Wake-Up Call With Bill Lundun & Gerry Snyder

Mike Thompson - Blue Collar Jobs

Amid high costsand controversies surrounding college education – coupled with the threat thatartificial intelligence poses on certain white-collar jobs – much of Gen Z isleaning towards pursuing trade schools and blue-collar jobs with that tech gapin mind.  Enrollment in vocational community colleges is up 16% since2018, according to a January 2024 National Student Clearinghouse report, asyounger generations are turning towards trades and careers instead of payingfor college tuition. We chat with Mike is an education expert and the CEO of Learner Mobile, an award-winning learning management company that delivers a seamless experience for training employees.

Cory Burket - State Rep District 7

Cory is running for State Rep District 7 (which is Springfield) Check out his website: www.coryburket.com

Elmira Babe Ruth

You can help the kids at Elmira Babe Ruth and purchase a raffle ticket to win a new gun that goes for $1800! Check out there website here: elmirababeruth.com

Don McLean - American Boy

Don has a new Album out called "American Boy." You'll hear the song at the intro of the interview!

Daniel Paschke - Unretiring

For many older Americans, the golden years are still the green years.   As in: they need to keep bringing in the green to make ends meet.A new survey from Resume Builder confirms this, showing that 12% of retired Americans will go back to work this year.  In another survey, from Bankrate, 41% of adults say they don’t have enough money to fully retire. And about a quarter of Americans above the age of 50 say they expect to never retire, according to a new AARP study.  55% of those responding to a Bankrate survey said they returned to work because they needed more money. 47% said they were bored and 33% said they needed the job to get health insurance.  One big problem for retired professionals returning to work is taking a job that pays far less than what their old profession paid. We chat with Daniel a Financial Strategist and Senior Advisor at Victory Financial Group

Danielle DiMartino Booth

DanielleDiMartino Booth is CEO & Chief Strategist for QI Research, a research and analytics firm.  
 
DiMartinoBooth set out to launch a #ResearchRevolution, redefining how marketintelligence is conceived and delivered to guide portfolio managers and promotefinancial literacy. To build QI, she brought together a core team ofinvesting veterans to analyze the trends and provide critical analysis on whatis driving the markets – both in the United States and globally.

Jumbo Wash

Jumbo Wash
www.calljumbo.com

Eric Jay Dolin - Left for Dead

In Left for Dead, Eric Jay Dolin - "one of today's finest writings about ships and sea" He tells a true story of a wild and fateful encounter between an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig, and a British warship in the Falkland archipelago during the war in 1812

Janice Spooner - Childs are Expensive

High inflation has made the price of just about everything in the U.S. more expensive — including how much it costs to raise a child.  Research published by LendingTree shows that the cost of child care surged nearly 20% between 2016 and 2021, the latest year for which complete data is available. Annual expenses, excluding tax exemptions or credits, hit $21,681 in 2021, versus $18,167 in 2016, the data shows.  That means the typical family is spending about $237,482 over the course of 18 years to raise a child — and that is excluding the cost of college.  Another LendingTree study shows that about 75% of parents think that having and raising children has been far more expensive than they expected. We chat with Janice and sh is an Expert on Lending and Credit and the Market President with Great Plains Bank Southlake

Jayme Dumford - Oregon Logging Conference