The Finale
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**NOTE: It is strongly recommended you not unsubscribe from this feed after you download this episode. The regular show is over, but it is possible some additional interviews and other specials might be placed in the feed from time to time.**After six years, this is the final regular episode of The Strip. The show, which debuted on Sept. 1, 2005, was co-hosted by journalists and life partners Miles Smith and Steve Friess. In this emotional episode, the duo recount the top 10 moments of the show as voted on by listeners, talk about the changes in their lives and play some classic old clips...
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SPECIAL REISSUE: The Very First Episode!
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This is a special reissue of the first episode of what would become The Strip. We called it Vegas S&M when we debuted on Sept. 1, 2005. The final episode of the program was recorded on Sept. 5, 2011.
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SPECIAL: Steve's Valedictory Speech To Lambda
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Steve addressed Las Vegas' gay chamber of commerce, Lambda Business and Professional Association, on August 10, 2011. In these comments, he reflects on the progress and challenges facing Las Vegas' GLBT community.
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SPECIAL: Steve on LVW Radio Discussing the Jockey Club Story
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Steve appeared on the Las Vegas Weekly's Radio Mag on KUNV 91.5 FM on Aug. 11 to discuss the Jockey Club and his LVW cover story about it. The interviewer is LVW Editor Sarah Feldberg.
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SPECIAL: Steve's KNPR Exit Interview
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Steve Friess' exit interview on KNPR on 8/10/11 as he prepares to leave for a Knight-Wallace Fellowship at the University of Michigan.
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SPECIAL: Steve On KNPR On Eureka, NV
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The economy might seem mired in recession in Southern Nevada but elsewhere the sick economy is creating a boom - the gold-mining counties have little or no unemployment, construction work for those who want it and the good times are rolling. This counter-cyclical boom is the other side of the bubble that burst in 2008. Steve Friess has been up in Eureka County to experience first hand what is happening with the healthiest part of our state economy.
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EXTRA BLOOPERS!
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We had some extra bloopers. In this file, we fight and bitch at each other (lovingly, riiiight?) and there's lots about our studio antics. Fun stuff.
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FINALLY! BLOOPERPALOOZA!
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FINAL TRIVIA: What was the first major hotel-casino to open after Steve arrived in Vegas on 9/9/96 to begin working at the Review-Journal? If you know it, email us at [email protected] or call 702-997-3300 by 9/3/11. if you get it right, we send you something. Period. Everything must go.Twitter: @TheStripPodcastBlog: VegasHappensHere.ComVoicemail: 702-997-3300Open & Banter: Start to 36ishIntro/End-Show Bloopers : 36:45-44ishWordplay Bloopers: 44:30ish-50ishBanter/Midshow Bloopers: 50:50-1:07ishTrivia/Poll/Feedback: 1:07ish-1:20ishInterview-related Bloopers:...
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The Real George Wallace?
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TRIVIA Q: Who has appeared on The Strip the most times in the history of the show?Know it? E-mail TheStripPodcast [at] aol.com or call 702-997-3300 by Aug 12. If we draw your correct answer, you pick from the prize list at TheStripPodcast.Com.Blog: VegasHappensHere.ComSite: TheStripPodcast.ComE-mail: [email protected]: 702-997-3300Twitter: @TheStripPodcastOpen & Banter: Start to 18ishGeorge Wallace Part I: 24ish--51ishTrivia/Poll/Letters: 51ish-59ishGeorge Wallace Part II: 1:00-1:26ishTSTToTW: 1:26-endGeorge Wallace threw us for a loop back in the fall of 2005 when he...
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Charlie Palmer, Hall of Famer
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TRIVIA Q: Who has appeared on The Strip the most times in the history of the show?Know it? E-mail TheStripPodcast [at] aol.com or call 702-997-3300 by Aug 12. If we draw your correct answer, you pick from the prize list at TheStripPodcast.Com.Blog: VegasHappensHere.ComSite: TheStripPodcast.ComE-mail: [email protected]: 702-997-3300Twitter: @TheStripPodcastOpen & Banter: Start to 18ishCharlie Palmer: 18-50ishTrivia/Poll/Letters: 51ish-1:04ishHal Sparks Excerpt: 1:04-1:07ishTSTToTW: 1:08-endSYNOPSIS: The last time we spoke to celebrity chef Charlie Palmer, he used this program...
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Open & Banter: Start to 25ish
Phil Satre Part I: 26-58ish
Trivia/Poll/Letters: 58ish-1:06
Phil Satre Part II: 1:07-1:48ish
TSTToTW: 1:48-end
This fall will be the 100th anniversary of the birth of William Harrah, the man whose name is on more casinos in the world than any other. His former company, which recently changed its name to Caesars Entertainment, has very little planned outside of some promotions at the original Harrah’s resort in Reno, but we decided he deserved a little more attention than that. Harrah died 33 years ago tomorrow at the age of 66, so Steve spoke with his successor, Phil Satre, who helmed Harrah’s for 21 years and is responsible for spreading that name around the world. Satre, who left Harrah’s in 2005 and is now the chairman of the board of IGT, talks about the quirks and visions that made the man what he was and then explains several decisions made in the 1980s and 1990s including the choice for the company to never build any new hotel-casinos in Las Vegas. Also, Steve introduces Satre to the term “Harrah-fy” and asks Satre whether he feels he degraded the quality of the resorts he acquired.
In Banter: Octavius, Plaza, Bellagio, Maloof, Hilton and an aquarium-related Vegas-set reality show.