In the second hour, we want to know what are YOUR holiday traditions? Do you travel? Stay home? See family? We want to hear from you! Then it's time for the 2nd Annual Matenaer On Air Christmas Cookie Exchange, sorta. We are also talking about the best holiday desserts and yes, they are ranked! And what would Christmas be without This Shouldn't Be A Thing - Do You Know Why I Pulled You Over Edition

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We all love the holidays and we all love to make the yuletide bright, but if you're gonna do that with your car, make sure it's street legal.

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Merry Christmas!! We're keeping things light and breezy today, so we're talking travel woos at the airport, Starbucks employees are on Strike, The Grinch busting drug dealers, Milwaukee giving back(?) and NORAD is tracking Santa Claus, right now! Then we welcome the very capable and handsome Luke Mathers to the show to talk about Christmas and Holiday tradition, as well as Packers chat! We might even mention all around fun guy Aaron Rodgers, too.

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In the second hour, we want to know something; who should you be friends with to make your life a little bit easier (a friend with a cabin, a boat, etc.). Then we celebrate the 50th anniversary of an iconic episode of television. And if money was no object and you had the land...what would you pick? A Shouse or a Barndominium? Next And finally, to end our show in the jolliest of ways, we present a holiday installment of This Shouldn't Be A Thing - Who's That Edition

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If we could make a small suggestion? Cap your chimney, because you don't need a live piece of Christmas decoration. Don't worry, nobody was hurt and all were blessed, everyone.

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Calvin is our resident young person and something is burning his grits; people in congress who don't know when to step down. Turns out, this is a problem that irks people of all ages and we have a problem in Texas. Next, welcome back to the show Political Consultant Joe Zepecki to talk about new problems for Matt Gaetz, the Continuing Resolution that is kicking the can down the road and what exactly goes into a Zepecki Family Christmas?

As always, thank you for listening, texting and calling, we couldn't do this without you! Don't forget to download the free Civic Media app and take us wherever you are in the world! Matenaer On Air is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 10 am - noon across the state. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! You can also rate us on your podcast distribution center of choice, they go a long way!

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In the second hour, Dan Shafer, founder of The Recombobulation Area and Civic Media's Political Editor joins just to talk about A new piece on funding, Act 10 and Christmas music! Specifically an opinion on a holiday favorite. as well And with the holidays just around the corner, we end today's show with a festive This Shouldn't Be A Thing - Ho Ho No Edition

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Things aren't going great for you when the cops catch you and call you an idiot. No, this isn't a Santa story, instead the jolly tale of a guy who picked the wrong chimney.

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Robin Vos said there would be more referendums on future ballots and he wasn't kidding. This year, we had five, next year...look forward to four, because why do things the normal way? Next, as of midnight tonight, if the congress can't get their stuff together, it's shutting down and just before the holidays and this time, we have Elon Musk in the mix. Then, we welcome back to the show James Vanderloo to talk about tariffs in a post election world and what we are already seeing businesses doing to curtail the damage.

As always, thank you for listening, texting and calling, we couldn't do this without you! Don't forget to download the free Civic Media app and take us wherever you are in the world! Matenaer On Air is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 10 am - noon across the state. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! You can also rate us on your podcast distribution center of choice, they go a long way!

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