The WOR Saturday Morning Show with Larry Mendte

The WOR Saturday Morning Show with Larry Mendte

WOR News Director Larry Mendte takes a look back at some of the week’s biggest stories and talks with local newsmakers about the most important topics impacting our area.

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July 13, 2025 8 mins
ROLLING THUNDER captures the pulse and drama of a momentous era: combining intimate stories, epic songs, and stunning visuals, the show transports audiences to an era of political unrest, anti-war protest and a generation on the brink of revolution.  A passionate story of courage, love and resilience wraps around rock classics that defined a generation, including “Born To Be Wild,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “Gimme Shelter,” “Ma...
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Joe Concha is one of the most visible faces on Fox News.  In December 2021 alone, he appeared more than 70 times on Fox News and Fox Business, including on top-rated shows including Hannity, Fox & Friends, Unfiltered with Dan Bongino, Watters World, Justice with Jeanine Pirro, Outnumbered, Kudlow, Varney & Co, and Mornings with Maria.  He also is a rotating co-host on The Big Saturday and Sunday Show and has co-hosted the #...
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Christine Brennan writes columns on national and international sports issues for USA Today.  She's also a commentator for ABC News, PBS NewsHour and National Public Radio, and the best-selling author of seven books.
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Jeffrey Lichtman has been a criminal defense attorney for over 34 years, practicing primarily in the federal and state courts of New York.  Beyond New York, Mr. Lichtman handles federal cases, appeals and investigations throughout the country, recently in Alabama, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina.  Mr. Lichtman's clients include those charge...
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Rich DeMuro hosts the nationally syndicated "Rich on Tech" radio show on 350+ stations, including 710~WOR in New York City.  On the show, he discusses consumer technology news and answers questions.  Rich covers major tech events and received a Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for his coverage of technology-related social issues.  He has appeared on numerous national TV shows and networks, prior Rich was a senior editor at CNET and a re...
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Veteran columnist Mike Kelly has reported from almost every corner of New Jersey and the globe, including Iraq, Africa, Cuba, Malaysia, Israel (the West Bank and Gaza) and Northern Ireland.  He has covered many major stories, including the 9/11 attacks, the Clinton impeachment, Hurricane Katrina and the Bridgegate scandal.  He is also the author of three, critically acclaimed non-fiction books.  His website: www.mikekellywriter.com
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Joe Neumaier, 710~WOR's Movie Minute host, former film critic also film editor at the New York Daily News, has been a journalist and critic in New York for over 20 years.  His writing on movies and Hollywood has appeared in Entertainment Weekly, the New York Times, the New York Post, the London Observer, the Washington Post, USA Today Weekend, Hamptons magazine and the Financial Times.com, among others.  He"s appeared on MSNBC, Cha...
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Dr. Arthur Caplan is an American ethicist and professor of bioethics at New York University Grossman School of Medicine.  He is known for his contributions to the U.S. public policy, including: helping to found the National Marrow Donor Program; creating the policy of required request in cadaver organ donation adopted throughout the United States; helping to create the system for distributing organs in the U.S.; and advising on the...
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Dov Hikind is an American politician, activist, and radio talk show host in the state of New York.  Hikind served as a Democratic New York State Assemblyman representing Brooklyn's Assembly district 48 for 35 years – from January 1983 until December 2018.  Hikind endorsed Michael Bloomberg the first two times he ran for mayor of New York City, then switched his endorsement to the challenger Bill Thompson in the 2009 election.  Duri...
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Kevin Cirilli is a visiting media fellow at the Atlantic Council.
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J.C. Polanco is an attorney, a proud member of the Department of Ethnic and Race Studies, and is celebrating his 23rd year in education.  Polanco has taught Latino Studies, History, Economics, and Business Law at the Borough of Manhattan Community College of the City University.  While serving the students here at BMCC, Polanco served as an executive for the NYS legislature for two decades and is a former Bronx Commissioner and Pre...
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Marie Dionne Warwick an American singer, actress, and television host.  During her career, Warwick has won many awards, including six Grammy Awards.  She has been inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Apollo Theater Walk of Fame.  In 2019, Warwick won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.  Three of her songs (''Walk On...
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Robert F. Holden was born in 1951 and raised in Maspeth.  He and his wife of 45 years, Amy, have lived in Middle Village for decades and have three children and four grandchildren. Holden worked as a graphic designer and served as a professor at New York City College of Technology (CUNY) in the Department of Communication Design.  For 25 years, he held the office of president of the Juniper Park Civic Association, which represents ...
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Father Anonymous tells the story of America’s forgotten founder Dr. Joseph Warren and his more famous friends, Samuel Adams, John Hancock and Paul Revere.  Opening on the day of the Boston Massacre (1770), it closes with Joseph’s martyrdom at Bunker Hill (1775).  With some laughs and tears and lots of good history, Father Anonymous dramatically rescues from obscurity America’s Forgotten Founder and the principles for which he stood...
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Sliwa describes himself as a Republican candidate ''running for mayor of New York City to finally end the disastrous reign of de Blasio-Cuomo''.  In the late 1970s, he founded the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit volunteer organization that began its anti-crime activities by patrolling the subways.  Today, the group has chapters in 13 countries and over 100 cities, according to its website.  Safety and refunding the police are central ...
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