web01.fireside.fm Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:01:27 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Snark Factor - Episodes Tagged with “Waam Radio” https://thesnarkfactor.fireside.fm/tags/waam%20radio Sun, 24 May 2026 10:00:00 -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 Kids as Political Props, EV Essays, and Washington Hypocrisy https://thesnarkfactor.fireside.fm/kids-as-political-props-ev-essays-and-washington-hypocrisy f97bfcf2-519c-4b08-a54d-3f61f7b44981 Sun, 24 May 2026 10:00:00 -0400 Fingers Malloy full Fingers Malloy Fingers is back on The Snark Factor after a couple of chaotic weeks away — house flood included. This week: kids as political props, a 10-year-old’s EV essay to Congress, Virginia Foxx’s blunt response, Kash Patel’s alleged drinking becoming Senate theater, taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlements on Capitol Hill, and a Memorial Day weekend reminder to fire up the grill — and remember what the holiday is really about. 49:40 no <p>Fingers is back on The Snark Factor after a couple of chaotic weeks away — including, yes, a house flood — and he’s got thoughts.</p> <p>This week: a 10-year-old’s electric vehicle essay turns into a national story, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx fires back, and Fingers wonders why adults keep using kids as political props. Then, the Senate gets very concerned about FBI Director Kash Patel’s alleged drinking, because apparently Washington, D.C. has discovered moral standards and would like everyone to pretend that’s normal.</p> <p>Plus: taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlements on Capitol Hill, why “taxation is theft” hits a little harder when Congress is paying for its own bad behavior, and a sample of The Snark Factor 3 in 3 — three stories, three minutes, every weekday at FingersMalloy.com.</p> <p>Fingers also talks Memorial Day weekend, grilling, ribs, brisket, charcoal, and taking time to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. </p> Fingers is back on The Snark Factor after a couple of chaotic weeks away — including, yes, a house flood — and he’s got thoughts.

This week: a 10-year-old’s electric vehicle essay turns into a national story, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx fires back, and Fingers wonders why adults keep using kids as political props. Then, the Senate gets very concerned about FBI Director Kash Patel’s alleged drinking, because apparently Washington, D.C. has discovered moral standards and would like everyone to pretend that’s normal.

Plus: taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlements on Capitol Hill, why “taxation is theft” hits a little harder when Congress is paying for its own bad behavior, and a sample of The Snark Factor 3 in 3 — three stories, three minutes, every weekday at FingersMalloy.com.

Fingers also talks Memorial Day weekend, grilling, ribs, brisket, charcoal, and taking time to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

]]> Fingers is back on The Snark Factor after a couple of chaotic weeks away — including, yes, a house flood — and he’s got thoughts.

This week: a 10-year-old’s electric vehicle essay turns into a national story, Congresswoman Virginia Foxx fires back, and Fingers wonders why adults keep using kids as political props. Then, the Senate gets very concerned about FBI Director Kash Patel’s alleged drinking, because apparently Washington, D.C. has discovered moral standards and would like everyone to pretend that’s normal.

Plus: taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlements on Capitol Hill, why “taxation is theft” hits a little harder when Congress is paying for its own bad behavior, and a sample of The Snark Factor 3 in 3 — three stories, three minutes, every weekday at FingersMalloy.com.

Fingers also talks Memorial Day weekend, grilling, ribs, brisket, charcoal, and taking time to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

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

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