Penny For Your Thoughts

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Penny For Your Thoughts episodes

April 03 Penny for Your Thoughts | 4-3-26
Brian Barnhart hosts Penny. Dr. Joe Thomas from the Urbana Theological Seminary discusses Good Friday and Easter. Tim Brando from Fox Sports looks at the Illini in the Final Four. Open line calls from Indianapolis around the Final Four.
1 hr 30 min
April 02 Penny for Your Thoughts | 4-2-26
Brian Barnhart hosts Penny. Illini Final Four conversation for most of the program. Randy Rosenbaum, chief judge of the 6th Circuit, joins Brian to discuss Law Day on May 1st.
1 hr 29 min
April 01 Penny for Your Thoughts | 4-1-26
Brian Barnhart hosts Penny. Jerry Hester, former Illini player and broadcaster, joins Brian to talk Final Four Basketball. Rachael Dallas from Crisis Nursery discusses activities around Child Abuse Prevention Month.
1 hr 30 min
March 31 Penny for Your Thoughts 3-31-26
Brian Barnhart is in Final Four week on Penny. Bruce Weber, the last Illinois coach to take the team to the Final Four, joins Brian in the first hour. Dee Brown, from the 2005 team, joins Brian in the second hour.
1 hr 26 min
March 30 Penny for Your Thoughts 3-30-26
Brian Barnhart and Loren Tate host Monday Morning Quarterbacks with former Illini Mike LaTulip as The Illini get ready to go to The Final Four.
1 hr 36 min
March 27 Penny for Your Thoughts | 3-27-26
Brian Barnhart hosts the show live from Houston, Texas after last night’s dramatic Illini win over Houston. Brian recaps the game and takes your calls/texts in hour #1. Hour #2 was a “Flashback Friday” with the topic of “fancy’ restaurants.
1 hr 26 min
March 26 Penny for Your Thoughts | 3-26-26
Brian Barnhart hosts the show live from Houston, Texas ahead of the Illini’s sweet 16 game tonight. Former Illini Doug Altenberger visits in hour #1 to talk about tonight’s context and Jan Seely stops by the studio in hour #2 to talk about the upcoming Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend.
1 hr 28 min
March 25 Penny for Your Thoughts | 3-25-26
Brian Barnhart hosts the show live from Houston with open lines both hours. Perry Morris and Will Best from the Champaign County Historical Museum stop by in hour #1 to talk about a clothing sale collaboration with Kuhn’s as a museum fundraiser then, in hour #2, Dan Marker (Hickory Point Bank) and Rush Record (Champaign County CASA) talk about Child Abuse Awareness Month in April and how you can contribute. Start seeing pinwheels!
1 hr 28 min
March 24 Penny for Your Thoughts | 3-24-26
Brian Barnhart hosts Penny. Today a conversation with former Judge Mike Carroll.
47 min
March 23 Penny for Your Thoughts 3-23-26
Brian Barnhart and Loren Tate host Monday Morning Quarterbacks. Former Illini Trent Meacham discusses Illinois basketball and the NCAA Tournament. Mike Koon joins the conversation to discuss the Illini Women’s win in the NCAA Tournament.
1 hr 33 min

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A long-standing radio program unlike any other. Brian Barnhart hosts a two-hour program that gives the community a place to discuss about almost anything. Brian welcomes listener calls, texts and…