Longtime Caller Pete Returns And Explains His Absence From The Show

Linda Kearns joins the final stretch, Phil Almquist runs August 20 music history, and an old KDKA broadcast sends us into early-radio history before Dawn’s Big Three begins with Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico’s “God is not a Christian” sermon. a 16-year-old Tennessee girl charged after running onto a middle-school football field and tackling a player during a scuffle. We react to the video, joke about whether the Eagles need to call her, and then longtime caller Pete suddenly reappears. Pete insists he has spent years unable to get through, says he is back after jail for unpaid taxes, talks about finding God, and jumps right back into the old Trump-DeSantis debate as if no time passes. The Big Three then turns to the Milligan University cycling team crash in Tennessee, where two student cyclists are killed and seven are injured after a driver strikes the training group. We follow that with the Oregon amusement-park case involving two teens trapped upside down on the AtmosFEAR ride, each receiving a $275,000 jury award. Linda Kearns joins the argument as we debate sue-happy behavior, personal responsibility, and the fact that a verdict can also expose real negligence and force safety changes. We close with an office hygiene revolt after Linda learns another co-worker does not wash his hands, producing threats of a staff-wide message and a mock suspension. The last Big Three item looks at the steep drop in summer employment among 16- to 19-year-olds compared with the 1990s, while Nick points to his daughters working in a family concession business and launching neighborhood childcare and dog-walking work. Ana confirms she is back tomorrow, Linda previews G. Love, and we end Kayal and Company at 10:15 before the next program begins.