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Jim Thomas is the new Blues beat writer. Travis is questioning whether or not there’s a benefit to bringing in a new voice. Jim should be great at getting up to speed, but is it important to open up other opportunities? It’s possible the Post thinks that The Athletic is going to be able to backfill their coverage. Developing a long term plan for a difficult industry is hard to do. The Athletic is trying to develop a brand that makes a huge dent in the market. Moving to video from written word is a popular trend but maybe not a great one. Changes in the telecom industry are complex and may come back around to everyone just having cable again. How hard is it to introduce a show into a relationship, and what happens if they hate it? How I Met Your Mother ended terribly no matter what JBro says. Travis just wants shows to answer questions, no matter what the answer is. Ron Howard names his kids after where they were conceived. Fair or Foul and Morning Melee are out! Netflix is selling weed that’s branded with its shows. Who was your favorite bad player that you enjoyed growing up? Travis thinks Ray Lankford was bad but he wasn’t. Jeff says Tony Twist and Ryan Johnson. Travis is back to Luis Alicea. Chris was in to Steve Avery. Joey Bombs Mather has to be in the conversation. There were a lot of bad Rams but Chris loves Todd Kinchen. RICKY PROEHL!

Starting off the show with a discussion of the Joel Osteen situation in Texas. It’s important to look at all sides of this but it’s really hard to look at the situation as anything except a guy making money off religion and not giving back. Travis is the optimist and thinks it’s a lot to do with the regular megachurch criticism. D calls in to say his church better open the doors. Travis is getting Joel Osteen books for Christmas from everyone. Jeff is eating at places where WashU freshmen are and it’s not a good look. We might decide to go invade Yale Hollander’s open mics and just plug our show. Travis is back on his war against the listeners, who may not live in the high dollar parts of town.

A slow Monday in St. Louis and no Gaines means we’re a hockey show this morning. Grin and bear it! Jim Thomas is the new Blues beat writer at the Post-Dispatch. Georgia Frontiere was in to astrology, and it would be fun if Stillman was too. The Legacy Ice Foundation is being criticized but Jeff is pro-new rinks. County council meeting at 5:30 tonight in Clayton - 41 S. Central. Cardinals in Milwaukee tonight and the calendar is getting short. Will Butcher signed with the Devils after spurning the Avs and it set off comments from Brandon Dubinsky. The NHLPA isn’t a very good union and it hurts them in work stoppages. Joel Osteen won’t open his church to storm victims because he’s a charlatan and he’s finally being exposed. The Blues have blue numbers on the road jerseys which isn’t exciting. It’s a hockey day!

Travis attempts to tell people who his Fantasy Football team is and Gaines promptly cuts him off. Alderman Joe Vaccaro joins the show to give his side of the Scottrade lawsuit and funding. Today is day 1 of Amazon and Whole Foods partnership. We talk about stores. Flooding going on in Houston currently. Terrible stories coming out of Houston. Chris has never been to a musical and that is kind of weird. The people's Fair or Foul closes out the show as it does every day.

Jeff Jones covered the Cardinals game yesterday and he brought some audio for us to listen to.  We go over the hot dog situation in the press box. Jeff only had 7 hot dogs yesterday. Fair or Foul and morning melee simultaneously. VMA report brought to you by Travis Terrell. Travis introduces Chris and the audience to Cardi B. Travis is off Katy Perry. 

Cardinals drop a series to the Rays and fall to 500. Bullpen management is pretty frustrating when guys are supposedly unavailable but the 40 man is full. Gyorko is out and that slides Carpenter across the diamond which seems like an odd choice. NHL.com says Alex Pietrangelo is the 14th best defenseman in the NHL. Hockey Bob wants to know where his Norris trophies are. Did Ken Hitchcock depress some of Jay Bouwmeester’s stats? How does Gaines use his high school stereotypes? Teasing the MayMac talk.

Happy Monday! Cardinals drop 2 of the 3 to the Rays this past weekend. The fight of the century took place Saturday and the hosts debate on how the fight looked. Gaines and Travis thought Mayweather dominated, Chris not so much. Conor McGregor is in the driving seat moving forward in regards to the UFC. Travis pretends that boxing is still a sport. 

Pat Imig and Josh Barbo are live from Desmet. Enjoy a halftime show with our pals Jimmy B and Patty Mo.

Roy Wood Jr. sits down prior to his weekend at The Funny Bone, for a great conversation. Roy discusses the particulars of being on The Daily Show, audience members bailing on jokes too early, and why he doesn't give a damn about BBQ. For the second part of the podcast, we've got a full house. Carlie, Jada, Chris, and Travis ambush Nathan Orton to talk about his first 4 years on the comedy scene. Nathan discusses audience habits, styles, his material, where he's headed, and growing up as the brother of WWE Star Randy Orton and being the son of the Great 'Cowboy' Bob Orton. Two great conversations with two very talented people. 

Filmmaker Jon Alexander joins the show presented by Vess soda. He created a 4 part docuseries titles St. Louis Made: Shaping the City. He shares some stories as he went through filming the docuseries here in St. Louis. Ben Hochman joins as he does every week with updates on all things St. Louis and sports. Some comments on the Cardinals, the Rally Cat, and the NBA to close out the hour with Mr. Hochman.