The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone
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Feb 19, 2026 • 1h 7min

FULL SHOW: Possible Military Strike; Late Night TV.

Former Prince Andrew has been arrested over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Mark explains that this arrest highlights Prince Andrew's strategy of passing information worldwide. More details are emerging about how the search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, is progressing. Expanded internet information may help move the case forward. Zohran Mamdani's last-resort plans for New York City’s budget could potentially drive many residents out of the city. Mark interviews columnist Liz Peek. Was Jeffrey Epstein operating as a massive blackmailer? Democrats are considering holding their own State of the Union-style address next week to counter the Trump administration’s official address and criticize Donald Trump’s assessment of the country. President Donald Trump may consider military action against Iran after diplomatic talks reportedly failed to produce a deal for either side. Stephen Colbert allegedly told his audience a lie that CBS's lawyers prevented him from airing an interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. Mark interviews Jimmy Failla, weeknight host on WOR. Did Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert hurt late-night television? Jimmy argues that Colbert should devote more time to comedy to keep audiences laughing, while Jimmy Fallon takes a different, lighter approach. Did Prince Andrew get arrested for hiding information?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 33min

Hour 1: Democrats have plans in place. 

Former Prince Andrew has been arrested over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Mark explains that this arrest highlights Prince Andrew's strategy of passing information worldwide. More details are emerging about how the search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, is progressing. Expanded internet information may help move the case forward. Zohran Mamdani's last-resort plans for New York City’s budget could potentially drive many residents out of the city. Mark takes your calls! Mark interviews columnist Liz Peek. Was Jeffrey Epstein operating as a massive blackmailer? Democrats are considering holding their own State of the Union-style address next week to counter the Trump administration’s official address and criticize Donald Trump’s assessment of the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 33min

Hour 2: Meta's algorithms.  

President Donald Trump may consider military action against Iran after diplomatic talks reportedly failed to produce a deal for either side. Stephen Colbert allegedly told his audience a lie that CBS's lawyers prevented him from airing an interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. Mark takes your calls! Mark interviews Jimmy Failla, weeknight host on WOR. Did Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert hurt late-night television? Jimmy argues that Colbert should devote more time to comedy to keep audiences laughing, while Jimmy Fallon takes a different, lighter approach. Did Prince Andrew get arrested for hiding information?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 12min

Mark interviews Jimmy Failla, weeknight host on WOR.

Did Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert hurt late-night television? Jimmy argues that Colbert should devote more time to comedy to keep audiences laughing, while Jimmy Fallon takes a different, lighter approach. Did Prince Andrew get arrested for hiding information?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 5min

Mark takes your calls!

John calls in to say he thinks Mark Simone is the "Johnny Carson of radio," complimenting Mark's hosting style. Lou in Union, NJ, raises a question about Stephen Colbert’s show: Does Colbert get an exception to feature just one political candidate from a certain party if the show is classified as news? Mark points out that Colbert’s show isn’t technically a news program.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 16min

Mark's 11am Monologue.

President Donald Trump may consider military action against Iran after diplomatic talks reportedly failed to produce a deal for either side. Stephen Colbert allegedly told his audience a lie that CBS's lawyers prevented him from airing an interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 10min

Mark interviews columnist Liz Peek.

Was Jeffrey Epstein operating as a massive blackmailer? Democrats are considering holding their own State of the Union-style address next week to counter the Trump administration’s official address and criticize Donald Trump’s assessment of the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 4min

Mark takes your calls!

Mike in St. James, Long Island, called Mark to ask him if he remembers Mayor Beame and how he messed up NYC financially. Carissa in Queens, NY, called Mark to tell him that she knew Zohran Mamdani would be a disaster for NYC. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 19min

Mark's 10am Monologue.

Former Prince Andrew has been arrested over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Mark explains that this arrest highlights Prince Andrew's strategy of passing information worldwide. More details are emerging about how the search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, is progressing. Expanded internet information may help move the case forward. Zohran Mamdani's last-resort plans for New York City’s budget could potentially drive many residents out of the city.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 18, 2026 • 1h 6min

FULL SHOW: Calm down Stephen Colbert; Mamdani may hurt NYC's financial state.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's speech about balancing NYC's budget raised a lot of eyebrows when Zohran Mamdani mentioned a default plan that would include raising property taxes for middle-class New Yorkers if his original plan to tax the wealthy doesn't go through. Late-night host Stephen Colbert went on a rant at CBS for canning an interview with Trump critic James Talarico. Mark interviews Boston radio host Howie Carr. Howie begins by arguing that the Obama Administration was a massive failure. Mark and Howie analyze how the Clintons are reacting to the files and also how the testimony could go. Our Charity Auction winner for hunger, Irving Goldfarb from NJ, joined Mark in the studio to discuss his business and the aspirations of Mark's show. Rosie O'Donnell has come back to the USA after she said she wasn't, due to President Trump, and came to visit her family. The John F. Kennedy Jr. miniseries is performing well with viewers. Mark interviews author Ann Coulter. Ann explains the reason she said a few years ago that former Senator Joseph McCarthy gets a bad rap. Former President Bill Clinton has historically invoked it as a negative benchmark for political attacks, labeling aggressive, partisan, or smear-based tactics as "McCarthyism." He notably used this comparison to criticize Republicans in 1992, 2012, and 2026 and make them look bad. Ann wrote about all this and explained in detail what she saw and meant about how Bill Clinton navigated his political career to bash McCarthy's actions and put him as the reason Republicans are the way they are today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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