Remember the mandate passed down by New York State banning gas hookups in new builds starting January 1st, 2026? Well, the state has agreed to delay that phase of the electrification plan. Phil Nanula of Essex Homes, who has been fighting this electrification push every step of the way, joins the show to discuss this further

Chris Krok fills in for Bauerle and today, we talk the government shutdown. It is winding down now, and with that said, what did you gain from it? Also, we talk high housing prices, Veteran's Day, Zohran Mamdani's comments on the acquittal of Daniel Penny, and more.

With tomorrow being Veteran's Day, we wanted to hear your connections to the service on today's show. Are you a veteran or close to someone who was? Also, we are joined by meteorologist Andy Parker to keep us up to date on the winter weather currently impacting Western New York, and we remember the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank 50 years ago today.

Snow has finally befallen Western New York, meteorologist Andy Parker joins the show to fill us all in on what we can expect as these lake effect bands persist through the next day and change.

Today's topic is pretty straight forward, are beards still cool in 2025? The topic was spurred because one prominent member of President Trump's cabinet has outed himself as anti beard, at least for U.S. Troops...Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. The Secretary of War has has vowed to purge the military of 'beardos' with strict grooming rules. Where are you on beards? Are they still cool in 2025?

On the program today, on the heels of the Trump Administration's announcement that they struck a deal to slash the prices of numerous weight loss drugs, we spend today's program talking about said weight loss drugs, have you tried any of them, did you have much luck with them?

Today, Joe Beamer fills in for Tom Bauerle on Wednesday, November 5th 2025. Listen to Tom Bauerle weekdays on WBEN930 from 3-6 PM.

To start the show, we are joined by Jack O'Donnell and Carl Calabrese as they give us their thoughts ahead of the closing of the polls. We'll also get the thoughts of the candidates running for Mayor of Buffalo, as Mike Gainer, James Gardner, and Sean Ryan all join the show to tell us how they've feeling on this election day.

As we are nearing the closing of the polls, we are joined by all three candidates for Mayor of Buffalo, Mike Gainer, James Gardner, and State Senator Sean Ryan. We hear from them on how they're feeling ahead of the polls closing, their final pleas to the voters of Buffalo, and more.

Michael Kraker joins us to start the show to discuss how he's feeling this election eve, also, we talk to you about how you're feeling this election eve as well, what is bringing you to the polls this year, or conversely, keeping you away? Also, is it too early to start celebrating Christmas. have you noticed skimpflation (cutting down on quality so prices remain stable) or sneakflation (increasing costs without raising the sticker price), and how do you feel about Daylight Savings Time?