Greg & Dan Show Interviews

This morning, Greg and Dan sat down with Dave Johnson from Pearl Technologies.

 

Dave spoke about the Biden Prisoner Exchange, and some of the cyber criminals that were given back to Russia, as well as revisiting last week's topic about bots and misinformation regarding the stabbing at the Taylor Swift themed Dance Party in the UK.

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This morning Joel Nash from USL, he’s the Senior Vice President of Youth and Pre-Professional Properties.

 

The USL2 Championship match is tomorrow in Peoria which will have the Peoria City Carps playing against the Seacoast United Phantoms, out of Epping, New Hampshire, playing for the championship title. In the USL2 there are 128 teams, and 4 conferences with 18 divisions that all constitute this league. In this interview, Joel explains what the history and purpose of the USL2 league is and how it functions, on the business and player side. They also tackle the explosion that Peoria has experienced with the fans of their new local team.

 

The game will be hosted here in Peoria at Shea Stadium with the match beginning at 7:30 pm. For more information and tickets visitpeoriacitysoccer.com.

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This morning, Greg and Dan sat down with Matt Stein, a.k.a  Blind Stein.

 

In this interview Matt shares his theory on comedy, and that it can bring everyone together, going so far as to calling comedy clubs “The Great Neutralizer.” He shares some information on some of his upcoming shows including a team up with the Santa Bill's Hospital Helpers for the Santa Bill’s Lost His Marbles Run later this August and the Jokin’ and Jammin’ Session that same day, and then a show that Greg will be hosting at the Illinois Valley Yacht Club in September.

 

Next week Matt will be at the 3300 Event Center, for all tickets and information on any upcoming shows go to blindstein.com or Blind Stein on Facebook.

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This morning, Greg and Dan sat down with Chris Manson, the VP of OSF Healthcare of Government Relations and Founder of US Ambulances for Ukraine.

 

In the spring of 2022, as the war in Ukraine broke out at the suggestion of his daughter Chris began sending aid to the war torn country in a very unique way, by sending first responder vehicles and supplies to offer support to the area. After sending 77 vehicles to Ukraine and this project exploding to an international scale and Chris being personally recognized by President Zelensky, Chris still continues this project to this day. Today, Mr. Manson came in to ask for support for his project. It currently costs $9,000 to ship just one vehicle by ship, and with a new shipment of 3 vehicles he has been able to raise funds for only 2 out of the 3 vehicles and is asking for the support of our listeners to provide support to the country and their fight for their independence.

 

Go to usambulancesforukraine.org to offer your support or donations to a great cause.

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This morning, Greg and Dan received a call from friend of the show Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of the 8th Congressional District in Illinois.

 

Mr. Krishnamoorthi is a Peoria native and serves for the US House of Representatives for the State of Illinois, and serves as the assistant whip for the Democratic Party. He also serves on a series of committees from the House Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as well as the first oversight committee on the assassination attempt of Former President Donald Trump. Greg and Dan ask about the Congressman’s experience with the recent Chinese Olympic Doping Scandal, his insight on the Assassination Attempt on Trump’s life, and his thoughts on the tragic death of Sonya Massey in Sangamon County in Southern Illinois.

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This morning, Greg and Dan gave Chip Joyce a call.

 

Chip is directing the upcoming show at Cornstock Nine: The Musical, a Tony award winning musical. The show is about film director Guido Contini succumbing to the pressure of his latest film resulting in a midlife crisis where the various women throughout his life come to haunt him until he’s able to learn to grow.

 

The show's run begins on the 2nd and runs from the 4th with a break on the 5th and 6th, with shows continuing on the 7th and running until the 10th, with all shows beginning at 7:30 pm. Get your tickets at constocktheatre.com.

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This morning, Greg and Dansat down with Naomi Toraason and Alemie Cuizon from the Hawley Wild Drama Club.

 

This weekend is the run for their production of Annie Jr. The show will feature 25 students from ages 7-17. 

 

The show will run from August the 2nd-3rd at Peoria High School, the show is completely free and is accepting donations. For more information on the show and tickets, or for any potential donations, please visit their Facebook page “Hawley Wild Drama Club” or call (309)339-9211

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This morning, Greg and Dan called their friend Rick Otey.

 

Rick is a cancer survivor and advocate for Proton Beam Therapy for cancer treatment. For a long time the closest means for this treatment was in Indiana but, recently with the new OSF building this form of treatment has become available into the Peoria area. Starting 4-5 years ago to commemorate his treatment, as well as the distance of 230 miles he had to drive to Bloomington, Indiana. Beginning, on July 27th every year he walks that distance no matter how long it may take.

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This morning, Greg and Dan sat down with Tony Stucker from Pop-a-Shot.

 

Pop-a-Shot, which is based out of Peoria, Illinois, they’re the original arcade basketball game and have been around since 1981. Pop-a-Shot is going to be hosting a World Championship with ESPN. The event will start on August 2nd, and will be live on ESPN2 at 11 am CST. There will be 8 competitors in the tournament and, after an initial seeding round, there will be a seeded traditional single-elimination bracket.

 

For more information about the tournament and competitors, as well as the products and games that they offer, visit popashot.net.

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This morning, Greg and Dan sat down with Roger Larson from the North Central Behavioral Health Systems in Canton, Illinois.

 

Mr. Larson is a Behavioral Health therapist as well as the Community Outreach Educator for North Central and was gracious enough to come in to inform us on issues with substance abuse in rural areas. Mr. Larson is hoping to give new language to the Fulton County area in order to give people the tools they need in order to truly talk and communicate about any of their issues, as well as addressing the correlation between mental health and substance abuse.

 

When asked, Mr. Larson stated that he wants his message to be: “1. I believe in you, 2. It’s healable, it’s not terminal.” In order to get in contact with the Canton office call: (309) 647-1881.

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