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On the program today, as we bear down on the Thanksgiving holiday, we ask how much you enjoy the traditional American Thanksgiving cuisine, should voter ID be mandatory, and we hear the story of someone who brought a dog, a support dog at that, not a service dog, to the Paul McCartney concert in Buffalo recently. Why?

President Donald Trump has said he is not ruling out sending U.S. troops to Venezuela as the administration wages war against drug cartels. We don't know what the President's true motive for potentially putting U.S. boots on the ground in the country would be, whether it be a drug crackdown or regime change in the country. Regardless, what say you? Would you support this move by the President if it were to happen?

On the show today, we speak with a board member of the Buffalo Jills Alumni Association, Lori Ann Marino to talk about her time as a Jill, and we here from numerous other former Jills. Should the Jills be brought back? Also, with Paul McCartney performing in the Key Bank Center, are you going to the show? Also, is there an artist you wish you saw in concert but never did and you kick yourself to this day? Conversely, is there an artist still touring you'd like to see?

Former Buffalo Jill and Board Member of the Buffalo Jills alumni association joins the show to talk about her time as a Jill, and the fact that we are on year 10 of not having the Jills around. Should we bring the Jills back?

To kick off the program, we speak with Phil Nanula of Essex Homes for a follow up on the pause of the electrification mandate in New York State, and even though it's not even Thanksgiving yet, we're talking about Christmas. When is the appropriate team to start thinking about Christmas? As soon as the leaves begin to turn or after Thanksgiving?

He was on at the end of yesterday's show right after the news broke, but Phil Nanula of Essex Homes rejoins the show for a follow up on the the temporary pause of New York's electric mandate.

On the show today, we talk bad rideshare experiences you've had in the first hour, a setback in New York State's electrification push in the last hour, and sandwiched in between, after seeing the film 'Nuremberg' in theaters recently, Tom takes your calls on your favorite WWII movie, and, is WWII even relevant anymore, at least to people under 50?

Remember the mandate passed down by New York State banning gas hookups in new builds starting January 1st, 2026? Well, the state has agreed to delay that phase of the electrification plan. Phil Nanula of Essex Homes, who has been fighting this electrification push every step of the way, joins the show to discuss this further

Chris Krok fills in for Bauerle and today, we talk the government shutdown. It is winding down now, and with that said, what did you gain from it? Also, we talk high housing prices, Veteran's Day, Zohran Mamdani's comments on the acquittal of Daniel Penny, and more.

With tomorrow being Veteran's Day, we wanted to hear your connections to the service on today's show. Are you a veteran or close to someone who was? Also, we are joined by meteorologist Andy Parker to keep us up to date on the winter weather currently impacting Western New York, and we remember the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank 50 years ago today.

Snow has finally befallen Western New York, meteorologist Andy Parker joins the show to fill us all in on what we can expect as these lake effect bands persist through the next day and change.

Today's topic is pretty straight forward, are beards still cool in 2025? The topic was spurred because one prominent member of President Trump's cabinet has outed himself as anti beard, at least for U.S. Troops...Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. The Secretary of War has has vowed to purge the military of 'beardos' with strict grooming rules. Where are you on beards? Are they still cool in 2025?

On the program today, on the heels of the Trump Administration's announcement that they struck a deal to slash the prices of numerous weight loss drugs, we spend today's program talking about said weight loss drugs, have you tried any of them, did you have much luck with them?

Today, Joe Beamer fills in for Tom Bauerle on Wednesday, November 5th 2025. Listen to Tom Bauerle weekdays on WBEN930 from 3-6 PM.

To start the show, we are joined by Jack O'Donnell and Carl Calabrese as they give us their thoughts ahead of the closing of the polls. We'll also get the thoughts of the candidates running for Mayor of Buffalo, as Mike Gainer, James Gardner, and Sean Ryan all join the show to tell us how they've feeling on this election day.

As we are nearing the closing of the polls, we are joined by all three candidates for Mayor of Buffalo, Mike Gainer, James Gardner, and State Senator Sean Ryan. We hear from them on how they're feeling ahead of the polls closing, their final pleas to the voters of Buffalo, and more.

Michael Kraker joins us to start the show to discuss how he's feeling this election eve, also, we talk to you about how you're feeling this election eve as well, what is bringing you to the polls this year, or conversely, keeping you away? Also, is it too early to start celebrating Christmas. have you noticed skimpflation (cutting down on quality so prices remain stable) or sneakflation (increasing costs without raising the sticker price), and how do you feel about Daylight Savings Time?

Erie County GOP Chairman Michael Kracker joins Joe Beamer filling in for Tom Bauerle to discuss how he's feeling this election eve.

We already did the ghost show exactly two weeks prior to the recording of this program, but we figured the first installment of the ghost show was so nice, we had to do it twice. On this Halloween, we take more of your real ghost stories.

After talking about the youth yesterday and whether they had a work ethic deficit or a hope deficit that they could actually achieve their American Dream, we spend some time today asking what the American Dream even is. How do you define the American Dream? Is the American Dream as we know it dead?

We often hear about how young people are unwilling to work these days. Is it that young people lack work ethic, or do they lack hope that things will turn out okay in the future given the deck has been somewhat stacked against them with the rise in cost for things like education, housing, and so on?

Tom concludes today's program by hearing how some of his callers focus on their work/life balance.

Tom continues his discussion about managing money and wealth and we hear from a caller who shares their philosophy on managing money.

On today's program, Tom talks about how people are spending their money and is saving for a rainy day interfering with their happiness.

On the show today, we re-visit a couple of yesterday's topics, the arrests of some people tied to the NBA in regard to gambling, and if you worry about the integrity of your favorite pro sports leagues, we take a look at the article about boomer advice that led to yesterday's advice topic, and is the political climate today poisoning your workplace?

On the show, we talk advice. What is some advice you've given or received that was good? Also, conversely, have you ever given/received bad advice? Also, we talk about a story that broke today, Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat Guard Terry Rozier, and Cleveland Cavaliers Assistant Coach Damon Jones were all arrested in a major illegal gambling bust. Billups allegedly was used as a 'face card' to attract high rollers to participate in fixed poker games. Rozier allegedly gave nonpublic information to conspirators to help them cash on player prop bets, Jones was named as a defendant in both cases. What do you make of this story?

On the show today, we hear from Cassandra Joan Butler on yesterday's show about the declining birthrate in America, we get an update on the weather from Andy Parker, we discuss a call that came in about young conservative men being unable to find women to date, and your subscriptions. What subscriptions do you still pay for? Have you cut some lately?

Meteorologist Andy Parker joins the show to fill us in on the Lake Effect rain situation currently impacting Western New York and what we can expect later in the week on that front.

You're not seeing double, we picked up today right where we left off with yesterday's show about the falling birthrate in America and what is to blame for it.

On the program today, we discuss sexless marriages to open things up, and following that, in a similar vein, the birthrate in the United States is historically low, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently categorized the issue as a 'national security threat' and warned it is not high enough to ensure the American population remains stable. Why are people not having kids as much as they used to?

It's that time of the year, and time for Bauerle staple to make it's annual return...the ghost show, we take your calls on your ghost stories and other paranormal occurrences you've experienced.

Erie County Legislator Frank Todaro and Dominic Cortese of the Hammertime Radio show join us to talk about rising electric costs, electrification in general, and taking your calls and answering your questions on the topic.

Dominic Cortese of Hammertime Radio here on NewsRadio 930 WBEN joins the show on the heels to take some calls and answer your questions on New York State's push to go full electric

Erie County Legislator Frank Todaro joins the show to discuss the rising costs you may have noticed the last time you looked at your electric bill due to the heavy demands on the electric grid.

Today, we started off by reading off a hoard of headlines about media President Trump, which led up to talk about critical thinking, it's a skill we'd all like but not a lot of people actually have it. How do you teach someone or yourself develop critical thinking skills?

On the show today, since many of us are bummed about the Buffalo Bills dropping their second consecutive game against the Atlanta Falcons, are you or someone you know one of those whose mood is contingent on how their sports teams play? Also, we talk about some articles that popped up on Tom's news feeds today, one about Israel nominating him for next year's Nobel Peace Prize 'citing Trump's alleged role in diplomatic efforts and saving lives.' What?? And another article titled 'Can America recover from Trump? Here's what new data says' Why is the media so unwilling to call balls and strikes with President Trump.

Governor Hochul is urging New Yorkers to stay up to date on their COVID boosters, so we talk about that a little bit today, if you've gotten a booster, will you get the most up to date? Why or why not? Also, we talk a little bit about getting duped by fake A.I. videos and the homeless problem in Western New York, where is it the worst?

Today's show is a continuation of yesterday, , taking more of your calls on the electrification of New York State

With each passing day, we inch closer to phase one of New York State's push toward blanket electrification. Starting in just about two months, new builds will be prohibited from have gas hookups. As we draw closer to phase one, where do you stand on this issue?

Today, we talk about civility, or the lack thereof, in today's society. There are some courtesies that have seemingly been lost to time, for example, writing handwritten thank you notes. What are some things that boomers used to do that people should start doing again that would go a long way in making for a much more civil society?

Today marks the two year anniversary of a series of armed incursions into Southern Israel carried out by Hamas and several other militant groups. We spend some time talking about that today, do you buy the official narrative of what happened there?

On the show today, we discuss the situation out in Chicago, where Chicago Police Officers were apparently ordered to stand down and not offer assistance to ICE Officers being attacked by angry protesters, the importance of A.M. radio to you as it has been brought up in Congress recently and there has been some chatter about removing it from cars, and do you believe parents should have a choice on what vaccines their kids are given? Last month, the Surgeon General of Florida made the state's intent known in regard to eliminating all vaccine mandates, what do you think about that?

On the show today, we pick up where Joe Beamer left off, talking about 'The Buffalo News'. They announced today they will no longer offer a Monday print version of the paper beginning November 3rd. Is this a big deal to you, does 'The Buffalo News' even matter to you anymore? When did it stop mattering to you?

Not much has changed on the traffic front since a CBSA systems outage halted commercial traffic from crossing the border in this neck of the woods on Tuesday, we continue to keep you updated on the ongoing delays in the wake of the outage.

Lewiston Police Chief Michael Salada joins the show to provide the latest on the persistent traffic delays caused by the CBSA systems outage Thursday, and how it is impacting travel in his jurisdiction.

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On the show today, we start out talking about microplastics, they're everywhere. Fish, pork, vegetables, water, and have been found in humans as well. One major source of them can be bottled water. What are your thoughts on microplastics, and side topic, when did hydration become such a priority for so many? We also talk information overload and keep you informed on the hellishly slow traffic on the 190.

It was announced today that Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz has been diagnosed with Bell's Palsy. Have you ever been in a similar situation, where you were diagnosed with and had to battle a sudden medical condition, Bell's Palsy or otherwise? Also, are you okay with troops being sent to cities like Chicago to clean them up?

President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth are scheduled to convene at a secure location in Quantico, Virginia, with approximately 800 generals and admirals based all over the United States and stationed in various parts of the world for a somewhat unusual meeting. Hegseth has said he will be discussing the 'warrior ethos', while Trump has said he will discuss how well we are doing militarily. Do you buy that? What do you believe the true purpose of this meeting is?

After seeing a video on Channel 7, WKBW, which appears to show a CBP officer heckling a Canadian tourist and telling them to 'never come to the U.S. again' while driving in the U.S., that spurred today's topic of road rage. Have you ever been involved in a road rage incident, whether you were the aggressor or victim? How did you handle it?

The lion's share of today's program is spent speaking with Erie County Clerk Mickey Kearns about a story that Joe Beamer broke earlier this week, in which the county is trying to take office space away from Kearns so 'The Buffalo News' can have a space of their own in Old County Hall.