Across The Tracks

Wayne and Steve discuss the Louisiana governor's election results, Israel preparing to invade Gaza, Jim Jordan's bid for the House Speaker, and memorials to Rudolph Isley, Suzanne Summers, and a hometown friend.

Episode topics include Pickleball, the House of Representatives having no speakers, Turmoil in Isreal, Sly & the Family Stones, and memorials to Dick Butkus, and Diane Feinstein.

This episode highlights the misadventures of Senator Tommy Tuberville, Lindsey Graham's escape from justice, Coco Gauff's huge comeback win at the US Tennis Open, Deon Sanders's early success as the new University of Colorado head coach football, and memorials to Jimmy Buffett's and Gary Wright.

Steve and Wayne discuss the 60th anniversary of the March On Washington, the Jacksonville shooting, Vivek Ramaswamy's version of racism, Shannon Sharp, and his departure from Undisputed, and a memorial to Bob Barker.

Wayne and Steve discuss the Montgomery boat dock brawl, the defection of PFC Travis King, the 761st Tank Battalion, and the Maui wildfires, and provide a memorial to DJ Casper.

This episode covers the third indictment of the former U.S. President, Hip Hop's 50th anniversary, Facial recognition that went bad for an eight-month pregnant lady, and memorials to Sinead O'Connor, Pee Wee Herman, and Randy Meisner.

Wayne and Steve reflect on the 40th annual Winter Park Jazz Festival, Jason Aldean's song "Try That in a small town", Florida's State Board of Education Black History Curriculum, and a memorial to singer Tony Bennett.

Steve and Wayne discuss a few recent United States Supreme Court decisions and their impact.

This episode starts with a salute to Black Music Month and Steve's excitement about setting up his original 1970s stereo equipment and album collection. A discussion of the Oceangate mini sub-tragedy and the renaming of U.S. Military bases round out the episode.

Wayne and Steve discuss basketball and the passing of the University of Louisville Coach Denny Crum. The Misadventures of John Marant. Why non-white people might advocate white supremacy, the debt ceiling debate, and the legacy of Jim Brown.

Steve and Wayne discuss the Writers Guild of America Strike, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the California Legislature awarding Reparations to its Black citizens, the death of Jordon Neely, and the President's new Joint Chief of staff leader.

Wayne and Steve reflect on the 2023 NFL draft, the firing of Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon, Mike Pence's testimony, and memorials to Harry Belafonte and Jerry Springer.

Episode Topics: Guns & violence toward average citizens, Tennessee legislative political calamity, and US Supreme Court Politics.

Steve and Wayne are joined by E-town's own, Charles "CJ" Moore. This episode discusses "CJ" and how and why he has become a stand-up comedian in Elizabethtown and the surrounding area. They discuss past and present stand-up comedians and their influence on CJ. They end the episode with discussions on various current events and memorials.

Episode topics of discussion: Daylight Saving Time, the Mississippi Legislature creating a system to disenfranchise voters, cartoon "Delbert" creator Scott Adam's statement that he no longer will help Black People, and memorials to Felton Spencer & Bobby Turner, former Basketball stars and NCAA National Champions at the University of Louisville.

Wayne and Steve discuss the death of Tyre Nichols, commentator Jason Whitlock's blame of single black women and gang violence for the death of Nichols, Mike Pence's classified documents, and the WNBA'S Candance Parker signing with the Las Vegas Aces.

This episode's discussion topics are Congressional buffoonery, Florida's Dept of Education denial of the AP African-American Studies course, E-town comic relief, Trump's disrespect of Rochelle "Silk" Hardaway, and the Biden / Trump classified documents dilemma.

Wayne and Steve discuss the 2022 Midterm elections (Warnock vs Walker), the release of Brittney Griner from a Russian Prison, and Deon Sanders becoming the new football coach at the University of Colorado, and end with their thoughts on memorable Christmas movies and songs.

This week's topics include the North Carolina Mass Shootings, Warnock-Walker debate, the latest Jan 6 committee hearing, and the plight of black farmers.

This episode discusses Hurricane Ian, Newsmax anchor Greg Kelly's attack on the African-American Museum, Aaron Judge's chase of the Maris record, Boston Celtic head coach, and memorials to Coolio and Ramsey Lewis.

Wayne and Steve discuss the death of Queen Elizabeth II, remembrance of the 9-11 attacks, the black national anthem being played at the start of the NFL season, and the passing of Journalist/CNN anchor Bernard Shaw.

A discussion about the NFL's Deshaun Watson suspension, Liz Cheney's fight to save democracy, and the FBI search of Mar-a-Largo in this episode.

This episode covers the assassination of the Japanese Prime Minister Abe, the level of ignorance in America, the development of super conferences in college football & WNBC star Britney Griner's trial in Russia.

Wayne & Steve discuss America's anger and/or fear, the mass shooting in Illinois, the Political turn of the Supreme Court, the Jan 6 hearing, Justice Jackson, the 50th anniversary of Title IX & memorial of QB Marlon Briscoe.

Both Wayne & Steve reflect on the 1st primetime Jan 6th hearing, Senatorial election in Ky between Booker & Paul, Elie Mystal's book "Black Guy's guide to the Constitution, LIV vs PGA Golf, and McConnell's support of gun laws to protect Supreme Court Justices.