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5 min readA Morning Show's Tangled Web: From Comas to Custody
The Big Mad Morning Show opened with a deceptively simple question: if you were in a coma, how long would you want your family to wait before "returning the goods"? The answers ranged from a month to a year, but the real substance emerged when the hosts realized how few people have medical directives in place. "If you want your wishes respected and done," family law attorney Jeff Hensley later explained, "then medical directive, and we can help you draft those." That moment crystallized the episode's throughline: ordinary people confronting extraordinary decisions—about their own bodies, their children's safety, and the legal systems that govern both—often without the documents or knowledge to navigate them.
The Coma Question and the Limits of Knowing
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What you'll learn
- 1 (03:53) **Show Open & Housekeeping** - Hosts Lindsey, Garvin, and Gloria kick off the show, promote upcoming guests and ticket giveaways.
- 2 (05:36) **Food Recalls & The Mad Cow Disease Discussion** - The hosts riff on the Taylor Farms cyclospora recall expanding to jalapeños and berries, then pivot to a deep dive on mad cow disease.
- 3 (10:23) **Coma vs. Sleep & Medical Directives** - The show delves into the medical and ethical differences between a coma and sleep, and the critical importance of having a living will.
- 4 (22:09) **News Quickies: Odd Crime Stories** - A rapid-fire segment covering three bizarre news stories from around the country.
- 5 (28:43) **Best and Worst of the Weekend** - The hosts and listeners share the highlights and lowlights of their respective weekends.
- 6 (41:52) **NFL Quarterback Chatter & National News** - The crew discusses quarterback mechanics and then runs through a block of national news headlines.
- 7 (48:11) **Listeners Are Awesome: Officer A-Train** - An anonymous police officer, "Officer A-Train," is interviewed about his career and shares several intense stories from the job.
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Show Notes
Welcome Back From The Weekend!!! We Talk About The Best & Worst Parts, HUmans Getting MadCow Disease, Being In A Coma, Bad Women And Toddlers, We Talk With An Awesome Listener, Jeff Hensley Stops By, Sex In An Arcade, And Smuckers Is In The Pie Business!!!
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