Full Hour | In today’s third hour, Dom welcomes in Rich Helfant, Executive Director and CEO of Lucy the Elephant to the Dom Giordano Program to discuss a ‘controversy’ as reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer over a mailer sent out in a fundraising effort. In the mailer, Helfant uses the phrase ‘Never Forget, Never Surrender’ alongside an image of Lucy standing next to a wrecking ball, but tells that when developing the promotional device, Helfant, being a Jewish man and member of Washington D.C.’s Holocaust Museum, didn’t even think about the association. Helfant apologized to the sole complaint, and said that it will never happen again, which Dom feels is the appropriate response, with Helfant explaining why he employed this strategy. Also, Helfant updates the restoration effort for the legendary roadside attraction and tells listeners how they can contribute.
Then, Dom brings the conversation back to national politics, playing back clips from a testimony by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, who was pressed on the economy legitimacy of electric vehicles. Also, due to a Twitter poll posted on Dom’s Twitter page, Dan and Dom debate whether traditionalism is important in the game of baseball. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCE)