Winners and Losers of the Week

The Missouri Tiger football team has won 17 straight home openers. Mizzou battles South Dakota tonight at 7:05 at Columbia's Faurot Field, and tickets are still available for the game. Former 939 the Eagle news director Brad Tregnago, who now works full-time at Learfield and hosts the pregame, halftime and postgame shows on the Central Bank Tiger Radio Network, joined us live in-studio this morning to preview the opener and to discuss some things you'll see tonight. That includes fan-friendly pricing for concessions:

McConnell goes blank again. A 12 year-old teaches a school district about the constitution.

Are these doctors talking about Joe Biden or Mitch McConnell?

Randy Tobler joins us

We fact check GOP Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy

Raven Harrison talks illegal immigration

DeSantis or Trump?

State Rep. David Tyson Smith's (D-Columbia) district is primarily in north Columbia, but he also represents some areas south of I-70 as well. Representative Smith joined us live this morning in-studio on 939 the Eagle's "Wake Up Mid-Missouri." He says the transgender issue is being used as a "wedge" issue by some in Jefferson City. Representative Smith tells listeners that 40 percent of his constituents are Republicans, and that no one brings up transgender issues when he goes door-to-door. He says his constituents are worried about roads and I-70. Representative Smith also tells "Wake Up Mid-Missouri" that he'd like to see the GOP-controlled Legislature focus more on education, paying teachers more and having safer elections:

Christopher Arps joins us and we actually end up talking about how different generations take naps.