Penny For Your Thoughts

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Penny For Your Thoughts episodes

March 06 Penny for Your Thoughts | 3-6-26
Brian Barnhart hosts Penny. Josh Johnson, executive director of communications, Gibson Area Hospital & Health Services, discusses the new services available in Urbana, Illinois. Marilyn Whelan talks about life experiences in rural Champaign County.
1 hr 28 min
March 05 Penny for Your Thoughts | 3-5-26
Brian Barnhart hosts Penny. Sharla Jolly and Craig Pessman have an update on the Coaches vs Cancer, Kickin’ Cancer event coming April 15th. Nathan Chaplin, Douglas County Sheriff, joins Brian to discuss his reelection campaign.
1 hr 25 min
March 04 Penny for Your Thoughts 3-4-26
Brian Barnhart hosts Penny. Julia Rietz, Champaign County States Attorney, answers listener questions. Jeff McCausland, CBS military analyst, discusses current events in the Iran conflict. Open line conversation about the Illinois vs Oregon basketball game.
1 hr 24 min
March 03 Penny for Your Thoughts 3-3-26
Brian Barnhart hosts Penny for Your Thoughts. Scott Turner, US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former Illini football player, joins Brian to discuss his recent trip to Champaign for the Trump administration. Jim Dey joins Brian for an open line in the second hour.
1 hr 22 min
March 02 Penny for Your Thoughts 3-2-26
Brian Barnhart and Loren Tate host Monday Morning Quarterbacks after the Illini basketball loss to Michigan.
1 hr 34 min
February 27 Penny for Your Thoughts | 2-27-26
Brian Barnhart has a fun Penny today. The show starts with a Penny open line. Then Flashback Friday your favorite memories of The Assembly Hall, aka State Farm Center.
1 hr 31 min
February 26 Penny for Your Thoughts | 2-26-26
Brian Barnhart with a Penny open line and a visit with Maestro Ian Hobson, to promote Sinfonia da Camera for an all-Rachmaninoff evening featuring two emotionally charged masterworks, both famously known as "Rach 3" coming Saturday, February 28, 2026, to The Krannert Center.
1 hr 21 min
February 25 Penny for Your Thoughts | 2-25-26
Brian Barnhart hosts Penny. Tony Bruno, president of Champaign Unit 4 Schools, and Dr. Geovanny Ponce, the incoming superintendent of schools, join Brian in the first hour. The Hickory Point Bank impact segment includes Steve Tock and Charlie Osbourn from Hickory Point Bank with Chad Hoffman and Rachel Voss from Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County.
1 hr 28 min
February 24 Penny for Your Thoughts | 2-24-26
Brian Barnhart hosts a Penny open line.
45 min
February 23 Penny for Your Thoughts 2-23-26
Brian Barnhart and Loren Tate host Monday Morning Quarterbacks after the Illini basketball tour of Los Angeles.
1 hr 32 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…