The Torg & Elliott Show

We talked to our pal & famous documentarian, Ken Burns. Ken was pushing the new 4 part documentary on Muhammed Ali on PBS. The film outlines Ali's life before and after "Cassius Clay" as well as his time as a Muslim & his complicated life from his marriage history, to his refusal to enlist in the US military and some of his most iconic fights.

We were joined by long time renowned columnist, George Will. George was promoting his book "American Happiness & Discontents". Outlining the change of popular culture in America since the 1960's. George highlighted how times have changed and media & technology have changed the trajectory of our society & George is also a big baseball fan he talked to us about the state & popularity of the sport.

We talked to former NASA astronaut, Steve Smith, who was promoting his book "Zero Gravity" which highlights his long & amazing career as an NASA astronaut & his work with outer space exploration & even the Hubble Telescope! We also asked Steve what he thought of the recent Space X launch with civilians on board that will orbit in space for 4 days.

We talked to the best sports handicapper in the business yet again AS week 2 of the NFL season gets underway & Brandon hipped us to his best picks for the 3rd week of the college football season.

We talked to Ohio's State Attorney General, Dave Yost, who recently started a multi-state movement with ticket provider, StubHub. StubHub recently changed their refund policy due to the pandemic & AG Yost & other states have stepped up the plate to make sure Ohioans and other civilians get properly refunded for their tickets to cancelled shows. We also got to know Dave a little more personally & learned he is in a band!

We talked to Geoff Tate, lead singer of Queensryche, who will be performing here in town at the King of Clubs on Monday Sept. 20th. We talked to Geoff about his musical inspiration, how his shows have changed with COVID-19 & what he likes more, being in a band or being a solo act.

SLEEPY JOE 09 - 15 by Torg & Elliott

Comedian Whitney Cummings is coming to Columbus on December 9th at the Joann Davidson Theater & we talked to Whitney about her act, how cancel culture has affected her comedy act & some funny stories about meeting famous folks in Hollywood like the late Larry King.

We joined the best sports handicapper in the game, after his 5-2 week in college football week 1, we got Brandon's picks for week 2 of the college football campaign & NFL football is finally here & Brandon gave us his best picks for week 1 along with some tips for sleep games that could earn you some extra mulah.

We caught up with our pal, coach Jimmy Burrow, father of Bengals starting QB & Heisman trophy winner, Joe Burrow. We asked Jimmy how Joe's knee recovery has been going as he heads into his second NFL season and is expected to be 100% for week 1 and Jimmy also talked to us about some of his memories as a former coach & how he and Joe have teamed up to help donate to our RED WHITE & Q Fund for first responders & military veterans.