{"id":100549,"date":"2026-08-10T17:24:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/?p=100549"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:25:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:25:25","slug":"08-10-26-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wlobradio.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/08-10-26-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"08-10-26 Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Segment 1-2:\u00a0 Ray and Dee Dee Richardson start the morning.
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\nSegment 3-4:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray talks about the phrase Equality Effort Earns Equity. We need to reform Maine’s Medicaid program and he goes through the steps that would need to happen to achieve it, and more steps for a better Maine.
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\nSegment 5:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray talks about the latest “craze” and how it has become the “thing” that Maine government implements, and uses the Family Leave Act and MaineCare as examples.
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\nSegment 6:\u00a0<\/strong> Vern Dukes joins Ray and they talk about Maine’s healthcare and insurance systems, private doctors, and more.
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\nSegment 7:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray brings up Friday’s Job Report. The economy and how that is affecting businesses that are doing hiring and their costs to run a business. They talk about restaurants, family, Farmer Markets, churches and more.
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\nSegment 8:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray and Vern discuss the upcoming guest which leads to the WNBA and the men that have registered for their draft.
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\nSegment 9:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray talks about yet another division in the country and compares Kaitlyn Clark and Angel Reece to Larry Bird and Michael Jordan. They discuss some of the basketball greats.
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\nSegment 10:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray and Vern compare their hip replacements and recovery times. Ray brings up the Role Model concert and congratulates another Maine band.
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\nSegments 11-12:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray starts with Sen. Lindsay Graham and his sister (Darline Graham Nordone) picking up his mantle, some of the other candidates vying for his vacant seat. Chuck Ellis (Muddy Waters Podcast<\/a>, Chair Cumberland Cnty Republican Party<\/a>) also joins the conversation.
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\nSegments 13-14:\u00a0<\/strong> Ray, Vern, Holly McCarthy, Chuck, and Dee Dee welcome Robin Lundberg to discuss his new book \u201cCaitlin Clark: From the Logo<\/b>\u201d.
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\nSegments 15-16:\u00a0<\/strong> The conversation starts with Holly and her take on the Governor’s Race, and the election.
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