The Charlie Brennan Show with Amy Marxkors

Michael Kelley joins Marxkors for this hour. Talking about a New York Times story where a student was forced to leave her dream school because of a racial slur from years ago. Next they talk Christmas music and when it should stop playing. Finally, have you ever texted the wrong person by mistake.

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Amy Marxkors and Executive Producer Chris Mihill share Christmas stories. Paul Viollis, CEO of Viollis Group International joins Marxkors talking about the Nashville RV explosion from Christmas Day. Writer of the Hallmark movie “Love and Sunshine” Bart Baker joins the show talking about the process to write a Hallmark movie and much more. Finally, Emily Rodgers, interior designer/content creator on Instagram talks with Marxkors about ways to de-Christmas your house but still keep the winter vibes.

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The Whine Line is in the first hour today. Up first, Charlie recaps the Week of Hope raising money for SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Health. Jack Lane of Stages St. Louis brought Prom from Broadway to St. Louis, and now it’s a movie on Netflix. Bonnie Bramlett is on the show this hour looking back on the music she has written and sang. We also learn that Bonnie is working on the book!

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Congressman Lacy Clay reflects on the latest stimulus bill and his career. Clay is retiring after 37 years of service. Charlie asks his producers to help him decode a Christmas card. Listener calls are taken regarding the movie Love Story and memories of seeing it 50 years ago.

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The Whine Line is first this hour. Next, President and CEO of The Muny Denny Raegan joins the show discussing his more than fifty-year career. Actor Hunter Sansone is in the new movie Safety on Disney + and joins the show.

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Councilman Tim Fitch is on the show as well as Doug Mueller of Mueller Prost.

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The Whine starts the hour; The rest of the hour we look at “Meet Me in St. Louis” including playing back interviewers with Hugh Martin composer of “The Trolley Song” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” in which Judy Garland both sang. Also play back an interview with Irving Brecher who received an Academy Award nomination in 1944 for his screenplay of “Meet Me in St. Louis.” Finally, Charlotte Moore, Director of The Irish Repertory Theatre’s online production of “Meet Me in St. Louis” joins Brennan live talking about what it was like being part of the online production.

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Brennan starts this hour talking about Stimulus checks and if you should return if you are not in need of the money. Six-time Tony nominee Chad Beguelin joins the show discussing “The Prom” which is now streaming on Netflix and has gotten good reviews early on.

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The Whine returns to the 10 o’clock hour; Next, Dr. Norman Rosenthal, world-renowned researcher and psychiatrist who first described winter depression or Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) joins Brennan discussing the reason why people might be more depressed on shorter days of the year. Dawn Null, Assistant Professor of Human Nutrition and Dietetics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale joins the show discussing ways to improve one’s diet. Finally, Brennan asks if anyone has paid it forward during the pandemic.

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In this hour; Brennan is joined by Don Marsh author of “2020: A Wink and a Nod and The Damned and the Doomed” talking about his book as long with Charlie’s new book. Next, Vivian Gibson author of “The Last Children of Mill Creek” talks about what it was like to grow up in Mill Creek. Finally, Liberty Vittert, Professor of the Practice of Data Science at Olin School of Business at Washington University and author of “30-Second Data Science: The 50 Key Principles and Innovations in the Field of Data-Gathering, Each Explained in Half a Minute” discussing how she has figured this out and explains it for everyone to understand.  

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