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KMOX Birthday wishes for December 25 & 26

KMOX Birthday wishes for Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025

KMOX's Sean Malone was the first to speak with David Mason, Attorney for St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery about Montgomery being removed from office.

Dr Kathy Reichs was an academic, a working forensic anthropologist, and used that background in her writings, to earn a little money on the side to send her kids to private colleges. She's now a New York Times best-selling author. She visits with Debbie Monterrey. She's credited as a creator of 'Bones' on Fox.

Debbie Monterrey visits with Michelle Wilson, a registered dietitian with Branz Nutrition. She offers tips for people watching what they eat at holiday parties. She says 'regular eating throughout the day', to avoid over-eating at large gatherings. She says there is something called a 'Last Supper' mentality that can become a problem as well with certain foods. www.BranzNutrition.com

Debbie Monterrey visits with Kristen Sorth of St Louis County Library and Lauren Brickey with St Louis Public Library to find out what St Louisans have been reading this past year.

Alex Oliver of Oliver Properties, joins Debbie Monterrey in-studio. He looks ahead to more work on revitalizing Washington Avenue in St Louis City. He says he's invested between 120 and 130 million dollars along the stretch of Wash Ave. He discusses his new 'Food Hall' under development that he calls an, 'anchor tenant'. He says his residential pricing is, 'very approachable.'

KMOX Birthday Wishes - Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Brian Edwards, International Investigations Specialist with the BBB, joins Debbie Monterrey. 'Scammers are targeting some of the top dog breeds,' says Edwards. 'They're actually paying for ads on search engines,' and the ads get boosted to the top before the ads are removed.

3 out of 4 of Ernest Hemingway's wives are from St Louis. Author Andrew Theising joins Debbie Monterrey to share the story.

CBS Justice Correspondent Scott MacFarlane joins Debbie Monterrey following a limited release of the Jeffrey Epstein documents held by the Department of Justice. Could members of the justice department be fined?

Retired family court attorney Meg Groff, joins Debbie Monterrey. She's working to help keep children out of dangerous family situations through new legislation. 'Not If I Can Help It: A Family Lawyer's Battles for Justice for Victims of Domestic Violence and the Poor', is Groff's new memoir.

St Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derrick Goold joins Tom and Debbie to detail the trade between the Cardinals and Red Sox. Willson Contreras heads to Boston for three pitchers. Who else could be leaving the roster? 'It's a game of musical chairs,' says Goold. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-Imagn Images

KMOX Birthday wishes for December 22, 2025

CBS Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger joins Tom and Debbie for the final visit of 2025. She looks ahead of 2026, and says 'this is a good year for a resolution,' for financial success.

Megan Lynch welcomes Michael Kelley and John Hancock following the surprising announcement from Dr Sam Page yesterday that he will not run for re-election. Michael Kelley says State Sen Brian Williams has a financial advantage at this point on the Democrat's side. John Hancock expects Dennis Hancock to be the Republican nominee.

KMOX Birthday wishes for December 19, 2025

TV Guide Magazine's Matt Roush talks about the deaths of director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, and reflects on his long career in Hollywood with Debbie Monterrey.

What constitutes a 'white Christmas'? AccuWeather's Paul Pasetelok, is the Lead Long-Range Expert, and he tells Megan Lyncg that officially, one inch of snow on the ground, constitutes a white Christmas. He says we should expect a mild/balmy kind of week around our region for the holiday, so no, we won't get a white one.

Webster University Media Instructor and author, Julie Smith, joins Megan Lynch. Microsoft is being sued by a family with family member who killed another and the died by suicide. This is the first lawsuit that involves a homicide. '25% of young adults have asked a chatbot for mental health advice,' says Smith. She says the chatbot was telling the man that he wasn't mentally ill in this instance.

Lize Lewy didn't mean to get a scene-stealing role in the Rep's latest production. The Webster grad tells KMOX how she landed on center stage.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, turned 75 earlier this year, the mandatory retirement age. KMOX Religion Editor Fred Bodimer recaps his career, starting in St Louis.

Jennifer Jacobs, CBS Senior White House Reporter, joins Megan Lynch with a recap of Pres Donald Trump's Christmas address to the nation which focused on the economy and placing blame on former President Joe Biden. CBS military analyst Col Jeff McCausland joins to react to Trump ordering a blockade of Venezuela, 'Many people would call a blockade an act of war,' says McCausland.

KMOX Birthday wishes for December 18, 2025

Yoann Damet was named St Louis CITY SC head coach this week. Tom Ackerman introduces us to the new man in charge.

Matt Roush, from TV Guide Magazine, joins Debbie Monterrey. He previews Ariana Grande and Cher on Saturday Night Live this weekend.

Ryan McClure, Executive Director of the Gateway Arch Park Foundation, joins Megan Lynch. He says his group wants to explore many 'opportunities' surrounding the Arch National Park, those possibilities may include: expansion into Illinois, changing highways that pass by the park (I-44) and revitalization of the Millennium Hotel site.

KMOX Legal Analyst Brad Young is a partner at Harris, Young & Kayser. He joins Megan Lynch every week. This week, he looks at a judge's ruling against a restraining order against the Trump administration that the National Trust for Historic Preservation had hoped to obtain. They wanted the work on the proposed ballroom to be stopped. Could marijuana be re-scheduled to a different drug level by the President?

Will we actually have a brick-and-mortar Bitcoin bank? SLU/Chaifetz School of Business Professor Jerome Katz, says the mixture of Bitcoin between what the new banks hold and your assets is not allowed. W/Megan Lynch

Bankrate Economic Analyst, Sarah Foster, joins Megan Lynch. They take a deep look at new jobs data released this week. It doesn't paint a pretty picture.

KMOX Birthday wishes for December 17, 2025

Theresa Pauli, Broadcast Engineer, and Dr. Suman Mishra, Chair of the Department of Mass Communications at SIU-Edwardsville, join Megan Lynch to preview a new program to help train the next generation of film & television production workers. Those trained workers could help the Metro East land more productions.

Adam Zeitsiff, CEO of the Dominique Dawes Gymnastics & Ninja Academies, joins Megan Lynch, as the holidays approach. He offers some helpful tips for families to avoid the 'indulgences' of the holidays, and some of the laziness. He points out just how easy it is to stay active and eat slightly better.

WWJ's Auto Reporter, Jeff Gilbert, says market conditions and changes to vehicle efficiency standards caused Ford Motor Company to reverse course and change plans for their electric vehicle fleet. He joins Megan Lynch.

Bob Hutchins, CEO at Human Voice Media, a Behavioral Psychologist and an AI-focused Marketing executive, joins Megan Lynch, He talks about humans have adapted and sacrifices skills along the way as technology evolves.

KMOX Birthday wishes for December 16, 2025

Alandon Pitts, Senior Workforce Manager & Community Development at the Regional Business Council, joins Debbie Monterrey ahead of a workshop for 1400 middle school students tomorrow. 40 area businesses will be at the event, exposing students to careers and workplace culture. STLRBC.org

Webster University media instructor Julie Smith joins Megan Lynch with an in-depth look at Autsocial media ban for kids under 16.

Cathryn Shaw of 'All Among Us' joins Debbie Monterrey. She says 5 people she found while attempting to help the un-housed in the cold didn't know there were shelters were, or if there was space available. Shaw says she provided sleeping bags, hand warmers & gloves to people she found on the street.

'Hell's Half Acre: The Most Notorious Spot of St. Louis County' is a new book by Andrew Theising. He joins Debbie Monterrey. There was a street on the edge of a big city that no one wanted. The city didn't want it. The suburb to the north didn't want it. It was the 6100 to 6400 blocks of Bartmer Avenue—and the blocks all around. This little strip of land was called by authorities Hell's Half-Acre. Since no one wanted it, no one cared what happened there.

KMOX Birthday wishes for December 15, 2025

Recent college graduates are finding the job market, 'challenging', says CBS Business Analysts Jill Schlesinger. She says the economic downturn in 2008 was worse, she called that situation 'bleak'. She joins Debbie Monterrey and Tom Ackerman every Monday.