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Lunchbreak with Ray & Shannon
Milwaukee’s midday table. Ray and Shannon tackle three big topics — culture, politics, and what’s really happening in the city. A weekly community guest joins, then Ray and Shannon bring it home with the real takeaway.
Episodes
- Lunchbreak with Ray & Shannon
When Bad Cops Break Bad
Ray Nitti and Maybe Shannon take a serious look at bad-apple cops who cross the line, discussing officers accused of breaking the law and committing heinous…
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Music, Awards & Double Standards
Ray Nitti and Maybe Shannon break down the Macklemore and Ed Sheeran saga, then get into the controversy surrounding Chris Brown and the award situation…
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Bloodhound Q50, A Tesla Twist & Final Thoughts
Hour two goes from the killing of Chicago rapper Bloodhound Q50 to a conversation about whether Tesla’s features may have played a role in what happened. Ron…
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McConnell’s Back, Jail Tablets & A Hostage Standoff
Lunch Break kicks off with banter, a show preview, and a shoutout to the Facebook group before diving into Mitch McConnell’s return to the Senate after months…
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The Clancy Juror, Jury Duty & What’s Happening at MPS
Lunch Break shifts to jury duty and the Clancy case, as Shannon shares her own jury-duty experience and Ray and Shannon discuss the Black juror who reportedly…
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Trump’s Check, Tiffany’s Crash & The Questions Keep Coming
Ray and Shannon kick off Lunch Break with weekend banter before diving into questions surrounding Trump’s reported payout and whether such a move is even…
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Did She Do it?
Ray Nitti & Maybe Shannon dive into and discuss the Lindsey Clancy mistrial and what the next actions should be.
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Shannon & The Break in
Maybe Shannon is back with Ray Nitti but not without sharing her story about what happened to her studio yesterday.
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Where Did the Stores Go?!
Ray continues holding it down while Shannon handles the door-kicker & theft situation, continuing the conversation about food deserts and the lack of grocery…
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Sherwin Hughes Sits Down with Nitti
Just do yourself the favor, and press play. Sherwin Hughes starts the show until Ray's arrival & once Ray gets his parking situation figured out, Sherwin…
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Fat Joe, Blackness & Who Gets the Pass?
Ray Nitti and Maybe Shannon dive into the Fat Joe saga and the explosive debate over Black identity, hip-hop culture, and who gets to use the N-word. Is…
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Beyoncé, Selena & The Double Standard
Ray Nitti and Maybe Shannon break down the Beyoncé and Selena debate, asking where appreciation, collaboration, and cultural ownership draw the line — and…
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Humanity Has No Double Standard
Ray Nitti & Maybe Shannon ask the uncomfortable question: Do we believe in humanity only when it benefits our side? From everyday hypocrisy to the biggest…
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Who Gets to Be Human?
Ray Nitti & Maybe Shannon unpack the double standards shaping how we talk about humanity, morality, and compassion—and connect it to the national stories…
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Flock No or Flock Yes?
Are you a supporter of Flock cameras? Do you think they actually help solve crimes or are they being used to spy on us?
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Have You Ever Had a Stalker?
Ray Nitti & Maybe Shannon start this hump day talking about the serious levels of stalking and what to look out for.
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Jaylen Brown Exposes the NBA
When coaches and people that are supposed to “guide” you are the ones telling you NOT to do something you’ve talked about doing for so long, we have a problem…
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The Fake NFL Player
Things that we learned? Look up the team roster if the person you are dating claims to be involved with any professional sports team and you won’t run into…
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Back From Poland!
Ray Nitti is BACK from Poland! From not having to tip, having a double booking, and finding American products for what seems to be half-on-the-dollar, &…
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Is It Bogus?
We all saw the skit by now, but how did it make you feel seeing it? Is it too much to poke fun at CTE and what could happen? & Shannon shares her thoughts on…
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Tory Lowe Sits Down with Maybe Shannon
Truth Nation! This isn’t a drill! Tory Lowe, investigative reporter for 620 WTMJ stops by! Thank you to T-Lowe for spending his Friday with Truth Nation just…
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The Moral of the Story? Watch Your Kids
We understand that this kid is on the spectrum, but at what point to we put the responsibility on their parents to make sure they are safe? Maybe Shannon…
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Midterms Will Be Here Soon
We already feel the Summer coming to an end, so you know that means midterms will be here before we know it. That being said, we got the homie…
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"Post-Covid Dog Water Hip-Hop/Rap..."
This is how some of these owners of these establishments think… We all heard about it by now, a Milwaukee bar is back tracking on a leaked text message (even…
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Your Past Doesn't Define You
Shout out to the Dean of Students at Greater Holy Temple Christian Academy, Paul Tackes, AKA Mr. Paul for coming in studio today and sharing his story. There…
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The Companies Play in Your Face
Hour 2 is about the companies that continuously play in our faces… From Target to Walmart, they both getting the smoke this hour…
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Do Them How They Do Us
First, shout out to everyone that pulled up to Truth Family Fest this weekend! Ray is out the country this week so Maybe Shannon holds it down in studio and…
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He Offered $100...
This video is a little old, but it’s making rounds on social media again as we are still waiting for even an ounce of accountability for the people that were…
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A Kick is Better Than Nothing
It’s Friday, & Maybe Shannon is LIVE in the studio today with Ray Nitti & since it’s Friday, you know we gotta cut up just a little bit!
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Who Owns Our Money?
Ray and Shannon examine the flow of money in the community before tackling the nation’s growing debt and the role of the Trump administration in adding to it…
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Life-Saving Skills & Tough Truths
Ray Nitti and Maybe Shannon start with some afternoon banter before diving into a powerful story about a 16-year-old saving a veteran’s life with CPR. The…
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Should Students Get Paid for Perfect Attendance?
Severe storms rocked Milwaukee, leaving behind some wild damage, and we take a look at the aftermath. Then, Detroit schools are offering students $100 for…
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Miss Rachel Under Fire + Truth Family Fest Talk
Miss Rachel is under fire for speaking out about what she believes is right — but did she cross a line, or is she simply using her platform for good? Then…
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A Deadly Day in MKE, Road Rage & Funny Money
Milwaukee had a deadly day, with a road-rage death, another shooting, and the killing of MKE rapper Funny Money at or near a recording studio. We break down…
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Gone Rogue & the Penn State Cocaine Charges
A little food talk and banter kicks things off before we dive into a bizarre TikTok surrogate story that gets crazier by the minute. Then we debate whether 14…
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Brawl at The Fair
State Fair wouldn’t be complete without a mini royal rumble now, would it? SMH… Are we surprised? This leads us to ask, should events like this have privatized…
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Help Them Be Great, Teach Them To Read
Over the weekend, a teacher from Texas went viral after he posted a video of himself crying at the fact that students are “graduating” but not being able to…
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Get Active, it Just May Help
Dr. Adel KorKor from the AB KorKor Foundation for the Mental Health, joins Ray Nitti & Maybe Shannon for the late lunch and the crew have a great conversation…
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It's Because of Us
Have you ever thought about the reason we even need so many of these data centers? It’s because of the amount we are consuming daily… the amount of media we…
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Taylor Farms & Private Prisons
Some may see these two things and see zero correlation however, there is one… Grab a seat at the lunch table to see how they all relate!
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Help Someone When You Can
Mark Zucky aka Mark Zuckerburg is taking some heat because his $300M superyacht was close when another small boat ran out of fuel, & even though they were able…
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Counted Out, Voted In & The Disney Adult Nightmare
David Crowley’s primary win takes center stage as we dig into the election, questionable polling, and his ability to keep things civil with the opposition—even…
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Coaching, Politics & All the Hats She Wears
Coach Erica Odom joins us to talk about her show’s return, what listeners can expect this season, her growing businesses, and the many roles she juggles. Then…
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Stand on Business
Hour two brings the receipts, reactions, and YouTube commentary. Callers weigh in, and Maybe Shannon refuses to back down as Truth Nation revisits the biggest…
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Election Day, Dating & 53206 Gets Called Out
Hour one kicks off with an Election Day push to get out and vote, then takes a sharp turn into interracial dating, controversial comments about Black women…
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Jordan Roman Grabs Lunch
A community-centered leader, strategist, and advocate running for Wisconsin State Assembly, District 12, Jordan Roman joins Ray & Shannon to talk about the…
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Election-Eve
Twas the night before the Election when Ray Nitti & Maybe Shannon had the time… Getting those last-minute shots out by some folks in the peanut gallery, but…
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Never Give Up
It’s been another great week & a great Friday on The Lunch Break & We hope y’all don’t give up this weekend like this parent did by allowing the kid to run…
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Black Arts MKE Joins
BAMKE Theatre Festival is coming BACK! & Barbara Wanzo, & Sheri Williams Pannell join Ray Nitti & Maybe Shannon for a little bit this Friday! Guests: Barbara…
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Permission to Listen Back?
Madam, permission to continue listening to The Lunch Break? Would be honored to continue to hear the great, hilarious conversations taking place.
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The Stay-at-home-Boyfriends
Ladies, would you be okay with this? Ray Nitti & Maybe Shannon attempt to dive into this theory that is going viral & becoming more popular… But we still have…
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B.O.W.
Does your favorite candidate got that BOW in them? Tap in to find out what BOW means in 2026 when we say, BOW, BOW, BOW, BOW…
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Just Sickening...Praying for the Families...
Disgraceful news today about someone that worked in the radio industry here in Milwaukee… Praying for the victims and their healing. Then Ray Nitti & Maybe…
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Larry Sanders is Back for Lunch
We have Milwaukee legend and former Milwaukee Buck, Larry Sanders on the show again, this time with the homie Josh Jones from Broke Life. & Throughout the…
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$9k Water Bill
No one said chasing dreams was cheap! When a group of creatives are under one roof, you could expect things to get a little pricy… Some more exclusives from…
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Lawanda Chambers Grabs a Late Lunch
Candidate for the Wisconsin State Assembly District 61 grabs a late lunch with Ray & Shannon to talk about the campaign, what she’s hoping to do when she wins…