108.9 The Hawk with Jason Gore and Geoff Garlock

This AI CEO Wants Your Water with Gil Ozeri

Val Verde has too much water. Thankfully, a billionaire has arrived to take it.

Gil Ozeri returns for his second appearance on 108.9 The Hawk as Sario Marlon, CEO of Graft AI, with plans for a ten-million-square-foot data center near the Woodstock ’99 Simulation and the children’s hospital. He’s promising jobs, lower taxes, and a bright future for every resident wh...

CLASSIC HAWK: The Fastest Guitarists in the World with Rekha Shankar

Behind every great guitarist is a great surgeon. Apparently.

Rekha Shankar returns as Dr. Sheila Hands, the world’s only guitar surgeon, to explain how rock legends become shredding legends. Who’s had work done? Who got extra fingers? Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock have questions.

Plus: classic rock trivia, Val ...

Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock are giving away a satchel of Crowes, the erectile dysfunction pills from The Black Crowes. To win, caller 24 has to identify whether a Black Crowes song is a cover or an original. The phones work. Almost nothing else does.

Also on the broadcast: Vince Neil's five-alarm pizza deal, a marathon of mystery VHS tapes, Steve's Discount Concrete's Bury Your Past Community D...

The Bob Seger Clown Vortex

Whisp Turlington has been against the wind since 1975. Unfortunately, that wind has carried him directly into the Bob Seger Clown Vortex.

On this broadcast: Bob Seger abandons rock for experimental clown comedy, Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock investigates why his $50 paycheck bounced, Christine McVie operates a private Talbots in her basement, Farmer Dan returns from Sedona, and Whisp bec...

CLASSIC HAWK: A Moonman From Maine with John Hodgman

Originally released March 11, 2024.

The Geoff and Whisp Show salutes the brave men and women who have escaped the Earth.

Legendary Val Verde space hero Charley “Clunk” Bottoms, played by John Hodgman, lands inside the Rock & Roll RV to promote his explosive new memoir, Moonman From Maine.

Clunk reveals the secrets of space travel, explains his place in...

The Willy Crystal Show with Anthony Atamanuik

For the first time ever, 108.9 The Hawk gives its full airtime to its sister station.

Anthony Atamanuik (The President Show, 30 Rock, What We Do In The Shadows) returns as conservative radio legend Willy Crystal for a complete broadcast of The Willy Crystal Show on Valley Newsradio 8888. Willy welcomes Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock to discuss multi...

CLASSIC HAWK: A Rolling Stone Restaurant with Paul Scheer

Originally released April 7, 2025.

The Hard Rock Cafe Val Verde has a new owner, a new concept and almost no legitimate connection to the Rolling Stones.

Flip Turley, played by Paul Scheer, visits the Rock & Roll RV to unveil his completely unauthorized Rolling Stones restaurant. Come for the Stones-themed meals. Stay for the specially shaped urinals and Flip’...

The Definitive Unflappable List of Pink Floyd Records

Every magazine, website or podcast has ranked the Pink Floyd catalog. Every one of those rankings is wrong.

Jason Gore and Geoff Garlock separately ranked all 15 Pink Floyd studio albums, then entered a brutal negotiation to create one final, legally binding list. No live albums. Only the studio half of Ummagumma. No appeals.

Along the way, Jason defends the Pink Floyd ...

CLASSIC HAWK: Mayor Lee Roth Indicted with Bobby Moynihan 

It's Classic Hawk! Your weekly replay of some of the greatest Hawk moments in Val Verde history! Looking for a place to start with 108.9 The Hawk? Start here!

Originally released November 4, 2024.

Mayor Lee Roth has been indicted, and the one and only Bobby Moynihan has arrived at the Rock & Roll RV. Bobby and the newly indicted mayor went to high school t...

Former Intern Hates Us with Sally Ann Hall

Comedian Sally Ann Hall returns to 108.9 The Hawk more than 20 years after serving as the station’s “best intern in the biz.” Unfortunately, Sally Ann remembers the internship very differently than Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock.

She recalls ordering three lunches every day, being forbidden from eating any of them, getting pelted with...

I’ve Been On Hold Since 2005 with Brian Huskey

Paul Luzak has finally gotten through to 108.9 The Hawk. Unfortunately, he’s been on hold since 2005.

Brian Huskey joins Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock as a dedicated radio-contest caller who sacrificed his marriage, his family and 21 years of his life for a chance to win U2 tickets. Now Paul must confront the horrors of 2026, including...

The Cosmic Origin of Whisp Turlington

Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock are back from a vacation they absolutely did not take together, only to discover Geoff's hostel has burned to the ground and Kegstand has somehow fallen three years behind current events.

Then Whisp finally reveals one of the most important stories in Hawk history: the cosmic-ray incident at Val Verde University that gave him ...

A New Happy Birthday Song with Rekha Shankar

“No crust or bust, it’s your birthday.”

SERIES SEVEN PREMIERE! Rekha Shankar (Dropout, Smartypants, Game Changer) returns to 108.9 The Hawk as Amelia Dorch, Val Verde’s number one songwriter!

Amelia has written three James Bond themes, collaborated with Bono, survived the recording studio with Axl Rose and created one of the rarest private-press albums in...

HAWK ROCK SUMMER ends here with a quick Hawk Rock Taste of some of the bonuses you get on the Hawk Patreon! Classic Albums! Where Geoff Garlock and Jason Gore go deep on a Classic Rock STAPLE, Greg Lemonsour-style.

This week, Hawk Rock Summer wraps with a deep dive into the 1977 classic many Dads would fight you over, "Aja" by Steely Dan!

NEXT WEEK! SERIES SEVEN PREMIERE! Rekha Shankar (Dropout, Smartypants, Game Changer) ret...

Hawk Rock Talk: Rock Autopsy - Classic Rock One Hit Wonders, Volume 2

Jason Gore and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock return to the classic rock morgue for another examination of the songs that radio refused to let die.

But what exactly makes a classic rock one-hit wonder? A song does not necessarily have to dominate the Billboard charts. Sometimes one regional program director simply decides that “Never Been A...

Hawk Rock Talk Classic: Genesis

Hawk Rock Summer continues on and this week we feature a Hawk Rock Talk Classic. Originally released October 21, 2022, it’s Hawk Rock Talk: GENESIS!

Jason Gore and Geoff “The Real Person” Garlock go deep into the long, strange and surprisingly emotional history of Geoff’s favorite band: Genesis.

And Genesis is not just one band. It is several completely different band...

Hawk Rock Talk - Queen: Live At Wembley 40th Anniversary

Queen’s legendary Live at Wembley Stadium concert turns 40, and Jason Gore is ready to celebrate one of the most important live albums of his life. Geoff Garlock also watched it, although he did occasionally fast-forward through Brian May’s guitar solo and Queen’s extended trip through the 1950s.

Jason and Geoff look back at Queen’s massive July ...

Hawk Rock Talk: Rock Autopsy: Classic Rock One Hit Wonders 1

It’s Hawk Rock Summer, and Jason Gore and Geoff Garlock are putting on the gloves, grabbing the bone saw, and cracking open the chest cavity of Classic Rock Radio to examine one of its strangest organs: the classic rock one-hit wonder.

What even counts as a one-hit wonder in classic rock? Did it have to make the Top 40? Does it count if the song barely charted...

Jason Gore and Geoff Garlock continue Hawk Rock Summer with Heavy Metal Mania, a brand-new Hawk Rock Talk where they each choose twelve heavy metal cassettes from a 1992 Columbia House ad.

It’s one penny. It’s twelve cassettes. It’s a metal section that somehow includes Bon Jovi’s New Jersey, Pearl Jam’s Ten, and multiple records Columbia House may or may not have typed correctly.

Jason and Geoff...