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Doug reluctantly agrees to take Thanksgiving Day off, but will enjoy it with his two grandsons. Then, a look at the holiday weekend weather and travel forecasts. Who would have believed that this year, Walmart will be closed on Thanksgiving Day? Have you been to Hawaii lately? You can't imagine the hoops you have to jump through. Media hype everywhere for the Tony Bennett and Gaga concert this wee...

Celebrating International Men’s Day with a discussion on male role models and masculinity. Why do deeds need to know your marital status. Dr. Mary Bowden, an ENT, resigned from her job over her suspension due to her comments against mandates. A Marriott hotel in Prague refused to host a Uyghur conference stating they’re politically neutral, but the Senior VP of the company says otherwise. Travelin...

Doug shares an update from Kansas City where a one-man protest took place at a city council meeting where he compared the mandates with Nazi Germany. Comparisons to the Holocaust over vax mandates is damaging and minimizes to so many people. President Biden is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate illegal conduct of gas and oil companies because of rising prices. Speaking of rising pr...

Doug became a grandfather for a second time. He shares all the details. President Biden’s conversations with China’s President Xi Jinping over possible arms control and visa requirements for journalists . . . and no mention of COVID-19. In related conversation, opining over the validity of news on social media from China. Travis Scott faces more fallout following his tragic Astroworld Festival wit...

Pete Buttigieg takes on Biden’s $1T agenda, making him the most powerful Transportation Secretary in history as the climate/infrastructure bill likely causes major inflation for Americans. Farmers are already experiencing rising prices for fertilizer, with a fear of possibly not being able to afford it at all. Is the government gaslighting the American people that some of these issues aren’t happe...

Why do we think the things we think? Are our thoughts solely around our own lives, or are we thinking more broadly? Doug opines on two great hallmarks of our life – the beginning of the industrial revolution and the computer age. Think about it, the Wright brothers invented, built and flew the world’s first heavier-than-air aircraft in 1903 . . . 66 years later, in 1969, Neil Armstrong walked on t...

President Biden signed a bill to protect telecommunication systems against foreign threats, and the DJVers explain why cyber security is so important. While it is important for the public to tell our elected officials what we think, there is a time and place (for instance, following a Senator into a public bathroom is neither the time nor place). In other news, Elon Musk sells off billions of doll...

What Americans are really involved in, and it’s not politics anymore. Everyone is tired of the hard hitting, frustrating news. Sports is holding the crown in terms of what news people want to read . . . but, aren’t sports-related stories political these days, too . . .Doug fills us in on a brief history of the show . . . an update on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial and how the media told one side of th...

Did you know there is such a thing as a chainsaw for indoor use? Apparently, this is how Jennifer Horn destroyed her Christmas tree one year. In trending news, we discuss the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision to throw out the $465 Million opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson, stating the company did not violate the state’s public nuisance law nor misrepresented themselves in any ads . . . What...

In health news, Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals won’t require proof of vaccines for their outdoor events, but may mandate masks . . . North Ireland’s health minister is suing Van Morrison over COVID-19 criticism . . . Germany is calling unvaccinated people the reason the COVID pandemic is rebounding in the country . . . more International flights have resumed . . . and Kentucky records it...

We all have a voice that plays in our head, but is that inner voice your identity; is it your story? The DJVers discuss listening to your own inner voice vs listening to others, and where being an empath falls. Other conversations include the city council race in Portland, ME which ended in a tie with the final decision being handled by drawing a name out of a bowl . . . Pfizer’s antiviral pill is...

It’s a birthday celebration, honoring our fearless leader Doug Stephan on his special day, sharing stories and love from Doug’s friends and some childhood memories involving fountain pens from the birthday boy himself. In other news, a drug cartel-related shooting on the beach in front of a Cancun resort . . . Starbucks getting into the holiday spirit . . . the Russian woman who broke the world ic...

Looking to live a happy life? Uncle Doug offers his advice on living your dream life. COVID conversations include a debate over active service members being threatened with dishonorable discharge if they don’t get the vaccine . . . Tyson Foods vax mandate has majority of employees obliging . . . and a question of how the COVID-19 vaccine may affect young children. The internet rumor-mill is runnin...

Yahoo pulls out of China as the American and Chinese governments feud over technology and trade...LA County pays Vanessa Bryant $2.5M to settle Kobe Bryant crash photo lawsuits...Maine voters passed the nation’s first “right to food” constitutional amendment on Tuesday and gives Mainers the power to wrestle control of the food supply back from large landowners and giant retailers...in entertainmen...

China locked over 30,000 Disneyland guests in their Shanghai park after one guest got COVID. In COVID news: Trash backup in NYC is being dealt with by extending garbage pickup from eight hours to 12 hour shifts, and including Sundays. Also, rumors swirl of NYFD firehouses closing due to staffing shortages over vaccine mandates, but the FDNY commissioner says that’s not the case. Meanwhile in Chica...

Plastic straws may be bad for the environment, but can we all agree that paper straws are not the answer . . .We welcome in November with the realization there hasn’t been any significant “first frost” yet, raising questions of global warming vs climate change and opining of shaming over the state of the weather cycles. Other news includes a conversation of side effects in teens from the COVID-19...

Trending news includes Florida engineers saying all coastal buildings should be inspected following the Surfside condominium collapse in the Miami-Dade area . . . Andrew Cuomo has been charged over the alleged groping of a former aide . . . and Oklahoma administered the death penalty on inmate John Marion Grant for the killing of a prison cafeteria employee. In other news, Trick or Treat weather c...

If you aren’t happy, no one else can make you happy. Words of wisdom from Doug and it’s the truth. So, how do you win at life? Rule #1: Leave people alone, mind your own business, live your own life . . . or as the popular saying goes, “Stay in your lane.” A conversation on how cows contribute to methane gas, a Congressman’s memo to farmers and how the animal agriculture tax affects everyone . . ....

“As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.” - WKRP - The state of Washington is suing poultry farmers for causing significant up-charges, which started as a temporary problem but now is a big problem. If you’re interested in farm news, check out Doug’s American Family Farmer Show and podcast on www. AmericanFamilyFarmerShow.com . The Brian Laundrie search took so long and confused authori...

When you get up in the morning and look in the mirror, do you feel inspired? If you don’t like yourself, who are you going to like? If you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust? Some self-reflecting discussion to kick things off . . . and the news! Some companies will no longer be selling home security cameras coming from China . . . 3D printed houses are a thing, and are built to withstand sign...

Facebook is under a lot of scrutiny as more whistleblowers come forward with allegations against the social media platform and their bias in how they moderate content. More topics include the death of the seventh friend, Gunther actor James Michael Tyler from Friends lost his battle to prostate cancer . . . more allegations surrounding the January 6th insurrection . . . Fake Famous, an HBO documen...

Alec Baldwin’s been filming his new film, “Rust,” – a western story involving an accidental killing, when the prop gun he shot fired something out . . . injuring the film’s director and killing the director of photography. In other news, Brian Laundries remains confirmed via dental records . . . Kate Beckinsale is “wicked smart” . . . Blake Lively fights to protect her kids from paparazzi . . . an...

Health talk and then some are the topics today. The FDA gives approval for everyone to get booster shots that differ from the vaccine you originally received . . . News from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) . . . the fact that Fish Oil may be hurting your heart, but Turmeric and Cumin are still good for you and other info shared from our favorite medical professionals, Dr. Jack Stockwell an...

Let’s take a minute and think about all of the topics we could have been talking for the last year and a half instead of COVID-19 . . . In COVID news, medical experts reverse their thoughts on mixing vaccines. A new study takes a look at how their test subjects responded to mixing and matching. A big find is if you got the J&J one-and-done-shot, you might want to consider getting a dose of Moderna...

“If you don’t see your failures, you will not succeed.” There’s a flood research group who’s produced information stating 25% of all critical infrastructure in America are at risk of being rendered inoperable as climate change affects the weather. This conversation causes some opining over whether or not one can be electrocuted by driving their electric car through a puddle . . . Activists disrupt...