We get a call from the state's most popular prison performer, Michael Liebowitz, calling from the Osborn Correctional Institute in Somers during our Rant Line hour, which wraps up with a conversation on Breonna Taylor with Bishop John Selders, Assistant Dean of Students at Trinity College. One of our Rant Line callers endorses 12 year old James for Governor. Others question the skills and intellectual abilities of the present governor, and we hear Todd respond to a ranter who says he's a hypocrit for not criticizing the president's response to the Covid 'crisis' in exactly the same way he criticizes Jolly Ned. Todd disagrees.

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Todd is joined by Michael Harrison and they discuss topics like the presidential election, the Breonna Taylor killing and the protests that are taking place in regard to charges filed, and a story from Ohio that sees a maskless woman watching a middle school football game tased and arrested.

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Delightful 7th grader James joins us to make the case for small government this hour. As usual, he's fascinating to listen to! Then, Joel Johnson is here from Johnson & Brunetti to discuss "Will the Election Rattle Your Retirement?" Joel hosts Money Wisdom weekends on WTIC.

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Some RANT LINE callers talk Breonna Taylor, some are interested in Ned's decision to allow restaurants etc to open up more seating, and others are eager to discuss why anyone would ever vote for a Democrat. And, one caller says he died from Covid as a result of dining out in a CT restaurant. Regular guest and UConn/Hartford Senior Kevin Catapano also joins us for our weekly political chat - we discuss the Breonna Taylor case and SCOTUS. Plus, Jolly Ned announces an easing of restrictions on the hospitality industry.

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The Rant Line hour continues to focus on systemic racism, why urban schools don't educate better, and some callers take Todd to task for not engaging in more I'm Fine, How Are You niceties. Should he give up and just say, "I'm great, what's on your mind?" as one caller suggests? Stan McCauley visits too, complaining about party loyalty and how it trumps logic.

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We discuss the campaign, urban unrest, and whether Democrats can survive in the presidential election if Louisville and other cities erupt over the Breonna Taylor case and today's ruling with regular guest Tom Shattuck.

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We discuss the Breonna Taylor case and other matters of systemic racism. Todd argues there is systemic racism, callers dispute the characterization. Toward the end, former state senator Joe Markley joins the conversation.

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We have a powerful discussion with regular guest, and longtime Connecticut prisoner, Brent McCall. HIs personal confession is hard to hear, but it represents a breakthrough moment that Todd thinks you'll find inspiring.

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What's up with today's Rant Line? The calls are short, pithy and to the point, (mostly.) And funny. Then, we're joined by Tom Scott, who explains why Republicans are "falling into line" to support of President Trump's plan to name and win appointment of a successor for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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Hartford businessman Alphonso McGriff is working on a new book about how humans can be better communicators. We discuss how people tend to make ideas a competition rather than a shared search for common ground.

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