Torg & Elliott

The hilarious, Kathleen Madigan, joined us to promote her show here in Columbus at the Palace Theater. Kathleen joked about how she has stayed busy during the pandemic, how she has picked up new hobbies like sports betting & talked about how shows are different now with masks at comedy clubs.

We were joined by Donald Fagen, member of Steely Dan, who was pushing his new solo album as well as a Steely Dan EP album. Donald told about some of his early inspirations for music as well as the origins of the band and how they were so big yet didn't really go on tour or hit the road much for live performances.

We talked to Hollywood Actor Billy Bob Thornton, ahead of the season 4 premiere of "Goliath" on Amazon Prime. Billy Bob talked to us about the new characters and stories in season 4 as well as his relationship with some celebs and his take on his favorite baseball team The St. Louis Cardinals.

We made a splash on the show with Beatle, Ringo Starr, as he has a new EP Album coming out & Ringo talked to us about some of his most memorable times as a Beatle, what led to the bands break up & how time has past he has appreciated his time as a rocker. Ringo also told us some of the hobbies he's picked up to stay busy & some of the most famous people he's hung around.

We joined Brandon Lang yet again for his weekend picks for the week 3 action in the NFL & week 4 action in College football. Brandon gave his best and work picks for the week & as always gave us his lock for the week.

We talked to Steven "Little Steven" Van Zandt, who joined the show to promote his new book "Unrequited Infatuations" which outlines his time in the E Street Band with Bruce Springsteen. Steven gave us some stories about his early days in rock & how it has brought him to where he is today.

We talked to James S. Murray "Murr" from Impractical Jokers on TruTV. Murr talked to us about his new book, "The Stowaway" which is a horror/thriller fictional tale about a killer aboard a cruise shup. Murr also joked with us about some of the best skits on "Impractical Jokers" & some of the coolest celebs they have clowned around with.

We talked to our pal & famous documentarian, Ken Burns. Ken was pushing the new 4 part documentary on Muhammed Ali on PBS. The film outlines Ali's life before and after "Cassius Clay" as well as his time as a Muslim & his complicated life from his marriage history, to his refusal to enlist in the US military and some of his most iconic fights.

We were joined by long time renowned columnist, George Will. George was promoting his book "American Happiness & Discontents". Outlining the change of popular culture in America since the 1960's. George highlighted how times have changed and media & technology have changed the trajectory of our society & George is also a big baseball fan he talked to us about the state & popularity of the sport.

We talked to former NASA astronaut, Steve Smith, who was promoting his book "Zero Gravity" which highlights his long & amazing career as an NASA astronaut & his work with outer space exploration & even the Hubble Telescope! We also asked Steve what he thought of the recent Space X launch with civilians on board that will orbit in space for 4 days.

We talked to the best sports handicapper in the business yet again AS week 2 of the NFL season gets underway & Brandon hipped us to his best picks for the 3rd week of the college football season.

We talked to Ohio's State Attorney General, Dave Yost, who recently started a multi-state movement with ticket provider, StubHub. StubHub recently changed their refund policy due to the pandemic & AG Yost & other states have stepped up the plate to make sure Ohioans and other civilians get properly refunded for their tickets to cancelled shows. We also got to know Dave a little more personally & learned he is in a band!

We talked to Geoff Tate, lead singer of Queensryche, who will be performing here in town at the King of Clubs on Monday Sept. 20th. We talked to Geoff about his musical inspiration, how his shows have changed with COVID-19 & what he likes more, being in a band or being a solo act.

SLEEPY JOE 09 - 15 by Torg & Elliott

Comedian Whitney Cummings is coming to Columbus on December 9th at the Joann Davidson Theater & we talked to Whitney about her act, how cancel culture has affected her comedy act & some funny stories about meeting famous folks in Hollywood like the late Larry King.

We joined the best sports handicapper in the game, after his 5-2 week in college football week 1, we got Brandon's picks for week 2 of the college football campaign & NFL football is finally here & Brandon gave us his best picks for week 1 along with some tips for sleep games that could earn you some extra mulah.

We caught up with our pal, coach Jimmy Burrow, father of Bengals starting QB & Heisman trophy winner, Joe Burrow. We asked Jimmy how Joe's knee recovery has been going as he heads into his second NFL season and is expected to be 100% for week 1 and Jimmy also talked to us about some of his memories as a former coach & how he and Joe have teamed up to help donate to our RED WHITE & Q Fund for first responders & military veterans.

We talked to Matthew Bocchi, the first child of a 9/11 victim to release a book about the event. Matthew hipped us to his story about losing his father in the attacks and how the mystery of how he died drove him to dig up research and it led to traumatic event in his family. Matthew also talked to us about the grief process and how it drove him to addiction.

We caught up with Dr. Joseph Gastaldo yet again as we asked him about kids heading back to school with mask mandates on the rise, delta & Mu variants making their way through the population & how some people need to take precautions when deciding how to treat the virus as well as at home testing.

We talked to our buddy Adam Carolla, host of the Adam Carolla Show on Podcast One, the #1 most downloaded podcast on PodcastOne. Adam, a Californian, updated us on the Governor recall for Gavin Newsome as well as how his podcast is going & touched on the potential legalization of marijuana.