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ICYMI: Mike talks the lost art of waiting in line, asks who is your favorite sportscaster, and continues his vendetta against Oreos. 

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Kevin Hart joins Mike for another Installment of Way Out Wednesday. Kevin and Mike talk an escaped Lion, a Pink Pond, Neil Degrasse Tyson possibly being a stripper and dating red flags. Way Out Wednesday is Wednesdays at 6:50a. 

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Trent R. Nelson speaks with Michelle Ownbey, publisher of the Springfield Business Journal and Illinois Times, about the latest happenings in the Springfield business community and all of the relevant bits fit for the greater community to learn about.

Topics Discussed In This Interview:

• Academy Sports + Outdoors and Sierra both opening this week.

   

• A third fine in fewer than two years for Blue Cross Blue Shield proves that stronger regulations are needed to prevent insurers from promoting “ghost networks” of providers, state Rep. Sue Scherer says. She has reintroduced a health insurance reform bill that failed to pass the General Assembly in 2022.

   

• A lack of affordable daycare options is contributing to a workforce shortage in the Springfield area, contends Kayla Edwards, managing partner of Express Employment Professionals. In addition, a federal subsidy to childcare providers expired on Oct. 1, causing Illinois to lose $800 million in federal funding.

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In this episode of Let's Talk...with Trent R. Nelson, our host talks with:

• Dr. Carl Safina - Professor at SUNY Stonybrook and author of Alfie & Me

For this discussion, Trent had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Carl Safina concerning his remarkable story with Alfie, an owl that he helped to rehabilitate in an episode that continues to shape and change the professor in unforeseeable ways.

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ICYMI: Mike discusses the possibility of a space hotel opening by the year 2025 and Charles Entertainment Cheese makes a big announcement concerning his business franchise. 

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In this episode of Business in the 217, Trent R. Nelson talks with:

• Joe Deguanno - Navaquest

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In this episode of Let's Talk...with Trent R. Nelson, our host speaks with:

• Ward 6 Alderwoman Jennifer Notariano

Trent R. Nelson discusses what's going on across Springfield and the City of Springfield's City Council with Alderwoman Jennifer Notariano, discussing Dallman Power Plant, Hunter Lake, and Springfield's new residency requirement moratorium - plus more!

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In this episode of The Council Roundup Interviews, Trent R. Nelson talks with:

• Ward 6 Alderwoman Jennifer Notariano

Trent R. Nelson discusses what's going on across Springfield and the City of Springfield's City Council with Alderwoman Jennifer Notariano, discussing Dallman Power Plant, Hunter Lake, and Springfield's new residency requirement moratorium; this is The Council Roundup Interviews

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ICYMI: Mike discusses a Millionaire's extreme means he goes to to keep his down there young, what annoys you while on an airplane and of course Monkey Monday!

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Actor Peter Facinelli stops by to discuss his new film 'On Fire". We discuss him having to star and co-direct the film as well as the challenges that brought. We also talk about what was it like on the set of "Can't Hardly Wait" and if Peter would be down for a Can't Hardly Wait 25 years later film. 

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