Mondays are difficult by definition, soo we get our news with a bit of snark with Jonathan Larsen who delivers the news to us every morning from thefuckingnews.substack.com and discusses it with us Monday afternoons on the show. Today... about those Kamala Harris endorsements from Liz & Dick Cheney! And what about the rest of the Republicans??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLwO8RHkUXw
Sorry for my absence yesterday... still feeling the effects of a nasty infection from a few weeks ago, and trying to listen to my body and take better care of myself. Getting old sucks, but it beats the alternative! Anyway, I'm back today (with a follow up appointment with my doctor scheduled for tomorrow afternoon). It's Thursday, so Howie Klein is usually here... but I got a message from him a few minutes before showtime apologizing that he hadn't let me know that he had a doctor's appointment and wouldn't be able to be here today. Obviously I [...]
Download here or click below to play, (or watch the video at the bottom of the page!) Yesterday, primary elections were held in Wyoming and Alaska, and the results are pretty much what we expected. But there were some unusual voting patterns in parts of Wyoming, so this morning I called the one person I know there. My old friend Mark "Fish" Fishman is Program Director and hosts mornings on KMTN 96.9FM in Jackson. (Click on the link to listen to their live stream. It's great Triple A radio at its eclectic best -- though they could use a [...]
Download here or click below to play, (or watch the video at the bottom of the page!) Today, I welcome John M. Barry back the show a year after he first appeared. He's the author of The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, about the 1918 Spanish Flu. He wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post on Monday, "The 1918 pandemic tells us that we can’t celebrate the end of covid yet." Today, we get an update from him on how our COVID pandemic compares to the 1918 Spanish flu. But we begin the [...]
***Quick update: The show is over and I'm still floored by the interview with Rabbi Nesenoff, the man who asked Helen Thomas the question that led to her resignation this morning. Now, in addition to feeling sorry for Helen, I feel sorry for this man who I think gives Rabbis a bad name, and shows why there's so much Antisemitism in this country today. As a Jew, I hate what Helen said, but really despise the situation that's causing the fighting. My interview with Rabbi Nesenoff comes at about 30 minutes into the podcast, which you can hear by clicking [...]
