News On The Rocks

The "Do Not Call" registry is futile in the modern age of robocalls, as Bloomberg's Todd Shields explains.

Moms are everything. But they are hardly saints. An honest look at our relationships with the women who gave us life.

What altered John Boehner, who once said he was "unalterably opposed" to legal cannabis?  We ask the guy who hired him, Acreage Holdings CEO Kevin Murphy.

Patty brings in an exotic whiskey to facilitate a discussion on whether weed is an addictive gateway (yes, people still think so).  Also, the first full scrotum transplant. And a musical nod to Elvis Duran.

Meet Kat Sullivan, a rape victim who was so inspired by the film "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" she took out three billboards of her own: One near the NY school where her teacher/rapist was protected, one outside his new job in CT, and one outside his home in MA. Her bravery and resilience are an inspiration.

50 years drumming for The Dead (now Dead and Company), Mickey Hart us experimenting with the healing effects of music on dementia and other afflictions. Plus, how he became besties with Uncle Walter. 

A son on opioids, in and out of rehab more than a dozen times, finds recovery when his parents change their approach. Rick Van Warner, author of On Pills and Needles, tells his heart-wrenching story of a hell turned to hope. And in case your wondering, that's Art Carney's hat on Wayne's head. Don't ask.

The real reason Facebook exists. And why they make it so hard for you to quit.

People are prepping for when, not if, the grid comes down. Plus a nonsense chat about a non-body part.

The most reviled deputy in the country has an explanation for not running toward the bullets in Parkland, FL.  Plus Walter Cronkite's Vietnam moment.

Is the bigger problem guns or the mental health of mass shooters? And will socially conscious banks do an end-run around gun-shy lawmakers by denying sales of assault weapons?

Jefferson smoked it. Madison too. Finally, Washington is dealing with its weed problem. 

Our man-centric language is under attack.

Meteorologist Craig Allen explains the frozen start to 2018 and Joe Connolly has advice on getting a new job in the new year.

Laughing at his dad's funeral makes sense only if you know Jim Breuer's love for family and hilarious sense of humor.  We share tequila and beer while talking about the otherworldly spirits that inhabit our space, if only we choose to notice. 

A health executive just back from the island tells us it is worse than you think.

As men weigh how to treat women will they retreat from them? Will women lose their gains as men exclude them for fear of saying something wrong?  Patty tells of her career struggles with men, and Wayne remembers being taken to the woodshed for something he said. 

Paradise becomes hell for a NY nurse in St. Croix when Maria goes from tropical wave to major hurricane overnight. Rum was at the ready.

A raucous visit with actor Colin Hanks, sipping vodka while talking about the critically acclaimed "Life in Pieces" on CBS-TV.

The anxiety of privileged kids with impossible expectations. With Heather Senior Monroe, MSW, LCSW, Director of Program Development at Newport Academy.