Springfield's Talk 104.1 On-Demand

Hour 3 - 

Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including:

President Biden said he 'can't do much' about record high gas prices and continued the White House blame game of saying it was Putin's fault.

FOX Business host David Asman fact-checked President Biden Tuesday, saying it is "incorrect" to say gas prices have spiked solely because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates would not come to the phone when President Biden tried to call them to discuss boosting oil exports to offset price hikes.

Hour 2 - 

Guest: Maryam Mohammadkhani, SPS Board Member

Springfield School Board member, Dr. Maryam Mohammadkhani, joins Nick Reed this morning. Here’s what they cover:

In case you missed it, Greene County Clerk, Shane Schoeller, joined Nick yesterday to clear up election questions.

Not sure what's on the ballot for April? We have sample ballots up, sponsored by Brad Pistole and Safe Money Radio.

Dr. M covers several articles from the Springfield News-Leader and the Springfield Daily Citizen.

Dr. M goes over the candidates for the SPS Board.

Maryam talks about several candidates that she is impressed with. Steve Makoski and Kelly Byrne.

Please note: The thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of Maryam Mohammadkhani and may not reflect the thoughts and opinions of the school board.

Hour 1 - 

Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including:

Winter weather is trying to sneak back in to the Ozarks. Rain is expected to transition to snow from Thursday night into Friday.

For International Women's Day, a Vagina Museum in the UK decided to celebrate trans women.

Democratic fundraising giant ActBlue is using International Women's Day to celebrate its efforts to help women "build political power" and "live without the threat of violence." But the platform processes donations to powerful men accused of everything from strangling their wives to threatening to kill their wives.

Nick gives an update on his sister, Ashley, and her journey on becoming the next Inked Magazine cover girl. Ashley is currently sitting at second place. Voting for the semi-finals will wrap up on Thursday, March 10th at 10 p.m.

The Department of Health and Human Services paid for advertising of COVID-19 vaccines on hundreds of media outlets, even as the outlets often provided positive coverage of the vaccines.

Nick explains how barter & trade commercials work in the radio industry.

Hour 3 - 

Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including:

A recent Harvard-Harris poll found that 62 percent of Americans believe that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if Donald Trump were still in the Oval Office.

President Biden is expected to announce a ban on Russian oil imports to the U.S. on Tuesday morning.

The White House has repeatedly suggested the private sector can boost oil supply amid surging gas prices, but industry groups have countered that the administration has placed hurdles for new drilling.

Hour 2 - 

Guest: Shane Schoeller

Greene County Clerk, Shane Schoeller, joins Nick Reed this morning. Here's what they cover:

A listener asked Nick about voting for school board when they live outside of the city limits, but their child goes to SPS.

Shane clears up some common voting/election questions that listeners have:

How do write-in candidates work?

The issue of drop boxes.

Early voting vs. absentee voting.

What is rank voting and how does it work?

There is a new website that you can use to track elections: vote.greenecountymo.gov

The General Municipal Election in Missouri will be held on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

Hour 1 - 

Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including:

Florida Senate Democrats engaged in a protest against a bill that would bar teachers from talking to young children about sexuality and gender identity Monday.

Gov. DeSantis, clashed with a local reporter who asked him about education legislation widely characterized by liberal critics and the media as the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

Jen Psaki said Florida’s surgeon general is a politician “peddling conspiracy theories” after the state announced it would not recommend healthy children get the coronavirus vaccine.

The co-hosts of ABC's liberal daytime gabfest "The View" are weighing in on talk that NATO imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion could lead to a potential nuclear war, with Whoopi Goldberg claiming former President Trump would have simply given Ukraine over to Russia.

Chuck Todd suggested that voters are wrong to believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if President Trump was still in office.

Do these people forget that Trump WAS President, and none of this happened under his administration?

Hour 3 - 

Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including:

VP Kamala Harris is being sent to Europe to conduct "diplomacy with our allies."

Nick plays audio from Tucker Carlson's show of Harris.

The White House is warning that the U.S. will soon begin to run out of money for COVID-19 supplies unless Congress acts to approve more funding.

Meanwhile in Springfield, city leaders are calling on the state government to use their federal aid to help fund eight projects around the city.

Hour 2 - 

Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including:

Republican leaders are furious at the Biden administration after reports that the administration was seeking to buy oil from Venezuela in order to fill gaps in the energy supply caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Juan Williams has a piece that President Biden may be the 'Comeback Kid' of midterms.

Just 35% of voters approve of President Biden following his State of the Union address

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed he is looking “very actively” at a scheme for Poland to donate Soviet-designed jets to Ukraine and have them replaced with American jets — hours after the Polish government said the plan was “fake news."

Hour 1 - 

Nick Reed talks about a variety of topics in the news, including:

Former President Clinton said the Clinton Global Initiative will be making its comeback to address the many challenges facing the world today, from climate change to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the coronavirus pandemic.

AAA announced that the U.S. average gas price is now slightly more than $4 per gallon. So who exactly benefits from those prices?

Fiona Hill criticized Trump's approach to foreign policy.

Good Saturday morning!

Kyle Wyatt and Kelly Byrne talk about a variety of topics in the news, including:

School board election. "March is going to be Springfield board education month!"

"Our goals should be for the academic excellence of all students"

How do we make changes to the Springfield school board?

What parents can do to change the current system?