First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
By: Thomas Media, LLC
Language: en
Categories: News, Commentary, Daily
Prefer to sleep in? Not a ’morning person’? But still want an honest & unique analysis of the news? Get it all right here from veteran broadcast entertainer Joe Thomas. LIVE weekdays, 5 am - 9 am ET from ”America’s Hometown” -- Charlottesville, VA! (& Staunton) E-mail us at: jtinthemorningradio@gmail.com or call the studio at 434-882-4217
Episodes
"Very Fine People" from #CES2026 (Thursday, January 8, 2026, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Read Kids 'Animal Farm' at Bedtime" from #CES2026 (Thursday, January 8, 2026, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Hero-ism" from #CES2026 (Thursday, January 8, 2026, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"ICE Crisis in Minneapolis" (Thursday, January 8, 2026, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Mirror, Mirror..." from #CES2026 (Wednesday, January 7, 2026, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"The Sound of Your Master's Voice" from #CES2026 (Wednesday, January 7, 2026, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Can't Lose California Republicans" from #CES2026 (Wednesday, January 7, 2026, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"The Great Manure Crisis of ..." from #CES2026 (Wednesday, January 7, 2026, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Mousetraps Into Batteries" from #CES2026 (Tuesday, January 6, 2026, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"It Just Isn't Adding Up" from #CES2026 (Tuesday, January 6, 2026, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Turnout Gear" from #CES2026 (Tuesday, January 6, 2026, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"A 'Sitting Room' on Wheels" from #CES2026 (Tuesday, January 6, 2026, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Healthcare Technology" from #CES2026 (Monday, January 5, 2026, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"It's Who's Software Counts the Votes" from #CES2026 (Monday, January 5, 2026, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Dominion Voting Machines and Venezuela" from #CES2026 (Monday, January 5, 2026, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Political Amnesia: Tim Kaine" from #CES2026 (Monday, January 5, 2026, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Don't Put Maduro in Epstein's Cell. What? Too Soon?" (Saturday, January 3, 2026, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Hit 'Em Right in the Caracas" (Saturday, January 3, 2026, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Cue the 'Mission: Impossible' Theme" (Saturday, January 3, 2026, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Mailbag" (Friday, January 2, 2026, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"The Dependence of Independence" (Friday, January 2, 2026, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:54:12"What Could Go Wrong?" (Friday, January 2, 2026, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Moichendizing!" (Friday, January 2, 2026, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"I'm a Pepper, He's a Pepper, She's a..."(Thursday, January 1, 2026, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Get Your 'Turnout' Gear" (Thursday, January 1, 2026, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:54:22"There's More Fraud Than is Being Discussed" (Thursday, January 1, 2026, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"All is Quiet...." (Thursday, January 1, 2026, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Money is NOT the Root of All Evil" (Wednesday, December 31 2025, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Change How Colleges Classify Athletes" (Wednesday, December 31 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Now We're Talking RIAL Money" (Wednesday, December 31 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Governing From Behind" (Wednesday, December 31 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Bryce Reeves on Perspective" (Tuesday, December 30 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Oops" (Tuesday, December 30 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Beyond Just the Somali Fraud" (Tuesday, December 30 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Word of the Day; Penultimate" (Tuesday, December 30 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Gubernatorial Putsch" (Monday, December 29 2025, Hour 4)
Dec 29, 2025w/ Casey Putsch 4 OH
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"Sloganeering and the 'Chromium Pulpit'!"" (Monday, December 29 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Uncle Sam's Arch Nemesis, Mission Creep" (Monday, December 29 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Russia's Pulling 4 Ukraine?" (Monday, December 29 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Can You Read Us the Score?" (Saturday, December 27 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Where are the Kids?" (Saturday, December 27 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Shirley You Can't Be Serious" (Saturday, December 27 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"About False Idols" (Friday, December 26 2025, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"After the Arab Spring..." (Friday, December 26 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Krampus?" (Friday, December 26 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Dear Mister Fantasy (email)" (Friday, December 26 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:54:18"War" (Christmas Morning, December 25 2025, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"License Culture" (Christmas Morning, December 25 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"FCC Chair Krampus" (Christmas Morning, December 25 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"So, This is Christmas" (Christmas Morning, December 25 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Project Censored?" (Christmas Eve, December 24 2025, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Make Greenland Great Again" (Christmas Eve, December 24 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:54:02"Long History of Church and State" (Christmas Eve, December 24 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Trolls, Trollops and other Internet Creatures" (Christmas Eve, December 24 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Tim Walz and his Purple Reign" (Tuesday December 23 2025, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"GLP-1 Pills, Safe and Effective?" (Tuesday December 23 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Capital Gains or Capitol Gains?" (Tuesday December 23 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"FCC Commish; Understandable but Wrong" (Tuesday December 23 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Not All Child-Endangerment Calls were Equal in 1996" (Monday December 22 2025, Hour 4)
Dec 23, 2025Plus, a visit by Congressman John McGuire on his "American Dream Act"
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"FBI Ignored Epstein in 1996... Who was President?" (Monday December 22 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:54:27"The Real Question in 'Revitalization' Schemes" (Monday December 22 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Be Careful with Words." (Monday December 22 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:54:17"I Never Needed to Know Why..." (Saturday December 20 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Uncivil War" (Saturday December 20 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Just Tell Me Who Paid the Bills" (Saturday December 20 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Soldiers in Your Home" (Friday December 19 2025, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Genesis? What's That?" (Friday December 19 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Changing Your Mind is Harder" (Friday December 19 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:54:28"Unofficial Intelligence" (Friday December 19 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:54:07"January 6th Through the Years" (Thursday December 18 2025, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Yes Virginia, You Voted for Santa Clause" (Thursday December 18 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Stonewalled" (Thursday December 18 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"FBI Drama?" (Thursday December 18 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"New York Times Acknowledges School Choice" (Wednesday December 17 2025, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Not a NEW Civil War" (Wednesday December 17 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Dem's Campaign Acronym is Sheepish" (Wednesday December 15 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Subsidization Nation" (Wednesday December 15 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Ike was Right" (Tuesday December 16 2025, Hour 4)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Errors and Omissions" (Tuesday December 16 2025, Hour 3)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Safe and Effective?" (Tuesday December 16 2025, Hour 2)
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Duration: 00:53:57"Trump Derangement, Derangement" (Tuesday December 15 2025, Hour 1)
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Duration: 00:54:28"Making Us Willing to Give Them Up" (Monday December 15 2025, Hour 4)
Dec 16, 2025(:00) Tyranny is most likely voted in Democratically / "First Things" (new)(:13) Still the same fight sinced 2001 (...or 1801 ...)(:28) Crazy-Making(:44) Be the guy with the rock
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"There's a no Sanity Clause" (Monday December 15 2025, Hour 3)
Dec 16, 2025(:00) Murders anywhere NOT getting coverage / "First Things" (news)(:13) Caller: More with Matt in VA(:28) Mac McDonald's sports Notebook - Heisman meltdown / Rivers' return(:44) Txt on Australia's 'Sanity Clause' / Caller: Dr Clarke in AL
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"Rationalization" (Monday December 15 2025, Hour 2)
Dec 16, 2025(:00) Txt: "They had warning?" / "First Things" (news)(:13) JCSGold Rept / Echo Chamber - Dave Portnoy(:28) Too much rationalizing / Caller: Bob in Moscow(:44) email Q: Isn't Hanukkah a Military Celebration?
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"Here We Go Again" (Monday December 15 2025, Hour 1)
Dec 15, 2025(:00) Hanukkah Shootings Latest / "First Things" (news)(:13) Here we go again(:28) Email: "It's Time" / Caller: Joel in VA on Shooting(:44) Thou Shall not Murder
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"To the Shores of Tripoli" (Saturday December 13 2025, Hour 3)
Dec 14, 2025(:00) Sixth Day Advantage / "First Things" (news)(:13) Citizenship is a Covenant(:28) Chip Roy on Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates(:44) 10 Simple Rules (the Judeo-Christian Ethic)
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"Don't Worry, Be Happy" (Saturday December 13 2025, Hour 2)
Dec 14, 2025(:00) 21st Century Saturday's / "First Things" (news)(:13) Chip Roy on the "Pause Act"(:28) Mac Mcdonald's Sports Notebook - Army-Navy Game(:44) Caller: Dr Clarke on Venezuela
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"You're a Mean One..." (Saturday December 13 2025, Hour 1)
Dec 14, 2025(:00) Christmas Party Survival Tips / "First Things" (news)(:13) JCSGold Rept / "Little Myth Markle"(:28) Grinches are Us / Caller: Joel in FL - Minn Judge(:44) Caller: Joel in FL pt 2 / Chip Roy on "Affordability"
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"Ghost Tankers" (Friday December 12 2025, Hour 4)
Dec 12, 2025(:00) Reax to Trump marijuana proposal / "First Things" (news)(:13) Guest: Bob Good on A.I. and War Powers / Venezuela Tanker capture(:28) Caller: Andy in FL on medicinal marijuana(:44) Texts: A.I. Connections and Marijuana decriminalization
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"War" (Friday December 12 2025, Hour 3)
Dec 12, 2025(:00) Still blaming the inanimate / "First Things" (news)(:13) Guest: Lonnie Jordan & Jerry Goldstein from "War" on new Christmas song(:28) Mac McDonald's Spports Notebook - Vick to HoF'(:44) Guest: Bob Good (Good 4 America podcast) - ACA vote, AI regs
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"Russian Comedy" (Friday December 12 2025, Hour 2)
Dec 12, 2025(:00) Lavrov keeps a straight face / "First Things" (news)(:13) JCSGold Rept / Email: Terry in CHI on 1929 reapportionment act(:28) Reax by Text on Cannibis reclassification / Caller: 'Mike Radio' in VA(:44) Text: Seely in 4 Corners on Marijuana / Caller: Clarke in AL on redistricting
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"New Civil War? (or still the First One?) (Friday December 12 2025, Hour 1)
Dec 12, 2025(:00) Trump: First Libertarian President? / "First Things" (news)(:13) IN Senator says: "New Civil War" has begun.(:28) JT Disagrees... Still the first Civil War re-igniting(:44) Caller: Joel in FL - The new "Slaves" in this Civil War
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"You Can't Handle the Truth" (Thursday December 11 2025, Hour 4)
Dec 11, 2025(:00) Caller: Dr Clarke in AL on messaging / "First Things" (news)(:13) FDA investigating Covid Vax... Why aren't you hopeful? (sarcasm)(:28) Best case, based on Malone's story, is they don't think you could handle the truth(:44) 'Guest' Lawrence 'Went' to the drunk raccoon's defense
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"Messaging" (Thursday December 11 2025, Hour 3)
Dec 11, 2025(:00) Caller: Matt in VA on Tim Kaine / "First Things"(:13) Messaging and Mass-Appeal versus Individual Appeal(:28) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook - Pete Alonzo, Stuart Scott(:44) Reax to 'Messaging' / Caller: Dr Clarke on 'Messaging Connections'
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"Kaine 'Splaining" (Thursday December 11 2025, Hour 2)
Dec 11, 2025(:00) The Left and 'Self' / "First Things" (news)(:13) Premature Discharge Petitions / Caller: Joel in FL(:28) Caller: more with Joel in FL / JCSGold Rept / Kaine on Prices (setup)(:44) Kaine-'splaining
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"Words AREN'T Weapons" (Thursday December 11 2025, Hour 1)
Dec 11, 2025(:00) Gaslight in America / "First Things" (news)(:13) Erika Kirk reluctantly thrust into the public square(:28) Be careful of accepting the left's premise that words are weapons(:44) Last point on the Erika Kirk story / Russian Demands for Peace
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"In the Reids" (Wednesday December 10 2025, Hour 4)
Dec 10, 2025(:00) Shocking; Scammers target huge bureaucracy / "First Things" (news)(:13) Guest: frm LG Candidate John Reid on what's next(:28) Guest: more with John Reid on GOP issues(:44) Guest: finish with Reid on Podcast
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"Leagues of Their Own" (Wednesday December 10 2025, Hour 3)
Dec 10, 2025(:00) Caller: Joel in FL on words / "First Things" (news)(:13) Guest: Ilya Shapiro (Manhattan Inst) on SCOTUS hearing NRSC v FEC(:28) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook - Notre Dame, ACC & CFP(:44) Feature: "Caring Beyond Cancer" - Grief CounselingÂ
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"Entanglements" (Wednesday December 10 2025, Hour 1)
Dec 10, 2025(:00) Shovelling Fertilizer / "First Things" (news)(:13) JCSGold Rept / The part of tariffs they conveniently leave out(:28) Caller: Andy in FL on Tom Perriello comeback & Soros connection(:44) Caller: Clarke in AL on EU Friction
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"What are 'Friends' For?" (Wednesday December 10 2025, Hour 1)
Dec 10, 2025(:00) Tednesday / "First Things" (news)(:13) Europe wants an Enabler, not a Friend(:28) Caller: Bob in Moscow - How Russia deals with it.(:44) Guess who's back...
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