Join Bill Meyer each weekday for LIVE Local Talk on southern Oregon's AM-1440 KMED, and streamed on KMED.com.
Wonderful talk with raconteur, bon vivant and celebrated journalist TAKI THEODORACOPULUS, his memoir THE LAST ALPHA MALE - The Amorous Pursuits and High Life of a Poor Little Greek Boy. D62 quiz and more open phones follow to wrap up the week.
Some reaction to the trucking interview, Mr. Outdoors, Greg Roberts from Rogue Weather Dot com brings the latest report, more open phone topics of the day.
Morning news headlines including the Talent Library controversy - no charges will be filed. Mike Kucharski, co-founder and Vice President of JKC Trucking - talking Feds taking on CAl for 16,000 illegal truckers, 20,000 trucking companies closed.
Capt. William E. Simpson from Wildhorse Fire Brigade digs into a new peer-reviewed report indicating wildfire smoke even MORE injurious to health than earlier thought. Open phones follow.
Contentious meeting last night at the jo county commission. Herman Baertschieger, former commissioner weighs in. Ron Gordon and Simon Wiebel, partners at the Firefront Foundation are working to bring Ukraine drone tech here to fight wildfires.
Catching up on the news and stories of the day and then an election integrity Supreme court case discussed with Mike Oneil, from Landmark Legal Foundation.
Part 2 with Kevin Starrett - Will Measure 114 be enforced soon? Then former Fed Prosecutor John OConnor, talks the SCOTUS trans, obstruction with ICE, what about investigating the Fed Chair? Open for business with Danny Beard at LEFT COAST UNDERGROUND
Emails of the Day, open phone calls and topics, Kevin Starrett at Oregon Firearms - Part one with will Republicans pub up a credible fight against our Marxist revolution?
Morning news and opinion, into Wheels Up with auto journalist Eric Peters, update on his project car, reviews, answering listener questions...even MORE airbags to come?
Open phone calls and topics du juor. Open for business with some great folks from Network in Action and your calls and opinion.
The common narrative is illegal immigrants commit less crime than native citizens. Is this true? Dr. John Lott Jr weighs in on this. Former Sen. Baertschiger discusses the very effective Dem playbook in Jo County.
The news headlines...they want to do an Economic Improvement Zone, how about lay off hassling downtown drivers? Later I talk with author Jack Cashill...says the push is to do a Traveon job on Mrs. Good in Minneapolis.
Dr. Powers is back with Where Past Meets Present, celebrity profile today, Lisa Rinna, her early years in Medford. Digging into the other news, D62 quiz and more..
State Rep. Dwayne Yunker talks about the legislative days, upcoming session, Gov. Kotek wants the ODOT tax package canceled! Geologist Gregory Wrightstone, author of A CONVENIENT WARMING - Pres. Trump withdraws from climate groups, what does it mean?
Catching up on the morning news, and taking calls on your takes on the various ICE encounters in PDX, our local protests, Minneapolis.
Open phones for Find your Phone Friday, D62 and more calls to wrap the week.
Greg, Mr. Outdoors from Rogue Weather has the outdoor report, and a refresher course on how to behave when cops are pointing lots of guns at you...it happened to him TWICE in his life. Later a catch up on the Talent library - Kevin Keating from the board.
Morning news wake up, now Portland, huh? Two big Supreme Court cases involving trans women in sports. Concerned Women of America Legislative rep Macy Petty breaks it down. She was an NCAA volleyball player forced to compete against a man identifying.
Aaron Withe is CEO of the Freedom Foundation. State legislature wrote a law attacking them, since FF helps state employe union employees opt out. Aaron's groups is suing and we discuss it. D62 quiz, open phones and more.
Conspiracy Theory Thursday open phones for the hour, RFK and the vaccine changes and the food pyramid, your calls, Venezuela, it is all in there.
morning news and opinion, Minneapolis and more. Great talk later with Jason Isaac, founder and CEO of the American Energy Institute talks the VZ oil and an amazing untold story...critical minerals, and a lot of them.
Open phones on recall, Venezuela and other issues, Open for Business with Randal Lee from Advanced Air, D62 quiz, more emails of the day.
First anniversary of the Palisades fire - a talk with JACOB SOBOROFF, author of FIRESTORM: The Great Los Angeles Fires & Americas New Age of Disaster. Later Venezuela and foreign policy talk with Dr. and Col. (retired) Josh McConkey
The Jo co recall and other news...no, not a supporter of the team chaos strategy from recall supporters. Eric Peters, auto journalist, joins for his Wheel Up segments, reviews, his Trans Am transmission project, listener calls and more.
Richard Lyons, author of THE DNA OF DEMOCRACY talks the current corroded state of our Republic, and the importance of use rediscovering our founding DNA. D62 quiz later, open phone calls and emails of the day, too.
Commissioner Chris Barnett joins the show from Josephine County, we discuss SIGNGATE, why voters should NOT vote to recall him, what happens next on the board. Later I talk with former Sen. Baertschiger who is in the running for Co. Commissioner.
Morning news stories to start and an update on the alleged Perv in the library issue. later I talk with Julian Hagmann is the Chief Operating Officer, Caring Professionals, Inc. Julian discusses medical corruption, his suiing of New York.
Where Past Meets present with Dr. Dennis Powers, history of Medford street cars for the past...and Venezuela and more later.
Harry Snider of Eagle Point, Sams Valley area joins the show and raises concerns about public safety on rural Agate Road. Later, State Rep. Dwayne Yunker - Daily Courier throwns Dwayne and Sen. Robinson under the bus for not bringing home the $$$
Venezuela...interesting developments for sure. Later Bill Dagostino from MRC Newsbusters breaksdown the level of coverage (of non coverage, really) of the Minnesota Somali welfare fraud story.
A special Friday edition of the Wheels Up segment with Eric Peters at EP Autos, reviews of the new Mercedes wagon, A look back at the 1980 Honda Civic, would you buy a version today of a true economy car? (We really do not have any in the U.S.)
Greg Roberts from Rogue Weather brings the latest outdoor report and a talk on the wolf issues in Butte Falls area, including wolf calls...and a BUNCH of responses. D62 quiz and more later.
Morning news and the first calls of 2026...even the dump button wishes a happy new year...later Dr. Gilda Carle, author of REAL MEN DONt GO WOKE. Believes that men, especially white straight men are rising up and not willing to take woke any longer.
Jo County Commissioner Chris discusses his fight against the recall...I am personally in favor of no more TEAM CHAOS. Later a talk with Glenn Kaphammer, Talent Library Specialst. Tells his side of the library patron looking at naked kid photos.
Final Outdoor Report of 2025 with Greg Roberts, travel weather, wolf news and other stories. Former Sen. Baertschiger - what is up with the recall folks and situation in Jo County?
Jo County Commissioner Chris Barnett discusses his fight against the recall...I am personally in favor of no more TEAM CHAOS. Later a talk with Glenn Caphammer, Talent Library Specialst. Tells his side of the library patron looking at naked kid pictures
Final Outdoor Report of 2025 with Greg Roberts, travel weather, wolf news and other stories. Former Sen. Baertschiger - what is up with the recall folks and situation in Jo County?
News and headlines, the latest from the Talent situation Eric Peters, automotive journalist is here for a Wheels Up Tuesday, big talk on DC wanting to protect your data from the spyware in cars...but does it go far enough?
Dr. Powers has the latest WHERE PAST MEETS PRESENT, the pioneer XMAS of the 1800s vs Nieman Marcus opulence and the other news going on, too.
Much talk on the Talent Library perv controversy - First with Jackson County Library Board VP Kevin Keating with his take, then former JXLS librarian and Upper Rogue area Manager Charlene Prinsen.
Morning news and the Talent Library story...wow. Later Manhattan Institute - Sam Kay Director, External Affairs and Public Opinion did a focus study on what Gen-Z conservatives are thinking, quite thought-provoking.
Kevin Starrett joins from Oregon Firearms, a talk on candidate political quality, and good news on 2nd Amendment rights for those who had those rights denied.
Why is Oregon so screwed up? Ask a guy from New york - Dennis Kneale, best-selling author and acclaimed journalist, is the author of the forthcoming book ORE-GONERS. Open phones follow on Conspiracy Theory Thursday.
SOme open phone talk, Jo County commissioner Barnett talks the quorum denial and other issues toward getting a 3rd commissioner on the board.
News headlines, the Trump address from last night...I thought he was angry about doing it, what about you? Big talk with Trent England from Save Our States, which is pressing the Trump Admin for price transparency, bigly, for healthcare reform.
Robert Spencer of JihadWatch, author of the new book, Holy Hell: Islams Abuse of Women and the Infidels Who Enable It. Good talk, then open phones, D62 quiz and more.
Josephine County Commissioner Ron Smith discusses the recusal, denial of quorum over appointing a new commissioner. He explains his take on the issues. Listener calls about it all follow!
Morning news and tallk then Wheels Up, Auto journalist Eric Peters, Reviews, politics, Mitsubishi has trouble, what about those tiny cars and always your calls!
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