Greg & Dan Show Interviews

This morning on The Greg and Dan Show, artist Alex Carmona came in to tell us about some new and exciting news.

 

Today at 9:30 am, there will be an unveiling of a new mural by Mr. Carmona. The mural centers around the slogan Live Greater in reference to the Greater Peoria area, and features 6 portraits of Peorians that also spell out the word Peoria. Alex talks about his philosophy of art, his craft of woodworking, and moving and living in the Peoria-area.

 

Thank you for your contributions to Peoria and coming on to the show Alex!

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This morning on the Greg and Dan Show, Chris Setti of the GReater Peoria Economic Development Council brough Mr. Nate Domenighini in to talk about some new news about Distillery Labs.

 

Nate Domenighini from gBeta, which is a program designed to help entrepreneurs launch and scale their startups, came in to share some information about the organization and their gAlpha program, as well as their role at the Distillery Labs. Thank you for coming onto the show today!

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This morning on The Greg and Dan Show, Dave Johnson from Pearl Technology came in to visit with us.

 

Today Dave wanted to bring something a little bit more light hearted to our attention. Dave is a fan of scams that have a bit of a goofy twist to them. Dave shares a scheme that a musician used to make millions of dollars. The musician used AI to generate music and then stream his music, garnering him over 4 billion streams and millions of dollars.

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This morning on The Greg and Dan Show, we spoke to Sheldon Schaefer about Rank Choice Voting.

 

Sheldon was a long-time educator teaching at Bradley University. Today, Sheldon is helping to promote the rank choice voting system in the state of Illinois. In this interview, he describes all the details and intricacies of the system, the states that already have this system in action, such as Georgia and Alaska, and the benefits of implementing a new system like this.

 

Next Tuesday at 5:30 pm at the Peoria Heights Library. There will be a forum to explain rank choice voting and answer questions that are completely open to the public. There will be a speaker from FairVote Illinois and representatives League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria and Peoria Green.

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This morning on The Greg and Dan Show, we called Peggy Hupp for information about the upcoming show at Peoria Players. 

 

Peggy is the director of Footloose The Musical at Peoria Players, based on the classic 80s movie Footloose. In this interview, Peggy shares with us some information about the show and cast. Please go see the show this weekend and the next!

 

For tickets and more information please visit: https://www.peoriaplayers.org/footloose.html. Shows will run September 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14 at 7:30 pm, and September 8 and 15 at 2:00 pm.

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Today on the Greg and Dan Show we gave Tazewell County Clerk & Recorder of Deeds Mr. John Ackerman a call to talk about new reports about election interference.

 

Just yesterday, the Department of Justice stated that both Iran and Russia were actively making efforts to interfere with American Elections. Mr. Ackerman came to provide information to our listeners to better understand what that interference actually entails. Right now this interference consists of spreading misinformation in order to sow discourse by preying on Americans not sourcing and properly vetting their sources of information. 

 

Thank you Mr. Ackermann for providing more context and information on this issue!

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This morning on The Greg and Dan Show, in a weird turn of events we called Dan Diorio??

 

As our listeners may know Dan recently hasn’t been present on the show, while preparing and recovering from his surgery. Today, Dan called in to give us an update on his treatment and his recovery. Great hearing from you Dan, see you tomorrow bright and early!

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Today on the Greg and Dan Show, Coach of Bradley University’s Women’s Basketball Team Kate Popovec came in to give us an update and information on the upcoming Bradley Season.

 

After a rough season last year, Coach Pop shares with us some new and exciting news about new players and the recruitment process for the program, both nationally and internationally. She also discusses the “trickle-down effect” that Women’s Basketball has been experiencing with stars like Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark, as well as some unique characteristics and differences with the sport.

 

The season kicks off with a game on November 2nd at the Renaissance Coliseum at Bradley University. Good luck to Coach Pop and the Team and Go Braves!

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This morning on The Greg and Dan Show, we spoke with Ed Rapp and Kelli Branch-Dircks about the upcoming ALSWalk.

 

This year will mark 9 years since his diagnosis. Initially we speak to Ed for a brief update about Ed and his condition as well as new and exciting news in his life. We then asked Kelli for some quick information on the upcoming ALSWalk that is this Saturday. The event will begin at 8:30 am at Dozer Park and will run until 11:30 am. 

 

For more information please visit: https://secure.alsunitedchicago.org/site/TR/Endurance/General?pg=informational&fr_id=1130&type=fr_informational&sid=1020

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This morning on The Greg and Dan Show, we called Jerry Kolb for an update on the upcoming concert for the Doris J. Kolb Women in Music concert series.

 

Two years ago, in an act to honor his late mother Jerry graciously contributed to the Bradley University Music Department to establish a new concert series that hopes to promote and empower female artists, as well as predominantly female groups. This fall's show will feature four-time Grammy winner Sarah Jarosz, an amazing solo artist in her own right and member of the female Americana group I’m With Her. The concert will also feature the opener Stone & Snow.

 

The concert will be on Monday, September 9th at the Dingledine Music Center, with doors at 7:00 pm and the show itself beginning at 7:30 pm. Tickets will be $20 and available at the door. For more information please visit: https://artspartners.net/events/doris-j-kolb-women-in-music-series-presents-sarah-jarosz/

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