Podcasts about this day in history

May 28th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor, to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 26th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor, to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 27th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor, to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Only Friends is your weekly dose of girl talk where pop culture chaos meets historical moments in the zeitgeist. Only Friends dives into everything from celeb drama and viral trends to "This Day in History" moments you forgot you cared about. And of course, no episode is complete without  "Am I the Asshole?" — where we judge, debate, and sometimes...take sides. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Evan has some BIG news! He's making a big move! Not only is he recording in his office for one of the last times, but he's also working in his office for one of the last times as a big life change is rapidly approaching. Evan is moving, so he's moving on from both his job and his abode. Obviously, Josh has some questions and some thoughts of his own about the big update. The guys talk about moving jobs, what this means in terms of future content, and more. And don't worry, even with all the change, there's still some Fact of the Week, "sticking it to the man," and This Day in History content for your listening pleasure.

In this episode of Everybody Needs a Nudge, hosts Dan and Keith catch up with the Crowd Lending crew and drop some exciting news — the podcast has officially gone international! From DJ Nudgey Nudge spinning tracks to gym comebacks and everyday pet peeves, the boys cover it all. They dive into the spectacle of an NBA game, reflect on this day in history, and keep the laughs coming with their signature dad jokes. Tune in for laughs, insight, and a little bit of everything in between!Donate to Madison's Marathon run here! --> https://donate.heroesendurance.org/donations/new?fundraiser=9cbeb851819aefa294d1

May 21st, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor, to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 22nd, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor, to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark discusses the tragic deaths of two Israeli Embassy staff members in Washington DC at the hands of a man that chanted, "Free Palestine" as he was arrested. Mark is then joined by Charles Lipson, a professor emeritus at the University of Chicago that writes regularly for The Spectator magazine, Real Clear Politics and others. His columns are available free at CharlesLipson.com. He discusses Former President Joe Biden's cognitive decline cover up -- is it the biggest scandal in modern US history? They wrap up the hour discussing the Big, Beautiful Bill and Congressman Wesley Bell's comments from last night regarding Democrats efforts to prevent the bill from passing. In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Mark is then joined by Brett Velicovich, an Army veteran and former special ops tech analyst and Fox News contributor. Earlier this week, President Trump unveiled plans for the production of "The Golden Dome" weapons protection system. Velicovich shares what the Golden Dome is, why it's needed, how it will work, the similarities to the Israel's "The Iron Dome", and much more. He is later joined by Shannon Adcock, the Founder of Awake Illinois. She discusses her two recent federal civil rights Title 9 complaints against the Naperville 203 School District regarding trans boys competing in girls sports. In hour 3, Mark discusses the breaking news on the St Louis tornado siren error and is then joined by Duane Patterson with HotAir.com and the host of the Duane's World Podcast. He discusses the Big Beautiful Bill passing in the House and previews how it will fare in the Senate. He also discusses President Trump's meeting with the South African President in the Oval Office. Mark is then joined by TJ Moe, a former Mizzou and NFL football player and a current contributor to Fearless with Jason Whitlock on Blaze TV. They discuss the ridiculous comments made by Ryan Clark towards Robert Griffin III in the midst of thoughts on the Caitlin Clark/Angel Reese rivalry. TJ also discusses how Bill Belichick's relationship is damaging his legacy and more. They wrap up the show with the Audio Cut of the Day.

In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Mark is then joined by Brett Velicovich, an Army veteran and former special ops tech analyst and Fox News contributor. Earlier this week, President Trump unveiled plans for the production of "The Golden Dome" weapons protection system. Velicovich shares what the Golden Dome is, why it's needed, how it will work, the similarities to the Israel's "The Iron Dome", and much more. He is later joined by Shannon Adcock, the Founder of Awake Illinois. She discusses her two recent federal civil rights Title 9 complaints against the Naperville 203 School District regarding trans boys competing in girls sports.

Only Friends is your weekly dose of girl talk where pop culture chaos meets historical moments in the zeitgeist. Only Friends dives into everything from celeb drama and viral trends to "This Day in History" moments you forgot you cared about. And of course, no episode is complete without  "Am I the Asshole?" — where we judge, debate, and sometimes...take sides. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at ⁠https://betterhelp.com/onlyfriends⁠ and get on your way to being your best self. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark is joined by Steve Butz, a Missouri State Representative that is also running for state senator. He idscusses the latest on the St Louis city tornado siren fiasco. Mark is then joined by Dan O'Donnell, a Milwaukee talk show host. Dan discusses the wild meeting held in the Oval Office between President Trump and the President of South Africa. In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Mark then reviews and walks you through audio from Megyn Kelly's interview with CNN's Jake Tapper and the cognitive decline of Joe Biden that was ignored by the legacy media. In hour 3, Mark is joined by Paul Mauro, a Fox News Contributor and the founder of OpsDesk.org. Paul discusses all of the information that you need to know in the Louisiana jail break and much more. Mark then reviews more audio from Megyn Kelly's interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on the coverup of Joe Biden's cognitive decline while in office.

In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Mark then reviews and walks you through audio from Megyn Kelly's interview with CNN's Jake Tapper and the cognitive decline of Joe Biden that was ignored by the legacy media.

The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT Digichief has been helping digital signage and DOOH network operators feed the so-called content beast for a bunch of years. While the Kentucky-based company started up in 2007, its roots go back another decade to a tech start-up that did similar graphics-driven content work for broadcast TV. I've known co-founder Gene Hamm forever, but this podcast was the first time we had a detailed chat about what Digichief does and offers. We get into a bunch of things, including what's widely used and what seems like perfect contextual content, but hasn't caught on. We talk in detail, as well, about more customized content, and about a new service called Mercury that Digichief spent more than a year developing and recently rolled out. If you hear thumping sounds in the background on my end, that's the roofers. It wasn't until the morning we recorded this that I remembered about the racket they'd be making. Big job. Big bill. Subscribe from wherever you pick up new podcasts. TRANSCRIPT Gene Hamm, thank you for joining me. For those people who don't know much about Digichief, could you gimme the elevator pitch on what you guys do?  Gene Hamm: Absolutely. Thanks Dave. Long-time listener, first-time caller. Am I the first one to say that?  Probably not, among the first.  Gene Hamm: My kids always say I've got a lot of dad jokes, so I oh, no, I won't bore with that. But thanks for having me today. I'm Gene Hamm, one of the founders of Digichief.  In a nutshell we're a content solutions provider. Basically, a one-source solution for all things content. We work in a number of capacities. We have a white labeled solution for data feeds for those clients who want to control the designs themselves. Or we can provide an integrated solution with HTML5, our widgets for clients that don't want to do the heavy lifting on the design. We already have it baked into our APIs, and so we've built up a library of content over the years. All the staples, weather news, sports info, that sort of thing. We also have some short-form, video series, and some other products that we work as distribution partners, with digital art, things like that. But in a nutshell, we aggregate, we curate, and we create content for you, and we provide it in a consistent manner. We take care of the licensing, and we keep up with the inevitable changes in the source, data feeds, and put it out in a highly scalable, cloud infrastructure. So I would say in the early days or earlier days of digital signage, a lot of companies, I shouldn't say a lot because there weren't many, and there still aren't that many, but the companies that were doing the sort of work that you do, I would describe as aggregators that they were collecting and harmonizing data feeds from news gathering organizations, government organizations like National Weather Service and so on, and getting in a format that's structured, reliable and all those sorts of things so that CMS companies or end users could tap into your feeds and have something that's reliable, organized, and curated to some degree. Is that a fair way of describing things?  Gene Hamm: That is a fair assessment, and I think it's evolved over time. I think early on, it was basically, just kind of an aggregation model. We actually started the company, it's an offshoot of another company we'd started back in the 90s where we worked in the broadcast television space, where we were doing lower third tickers, turnkey systems.  So kinda like Chiron?  Gene Hamm: Yeah, we were third-party developers for Chiron. So we worked a lot with Chiron early on, but a lot of the stuff you saw on the lower thirds and newscasts around the country was our stuff.  The dreaded tickers.  Gene Hamm: The dreaded tickers that kind of blew up in the 90s, yeah. We did news headlines, we were doing integrations with AP Weather. We actually ended up doing elections, school closings, and internet chat. We were all over the board on that.  So that's how we got our feet wet on integrating and aggregating content. In the mid 2000s, we saw the digital signage kind of take off, and we said, look, we've already got these connections with these sources, so why don't we just license these and license this vertical? So that's kind of how it started, but it's evolved over time. We certainly still do that and provide those in a consistent format, but then it's also moved into kind of bespoke projects where people will say, we've got this data, we've got, we want this, maybe we have to go out and do research on specific topics for “Cold weather starting tips for Automotive Dealerships”, things like that. So there's really a research arm to it that we can go out and create stuff for custom projects.  So if you had to give a percentage of from a third party versus what you guys are developing internally, what roughly would that be?  Gene Hamm: I would say about 60 to 70% of it is aggregating. All the staples, traffic, transit, flight data, news headlines, sports scores, the stuff that people want to display most often. So yeah, I would say roughly 60 to 70% of it, and then the other stuff is, a lot of stuff on the infotainment route is data-based that we've created over time and this could be for like “This day in history” trivia, fun facts, jokes, clean jokes of the day, holidays, whimsical, eye-catching things to get eyeballs up on the screen.  The challenge I've always seen with using third-party sources for things like tickers and full-screen presentations, whether it's from the AP, Canadian Press, or Reuters, is that they typically don't write headlines for digital signage or digital at home or anything else, and they don't even really do it in a lot of cases online. So what you end up with are headlines that don't really say anything. It'll say, “This week's top news is this…” and that'll show up on screens. I see it on broadcast still, and I'm going, why are you even using this? Why don't you curate stuff that you know has fully formed thoughts and says in a headline what you need to know versus kind of a teaser?  Have you guys struggled with that, or has it gotten better?  Gene Hamm: We've absolutely run into that. You're speaking to the choir here. We've knocked our head against the wall so many times, and I just think that for these news organizations, digital signage is an afterthought. Believe me, over the last 20 years, we've seen so many stories come out that we just scratch our heads, and I've had conversations with the editors to try to plead my case, and it just goes on deaf ears.  So basically what we have to do with our news, we have two formats. We have one that's filtered, and we've got lookups and intelligence written in where if something comes out misformed or certain key phrases, we just kick them out. And then we have basically a curated version where we actually go in and manually approve and post. We look at the image, we look at the images is another problem with it, but we look at the story, and we say, this doesn't make sense, or maybe we change a few words around to make it flow better and fit into a kind of concise title and description. So yeah, it's been a big problem and honestly it hasn't gotten any better in my viewpoint. Does AI present an opportunity to clean things up? Because I will take the odd story that I write and dump it into Claude and just say, “Give me 10 suggested headlines” and it'll knock out ten headline headlines in 15 seconds, and I'll look at it and go, oh, that one's pretty good and I'll take that one and maybe massage it a little bit. But it does a pretty good job with that sort of thing.  Gene Hamm: It absolutely will be a tool that we can utilize, and we're certainly looking into it right now to try to inject on our backend tools that you can request a specific, character-limited title that makes sense. One of the nuances to AI, which I know you're aware of, is that it's all in the phrasing of how you ask the question for the format that you wanted back in.  Prompt engineering.  Gene Hamm: Yeah. It's an art in itself, and what we see is that we think that AI can help this curation service to look at the headlines that we're getting and spit them out in more of a usable, readable, concise form.  But it's not gonna be autonomous anytime soon.  Gene Hamm: We'll see.  Yeah, not reliably autonomous, it's still gonna give you some weird headlines and all that, but then again, you could hire somebody and they'll give you weird headlines.  Gene Hamm: That's true. That's absolutely true. We try to say that our Soft News, which is our curated version, and we try to bill it as G-rated content that's not going to tick somebody off, but that's next to impossible these days because whatever you think is G-rated and is not going to satisfy everyone. We try to stay away from the political end of it, but there's always gonna be somebody that's offended. Yeah. I've talked to a few people who just said, you know what, we don't even do politics on our feeds anymore, or what we show on our screens, because somebody's gonna be irritated, somebody's gonna complain, and it's just not worth it.  Gene Hamm: Oh, the stories I can tell. It's funny. We have a custom bad word filter for stuff that we don't want to come across in the AP and so we've built that over time, and I could never let that see the light of day that the things that we've seen come across the wire that we now omit. Even the images as well. There are a lot of times we'll get images that don't really explain the story, it doesn't make sense, maybe they aren't centered on the right focal point of the image, and we think maybe AI could definitely benefit, maybe being able to zone in on what the main cue is of the image that we get with the AP stories or any of the news images.  Have the demands and the uses, usage trends evolved through the years, like when I got into digital, more than 25 years ago now, there weren't really even smartphones, and the internet was still fairly new-ish, and you could have public screens in elevators or walkways or shopping malls or whatever that were running news and weather on there, and those would be a primary source for that information, you fast forward to now, and you can't get away from news, you can't get away from weather data, that sort of thing.  I've always wondered, do those things need to be on screens anymore?  Gene Hamm: That's definitely a good debatable topic. There are so many of these black screens in our hands that fight for attention. We work in the automotive space in dealer showrooms and you walk into the showroom there and people are in the waiting area, and they've got screens up with content on it, news headlines, weather, things like that, and everybody is looking at their phone. So you're always thinking how do we compete with getting eyeballs up on the screen to get the messaging and whatnot for the client, as opposed to the ubiquitous news headlines and things like that. So yeah, it's something that our clients definitely have to deal with. Is that something you coach to, to tell both your resellers and your end users, that it's important to really think through what you're using in terms of content feeds or your content mix so that it's hyper relevant and contextual to where you are versus just “We need stuff to run on this lower third” or “We need stuff to run in between our dealer promotional messages” or whatever it may be, whatever the venue is. Gene Hamm: Absolutely. As you said, it's all in the content mix. If you're trying to get eyeballs up there on the screen, you gotta have relevant hyper-local content, whether that be local traffic maps or local sports scores or things like that for the market.  But yeah, the dwell time and how long the content is on the screen, you want to get the eyeballs up there and then move on to what your marketing message is. So it's definitely a delicate balance between, you can't just inundate someone with all the news, all weather. You definitely have to make it in short, concise forms because people's attention spans go elsewhere. They go back to their phone or something else.  A few months ago, you announced a partnership with a company called Stream, and I've done a podcast with those folks and laid out what they do and all that.  How do you work with them, and could you kinda run down what they do and how that's resonating with your user base? Gene Hamm: Yeah, so we met Anthony Nerantzis at one of the trade shows, and he came by and explained his interest. He's kind of a broadcaster, newsroom journalist. So basically, what it is they do is a presenter-led, concise, short-form video of bespoke custom news, right? And it can be catered to the industry.  So if it's medical, financial, or automotive, or what have you. They can go back, write the scripts, and of course, Anthony can describe this company better than I can, so hopefully he's not gonna be mad at me for giving this kind of dissertation. But yeah, I just thought it brought to the table something that we could really customize for our clients, and it's very professional, the workflow is great, you can provide some of the background, what you know the company's looking to do, what type of information they're trying to get across, their team can go back and write a script that's engaging and they can automate the product to put it out on whatever the interval you need, whether it be weekly or monthly.  Originally, when they came out, it was a closed caption type thing with lower third supers on the bottom of the screen and I had mentioned to them, “Hey, there are too many graphics on the screen. Maybe, you might wanna streamline that a little bit.” They did that because they're very good about taking feedback, and now they've moved in. It was more of a no-volume type environment product, and now they've, they're able to do audio voiceover as well from the on-air talent actually speaking and you can actually hear it.  Now they're getting into kind of the marketing communication end of it where, let's say it's a pharmaceutical company or something that wants to talk about things that like the president or the CEO wants to talk about certain things to their employees that they have going on, his team's able to go out and produce that and deliver that information and they can get eyeballs up on the screen, educate and inform the client. It's been very well received and we're also looking to work with them on some of our feeds, whether it's health-related type content, maybe we can work in some of the real, day-to-day, hyper-local information on the tail end of the video segment. Say if it's a medical facility and they're talking about medical health tips, things like that, maybe it comes in and we can integrate with one of our APIs and follow the levels of the flu levels there are for the specific area, so we can really hyper-localize it.  So in a lot of respects, it's a variation on the sort of work that you've been doing, particularly on the custom side of it. But instead of it just being text and visuals, they can do a full video with on-air talent and they do that by green screening, on-air hosts, and then mashing that up with AI so that it's a human talking to you and doing a custom presentation as opposed to an anime avatar look that I think looks ghastly in most cases? Gene Hamm: Absolutely. I think going to the presenter-led approach is advantageous and some of the early ones, like you said, that we've seen are just creepy. But I think what they're doing with their technology is amazing. I think it looks spot on.  Yeah, I've looked at it a couple of times for extended periods, just paying attention to see if it's glitchy at all, and it's very smooth, and if you didn't know, you'd be hard pressed to know, this is AI-generated, but it's absolutely human. But the movements and lips and all that stuff are being massaged through AI.  Gene Hamm: Yeah, and the neat thing about it, too, is just it's so scalable and they can automate it, and they can really like its bespoke content, so they can create the script, have it produce it in very short order. So more recently, you've announced something else called Mercury. Can you walk through what that is?  Gene Hamm: Mercury was created basically to give our users a more robust way to onboard our HTML content. We were getting requests for more of a web portal that gives more granular design choices such as colors, backgrounds, logos, the transitions. They can go in and micromanage the news they wanna see, or the sports they want to see, the duration that it's on the screen, and then, they can compile that into a playlist and then output it to a URL and that URL can be scheduled. It's quite a long time coming. We certainly had HTML55 widgets before, but this just gives people a little bit more granular decisions and a web portal, and then we also thought it was a good way to showcase our widget library. We built up these designs over time. Many of the products that we have, there's multiple designs, and so for, we think it might be a growth area for new prospects, that it lowers the barrier of entry to go out and actually, sign up for a free trial, take a look at, it's an all you can eat type model where we've got all the staples, the news, the weather, the sports, the stocks, the infotainment and we're adding new designs and widgets all the time. I think it's intuitive where we spent well over a year designing the system, and I think it really gives people a way to sample our products and see how it works with their systems.  Could you give an example of how a typical client would use it and what they do? Gene Hamm: Yeah, so they sign up for the product. It's a subscription service, with volume discounts that they can go in, and we've got a kind of smorgasbord of content, a widget library and it's all categorized by, like I said, news, weather, things like that, and they can pick and choose what content they wanna build into a playlist? Now that could be just a single piece of content, whether, say, weather, and they've got a bunch of different designs, whether they wanna do a 5K five-day forecast, if they wanna do a full-screen weather map, they can choose their locations, and then they can output it as a URL that URL can be a plugged into a playlist and that pluglist can have their content or they can massage their own local content, through their own platform, so it just gives them the ability to do this kind of infotainment type stuff in between their other messaging.  But yeah, they can build a playlist with a single asset, or they can build a playlist with 30 and build a longer duration, say, a 20-minute loop if they want. So yeah, that's the typical workflow.  So more normally or in the past, if I were a corporate entity and I had a corporate campus in three cities in South Carolina. If I were buying that from a typical subscription content service or weather provider, it's going to have a certain look and color schemes, everything else, and you can't really deviate from that, versus with Mercury, you can choose your fonts, choose your background, colors, everything else, and tweak it so it fits the way you want, maybe has the company's corporate colors and or just fits in with the overall look of the network.  Is that a clear way of saying this? Gene Hamm: Yeah. To make it very granular, the layout of, let's say, a five-day forecast, the data itself is set on the screen, but all the other elements around it like if they wanted to upload their own. company logo, if they wanna match their corporate colors, they can choose certain fonts that may match what you know they're using. So yeah, they can make different transitions to it, so they can really make granular choices with it to fall in line with what they're looking for, but be on the same thing across the same board. We have stocks, if they wanna put their own company stock up there, they can do that. If they wanna do infotainment like trivia or whatnot, we have a number of different trivia categories that they can choose. So yeah, they can really hyper-localize.  Do you put guardrails in terms of design choices that can be made? Like thinking particularly of font choices and Lord knows we've all seen online, particularly, and less so on digital signage, here somebody decides I'm going to use this font, and it's just the wrong choice.  Gene Hamm: We have chosen a list of fonts that we have in a dropdown box that they can choose from. As you can imagine, this was our initial decision when we debuted this release system a few months ago, and our thought is that we wanna give them these options to an extent, right? So we have several fonts that we think we deem look good, and we certainly can add additional fonts as we go. But yes, I agree there's some god awful fonts up there that we don't think would at the end of the day look great on particular design.  Is this the way to deal with the demand that can scale up so that if you were just doing this through managed services, where you would have companies come to you and say, “Hey, we would like a live custom feed that presents ou  weather and other information in these fonts, this background and everything else.” That's hard to do and hard to charge because if it's a one-off, you gotta charge a lot more for it, versus a service where you log in and you do it yourself, by and large, that makes it possible to do more.  Gene Hamm: Yeah, I think so. I think with the pricing model, how we have it, they can use everything. It's all you can eat, in terms of all these different designs and content categories that they can go in and it's not gonna cost them anymore if they put the news or the weather up there. I think the value proposition to Mercury is that we're doing the heavy lifting on the backend, and that these local networks don't have to go out and find different sources, and like you mentioned, the National Weather Service.  Early on, we were integrating with the National Weather Service and that got to be just an overwhelming task because of stages and formats, and changes in the designs and things like that. It just made more sense for us to go out and get an aggregated list. Actually, we have a couple of different aggregated services. So, like a lot of our staples, we have a primary source and a backup source. So if one goes inevitably, these sources have issues, and if one goes down. It really streamlines the whole process.  Has the whole business of getting data from different sources improved? Have they started to, or maybe not started, but long since understood that you can't keep changing the structure. You've gotta stick to something.  Gene Hamm: Yes and no. With sports specifically, they're good about giving us a heads up when things are gonna change. In the olden days, we would find out about it after it happened. So I think a lot of the source APIs that we have do a good job of giving us kind of a change. But there's repercussions. If they do a full change of their structure, we have to integrate that, and if it has any changes to how we do content, we have to let our clients know, and we have to make sure the widgets are changed. We have to make sure they know that the structure's changed.  During the pandemic, we really moved our cloud infrastructure from one cloud service to another. We added a lot of data points to our structure, and so that was really an uphill battle in terms of having to communicate to our current client base that had already done the design work and had already integrated with our APIs to let them know that's coming. So we don't take these things lightly and we've communicated to our sources over time about the repercussions to this. You can't just pull the trigger and give us a two-week notice.  What about social media? If I go back 10-15 years, there were a lot of subscription content providers and CMS companies developing widgets so that you could display Twitter (now X) or Facebook post or whatever maybe on screens and I think over time people realize, oh boy, that's a dangerous thing to do unless you've got somebody sitting right on top of it all the time.  Gene Hamm: It's absolutely the case. In fact, we were one of the ones early on that were doing native integrations with the APIs from Twitter and Facebook and whatnot, and it got to be a full-time job for our developers, changing not only the licensing, but the structure, and we finally threw in the towel on it and outsourced it to a company where that's all they do, and so we work with this particular company, and they take care of it. They've got a team of developers that don't do anything else, and they keep up on all the backend changes, the licensing, and so we're able to not only provide Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or X, LinkedIn, all this as a concise data feed with different data points and assets, and then we also have an HTML version that integrates with it.  So yeah, we've definitely gone the route of outsourcing that to someone who could keep up with it. Is there a most popular resource and one that you thought would have traction and that just never worked out, and you've since dropped or rarely see sold? Gene Hamm: About a year ago, we started with a health API, so seasonal and patient level data, and by seasonal, we mean pollen which is a big one and we have multiple sources for that. But, RSV levels, COVID-19 numbers, cold and cough, and flu. And then we can even get granular with patients. We can go and say a zip code in the United States, and say, what are the ten highest levels of obesity? And they can customize a message or an ad campaign towards that. Those particular zip codes we thought would take off at least the patient-level stuff and it was just really slow out of the gate. We've had a lot of interest and we've made a lot of presentations, but I think there are a lot of these companies that are still trying to figure out how they might use it. Flight data is one that we work with, and we have some clients using it.  There are certain sources that are very expensive to keep up with. That's something that we thought would be selling more than it does. A lot of times, the people that you know that put the flight data up are probably going directly to the source as opposed to going through somebody like us.  Is there one that everybody uses, or almost everybody?  Gene Hamm: Everybody uses weather, of course, that's the big one. Everybody uses sports scores, and everybody uses news. That's news, weather, sports are the big dogs.  Just a couple of final questions. Where are you guys based, and how big is your company? I'm thinking you don't have that big of a headcount because you don't need to, because you're using external resources. Gene Hamm: Yeah, so we're based in Lexington, Kentucky. We also have partners spread across the world. But I got a partner in California. There are a few of us here, and then we've got a couple in Ukraine. So we've been working with a couple of developers who are now employees in Ukraine, well before the war. So it's been interesting seeing that side of it from an employee.  It gives you a perspective on a drone flying over, and bombings and things like that. So there are five of us. We run a small operation, but like you said, we don't really need an extensive team. We certainly have worked with or contracted out some design work in terms of the graphical design. We've worked with the same designers for well over a decade. All right, so thank you. If people wanna find out more, it's just Digichief.com, right?  Gene Hamm: Yeah, Digichief.com, and then if someone wants to sample Mercury for a free trial, there's a Mercury link on there that they can go and sign up for, and give it a whirl.  Gene, thank you. Gene Hamm: Thank you, Dave. I appreciate your time.

May 20th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor, to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark discusses the latest comments made by St Louis Mayor Cara Spencer and her comments on why sirens did not sound off in area's of the city prior to Friday's tornado. Mark is then joined by Mike Gonzalez, a Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation and an author of "BLM: The Making of a New Marxist Revolution." They discuss the latest need to know information on the big beautiful bill. He is later joined by Former St Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch. Tim discusses the city of St Louis' failure to play the tornado siren's and what the process to do so looks like in the county. In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Mark is then joined by Joe Strohm, the Vice President of Ticket Sales for the St Louis Cardinals. He discusses some of the fan entertainment going on at the ballpark and why you should buy tickets to catch a game! Mark then takes calls for Telephone Tuesday where listeners share their thoughts on St Louis' handling of Friday's tornado, online gambling, illegal immigration, and more. He wraps up the hour discussing some of the latest comments made by Whoopi Goldberg on The View regarding her lack of awareness of Joe Biden's condition during her Presidential term. Were people being naive? In hour 3, Mark is joined by Roger Pielke Jr, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and an emeritus professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. They discuss his latest article titled, "How to Get Rid of a Tenured Professor". He writes, "Activists push an apolcalyptic vision of climate change, but that's not the scientific consensus." They discuss in their conversation. Mark is then joined by Tyler O'Neil, a Senior Editor at The Daily Signal. Tyler discusses one of his latest pieces which is headlined, "Judge Blocks School Board from Removing Explicit Books, Saying It's Unconstitutional to Follow 'Conservative Values'". They wrap up the show with the Audio Cut of the Day.

In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Mark is then joined by Joe Strohm, the Vice President of Ticket Sales for the St Louis Cardinals. He discusses some of the fan entertainment going on at the ballpark and why you should buy tickets to catch a game! Mark then takes calls for Telephone Tuesday where listeners share their thoughts on St Louis' handling of Friday's tornado, online gambling, illegal immigration, and more. He wraps up the hour discussing some of the latest comments made by Whoopi Goldberg on The View regarding her lack of awareness of Joe Biden's condition during her Presidential term. Were people being naive?

May 19th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor, to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, the guys are NOT sponsored by McDonald's. Evan recently bought a McFlurry for the first time in a while, and man oh man, things have changed. With the lack of quantity and quality, no cool spoon, and a high price, it's just a bad deal! In other news, Josh is having car problems, which is also a bad deal. The guys also talk about their furry companions and how their dogs dictate their morning routines. Evan has the sequel to last week's mysterious marketplace monitor cliffhanger, and it turns out it wasn't a scam after all! In addition to that "sticking it to the man" content, there are also some Fact of the Week and This Day in History tidbits.

May 16th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor live back in studio from the Campound to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 15th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor live from the 2025 Ticket Campound to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In hour 1, Heidi Harris discusses how the actions of one grandma can be deemed heroic. Charles Lipson -- Professor emeritus at the University of Chicago. He writes regularly for The Spectator magazine, Real Clear politics and others. His columns are available free at CharlesLipson.com. He is the author of the first book for students on their free speech rights-- Free Speech 101: A guide for Students-- available at Amazon.com. Heidi and Sue discuss the ongoing issues with air traffic control, and how they have made their way to Denver. Denver is one of the busiest airports in the country. Hour 2 is kicked off with the NFL is adding more games in order to expand the game overseas. The debate of grass vs. turf continues. Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Is birthright citizenship something that is still needed? Should we pay illegals to self deport? In hour 3, Nick Schroer -- Missouri State Senator -- discusses the final day of the State Legislature coming up tomorrow. What still needs to be done? Will a special session be needed?

The NFL is adding more games in order to expand the game overseas. The debate of grass vs. turf continues. Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Is birthright citizenship something that is still needed? Should we pay illegals to self deport? Ira Mehlman -- Spokesman for the Federation of American Immigration Reform -- joins to discuss this. Starbucks baristas are going on strike over a new "dress code" imposed by the company.

The NFL is adding more games in order to expand the game overseas. The debate of grass vs. turf continues. Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more.

This day in history. Big Mac fan. Wedding photos. Cornhole history. Angry grandpa. If you're a New Zealander named Brad. Sheep in New Zealand. Mexico is suing Google. Hair hanging record. ESPN's new streaming service. Jokes with Sean.

May 14th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor live from the 2025 Ticket Campound to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 13th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor live from the 2025 Ticket Campound to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Seinfeld finale aired on this day in history and Cassie took the stand in the Diddy trial. 

In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Ryan Wrecker talks to 97.1 Chief legal analyst Brad Young to discuss the Menendez brothers case and a gift given to President Trump from Qatar.

In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show with Ryan Wrecker filling in, Jim Talent joins to discuss President Trump in the Middle East. Followed by Larry Behrens, spokesman for Power of the Future to discuss Bernie Sanders method of private travel. In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Ryan Wrecker talks to 97.1 Chief legal analyst Brad Young to discuss the Menendez brothers case and a gift given to President Trump from Qatar. In hour 3, Ryan is joined by Jeff Mordock, the White House Correspondent for the Washington Times. Sports journalist and local author Dan O'Neill then discusses the MLB lifting the ban on Pete Rose. We also hear our audio cut of the day!

Rihanna hit #1 on this day in history and Madonna is releasing a limited series based on her life.

This week, the guys are doing things by the book. As two rule-following dudes, Josh and Evan weigh in on some slightly shady workplace practices that Evan has observed. Is getting a few free lunches here and there a bad thing? Probably not, but where's the line between that and robbing a bank?! So, what's the deal behind following the rules? Is it just to feel good, or maybe so other people think highly of you? Or maybe they're in place for a reason? Or are they holding you back? The guys try to answer these questions and more! And as always, there are Fact of the Week, "sticking it to the man," and This Day in History tidbits for your listening pleasure!

In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Mark then hosts, "Telephone Tuesday" where he takes calls on several different subjects including thoughts on Cara Spencer, former Democrats moving away from the party, and more.

In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark and the crew discuss Pete Rose's ban from baseball being lifted, the Cardinals 9 game win streak, and more. Mark is later joined by Salena Zito, a columnist for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and the Washington Examiner. She discusses her thoughts on the Democratic party's torching of Senator John Fetterman and more. They wrap up the hour discussing St Louis Mayor Cara Spencer's comments on the chaotic and reckless driving to occur in a local neighborhood as well as the lack of police presence in response. In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Mark then hosts, "Telephone Tuesday" where he takes calls on several different subjects including thoughts on Cara Spencer, former Democrats moving away from the party, and more. In hour 3, Mark is joined by Olivia Krolczyk, an Ambassador with the Riley Gaines Center at the Leadership Center. They discuss some of the most recent examples around the country of transgender men competing in women's sports and more. Mark is then joined by George Rosenthal, a co-owner of Throttlenet. He discusses AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). What do we need to know about it? How does it differ from AI? Can it be controlled and is that the main problem? Should we embrace it or be terrified by its potential? All of this and much more.

May 12th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In hour 1 of The Mark Reardon Show, Mark is joined by local attorney Jane Dueker who discusses the trending news story in St Louis involving reckless and chaotic driving in a local neighborhood as well as a lack of police presence. Mark is then joined by Josh Hammer, a Newsweek Senior Editor at Large and the host of The Josh Hammer Show. He discusses his latest piece which is titled, "Mutually Assured Law Enforcement Destruction" as well as his reaction to the release of the final American hostage held by Hamas. In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Mark then discusses the latest comments from Bill Maher, his thoughts calling out both Republicans and Democrats on different subjects, and more. He is later joined by KSDK Sports Director Frank Cusumano. They discuss the Cardinals 8 game win streak, what has worked for them, and who has contributed. In hour 3, Mark is joined by Chris Clem, a former Yuma Sector Border Patrol Chief. Chris just completed his 100 day commitment to serve as a special advisor to RFK Jr at the Department of Health and Human Services. He discusses their focus on fixing the Office of Refugee Resettlement, what that office is, what it did during the Biden Administration, and more. Mark is then joined by Missouri State Representative and Reardon Roundtable regular Steve Butz. He discusses his outrage from last night's driving craziness near his south St Louis home and the lack of police presence. What needs to be done by the city to control the lawlessness? They wrap up the show with Audio Cut of the Day.

In hour 2, Sue hosts, "Sue's News" where she discusses the latest trending entertainment news, this day in history, the random fact of the day, and much more. Mark then discusses the latest comments from Bill Maher, his thoughts calling out both Republicans and Democrats on different subjects, and more. He is later joined by KSDK Sports Director Frank Cusumano. They discuss the Cardinals 8 game win streak, what has worked for them, and who has contributed.

On today's episode, Scientists at CERN have successfully turned lead into gold -- a process that requires a shocking amount of speed! Another company touts its T-Rex leather handbags. How do scientists feel about said claim? Plus, researchers link the immune system to mammalian lifespan, and on This Day in History; the first paper currency in the US. These companies want to make hand bags out of T-rex leather. But scientists aren't buying it Mammal's lifespans linked to brain size and immune system function, says new study CERN Creates Gold from Lead and There's No Magic, Just Physics The History of US Currency Continentals: What it Means, History, Worth The Paper Revolution United States Continental Paper Currency VIDEO: US National Archives: The Continental Dollar: How the American Revolution Was Financed with Paper Money Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 9th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of Nashville's most notable citizens of the early 20th century lost a major court battle on this day in history. We're taking a look at what's happening today with several high-profile cases. Plus, the local news for May 9, 2025, and the wildflowers blooming in the Great Smoky Mountains. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public RadioHost/producer: Nina CardonaEditor: Miriam KramerAdditional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, Rachel Iacovone, LaTonya Turner and the staff of WPLN and WNXP

May 7th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 8th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 7th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 6th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ronan the Sea Lion – perhaps the best beat-keeper on the planet? We've got the fascinating details. A new drone mimics the flying squirrel, which could be a game-changer for robots ability to navigate highly congested spaces. And on This Day in History, the story of Mary Kies – the first woman to receive a patent in the US. This adorable bopping sea lion can probably hold a beat better than you This Flying Squirrel Drone Can Brake in Midair and Outsmart Obstacles 1st woman US patent holder - Mary Dixon Kies in 1809 May 5: Mary Kies Becomes First Woman to Receive a U.S. Patent Patented Straw Weaving Technique Contact the show: coolstuffcommute@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 5th, 2025 We gather up the brain trust of the Sweet Spot (Sean Bass & David Mino) & the Hardline (Corby Davidson, Bob Sturm & Dave Lane) led by Justin Montemayor to give us birthdays, shoutouts, 'on this day in history' and any other nuggets to show you Why Today Doesn't Suck. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X Listen to past episodes on The Ticket’s Website And follow The Ticket Top 10 on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's episode, a new study links phthalates to heart disease death, a portion of a long-forgotten soviet spacecraft originally designed to land on Venus is headed back towards Earth – in an uncontrolled manner. Plus, on This Day in History, the first commercial jetliner service carry's passengers from London to Johannesburg A Soviet Spacecraft Is About to Crash Back to Earth After Being Stuck in Orbit for 53 Years Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics De Havilland Comet: the rocky history of the first commercial jetliner 7/27/1949: First Flight of the Comet 1 Prototype De Havilland DH106  Comet 1 & 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's rundown: Hey BillOReilly.com Premium and Concierge Members, welcome to the No Spin News for Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Stand Up for Your Country.  Talking Points Memo: President Trump has signed more than 140 executive orders in his first 100 days in office. Bill examines his most recent order related to immigration law. A look into the victory speech of Canada's new Prime Minister, Mark Carney, who is openly against Donald Trump. Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and professor Charles Kupchan joins the No Spin News to discuss Canada's trade deal, ongoing negotiations in Ukraine and Iran, and Trump's leverage over China. What was the tipping point that led to Donald Trump's animosity toward CBS? This Day in History: 28 former Japanese officials went on trial in Tokyo as war criminals, with 7 sentenced to death. Final Thought: Remember to renew your membership to continue enjoying all the perks of BillOReilly.com! Read Bill's latest column, Malaysia is Mad at Me Stand out from the crowd with our Not Woke baseball cap for just $28.95! Make Mom happy this Mother's Day! Gift her our new Not Woke Mom mug, bundled with Killing the Witches—all for just $39.95. Limited time only!  Pre-order Bill's next book in the new Confronting Series, ‘Confronting Evil' NOW! Now's the time to get a Premium or Concierge Membership to BillOReilly.com, the only place for honest news analysis. In Case You Missed It: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight's rundown:  Hey BillOReilly.com Premium and Concierge Members, welcome to the No Spin News for Wednesday, April 24, 2025. Stand Up for Your Country.  Talking Points Memo: With the stock market all over the place, Bill points out how risky it is when politicians start messing with people's money. A rundown of President Trump's schedule. You'll never guess where he'll be April 30th. With Trump constantly bringing up former President Joe Biden, what's behind the obsession? Border Czar Tom Homan's reaction to California's plan to cooperate with ICE on the upcoming release of an undocumented immigrant convicted of manslaughter. Russia launched one of its most devastating bombardments on Ukraine overnight. Bill looks at Donald Trump's response to the attack. This Day in History: a massive anti-Vietnam War protest takes place in Washington, D.C. Final Thought: The importance of having a financial advisor and doctor.  In Case You Missed It: Stand out from the crowd with our Not Woke baseball cap for just $28.95! Make Mom happy this Mother's Day! Gift her our new Not Woke Mom mug, bundled with Killing the Witches—all for just $39.95. Limited time only!  Pre-order Bill's next book in the new Confronting Series, ‘Confronting Evil' NOW! Now's the time to get a Premium or Concierge Membership to BillOReilly.com, the only place for honest news analysis.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices