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   It's a privilege to welcome Kansas Senate President and Trump endorsed candidate for governor Ty Masterson on the broadcast for the first time.  We'll talk about his expected strategy to skip a GOP debate Friday at Johnson County Community College, what the endorsement has done for his campaign, how he will attack property taxes if elected and much more.  Masterson is the presumed front runner...

   Watching a couple great Republican candidates have success in the primaries in California is fun and it does signal something significant.  But don't buy into the hype that Spencer Pratt or Steve Hilton will win their general elections.  California is locked down by the dems in every way imaginable.    60 Minutes lead anchor Scott Pelley threw a giant hissy fit at the office Monday in front of...

   The Kansas Jayhawks get exactly the kind of break it takes to have a magical season as Oklahoma wins at Georgia Tech.  Tech was the top team left in the tourney and would have hosted KU with a win.  Instead, Tech is toast and OU is coming to Lawrence.  This thing just got real!    We got a sneak preview of the new Morton Amphitheater Monday night in Riverside and you're going to love this place...

   The Kansas Jayhawks, for the first time in two weeks, looked lifeless at out of it through three innings against Arkansas.  They trailed 5-0.  Then they explode for 11 unanswered runs and win 13-10 to advance to the Super Regional later this week.  We have the details on who they will play and where.    Johnson County Community College smashed all kinds of college baseball records this year win...

 When I reached out to my friend Stan Weber a couple weeks ago to see if he could come on the Pod to talk about the Chiefs schedule, he said, "maybe."    Turns out, Stan was out of the country on vacation.   His first vacation.  Ever.  No joke.      We explain all of this as Stan is here to talk about Patrick Mahomes and how he's moving at OTA's, the Chiefs plan to get him back on the field and ho...

   It hit me like a load of bricks.  I love watching Trump's cabinet meetings and then heard someone else say the absolute best use of these events would be to make sure children in schools watch them to understand government and civics.  Count me in.     ICE "protests" get chippy in New Jersey as Dems have started their summer plan to invoke some violence in hopes of influencing elections in thei...

   In all our lives, it's never been more important for a candidate to have an endorsement than ANY Republican in a primary right now.  President Trump runs his record to 118-0 in primary endorsements for Governors, Senators and House reps as Ken Paxton just obliterates John Cornyn in Texas.  And some people yawned when Ty Masterson got Trump's endorsement for Kansas Governor?  Nobody has ever had...

   We begin the new week with a couple people me and my mom would like to slap (not that we would) and then move on to Trump's grand plan for Iran if they can get a deal signed.  It's something great for America and would represent a total reset of how a more peaceful world would operate.    Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson is running for governor and just got the endorsement from President Tr...

The state of Kansas has about a thousand issues Missouri doesn't have.  Eight years with a Dem governor will have that effect.  The state is 43rd in America in average income.  The state income tax is the highest in the region and for 2 million people it's a 3-6 hour U-Haul to zero state tax in Texas.   The population is shrinking and that's very rare for a red state.       Missouri is working tow...

   Ok, there is one thing we can all agree on.  Rashee Rice is not worthy of playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.  The terrible teammate, terrible friend and terrible partner is a continuing crap show that isn't good enough to stay.  Reports, as he's in jail for 30 days, indicate he broke his probation by getting high.  Other reports try to tamp it down and say this should have been served a year a...

Chris Stigall has done it all in conservative talk radio and podcasting and he's learned it's just not enough to talk about what's wrong.  That's why he's running for Congress, to have a chance to DO what's right.  Chris is a born and bred Missourian with deep roots in District 6 and while I don't have a vote, I can tell you his is the perfect successor to the retiring Sam Graves.    Chris is smar...

After Mayor Q took to Facebook to blame property owners and business owners for the change at iconic Town Topic Burgers to not stay open 24 hours, you had to figure he'd hear from them.  And man, has he.  We have the deets.    A clearly liberal judge in Lawrence has decided that the new law in Kansas to keep adults from mutilating their kids and pouring drugs in them they weren't born to have... s...

  This is the crazy story of some very typical, ornery high school baseball players in the '80's that found crazy success playing ball.  And we had a teammate, Curt Whitaker that could sing and play guitar and we never knew it.  When he decided, "why not?," he started KC's best cover band.  The www.m80skc.com have played with Chicago, Train and others at Starlight and almost everyone that played a...

   You wish Ryan Levebvre lived next door. You want to know him, trust me.      He is now the broadcaster that Baseball Hall of Famer Denny Mathews always wanted to hand it off to.  All the Royals asked him to do this year is to bring in former players into the booth and coach them up about how insanely hard this biz can be.   Ryan opens up about Rex Hudler's smaller role, the growth of Jermie Gut...

 President Trump is off to China with the heaviest heavy hitters America has.  Business, Government, Investment, Energy.... it's a full press as he has slowed China's oil flow and looks to broker big plans for America, and maybe, the rest of the world.    Alberta is ready to have a vote to leave Canada, we have a couple experts with all the reasons and a promise its happening... at least someday....

This one is personal as we have lost a dear friend with the passing of 28 time PGA Tour winner Jim Colbert at age 85.      We are thinking of Marcia and the entire Colbert family but in the sadness and grief of loss is a flood of memories of a man that was so much more than a professional golfer.  The drive that it took to win on tour was the same effort he put into his relationships, businesses,...

   Sunday President Trump said Iran's proposal regarding nukes and enrichment for weapons is "totally unacceptable."  So what's next?  This could get rough again.    The head of Homeland Security made a stop in KC to speak about needing more funding for his agency and in the process just ripped in to Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.    The Missouri Supreme Court starts hearing cases Tuesday on whether...

   It won't be a big story down the road as Crown Center is about to be boom town in KC but it's notable right now that a long vacant piece of land the city has done absolutely nothing with now has a plan.  Just a couple weeks after the Royals announce, and old abandoned lot is going to be home to at least 150 new residents.  This is going to spread like fire.   The Royals completely punt their ch...

   Our theme today at KKHI is a whole bunch of messes people are cleaning up.  Hawaiian Bros is a fast food chain that originated in KC and their Royals promotion of giving away free lunch when the Royals score 6 or more was just crushing their business.  So they've changed it.  It reminds me of the historic, high scoring Chiefs of 2002 and 2003 when I started the "Custard's Last Stand" Club that...

 It's time to change the name of ICE to NICE and President Trump seems to be on board to cap off a busy day at the White House.  First, it was the return of the Presidential Fitness test for American kids, then Marco Rubio just crushed it filling in for White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.  All this... and Michelle Obama has a plan for her husband that I'm all in on.    There's enough sig...

   President Trump hosted a small business event at the White House Monday and one of the businesses featured was Slap's BBQ in KCK.  Joe Pearce, the owner, was there with staff.  The president was a little bit interested in the various sauces but mostly just asked the Slap's boys if Patrick Mahomes was going to be ok and start the season in week one.  This is so good.    A national hotel associat...

   Trump the pragmatist is our lead at KKHI as he's come up with yet another possible solution to a real problem.  It's called Project Freedom and it basically means we are going to safeguard ships for passage in the Strait of Hormuz.  Trump is a fixer, no doubt.  We revisit at column written over 8 years ago that recognized how his presidency works.    The prez was in Flroida this weekend at the...

   It sounds more and more like President Trump is finished talking with Iran, battling media in America reporting we're losing and hearing leaders in Europe say the USA is boxed in.  Itchy trigger finger?  I'm guessing.  And it now may involve something called a "Dark Eagle" missile that is devastating.  If they won't end the nuclear program, Trump believes you gotta take them out and try talking...

   Chief Justice John Roberts most famous quote is, "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."  And boy, oh boy, did the Supreme Court back that up in a big way with a 6-3 decision that ends the ability to redraw congressional district lines to give extra benefits to people based on their race.  This is big.... and corrects a decades old p...

   The Royals are still a million miles from being the team they need to be to win their division but after winning 5 of 6, the are suddenly only 2.5 games out of first.  Bobby Witt Jr's 10th inning, three run homer gets it done on the first game of the road trip to get the team, ugh, within 5 games of .500.    Chiefs rookie mini camp just means more this year as so many of these players will be e...