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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
"Changing Your Mind is Harder" (Friday December 19 2025, Hour 2)
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"Unofficial Intelligence" (Friday December 19 2025, Hour 1)
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"January 6th Through the Years" (Thursday December 18 2025, Hour 4)
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"Yes Virginia, You Voted for Santa Clause" (Thursday December 18 2025, Hour 3)
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"Stonewalled" (Thursday December 18 2025, Hour 2)
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"FBI Drama?" (Thursday December 18 2025, Hour 1)
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"New York Times Acknowledges School Choice" (Wednesday December 17 2025, Hour 4)
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"Not a NEW Civil War" (Wednesday December 17 2025, Hour 3)
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"Dem's Campaign Acronym is Sheepish" (Wednesday December 17 2025, Hour 2)
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"Subsidization Nation" (Wednesday December 17 2025, Hour 1)
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"Ike was Right" (Tuesday December 16 2025, Hour 4)
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"Errors and Omissions" (Tuesday December 16 2025, Hour 3)
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"Safe and Effective?" (Tuesday December 16 2025, Hour 2)
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"Trump Derangement, Derangement" (Tuesday December 16 2025, Hour 1)
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"Making Us Willing to Give Them Up" (Monday December 15 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Tyranny is most likely voted in Democratically / "First Things" (new) (:13) Still the same fight sinced 2001 (...or 1801 ...) (:28) Crazy-Making (:44) Be…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"There's a no Sanity Clause" (Monday December 15 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Murders anywhere NOT getting coverage / "First Things" (news) (:13) Caller: More with Matt in VA (:28) Mac McDonald's sports Notebook - Heisman meltdown…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Rationalization" (Monday December 15 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Txt: "They had warning?" / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold Rept / Echo Chamber - Dave Portnoy (:28) Too much rationalizing / Caller: Bob in Moscow…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Here We Go Again" (Monday December 15 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Hanukkah Shootings Latest / "First Things" (news) (:13) Here we go again (:28) Email: "It's Time" / Caller: Joel in VA on Shooting (:44) Thou Shall not…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"To the Shores of Tripoli" (Saturday December 13 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Sixth Day Advantage / "First Things" (news) (:13) Citizenship is a Covenant (:28) Chip Roy on Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates (:44) 10 Simple Rules…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" (Saturday December 13 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) 21st Century Saturday's / "First Things" (news) (:13) Chip Roy on the "Pause Act" (:28) Mac Mcdonald's Sports Notebook - Army-Navy Game (:44) Caller: Dr…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"You're a Mean One..." (Saturday December 13 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Christmas Party Survival Tips / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold Rept / "Little Myth Markle" (:28) Grinches are Us / Caller: Joel in FL - Minn Judge…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Ghost Tankers" (Friday December 12 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Reax to Trump marijuana proposal / "First Things" (news) (:13) Guest: Bob Good on A.I. and War Powers / Venezuela Tanker capture (:28) Caller: Andy in FL…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"War" (Friday December 12 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Still blaming the inanimate / "First Things" (news) (:13) Guest: Lonnie Jordan & Jerry Goldstein from "War" on new Christmas song (:28) Mac McDonald's…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Russian Comedy" (Friday December 12 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Lavrov keeps a straight face / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold Rept / Email: Terry in CHI on 1929 reapportionment act (:28) Reax by Text on Cannibis…
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"New Civil War? (or still the First One?) (Friday December 12 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Trump: First Libertarian President? / "First Things" (news) (:13) IN Senator says: "New Civil War" has begun. (:28) JT Disagrees... Still the first Civil…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"You Can't Handle the Truth" (Thursday December 11 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Caller: Dr Clarke in AL on messaging / "First Things" (news) (:13) FDA investigating Covid Vax... Why aren't you hopeful? (sarcasm) (:28) Best case…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Messaging" (Thursday December 11 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Caller: Matt in VA on Tim Kaine / "First Things" (:13) Messaging and Mass-Appeal versus Individual Appeal (:28) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook - Pete…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Kaine 'Splaining" (Thursday December 11 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) The Left and 'Self' / "First Things" (news) (:13) Premature Discharge Petitions / Caller: Joel in FL (:28) Caller: more with Joel in FL / JCSGold Rept /…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Words AREN'T Weapons" (Thursday December 11 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Gaslight in America / "First Things" (news) (:13) Erika Kirk reluctantly thrust into the public square (:28) Be careful of accepting the left's premise…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"In the Reids" (Wednesday December 10 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Shocking; Scammers target huge bureaucracy / "First Things" (news) (:13) Guest: frm LG Candidate John Reid on what's next (:28) Guest: more with John…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Leagues of Their Own" (Wednesday December 10 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Caller: Joel in FL on words / "First Things" (news) (:13) Guest: Ilya Shapiro (Manhattan Inst) on SCOTUS hearing NRSC v FEC (:28) Mac McDonald's Sports…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Entanglements" (Wednesday December 10 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Shovelling Fertilizer / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold Rept / The part of tariffs they conveniently leave out (:28) Caller: Andy in FL on Tom…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"What are 'Friends' For?" (Wednesday December 10 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Tednesday / "First Things" (news) (:13) Europe wants an Enabler, not a Friend (:28) Caller: Bob in Moscow - How Russia deals with it. (:44) Guess who's…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Scams and Hoaxes" (Tuesday December 09 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Scams, Hoaxes and Legislation / "First Things" (news) (:13) LBJ vs Reagan vs VanDrew on 'Affoordability' / Mike on Santa's Bureaucracy (:28) Tried to get…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The Leviathan" (Tuesday December 09 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Of Course Reagan was smart / Caller: Joel in FL / "First Things" (:13) Van Drew and the 'template' (:28) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook - FPI (:44) Text…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The Cost of Affordability" (Tuesday December 09 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Affordability Reality Tour / "First Things" (news) (:13) Reax to 'Affordability' / Caller: Clarke in AL on coincindence (:28) JCSGold Rept / What's the…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"POTUS and the 'Affordability' Scam" (Tuesday December 09 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) POTUS back holding rallys / "First Things" (news) (:13) "Affordability" / Caller: (Pharmacist) Bob in Moscow on recall (:28) "Cat In The Hat" Governance…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Turnout Yer Dead!" (Monday December 08 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Texts on food prices / "First Things" (news) (:13) CFP: Show is on in Harrisonburg VA (JMU) AND Eugene, OR. So, who ya got? (:28) Caller: Matt in VA -…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The Big Lie" (Monday December 08 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Cuellar setup by Biden DOJ / "First Things" (news) (:13) Caller: Matt in VA on Ilhan Omar's fictions (:28) Mac McDonald's Notebook - CFP Bracket (:44)…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"You Can't Make This Stuff Up (though they try)" (Monday December 08 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) You can't make this stuff up... / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold Rept / Reax to comment about CIA and Banks (:28) Kennedy Center Honors for KISS /…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Echo-Chamber 101" (Monday December 08 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Dizzy this morning from all the spin? / "First Things" (news) (:13) Echo-Chamber: Bill Kristol says Noem is being Ousted for Youngkin... no evidence…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Why Football Catches on More Than Football" (Saturday December 06 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Q: "Are they callers or characters?" / "First Things" (news) (:13) Why US Football hasn't caught on like Basketball Globally (:28) Q: Autism defense of…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Warner Forgets" (Saturday December 06 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Caller: Joel in FL on 'Balance' / "First Things" (news) (:13) Caller: Matt in VA on Mark Warner & FBI (:28) Caller: Matt pt 2 on faith in law / Mac…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Political Football?" (Saturday December 06 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) No-Sneaking Saturday / "First Things" (news) (:13) Trump turns FIFA draw into impromptu summit (:28) JCSgold Rept / Caller: Dr Clarke - Nick Saban and…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Frozen Out" (Friday December 05 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Guest: More w/ Bob Good (Afghan allies, J6 Bombs) / "First Things" (news) (:13) Guest: Michael Johnson Slavic Gospel Assn - Ukrainian Winter Coming (:28)…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Bernie's 'Way of Life'?" (Friday December 05 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) What IS our way of life? / "First Things" (news) (:13) Texts, emails & Caller: Matt in VA on Bernie Sanders (:28) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook - NCAA…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The Real Magic Trick" (Friday December 05 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Caller: Dr Clarke in AL on Bomber and Signal App / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold Rept / Caller: Clarke asks JT about his Cole Jr - Zimmerman…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"J6 Bomber Arrested" (Friday December 05 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) J6 Bomb Planter Arrested / "First Things" (news) (:13) Signal App Inspector General Report and How it's Being 'Spun' (:28) It's General Flynn all over…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"War Powers" (Thursday December 04 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) War Powers and Venezuela / "First Things" (news) (:13) Didn't we already declre war on drugs? (:28) Senator Tim Kaine's hypocrisy (:44) War Powers and…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The Enemy of Our Enemy ISN'T Always Our Friend" (Thursday December 04 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Electronic Control & Command / "First Things" (news) (:13) Another arrest connected to "Operation Allies Welcome" (:28) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook -…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"CAFE Standards and Dr Munchausen" (Thursday December 04 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Trump reverses CAFE Standards / "First Things" (news) (:13) Caller: Dr Clarke on sober raccoons (:28) Callers: Dr Clarke - Change 'ICE' to 'NICE' / Andy…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Gavin Newsom, ICE and a Drunk Raccoon" (Thursday December 04 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Another "Enemy of my Enemy" caught in our hometown / "First Things" (news) (:13) ICE catches another Afghan turncoat / Newsom's next attention getting…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Societal Auto-Immune Disorder" (Wednesday December 03 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Concept of a Societal Auto-Immune Disorder? / "First Things" (news) (:13) Caller: Dr Clarke on Somalia / Marxism vs Prosperity (:28) Say what you want…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"How the Cookie Crumbl's" (Wednesday December 03 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Trump and 'Originalism' (no taxes?) / "First Thing" (news) (:13) They can't be called "Best Virginia" with vax rulings like this (:28) Mac McDonald's…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Introducing the ne Sharpie 'Otto Pen'!" (Wednesday December 03 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Caller: Dr Clarke in AL on selling Sharpie the 'Otto Pen' idea / "First Things" (news) (:13) Guest: more with Joel Hoekstra from Trans-Siberian Orchestra…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"An Originalist, Go Figure" (Wednesday December 03 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Trump get 'Originalist' on Income Tax / "First Things" (news) (:13) Why the left says 'originalist' lie it's an epithet (:28) The power of Imagery…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Munchausen-by-Governor" (Tuesday December 02 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) How we go from Civil War to Depression / "First Things" (news) (:13) Munchausen-by-Governor-Syndrome (Tim Walz) (:28) "Ayyyyye yam ayyy mannn... of…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The Forecast said there'd be Snowflakes" (Tuesday December 02 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Snowjob / "First Things" (news) (:13) Caller: Eddie in VA on Snow Days / CO virtual learning (:28) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook (:44) Subsidies…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Fuzzy Law" (Tuesday December 02 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Caller: Joel in FL on 'Fuzzy Law' / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold Rept / Caller - Bob in Moscow on Sen Kelly's hypocrisy (:28) FDR's gold grab and…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"A Plea for the Fifth" (Tuesday December 02 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Time Flies (Radio vs Physics) / "First Things" (news) (:13) Being a 'Non-Conformist' IS American (:28) A plea for the Fifth (Amendment) ... The property…