Adam Ritz Show

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This show features our annual look at Halloween Safety and Awareness, including; Costume Responsibility, DUI vs Sober Driver, Alcohol Decision Making, Trick or Treating Pedestrian Safety, Trick or Treating Costume Safety, etc; We also welcome Lee Marcum from Fresh Line Coffee as our newest contributor, as we discuss some of his community service initiatives; and more.

Adam welcomes Christopher ’Toph’ Day to the program, to discuss Financial Planning, and his new book ’The $25 Millionaire’. Toph is a tech entrepreneur, who’s launch a dozen businesses and companies. His Financial Planning advice is now a book, describing how putting away just $25 a week from age 18 to age 65, will result in $1.4 Million to start the retirement years. Key points of the book include; it’s never too late to start saving; no amount is too small to start saving; an accompanying website has a Wealth Calculator to show the amount and the years and the end result. Learn more at BuildAMillion.org.

This episode starts with Halloween Fun Runs. Running or walking a 5K or Half marathon to raise money for charity wearing a Halloween Costume is scary fun, for a great cause. Adam and Jay cover some costume ideas that are great for a fun run, like not wearing a mask so you can breathe! Other segments include; Colder weather is here. Before it gets too cold now is the time to check your furnace; It’s Flu Shot season; and more.

We begin the show taking a look at American Zoos, with the national news story of a spotless giraffe born at a Tennessee Zoo this week. Other segments include; Actor Cole Hauser from Yellowstone and his Bourbon & Bonfires Charity; Rock Stars former careers as teachers; A new search for the Loch Ness monster; A Wallaby rescue; and more.

On this show we begin with the inspiring story of Nik Nikic, a 21 year old Special Olympics athlete who just became the first person with Downs Syndrome to complete an Ironman Triathlon. He beat the 17 hour cutoff, and is now recognized by the Guinness Book of Records. Congratulation Nic for this inspiring feat! We also discuss a holiday charity to help the less fortunate called The Get Together Foundation. In addition we go over some tips to get your household ready for the upcoming winter months, including Furnace tune-ups, smoke detector testing, and more.

We begin the show with Mark Backes, a 60 year old California man who is running across America to raise awareness and funding for Parkinsons Disease thru the Michael J Fox Foundation. His father had Parkinsons, and his wife was just diagnosed, which inspired the 3000 mile journey that will take about 75 days. Other segments include; Last minute precautions for the Total Solar Eclipse; A Speech Fasting study shows not speaking until noon will reduce blood pressure and provide stress health benefits; A chocolate Easter Egg charity in the UK raises $3000 pounds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, and inspires Nestle to get involved to make it bigger and better next year; An Australian woman founds The Good Council For Redistribution, which will collect 50 random people to help her donate $27 million; and more.

We start the show and the new month of December, with a report on Karing For Kids. Karing For Kids is a charity founded by Hucks Market, a convenience store chain in the midwest. Adam was honored to emcee the recent Karing For Kids golf outing and banquet. Other segments include; A Sock Drive by Orange Theory Fitness; Financing your holiday gifts with a new credit card; Tips to avoid grogginess in the morning; Tampa Bay Lightening hockey player donates to Tampa Bay Thrives; Alzheimers Research update; and more.

We begin this episode with the new class of films added this week to the Library of Congress National Film Registry, bringing the total to 875 films. Titles include Home Alone, Fame, Terminator 2, 12 Years A Slave, Nightmare Before Christmas, among others. Other segments include; UPS is now using AI to track the homes with the highest risk of Package Theft, and offers alternative delivery options so those homes receive their packages; When is the best time for kids and teenagers to get a smart phone to avoid smart phone addiction; Tipping advice; and more.

This show begins with the Chicago Ducky Derby, which raised nearly half a Billion Dollars for the Special Olympics of Illinois by dumping 90,000 rubber duckies into the Chicago River. Other segments include; Polish Ultra Swimmer breaking a world record of swimming for 55 hours straight to raise $200,000 for the Cancer Fighters Foundation; Mother Nature has provided some extreme weather reminding us to stay alert when it comes to weather events; Controlling the Python population in Florida; Foo Fighters release a live album for charity; Hotel Room internet hackers; and more.

We begin this show with a wrap up of a charity event benefitting Music Giving Hope, where over $12,000 was raised for the Detroit Youth Choir thru a live and silent auction, at an evening hosted by Adam Ritz. The evening featured a live performance from Walter Egan, Peter Beckett of Player, andJohn Ford Coley. Other segments include; Michael J. For being awarded the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award for his efforts as a Parkinson’s Disease ambassador; A new app that scans a food product’s bar code in the grocery to let you know the nutritional value; Tip culture; Japanese cooling innovation; and more.