Midwest broadcast veterans John and Gordy are back on the Madison airwaves with a uniquely fun and topical mix of political news, culture, music, entertainment and more. Grab a cup of coffee and start your day with John and Gordy! Broadcasts live 6 - 8am weekdays in Madison. Listen Live: 6:00 am - 8:00 am Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Hour two kicks off with some words by George Carlin, all about the American Dream (you need to be asleep to believe it). The guys chat about upcoming protests at the capitol, then dive into JD Vance…
After some technical hiccups this morning, John and Gordy are back on the air! (again) After a sprint through the National Day Calendar and Today in History, we get into Idiocracy, covering Musk and…
In hour two, the guys dive into the planned "government buyout" by Trump of employees in the "unelected bureaucracy," which he really plans to replace with political loyalists (!) We check in with B…
John and Gordy kick off the week recapping the Grammys, with a rant from John on the death of country music. We get into the National Day Calendar, and talk Today in History with Sam before welcomin…
In hour two, we hear the buried lead, a comment by Glenn Grothman, saying the federal government needs to conduct an "ethnic review" - racism, no? Then we return to the news of the plane crash, gett…
John and Gordy had the opportunity to fill in for Maggie Daun on the network yesterday, which they were glad to do, but resulted in massive sleep deprivation this morning! In the midst of their craz…
In hour two, the guys chat more about the story out of Milwaukee, where three citizens, now known to be Puerto Ricans, were arrested by ICE for speaking Spanish. Elaborating on the topic, we hear fr…
John's got a new haircut! Of course this takes up a sizable portion of the start of the show's conversation. Once we move beyond that, the guys talk croissants for the National Day Calendar, and ch…
In hour two we get to a holdover story from 6:00: a shouting match between Jake Tapper and Stephen Miller. We preview the RFK hearing happening today with words from his cousin, Caroline Kennedy, da…
Despite agreeing before the show to do away with the National Day Calendar, tradition has forced our hand and we cover the fake holidays anyway to start out the show. We check in with Sam for Today …
The guys talk economics in hour two, as we review how cutting federal funding for a host of programs will tank the economy. In addition, we chat about Trump's plan to 'replace taxes with tariffs,' …
Its Kazoo Day! John, Gordy, and Sam chat about the wild toy instrument, along with all the other National Days. We open up the (dusty!) books for Today in History, and later get into Idiocracy. In…
In hour two, after some technical difficulties, the guys chat more about ICE raids in Chicago, and hear from Greg Palast about the people wrongly purged from voter rolls before the election. The guy…
After a long weekend of collecting stories, John (and Gordy) start out the show with a rant on how we're now living in a dictatorship. We chat with an early morning caller about the brave new world …
In hour two we dive into the Big Story: more on the executive order banning birthright citizenship for children of immigrants illegally in the country. We get the Heritage Foundation's (wrong) argum…
We should have taken the same strategy as yesterday, putting John in a straightjacket, as the first words out of his mouth are about Trump, welcoming J6 rioters, now pardoned, to the White House. Af…
In hour two, as much as we're trying to stop him, John gets into Trump talk, with a clip from Courier News breaking down all of his broken promises (all in one week!). We hear some chatter with a Ma…
With the firehose of news, John had to be put into a straightjacket and forcefed the National Day Calendar to calm down. Before we could do so, the guys chatted about the State of the State address …
In hour two, we get to the Big Story of the day: another Trump pardon, this time of the kingpin of Silk Road, a former internet drug trafficking hub. We chat with Brittney Merlot for a look at the w…
Today's show starts with a spooky twist: Sam, John and Gordy's producer, is fixing up an old radio, and it makes John recall a ghost hunting TV show. As its not October, we return to the National D…