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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
"Make 1984 Fiction Again" (Monday December 01 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Caller: Bob from Moscow on Leaks and shooters / "First Things" (news) (:13) Make 1984 Fiction Again - Tim Kaine on CBS (:28) If they're attacking 'Our…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ...." (Monday December 01 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Cyber Monday and ID Theft / "First Things" (news) (:13) Caller: Dr Clarke in AL on what the World Economic Forum wants (:28) Mac McDonald's Sports…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Policy by Bumper-Sticker" (Monday December 01 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Caller: Joel in FL on Afghan Assailant / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold Rept / The trouble with policy that fits on a bumper-sticker (:28) "Help?"…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Chaos = Monday after Thanksgiving Break" (Monday December 01 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Chaos: The Monday after Thanksgiving / "First Things" (news) (:13) Cyber-Monday - What's Russian for "That was Easy?" / Russo-Ukie War (:28) Surely No!…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Have You Worked for a Ford.... Lately?" (Saturday November 29 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Shock! Paying people enough to afford the product they make works! / "First Things" (:13) Car & Driver (:28) Amazing, a movie produced to make 2/3 of the…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"You Gotta Have Heart" (Saturday November 29 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Caller: Dr Clarke in AL / "First Things" (news) (:13) Guest: William Breimayer on "Miracle Man" book (:28) Guest: wrap up with Breimayer (:44) Mac…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"People over Citizens?" (Saturday November 29 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Activist's rhetoric triggers JT / "First Things" (news) (:13) People vs Citzens / Caller: Joel in FL (:28) Caller: more with Joel in FL / Citizenship…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Online Scams" (Friday November 28 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Online Scams and Black Friday / "First Things" (news) (:13) Guest: Bob Good (Good for America podcast) / Cook-ing the Books (:28) Where's the Money…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Swalwell that Ends Well" (Friday November 28 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Inequity in assailant information release / "First Things" (news) (:13) Eric Swalwell and 'Liquid Democracy' (:28) Mac McDonald Sports Notebook (:44)…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Putting the 'Dis' in Dismissal" (Friday November 28 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Emails on Giving Thanks / Political 'Turkey' / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold Rept / Email on Fulton County Election dismissal (:28) "Oligarchy'? /…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Black Friday Matters?" (Friday November 28 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Is Black Friday still 'a thing'? "First Things" (news) (:13) Cook County IL establishes a "guaranteed income" program (:28) Stats & figures from Cook Co…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"You Can Get Anything You Want, 'Cept for Alice" (Thursday November 27 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Latest from DC investigation / "First Things" (news) (:13) News Prep for Thanksgiving w/ TDS relatives: 2020 GA Case Dismissed (:28) Caller: Andy in FL -…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Don't Use a Burn Bag to Cook Your Turkey" (Thursday November 27 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Prayers for DC victims families / Walton Mt / "First Thinngs" (News) (:13) Caller: Dr Clarke in AL - Vet advice for table scraps - Media and DC shooting…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Thanksgiving in Strange Lands" (Thursday November 27 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Latest from DC on National Guard shooting / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold Rept / Thanksgivings in Portland OR and Lynchburg VA (:28) By the Way…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Thanksgiving 2025" (Thursday November 27 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) National Guard Shooting / "First Things" (news) (:13) Not the plan for Thanksiving (:28) Reax Texts - DC Shooter CIA asset? Food TV Hosts? / Caller: Joel…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Social Liberal?" (Wednesday November 26 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Guest: Mike Bedenbaugh on Money in Campaigns / "First Things" (news) (:13) Email: Dean in UT on redistricting there now (:28) Does Russia/Ukraine peace…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Rivalry Weekend" (Wednesday November 26 2025, Hour 3)
(:00Guest: Mike Bedenbaugh - Foreign Policy / "First Things" (news) (:13) Email reax on Utah Redistricting (:28) Mac McDonald Sports Notebook - "Rivalry…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Thanksgiving in Moscow?" (Wednesday November 26 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Caller: Bob - Thanksgiving in Moscow / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold Rept / Thanksgiving in VA? (:28) Caller: John on the Treasure Coast - VFW…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Do It Live" (Wednesday November 26 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) No 'Best of Shows' Here / "First Things" (news) (:13) Echo Chamber and Phoney "X" Accounts (:28) Guest: Mike Bedenbaugh - "Reviving Our Republic" (book)…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Un-Conventional" (Tuesday November 25 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Reax to Orders video / "First Things" (news) (:13) Caller: Matt in VA on Illegal Orders (:28) Un-Conventional (:44) Caller: Nancy of Conventional part 2…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Eating Crow" (Tuesday November 25 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Overton Window / "First Things" (news) (:13) SNAP sob stories (:28) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook (:44) Eating (Congressman) Crow / Caller: Matt in VA…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Just Wanted to Have a Conversation" (Tuesday November 25 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Intel Community targeting civilians? No! / "First Things" (news) (:13) Caller: Dr Clarke on statecraft (:28) JCSGold Rept / Caller: Dr Clarke pt 2; Comey…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Black Friday, OK, But 'Black Out Wednesday'?" (Tuesday November 25 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Black-out Wednesday? / "First Things" (news) (:13) Aspirational Foreign Policy / Caller: Bob in Moscow (:28) Caller: Bob (part 2) - "Statecraft Slotkin"…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Trivia" (Monday November 24 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Usha's Ring controversy / "First Things" (news) (:13) For the record... "the Video" (as much of it as JT could take, anyway) (:28) Hearst Lays off whole…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The Treason for the Season" (Monday November 24 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Caller: Bob in Moscow on Treason / "First Things" (news) (:13) IF there's confusion, who created it? (Hint; they're the ones in the video) (:28) Mac…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Because Appeasement Has Worked So Well Before" (Monday November 24 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Crazy Days / "First Things" (news) (:13) Russia, Ukraine, USA, NATO and Appeasement (:28) JCSGold Rept / Staying Thankful (:44) Slotkin sure talks a lot…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"ATTRACTING ATTENTION TO YOURSELF!" (Monday November 24 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Is your bird thawing? / "First Things" (news) (:13) Senator Slotkin admits why she made 'the video' (Disobey Orders) (:28) Arizona News Anchor and COVID…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"What is 'MAGA,' Anyway?" (Saturday November 22 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) They weren't 'Fake' Electors / "First Things" (news) (:13) Caller: What IS "MAGA", anyway? (w/ Dr Clarke in AL) (:28) Ukraine Deal Controversy (:44)…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"USA or WWF?" (Saturday November 22 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) More GA congresspeople in trouble / "First Things" (news) (:13) Sen Scott's "Trump-Care" plan / Caller: 'Pharmacist Bob' (in Moscow) (:28) Mac McDonald's…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Mongo Just Pawn..." (Saturday November 22 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) M.T.G. is O.U.T. / "First Things" (news) (:13) Mongo just pawn... MTG's retelling of history (:28) Reax txts to MTG resignation / Caller: Joel triggers…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Trump-Care?" (Friday November 21 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Guest: James Madison Inst on Redistricting in FL / "First Things" (news) (:13) Guest: more with Rep Good on "Trump-Care" proposal (:28) Thanksgiving…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Fighting 'Electile Dysfunction' in Florida" (Friday November 21 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Guest: Bob McClure - James Madison Inst. Elections / "First Things" (news) (:13) Guest: more with Bob McClure on election integrity (:28) Mac McDonald's…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" (Friday November 21 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Trump wasn't the only POTUS not at Cheney Funeral / "First Things" (news) (:13) Caller: Dr Clarke - Excuse Making (:28) JCSGold Rept / Enough with the…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Epstein's All Inclusive Honeymoon Resort?" (Friday November 21 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Set up; Laundering Epstein, Surveillance / "First Things" (news) (:13) What were they surveilling Rep Jim Jordan for? (:28) Laundering Epstein Island for…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Signed, Epstein's Mother" (Thursday November 20 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) ###Ooops, Sat Connection Down### Replay of Weds (:13) Protecting Rights (:28) FEMA reax: Maybe getting elected WAS and emegency, Joe! (:44) Thanksgiving…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"America's Rare Earth Discovery" (Thursday November 20 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) "First Things" (news) / Guest: GraphiteOne's Dan McGroarty on Rare Earth's (:13) Guest: More w/ Dan McGroarty from GraphiteOne on Rare Eath Find in AK…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Couldn't they be 'N.I.C.E.' Agents?" (Thursday November 20 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Caller: Clarke in AL - The word 'National' fixes ICE issue / "First Things" (news) (:13) Caller: Dr Clarke on Epstein files and the CIA (:28) JCSGold…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Epstein Files Coming Soon, Sort of" (Thursday November 20 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) You won't find Joe Thomas in there (this one anyway) / "First Things" (news) (:13) "ICE Tracker"? What about Vanilla Ice?/ FL Dem uses FEMA $ for…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Don't Redraw those Districts Ye" (Wednesday November 19, 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Texas Redistricting / "First Things" (news) (:13) You know how this needs to be fixed (repeal 1929) (:28) TPUSA Even Nearly Canned Again / Guest: Nate…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The Cost of Government" (Wednesday November 19, 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Steve Haner of regressive taxes / "First Things" (news) (:13) If Gov't thinnks they can give right (Epstein, Watergate, JFK) (:28) Mac McDonald's Sports…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Epstein" (Wednesday November 19, 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Reax to Venezuela Issues / "First Things" )news) (:13) Caller; Bob in Moscow on energy cost (:28) Tesla vs Daimler (:44) Guest: Nate Myers @ The kids are…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Epstein Files, wait... then Hurry Up" (Wednesday November 19, 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Not So Fast / "First Things" (news) (:13) Why the Epstein Rush? Who is they are looking to be rid of? (:28) Trump would just be a "Happy Accident" for…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Quiet, Numbskulls. I'm Broadcastin'!" (Tuesday November 18, 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Understadible, but wrong (FCC) / "First Things" (news) (:13) Butler, Epstein, COVID... it's the silence that's deafening (:28) Coverups... what if we…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"FCC Must be an Acronym for Something Else" (Tuesday November 18, 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) How it works 'round here / "First Things" (news) (:13) FCC is a mess / Caller: 'Mike Radio' Forget Rights (:28) Mac McDonald's Notebook - VT hires…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Summers Wind" (Tuesday November 18, 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Reax to Summers & Epstein / "First Things" (news) (:13) "Authority" figures (:28) JCSGold Rept / Even Russia & China tacitly agree to Trump's Gaza Plan…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Summer's Camp" (Tuesday November 18, 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein / "First Things" (news) (:13) So,the Question was... "What decisions have been corrupted?" Let's ask Summers (:28)…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Do the Math. 535 People, Times 7 Vices Each..." (Monday November 17, 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Why the Founders Restricted Government / "First Things" (news) (:13) "CoS" of Action (Constitutional; 'In Case of Emergency" clause) / Caller: Andy in FL…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"No Such thing as Sanity Clause" (Monday November 17, 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) texts on Ukrainian corruption / "First Things" (news) (:13) Fight corruption HERE first (:28) Mac McDonald Sport Notebook - Frankilin to VT? (:44)…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Kickback-Free Radio" (Monday November 17, 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Kickback-Free Radio / "First Things" (news) (:13) Corruption with Ukranian nukes has never been a problem before (:28) JCSGold rept / Email: Planning…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Grift in Ukrainian Energy? Surely NO!" (Monday November 17, 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Faster than you can say 'Burisma Holdings'.... / "First Things" (news) (:13) Because corruption in the Ukranian nuclear energy industry has never gone…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The Gales of November" (Saturday November 15, 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Silos / "First Things" (news) (:13) Hochul wants more of your money / Caller: Dr Clarke - 'Failures of Capitalism' (:28) "Democratic Capitalism" (:44)…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"A Member of No Organized Political Party..." (Saturday November 15, 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) "First Things" (news) / Caller: Matt on NYS GOP (:13) Caller: finish with Matt on GOP / TSO promo (:28) JCSGold rept / Caller: Joel in FL on political…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Attracting Attention to Yourself" (Saturday November 15, 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) Saturday's have always been work days for JT / "First Things" (news) (:13) Surprised there was no 'climate change' angle in "Edmund Fitzgerald" anniv…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Money for Nothing?" (Friday November 14, 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Life in the Morning / "First Things" (news) (:13) Guest: More with Bob Good - Pio Accusations (:28) Email: Could it be done without money? (:44) Pio…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Movies JT isn't Rushing to See" (Friday November 14, 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Ken Burns' "Revolution" doc & "Nuremburg" concerning / "First Things" (news) (:13) Guest: Scott Pio (GOP chair) on who is in the way (:28) Mac McDonald's…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Make 'Brave New World' Fiction Again" (Friday November 14, 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) It's not like there werent literary warnings / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold / Caller: Joel in FL on Epstein emails and MTG for President (:28)…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Getting Even for Monica?" (Friday November 14, 2025, Hour 1)
(:00) The Spin Machine comes to life / "First Things" (news) (:13) Ancient Algebra Test found / 3 emails dominate 2000 others (:28) Is "Trump-Epstein" the Dems…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Recon-Silly-ation" (Thursday November 13, 2025, Hour 4)
(:00) Email: Trump for VP? / "First Things" (news) (:13) Email: Why didn't they use reconciliation? (:28) Guest: Romina Boccia (CATO) on entitlement crisis…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Barve-Trump Ticket?" (Thursday November 13, 2025, Hour 3)
(:00) Guest: More with Barve 4 President / "First Things" (:13) Guest: Gary says Trump will be his VP (:28) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook (:44) Convention of…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"True Grit" (Thursday November 13, 2025, Hour 2)
(:00) Guest: Nancy Koenig from Conv. of States / "First Things" (news) (:13) JCSGold Rept / Email: Too Honest? / Caller: Dr Clarke in AL - True Grit (:28)…