The John and Gordy Show

John and Gordy kick off the show in usual fashion, talking about Marching Music Day, along with all the other National Days. We check in with Sam for Today in History, and dive into Idiocracy, touch…

In hour two, in addition to John's Big Story, we welcome on our WMDX reporter Savanna Tomei-Olson for her Big Story of the day as well, on the Madison airport seeking to allow international flights, …

On this Monday morning, John and Gordy kick off remarking on Friday's Trump-Zelensky "meeting," a shouting match that nearly resorted to fisticuffs. They chat about last night's Academy Awards, the …

In hour two, John presents a rapid-fire of clips on topics ranging from planned cuts to Social Security, to the "negotiations" to end the Ukraine war. We chat with Brittney Merlot our WMDX Meteorolo…

John, Gordy, and Sam kick off their Friday show a bit sleepy, so they talk Public Sleeping day and the rest of the National Day Calendar. We chat with Pam Jahnke from the Midwest Farm Report about f…

John, the basket case, is worried this morning about not being on the air, so he and Gordy search for distraction in the National Day Calendar. We also check in with Sam for Today in History, then w…

In hour two (back on the air!) we begin with John's reaction to the live news that USAID employees are being kicked out of their offices. We listen to a clip from Alina Habba talking more about Trump…

In hour two, the guys dive into the Big Story: AP News still blocked from press conferences at the White House, first by Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt, and now by the courts (!) So much for freedo…

On this rainy morning, John and Gordy kick off the show with raincoat talk. They clobber the National Day Calendar, and check in with Sam for Today in History. In today's dose of Idiocracy, we lear…

In hour two, the guys get on to the topic of DOGE's promised $5,000 dividends, a complete financial impossibility. They also dive into how Musk has wormed his way into ALL of government data, and la…

John and Gordy kick off the show in usual fashion, talking up and down about the National Day Calendar, with some love added in for the warm weather we're having. After checking in with Sam for Toda…

In hour two, the guys dive into the uproar across the country in town halls against lawmakers supporting Trump and DOGE, with two examples in Wisconsin from Scott Fitzgerald and Glenn Grothman. On t…

John and Gordy kick off the week chatting about their mutual hatred of Led Zeppelin before getting into today's National Day Calendar, and Today in History with Sam. Later, in Idiocracy, we hear mor…

This week on John and Gordy the guys put the teletype to good use, with a constant flow of news. Featured here is Friday's Big Story, all about Musk's descent into madness, as he wielded a chainsaw.…

In hour two we finally get to the Big Story: Elon's chainsaw, the embodiment of what he now wields and is taking to the levers of power. Almost as if he's taking a page from the movie Idiocracy, we …

Its Friday! John and Gordy kick off with a look at the National Day Calendar and a conversation about root beer floats, before welcoming on Pam Jahnke from the Midwest Farm Report to chat up and dow…

In hour two, we've got a firehose of stories to rival that of Trump. Starting out, we hear from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, taking a stand against "the king," and drawing parallels with the Nazi'…

John and Gordy kick off the show with their campaign to win Madison Magazine's Best of Madison award for Radio Team. Vote now at madisonmagazine.com/bom! We dive into the National Day Calendar, and…

In hour two, we get to the Big Story: words from Andrew Natsios, formerly of USAID, on 60 Minutes. He describes how we may be headed to a constitutional crisis, and his anger at the dissolution of t…

John and Gordy get your Hump Day started right with a look at the National Day Calendar, and a conversation about a television masterpiece: Mister Ed. We check in with our producer Sam for Today in …