Springfield's Talk 104.1 On-Demand

Hour 1 - 

Darin Chappell & Rep. Curtis Trent fill in for the vacationing Nick Reed this morning. Here's what they cover:

Darin and Curtis comment on how COVID-19 is reported in the news.

What happened to the flu last year?

The structure of Social Security. Darin gives a history lesson on how SS was created.

Hour 3 –

Guest: Darin's mom- Barbara Smith

Darin Chappell is filling in for the vacationing Nick Reed this morning. Here’s what he covers:

Barbara Smith is the current president of the MO Federation of the Republican Women

What does the president of the MO Federation of the Republican Women entail?

Darin and Barbara talking about the January 11th event at the Golden Corral here in Springfield

"Too many women assume that no one will listen to them and that not the case."

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Hour 2 – 

Darin Chappell is filling in for the vacationing Nick Reed this morning. Here’s what he covers:

How the founders established the senate. "Senate was set up as a stop-gap against of tyranny of the majority"

The Year 1913. The 17th Amendment and the changes it caused

The spending of the National Government beginning in 1913

Book recommendation from Darin: Felix Morley, "Freedom and Federalism"

Hour 1 –

Darin Chappell is filling in for the vacationing Nick Reed this morning. Here’s what he covers:

It is the warmest December in 140 years. Is this global warming?

Democracy and 17th Amendment. What does “Democracy” mean? Why do we continue to support some candidates?

“Term limits is the most liberal thing conservatives hold on to”

How did the founders set things up? “Founding Fathers were individuals who were very well educated”

Hour 3 - 

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

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn tested positive for COVID-19. Clyburn is fully vaccinated and had a booster shot in September.

Have you watched the new Chevy ad? 

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) invited Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to join the Republican party. 

A federal court ruled on Monday that a faith-based women’s shelter in Anchorage, Alaska, was allowed to remain open exclusively for women after the city passed an ordinance to mandate otherwise.

Harvard University chemistry and engineering professor Charles Lieber was found guilty of lying about his ties to the Chinese government.

Hour 2 - 

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

Springfield Public Schools says its district-wide mask mandate will no longer be in effect when students return from break.

SPS Board member and Drury professor, Charles Taylor, expressed his "frustration" with Attorney General Eric Schmitt. Taylor wrote on Twitter "Political grandstanding that appears motivated far more by craven political opportunism than by genuine concern for the teachers, staff, and children of Missouri’s public schools has brought us to this unfortunate point."

The Omicron variant is spreading quickly, but only one death is being reported so far. Is this a sign that COVID is starting to get weaker?

Hour 1 - 

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

Springfield Public Schools says its district-wide mask mandate will no longer be in effect when students return from break.

Illinois’ Democratic state Senate majority leader was the victim of carjacking Tuesday night in a Chicago suburb. Sen. Kimberly Lightford had played a pivotal role in passing a bill ending cash bail, among other things.

Instead of focusing on crime, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced earlier this week that Chicago will require proof of coronavirus vaccination at restaurants, bars, gyms and other indoor venues.

Earlier this year, Illinois prosecutors rejected charging five suspects in a deadly gang-related shootout that unfolded in Chicago, despite police reportedly seeking to charge all five suspects with murder and aggravated battery.

A Pennsylvania Democrat who backed police 'reform' was carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia yesterday afternoon. FIVE suspects were taken into custody.

The Biden administration is taking new actions in an attempt to facilitate humanitarian aid to people in Afghanistan, with the Department of Treasury allowing some financial transactions with the Taliban.

Hour 3 - 

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

Math is now racist. Ontario public schools will no longer require incoming teachers to pass a basic math proficiency test after finding "racial disparities" in passage rates.

Joe Biden vs. Jimmy Carter.

A Michigan Democrat claimed during a fundraiser Zoom call that the U.S. economy under President Biden is "flourishing."

El Salvador’s populist president got into a Twitter spat with the White House, accusing the Biden administration of trying to take over his country with communist insurgents.

Hour 2 - 

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

People vaccinated against COVID are just as likely to spread the delta variant of the virus to contacts in their household as those who haven’t had shots, according to new research.

Nick also shares a piece about those who have already had COVID-19. 

Claire, a kindergartner growing up in a Los Angeles neighborhood with her mom, dad, and twin sister, didn’t want to wear a skirt one day. Now, her parents are considering what a future of puberty blockers looks like and teaching her twin sister to correct people who use the “wrong” pronouns.

Hour 1 - 

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

We will be doing special programming on Christmas Eve. The first hour of the show will be a Christmas special with Nick Reed, Sarah Myers, and our weekend producer, Katie. The 7 & 8 a.m. hours will be the radio version of 'It's A Wonderful Life.' And starting at Noon and running through Christmas Day, we will air Mannheim Steamroller.

After Christmas, Nick will be on vacation the last week of December.

The New Jersey Department of Health has a new COVID-19 PSA. In the PSA, a kid is asking Santa for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Yesterday, President Biden praised the Trump administration for their success in making COVID-19 vaccines available to the public. President Trump said that he was surprised that Biden acknowledged him.

President Biden announced the federal government will start mailing at-home COVID tests for free to U.S. households that requests one.

Just last week, Jen Psaki MOCKED the idea of mailing out COVID tests.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Michael J. Dowling, the President and CEO of Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health system, said that Northwell’s hospitals are at less than 10% of their overall capacity and well below where they’ve been in previous waves.

Dowling also stated that “There’s no crisis” and they’ll be able to handle the expected increase in hospital numbers and argued that “if people are not that sick and they’re not in the hospital, you’re building up herd immunity. So, from that point of view, it’s not the worst thing in the world, even though people are — may not feel well for a couple of days.”

CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky was on with Bret Baier yesterday. Dr. Walensky refused to describe the Omicron variant of COVID-19 as “mild.”