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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
"Controlling Your 'Inner Shock-Jock'?" (Tuesday, April 28, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) email: So this is 'controlling your 'inner shock jock'? (00:13:00) Trump endorses "N.I.C.E." Agents (00:27:59) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"You weren't really voting" (Tuesday, April 28, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Reaction to Kimmel (00:12:58) JCSGold Report / Was Chuck Gressley there, too? (00:27:58) You only FELT like you were voting (00:43:58) Listener…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Ballroom Blitz" (Tuesday, April 28, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) No SAVE Act? No DHS budget? The BALLROOM? (00:13:02) Not since Lyndon Johnson called the Haggar's... (00:27:58) Don't martyr Kimmel (00:43:58)…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Capitol-ism" (Monday, April 27, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) "Capitol-ism" (00:12:58) Latest from WHCD attack (00:28:01) Dershowitz: Epstein is today's McCarthyism (00:43:58) SPLC coincidence? Please like and…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Dodge Brothers Started this All" (Monday, April 27, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Caller on "stuff" (00:12:58) How "the Dodge Brothers" started all this (00:27:58) Mac McDonald Sports Notebook w/ Guest Bud Foster - VT AD out…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Other than that, how was the comedian Mrs. Trump?" (Monday, April 27, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Meanwhile. in other news (00:12:58) JCS Gold Report / More states decide to redistrict (Mississippi) (00:27:58) What $7142.85 buys you these days…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"A Hundred Reporters in the Room..." (Monday, April 27, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) A hundred reports and not one full story? (00:12:58) Tell the whole damn story (00:28:01) Jim Jordan rightly brings in the SPLC indictment…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"High School Chemistry" (Saturday, April 25, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) High School Chemistry Experiment? (00:12:58) Dr Currie Myers - The Rise of Feral Man (00:28:01) Okaphobia (00:44:01) This is Intentional / Caller on…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Ike Knew" (Saturday, April 25, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Ike Knew (00:12:58) NFL Draft costing players money / Caller - SLPC and 2020 (00:27:59) Caller: "And another thing..." / Party-sans or Sans-Party?…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The Specter of 2020" (Saturday, April 25, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Saturday's, Right? (00:13:02) The 'Spectre' of 2020 (00:28:00) Euro-peons (00:43:58) JCS Gold Report / Caller on "Sponsorships" Please like and…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"The American Marxist" (Friday, April 24, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) text on Southern Poverty Law Center indictment (00:13:01) Guest: More with frm Rep Bob Good (00:27:58) Capitalism: How to fix poverty (00:43:59) LBJ…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Amazing Grace" (Friday, April 24, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Guest: Wilson Fairchild on their new Album (00:13:01) Guest: wrapping up with Country stars Wilson Fairchild (00:27:58) Mac McDonald's Sports…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Spirit (not in) the Sky" (Friday, April 24, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Caller on Spirit Airlines bailout (00:13:01) JCSGold Report / Caller on Southern Poverty Law Center (00:28:06) Callers: Centralized economy /…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"How Many Times?" (Friday, April 24, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Finally! Scrutiny for the Southern Poverty Law Center (00:12:59) How many times does this have to happen? (00:28:00) Txt from Spirit Airlines…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Did you miss Lenin's Birthday? I mean Earth Day?" (Thursday, April 23, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Guest: Dr. Bonner Cohen from CFACT on Earth Day (if you missed it) (00:13:01) Guest: More on the Green Scam w/ Dr Bonner Cohen from CFACT (00:27:58)…
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"Election Transparency" (Thursday, April 23, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) JCSGold Report / 'First Things' (news0 (00:13:01) Guest: frm VA AG Ken Cuccinelli from the Election Transparency Initiative (00:27:58) Mac…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Not so fast, my friend!" (Thursday, April 23, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Not So Fast, My Friend! (00:13:01) If you can't make 'em sing.... (00:27:58) Lenin's Birthday... I mean 'Earth Day' (00:43:59) 51% of 52% Please…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness" (Wednesday, April 22, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) "Party Planners" (00:12:58) Listener texts on redistricting vote / Hakeem Jeffries' "Big Lie" (00:28:01) "The Big Lie" from Jeffries' on…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"W.I.N., as in; What's-Important-Now" (Wednesday, April 22, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Walks For Life coming up around the Network (00:12:58) Guest: VA Delegate Andrew Rice; What does GOP need to do better after redistricting vote?…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"One Sure-Fire Way to Lose" (Wednesday, April 22, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Governor Glenn? (00:12:58) JCS Gold Report / What happens in VA next / Caller on "Uni-party" (00:27:58) Only sure way to lose / caller: missing GOP…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"What $70 million Buys These Days" (Wednesday, April 22, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Virginia (or at east half of Virginia) Votes (00:12:58) What $70 Million buys you these days (00:27:58) The case of the missing Virginians / Caller…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
Virginia's Last Day in the Spotlight (Tuesday, April 21, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Virginia's Spotlight about to go out (00:12:58) Guest: Congressman John McGuire (00:27:58) Caller (Bob in Moscow) on 'Dark Money' / Joel on GOP…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Fairness?" (Tuesday, April 21, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Virginia been voting for an hour (00:12:58) How do you enforce 'fairness'? (00:27:58) Mac McDonald Sports Notebook (00:44:01) Guest: Virginia…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Iran Cries 'Havoc'!" (Tuesday, April 21, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Showdown, VA (00:12:58) Listener Q: Why to mega rich support Marxists? (00:28:01) Iran lets loose the dogs of war (00:43:57) JCSGold Report /…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Virginia May Go 'Banana Republic' Tonight" (Tuesday, April 21, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Virginia may go "Banana Republic" (00:12:58) "Tonight's the Night...." (00:27:58) Caller: Ignoring laws & dark money (00:43:57) Rule of Law / JT's…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
Psych? (Monday, April 20, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Regular Psych visits? (00:12:59) Email: Therapy / Radio Terapy? (00:27:58) Democrat_or_Dremocrat_Crime (00:44:01) Email; Explain Ibogaine Please…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
Tsunami (Monday, April 20, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Fear and Loathing on the Radio (00:12:59) Psych Outs? (00:27:58) Democrat-on-Democrat Crime / Kash says; Indictments Coming (00:43:58) Listener…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"How is this stuff 'MAGA'?" (Monday, April 20, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Internationally Speaking (00:12:58) Virginia Ads in Minneapolis? / JCSGold Report (00:27:58) Caller on Joe DiGenova (00:43:58) Complaint; how is…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"House Ethics" (Monday, April 20, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) "If you can't be a good example ...." (00:12:58) 420, a history. Sort of. / Brinksman-Ships (Marines take ship) (00:27:58) NSA using Clause... or…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Healing Farms" (Saturday, April 18, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) The origin of RFK's statement (00:13:00) RFK's point on getting off anti-depressants (00:28:05) The Candyman and his School (00:43:58) Caller on…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Rites of Passage?" (Saturday, April 18, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Sweet 16? (00:13:02) Rites of passage / "Da Nang Me" (00:27:58) RFK Jr Grilled about anti-depressants and black children (00:44:16) This is why we…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Live! From New York, it's...." (Saturday, April 18, 2026, Hour 1)
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"Hammurabi's Code Cracker" (Friday, April 17, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Hammurabi's Code? (00:12:58) Guest: more with Bob Good - FISA fight in Congress (00:27:58) Be careful of those 'invented' rights (00:43:57) Colorado…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"What's Hungarian for 'Look Out'?" (Friday, April 17, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Hungarian Foreshadowing (00:12:58) Clarke call on Ciaramella's whistle (00:27:58) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook - Spring Football (00:44:01) Guest…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Fairfax Tragedy" (Friday, April 17, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Listener reax to Justin Fairfax murder-suicide (00:12:58) JCSGold report / After Ciaramella, what's next? (00:27:58) Caller: "Two-Tiered Justice?"…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Red Flags" (Friday, April 17, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) QVC was still on-the-air? (00:12:58) Hungarian Warning about the Mid-terms (00:28:02) Red Flags and the Fairfax Tragedy (00:44:01) When business…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"You know how to whistle, don't you?" (Thursday, April 16, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Clarence Thomas (00:12:59) Listener reax to Spanberger's "Capitol-Ism" (00:27:59) Guest: Doug Ollivant tries to flip a blue seat (00:43:58) DNI…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Capitol-ism" (Thursday, April 16, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) City Elders and the Family Foundation (00:12:59) Sins of the .... (00:27:59) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook - Is the LIV tour broke? (00:44:01) The…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Getting Painted into Corners" (Thursday, April 16, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Careful of falling into "Cancel Culture" (00:13:00) JCSGold Report / Spanberger Scam / Guest: JoAnn Skousen from Anthem Film Fest (00:28:00) Getting…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"19 Years ago, in Blacksburg" (Thursday, April 16, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Podcasts how-to (superfluous since you are here already) (00:12:59) 19 Years Ago in Blacksburg (00:27:59) NY Gov abandons 'green' for 'affordable'…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Name a Four-Letter Acronym Starting with 'F'?" (Wednesday, April 15, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Outside Money in VA Redistricting (00:12:59) 7-11, Marketing, Influencers and FISA (00:27:59) Fun with FISA (00:44:01) Informed Consent? Please like…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Process is Important" (Wednesday, April 15, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Process (00:12:59) Why the push for "25"? (00:27:59) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook - NBA Playoffs (00:43:58) Caring Beyond Cancer - Kate Elliwood…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Outside Money?" (Wednesday, April 15, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Outside Money in VA Redistricting (00:12:59) JCS Gold Report / Caller on corrupt politicians (00:27:59) It's not just ONE thing... (00:44:01) GOP…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Backseat Governors" (Wednesday, April 15, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Scenes of Change? (00:12:59) 7-11? (00:28:00) Democrats: "Backseat Governors" (00:43:58) Maryland sends Virginia Dems a message Please like and…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
Special Report: Swalwell Out (Tuesday, April 14, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Swalwell Special Report with Daily Signal's Drew Allen (00:12:59) Part 2 of our special report on Swalwell with Daily Signal's Drew Allen (00:27:59)…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Mob Rule" (Tuesday, April 14, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) TPUSA Reporter Assaulted (00:12:59) Mob Rule 2026 / Caller: Indoctrination (00:27:59) Mac McDonald's Sports Notebook - WNBA and Masters post-script…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"California Love" (Tuesday, April 14, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Talking in lieu of sleep (00:12:59) "Californication" (00:27:59) JCS Gold Report / Chris Horner books explain Tom Steyer (00:43:58) Chris Horner…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"What Does 'Democracy' Sound Like?" (Tuesday, April 14, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Set up TPUSA reporter assault (00:12:59) What 'Democracy' Sounds Like (TPUSA Reporter) (00:27:59) Without checks and balances, this is what happens…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Turks and Cuckoo's" (Monday, April 13, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) POLITICO: Hungarian Election is warning to.... Democrats? (00:12:58) Caller on Adventures in interventionism (00:28:01) Caller on California Primary…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Three Jefferson Failures" (Monday, April 13, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) 21 Hours in Pakistan (00:12:59) Three times Jefferson was right but couldn't convince (00:27:59) Mac McDonald's sports Notebook - McIlroy takes the…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Not So (Swal)well" (Monday, April 13, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Down the Swalwell? (00:12:59) JCSGold Report / Remember the outrage over the Billy Bush vid? (00:27:59) Orban out after 16 years in Hungary /…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"If Lemons make Lemonade, what do Blocks make?" (Monday, April 13, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Blockade (00:12:59) Jefferson Lives (00:27:59) Jefferson Knew (00:44:01) Listener txt: Who says Iran want's nuclear weapons? / Caller on Jefferson…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"We all wind up in the woods, sometimes" (Saturday, April 11, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Txt: You changed my mind about golf (00:13:01) Guest: Brenda Hafera from Heritage Historic Sites (00:28:00) listener email: Analysis of Gilgo Beach…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Locke and Key" (Saturday, April 11, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Rights? (00:13:01) JCS Gold report / Tim Kaine parsing John Locke / Trump case for Second Amendment (00:28:00) Negotiations Begin / Trump Proves 2a…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"Guarding the Seas from Tyranny" (Saturday, April 11, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) Space and the Strait (00:13:01) Listener email: Don't trust Pakistan / Caller: Bob in Moscow comparing (00:28:00) Listener txt: Arguing w/ Prof on…
- First Thing Today with Joe Thomas
"16th" (Friday, April 10, 2026, Hour 4)
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L.I.V.-ing Wage (Friday, April 10, 2026, Hour 3)
(00:00:00) Elainl: No Jefferson in Charlottsville? (00:13:01) War, huh... what is it good for? (00:28:00) Mac Mcdonald's Sports Notebook - Masters vs LIV tour…
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Polymarketeers (Friday, April 10, 2026, Hour 2)
(00:00:00) Polymarket Panic (00:13:00) JCS Gold Report / Caller on Hunter Biden's Challenge & Shipping woes (00:27:58) Guest: More with Brenda Hafera from…
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Cage Match? (Friday, April 10, 2026, Hour 1)
(00:00:00) The Cease Fire Spin Begins (00:13:00) Hunter Biden challenges the Trump Brothers / Europe on the Strait of Hormuz (00:27:58) Caller: Cage Matches…
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Is "Claw'd" working for Iran? (Thursday, April 9, 2026, Hour 4)
(00:00:00) Listener: So, what WERE your SAT scores? (00:12:59) JCS Gold / Is "Claw'd" working for Iran, now? (00:28:01) Ricky Vaughn... the other one…