The Show You Need, But Only If You Tell Us What That Is

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Eve is one of many who feel moving this work beyond the FM antenna to people around the world has value. I pay for these productions completely out of what might have someday been my retirement. There is no time to retire, no time to rest during these times. I hope you will join Eve and others and consider becoming a paid subscriber.

You there—yeah, you. Sitting in traffic, scrolling through the abyss, or pretending to work while eavesdropping on reality. Here’s a question: when’s the last time a show actually gave a damn about what you needed? Not what advertisers want, not what some algorithm thinks will keep you numb and obedient, but what actually helps you navigate this circus we call modern life?

We’re here to break that mold, but we need your voice. Call in, shout, whisper, send smoke signals—tell us what keeps you up at night. Is it the state of veterans, students, or seniors left to fend for themselves? The way government policies hit like a wrecking ball while promising “support”? Or maybe it's just the absurdity of the times, where up is down and right is whatever gets the most clicks.

The entire hour was pure incoming phone calls. You can find the entire transcript here in this substance post if you'd like to read what people have said. You can also see clips of different colors on my Cary Harrison YouTube channel

In an era where algorithms decide what you see, where social media feels like a chaotic shouting match, and where streaming services keep us locked in echo chambers of content we already know we like—radio remains the last great democratic medium. Radio doesn’t ask you to refresh a feed. It doesn’t demand anything or bombard you with clickbait. It just exists, ever-present, reaching into homes, cars, workplaces, and even lonely night shifts. It’s not lost in an endless scroll of doom—it's immediate, raw, and real.

And in these times—harsh, uncertain, and at moments downright impossible—we need connection more than ever.

But maybe most importantly, radio is one of the last places where we can actually talk to each other. Not in comment threads. Not in 30-second clips. But in full conversations that breathe, that grow, that matter.

Here's an email from Marianne on my Cary Harrison Substack. One email representing probably 100,000 people thinking exactly the same thought. Here’s what Marianne says: “I am disgusted by what this president and his MAGA team are doing to this country. It deserves a VERY LARGE DEMONSTRATION OF DISCONTENT! As long as we are all operating as small groups we can't stop them. Do your best to unite with other agencies that have been attacked. PLEASE! Marianne”

So, yes I accept that challenge and am going to begin to provide resources and things you ask for on my website at caryharrison.com. Give me a week or so to get it up, that would be resources and such. Think about it: The one recurring question every one of us gets all day, every day, all the time is “but what can I do, where can I go?” We certainly can’t look to impotent crustaceans like Chuck Schumer, whose greatest exertion of daily energy is to pull his reading glasses to the end of his nose. I am appalled by crap politicians and whatever party they may claim. I hold no side except that of the Constitution which my wrenching and vomiting ancestors are watching shoved into the shredder. Sure, why not close the department of education – in other words, public schools which my ancestor on my mother side, Abraham Lincoln, created after slavery because slaves were forbidden to be able to read. Now we can all read. Close down the department of education and then rebuild all schools as private, for-profit schools and force the public to pay fo