07-31-25 Thursday
Segment 1: Ray and Dee Dee Richardson are joined first thing by Ryan Schmelz (Fox News Radio Reporter) and Dr. Michael Ciampi (Ciampi Family Practice). Ryan shares what is happening on Capitol Hill and then we go back in time with Doc Ciampi to our childhood. Ray shares some of today’s guests.
Segment 2: Ray and Doc talk about the PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) service that Ciampi Family Practice offers.
Segments 3-4: Bob Witkowski (Where Y’at Magazine) joins the boys and chat about Doc’s visit to New Orleans. They get into the St. Peter’s Italian Street Festival happening in Portland this weekend and some of the talent that will be appearing and the some of Portland’s French and Italian history. Ray asks Bob his opinion about the controversy over the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle commercial.
Segments 5-6: Sarah Parshall Perry (Vice President & Legal Fellow, Defending Education) joins and they discuss the the emails from Pender Makin (Commissioner of Education at Maine Department of Education) and the Constitution and the Founders of America. They also discuss that Maine is failing in all of the benchmarks except for DEI issues.
Segment 7: Doc shares information for Firefighters, Police, and First Responders who all have high stress jobs that affect mental and physical health. For a free acupuncture treatment in support for the constant efforts they make contact Downeast Acupuncture at 207-879-0442. They get into the FDA and the ingredients that are put in to our food.
Segment 8: Doc shares his info for the PRP again before he heads off to doctoring.
Segment 9: Ray explains the reason he is coming back a little late coming in. The Common Sense For Maine group including Tom Bill, who brought in Moran Market’s Pizza, and Gary Prolman (Law Offices of Gary Prolman), who brought in delicacies from Reilly’s Bakery, Mark Reilly, David Stearns, Mark Daniels (Automotive Everything) and Dov Sacks (Independence Law Maine and New Hampshire) also join. Dominic Pugliares (Dunegrass) describes his view on how the summer is going with tourism from Canada.
Segment 10: Ray quickly reintroduces the group. He asks David Stearns why he got involved in CSFM.
Segment 11-12: Ray reintroduces the group and they share a little about themselves. Mark Daniels shares a marathon to create awareness for suicide prevention. He is selling shirts to raise funds. Contact him 207-655-3101(shop #) or (207) 318-0101 or email him Automotive.everything@yahoo.com. They talk about suicide, suicide prevention methods, and catalysts. Ray brings up the American Eagle commercial to get their opinions.
Segments 13-16: The conversation continues with the boys about a lot of different topics including how Ray and Mark R. met, stories of friends and growing up in small town Maine. Ray asks them about their opinion on the economy. They also discuss property tax, energy costs, school over-reaching, teachers not able to focus on just teaching, curriculum constantly changing, and more.