The David, Goliaths, Legends, and Lunacy
Connected and content in steamy Florence, Italy as we hit the home stretch of our European odyssey, and weign in on Venice, verandas, World Cup watching vagaies, divergent tour guides, All Star weekend, cuisine, museums, and more. Kick off your weekend with fun and games from across the sea!!
TRAVELS, TRAVAILS, AND TRIUMPHS
Last day on the boat, and Venice and Florence, Italy loom. Reflecting on stunning times in Montenegro and Croatia while diving into sports. The World Cup comes to the crescendo, baseball at the All-Star break and the Royals draft and current woes, Wimbledon, and The Open Championship. It's all rolled into one batch of insights and smiles!
GLOBETROTTING AND HOBNOBBING
A little chronicle of the arts and lifestyle aspects of the first few days of our time in Europe. Hotels, boats, food, beers, history, wildly spectacular ladscapes and more from Athens to Corfu to Montenegro. And a bit of sports, too. Join the voyage!
LETDOWNS AND OUT OF TOWNS
A tasty amalgamation of sports, travel, food and fun. Acropolis, USMNT crash and burn. other World Cup highights, octopus, a little mini-Royals reprieve, Wimbledon, what more could you want. Let's have some fun and commentary from way across the pond
USA on Parade at the 4th
A USMNT heavy dive by the banter boys, looking back at the big win over Bosnia-Herzegovina and ahead to Monday’s showdown with Belgium. Plus a dollop of downbeat with the Royals, trivia fun, and the usual enjoyable detours. Happy 4th weekend and come along!
Renaissance Revivalist
Catching up once again with my good friend John Swann. Once upon a time my boss at WIBX radio in Utica, N.Y. he is a multi-talented man whose most recent journey is as the author of the Charlie Chan revival detective stories. His fourth entry in the series "Wheels Within Wheels" just was published. Newsman, PR whiz, musician, and more, the rural Missouri native tells great stories, and has one himself. A wonderful chat!
Songbooks and Stars
Another high-note edition with Tim Finn dives into exciting new documentaries, iconic songwriters, classic film with musical pieces, World Cup mania, American songbook, and more. Among the highlighted Peter Asher, Gregg Allman, Clive Davis, Jon Batiste, Keith Richards, David Clayton-Thomas, "Diner", The Strokes, Jackie DeShannon, and others. Informative and enjoyable conversation for you!
Hysteria to Less Than Royal
Rolling into the week after another jam-packed weekend. You are stuck with just me as the knockout stage kicks off in the World Cup. Plus, the Royals salvage a tiny bit, the rest of MLB on the Monday roundup, Wimbledon starts, a little golf, and more. Start the week full of info and fun
Marching Into the Weekend
Hanging out with Jack and Kurtis and diving extra deep into the World Cup on the field and off in KC and across the country, plus some Chiefs talking points, a bit of Royals, trivia fun, and more. A great entree to the weekend!
A Smiling KC Institution
Grabbing some time with the always ultra-busy John Holt. The longtime Fox 4 anchor is immersed in World Cup coverage right now and we discuss that, the event-filled last few years, and then re-visit our enjoyable full KC Profiles chat from a few years back. Always full of smiles and tales with John!