SHAKE IT OFF WITH MERT & LUCAS, LIVE!
Sunday, June 28 • 7–9 PM EDT on AM970
If you thought your week was rough, wait until you hear what happened in Belfast, in Washington, and inside Iran’s clerical machine.
Hour 1: Belfast on Edge | Nunzia Mondo Breaks the Silence
Mert & Lucas open the June 28 broadcast with a sharp, ground‑level look at the Belfast riots — a city jolted by a single stabbing that spiraled into nights of street chaos. They trace how fear, rumor, and political opportunism collided with immigration pressure and a community already stretched thin.
The hour then shifts to author Nunzia Mondo, whose memoir My Silent Prison exposes decades of hidden abuse behind a polished, enviable façade. She walks the hosts through the psychological traps that keep victims silent — and the moment she finally chose to reclaim her life.
Hour 2: The Platner Problem | Dr. Isik Abla on Iran’s Ideological Machinery
In Hour 2, Mert & Lucas dissect the implosion of Graham Platner’s once‑credible Senate bid — a verified sexting scandal and an old tattoo that ignite a political firestorm. They map how party panic, media frenzy, and relentless partisan framing reveal deeper fractures in modern politics than in Platner himself.
The episode closes with Dr. Isik Abla, who breaks down how sharia, clerical authority, and ideological control shape daily life inside Iran’s regime. She explains how theology becomes a tool of power — and why more Iranians are quietly rejecting the system’s claims even as the state tightens its grip.
ABOUT THE HOSTS
Mert & Lucas bring two distinct but complementary lenses to every broadcast — Mert with his instinctive, street‑level read on human behavior, and Lucas with his legal precision, narrative discipline, and ability to cut straight to the stakes. Together they push every story past the headline and into the truth underneath.
TUNE IN — SUNDAY, JUNE 28
7–9 PM EDT • AM970 The Answer
Listen live on the AM970 website or the AM970 mobile app
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If this is what June looks like, July better come with a helmet.
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