Incredible edition of UNLEASHED!!!!

CNY Radio legend Rick Gary joins us for 1 of 2 back in the day segments. Jim and Rick recall the early days of "Rick & Ron and how Rick's career started!

https://sunnysyracuse.com/djs/rick-gary

Also Jim's childhood friend and a media guy himself, Mark Turcotte, joins us and we find out some things from Jim's childhood you don't know!!!!

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The USMC Angry Vet, Matt Gordon, is on the program today. Matt, a Marine Corp vet, has almost a half of a million subscribers on his TikTok alone where he explains his disappointment in the current administration. Matt was also detained for 10 hours after protesting on the Capitol steps on June 14th. He tells his story.

https://linktr.ee/usmcangryveteran

Also Jim and Bill discuss baseball, documentaries on Netflix and what is coming soon on the podcast!

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Another great slate of guests on UNLEASHED!!!

We start off "back in the day" with CNY Central's Brandon Roth. Brandon tells us his story on how he landed in CNY from being a Californian. He also talks about his family and what famous venue his father ran. That Roth name .. it sounds rock n roll...  He also talks about his cousin, the one and only, David Lee Roth.

https://cnycentral.com/station/people/brandon-roth

and unfortunately we talk to Onondaga County Sheriff, Toby Shelly. The Onondaga County Sheriff's arrested Ryan Pontello who allegedly lured a 5 year old child into the woods and abused her. He was arrested in 2011 for similar crimes and the Sheriff's department is looking for anyone in the time span that may have been a victim to Pontello.

https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2025/06/central-ny-man-sexually-abuses-two-young-girls-lured-one-into-woods-with-candy-sheriff-says.html

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On this episode we talk TV!!! With SU professor Bob Thompson!!! Back in the day on the terrestrial radio show we had "Thompson on TV" and we are resurrecting it for the podcast. Bob talks about how we consume TV, his students view on TV and and what's to come.

https://newhouse.syracuse.edu/people/robert-thompson

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Today... we talk music!!

We star off with CNY radio legend, Dave Frisina. He and Jim go "back in the day" and discuss Dave's new home in CNY!!!

https://www.facebook.com/soulshineradio/

and we talk music with none other then Syracuse sports writer, Brent Axe!! Brent gives us the lowdown on Syracuse lacrosse and breaking SU basketball news. Then gives us his review of the Dave Matthews Band concert at the Amphitheater!

https://www.facebook.com/BrentAxeMedia/

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On this episode we go "back in the day" with CNY radio legend Glenn "Gomez" Adams. Jim and Gomez go way back as colleagues and have some great stories to tell.

https://tk99.net/djs/gomez-adams/

Also we talk to Onondaga County Democratic Voting Commissioner, Dustin Czarny, to talk about the change in voting years in Onondaga County.

https://www.syracuse.com/news/2025/05/appellate-court-says-nys-even-year-election-law-is-constitutional-reversing-lower-court.html

https://dustinczarny.com/

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HUGE PROGRAM TODAY!!!!

We start off with Onondaga County Executive, Bill Fitzpatrick, and he explains the charges for the Westhill lacrosse students and new information on the Robert Brooks corrections case.

https://da.ongov.net/bio/

We go "back in the day" with long time journalist, Sean Kirst, and his new endeavor Central Currant

https://centralcurrent.org/

and we talk to Syracuse Mayorial Candidate, Chol Majok on his ideas for the City of Syracuse.

https://www.cholmajok.com/

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On this weeks program we talk to Royale Scudari, executive director of the CNY Lime & Tick Born Disease Alliance about how to prevent tick bites and what to do if you do have a tick on you and your pets!

https://cnylymealliance.org/

and we go "back in the day" with the one and only George Kilpatrick! We talk about his career and pay homage to 2 long time collogues Ken Jackson and Van Robinson.  

https://inspirationforthenation.com/

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Here it is!!! The special Syracuse City Mayor Election Bonus Special with interviews from Democrats Pat Hogan and Deputy Mayor Sharon Owens and Republican Thomas Babilon. 

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On today's program we talk to Grant Reeher, a Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University. He talks about the student visa's being revoked and the political climate on the college campus.

https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/directory/grant-reeher

We talk to Rome, NY Mayor, Jeffery Lanigan, on the new billion dollar Chobani plant on it's way to Rome.

https://mayorlanigan.com/

and we go "back in the day" with the the morning talk legends, Ted & Amy from 93Q.

https://www.93q.com/tedandamy/

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