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First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
Prefer to sleep in? Not a ’morning person’? But still want an honest & unique analysis of the news? Get it all right here from veteran broadcast entertainer Joe Thomas. LIVE weekdays, 5 am - 9 am ET from ”America’s Hometown” -- Charlottesville, VA! (& Staunton) E-mail us at: jtinthemorningradio@gmail.com or call the studio at 434-882-4217
Episodes
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
A-I, A-I, oh... (Thursday, April 9, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Listener texts on Iranian A.I. Memes (00:13:00) Listener: So, does that mean Tucker Carlson is AI? / Caller- Iran is a death cult (00:27:58) Mac…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
Murphy's Law (Thursday, April 9, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Dems Pitch 25th (00:13:00) Bondi Spared Epstein Testimony / Iranian Meme Machine (00:27:58) Dems offer up Chris Murphy for VP if Vance takes the…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
Correlation or Causation? (Thursday, April 9, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Virginia's Governor Responds like a Pre-teen (00:13:00) Pleading the 25th (00:27:58) It's not a new war (00:44:00) Bondi spared, correlation or…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
Corruptions Start Small (Wednesday, April 8, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Corruptions Usually Start Small (00:12:58) Top Gas Refiners / caller: "George" (00:27:59) Guest: Nathan Worcester from the EPOCH Times - SAVE Act…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
Frauds Against Taxpayers (Wednesday, April 8, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) The Cease Fire and CT Senator Murphy (00:12:58) Caller: Gas Restrictions? (00:27:59) Mac McDonald's sports "Notebook" (00:43:59) Caller: Could…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
The Gas Fires of the Refinery (Wednesday, April 8, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Chris Murphy, Senator from Teheran (00:13:01) Caller: Refineries (00:28:02) Caller: Condition of 'Ayatollah Jr,' Eric Swallwell (00:43:59) Guest…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
Cease Fire and 'TDS' (Wednesday, April 8, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Cease Fire and TDS (00:13:01) Iran chose an unconscious leader ... THAT never happens. (00:27:59) JCSGold Report / What happened to all the…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Colorado Medicare Fraud" (Tuesday, April 7, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) U.N. Believable (00:13:01) Medicare Fraude in Colorado (00:27:59) Guest: Ryan Morgan from the Epoch Times on Iran (00:43:59) Guest: more with Epoch…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Buyer's Remorse" (Tuesday, April 7, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Problem Solved (00:13:01) "Buyer's Remorse" (00:27:59) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook (00:43:59) Listener email on Spanberger Remorse Please like…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Confessional" (Tuesday, April 7, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) "I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin'" (00:12:58) Gun Shipment Missing (00:27:59) JCS Gold report / Billy Bush confessional (00:43:59) You'll need to…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Do I look Like a Guy with a Plan?" (Tuesday, April 7, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) "Do I Look Like a Guy with a Plan?" (00:12:58) 14 million martyr march? (00:27:59) Caller: Negotiating with a "death cult" (00:43:59) Tackling the…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Doom Scroll = Voter Suppression" (Monday, April 6, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Listener text: "Best misinfo op since 'Safe and Effective'!" (00:12:59) What General George actually said (00:28:00) Pentagon "Doom Scroll"…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Op-Ed's are NOT News" (Monday, April 6, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Whatever became of... (00:12:58) Three-day-weekend-itis / Sorry, Op-Ed's are NOT news (00:27:59) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook - NCAA Finals…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"War Coverage" (Monday, Apri 6, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Chaos and Character return (00:12:59) What if Meet the Press et al existed 250 years ago? (00:28:00) Remember what we learned about the 1960's…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Three-Day-Weekend-Itis" (Monday, Apri 6, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) "Three-Day-Weekend-itis" (00:12:59) Dems go back to character and chaos (00:28:00) Listener email on Space Station / Artemus 2 (00:43:59) JCS Gold…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Oh, you meant THOSE kinds of aliens ..." (Saturday, Apri 4, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Tiger by the Tale (00:12:59) Oh, you meant THOSE aliens! (00:28:00) JCSGold Reports / The Perils of "Three-Day Weekend" hood (00:43:59) Attorney's…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The Grinch Hadn't Stopped..." (Saturday, Apri 4, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Stun Guns? (00:12:59) Love Boston Sports Fans (00:27:58) Falling for the "trappings" of America and Capitalism (00:43:59) "All Experience Hath Shown…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Yeah, I was on the phone with the President..." (Saturday, Apri 4, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) You think a 22-year-old cop knows who Tiger Woods is, or was? (00:13:00) Geno and his Ladies / Will NCAA sports be the next "Too Big to Fail"?…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Lawfare" (Friday, Apri 3, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Dershowitz on Bondi (00:12:59) Listener text on Lawfare and Bondi / Guest: More with Bob Good on DHS deal (00:28:00) Listener on Costco Bourbon and…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"History" (Friday, Apri 3, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) 1993 years ago .... (00:12:59) Caller on Voting Shenanigans and Project Veritas (00:28:00) Mac McDonald Sports Notebook (00:43:59) Guest: Bob Good…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Sacrifice" (Friday, Apri 3, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Easter vs Resurrection Sunday (00:12:59) Sacrifice to Advance / Listener texts on Todd Blanche (00:28:00) JCS Gold Report / Democrats sue to protect…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Good Friday 2026" (Friday, Apri 3, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Good Friday (00:12:59) What would YOU Sacrifice? / Pam Bondi out at DOJ (00:28:00) Dershowitz on Bondia and AG job / Caller on DOJ and DNI…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Holy Week and Corrupt Governance" (Thursday, Apri 2, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Guests: City Elders on Holy Week (00:12:59) Guests: City Elders on Government Corruption and Holy Week (00:28:00) Dearborn's Dear Leader vs Dr…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Muslims" (Thursday, Apri 2, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Strait, with a chaser (00:12:59) Caller: Muslims in the USA? (00:27:58) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook (00:43:59) Text Debate between JT and a…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"FDA: More GLP meds, sure. COVID treatment? Sorry" (Thursday, Apri 2, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) "Here to Help" (00:13:13) FDA: More GLP-1 Meds, no COVID treatment, though / JCS Gold Report (00:28:00) Caller on COVID coverup (00:43:58) Trump…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Confirmations" (Thursday, Apri 2, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Trump address: We're kicking butt, surprised? (00:12:59) Space.... (00:28:00) COVID 19 Documents revealed: Coverup... Surprised? (00:43:59) Guest…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Hot Dog Bourbon?" (Wednesday, Apri 1, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) "Free Speech" meaning someone else pays for it? (00:12:59) Listener Q: HPV is a STD? / Caller on allowing the corruption (00:28:01) Has this gone…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Dangerous Precedent" (Wednesday, Apri 1, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) What is "Ted-ness"? (00:12:59) PBS ruling sets a dangerous precedent (00:28:00) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook: Tiger Woods (00:43:59) Caring Beyond…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The Right to Have Someone Else Pay for It?" (Wednesday, Apri 1, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) "Tednesday" Ops (00:12:59) JCS Gold Report / Ain't No Foolin' Around... (00:28:00) "Things Is Things" (We can choose if they be 'good' or 'bad')…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Washington Warned Us" (Wednesday, Apri 1, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) How we roll (00:12:59) E-O, E-O, oh ... (00:28:00) After only 8 years we were warned (00:43:58) Caller: George Mason's "in case of emergency, break…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Knowledge is Good" (Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) How we 'roll' (00:13:00) Listener emails: UConn? DNC? Khamenei and his Sailor/ (00:28:00) Student Athletes? (00:44:00) email: DNC on Campus? Please…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Space, it's Finally Back Here" (Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Wrap up w/ Jon Sutz on antisemitism (00:12:59) JFK and Space (00:28:00) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook (00:43:59) "Warning: Middle-Aged Men seen on…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Who's for the Jews?" (Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) "Whadjya Say?" (00:12:59) JCS Gold Report / Reparations and the "Great Society" (00:28:00) Guest: Jon Sutz on Antisemitism Groups Failures…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Reparation Nation" (Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Reparations? (00:12:59) "...but you might feel better if they gave you some cash." (00:28:00) The Politics of "Fat, Drunk and Stupid" (00:43:59)…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Gas Tax Relief?" (Monday, March 30, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) New "City of Brotherly Love?" (CPAC clip) (00:12:59) Gas Tax Holiday? (00:28:00) Opposing Gas Tax Holidays (00:44:01) Listener Text: Demise of…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"CPAC Celebrates the 21st Century Pamphleteers" (Monday, March 30, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) CPAC and the Modern Pamphleteers (00:12:59) When The Chant was a More Honest: "No Ice, No Wall, No USA at All" (00:28:00) Mac McDonald Sports…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"How Can Both Sides Pitch 'Freedom'?" (Monday, March 30, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Definitely NOT (00:12:59) Iranians at CPAC (00:27:57) Listener Question: How can leftist be pushing "Freedom," too? (00:43:57) Van Hollen, Unplugged…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Hanoi Jane Returns!" (Monday, March 30, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Back Home (00:12:59) "No Dames... er ... No Kings Rallies" (00:28:00) Asian Communists Rehire 'Hanoi Jane' (00:44:00) Biggest turnout for…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Suggestion: The LBJ Memorial Ballroom?" (Saturday, March 28, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) CPAC day 3 / Guest: Ron Eller for Congress (00:12:58) Guest: CPAC host Mercedes Schlapp (00:27:59) Guest: Frank Pavone from "Priests for Life"…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Just Like Mom Used to Make" (Saturday, March 28, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Caller: "Size DOES Matter" / First Things (news headlines) (00:12:58) Guest: Kimberly Fletcher from "Moms For America" (00:27:59) US House rejects…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Save Our States" (Saturday, March 28, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) CPAC day 3 / Proof of Why We're Live /First Things (news) (00:12:58) Guests: Tara Ross & Trent England from "Save our States" pt1 (00:27:59) Guests…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"What Good are These Things?" (Friday, March 27, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) CPAC Day 2 (00:13:01) Guest: Eric Olhausen from Old Glory Bank (00:28:00) Guest: Dr Paul Dreissen from CFACT (00:44:00) Q: "What purpose do these…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"March Madness... and some Basketball, too" (Friday, March 27, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) CPAC Day 2 (00:13:01) "Wresting Defeat from the Jaws of Victory" (DHS budget deal) / Caller on GOP giving in (00:28:00) Mac McDonald's Sports…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Going Postal" (Friday, March 27, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) CPAC Day 2 (00:13:00) Listener Question re; Texas Values (00:28:00) USPS May Stop Delivering / Guest: Erika Donalds - America First School Choice…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Texas Values" (Friday, March 27, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) CPAC day 2 / "First Things" (news) (00:13:01) Guest: Iranian-American View of the Bombardment (00:28:00) Heuchelei (00:44:00) Guest: Jonathan Saenz…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Accountability" (Thursday, March 26, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) "Content Creators?" (00:13:00) Caller: Accountability? (00:28:00) Mac McDonald Sports Notebook (00:43:59) CPAC Lineup / Marshall fro City Elders…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Tariff-ic" (Thursday, March 26, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Reax to SocMed Ruling (00:12:58) Guest: Gary Barve for President (00:28:00) "George" calls in / Andy on economics (00:43:59) Internet Dependency?…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"E-O, E-O, OH!" (Thursday, March 26, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) E-O, E-O, oh! (00:13:00) "Content-Creator's Line" (00:28:00) SCOTUS on SocMed / Iranian Navy Boss Killed / JCS Gold Report (00:43:59) Caller on…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"A Can of Fish" (Thursday, March 26, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Stress Test (00:13:00) Grassroots VA and ERIC (00:28:00) Ending Old Wars (00:43:59) A Can of Fish / Rish Guys Please like and share your favorites…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Not a Flaw, a Feature" (Wednesday, March 25, 2026, Hour 4)
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"Threats to Democracy?" (Wednesday, March 25, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Homan vs Booker (00:13:00) California-Sized Battle (00:28:00) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook - NCAA Women (00:43:59) Authenticated Ballots: Threat…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Iran's Present"? (Wednesday, March 25, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Iran's present? (00:13:00) JCS Gold Report / Caller on constitutional money (00:28:00) Caller on Life Lessons (00:44:00) Email: Didn't Germany do…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Theater Kids" (Wednesday, March 25, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Josh Shapiro spills (00:13:00) The return of "Chaos" (00:28:00) Laugh-In? (00:43:59) Political "Theater Kids" Please like and share your favorites…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Trump EO on Addiction" (Tuesday, March 24, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) First Things (00:12:58) Guest: Michele Steeb on POTUS EO on addiction (00:28:00) Guest: more with Michele Steeb on mental healthcare and…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Sharia-Free?" (Tuesday, March 24, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Who's in this "Sharia-Free-America" Caucus? (00:13:00) Listener email on Houston Grift Conflict / SPLC's "Hate Map" (00:28:00) Mac McDonald's Sports…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Blame Game" (Tuesday, March 24, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Is it the Traders that will kill the radio star? (00:13:00) JCS Gold rport / Campaigns in the .... (00:28:00) Listener call-in: Blame Game?…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Grift" (Tuesday, March 24, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) What is it with Charlottesville? (00:13:00) Trump in Memphis / Homeless Cap at Fed / CPAC (00:28:00) Houston Employee Grift vs City Management Grift…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Trying to Draw to an Inside Strait" (Monday, March 23, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Remember the L-Tryptophan Ban? (00:13:00) Listener had not heard about CBS News Radio / Strait of Hormuz threats (00:28:00) Iran threatens to invoke…
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"Ways and Ketamine's" (Monday, March 23, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) listener emails on AOC & Ketamine / "First Things" (news) (00:13:00) Listener: Should the press have access to judges? / JCS Gold Report (00:28:00)…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The (Com-)PostMan Always Rings Twice" (Monday, March 23, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Now it's Fertilizer / "First Things" (news) (00:12:58) Are YOU the :1-out-of-10"? (00:28:00) Senate 'Procedures' / Caller on SAVE Act (00:43:59)…