Terry Meiners

University of Louisville school of business professor Nat Irvin ll is one of my smartest friends. He's won a zillion awards, is a futurist, author, teacher, and thoughtful listener.

At nearly 74 years of age, I am perplexed as to why Nat would go out for a 2 mile run when the heat index is 110 degrees!  Turns out he has a very sane reason for doing so.

Everything is possible when you're trying to help your school.

The legendary St. Joe's Picnic is coming up August 8-9 on the grounds of the famous facility on Frankfort Avenue. The picnic is the chief fundraiser for programs and services to assist the children who've been affected by uncomfortable life challenges.

Rich Flaherty dropped by WHAS to remind listeners that their donations to the cake booth will be matched by sponsors.

MORE at the website donatecakes.com

The Flyover Film Festival features a wide of array of flickering images but none is more compelling than the story of Phil Sharp. He was born in a home with a dirt floor to parents who had no high school education. Sharp goes on to earn a Nobel Prize for his work on RNA splicing.

CRACKING THE CODE: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution

Producer/director Bill Haney spoke with Terry Meiners about shooting this film and the challenges facing a creator in the editing process. Sharp's story is incredible, and Haney has 900 hours of film that must be whittled down to 90 minutes.

This film will be screened Sunday, July 27 at the Speed Cinema.

louisvillefilmsociety.org

The enthusiastic WAWA team visited WHAS radio today to announce their newest store opening and their core mission of enhancing every community where they put down roots.

More on WAWA  https://www.wawa.com/about-us/wawa-history

Chairman of the House of Energy and Commerce Commision Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY-02) discusses the latest Trump team tariffs. We also wonder why Democrats are squawking about rural hospital closings when $50 billion was added to the Big Beautiful Bill to protect them.

Theatrics? Show biz nonsense?

What's up, Dems?

Nurse Corenza Townsend was a major catalyst in generating the energy to get Norton West Louisville Hospital built in an area desperate for improved healthcare facilities.

Frazier Museum's Rachel Platt, my former TV wife on WHAS11's Great Day Live, will conduct a July 15th listening session at the Frazier with Corenza and other Norton officials. They want to know how the relatively new hospital is doing and what they can do to improve.

Two women who are reshaping our city IN ONE INTERVIEW! Fantastic!

more details: fraziermuseum.org

Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron visited WHAS Radio to discuss his support for President Donald Trump, the Big Beautiful Bill, and why voters should choose him over Rep. Andy Barr and businessman Nate Morris.

We discussed why he must stiff arm his former mentor Senator Mitch McConnell, why the BBB increase in debt is necessary, and how he handles race peddlers who call him a traitor to his own people.

Congressman Andy Barr (KY06) checked in from Washington as the House of Representatives was closing in on a final vote for President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill proposal that has already passed in the Senate.

Rep. Barr laid out his reasons for supporting the bill and answered questions about debt increases, Medicaid reduction, and other objections by Democrats.

He also wanted to separate himself from other candidates who are vying for the soon to be vacated seat held by Senator Mitch McConnell.

UofL Health infectious disease specialist Dr. Mark Burns warns that a measles spread is going through central Kentuckky, principally in Woodford and Fayette Counties.

It's a good time to remind parents to be sure that their children receive the MMR vaccine so that they do not become infected with measles.

Even though Senator Rand Paul just played golf with President Donald Trump, the president could not persuade Sen. Paul to vote in favor of the BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL. It passed anyway.

Sen. Paul was one of three Republican senators who voted against the BBB, and happily explained his decision on WHAS Radio.

We also discussed the benefits of tariffs (Rand Paul opposes them) and winnowing out certain undeserving Medicaid recipients, and whether Gov. Andy Beshear's claims of 35 rural hospitals is fact or hysteria.