KGO 810 Podcast

Happy Birthday Willie Mays!

Willie Howard Mays, Jr., nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", is an American former professional baseball center fielder, who spent almost all of his 22-season Major League Baseball career playing for the New York/San Francisco Giants, before finishing with the New York Mets

Louis DeJoy, a North Carolina businessman, will take over as postmaster general on June 15.

A new study has sparked fears that the coronavirus has mutated to become more contagious, but experts say there is no evidence these changes make it any more dangerous or transmissible than it already is.  Rapidly mutating viruses make it more difficult for researchers to develop vaccines.

President Trump said Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic is worse with the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the World Trade Center. 

"We went through the worst attack we've ever had on our country. This is really the worst attack we've ever had," he told reporters at the White House. "This is worse than Pearl Harbor. This is worse than the World Trade Center."

Chip explores the psychology behind why some people won't wear masks and the calls pour in.

Congressman Huffman represents California’s 2nd Congressional District, which spans the North Coast of the state from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border. Chip talks with him about prioritizing national service in future Covid-19 relief bills and a general conversation on what future relief bills may look like.

Chip asks what will be fair game in sports in the time of COVID-19 with Doctor Arthur Caplan, Professor of Bioethics at New York University, Langone Medical Center and the founding director of the Division of Medical Ethics.

Then, Washington Post Reporter Sarah Kaplan has the latest on a new strain of very contagious SARS CO V-2.

Part two of our interview with Kathleen Jordan MD, infectious disease specialist at St. Francis Hospital in San Francisco, featured more COVID-19 questions, including the role of government in health care and why people in a family don't seem to get the disease from each other.You can listen to the Ronn Owens Report weekdays at 11:30am, 3:30pm, and 7:30pm on KGO810 or just go to www.kgoradio.com/ronnowens/ for today's and most of the previous segments.

Will colleges reopen soon or face financial ruin? Also, a judge has ordered New York to reinstate its Democratic presidential primary in June.

Coronavirus poses a tough question: Did NYC essential workers die in the line of duty?

Do you think that a  frontline worker who dies should receive that benefit