Hammond, Indiana's Festival of the Lakes is this week; Tom runs in a 5K; LOCPod in the news; Kevin and John experience World Cup fever in Kansas City; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight about lead; U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham dead at 71; is Merrillville, IN going to fold on its ICE resolution?

Is Waffle House coming to Hammond, Indiana; Tom talks Chicago Bears and more on a recent panel with other state leaders and IN Governor Mike Braun in attendance; another business relocates to Hammond from Illinois; Belgium's reaction to beating the USA in the World Cup goes viral; Trump's latest misspeak; author and former EU and United Nations diplomat Richard Fassam-Wright calls in from London and talks with Tom and Kevin about the Russia-Ukraine war, meeting Vladimir Putin almost 30 years ago, his latest book "The Triangle of Death", and more.

Storms, storms, and more storms; the social media post heard around the world; Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner accused of sexual assault; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on serial killers; USA knocked out of the World Cup.

Hammond, Indiana data center project dead in the water; Town of Merrillville and Attorney General Todd Rokita duking it out over proposed ICE detention facility; legal decision on how judges are selected in Indiana; Great American State Fair update; Trump has made billions during his presidency so far.

Tom completes a triathlon; Mailbag segment about the Chicago Bears; Bears stadium search update; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on the nuclear family; latest SCOTUS rulings; Congressman Massie fights back; are people attending the Great American State Fair or aren't they; Lionel Messi statue built in Argentina causes a stir.

Kevin visits NYC; Mailbag segment about the Bears stadium search in Hammond, Indiana; Hammond Police Department upgrading their drones in a big way; candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota Marisa Simonetti talks with Tom and Kevin about her race as an independent, the problem with the two-party system, how Tom looks back at his U.S. Senate race, if Marisa really threw a tarantula at someone, and more.

John Cantrell fills in for Kevin; Tom gives an update on the Chicago Bears stadium search; fully autonomous drones kill human soldiers for the first time; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on ICE; Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales loses his bid to run again; Tucker Carlson announces he is leaving the Republican party.

Algae bloom consumes the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool; volunteer for Greg Ballard's Indiana Secretary of State campaign accused of submitting fraudulent signatures; woman dies bungee jumping in Brazil; Tom has some things to say about Hillary Clinton's recent remarks that Joe Biden shouldn't have run for a 2nd term; California Governor and likely presidential candidate Gavin Newsom says he and his wife are being investigated by the DOJ; World Cup updates.

Tom is feeling better; Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales crashes out at a campaign event; IN U.S. Senator Jim Banks remarks on the Bears project; Straight Talk with Corinne Straight on the Iran war; Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Northwest Indiana Building and Construction Trades Council Randy Palmateer talks with Tom and Kevin about organized labor, bipartisanship, the Bears, men's underwear, and more.

Tom is sick; Chicago Bears stadium search update; shark attack in Florida waters that Tom has swam in while in the Navy; Trump says he loves inflation; former Louisiana mayor sentenced for having sex with teenage boy; Trump phone teardown reveals it is almost identical to a two-year-old HTC smartphone; World Cup begins.