08-14-25 Thursday
Segment 1: Ray and Dee Dee Richardson are joined by Dr. Michael Ciampi (Ciampi Family Practice) and they talk about the 100th the St. Peter’s Italian Street Festival and games of the past like climbing the greased pole and catching greased pigs.
Segment 2: They talks about the prize of the greased pole and then what it would be with inflation. Ray talks about last night’s Military Appreciation Game at the Sea Dogs.
Segments 3-4: Bob Witkowski (Where Y’at Magazine) joins the boys and they start with bourbon and Buffalo Trace event he attended, Quentin Chapman (Maine Rep. Dist. 88). They start talking about the Downeaster and Ray shares the story of Lela missing the train out of Boston, they get into college football. Ray ends it with a clip from the show West Wing.
Segments 5-6: The boys start with stories of daughters dating. Quentin’s wife, Kryston, joins the fun. Quentin reads a statement by School Board member Quinn Gormley about Maine LD 1435. They also discuss the need for more people to stand up and combat this type of influence on our youth. He also announced that his 20 year old daughter is running for School Board.
Segments 7-8: Ray starts with asking Doc about his PRP service at Ciampi Family Practice. They discuss movies and tease Dee Dee about not liking Adam Sandler.
Segments 9-10: Ray welcomes Mike and Christa Schott. They split time between Maine and California and share their long history of giving and how it began to different organizations. They started last year with a big gift to Don Campbell’s Flotilla and this year they really uped their game by donating $30,000 match as a start.
Segments 11-12: The Common Sense For Maine group including Tom Bill (who brought in Moran Market’s Pizza), Demi Kouzounas, and Dominic Pugliares (Dunegrass and Common Sense For Maine) joins Ray who plays part of Karoline Leavitt interview about what to expect from the Putin/Trump meeting.
Segments 13-14: Ray shares his frustration on getting the Jobs Report numbers right and how it manipulates the market. The panel discuss how it works and what influences the stock market. They get into Maine’s energy costs and Gov. Mills and her cronies that have implemented their ridged ideology. They move on to crime in Washington DC, and Judge Jeanine Piro, and more.
Segment 15-16: The conversation moves on to health care and insurance company’s coverage policies.
Segment 17: In this special segment, Ray welcomes Jon Decker (White House Correspondent for Gray Television including WABI-TV (CBS/CW+) in Bangor) live from Alaska as part of the Member of the White House Press Pool covering the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin with the intent of bringing peace to the Russia/Ukraine war. Ray asks Jon about his credentials and Gray Television’s coverage in Maine.