Reese On The Radio On NewsTalk 1080 WTIC 2-6pm 8/17/26

Opening Monologue: What a Way the World Works Reese opened the show by laying out how the world and its systems actually function versus the stories people are sold.If It’s Dead, Jumpstart It Segment focused on failed or stalled approaches that need a hard restart rather than more of the same failed thinking.Guest James Rutkauski Joins Reese to Discuss the Recent Shooting in Hartford Hartford Police Union President James Rutkauski came on to discuss the overnight Wethersfield Avenue shooting. One man dead — Joseph Texidor, 32, of Newington. Four others wounded after a ShotSpotter alert in a large crowd. Discussion centered on the recurring weekend problems in that corridor, staffing shortages, and the practical limits of policing under current conditions.Moment of DOH!Can You Figure Out What is Wrong? Closing segment driving at the core problems in the day’s stories rather than the surface spin.