10-31-25 Friday
Segment 1: Ray Richardson opens up with the wild weather, and then gets down to the filibuster and who it’s affecting, the government workers that are not getting paid and the long term problems that could provide to Americans that get paid by the government.
Segment 2: Ray talks about the song Take Me on and the video that changed the shape of music videos.
Segment 3: Ray continues with governmental irony by starting with more of the filibuster and more history of the government and then Joe Bruno (Community Pharmacy) joins him and they talk about the weather.
Segment 4: Ray plays a clip from an elected Democrat with the party talking points that she didn’t understand. He and Joe continue with the role and nuances of the government and how it is suppose to work.
Segments 5-6: Shawn Moody (Moody’s Collision) joins Ray, Joe and Dee Dee and they talk about the weather and golf, and the need for regular sleep. Ray shares what his doctor explained about the sleep needed for your health. Mike Shepherd (Political Editor for the Bangor Daily News) joins the fun and they talk about Halloween and his daughter, the political races happening, the Absentee Ballot Box Mystery, and more.
Segments 7-8: The conversation starts with the “Circle of Ray” and “Ray of Hope”. The boys compare life in 1985 to now. They talk about the government taking away independence from the Maine people, school student debt, and more.
Segments 9-10: Ray and Joe chat with Daniel Turner (Founder and Executive Director of Power The Future) as he shares that he was born in NY and now lives with his family on a working sheep farm in rural Virginia also raising mini-Highland cows and various breeds of chickens. They get into energy and environmental issues pertaining to jobs, rural communities, the U.S. economy, international affairs, and our national security.
Segments 11-12: Steve Robinson (The Maine Wire sponsored by Jeff Preble) calls in and they talk about U.S. Senate Candidate Graham Platner. Platner’s Nazi tattoo and cover up, and more.
Segments 13-14: Ray, Mark, and Joe take calls including Farmer Scott, and Steve from Westbrook.
Segments 15-16: The boys take calls from Ethan of Saco, John from Falmouth, and Arthur Langley.