Left of Center Show

Is Waffle House coming to Hammond, Indiana; Tom talks Chicago Bears and more on a recent panel with other state leaders and IN Governor Mike Braun in attendance; another business relocates to Hammond from Illinois; Belgium's reaction to beating the USA in the World Cup goes viral; Trump's latest misspeak; author and former EU and United Nations diplomat Richard Fassam-Wright calls in from London a...

Storms, storms, and more storms; the social media post heard around the world; Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner accused of sexual assault; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on serial killers; USA knocked out of the World Cup.

Hammond, Indiana data center project dead in the water; Town of Merrillville and Attorney General Todd Rokita duking it out over proposed ICE detention facility; legal decision on how judges are selected in Indiana; Great American State Fair update; Trump has made billions during his presidency so far.

Tom completes a triathlon; Mailbag segment about the Chicago Bears; Bears stadium search update; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on the nuclear family; latest SCOTUS rulings; Congressman Massie fights back; are people attending the Great American State Fair or aren't they; Lionel Messi statue built in Argentina causes a stir.

Kevin visits NYC; Mailbag segment about the Bears stadium search in Hammond, Indiana; Hammond Police Department upgrading their drones in a big way; candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota Marisa Simonetti talks with Tom and Kevin about her race as an independent, the problem with the two-party system, how Tom looks back at his U.S. Senate race, if Marisa really threw a tarantula at someone, and mo...

John Cantrell fills in for Kevin; Tom gives an update on the Chicago Bears stadium search; fully autonomous drones kill human soldiers for the first time; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on ICE; Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales loses his bid to run again; Tucker Carlson announces he is leaving the Republican party.

Algae bloom consumes the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool; volunteer for Greg Ballard's Indiana Secretary of State campaign accused of submitting fraudulent signatures; woman dies bungee jumping in Brazil; Tom has some things to say about Hillary Clinton's recent remarks that Joe Biden shouldn't have run for a 2nd term; California Governor and likely presidential candidate Gavin Ne...

Tom is feeling better; Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales crashes out at a campaign event; IN U.S. Senator Jim Banks remarks on the Bears project; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on the Iran war; Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Northwest Indiana Building and Construction Trades Council Randy Palmateer talks with Tom and Kevin about organized labor, bipartisanship, the Bears, men's u...

Tom is sick; Chicago Bears stadium search update; shark attack in Florida waters that Tom has swam in while in the Navy; Trump says he loves inflation; former Louisiana mayor sentenced for having sex with teenage boy; Trump phone teardown reveals it is almost identical to a two-year-old HTC smartphone; World Cup begins.

The Chicago Bears are coming to Hammond; Beau Bayh wins Democratic nomination for Indiana Secretary of State; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on Trump's recent interview walk-out and Hegseth's controversial remarks at a D-Day event in France; Indianapolis City-Council councilman and mayoral candidate Vop Osili talks with Tom and Kevin about his upbringing, accomplishments in city government, h...

With all the latest Bears talk, LOCPod makes the news; "Los Gatos party mom" sentenced; George Santos is back in the news, this time for his betting; Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith's controversial remarks about Muslims; IN Democratic State Convention this weekend.

Tom goes camping; the latest on the Chicago Bears potentially moving to Hammond, Indiana; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on Tina Peters being released from prison early; a $250 bill with Trump's face on it being considered; Great American State Fair in disarray as most of the performers drop out; social media influencer banned from all Six Flags parks for life after eating chicken nuggets whi...

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita joins lawsuit against government's reclassification of marijuana; the latest on the IN Secretary of State race; the Enhanced Games take place in Las Vegas; $30,000 goes missing in Winfield, IN trafficking case; former mayor of Portage, IN and SCOTUS litigant James Snyder talks with Tom and Kevin about his decade-long saga to clear his name following bribery and...

Officer involved shooting late last night on 80/94; Tom gets elbowed in the eye; Tom walks in the Hammond Mohawks Memorial Day parade; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on AI; is Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales running again or not; former controversial Mayor Tiffany Henyard wins her primary race in Fulton County, Georgia.

Hammond, Indiana returns to ICSC; LOCPod sees No Doubt at The Sphere and meets Gwen Stefani; Matt Reardon, Tom, and Kevin discuss the latest on the Chicago Bears potentially moving to Hammond, including an environmental hit piece by the Chicago Tribune.

Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith wants to ban chemtrails and also declares Valparaiso "Indiana's Most Unwelcoming Community"; update on the gambling ring with connections to Northwest Indiana; California mayor admits to being a spy for China; Trump phone finally ships.

Speakers removed from Hobart, Indiana data center public meeting; is Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett going to run for a 4th term; Trump doesn't know who Curt Cignetti is; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on Mother's Day and the declining birth rate; Peoria Heights, Illinois mayor arrested; gold statue of Trump unveiled at this Florida golf course.

Election results across Lake County; Indiana State Senators who voted against congressional redistricting lose bigly; suit alleges Indiana Attorney General investigator threatened man over social media post; photos of the food being served to U.S. troops causes uproar.

Primary Election Day is today – get out and vote; John Cantrell joins Tom and Kevin for the first half of the show; Spirit Airlines goes under; Spencer Pratt runs for Mayor of L.A.; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on an observation about Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales along with the latest on an abortion ruling; candidate for Lake County Sheriff Jason Gore and wife Tracy stop in to r...

With the primary election drawing nigh, Tom and Kevin talk with candidate for Lake County Council District 1 Scott Miller and current Lake County Councilman Dave Hamm; during a first ever simulcast with the WJOB network, Tom and Kevin talk with candidate for Lake County Sheriff Jason Gore about the Sheriff's race, the recent local indictments of a gambling ring, and more.

The season 18 premiere – Lindsey is a mother; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight, and she has a bone to pick with Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith; Indiana state Senate candidate arrested with cocaine while canvassing; secret Chicago Bears meeting in Hammond gets leaked; Trump talks to kids on Easter about Biden using autopen; rest in peace, Nellie.

The season 17 finale – Tom runs in the Shamrock Shuffle; update on toll roads possibly coming to Indiana; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on why we can't afford things like infrastructure improvements in America; TSA lines are getting insane; detailed expense report for Kristi Noem's $220M ad campaign released; why is Kid Rock so mad?

Tom played chess with Billy Shelton; disciplinary complaint filed against Tom by an associate of a Lake County sheriff candidate dismissed; the incredible Afroman trial; Mailbag segment about the Chicago Bears potentially moving to Hammond, Indiana; Trump's joke about Pearl Harbor in front of Prime Minister of Japan; Pete Hegseth requests $200B for Iran war that Trump says we already won.

Happy St. Patrick's Day; what is going on with The Times and the Chicago Bears; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight about Trump's similarities to other presidents; why is U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham so thirsty for war; Trump openly discusses the private health matter of a Florida Congressman.

Mayor Tom announces that The Offspring will be performing at Hammond, Indiana's Festival of the Lakes on Friday, July 17th; Kevin's brother, sports broadcaster, and co-host of the Petros and Money Show, Matt "Money" Smith, talks with Tom and Kevin about the Chicago Bears potentially moving to Hammond, IN, his daughter Prestyn Smith's music career, Sublime, and more; Pete Hegseth's $93B spending sp...