Beowulf talks with The Toy Association’s Top Toy Trend Specialist Adrienne Appell about the top trends and gift ideas to make kids of all ages smile this Yuletide!

The Medicare Annual Election Period is important for everyone, including our nation’s veterans. With one month left until the end of this year’s enrollment period, Beowulf speaks with Ed Sandrick, Director of the Veterans Channel for Humana, on how eligible beneficiaries can maximize their health benefits and ensure they have the right health Medicare plan in place come January 1.

Beowulf checks in with Lauren Fix about what you need to have your vehicle ready for winter weather. The author of the hugely popular books “Lauren’s Guide to Loving Your Car”, “The Performance Tire and Wheel Handbook”, and “Driving Ambitions: A Complete Guide to Amateur Auto Racing” and the automotive editor for YourLifeMagazine.com, “The Car Coach” Lauren Fix has inspired millions of people throughout the nation with her highly credible automotive advice on everything from automotive safety and maintenance to purchasing the vehicle that is best for you! In fact, “The Car Coach” toured with “O Magazine’s” “Oprah’s 2005 Live Your Best Life Tour” presenting motivational inspiration, consumer information, and automotive advice.For more information on “The Car Coach”, please got to her official website www.laurenfix.com.

John Stamos of Full House, Fuller House, ER and Greek Yogurt commercial fame renames his kid after me and says you should see my daughter Oriana in "Hairspray." This July 4th, Samos hosts "A Capitol Fourth," continuing a 39-year tradition of celebrating our nation’s independence on the West Lawn of the United States Capitol building. It airs on PBS Thursday, July 4, 2019 from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's performance of "Hairspray" featuring Oriana Rochlen plays through October. Tickets and more information at osfashland.org

Today Show regular Chassie Post joins Derrick to talk about what he can do to get a better night's sleep.

Beowulf talks with Stephanie Land, author of Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, And A Mother's Will To Survive, about her struggles as a single working mother on welfare and why the system is NOT designed to help you.

Beowulf speaks with TCM host Ben Mankiewicz about the 80th anniversary release of The Wizard Of Oz and who was really responsible for the idea of switching from black and white to color when Dorothy goes from Kansas to Oz. You can see the movie in theaters from January 27th -30th in theaters nationwide.

Beowulf talks with CNN Political analyst Julian E. Zelizer & Princeton historian Kevin Kruse on the origins of our partisan, divided America. Their new book is Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974

Is The News More Addictive Than Cigarettes? Beowulf tackles that topic and many more with guest Matt Taibbi. Taibbi is a reporter for Rolling Stone. He’s the author of four New York Timesbestsellers: The Great Derangement, Griftopia, The Divide, and Insane Clown President, as well as the recent I Can’t Breathe and The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing. His most recent book is Hate Inc. at https://taibbi.substack.com

Rep. Jackie Speier was shot five times during the Jonestown Massacre and survived. Now she's in a congress that may impeach Donald Trump and vote on Medicare for All. What will SHE do? Find out in our conversation. Congresswoman Speier is the author of Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage, and Fighting Back.