Mark Reardon Show

Mark Reardon sits down with Attorney General Eric Schmitt about him filing yet another new COVID lawsuits over St. Louis County's mask mandate, plus he talks with Senator Roy Blunt about President Biden's Build Back Better Plan. Mark also sits down with local leaders, County Councilman Tim Fitch and Eureka Mayor Sean Flower. All that in hour one of the Mark Reardon Show!

Hour 3: Andy Puzder, former CEO of CKE Restaurants, joins to talk his latest piece in the Daily Mail addressing President Biden's COVID-19 response, and his recent RealClearPolitics piece talking Biden's troubled relationship with the Truth and Consequences. Heather MacDonald, Manhattan Institute Scholar and author of "The War on Cops," joins to talk her latest piece asking, "Where is the outrage over the killing of Baltimore police officer Keona Holley?" Cut of the day.

Hour 2: Sue Thomas hosts another exciting edition of Sue's News and Brian Kilmeade (The Brian Kilmeade show 9a-12p 97.1 FM Talk) joins to talk his latest book titled, "The President and the Freedom fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and their Battle to Save America's Soul." Marc Cox of the Marc Cox Morning Show (97.1 FM Talk 5a-9a) joins to talk COVID from Jefferson City.

Hour 1: On the second show of the new year, Mark is joined by Missouri State Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman to talk tomorrow's opening day of the new legislative session and her newly filed anti-abortion bill. Talk show host and Mediaite columnist John Ziegler joins to talk California's new composting law that has taken effect, requiring Californians to recycle their food scraps and other leftovers, and new COVID-19 measures in schools.

Hour 3: Mark talks with Dr. Buzz Hollander a family physician on Hawaii's Big Island to discuss the new Omicron variant, and recent decisions from the CDC and FDA. Ian Sherr, CNET Editor at Large, joins Mark to talk about the FAA's request to delay the launch of 5G.

Hour 2: Sue Thomas shares her news stories including the box office numbers for Spider Man: No Way Home. Kenny Wallace former NASCAR driver joins the show to talk about his family's bout with Covid. Frank Cusumano joins the show to talk about the world of sports.

Hour 1: Mark Reardon wraps up 2021 with a look back on this year's biggest events, including George Floyd and the defund the police movement. College professor Wilfred Riley Reilly had an interesting Twitter thread a couple days ago about plain truths which everyone would agree to, but which almost cannot be mentioned in polite discourse. This podcast contains content that aired on a previous date.

Hour 2: Don Boudreaux, Wall Street Journal opinion columnist and economist at George Mason University, discusses his latest piece "Eradication of COVID is a Dangerous and Expensive Fantasy." Michael Hartney, professor of political science at Boston College, writes in the Manhattan Institute's City Journal that school closings have electoral consequences.

Hour 3: Mark shares some new details on the case of Central Park Karen, Gloria Rodriguez, the attorney who represented the Osundario brothers in the Jussie Smollett trial, joins the show, and Cut of the Day.

Hour 3: Mark is joined by Carrie Sheffield, a senior policy analyst with the Independent Women’s Foundation, about the transgender swimmer and the controversy surrounding it. Terry Jones, Issues and Insights editor, joins to discuss his new editorial titled "Those Ugly Climate Models,” and Gary Poole with GPM Artist Management discusses having his car rear ended by music icon Smokey Robinson. All that and your audio cut of the day to round out this Thursday edition of the Mark Reardon Show.