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A fun and entertaining conservative spin on Politics, News, and Sports hosted by Nick Kayal, Greg Stocker, and Dawn Stensland - LIVE 5 days a week 6-10 AM EST on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT & YouTube.com/@1210WPHT!

  1. 1d ago

    Elvis Funeral History, the 19th Amendment And A Giant Elvis Cutout Take Over The Studio

    With Ana Hummel filling in for Dawn Stensland, we move through the recurring Dawn’s Big Three portion of the morning while Ana expands her stack into what the crew teases as her “Big 12.” Music and history start the hour with Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Ringo Starr, Mötley Crüe and the August 18 ratification of the 19th Amendment. Congressional candidate Elijah Manley’s attack on Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida’s 20th District follows just as Linda Kearns arrives carrying funeral cupcakes for the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. Ana then brings a string of stories that includes Gannon Jacox and Brooklyn Hicks being accused of barging into another family’s cruise cabin and attacking them, rising exemptions from kindergarten vaccination requirements and Unitree’s “Superman” humanoid robot, which the company says can sprint faster than Usain Bolt’s top speed. The robot story sends us into the prospect of robot athletic competitions, Olympic events and curling before the news turns far more serious. Nick Reiner’s effort to gain access to a $1.5 million trust while facing charges in the deaths of his parents leads Rooney and Linda into the legal questions surrounding California’s slayer statute. We then turn to the Tupac Shakur murder trial, where prosecutors say Duane “Keffe D” Davis helps orchestrate the 1996 shooting while his defense attacks his own prior statements and memoir. The lawyers explain why defendants should stop talking publicly, compare the memoir issue with O.J. Simpson’s If I Did It, and discuss how a claimed confession in a book or music could be handled before the crew closes out the morning and hands the studio to Linda.

  2. 1d ago

    NYC Report Finds Congestion Pricing Did Not Produce A Significant Air-Quality Change

    Rooney Tuesday continues as we cover New York City’s report on congestion pricing and air quality, then turn the discussion toward New Jersey’s bag restrictions, reusable bags and the everyday aggravations created by similar rules. Rooney circles back to Lindsay Clancy before putting real money on the line: if the show reaches 600 YouTube likes, he pledges $601 to the Families Behind the Badge Children’s Foundation. Fight Club arrives with a chaotic restaurant brawl involving two women, hair pulling, a head slam and plenty of amateur detective work as the crew tries to identify the venue. After the break, the like count climbs while we cover Tyson’s decision to close its Joslin, Illinois beef facility, the workers losing jobs and the cattle shortage squeezing the company’s beef business. A man accused of trying to smuggle roughly 200 lizards through Tokyo inside 22 pairs of socks then gives Ana an excuse to reveal her middle-school herpetarium-club past. We finish the hour with polling showing Democrats holding a more favorable view of socialism than capitalism and Andy Beshear pushing back on socialism while positioning himself nationally. Rooney and the crew debate Beshear, the Electoral College and costs in heavily Democratic states before the YouTube counter finally clears 600. Rooney owes the $601, the crew celebrates the long-running bit finally paying off, and Linda Kearns begins making her way into the studio for the final stretch.

  3. 1d ago

    Harriet The Spy, Dubstep And Generational Gaps Derail The Rosie Clip

    The Cut Sheet brings Rosie O’Donnell’s Jimmy Kimmel guest-hosting stint before we get to 16-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams, who is honored at the White House after rescuing 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai in Santa Cruz. Trump then responds to Jon Ossoff’s criticism by reviving his Pee-wee Herman comparison, setting off a discussion of Ossoff’s 2026 Senate race and possible 2028 ambitions. The hour closes with a woman introducing her chatbot child “Lumen,” fired Detroit anchor Taryn Asher’s newsroom blowup and Ana telling her own story about getting fired from a customer-service job. Matt Rooney is supposed to join at 8:30, which means the first order of business is naturally Rooney’s latest late arrival. We then hear Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud recount having a gun pulled on him as a Muslim child after 9/11, and the crew debates both the story and the political framing surrounding it. New York Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher’s claim that theft involving items such as soap and toothpaste can be a “crime of poverty” produces another heated response. Gretchen Whitmer tells Gavin Newsom she shuts politics out after Trump wins Michigan in 2024, watches eight seasons of Dexter and then gets back to work. The crew fixates on the staged-looking beers before discussing Whitmer’s decision to work with Trump on Michigan priorities and why Republicans so often struggle to replicate Trump’s performance in battleground states. The final stretch centers on Lindsay Clancy, who admits killing her three children while her defense argues severe postpartum mental illness leaves her without criminal responsibility. The crew reacts to a huge fundraiser benefiting Clancy’s parents and a viral defense of the sympathy surrounding the case. Rooney finally joins the legal discussion and explains mens rea, criminal intent, the insanity defense and why prosecutors place so much importance on Clancy’s searches, planning and behavior before the killings.

  4. 1d ago

    National Fajita Day, Vegetarian Fajitas And A Fresh Round With The You Tube Chat

    National Fajita Day starts the hour before Greg Stocker gets into it with members of the YouTube chat who accuse the show of being controlled by George Soros. From there we get to the morning’s “Fang Fang Bang Bang” story as newly released FBI files say Eric Swalwell admits to physical encounters with suspected Chinese operative Christine Fang. The crew also learns more about Katie Miller’s past with Swalwell and turns Washington dating history into a ridiculous discussion of political figures who might make entertaining party guests. After a caller gives Ana a strong review in Dawn’s chair, we move toward the Cut Sheet with radio and rock-trivia banter, Howard Stern staff stories and a larger argument over ego, self-criticism and parenting. The crew argues that adults have become too reluctant to criticize bad behavior, then compares raising kids to coaching: pressure them when things are going well and help build them back up when they are struggling.

  5. 1d ago

    Ana Hummel’s Day Job Ends Early After Her Planned Final Week

    We open with Ana Hummel in for Dawn Stensland and an unexpected ending to Ana’s other job. She plans to help finish the week and train her replacement, only to learn management wants her gone immediately. That leads into a report on young adults who still spend little or no time interacting with people face to face after the pandemic, with the crew debating phones, AirPods, stress toys and what younger workers have lost socially. The news stack starts with 14 people charged in an alleged cocaine-trafficking operation tied to two Penn State fraternities. We move to the disturbing Philadelphia City Hall surveillance footage of a young man in a Chucky-style mask chasing and threatening people, including a woman asked whether she was ready to die. We also cover a North Carolina basketball coach’s killing and a suspect arrested in Montgomery County, unsafe E. coli readings in Philadelphia waterways, Wawa employees restraining an accused knife attacker in Hockessin, and the Phillies extending their winning streak. Nick’s Big Take turns to Iran and the political bill coming due before the midterms. We cover the expiration of the 60-day negotiating period, Trump floating U.S. territorial control over the Strait of Hormuz, new Iranian threats, a massive polling swing away from Trump among Hispanic men and Wall Street Journal reporting that Iranian hardliners are preparing several paths for escalation. Ana and the crew debate what victory could even mean against ideological extremists before Dana Perino calls for a communications reset from the White House.

  6. 1d ago

    Full Show For Tuesday August 18 2026

    We start Tuesday with Ana Hummel filling in for Dawn Stensland and sharing how her other job cuts her final week short, then jump into a report finding a lingering post-pandemic social divide among Gen Z. Local news brings an alleged Penn State fraternity cocaine ring, a Chucky-mask suspect terrorizing people near Philadelphia City Hall, unsafe E. coli readings in the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, a stabbing at a Delaware Wawa and another Phillies win. From there, Nick Kayal’s Big Take centers on Iran, the expired 60-day negotiating window, Donald Trump’s Strait of Hormuz comments, Iranian threats against American troops and a major polling collapse for Trump among Hispanic men. We dig into reporting that Iranian hardliners are preparing possible new escalation, while Ana and the crew debate whether a limited war against committed extremists can ever stay limited. Dana Perino’s call for a White House communications reset adds another warning sign before we turn to newly released FBI files involving Eric Swalwell and suspected Chinese operative Christine Fang. The Cut Sheet then runs through Rosie O’Donnell, a teenage lifeguard honored at the White House, Jon Ossoff’s clash with Trump, a woman describing herself as the mother of a chatbot child, and fired Detroit anchor Taryn Asher’s profane newsroom confrontation. Matt Rooney arrives late for Rooney Tuesday and walks directly into everything from Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud and Emily Gallagher’s “crimes of poverty” remarks to Gretchen Whitmer’s post-election Dexter binge and the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. Rooney explains the legal fight over intent and the insanity defense before Fight Club takes us inside a wild sushi-restaurant brawl. We close with Tyson layoffs, 200 smuggled lizards stuffed into socks, polling on Democrats and socialism, Rooney finally triggering his $601 donation, Elvis history, rising school-vaccine exemptions, Unitree’s super-fast humanoid robot, Nick Reiner’s trust-fund fight and opening arguments in Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ Tupac Shakur murder trial.

  7. 2d ago

    Linda Kearns Joins The Handoff As The Crew Expands To Five Boxes

    We carry the handoff into the 10 AM hour with Linda Kearns in for Dawn, Harry Mays still hanging around, an Elvis prop in the studio and Phil’s Today in Music History. The crew marks the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death, runs through Soul Asylum, Eric Clapton and Santana history, and revisits the Justin Barber murder case in which prosecutors played a Guns N’ Roses track he had downloaded. That gives way to a trial run of Rock and Roll Jeopardy, with Linda, Greg, Harry and Phil testing who really knows the music they claim to know. Dawn’s Big Three begins with a Berkeley mathematics professor saying some calculus students arrive unable to handle fractions and basic algebra, sparking a debate over admissions standards and the academic damage left by pandemic-era schooling. A malfunctioning studio board briefly hijacks the conversation before we return to the math story. The next item updates Hayden Panettiere’s death: a friend finds her unresponsive at a South Carolina home, emergency crews respond to a cardiac-arrest call, and the crew revisits her roles, personal struggles and family circumstances. The final items center on young men and foreign policy. We discuss a report showing labor-force participation among men ages 16 to 24 has fallen sharply from 2000 and debate what workplace automation could mean for young workers. Then Trump’s foreign-policy moves take over: he orders the Pentagon to scale back military drills with South Korea while praising his ties with Kim Jong Un, then threatens Oman as U.S.-Iran negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz remain stuck. We close with AOC presidential speculation, the Iran war and a final round of studio banter before Anna celebrates the freedom of leaving her day job

  8. 2d ago

    Health-Care Costs, Existing Plans And Government Coverage Collide

    We open the hour with Hakeem Jeffries declining to back the current Medicare for All proposal, then pull apart the health-care argument from several directions: satisfaction with existing plans, insurance premiums, personal responsibility and the cost of a government-run system. Ro Khanna follows with a direct defense of Medicare for All, arguing that it would lower costs and raise worker pay, which sends us straight into the broader affordability fight. That fight takes a sharp turn when a CBS News/YouGov poll shows support for government price controls not only among Democrats and independents, but among a majority of Republicans. Nick recoils at the result and argues that broad price caps collide with the free-market principles Republicans claim to support. We then compare Wall Street strength and retirement accounts with the daily pressure of gas, groceries and bills before pivoting into Fight Club, where a Yankees-Rangers fan brawl submitted by Kristen Kayal earns the crew’s approval and plenty of blood-in-the-stands commentary. The final Cut Sheet run starts with Jake Tapper describing the tight Biden inner circle that some administration figures called the “Politburo,” renewing the crew’s frustration with disclosures that arrive after the presidency ends. UFC 330 brings debate over Ian Machado Garry’s finishing instinct and Josh Shapiro’s appearance at the Philadelphia event, followed by a savage South Dakota high-school soccer brawl. We finish rapid-fire: a 24-hour robot coffee shop in Beijing serves 202 cups in an hour, a Tesla crashes through a New Jersey garage and into a kitchen, an Amazon delivery van rolls into a North Carolina garage door, and a woman escapes an 11th-floor Berlin fire by jumping into a fire-brigade rescue basket.

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A fun and entertaining conservative spin on Politics, News, and Sports hosted by Nick Kayal, Greg Stocker, and Dawn Stensland - LIVE 5 days a week 6-10 AM EST on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT & YouTube.com/@1210WPHT!

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  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    500
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