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David Vincent has been the Sheriff of Citrus County for more than six motnhs and the community stands behinds it's decision by giving him a 92% approval rating. Sheriff Vincent discusses a variety of topics like traffic enforcement, body cameras, and the new court decision on open carry.

George and Justin talk about the Trump rally, Capitol Riot, and Big Tech's reaction. Justin describes Section 230, how it allies to social media companies and the need to repeal and replace it. 

Jenny Broadbent, owner and coach at CrossFit gym Primal Body Athletics is the guest. Joining George and Jenny are Rick, Shannon, and Rebecca who all workout at PBA. Jenny shares what CrossFit is all about, addresses common misconceptions about CrossFit and the group shares their experience and goals for the new year.

Shaunda Burdette from the Citrus County Education Foundation and Victoria Thorp from Aspire Relationship Center join George as all three talk about their respective nonprofit agencies and how they serve the community in Citrus County, FL.

Justin and George respond to an article by Christian author John Piper. In his article, Piper explains why he will not be voting for Trump or Biden in the upcoming election. Both Justin and George appreciate Piper sharing his perspective, but strongly disagree with his conclusion.

Theressa, Justin, and Greg join George in a discussion about last week's presidential debate. We all seem to agree that there was no winner and the American people came out on the losing end of the deal. In the debate, the President of the United States was called a liar, a clown, a racist, the worse preisdent ever, and he was told to shut up. Everyone shared their perspective on what that says ab...

Theressa Foster West, Justin Strickland, Chris Moling, Josh Wooten, and Greg Kell join George to share their thoughts on our local election in Citrus County, FL and the Presidential race leading up to the debate. George predicted the debate moderator, Chris Wallace or Fox News, would not be "invisible" as he said he would. Score one correct prediction for George! 

Justin Strickland and Theressa West join George to pick up where they left off on their authority discussion. Where does our obligation to follow our nation's leaders end in when then operate on the "do as I say, not as I do" principle.

Educator and life coach Melissa Pfeiffer-Hermann is the guest. She shares her journey from at-risk teen mother to successful educator and life coach. We always, we drilled down on what makes people think and act the way they do  and we talked a little politics. 

Theressa West comes back to the show to discuss the upcoming Global Leadership Summit August 6-7, 2020. We discuss takeaways from last year's summit and what is to come this year. The Global Leadership Summit originates from a Christian church so George begins to explore his favorite Jesus scene in the Bible, when Jesus made a whip and used it to clear the temple and flipped some tables while he w...

George and Reggie share their thoughts on the shooting of Rayshard Brooks by Atlanta cops.

Chris Moling is back and he shares his perspective on the state of race in America as a former law enforcement officer and a white man who was previously in a relationship with a black woman for 9 years. After a long day of work, Reggie joined the conversation a little late and we talked a little about white privilege. George offers a warning that our country's young white sons are watching their...

George and Reggie continue their discussion on the latest events and proposals in the wake of the George Floyd murder. The riots have subsided and now it's time for policy proposals that will make a difference, yet the proposal that is getting the most attention and support is defunding the police. 5 minutes ago we were a nation heaping love and praise on our first responders and now they are pois...

George and Reggie travel the nation training criminal justice professionals how to problem solve. So, in this episode they apply specific problem solving skills as they look through their respective lens at the George Floyd murder and subsequent protests, riots, and social media atmosphere. Along the way, they talk about police shooting statistics, Drew Brees, the conversation being had with child...

George and Reggie share their thoughts on the state of our society and the conversation on race that is taking place in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Both George and Reggie want people to feel free to have difficult conversations like this one and not only remain friends afterwards, but cooperate together in working toward meaningful change.

George and Reggie share their thoughts on the tragic loss of George Floyd. Being that Reggie lives in the twin cities, he, his family, and friends have a front row seat to the aftermath.

George and Reggie discuss the skill of Apologizing. When one presidential candidate offers apologies that not really apologies and one candidate apologizes for nothing, where does that leave us? George prefers no apology to a fake one.

George, Reggie, and Rebecca discuss their biggest pet peeves and viewers of the live broadcast share their own.

George's ranting leads Reggie to lead him through a Thinking Report to take an objective view of the thoughts, feeling, and attitudes & beliefs that arise within as he watches our political "leaders" ruin the chances of quality candidates running for office in the future.

George begins the show with some math on Coronavirus rates in his Florida county. Reggie shares his thoughts on Trump being called a racist for telling a CBS reporter to ask China some questions.

George and Reggie discuss the situation resulting in the death of Ahmaud Arbery and the eventual arrest of Gregory and Travis McMichael in Brunswick, GA.

George, Reggie, and Rebecca share the life lessons they have learned from working a combined 60+ years in the criminal justice system.

George's friend Jose joins us for a Cinco de Mayo quiz. George and Reggie share the news stories that have captured their attention. Reggie's story is about pets transmitting coronavirus and George's is about the Illinois Governor's wife coming to Florida which leads into a conversation that one viewer called stressful.

George rants about his inability to get a haircut because despite grocery and home improvement stores being open, barber shops must remain closed. Reggie does his best to talk George off the ledge.

We welcome our guest Jude Lawless all the way from Bridlington, UK. Jude started the effort to storm Big Cat Rescue on Facebook. It took about 20 hours to amass an audience of 11.5k respondents either going or interested in going to the event before Facebook shut him down. Now he's back with a new event page committing to a peaceful demonstration. We also talk to Jude about corona-life in the UK,...