is getting crazy over possible job cuts. Folks need to be aware of how their Facebook posts can travel well beyond the popular social media platform. Does the construction industry have a labor problem? KFC is leaving Kentucky. Costco now carries the retro soda Slice. All that and much more on episode 1411 of The Snark Factor. Fingers Malloy (https://twitter.com/fingersmalloy) and Sarah Smith (https://twitter.com/mamaswati) host The Snark Factor Radio Program on WAAM 92.7FM Ann Arbor, MI. Listen to The Snark Factor Sunday mornings on WAAM (https://www.waamradio.com), Ann Arbor. The Snark Factor is available on your favorite podcast platform. For all things snark, visit www.fingersmalloy.com. This week on the radio hootenanny:

Over 6,000 IRS employees were expected to be terminated by end of week. There's little respect for the American taxpayer in DC. Property taxes are ridiculous. The media has started its 'Bart's People' segments about folks who lost their jobs because of DOGE. Federal Reserve officials seek ‘further progress’ on inflation before cutting rates.

Home delistings soar 64% to the highest level in nearly a decade as buyers turn down sellers. The Washington, D.C. real estate market is getting crazy over possible job cuts. Folks need to be aware of how their Facebook posts can travel well beyond the popular social media platform. Does the construction industry have a labor problem? KFC is leaving Kentucky. Costco now carries the retro soda Slice.

All that and much more on episode 1411 of The Snark Factor.

Fingers Malloy and Sarah Smith host The Snark Factor Radio Program on WAAM 92.7FM Ann Arbor, MI.

Listen to The Snark Factor Sunday mornings on WAAM, Ann Arbor. The Snark Factor is available on your favorite podcast platform. For all things snark, visit www.fingersmalloy.com.

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Over 6,000 IRS employees were expected to be terminated by end of week. There's little respect for the American taxpayer in DC. Property taxes are ridiculous. The media has started its 'Bart's People' segments about folks who lost their jobs because of DOGE. Federal Reserve officials seek ‘further progress’ on inflation before cutting rates.

Home delistings soar 64% to the highest level in nearly a decade as buyers turn down sellers. The Washington, D.C. real estate market is getting crazy over possible job cuts. Folks need to be aware of how their Facebook posts can travel well beyond the popular social media platform. Does the construction industry have a labor problem? KFC is leaving Kentucky. Costco now carries the retro soda Slice.

All that and much more on episode 1411 of The Snark Factor.

Fingers Malloy and Sarah Smith host The Snark Factor Radio Program on WAAM 92.7FM Ann Arbor, MI.

Listen to The Snark Factor Sunday mornings on WAAM, Ann Arbor. The Snark Factor is available on your favorite podcast platform. For all things snark, visit www.fingersmalloy.com.

]]> They Fully Turned On Electric Car Jesus https://thesnarkfactor.fireside.fm/they-fully-turned-on-electric-car-jesus 9085b08c-65aa-4306-a6a7-e9e17150888c Sun, 16 Feb 2025 20:00:00 -0500 Fingers Malloy full Fingers Malloy This week on the radio hootenanny: Mitch McConnell 'takes his revenge' on Trump. The Trump administration begins mass layoffs across multiple federal agencies. DOGE is set to audit the IRS. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency has found billions of taxpayer dollars parked at a financial institution by the Biden-Harris Administration. Unpopular hot take -- Fingers and Sarah liked the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Fingers ends the show by featuring the band Jamestown Bound. 50:04 no This week on the radio hootenanny: Mitch McConnell 'takes his revenge' on Trump. Democrats chased Joe Rogan, Elon Musk and RFK Jr. away. Are democrats so out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong. The Trump administration begins mass layoffs across multiple federal agencies. DOGE is set to audit the IRS. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency has found billions of taxpayer dollars parked at a financial institution by the Biden-Harris Administration. Unpopular hot take -- Fingers and Sarah liked the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Fingers ends the show by featuring the band Jamestown Bound (https://youtu.be/sjvwv95Xrr8?si=w_rZ2aMyXD33rHWH). All that and much more on episode 1410 of The Snark Factor. Fingers Malloy (https://twitter.com/fingersmalloy) and Sarah Smith (https://twitter.com/mamaswati) host The Snark Factor Radio Program on WAAM 92.7FM Ann Arbor, MI. Listen to The Snark Factor Sunday mornings on WAAM (https://www.waamradio.com), Ann Arbor. The Snark Factor is available on your favorite podcast platform. For all things snark, visit www.fingersmalloy.com. This week on the radio hootenanny:

Mitch McConnell 'takes his revenge' on Trump.

Democrats chased Joe Rogan, Elon Musk and RFK Jr. away. Are democrats so out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong.

The Trump administration begins mass layoffs across multiple federal agencies.

DOGE is set to audit the IRS.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency has found billions of taxpayer dollars parked at a financial institution by the Biden-Harris Administration.

Unpopular hot take -- Fingers and Sarah liked the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Fingers ends the show by featuring the band Jamestown Bound.

All that and much more on episode 1410 of The Snark Factor.

Fingers Malloy and Sarah Smith host The Snark Factor Radio Program on WAAM 92.7FM Ann Arbor, MI.

Listen to The Snark Factor Sunday mornings on WAAM, Ann Arbor. The Snark Factor is available on your favorite podcast platform. For all things snark, visit www.fingersmalloy.com.

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Mitch McConnell 'takes his revenge' on Trump.

Democrats chased Joe Rogan, Elon Musk and RFK Jr. away. Are democrats so out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong.

The Trump administration begins mass layoffs across multiple federal agencies.

DOGE is set to audit the IRS.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency has found billions of taxpayer dollars parked at a financial institution by the Biden-Harris Administration.

Unpopular hot take -- Fingers and Sarah liked the Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Fingers ends the show by featuring the band Jamestown Bound.

All that and much more on episode 1410 of The Snark Factor.

Fingers Malloy and Sarah Smith host The Snark Factor Radio Program on WAAM 92.7FM Ann Arbor, MI.

Listen to The Snark Factor Sunday mornings on WAAM, Ann Arbor. The Snark Factor is available on your favorite podcast platform. For all things snark, visit www.fingersmalloy.com.

]]> CNN's Obsession - Episode 1300 https://thesnarkfactor.fireside.fm/cnns-obsession b77fd3bb-e7fa-495a-a1d3-ebc8e78905d9 Fri, 20 May 2022 06:00:00 -0400 Fingers Malloy full Fingers Malloy This week, Fingers and Sarah discuss; CNN's obsession with Fox News and how it has become tiresome. Lefties are after Tucker Carlson again. The attacks are comical. The IRS is coming for your crypto profits. Rolling Stone's gross piece on Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins. 48:02 no CNN's obsession with Fox News has become tiresome. Fingers Malloy (https://twitter.com/fingersmalloy) and Sarah Smith (https://twitter.com/mamaswati) host The Snark Factor Radio Program. This week, Fingers and Sarah discuss; CNN's obsession with Fox News has become tiresome. Lefties are after Tucker Carlson again. The attacks are comical. The IRS is coming for your crypto profits. Rolling Stone's gross piece on Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins. Listen to The Snark Factor Sunday mornings on WAAM (https://www.waamradio.com), Ann Arbor. For all things snark, visit www.fingersmalloy.com. Podcast, WAAM 92.7FM, Ann Arbor, Fox News, CNN, Foo Fighters, Rolling Stone Magazine, Cryptocurrency, IRS CNN's obsession with Fox News has become tiresome.

Fingers Malloy and Sarah Smith host The Snark Factor Radio Program.

This week, Fingers and Sarah discuss;

CNN's obsession with Fox News has become tiresome.

Lefties are after Tucker Carlson again. The attacks are comical.

The IRS is coming for your crypto profits.

Rolling Stone's gross piece on Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins.

Listen to The Snark Factor Sunday mornings on WAAM, Ann Arbor. For all things snark, visit www.fingersmalloy.com.

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Fingers Malloy and Sarah Smith host The Snark Factor Radio Program.

This week, Fingers and Sarah discuss;

CNN's obsession with Fox News has become tiresome.

Lefties are after Tucker Carlson again. The attacks are comical.

The IRS is coming for your crypto profits.

Rolling Stone's gross piece on Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins.

Listen to The Snark Factor Sunday mornings on WAAM, Ann Arbor. For all things snark, visit www.fingersmalloy.com.

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