Left of Center Show Thomas McDermott, Jr. and Kevin Smith

Fort Wayne, Indiana Mayor Tom Henry passes away; Trump starts selling Bibles; Mayor Tom to shave his head in effort to raise money for cancer awareness; Tom announces Calibre 50 to perform at Hammond, Indiana’s Festival of the Lakes on Sunday, July 21; has Tom been banned from the UK; container ship brings down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Chris fills in for John again; the LOCPOD text thread goes wild over Ivermectin; Tom and Kevin discuss the price of fast food as a picture of a Five Guys receipt goes viral; a recent article makes it seem like cities are eliminating recycling programs.

Everyone seemed to enjoy the first pitch at the opening day of MLB in Seoul, South Korea; Eagles at the Sphere; Tom talks about his time on a panel with other Northwest Indiana Mayors; “Dolton Dictator” Mayor Tiffany Henyard hires convicted sex offender as a Code Enforcement Officer; Valparaiso, Indiana Councilwoman Ellen Kapitan drops by to talk about being a newly elected official, her knowledge of trees, and more.

Kate Middleton finally seen in public as Lady Rose Hanbury denies affair with Prince William; a new Mailbag segment sheds light on some fallout from a recent LOCPOD episode; Tom doesn’t mince his words about Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Dr. Valerie McCray; voice actress Jodi Krangle talks with Tom and Kevin about her work, concerns about the use of AI in the industry, and more.

Kevin is back after a family ski trip; Happy Steak & BJ Day; Tom has been writing Phil’s name wrong for 15 years; Tom goes down the Kate Middleton rabbit hole; 35 marijuana dispensaries looking to open in one Michigan township with a population of just 2,500 residents; RIP TikTok; Trump VP predictions.

Someone parked in Tom’s spot at City Hall; Matt went to Mexico and ran out of water; Harris Kouklakis from Kouklakis Law stops by for a conversation about real estate law; what happened at last night’s Hammond, IN council meeting; conspiracy theories surrounding the Princess of Wales Kate Middleton continue to grow; U.S. Senator Katie Britt’s disastrous response to the State of the Union Address.