Pluto’s Demotion and My ADHD Brain

What happens when you lose cell service, FM radio and basically all connection to civilization on a mountain highway? You discover the magic of AM radio. On Episode 17 of The Midday Show with J.R. Bjornson, J.R. talks about the family road trip to Radium Hot Springs, finding pop music on 870 AM in the mountains, and why old-school AM radio can travel so much farther than FM.It’s also August 24, which means we’re celebrating National Waffle Day, National Peach Pie Day, International Strange Music Day and the 20th anniversary of Pluto getting demoted to dwarf-planet status. J.R. remains firmly on Team Pluto.Then things get a little more personal as J.R. talks about taking a short break from his ADHD medication, what his busy unmedicated brain feels like, and why medication makes his mind feel quieter and easier to focus.Plus: back-to-school excitement, five kids, a perpetually messy house, 90s nostalgia and the usual collection of thoughts that somehow become a podcast. The Midday Show with J.R. Bjornson new episodes Monday through Friday.