Host Ryan Wrecker opens the hour with a conversation about the next looming government shutdown.  Julio Rivera, Editorial Director of ReactionaryTimes.com, joins us to talk about whether republicans will allow another shutdown to occur. 

Ryan then talks with Washington University Psychological and Brain Sciences Professor Dr. Tim Bono joins Wrecker to explain why he is concerned society is too dependent on social media for happiness.

Did you know there is a measles outbreak here in St. Louis?  Host Ryan Wrecker says that the St. Louis County Health Department is giving a warning after someone with measles visited the Magic House and some other locations in our metro area.  Ryan says as a father of a young child, he is concerned about how easily his child could have caught this.