Across The Tracks

In this episode, Steve and Wayne discuss the recent mass shooting in Texas, national anthem protest by San Fransisco Giants manager, Gabe Kepler, and insights from the recent Indy 500.

Steve, Wayne, and Joey spend the 2nd day of the Indianapolis 500-time trails at the speedway and reflect on the times, cars, and drivers. Wayne discusses the first black group of men and women to traverse the summit of Mt. Everest.

During a return to E-town to celebrate a close friend's Birthday, Wayne and Steve are joined by friends and family to have conversations about recent topics which include Phil Mickelson, the Buffalo NY mass shooting, and the leaked Supreme Court ruling on Roe vs Wade.

Steve and Wayne discuss if America has progressed since the world was introduced to Rodney King, Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, student debt cancellation, Michigan state Senator McMorrow's impassioned speech, and memorial to Ashley Judd.

Steve and Wayne discuss the essence of what makes a film Black Movie, and the 75th Anniversary of Jackie Robinson's major league debut.

Wayne and Steve discuss Ketanji Brown-Jackson's rise to the United States Supreme Court, Will Smith's Oscar drama, the return of Tiger Woods to golf, and the continuing crisis in Ukraine.

In this episode, Steve and Wayne compare and contrast the current state of America to that of the apartheid system, which governed South Africa.

This episode covers the Ukrainian Crisis, the Juwan Howard (University of Michigan head basketball coach) incident, the sentencing of former police officer Kim Potter, the Federal convictions of the Ahmad Aubrey three, and the NBA All-Star game.

In this episode, Steve and Wayne discuss hiring of black coaches in the NFL, holocaust comments by Whoopi Goldberg, Black History Month in the age of white fear, and jail sentence imposed upon Pamela Moses for trying to register to vote.

In tonight's episode, Steve and Wayne discussed Presidental actions, sports trailblazers, non-complicance to covid mandates, and memorials.

In this episode, Wayne and Steve discuss SCOTUS ruling on vaccine mandates, Novak Djokovic deported, memorials of Bob Sagat, Ronnie Spector, Joe B. Hall, Brigadier General Charles McGee (Tuskegee Airman), and reflections on Martin Luther King Jr's legacy in today's America.

Steve and Wayne discuss sports personalities and their issues on and off the courts and/or field, reflections on the Jan 6th insurrection, and memorialize Actor/director Sidney Poitier.

The last episode of 2021 covers the memorials of Desmond Tutu, John Madden, Harry Reid, Betty White, and various other topics from the year 2021.

After a few week layoffs, Steve and Wayne's topics cover 2021 Time Magazine's person of the year controversial choice, Federal Judges, military discharge of no vaccine servicemen and women, and memorialize R & B great Joe Simon.

After several weeks away, Wayne and Steve return to discuss the Rittenhouse verdict, the Astroworld concert tragedy, US House Representative Paul Gosar's attack on another member of Congress, the death of rapper Young Dolph, the Ahmad Arbrey trial and the passing of Colin Powell.

In this episode we discuss John Gruden leaving the Las Vegas Raiders, Singer Jill Scott possibly emigrating to the nation of Holland, DC Comic leaving some of its readers bewildered by having Clark and Lois Kent’s son John come out as gay, and William Shatner (Captain Kirk) leaving the earth in a real spaceship.

Wayne and Steve are joined by a E-town High School student and we discuss our home town from his perspective. We also discuss the first NASCAR win by Bubba Wallace and the 50th anniversary of Soul Train.

This week's topics of discussion were the memorials of Michael K Williams, Melvin Van Peeples, the United States Governments' debt ceiling, the Haitian refugees, the Ken Burns series on Muhammed Ali. This episode ends with Steve's first-hand observation of protocols used during a week-long Caribbean cruise.

This episode covers the Texas abortion laws, Naomi Osaka takes another mental break, 9-11 20th anniversary and memorials to Lee Williams & Willard Scott.

Steve and Wayne discuss the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan, track sprinter Sha'carri Richardson's comments about Allyson Flex, the lack of U.S. boxing medals during the Tokoyo Olympus, Hurricane Ida, memorials of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts and Actor Ed Asner.

Steve and Wayne discuss a car show moment, 2020 Olympic reflections, covid vaccination comparisons ... the US vs World, and loss of Dennis Thomas of Kool & the Gang.

This episode discusses Simone Bile's Olympic issues, Mitch McConnell's push to vaccinate the people of Kentucky, the death of a rock star and a civil rights icon, and the potential passage of an infrastructure bill.

Wayne and Steve discuss Richard Branson & Jeff Bezos being taken to space, the Jan 6 insurrection taking up time and space in minds of Congress and Americans, and the Delta Variant causing hospital space to be taken up by unvaccinated Covid-19 patients.

This episode discusses the prison release of Bill Cosby, NCAA decision to allow athletes to receive payments, US troops leaving Afganistan, the Jan 6 insurrection, and the national spelling bee champion.

This episode covers the 77th anniversary of D-Day, the 100th anniversary of the 1921 massacre in the Greenwood district of Tulsa Oklahoma, a new Texas Gun law, Black music, and Pride month.