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On today\u2019s episode\u2026 19 year-old chess phenom Hans Niemann defeats wold #1 undefeated champion Magnus Carlson at St. Louis professional chess tournament\u2026 and after the Grandmaster withdrawals, the young challenger is accused of cheating by way of vibrating anal beads (00:56:04), and so much more\u2026 Subscribe For 2 Bonus Episodes Every Week: https://anchor.fm/hard-factor/subscribe \u2615 Cup of Coffee in the Big Time \u2615 (00:04:50) - Jokes of the Day: Gummy Bears and Wives (00:06:47) - Aaron Judge is crushing homers this season (00:10:20) - Serena Williams is already teasing un-retiring like Tom Brady (00:14:18) - New study proves pot-heads are not lazier than non-stoners (00:16:09) - Patagonia CEO gives entire fortune to Eco-friendly non-profit \U0001f95b Cream of the Crop \U0001f95b (00:20:33) - Brett Favre and Governor of Mississippi Phil Bryant Teamed up with known fraudster to funnel $5M from welfare to college volleyball Homeless and Afraid (00:35:26) - Iowa girl finally makes it through court after killing her rapist \U0001f30e TikTok International Moment \U0001f30f (00:45:25) - Trouble in pRAILadise?? (00:46:36) - China (in US) - Mudge is back accusing Twitter of having Chinese and Indian authorities with access to user data + (00:51:20) TikTok is found to push a ton of news misinformation (00:52:37) - China (in Uzbekistan) - President/Emperor Xi is making his first trip since 2020 to see his BFF Vlad Putin (00:54:25) - UK - Man gets incredible scar from being struck by lightning while gaming Anal Bead Chess Controversy (00:56:04) - World\u2019s #1 Chess master loses, and the young challenger is accused of cheating with vibrating anal beads These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: Mizzen & Main - If you want the BEST damn dress shirts money can buy, check out Mizzen+Main. Right now if you go to https://MizzenAndMain.com and use promo code HARDFACTOR, you\u2019ll receive $25 off any regular price order of $130 or more First Person - Start improving your brain health and cognition with First Person! Get fifteen percent off your first order by going to https://getfirstperson.com and use code hardfactor PredictIt - go to http://PredictIt.org/promo/HardFactor60 to get your first $60 matched on us in the stock market of politics and bet on this year\u2019s Midterm Elections Go to store.hardfactor.com and patreon.com/hardfactor to support the pod with incredible merch and bonus podcasts Leave us a Voicemail at 512-270-1480, send us a voice memo to hardfactorvoicemail@gmail.com, and/or leave a 5-Star review on Apple Podcasts to hear it on Friday's show Other Places to Listen: Spotify, Google Podcasts, \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices