February 5, 2025 • 52 mins
In this lively episode of Saint Louis in Tune, Arnold Stricker and Mark Langston take a whimsical look back at their 2024 shows, sharing the most popular highlights that had their listeners buzzing. Imagine a highlight reel that combines the best moments from a podcast with a dash of humor and a sprinkle of friendship—that's what we get here. They dive into the episodes that struck a chord, exploring why certain topics resonated so deeply with their audience while also pointing out the ones that didn’t quite hit the mark. It’s a behind-the-scenes peek at podcasting that feels both personal and relatable.
This episode is a celebration of not just the content we have created, but of the community we have built—one laugh, one story, and one insightful discussion at a time. Whether you’re a long-time listener or tuning in for the first time, this episode is a perfect representation of the spirit of St. Louis in Tune.
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- Gateway Grizzlies
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What have been the mostpopular shows of St. Louis in tune
in 2024, and the mostunbelievable jokes that we've been
withholding for all of ourlisteners? Going to find out now
on St. Louis in Tune. Welcometo St. Louis in Tune and thank you
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for. Join us for freshperspectives on issues and events
with experts, communityleaders, and everyday people who
make a difference in shapingour society and world. I'm Arnold
Stricker, along with co hostMark Langston. Mark, we went through
our 300th show. We didn'tcelebrate. Things were just rapidly
going on and we've both beenout of town and we finally both get
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together and we can take alook at some of the highlights of
2024 and tell our listenerswhich ones they enjoyed the most.
Oh, the thing that scared me,though, is something you just said.
Some of the jokes that you'regonna tell.
I've been withholding these jokes.
Oh, lordy, lordy.
Because these are like classic jokes.
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Oh, no.
So make sure we have thepistachio gallery lined up and ready
to roll. Yeah, there they are.
Thank you.
Okay. I heard that up there.
Lordy, I know. So these.You've been holding these back.
I've been holding these.
These weren't just really badjokes that you thought, I better
not use those on the show.
These are really, really good ones.
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Wait, what you think is goodand what I think is good.
And that's like our shows,what you and I thought were really
good shows. There are a couplethat the listeners said, yeah, that's
a. That's. Those are reallygood. And then the listeners listened
to some and thought, wow, Ireally like this. And we were like,
okay, that was a. A good show,but maybe not our best show.
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And I listened to some of theshows. I was out in and out of town,
unfortunately, quite a bittowards the end of the year. And
there's some shows that youdid solo that I wish I had been part
of, but I. And they were very interesting.
So, yeah, I wish you had beenthere too, because they. They were
interesting.
Yeah, there was a couple therethat were.
The Jewish Book Festival. Yes.
Yeah, we'll talk about. Wealways have a good time with authors
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from the Jewish Book Festival.
Yes, they bring in a lot ofgood stuff.
Jcca, I think, does that.Yeah. Yeah, that's always fun.
So we're glad that you joinedus today, folks. You can listen to
previous shows@stlintune.complease help us continue to grow by
leaving a review on thewebsite, Apple Podcast, or your preferred
podcast platform.
So I bet you've gotten somereviews. Okay.
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Yes. We have our return tocivility today. And I think people
do this without thinking. Askif it's okay before taking someone's
photograph. Some people feelawkward being photographed, and if
you don't know the person,they may worry about what you're
going to use the picture for.And especially now with this AI thing,
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they've been told, hey, don'ttake pictures of your kids. Don't
post them on the Internet.Social media, don't do that. A lot
of these are just publicitythings. We do some of those things.
And they're here just topromote the show and to promote the
people who come on the show.
Yep. I know. I was the dadthat always went on the field trips
with the kids at school. And Iwas always reminded, if you're gonna
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take a picture of the kids,you take a picture of their feet.
You get them all when they'refacing the other way. We don't want
an actual. On a frontalpicture. So a couple of times when
we were out in the woods or,you know, at a waterfall or something,
I'd say, everybody, pleaseturn around. So they'd all turn around,
put your.
Hands on your face, and I'd take.
A picture of them. I knowthey'd all be looking at the waterfall
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or something like that.
And if you go on Google Earthand you're following Google Earth
and where they drive bypeople, they've blurred their faces.
Oh.
Or blurred their license plates.
Okay.
Yes.
I appreciate that.
Yeah. I don't. That's probablyall AI done. I can't see somebody
sitting there. I'm gonna bluryour face out here. Blur your license.
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Right. AI should. Yeah. One ofthe AI uses.
Yes. Productive uses.
Yeah.
So ask if it's okay beforetaking someone's photograph, folks.
Wow. I can think of mannersfor other things you need to ask
for, too, before you dothings, but that's a good one. That's
a good one.
Yes, it is. We had, gosh, 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 times. 2 times.
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1, 2, 3, 4th, 5, 6. We had alot of shows last year.
Yes, we did. Okay.
And some of them ranged fromThings related to St. Louis, obviously.
St. Louis in tune. St. Louisrelated kinds of shows. We did several
shows on music that weren'tnecessarily related to St. Louis.
And music's always a funthing, especially when we have the
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musicians in studio. Severalthings about food. And we'll get
into some specifics of thesecultural things which we. Society
and culture. We are Listedunder society and culture in Apple
podcasts. There's a lot ofthings that we deal with the culture
and society. Theater, severalthings related to that. Let's see,
sports, we did several sportkinds of things. Literature, we mentioned
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the Jewish Book Festival andalso film a little. I don't want
to call it a potpourri, but wedo a variety of things. And I didn't
include actually any historybecause history would fall under
some of those St. Louisthings, some of those cultural things.
And a lot of credit should goto Arnold, folks, because it is really
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difficult. I don't know iffolks understand how difficult it
is to book a weekly show andfind a guest, an interesting guest,
you can certainly grabsomebody. But to find someone that's
interesting with a topicthat's timely, it's not as easy as
it seems.
I appreciate that there's alot of interesting things out there.
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A lot of. And we've doneseveral. Not for profit groups because
it's tough for them to gettheir message out. And we don't mind
doing that in books. We don'tmind talking about books because
the authors are veryinteresting. Sometimes the topics.
I've got a couple lined upthat I think people will be very
interested in next month in February.
So one thing I like about theshows too is yes, they might be a
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topical, timely subject, butbecause it's an hour long show, we
always go in, we drill down, Iguess we get in the weeds a little
bit, if you will. And so theshows are timeless. So you can go
back and listen to some ofthese shows and learn things about
that particular subject,individual, whatever they're doing.
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It's great because you can goback and still learn about the subject
that we're going over in that show.
That's true. They do resonateover time. There's not just. And
sometimes.
That's what I was trying to say.
Yeah. Sometimes there'ssomething that maybe is timely. The
Festival of Nations or the IceSculpture Festival, down in the Loop,
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things like that. But thereare other aspects of the show that
people might find interesting,etc. Like that.
Yeah. Because the Festival ofNations, it's presented by the International
Institute of St. Louis. Andnot only did we talk about that,
but we talked about some ofthe things that they're doing at
the International Institute.
Correct.
And some of the good thingsthat they are doing. Yeah. So.
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Yeah. So, Mark, and I'mthrowing you a curve ball. We all
have our favorites, folks,things that we have enjoyed. And
I guess as a. I'm going to sayas a conversationalist, because when
I talk to people about comingon the show, a lot of people will
say, oh, it's going to be aninterview. And I say, no, we're just
going to have a conversationin the living room. And Mark alluded
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to this, and I appreciate himdoing that, is that we don't have
to pause for station ID orgoing to weather or going to traffic,
and we can go for a solidhour. Matter of fact, the first.
I guess the first hundredshows we did were actually two hour
shows. And so we're only onshow. This is 3:27. But when you
take the first two years of acouple hundred shows divided by two.
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Yeah. So we're well above 500shows that we've done. This is our
eighth year, by the way.
Wow.
Our eighth year of doing this, Mark.
Wow. Now, I came in.
You came in at Show 100.
Yeah, I was right aroundthere. Ellie Wharton, the general
manager of the station beforeme was. She was your hostess with
the mostest.
So you're now the host withthe most, right?
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I did, yeah. I lost the mostest.
I know a lot of shows, folks.I tell you what, I'm gonna let Mark
think on that. This is theshow that individuals who were listeners
thought was the highlightshow. And it was the show called
Echoes of John Denver, RickSchuller's Tribute Journey.
Oh, I love that one.
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Yeah, it was in a realinteresting interview with Rick Schuller.
He's a singer, songwriter, andhe is a John Denver tribute artist.
And he was born in Monroe,Louisiana and raised in St. Louis.
And he's been doing thistribute show of John Denver. He looks
just like him folk. He's in studio.
That was spooky.
It was creepy. And then he gothis guitar out. He sounded just.
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I was thinking like, wow, thisis John Denver sitting right here
in studio with us.
It was alarming. No, but itwas. It was really neat, though.
And he's a very personableguy. He's actually done some archaeological
digs over in the Middle eastand had. And you can go to his website,
you can go to that show andfind out more about it. But he did
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some things related to theDead Sea Scrolls. And I was like,
what?
Oh, my.
And.
Oh, that's correct. Yeah.
Yeah. So we have to have comeback and talk about just the archaeological
kind of side of him.
Yeah.
But he's been continuing to dothese shows and it has a lot of great
fun with folks. He and eventhe family of John Denver and John
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Denver's old manager said,gosh, dude, you're the deal.
Yeah. There was anendorsement, I think, of him, of
his work. Yeah. Which isreally nice. It's neat.
And that, by far, was theheads above. Like, in education,
you could actually seedividing lines where things need
to be drawn. This one was fourtimes greater than the next show,
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which ended up there. Severalkind of in a. In a ballpark. There
was Pretty Boy, which is abouta movie that was made here in St.
Louis and the struggles thatindividual had with identity. There
was Elo. Mr. Blue sky, youknow, and we always enjoy having
having him in studio. Therewas engineering marvels, the World's
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Fair, the 1944 World Series,baseball memories. Then there's a
dividing line, also the rockwalls to canoes. That was where we're
talking about the. Oh, it'sthe Missouri. Oh, there it is. Exciting
adventures at the GatewayOutdoor Festival. Brad Kovac, he
came in and talked.
Okay.
And that was a popular. Thatwas actually the. The fourth popular
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show.
Oh, I can't wait to get tothat at some point.
Yeah. So. And he had talks.They had moved out that show out
to St. Charles and we'rehaving. They had rock climbing and
they had a lot of outdoorkinds of things. It's basically a
big outdoor adventure. Oh,commercial and convention for people
who like the outdoors. So alot of different things you can do.
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This is the place. Place toget the latest equipment. These are
some kind of. Some things youcan do in the metropolitan St. Louis
area and in. In the region.The. The film. Things that Mark had
alluded to at the beginningof. Of the show were things that
were done through the St.Louis Jewish book Festival. And these
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were of the new American antiSemitism, the left, the right and
the Jews, the high stakes ofglobal hostage and prisoner negotiations.
And I interviewed. He was inTel Aviv at the time for that interview.
Another one was Irina's. HowLove and Kindness Defied the Darkness
of War. There was a familythat had a hidden past that involved
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the Holocaust and thenchallenging beliefs. Derek Black
renounced his family's whitenationalism. Oh, yeah, that was an
interesting read. Let alonehave an interesting conversation
with him.
That was a show that I was notwith you on, but I enjoyed, I guess
enjoyed as a. Listening to.Yeah, it was a great show. Yeah.
Because he was. He was againstit. And it was his family that was
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a member of his family thatwas involved in it.
Yeah. He even grew up. His dadwas head of the White Nationalist
Party in the United States.His godfather was David Duke, head
of the KKK at the GrandWizard. And Derek was. Gosh, he.
As a youngster, he was doingthese national broadcasts and talking
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about this stuff. And in thebook, it gets involved with what
it actually did to his psyche.And then he goes off to a college
that nobody knew who he was.And he kept to himself, kept all
this stuff to himself. Andwhat happened is eventually, when
he actually was around blacksand Hispanics and Jewish people,
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his whole attitude changed. Hesaid, I thought these individuals
as I was growing up were mywords, the enemy or were less than
who I think they. And he foundout that they were actually the people
who stood by him when somebodyfound out exactly who he was. So
that was fascinating.
It's amazing. Absolutely amazing.
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We did talk about St. Louissports. We talked a lot about the
Cardinals. Ron Jacober and BobTieman came in.
They're kind of 1964. We didone show on the 64 season of the
Cardinals, I think team, andBob did that one. I think he came
in for that.
So knowledgeable.
Yeah.
If any of you want to find outabout any kind of. And it's just
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not St. Louis baseball. He's abig one in just baseball, Bob Tieman's
books. He's well known aroundthe United States for his writing.
And then Ron Jacoba, who'slike the. Yeah, it's good to see
my favorite sports broadcasterwho's still around. I remember watching
him on Channel 5.
Yeah, it was great to have himin the studio. He was like.
He came in and I think Markand you correct me if I'm wrong.
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I think a lot of the guests,we both make them feel very comfortable.
It's not like we have loungechairs here or lazy boys in the studio
where we're sitting around anddrinking, whatever. But we try to
make them feel comfortablebecause a lot of people get nervous
when they have a conversation.I'm going to be on the radio. This
is going to be everywhere now,all these platforms.
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But yeah, we make them feelcomfortable. And a lot of folks I
think after the interview arelike, hey, that was fun. That was
really good.
I want to do that again. Thatwas 30 minutes. That was 40 minutes.
Wow, that went by quickly.
I know. And that's what theyall like is that it's. We don't.
You go to other programs andthey, we got 20 minutes tops, or
we got 15 minutes. Andsometimes I'm even watching television
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and some of the news reportsand I'm like, they just touch on
these subjects. And I go, Iwish they would just go a little
further, a little deeper onthese subjects. We have eight minutes.
We're out of time. Thanks forcoming by. We'll see you later.
Here's my stock questions thatI want to ask no matter what. And
you and I, we listen to the people.
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Yeah.
And sometimes I don't needthese questions because they're going
down a road. I really want tohear what that's about.
Yes.
There was a guest we had rightnear the end of 2024, and I'm looking
that up right here. He made avery interesting comment to me. It
was. Or actually, no, it wasthis year. And it was the show about
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the Las Vegas trafficking, sextrafficking that's going on out there.
And he said, I reallyappreciate that you didn't ask me
stupid questions. He said, andthis was off the air, so. So you
won't hear this on the show.But he said off the air, he said,
I get questions like, aren'tthese women and girls? Don't they
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deserve what they get?
Unbelievable.
And he said, those are juststupid questions. Stupid questions.
Because he was revealing howthey are actually the victims. And
however we see. Granted, thisis a 2025 show, however we see the
situation that they're in, andmaybe they're making money, but their
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lives, how did they get tothat point? And that's what he was
bringing out.
Yeah, that's. Yeah.
So it's always good. And wetalk about topics that I have an
interest in or Mark has aninterest in, or maybe we find somebody
and I'll read something onlineor hear something or see something
and go. And sometimes I'lljust email people and say, hey, do
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you want to come on the radioshow and talk about this book or
this topic? And sometimes Inever hear back. Sometimes I hear
back right away. Sometimesit's, can't do it now, but we'll
do it later. We've got anotherone coming up where the person's
actually going to be in theNetherlands. She actually lives in
the States, but she's in theNetherlands right now doing some
research that will take placefrom the Netherlands.
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Can't imagine the time difference.
It's seven hours.
Oh, wow.
But she was really excited.Her publisher was really excited
about it.
Yeah. So one show that we didthat I really enjoyed was Joe Soderman.
He did a book called this dayin St. Louis. St. Louis history,
I think it was. And localbroadcaster, you know, works at some.
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I don't know which station itis. I don't know if it's. I Think
he's iheart somewhere atiheart. I don't know what he does.
I mean, he's a stitch.
He is a stitch. It was asurprisingly enjoyable interview.
We just say that way, sorry,Joe. And I've known Joe for a long
time, just as being in theindustry with him, but I had no idea.
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He did a lot of research onhis book that he put out and this
wasn't the first book. Helikes Route 66.
He's the big 66 guy.
Yeah. Is it root or route?It's root.
It depends upon what part ofthe country you're from or what part
of the state.
I looked it up in broadcastingschool when I was at root and it
was root. They were really,but they still. We say route around
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here.
That's correct.
I don't know. It's a root.
This is Arnold Stricker withMark Langston of St. Louis in Tomb.
We're talking about the showsfrom 2024. What were the shows that
got a lot of listens. Whatwere the shows that our listeners
enjoyed the most, the least?What were the ones we loved the most?
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And some other ones. Therewere some. We did a couple shows
on sex trafficking. There wasa show that we had an in depth discussion
about EDMR therapy. And thiswas a show that was part of a secondary
show that we had with HealingAction about trafficking and sexual
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exploitation. And that isanother group within the St. Louis
metropolitan area that assiststhose who have come out of sex trafficking.
And if you think aboutindividuals who are involved in drug,
they've abused drugs oralcohol, those you generally don't
think about victims who havebeen in sex trafficking and what
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it takes to my words,normalize them back to what is what
you and I would have as anormal life. And they've normally
been used to being abused manytimes have had abusive relationships
physically, mentally,emotionally, sexually. And they've
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dealt with a lot of thingsfrom their childhood. Maybe they
were abandoned, maybe theywere abused as a child, maybe they
were in foster care. Whoknows. A lot of different kinds of
things. And then to help thembecome part. A productive part of
society, there's. There's abig thing to a ramp for them to get
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them back into society. Thatwas a. Those were really heavy shows.
Yeah, those are shows we neverdo any humor on or anything like
that because it's very serioustopics and we don't want to make
light of those topics at all there.
And I hate to even say they'reeducational. I think these are subjects
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we need to know about, need tounderstand more about them. And this
is a great opportunity forfolks to just sit back and listen
and hear what's going on.
Yes.
Because I don't think a lot ofpeople in the suburbs, they're not
privy to some of this tragicstuff that's going on like that.
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And it's happening as St.Louis is a really. I don't want to
say a gateway, but it is agateway of sex trafficking just because
of the location with thehighways and for whatever other reasons.
A show that I thought wouldhave gotten a little more love was
one that involved tangled hometitle issues and bringing vacant
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properties back to life. Andthat was a conversation we had with
Peter Hoffman, who is themanaging attorney for the Neighborhood
Advocacy at Legal Services ofEastern Missouri. And they do a great
job of helping individuals whomaybe the. There's somebody, a developer
who wants to come in andthere's gazillion people on the title.
And so they have to geteverybody figured out or who actually
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has title, who actually ownshis property has passed down.
Right.
And nobody has the paperworkto show that. So they have to do
a lot of legal digging. Andthis is a group that works a lot
in north St. Louis to helpindividuals up there. And the attorneys,
many of the attorneys work probono to help folks out up there.
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So that was a really good show.
Yeah, that is a real bigissue, too. My wife Maria works at
a credit union and they have aproblem with that all the time. When
folks come in trying to get aloan or whatever, they can't. It's
just like mom dies andeverybody stays in the house and
the house just moves over andnobody knows who owns it anymore.
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Right.
It's gone through a generationor two and they. They stay in the
home and it's who really owns it.
And it's hard because what areyou going to do then?
Who knows how to do thatstuff? Who can navigate that? And
if you are not a person of anymeans at all, if you have no money
or very little money andyou're just hoping to keep a roof
over your head, how do youeven. Where do I find a lawyer that's
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going to help me with that?That's going to cost money.
Yeah. Where do you start?
Yeah, exactly.
And this group. Does they helpyou start that and finish that process?
Probate court? What is that?
Yeah, exactly.
Who's going to represent me in that?
The state taking more of my money?
Oh, yeah. They like. That'swhat they like to do.
So we're going to take a briefbreak and we'll be back for our next
segment. This is St. Louis intune with Arnold Stricker and Mark
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Arnold Stricker of St. LouisIntune. Welcome back to St. Louis
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in Tune. This is ArnoldStricker with Mark Lancst. And Mark,
I'm surprised that Congresshas not. And the U.S. postal Service
has not adopted a Dred andHarriet Scott stamp yet.
It's amazing.
Of all of the things that theylet go on stamps. You gotta be kidding.
Yeah, I'm glad you said thatbecause I've watched them release
stamps that are like, what?And Dred Scott got nothing.
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Yeah, and let's put Harriet onthere, too. Dred and Harriet Scott,
because they were both.
Oh, we're gonna play that.That commercial until it happens,
and I can't. We've Beenplaying it for a year or so.
Long time.
Yeah.
We recorded that when Lynn wason the show. This is Dred Harriet
Scott, great great granddaughter.
Right. It's just amazing tohave her back.
On and talk about that.
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And they have. Don't they havestatues at the.
Yes. Down at the Civic Courtsbuilding. Right downtown.
Downtown St. Louis.
Yes. And matter of fact,Preston Jackson did that statue.
He did a statue down. Not. Hedidn't do the dread. Harriet Scott.
That's actually down at thecourthouse. Then there's one at the
Civic Courts building that.Preston Jackson, who's been on the
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show several times, he did asculpture about the. Those individuals
who had tried to get thefreedom suits. And we did a show
on that, too, several years ago.
Crazy.
Yeah.
Why? It's a stamp. Yeah, giveit up. Come on. All the other stuff
you guys do.
It'S just plain weird.
Do something. Never mind.
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He. One of my. One of myfavorite food shows we did, Mark
was with Freddie. Freddie Lee and.
Oh, Freddie Lee.
It was on his barbecue saucewhen he. As a hobby, he did this.
And now he's like the saucemaster. And he's the creator of Freddie
Lee's Ghetto Sauce.
But schnooks. Is it schnooksor Deerberg?
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It's schnooks.
Won't let him put ghetto saucein. It's American sauce.
American sauce, Right. But yougo to Dierburg's, it's ghetto sauce.
It's ghetto sauce. But theyjust didn't like the word ghetto
sauce.
They didn't think that wouldfly out in certain parts of the area.
If you've had it, you'll befine with it.
Oh, yeah. It's regular and spicy.
Oh, it's so good. I know.
Yeah, it's really good.
And he brought free samples.
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He did.
And I used mine up and we wentout and bought some more.
Yeah.
To support him.
Went over to his place one dayand he took me on a little tour of
the facility. Yeah. It wasvery nice.
And his wife. Kudos to hiswife. She's the one. She's the brains
behind the distribution ofthe. And I think it's on Amazon now.
You can buy it.
(28:11):
Yes.
She had to have plastic. Butthey had to do plastic containers
instead of glass.
Yes. And he talked aboutcertain kind of plastic. Because
when it goes into the plastic,it's. The sauce is hot, so it had
to sustain the heat and notmelt and. Wow. All that kind of stuff.
Yeah. But, boy, it's hot.
It's good.
Yeah.
It's Very good.
It's really good. Highlyrecommend it.
Yes, yes, we do.
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Yes, yes. And he hasn't askedus to endorse it, but we are.
That's right.
And I like the ghetto sauce.
The can't forget about arewhat I call St. Louis and tunes.
Baseball trivia historian.
Oh, yeah.
Ed Wheatley. Ed Wheatley, yes.
He knows a lot about theBrowns and he doesn't. He. He does
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that luncheon every year. TheBrowns luncheon.
Yes.
I've been to that lunch.
They have baseball games atthe Grizzlies, the Gateway Grizzlies,
where they have St. LouisBrowns bobblehead.
Yes.
Do a lot for that.
And they have a big luncheonand they bring in guests. Yes.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Big time guy.
Yeah, yeah. A lot of peoplethat you probably know.
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Yeah.
That you've heard of.
Mark, do you have a favorite.
You know what? I really likedtwo shows. The ELO guy and the Atlanta
Rhythm Section guy. The Arsand the elo. The ELO guy, Jeff Faulkner.
He puts a lot of time andeffort and energy into recreating
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elo.
Yes.
And it's an ELO was on a. Ithink they were on tour this last
year. They were for theirfinal. Maybe hoopla. I don't know
if it was a final one, but.
Final landing.
Yeah. But Jeff has puttogether a lot of musicians that.
And can you imagine if you'refamiliar with ELO's music, just trying
(30:03):
to recreate that. And they doan unbelievable job.
Yeah. The harmony parts and doa great job.
Oh, yeah. If he ever comesback, grab that show, go to the archives
and listen to it, becausethere's some really good. I was actually
looking for some music here. Iwanted to play, but I can't find
any. But it's remarkable howthey recreate ELO's music.
(30:25):
Yeah. And to find these shows,folks, you can go to the website
stlintune.com there's a searchengine up in the upper right hand
corner, and you can plug inany topic and it will list for you
those shows that have thatparticular topic.
And I think elo's Legacy Liveson is the name.
Yeah. We have done two orthree shows with Jeff.
Yeah. Yeah.
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Last time he brought Jake in,who plays cello.
That's right. Yeah. See there?What band do you know has a cello
in it? There's not many. Youcould probably count them on one
hand.
He's got it together.
Our rock band has a cello.
Yeah.
And to his credit, he went outand found somebody with a cello because.
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EL E L O has those kinds ofthat sound.
And then the. The AtlantaRhythm Section.
Rodney Justo.
There you go. Thank you. I wastrying to figure out and remember
what his name was. They didsomething very similar and their
performances, too. Yeah.
And they have. Because a lotof those guys have left or passed
on. And Rodney's one of theremaining original. He's one of the
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original band members and heleft the group for a while. But the.
That was a fun interview withhim, right?
Yes, it was. Now, there's oneother. The Browns versus the Cardinals
in the 1944 World Series. Wedid a show on that. Who was our guest
on that?
Ed Wheatley.
Was it Ed? Okay. That was avery fascinating show. He did a book
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on that, I believe. Yes,that's right. Yeah. I remember looking
through that book.
A lot of things, folks, wedon't plug these things. We just.
This is an interest out there.If you've got some hobby or you got
a time to read these things,take a look at these things, listen
to these things, check themout, find out more information about
the city that you live in.
Yeah. What a historical time,though, with the Cardinals and the
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Browns at the same time.
Absolutely.
Making that break and AugieBush getting in the thick of it.
And I guess the owners now,they had something to do with the
Browns. Was it? Yeah.
Which I didn't know DeWitt,the DeWitt senior was an owner of
the Browns. And that wascalled the Subway Series. Not Subways,
the Streetcar Series.
That's it.
That's Streetcar Series.
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Wow.
Grand and Dodier was theSportsman's park back in the day.
What's there now? Walmart?
No, there's a. Probably. No,there's a Boys and Girls Club there.
And a.
That's right. That's right.
There's one more show I wantedto mention. It was a show that talked
about exploring bias andcensorship in high school debates.
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That's with James Fishback.And what he found out was that high
school debaters, when theywent to a debate tournament and found
out who judges were, judgeswould say, I don't want to hear anything
about this. Don't tell meanything about this. And it was more
that you had to align what youwere saying with their particular
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political philosophy or yougot marked down. And so he formed
a group that's called IncubateDebate. And it was a non biased.
Because debate is supposed tobe non biased. That's what debate's
all about.
Right.
You prepare both sides of anargument. You're given a topic and
you're told which side you'regoing to defend and represent. And
then the judge judges theaspects of the clarity of your debate,
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how you were able to convincethe points that you made. And it
wasn't all about, you don'tbelieve what I believe. So I'm going
to mark you down, which is asad state of affairs because debate
and dialogue and having freeconversation is important in our
country. And we've gotten tothe point where, you know, in families,
in businesses, in churches, injust your friendship group, a lot
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of people like, if you don'tbelieve what I'm believing, I'm not
going to have anything to dowith it. Yeah, it's ridiculous.
It is ridiculous.
You mean my friendship doesn'tmean as much to you as this thing
does?
And that's one thing. It's notlike it doesn't define who you are.
It's not the end of the world.
No, it's not. No. And do youlike Coke or Pepsi? I might like
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Coke. And you like Pepsi.
Yeah. And if you don't likePepsi, I'm not going to have anything
to do with you.
Yeah. What the heck is that?
Yeah, that's really.
What is that about? Can Imention one other one? There was.
I just saw it here. TheChronicles of Valor, the musical
Journey of the United StatesAir Force Band of Mid America. We
had him in, and that was afascinating show, believe it or not.
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What that band does.
Yes, they do a lot of stuff.They play a lot of performances around
the area here, and they'rebased over at Scott Air Force Base.
And. Yeah, and they are talented.
They're very talented.
Boy, I've always enjoyedseeing them at some of these big
events, but, boy, they werehaving some special shows and things
that people could come and sitdown and enjoy.
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They do parades and check themout, folks, because they have small
groups like ensembles, and thelarge band group.
Talk about discipline.
Oh, my gosh, they've gotdiscipline. I've been saving some
jokes, Mark, and actually thisfirst one relates to some things
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that we would normally do,like a word of the day. But these.
Did you know these things had names?
What the. No.
The space between youreyebrows is called a glabella.
A glide.
Glabella. A glybella. And therumbling of a stomach is actually
called a womble. And mostpeople know this, that the prongs
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of a fork are called tines.Did you know that?
No.
Yeah. Also a pitchfork ortines. Tines of a rake. Those are
the things.
Okay. Did not know that. Okay.
The tiny Plastic table placedin the middle of a pizza box is called
a box tent.
Didn't know that.
The day after tomorrow iscalled overmoral. Overmorrow, over
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morrow.
Okay.
The space between your nostrils.
Oh yeah, what is that?
Is called columella nasi.
That's why I'm not a doctor.
I couldn't. That would haveflooded that.
That would not have worked for me.
The dot over an I or an A iscalled tittle.
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No, I call it a dot. Put a dotover your I if it's A.
Okay, so here. A lot ofinventions have happened, but before
the crowbar was invented,crows had to drink at home.
Wow.
I've had some problems with myteeth. A pastor went to the dentist
(37:03):
for a set of false teeth. Thefirst Sunday. After getting his teeth,
he preached for only eightminutes. The second Sunday, he preached
only 10 minutes. But thefollowing Sunday, he preached non
stop for three hours until thecongregation realized he couldn't
quit and finally helped himsit down. Concerned for his health,
they ask, are you okay? What'shappened? The pastor explained, the
(37:25):
first Sunday, with my newteeth, my gums were so sore I couldn't
preach longer than eightminutes. The second Sunday, I felt
I could go a little longer to10 minutes. But today I mistakenly
put my wife's teeth in anddiscovered I couldn't shut up.
Almost to not laugh at that. Wow.
(37:45):
We have people who don't eat meat.
Yes.
And we have people that eatmeat. And there's this conversation
between two people like that.And one says, you shouldn't eat meat,
and the other person says,don't worry, it's plant based. And
they say, that's awesome.Which plant? The person says, the
meat processing plant, ofcourse. Speaking of pastors, a new
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pastor was visiting in thehomes of the parishioner. At one
house, it seemed obvious thatsomeone was at home, but no answer
came to the repeated knocks atthe door. Therefore, he took out
a business card and wroteRevelation 3:20 on the back of it
and stuck it in the door. Whenthe offering was processed at the
next worship service, he foundthat his card had been returned.
(38:29):
Added to this was a crypticmessage, Genesis 3:10. Reaching for
his Bible to check out thecitation, he broke up in gales of
laughter. Revelation 3:20begins, Behold, I stand at the door
and knock. Genesis 3:10 reads,I heard your voice in the garden,
and I was afraid, for I was naked.
(38:51):
I get it now.
This is an actual paper thatwas submitted by a student at school.
And the student was given anF, but was given an A plus for creativity.
The question was, in whichbattle did Napoleon die? And the
student answered his last one.These are really good. And as a former
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educator, I would have giventhis kid an A plus for creativity,
too. Oh, yeah.
How could you die?
Question 2. Where was theDeclaration of Independence signed
on the bottom of the page?
Oh, yeah, it was. What are yougoing to do?
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The river Rafi flows in whichstate? A liquid state.
Oh, I. Yes.
What is the main reason fordivorce? Marriage.
That makes sense to me.
I love this one. What is themain reason for exams? Failure. What
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can you never eat beforebreakfast, lunch and dinner?
Thank you very much. Take a bow.
This kid was really smart.Yeah. What looks like half an apple,
the other half.
Give that kid an A. I have.
A few more in this one if you.I can't even see this. I'm crying
(40:24):
so much. If you threw a redstone into the blue sea, what will
it become? A whetstone.
Oh, yeah. Of course it will.
How can a man go eight dayswithout sleeping? Easy sleep at night.
Oh, no.
How can you lift an elephantwith one hand? You can never lift
an elephant that has one hand.
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Oh, my.
If you had three apples andfour oranges in one hand, and three
oranges and four apples in theother hand, what would you have?
Very large hands. If you think about.
This kid's very creative, I'dsay so.
Listen to this. If you tookeight men. If it took eight men 10
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hours to build a brick wall,how long will it take four men to
build it? No time at all. Thewall was already built.
Yes.
Yeah. And how can you drop araw egg onto a concrete floor without
cracking it any way you want?Because a concrete floor is very
hard to crack.
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Wow. You've been holding outon us, buddy. You really have, because.
Yeah. I wanted to save thesefor this particular show.
Wow.
So, you know the super bowl iscoming up.
Yeah.
So you should be as excitedabout church as about the Super Bowl.
So when your pastor makes apoint this Sunday, pour Gatorade
over his head.
(41:49):
I want to see that.
Yeah.
Come here, Pastor.
Nine things to think about, folks.
Nine.
Nine. Number nine, death isthe number one killer in the world.
Number eight, life is sexuallytransmitted. Number seven, good health
is merely the slowest possiblerate at which one can die. Number
(42:11):
six. Men have two emotions,hungry and horny, and they can't
tell them apart. If you see agleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich.
Number five, give a person afish and you feed them for a day.
Teach a person to use theInternet and they won't bother you
for weeks, months, and maybeyears. Number four, health nuts are
going to feel stupid someday.Lying in a hospital, dying of nothing.
(42:34):
Number three, all of us couldtake a lesson from the weather. It
pays no attention tocriticism. Number two, in the 60s,
people took acid to make theworld weird. Now the world is weird,
and people take Prozac to makeit normal. And number one, life is
like a jar of jalapenopeppers. What you do today might
burn your butt tomorrow.
(42:59):
No, no, no.
I don't know if you saw this.A cheese factory exploded in France.
No, I didn't see that.
Debris is everywhere.
Wow. That is really bad.
Now, if you're a senior outthere, here's ten commandments for
seniors. Number one, talk toyourself. There are times when you
(43:19):
need expert advice.
That's right.
Number two. In style are theclothes that still fit. Number three,
you don't need angermanagement. You need people to stop
irritating you.
True.
Number four, your peopleskills are just fine. It's your tolerance
for idiots that needs.
Work right there with you.
Exactly. Number five, thebiggest lie you tell yourself is,
(43:39):
quote, I don't need to writethat down. I'll remember it. Un.
Number six, on time is whenyou get there.
Yeah.
Yeah. Number seven, you'venoticed people your age are much
older than you.
That's so true.
Number eight. Aging has slowedyou down, but it hasn't shut you
(44:00):
up.
Okay.
Number nine, you still haven'tlearned to act your age, and I hope
you never will.
That's good.
And lastly, number 10, one forthe road means going to the bathroom
before you leave the house.
Yeah, yeah. And then you haveto make a potty stop.
That's right. Anyway.
Okay.
(44:20):
Sometimes it's difficult totell people. You just struggle with
them. So how do you tellsomeone politely that you don't like
them?
I don't know.
You say. You're the Monday ofmy life.
Whoa. I like that. Yes.
Speaking of going to thebathroom, River Dance was invented
by an Irish family with sevenkids but only one toilet. You know,
(44:47):
on. On a computer to rebootthings or get back to a screen. Certain
kinds of. Several screens.Control, alt, delete.
Huh.
All right. Control yourself.Alter your thinking. Delete negativity.
Control yourself. Alter yourthinking. Delete negativity. That's
(45:08):
a good one.
That is. That's. That makes sense.
And the weather has just beena roller coaster of temperatures.
It's flu season this time ofyear. Everyone should know the symptoms
of the Amish flu. First, youget a little Horse, then a little
buggy.
Golly, what a.
And now it's January. Afterthe holidays, people, they're going
(45:31):
to all the fitness place. Andit's very important to keep fit because
my Grandma started walkingfive miles a day when she was 50.
She's 72 now and we don't knowwhere she is. Speaking of grandparents,
when my grandpa went bald, hebuilt a machine to weave a wig from
yarn. He gave it to my dad,and one day it will be mine. It's
(45:52):
my family heirloom.
It's really bad. You'restarting to slip. You know that,
right?
And then this is just. It'sinteresting words of wisdom. Always
put a coat on before youanswer the door. If you're happy
to see them, tell them you'vejust gotten home. And if you don't
(46:14):
want to see them, say you werejust on your way out.
I love the idea. That's a guylike that. I gotta remember that
one. That's good. I like that.That's it.
And here's a fun fact about bees.
Oh.
(46:34):
Most of them are actuallyallergic to pollen.
Oh. What?
When exposed to pollen, theydevelop hives.
Who knew?
And you and I had some coffeethis morning.
Yes, we did.
The average human walks 900miles per year and drinks 22 gallons
of coffee. This means theaverage human gets 41 miles per gallon.
(47:02):
Speaking of walking, when Iwas a kid, I had to walk 10 miles
both ways through Shag Carpetjust to change the TV channel.
I did too.
I know Shag Carpet.
Yep. I love it.
And as you get older, you'llrealize that a $300 watch and a $30
watch both tell the same time.
No kidding here. That's true.
(47:22):
A Michael Kors wallet and aForever 21 wallet hold the same amount
of money. A $300,000 house and$100,000 house host the same loneliness.
A Ford will also drive you asfar as a Bentley. True happiness
is not found in materialisticthings. It comes from the love and
laughter found with eachother. Stay humble. The holes dug
(47:44):
for us in the ground are allthe same size.
That's right. That's true. Wow.
There was a group thatannually does Christmas caroling
and they went to. Theynormally go to, like, old folks homes,
retirement centers andhospitals and stuff. Well, they were
(48:06):
doing a re eval and said,we'll never. I'll never be asked
to go caroling at thepsychiatric hospital again. In hindsight,
I guess singing. Do you hearwhat I hear? Was not a great idea.
Sorry, I hit the mic. Wow.That's really bad. And we're laughing.
(48:32):
I'm trying to get it.
I don't know what's worse.
Oh. So, okay. We all getheavier as we get older because there's
a lot more information in ourhead. So I'm not fat. I'm just really
intelligent. And my headcouldn't hold anymore, so it started
filling up. The rest of me,that's my story and I'm sticking
to it. So I've got one more.
(48:55):
No. Okay. Really? We gotta do that.
An archaeologist working atthe ancient city of Pompeii, Italy,
uncovered the ruins of thehouse Keith Richards grew up in.
Take a bow.
(49:15):
Were those worth waiting for?
Yeah, they really. I have toadmit, they were pretty good. They
were okay. I was a bit worriedwhen I heard that you were going
to do this today. Wow. Yeah,those were good.
I've been saving those.
You have been. You've beenswirling those away. Well, good for
(49:38):
you.
We try to not only inform andeducate and highlight certain things.
Laughter is great medicine. Iremember the reader's digestion.
Laughter is the best medicine,Right? And when you can't cry, folks,
you gotta laugh. And it's agood stress reliever. And we don't
laugh enough in our society anymore.
(49:59):
No, we don't.
So that's why we do that atthe end of shows. Yeah, that's why
you got a special edition today.
I like it. I do. I like that alot. That was good.
It puts you in a good mood.
Puts me in a good mood. It'sabout time. Yeah, I know. Wow. Good
show. Good stuff.
Yes.
Yeah. Good stuff.
So tune in. Continue to tunein, folks. Check us out@stl and tune.com.
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Bob Berthicel for ourwonderful theme music, co host Mark
Langston for his extremehumor, and we thank you for being
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light shine. For St. Louis intune, I'm Arnold Stricker.
What have been the mostpopular shows of St. Louis in tune
in 2024, and the mostunbelievable jokes that we've been
withholding for all of ourlisteners? Going to find out now
on St. Louis in Tune. Welcometo St. Louis in Tune and thank you
(00:31):
for. Join us for freshperspectives on issues and events
with experts, communityleaders, and everyday people who
make a difference in shapingour society and world. I'm Arnold
Stricker, along with co hostMark Langston. Mark, we went through
our 300th show. We didn'tcelebrate. Things were just rapidly
going on and we've both beenout of town and we finally both get
(00:53):
together and we can take alook at some of the highlights of
2024 and tell our listenerswhich ones they enjoyed the most.
Oh, the thing that scared me,though, is something you just said.
Some of the jokes that you'regonna tell.
I've been withholding these jokes.
Oh, lordy, lordy.
Because these are like classic jokes.
(01:15):
Oh, no.
So make sure we have thepistachio gallery lined up and ready
to roll. Yeah, there they are.
Thank you.
Okay. I heard that up there.
Lordy, I know. So these.You've been holding these back.
I've been holding these.
These weren't just really badjokes that you thought, I better
not use those on the show.
These are really, really good ones.
(01:37):
Wait, what you think is goodand what I think is good.
And that's like our shows,what you and I thought were really
good shows. There are a couplethat the listeners said, yeah, that's
a. That's. Those are reallygood. And then the listeners listened
to some and thought, wow, Ireally like this. And we were like,
okay, that was a. A good show,but maybe not our best show.
(01:57):
And I listened to some of theshows. I was out in and out of town,
unfortunately, quite a bittowards the end of the year. And
there's some shows that youdid solo that I wish I had been part
of, but I. And they were very interesting.
So, yeah, I wish you had beenthere too, because they. They were
interesting.
Yeah, there was a couple therethat were.
The Jewish Book Festival. Yes.
Yeah, we'll talk about. Wealways have a good time with authors
(02:19):
from the Jewish Book Festival.
Yes, they bring in a lot ofgood stuff.
Jcca, I think, does that.Yeah. Yeah, that's always fun.
So we're glad that you joinedus today, folks. You can listen to
previous shows@stlintune.complease help us continue to grow by
leaving a review on thewebsite, Apple Podcast, or your preferred
podcast platform.
So I bet you've gotten somereviews. Okay.
(02:42):
Yes. We have our return tocivility today. And I think people
do this without thinking. Askif it's okay before taking someone's
photograph. Some people feelawkward being photographed, and if
you don't know the person,they may worry about what you're
going to use the picture for.And especially now with this AI thing,
(03:02):
they've been told, hey, don'ttake pictures of your kids. Don't
post them on the Internet.Social media, don't do that. A lot
of these are just publicitythings. We do some of those things.
And they're here just topromote the show and to promote the
people who come on the show.
Yep. I know. I was the dadthat always went on the field trips
with the kids at school. And Iwas always reminded, if you're gonna
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take a picture of the kids,you take a picture of their feet.
You get them all when they'refacing the other way. We don't want
an actual. On a frontalpicture. So a couple of times when
we were out in the woods or,you know, at a waterfall or something,
I'd say, everybody, pleaseturn around. So they'd all turn around,
put your.
Hands on your face, and I'd take.
A picture of them. I knowthey'd all be looking at the waterfall
(03:45):
or something like that.
And if you go on Google Earthand you're following Google Earth
and where they drive bypeople, they've blurred their faces.
Oh.
Or blurred their license plates.
Okay.
Yes.
I appreciate that.
Yeah. I don't. That's probablyall AI done. I can't see somebody
sitting there. I'm gonna bluryour face out here. Blur your license.
(04:05):
Right. AI should. Yeah. One ofthe AI uses.
Yes. Productive uses.
Yeah.
So ask if it's okay beforetaking someone's photograph, folks.
Wow. I can think of mannersfor other things you need to ask
for, too, before you dothings, but that's a good one. That's
a good one.
Yes, it is. We had, gosh, 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 times. 2 times.
(04:31):
1, 2, 3, 4th, 5, 6. We had alot of shows last year.
Yes, we did. Okay.
And some of them ranged fromThings related to St. Louis, obviously.
St. Louis in tune. St. Louisrelated kinds of shows. We did several
shows on music that weren'tnecessarily related to St. Louis.
And music's always a funthing, especially when we have the
(04:52):
musicians in studio. Severalthings about food. And we'll get
into some specifics of thesecultural things which we. Society
and culture. We are Listedunder society and culture in Apple
podcasts. There's a lot ofthings that we deal with the culture
and society. Theater, severalthings related to that. Let's see,
sports, we did several sportkinds of things. Literature, we mentioned
(05:17):
the Jewish Book Festival andalso film a little. I don't want
to call it a potpourri, but wedo a variety of things. And I didn't
include actually any historybecause history would fall under
some of those St. Louisthings, some of those cultural things.
And a lot of credit should goto Arnold, folks, because it is really
(05:38):
difficult. I don't know iffolks understand how difficult it
is to book a weekly show andfind a guest, an interesting guest,
you can certainly grabsomebody. But to find someone that's
interesting with a topicthat's timely, it's not as easy as
it seems.
I appreciate that there's alot of interesting things out there.
(06:00):
A lot of. And we've doneseveral. Not for profit groups because
it's tough for them to gettheir message out. And we don't mind
doing that in books. We don'tmind talking about books because
the authors are veryinteresting. Sometimes the topics.
I've got a couple lined upthat I think people will be very
interested in next month in February.
So one thing I like about theshows too is yes, they might be a
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topical, timely subject, butbecause it's an hour long show, we
always go in, we drill down, Iguess we get in the weeds a little
bit, if you will. And so theshows are timeless. So you can go
back and listen to some ofthese shows and learn things about
that particular subject,individual, whatever they're doing.
(06:46):
It's great because you can goback and still learn about the subject
that we're going over in that show.
That's true. They do resonateover time. There's not just. And
sometimes.
That's what I was trying to say.
Yeah. Sometimes there'ssomething that maybe is timely. The
Festival of Nations or the IceSculpture Festival, down in the Loop,
(07:06):
things like that. But thereare other aspects of the show that
people might find interesting,etc. Like that.
Yeah. Because the Festival ofNations, it's presented by the International
Institute of St. Louis. Andnot only did we talk about that,
but we talked about some ofthe things that they're doing at
the International Institute.
Correct.
And some of the good thingsthat they are doing. Yeah. So.
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Yeah. So, Mark, and I'mthrowing you a curve ball. We all
have our favorites, folks,things that we have enjoyed. And
I guess as a. I'm going to sayas a conversationalist, because when
I talk to people about comingon the show, a lot of people will
say, oh, it's going to be aninterview. And I say, no, we're just
going to have a conversationin the living room. And Mark alluded
(07:51):
to this, and I appreciate himdoing that, is that we don't have
to pause for station ID orgoing to weather or going to traffic,
and we can go for a solidhour. Matter of fact, the first.
I guess the first hundredshows we did were actually two hour
shows. And so we're only onshow. This is 3:27. But when you
take the first two years of acouple hundred shows divided by two.
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Yeah. So we're well above 500shows that we've done. This is our
eighth year, by the way.
Wow.
Our eighth year of doing this, Mark.
Wow. Now, I came in.
You came in at Show 100.
Yeah, I was right aroundthere. Ellie Wharton, the general
manager of the station beforeme was. She was your hostess with
the mostest.
So you're now the host withthe most, right?
(08:37):
I did, yeah. I lost the mostest.
I know a lot of shows, folks.I tell you what, I'm gonna let Mark
think on that. This is theshow that individuals who were listeners
thought was the highlightshow. And it was the show called
Echoes of John Denver, RickSchuller's Tribute Journey.
Oh, I love that one.
(08:58):
Yeah, it was in a realinteresting interview with Rick Schuller.
He's a singer, songwriter, andhe is a John Denver tribute artist.
And he was born in Monroe,Louisiana and raised in St. Louis.
And he's been doing thistribute show of John Denver. He looks
just like him folk. He's in studio.
That was spooky.
It was creepy. And then he gothis guitar out. He sounded just.
(09:21):
I was thinking like, wow, thisis John Denver sitting right here
in studio with us.
It was alarming. No, but itwas. It was really neat, though.
And he's a very personableguy. He's actually done some archaeological
digs over in the Middle eastand had. And you can go to his website,
you can go to that show andfind out more about it. But he did
(09:44):
some things related to theDead Sea Scrolls. And I was like,
what?
Oh, my.
And.
Oh, that's correct. Yeah.
Yeah. So we have to have comeback and talk about just the archaeological
kind of side of him.
Yeah.
But he's been continuing to dothese shows and it has a lot of great
fun with folks. He and eventhe family of John Denver and John
(10:06):
Denver's old manager said,gosh, dude, you're the deal.
Yeah. There was anendorsement, I think, of him, of
his work. Yeah. Which isreally nice. It's neat.
And that, by far, was theheads above. Like, in education,
you could actually seedividing lines where things need
to be drawn. This one was fourtimes greater than the next show,
(10:31):
which ended up there. Severalkind of in a. In a ballpark. There
was Pretty Boy, which is abouta movie that was made here in St.
Louis and the struggles thatindividual had with identity. There
was Elo. Mr. Blue sky, youknow, and we always enjoy having
having him in studio. Therewas engineering marvels, the World's
(10:54):
Fair, the 1944 World Series,baseball memories. Then there's a
dividing line, also the rockwalls to canoes. That was where we're
talking about the. Oh, it'sthe Missouri. Oh, there it is. Exciting
adventures at the GatewayOutdoor Festival. Brad Kovac, he
came in and talked.
Okay.
And that was a popular. Thatwas actually the. The fourth popular
(11:16):
show.
Oh, I can't wait to get tothat at some point.
Yeah. So. And he had talks.They had moved out that show out
to St. Charles and we'rehaving. They had rock climbing and
they had a lot of outdoorkinds of things. It's basically a
big outdoor adventure. Oh,commercial and convention for people
who like the outdoors. So alot of different things you can do.
(11:37):
This is the place. Place toget the latest equipment. These are
some kind of. Some things youcan do in the metropolitan St. Louis
area and in. In the region.The. The film. Things that Mark had
alluded to at the beginningof. Of the show were things that
were done through the St.Louis Jewish book Festival. And these
(11:58):
were of the new American antiSemitism, the left, the right and
the Jews, the high stakes ofglobal hostage and prisoner negotiations.
And I interviewed. He was inTel Aviv at the time for that interview.
Another one was Irina's. HowLove and Kindness Defied the Darkness
of War. There was a familythat had a hidden past that involved
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the Holocaust and thenchallenging beliefs. Derek Black
renounced his family's whitenationalism. Oh, yeah, that was an
interesting read. Let alonehave an interesting conversation
with him.
That was a show that I was notwith you on, but I enjoyed, I guess
enjoyed as a. Listening to.Yeah, it was a great show. Yeah.
Because he was. He was againstit. And it was his family that was
(12:45):
a member of his family thatwas involved in it.
Yeah. He even grew up. His dadwas head of the White Nationalist
Party in the United States.His godfather was David Duke, head
of the KKK at the GrandWizard. And Derek was. Gosh, he.
As a youngster, he was doingthese national broadcasts and talking
(13:06):
about this stuff. And in thebook, it gets involved with what
it actually did to his psyche.And then he goes off to a college
that nobody knew who he was.And he kept to himself, kept all
this stuff to himself. Andwhat happened is eventually, when
he actually was around blacksand Hispanics and Jewish people,
(13:31):
his whole attitude changed. Hesaid, I thought these individuals
as I was growing up were mywords, the enemy or were less than
who I think they. And he foundout that they were actually the people
who stood by him when somebodyfound out exactly who he was. So
that was fascinating.
It's amazing. Absolutely amazing.
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We did talk about St. Louissports. We talked a lot about the
Cardinals. Ron Jacober and BobTieman came in.
They're kind of 1964. We didone show on the 64 season of the
Cardinals, I think team, andBob did that one. I think he came
in for that.
So knowledgeable.
Yeah.
If any of you want to find outabout any kind of. And it's just
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not St. Louis baseball. He's abig one in just baseball, Bob Tieman's
books. He's well known aroundthe United States for his writing.
And then Ron Jacoba, who'slike the. Yeah, it's good to see
my favorite sports broadcasterwho's still around. I remember watching
him on Channel 5.
Yeah, it was great to have himin the studio. He was like.
He came in and I think Markand you correct me if I'm wrong.
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I think a lot of the guests,we both make them feel very comfortable.
It's not like we have loungechairs here or lazy boys in the studio
where we're sitting around anddrinking, whatever. But we try to
make them feel comfortablebecause a lot of people get nervous
when they have a conversation.I'm going to be on the radio. This
is going to be everywhere now,all these platforms.
(14:59):
But yeah, we make them feelcomfortable. And a lot of folks I
think after the interview arelike, hey, that was fun. That was
really good.
I want to do that again. Thatwas 30 minutes. That was 40 minutes.
Wow, that went by quickly.
I know. And that's what theyall like is that it's. We don't.
You go to other programs andthey, we got 20 minutes tops, or
we got 15 minutes. Andsometimes I'm even watching television
(15:23):
and some of the news reportsand I'm like, they just touch on
these subjects. And I go, Iwish they would just go a little
further, a little deeper onthese subjects. We have eight minutes.
We're out of time. Thanks forcoming by. We'll see you later.
Here's my stock questions thatI want to ask no matter what. And
you and I, we listen to the people.
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Yeah.
And sometimes I don't needthese questions because they're going
down a road. I really want tohear what that's about.
Yes.
There was a guest we had rightnear the end of 2024, and I'm looking
that up right here. He made avery interesting comment to me. It
was. Or actually, no, it wasthis year. And it was the show about
(16:09):
the Las Vegas trafficking, sextrafficking that's going on out there.
And he said, I reallyappreciate that you didn't ask me
stupid questions. He said, andthis was off the air, so. So you
won't hear this on the show.But he said off the air, he said,
I get questions like, aren'tthese women and girls? Don't they
(16:31):
deserve what they get?
Unbelievable.
And he said, those are juststupid questions. Stupid questions.
Because he was revealing howthey are actually the victims. And
however we see. Granted, thisis a 2025 show, however we see the
situation that they're in, andmaybe they're making money, but their
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lives, how did they get tothat point? And that's what he was
bringing out.
Yeah, that's. Yeah.
So it's always good. And wetalk about topics that I have an
interest in or Mark has aninterest in, or maybe we find somebody
and I'll read something onlineor hear something or see something
and go. And sometimes I'lljust email people and say, hey, do
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you want to come on the radioshow and talk about this book or
this topic? And sometimes Inever hear back. Sometimes I hear
back right away. Sometimesit's, can't do it now, but we'll
do it later. We've got anotherone coming up where the person's
actually going to be in theNetherlands. She actually lives in
the States, but she's in theNetherlands right now doing some
research that will take placefrom the Netherlands.
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Can't imagine the time difference.
It's seven hours.
Oh, wow.
But she was really excited.Her publisher was really excited
about it.
Yeah. So one show that we didthat I really enjoyed was Joe Soderman.
He did a book called this dayin St. Louis. St. Louis history,
I think it was. And localbroadcaster, you know, works at some.
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I don't know which station itis. I don't know if it's. I Think
he's iheart somewhere atiheart. I don't know what he does.
I mean, he's a stitch.
He is a stitch. It was asurprisingly enjoyable interview.
We just say that way, sorry,Joe. And I've known Joe for a long
time, just as being in theindustry with him, but I had no idea.
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He did a lot of research onhis book that he put out and this
wasn't the first book. Helikes Route 66.
He's the big 66 guy.
Yeah. Is it root or route?It's root.
It depends upon what part ofthe country you're from or what part
of the state.
I looked it up in broadcastingschool when I was at root and it
was root. They were really,but they still. We say route around
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here.
That's correct.
I don't know. It's a root.
This is Arnold Stricker withMark Langston of St. Louis in Tomb.
We're talking about the showsfrom 2024. What were the shows that
got a lot of listens. Whatwere the shows that our listeners
enjoyed the most, the least?What were the ones we loved the most?
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And some other ones. Therewere some. We did a couple shows
on sex trafficking. There wasa show that we had an in depth discussion
about EDMR therapy. And thiswas a show that was part of a secondary
show that we had with HealingAction about trafficking and sexual
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exploitation. And that isanother group within the St. Louis
metropolitan area that assiststhose who have come out of sex trafficking.
And if you think aboutindividuals who are involved in drug,
they've abused drugs oralcohol, those you generally don't
think about victims who havebeen in sex trafficking and what
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it takes to my words,normalize them back to what is what
you and I would have as anormal life. And they've normally
been used to being abused manytimes have had abusive relationships
physically, mentally,emotionally, sexually. And they've
(20:09):
dealt with a lot of thingsfrom their childhood. Maybe they
were abandoned, maybe theywere abused as a child, maybe they
were in foster care. Whoknows. A lot of different kinds of
things. And then to help thembecome part. A productive part of
society, there's. There's abig thing to a ramp for them to get
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them back into society. Thatwas a. Those were really heavy shows.
Yeah, those are shows we neverdo any humor on or anything like
that because it's very serioustopics and we don't want to make
light of those topics at all there.
And I hate to even say they'reeducational. I think these are subjects
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we need to know about, need tounderstand more about them. And this
is a great opportunity forfolks to just sit back and listen
and hear what's going on.
Yes.
Because I don't think a lot ofpeople in the suburbs, they're not
privy to some of this tragicstuff that's going on like that.
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And it's happening as St.Louis is a really. I don't want to
say a gateway, but it is agateway of sex trafficking just because
of the location with thehighways and for whatever other reasons.
A show that I thought wouldhave gotten a little more love was
one that involved tangled hometitle issues and bringing vacant
(21:33):
properties back to life. Andthat was a conversation we had with
Peter Hoffman, who is themanaging attorney for the Neighborhood
Advocacy at Legal Services ofEastern Missouri. And they do a great
job of helping individuals whomaybe the. There's somebody, a developer
who wants to come in andthere's gazillion people on the title.
And so they have to geteverybody figured out or who actually
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has title, who actually ownshis property has passed down.
Right.
And nobody has the paperworkto show that. So they have to do
a lot of legal digging. Andthis is a group that works a lot
in north St. Louis to helpindividuals up there. And the attorneys,
many of the attorneys work probono to help folks out up there.
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So that was a really good show.
Yeah, that is a real bigissue, too. My wife Maria works at
a credit union and they have aproblem with that all the time. When
folks come in trying to get aloan or whatever, they can't. It's
just like mom dies andeverybody stays in the house and
the house just moves over andnobody knows who owns it anymore.
(22:38):
Right.
It's gone through a generationor two and they. They stay in the
home and it's who really owns it.
And it's hard because what areyou going to do then?
Who knows how to do thatstuff? Who can navigate that? And
if you are not a person of anymeans at all, if you have no money
or very little money andyou're just hoping to keep a roof
over your head, how do youeven. Where do I find a lawyer that's
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going to help me with that?That's going to cost money.
Yeah. Where do you start?
Yeah, exactly.
And this group. Does they helpyou start that and finish that process?
Probate court? What is that?
Yeah, exactly.
Who's going to represent me in that?
The state taking more of my money?
Oh, yeah. They like. That'swhat they like to do.
So we're going to take a briefbreak and we'll be back for our next
segment. This is St. Louis intune with Arnold Stricker and Mark
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in Tune. This is ArnoldStricker with Mark Lancst. And Mark,
I'm surprised that Congresshas not. And the U.S. postal Service
has not adopted a Dred andHarriet Scott stamp yet.
It's amazing.
Of all of the things that theylet go on stamps. You gotta be kidding.
Yeah, I'm glad you said thatbecause I've watched them release
stamps that are like, what?And Dred Scott got nothing.
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Yeah, and let's put Harriet onthere, too. Dred and Harriet Scott,
because they were both.
Oh, we're gonna play that.That commercial until it happens,
and I can't. We've Beenplaying it for a year or so.
Long time.
Yeah.
We recorded that when Lynn wason the show. This is Dred Harriet
Scott, great great granddaughter.
Right. It's just amazing tohave her back.
On and talk about that.
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And they have. Don't they havestatues at the.
Yes. Down at the Civic Courtsbuilding. Right downtown.
Downtown St. Louis.
Yes. And matter of fact,Preston Jackson did that statue.
He did a statue down. Not. Hedidn't do the dread. Harriet Scott.
That's actually down at thecourthouse. Then there's one at the
Civic Courts building that.Preston Jackson, who's been on the
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show several times, he did asculpture about the. Those individuals
who had tried to get thefreedom suits. And we did a show
on that, too, several years ago.
Crazy.
Yeah.
Why? It's a stamp. Yeah, giveit up. Come on. All the other stuff
you guys do.
It'S just plain weird.
Do something. Never mind.
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He. One of my. One of myfavorite food shows we did, Mark
was with Freddie. Freddie Lee and.
Oh, Freddie Lee.
It was on his barbecue saucewhen he. As a hobby, he did this.
And now he's like the saucemaster. And he's the creator of Freddie
Lee's Ghetto Sauce.
But schnooks. Is it schnooksor Deerberg?
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It's schnooks.
Won't let him put ghetto saucein. It's American sauce.
American sauce, Right. But yougo to Dierburg's, it's ghetto sauce.
It's ghetto sauce. But theyjust didn't like the word ghetto
sauce.
They didn't think that wouldfly out in certain parts of the area.
If you've had it, you'll befine with it.
Oh, yeah. It's regular and spicy.
Oh, it's so good. I know.
Yeah, it's really good.
And he brought free samples.
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He did.
And I used mine up and we wentout and bought some more.
Yeah.
To support him.
Went over to his place one dayand he took me on a little tour of
the facility. Yeah. It wasvery nice.
And his wife. Kudos to hiswife. She's the one. She's the brains
behind the distribution ofthe. And I think it's on Amazon now.
You can buy it.
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Yes.
She had to have plastic. Butthey had to do plastic containers
instead of glass.
Yes. And he talked aboutcertain kind of plastic. Because
when it goes into the plastic,it's. The sauce is hot, so it had
to sustain the heat and notmelt and. Wow. All that kind of stuff.
Yeah. But, boy, it's hot.
It's good.
Yeah.
It's Very good.
It's really good. Highlyrecommend it.
Yes, yes, we do.
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Yes, yes. And he hasn't askedus to endorse it, but we are.
That's right.
And I like the ghetto sauce.
The can't forget about arewhat I call St. Louis and tunes.
Baseball trivia historian.
Oh, yeah.
Ed Wheatley. Ed Wheatley, yes.
He knows a lot about theBrowns and he doesn't. He. He does
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that luncheon every year. TheBrowns luncheon.
Yes.
I've been to that lunch.
They have baseball games atthe Grizzlies, the Gateway Grizzlies,
where they have St. LouisBrowns bobblehead.
Yes.
Do a lot for that.
And they have a big luncheonand they bring in guests. Yes.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Big time guy.
Yeah, yeah. A lot of peoplethat you probably know.
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Yeah.
That you've heard of.
Mark, do you have a favorite.
You know what? I really likedtwo shows. The ELO guy and the Atlanta
Rhythm Section guy. The Arsand the elo. The ELO guy, Jeff Faulkner.
He puts a lot of time andeffort and energy into recreating
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elo.
Yes.
And it's an ELO was on a. Ithink they were on tour this last
year. They were for theirfinal. Maybe hoopla. I don't know
if it was a final one, but.
Final landing.
Yeah. But Jeff has puttogether a lot of musicians that.
And can you imagine if you'refamiliar with ELO's music, just trying
(30:03):
to recreate that. And they doan unbelievable job.
Yeah. The harmony parts and doa great job.
Oh, yeah. If he ever comesback, grab that show, go to the archives
and listen to it, becausethere's some really good. I was actually
looking for some music here. Iwanted to play, but I can't find
any. But it's remarkable howthey recreate ELO's music.
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Yeah. And to find these shows,folks, you can go to the website
stlintune.com there's a searchengine up in the upper right hand
corner, and you can plug inany topic and it will list for you
those shows that have thatparticular topic.
And I think elo's Legacy Liveson is the name.
Yeah. We have done two orthree shows with Jeff.
Yeah. Yeah.
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Last time he brought Jake in,who plays cello.
That's right. Yeah. See there?What band do you know has a cello
in it? There's not many. Youcould probably count them on one
hand.
He's got it together.
Our rock band has a cello.
Yeah.
And to his credit, he went outand found somebody with a cello because.
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EL E L O has those kinds ofthat sound.
And then the. The AtlantaRhythm Section.
Rodney Justo.
There you go. Thank you. I wastrying to figure out and remember
what his name was. They didsomething very similar and their
performances, too. Yeah.
And they have. Because a lotof those guys have left or passed
on. And Rodney's one of theremaining original. He's one of the
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original band members and heleft the group for a while. But the.
That was a fun interview withhim, right?
Yes, it was. Now, there's oneother. The Browns versus the Cardinals
in the 1944 World Series. Wedid a show on that. Who was our guest
on that?
Ed Wheatley.
Was it Ed? Okay. That was avery fascinating show. He did a book
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on that, I believe. Yes,that's right. Yeah. I remember looking
through that book.
A lot of things, folks, wedon't plug these things. We just.
This is an interest out there.If you've got some hobby or you got
a time to read these things,take a look at these things, listen
to these things, check themout, find out more information about
the city that you live in.
Yeah. What a historical time,though, with the Cardinals and the
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Browns at the same time.
Absolutely.
Making that break and AugieBush getting in the thick of it.
And I guess the owners now,they had something to do with the
Browns. Was it? Yeah.
Which I didn't know DeWitt,the DeWitt senior was an owner of
the Browns. And that wascalled the Subway Series. Not Subways,
the Streetcar Series.
That's it.
That's Streetcar Series.
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Wow.
Grand and Dodier was theSportsman's park back in the day.
What's there now? Walmart?
No, there's a. Probably. No,there's a Boys and Girls Club there.
And a.
That's right. That's right.
There's one more show I wantedto mention. It was a show that talked
about exploring bias andcensorship in high school debates.
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That's with James Fishback.And what he found out was that high
school debaters, when theywent to a debate tournament and found
out who judges were, judgeswould say, I don't want to hear anything
about this. Don't tell meanything about this. And it was more
that you had to align what youwere saying with their particular
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political philosophy or yougot marked down. And so he formed
a group that's called IncubateDebate. And it was a non biased.
Because debate is supposed tobe non biased. That's what debate's
all about.
Right.
You prepare both sides of anargument. You're given a topic and
you're told which side you'regoing to defend and represent. And
then the judge judges theaspects of the clarity of your debate,
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how you were able to convincethe points that you made. And it
wasn't all about, you don'tbelieve what I believe. So I'm going
to mark you down, which is asad state of affairs because debate
and dialogue and having freeconversation is important in our
country. And we've gotten tothe point where, you know, in families,
in businesses, in churches, injust your friendship group, a lot
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of people like, if you don'tbelieve what I'm believing, I'm not
going to have anything to dowith it. Yeah, it's ridiculous.
It is ridiculous.
You mean my friendship doesn'tmean as much to you as this thing
does?
And that's one thing. It's notlike it doesn't define who you are.
It's not the end of the world.
No, it's not. No. And do youlike Coke or Pepsi? I might like
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Coke. And you like Pepsi.
Yeah. And if you don't likePepsi, I'm not going to have anything
to do with you.
Yeah. What the heck is that?
Yeah, that's really.
What is that about? Can Imention one other one? There was.
I just saw it here. TheChronicles of Valor, the musical
Journey of the United StatesAir Force Band of Mid America. We
had him in, and that was afascinating show, believe it or not.
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What that band does.
Yes, they do a lot of stuff.They play a lot of performances around
the area here, and they'rebased over at Scott Air Force Base.
And. Yeah, and they are talented.
They're very talented.
Boy, I've always enjoyedseeing them at some of these big
events, but, boy, they werehaving some special shows and things
that people could come and sitdown and enjoy.
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They do parades and check themout, folks, because they have small
groups like ensembles, and thelarge band group.
Talk about discipline.
Oh, my gosh, they've gotdiscipline. I've been saving some
jokes, Mark, and actually thisfirst one relates to some things
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that we would normally do,like a word of the day. But these.
Did you know these things had names?
What the. No.
The space between youreyebrows is called a glabella.
A glide.
Glabella. A glybella. And therumbling of a stomach is actually
called a womble. And mostpeople know this, that the prongs
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of a fork are called tines.Did you know that?
No.
Yeah. Also a pitchfork ortines. Tines of a rake. Those are
the things.
Okay. Did not know that. Okay.
The tiny Plastic table placedin the middle of a pizza box is called
a box tent.
Didn't know that.
The day after tomorrow iscalled overmoral. Overmorrow, over
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morrow.
Okay.
The space between your nostrils.
Oh yeah, what is that?
Is called columella nasi.
That's why I'm not a doctor.
I couldn't. That would haveflooded that.
That would not have worked for me.
The dot over an I or an A iscalled tittle.
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No, I call it a dot. Put a dotover your I if it's A.
Okay, so here. A lot ofinventions have happened, but before
the crowbar was invented,crows had to drink at home.
Wow.
I've had some problems with myteeth. A pastor went to the dentist
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for a set of false teeth. Thefirst Sunday. After getting his teeth,
he preached for only eightminutes. The second Sunday, he preached
only 10 minutes. But thefollowing Sunday, he preached non
stop for three hours until thecongregation realized he couldn't
quit and finally helped himsit down. Concerned for his health,
they ask, are you okay? What'shappened? The pastor explained, the
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first Sunday, with my newteeth, my gums were so sore I couldn't
preach longer than eightminutes. The second Sunday, I felt
I could go a little longer to10 minutes. But today I mistakenly
put my wife's teeth in anddiscovered I couldn't shut up.
Almost to not laugh at that. Wow.
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We have people who don't eat meat.
Yes.
And we have people that eatmeat. And there's this conversation
between two people like that.And one says, you shouldn't eat meat,
and the other person says,don't worry, it's plant based. And
they say, that's awesome.Which plant? The person says, the
meat processing plant, ofcourse. Speaking of pastors, a new
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pastor was visiting in thehomes of the parishioner. At one
house, it seemed obvious thatsomeone was at home, but no answer
came to the repeated knocks atthe door. Therefore, he took out
a business card and wroteRevelation 3:20 on the back of it
and stuck it in the door. Whenthe offering was processed at the
next worship service, he foundthat his card had been returned.
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Added to this was a crypticmessage, Genesis 3:10. Reaching for
his Bible to check out thecitation, he broke up in gales of
laughter. Revelation 3:20begins, Behold, I stand at the door
and knock. Genesis 3:10 reads,I heard your voice in the garden,
and I was afraid, for I was naked.
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I get it now.
This is an actual paper thatwas submitted by a student at school.
And the student was given anF, but was given an A plus for creativity.
The question was, in whichbattle did Napoleon die? And the
student answered his last one.These are really good. And as a former
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educator, I would have giventhis kid an A plus for creativity,
too. Oh, yeah.
How could you die?
Question 2. Where was theDeclaration of Independence signed
on the bottom of the page?
Oh, yeah, it was. What are yougoing to do?
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The river Rafi flows in whichstate? A liquid state.
Oh, I. Yes.
What is the main reason fordivorce? Marriage.
That makes sense to me.
I love this one. What is themain reason for exams? Failure. What
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can you never eat beforebreakfast, lunch and dinner?
Thank you very much. Take a bow.
This kid was really smart.Yeah. What looks like half an apple,
the other half.
Give that kid an A. I have.
A few more in this one if you.I can't even see this. I'm crying
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so much. If you threw a redstone into the blue sea, what will
it become? A whetstone.
Oh, yeah. Of course it will.
How can a man go eight dayswithout sleeping? Easy sleep at night.
Oh, no.
How can you lift an elephantwith one hand? You can never lift
an elephant that has one hand.
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Oh, my.
If you had three apples andfour oranges in one hand, and three
oranges and four apples in theother hand, what would you have?
Very large hands. If you think about.
This kid's very creative, I'dsay so.
Listen to this. If you tookeight men. If it took eight men 10
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hours to build a brick wall,how long will it take four men to
build it? No time at all. Thewall was already built.
Yes.
Yeah. And how can you drop araw egg onto a concrete floor without
cracking it any way you want?Because a concrete floor is very
hard to crack.
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Wow. You've been holding outon us, buddy. You really have, because.
Yeah. I wanted to save thesefor this particular show.
Wow.
So, you know the super bowl iscoming up.
Yeah.
So you should be as excitedabout church as about the Super Bowl.
So when your pastor makes apoint this Sunday, pour Gatorade
over his head.
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I want to see that.
Yeah.
Come here, Pastor.
Nine things to think about, folks.
Nine.
Nine. Number nine, death isthe number one killer in the world.
Number eight, life is sexuallytransmitted. Number seven, good health
is merely the slowest possiblerate at which one can die. Number
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six. Men have two emotions,hungry and horny, and they can't
tell them apart. If you see agleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich.
Number five, give a person afish and you feed them for a day.
Teach a person to use theInternet and they won't bother you
for weeks, months, and maybeyears. Number four, health nuts are
going to feel stupid someday.Lying in a hospital, dying of nothing.
(42:34):
Number three, all of us couldtake a lesson from the weather. It
pays no attention tocriticism. Number two, in the 60s,
people took acid to make theworld weird. Now the world is weird,
and people take Prozac to makeit normal. And number one, life is
like a jar of jalapenopeppers. What you do today might
burn your butt tomorrow.
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No, no, no.
I don't know if you saw this.A cheese factory exploded in France.
No, I didn't see that.
Debris is everywhere.
Wow. That is really bad.
Now, if you're a senior outthere, here's ten commandments for
seniors. Number one, talk toyourself. There are times when you
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need expert advice.
That's right.
Number two. In style are theclothes that still fit. Number three,
you don't need angermanagement. You need people to stop
irritating you.
True.
Number four, your peopleskills are just fine. It's your tolerance
for idiots that needs.
Work right there with you.
Exactly. Number five, thebiggest lie you tell yourself is,
(43:39):
quote, I don't need to writethat down. I'll remember it. Un.
Number six, on time is whenyou get there.
Yeah.
Yeah. Number seven, you'venoticed people your age are much
older than you.
That's so true.
Number eight. Aging has slowedyou down, but it hasn't shut you
(44:00):
up.
Okay.
Number nine, you still haven'tlearned to act your age, and I hope
you never will.
That's good.
And lastly, number 10, one forthe road means going to the bathroom
before you leave the house.
Yeah, yeah. And then you haveto make a potty stop.
That's right. Anyway.
Okay.
(44:20):
Sometimes it's difficult totell people. You just struggle with
them. So how do you tellsomeone politely that you don't like
them?
I don't know.
You say. You're the Monday ofmy life.
Whoa. I like that. Yes.
Speaking of going to thebathroom, River Dance was invented
by an Irish family with sevenkids but only one toilet. You know,
(44:47):
on. On a computer to rebootthings or get back to a screen. Certain
kinds of. Several screens.Control, alt, delete.
Huh.
All right. Control yourself.Alter your thinking. Delete negativity.
Control yourself. Alter yourthinking. Delete negativity. That's
(45:08):
a good one.
That is. That's. That makes sense.
And the weather has just beena roller coaster of temperatures.
It's flu season this time ofyear. Everyone should know the symptoms
of the Amish flu. First, youget a little Horse, then a little
buggy.
Golly, what a.
And now it's January. Afterthe holidays, people, they're going
(45:31):
to all the fitness place. Andit's very important to keep fit because
my Grandma started walkingfive miles a day when she was 50.
She's 72 now and we don't knowwhere she is. Speaking of grandparents,
when my grandpa went bald, hebuilt a machine to weave a wig from
yarn. He gave it to my dad,and one day it will be mine. It's
(45:52):
my family heirloom.
It's really bad. You'restarting to slip. You know that,
right?
And then this is just. It'sinteresting words of wisdom. Always
put a coat on before youanswer the door. If you're happy
to see them, tell them you'vejust gotten home. And if you don't
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want to see them, say you werejust on your way out.
I love the idea. That's a guylike that. I gotta remember that
one. That's good. I like that.That's it.
And here's a fun fact about bees.
Oh.
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Most of them are actuallyallergic to pollen.
Oh. What?
When exposed to pollen, theydevelop hives.
Who knew?
And you and I had some coffeethis morning.
Yes, we did.
The average human walks 900miles per year and drinks 22 gallons
of coffee. This means theaverage human gets 41 miles per gallon.
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Speaking of walking, when Iwas a kid, I had to walk 10 miles
both ways through Shag Carpetjust to change the TV channel.
I did too.
I know Shag Carpet.
Yep. I love it.
And as you get older, you'llrealize that a $300 watch and a $30
watch both tell the same time.
No kidding here. That's true.
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A Michael Kors wallet and aForever 21 wallet hold the same amount
of money. A $300,000 house and$100,000 house host the same loneliness.
A Ford will also drive you asfar as a Bentley. True happiness
is not found in materialisticthings. It comes from the love and
laughter found with eachother. Stay humble. The holes dug
(47:44):
for us in the ground are allthe same size.
That's right. That's true. Wow.
There was a group thatannually does Christmas caroling
and they went to. Theynormally go to, like, old folks homes,
retirement centers andhospitals and stuff. Well, they were
(48:06):
doing a re eval and said,we'll never. I'll never be asked
to go caroling at thepsychiatric hospital again. In hindsight,
I guess singing. Do you hearwhat I hear? Was not a great idea.
Sorry, I hit the mic. Wow.That's really bad. And we're laughing.
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I'm trying to get it.
I don't know what's worse.
Oh. So, okay. We all getheavier as we get older because there's
a lot more information in ourhead. So I'm not fat. I'm just really
intelligent. And my headcouldn't hold anymore, so it started
filling up. The rest of me,that's my story and I'm sticking
to it. So I've got one more.
(48:55):
No. Okay. Really? We gotta do that.
An archaeologist working atthe ancient city of Pompeii, Italy,
uncovered the ruins of thehouse Keith Richards grew up in.
Take a bow.
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Were those worth waiting for?
Yeah, they really. I have toadmit, they were pretty good. They
were okay. I was a bit worriedwhen I heard that you were going
to do this today. Wow. Yeah,those were good.
I've been saving those.
You have been. You've beenswirling those away. Well, good for
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you.
We try to not only inform andeducate and highlight certain things.
Laughter is great medicine. Iremember the reader's digestion.
Laughter is the best medicine,Right? And when you can't cry, folks,
you gotta laugh. And it's agood stress reliever. And we don't
laugh enough in our society anymore.
(49:59):
No, we don't.
So that's why we do that atthe end of shows. Yeah, that's why
you got a special edition today.
I like it. I do. I like that alot. That was good.
It puts you in a good mood.
Puts me in a good mood. It'sabout time. Yeah, I know. Wow. Good
show. Good stuff.
Yes.
Yeah. Good stuff.
So tune in. Continue to tunein, folks. Check us out@stl and tune.com.
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