John and Gordy begin the show by remembering Van Edwards, former Madison broadcaster and longtime voice of WIBA-FM. After more chatter about the old (all old) friends they saw at Van's celebration of life, we jump into the National Day Calendar and Today in History with Sam. In Idiocracy we continue the conversation about old-time restaurants, with an early 60s commercial for the Grouchy Captain drive-in in Milwaukee. Getting into politics, we hear a clip of Melanie Stansbury explaining DOGE's money-making scheme, all happening at the cost of the American people. We talk of the shortcomings of free market ideology with a few clips of trickle-down economists, and shift gears completely to talking pets, as we welcome on Lisa Bernard from the Dane County Humane Society.

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