Richmond's Morning News with Rich Herrera

On what would have been the 107th birthday of George Allen Sr., Governor Allen welcomes author and journalist Mike Richman to the show -- so as to talk about his book George Allen: A Football Life.  You can buy the book and learn more about Mike Richman here.)

Happy Monday, listening family!  We have a treat for you today: Hosting the show is none other than our good friend, former Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator George Allen!  Conveniently enough, his first guest is . . . John -- live from his listener trip to Egypt!!! Governor Allen and John talk largely about how his trip has gone thus far.  (Safe travels, partner!)

Finally this morning (and this week!), we check in with Karen's friend Jackie McCool.  Jackie is the author of a new coffee table book called Beer Dogs Virginia, and she and Karen talk about it to close out the show!

Atop the 9 o'clock hour, Karen talks to Andrea Lucas, of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.  Karen and Andrea discuss the new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and its impact on the workplace.

With the next segment on Richmond's Morning News, Karen, Gary, and Dan welcome . . . Michael Phillips, of MP on the Mic -- to reflect on last night's first round of the NFL Draft!  Plenty of Commanders talk and -- of course -- plenty of Steelers talk.

"It's Friday. . . ."  Indeed -- which means that we hear once again from Dave Saunders of Madison+Main PR firm.  Karen talks to Dave about what folks can do for fun in and around Richmond this weekend.

At the bottom of the 7 o'clock hour this morning, we hear from Hans von Spakovsky -- who, aside from possessing a legendarily great name, is a Senior Fellow at The Heritage Foundation.  Karen and Hans talk about President Trump's legal woes, both in New York and in Washington at the Supreme Court.

(Regarding the latter, immunity-related case: Hans has just published an essay about the subject for The Daily Signal; you can read that essay here.)

Next up this AM, atop the 7 o'clock hour, we hear from Amy Epstein Gluck, Partner at Pierson Ferdinand Law Firm and Chair of the firm's Employment, Labor, and Benefits Department.  Karen and Amy discuss the FTC's recent, emphatic ruling, striking down noncompete clauses across the board in the business world.

Happy Friday, listening family!  With John traveling to Egypt, our good friend Karen Michael (of Karen Michael Consulting and the new podcast, The Job Judge) is behind the mic this morning -- and first up, at the bottom of the six o'clock hour, she welcomes author Leslie Weirich back to the show.  Karen and Leslie talk about Leslie's book The Gifts of Grief, and, in conjunction, about suicide awareness and prevention.

Today is Thursday, which, naturally, means that former Virginia Governor and European Ambassador Jim Gilmore joins us for the 8:30 half hour!  Primarily, Governor Gilmore talks to John about Congress' latest round of appropriations for Ukraine's war effort across the globe.  (Boy, the Chronic Care of Richmond Text Line is working, isn't it?!)