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Factually! with Adam Conover

Why Everyone Loves the CEO Murderer

Factually! with Adam Conover

Headgum

Comedy

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

(In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. This short, researched monologue originally aired on the Factually! YouTube page, but we are sharing audio versions of these monologues with our podcast audience as well. Please enjoy, and stay tuned for your regularly scheduled episode of Factually!)

Typically folks tend to be, uh, anti-murder... so what the hell is going on?

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0:00.0

This is a Headgum podcast.

0:05.3

Lights are going up, snow is falling down, there's a feeling of goodwill around town,

0:13.8

it could only mean one thing.

0:18.4

McRib is here.

0:20.1

People throwing parties, ugly sweaters everywhere.

0:23.6

Stockings hung up by the chimney with care.

0:27.6

It could only mean one thing.

0:31.6

McRibb is here.

0:33.6

At participating McDonald's for a limited time.

0:35.6

Americans are so furious about healthcare that they are straight up murdering CEOs in broad daylight.

0:41.5

Every fact about the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is crazier than the last.

0:47.1

Just to eliminate any doubt as to the motive, the shooter literally etched deny, defend, depose on the bullet casings, a reference to the tactics

0:56.1

insurers use to deny health care claims. He left behind nothing but a bag full of monopoly money,

1:01.8

and then he disappeared on a city bike. And for five days, he evaded the police like he was

1:07.4

Jason frickin' born. The only reason he got caught was because of this

1:11.4

photo of his face, which was taken when he pulled down his mask to flirt with a receptionist.

1:17.2

Dude was having a meat cute in the middle of a hit. Is this real life or the plot of a high

1:22.2

concept 90s rom-com? Well, the cops have now arrested this absolute hunk and charged

1:27.2

him with murder.

1:28.3

His name is Luigi Manjoni, and someone's got to call Nintendo because the year of Luigi is back, baby.

1:34.3

Because instead of condemning this handsome hitman, the public loves this guy.

1:39.3

He's become a virtual folk hero. I mean, just look at those abs.

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