Good Morning! Today is Thursday, December 5th, the 340th day of 2024. There are 26 days left in the year.
Today on KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein… Todd Sheets, author of “2008—What Really Happened: Understanding the Great Financial Crisis”… political analyst Sam Raus on possible security risks posed by the Tik-Tok app… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Bill Thorness, author of “All Roads Lead to Rome”… Dustin Hoffmann of the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network with an RFD1540 conversation… and Michael Libbie of “Insight on Business” with Andrew Giangola, author of “Love & Try: Stories of Gratitude and Grit from Professional Bull Riding”.
On yesterday’s KXEL Live & Local with Jeff Stein … Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird joined us live… KXEL’s Tim Harwood with Steve Darnall of Nostalgia Digest and host of “Radio’s Golden Age” on KXEL… Nate Whited of The Brick Kitchen Store in Independence… and a live conversation with Paul Steidler, Senior Fellow at the Lexington Institute, on energy policy in Trump 2.0.
Don’t forget…the KXEL Morning News with Tim Harwood is on weekdays from 6-8 a.m.
“What If?” is the topic for today’s Iowa Politics with Jeff Stein.
Here’s today’s KXEL Poll Question of the Day: “Should Pete Hegseth stay in the process to become U.S. Defense Secretary?” Weigh in at kxel.com/poll.
Scroll down for today’s KXEL Morning News summary…and as always, contact us via email (kxel@kxel.com) or text (319-235-1540).
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