Longtime Radio Personality Marv Luten interviews guests, shares community updates, National and Local sports and more.
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Welcome to the Marv in the Morning Podcast. Now, here’s Marv. It’s a new year and another episode of The Marv in the Morning Podcast on the Fort Not Lost in the Woods Podcast Group, brought to you by The Pulaski County Health Center, STR Glass of St. Robert, VFW Post 3168 of Lake Way, TK’s Pizza, Bale’s Construction, The Bank of Crocker, Paul’s Furniture, Shelter Insurance Agent Dave Hollon of Richland, St. Robert Auto Supply and Seger Toyota. As we dropped this week’s podcast, we welcome in 2026. After a crazy end to 2025, at least weather-wise for our neck of the woods, we set records for warm weather during Christmas week. The week after, we got back to some normal stuff, but as we get into the first few days of the new year, it has still remained relatively nice in the middle, southwest and southern part of the country. Now, we’ve had warm days on Christmas, but none of it actually lasted a full week of record breaking temps. Those who wanted a white Christmas had to head north as we were watching pickups pulling bass boats as fishing at the lake took over. I can’t tell you how many bass boats I saw over the Christmas weekend. This was some crazy stuff going on in the atmosphere. We made the trip to my niece’s house in Moberly on the 25th, Christmas Day. We left early in the morning. I was in some lightweight sports slacks and a t-shirt under fair skies with a little fog. As we approached Columbia, the fog was dense, it was drizzling and the temps were in about 15 degrees cooler than they were when we left Pulaski County. On the way home, it was late afternoon, Moberly had dense fog, still drizzle, temps were in the 50s still, but by the time we hit Columbia, which is just about 35 miles to the south, the fog had lifted, thanks to the sunshine. Temps in the low 60s under clear skies by the time we got home, we still had fair skies and temperatures in the 70s. Man, it was delightful. Don’t know what the people in Moberly did to piss off mother nature, but she was not kind to those in the north portion of the state. To make a long story shorter, I enjoyed wearing a pair of shorts and t-shirts in late December. Hope I get the chance to do it again in January and February. One thing I did notice on my Christmas Day travel for those who do not like sharing the road with 18 wheelers because it can be a little daunting. As we drove from Pulaski County to Moberly, from Highway 17 to 54, then north on 63 through Columbia, I did not see a single large truck on the road, and I was looking. I remembered when I used to work on Christmas Day and took I-44 from Buckhorn to St. Robert. Very seldom did I see an 18 wheeler on Christmas morning. That continued this year. Yes, on my way home, about 5:30, I saw my first 18 wheeler, a Walmart truck with his flashers on on the side of the road, broke down on Highway 54, south of Jeff City. The only truck I saw that day. So if you want to hit the road and avoid those big trucks, plan on a road trip on Christmas Day. Even if you don’t have anywhere to go, the roads are quiet. As we begin the new year, we enter the second year of the Trump administration. Most of the news we get from the national media is not good for our current president, which is one of my New Year’s resolutions, not to watch so much news. As I’ve admitted in the past, I watch way too much TV. Albeit, most of it I try to watch is sports. And with the NFL season winding down, the college football season ending, the Winter Olympics coming up this year, the downhill skiing is my all-time favorite Olympic sport to watch. These men and women who fly down a mountain on a pair of skis at 80 miles an hour are insane. I digress a bit. Let’s get back to the first year of the current administration. The good things President Trump has done seem to go by the wayside. We don’t hear much about the southern border anymore and the influx of foreigners coming into the country. He’s cutting down some of the drugs coming into the US by blowing up suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. His take on the economy, the unemployment rate, food prices and the like, don’t match up with what we see on the tube, and he’s still blaming the Biden administration for all the problems. One thing I found strange, but not unusual for Donald Trump, he wants to make a name for himself in DC. Putting his name in front of John F. Kennedy on the Kennedy Center is something a lot of news pundits are talking about. It’s now called The Trump Kennedy Center. And the President of the United States was the host for the event, which saluted the rock band Kiss, country music icon George Strait, Disco Queen Gloria Gaynor, Rocky actor Sylvester Stallone, along with The Phantom of the Opera, Tony Award winner, Michael Crawford. I thought Trump’s comments on the murder of film producer Rob Reiner and his wife was not appropriate, but even more the idiot news person who asked him his thoughts was even worse. This was just for a news story because they know Trump has a comment on everything and it’s mostly political. Most politicians would have said no comment, but those words I do not think are in Donald Trump’s vocabulary. Today on the podcast, we look back and look ahead at what’s coming up on the Fort Not Lost in the Woods Podcast Group as I visit with Tracy O’Quinn, my producer, my colleague, and my friend, who gave me this opportunity to do these podcasts. And it gets real entertaining. Tracy and I are coming up next. Some things never go out of style, like good pizza and a place that feels like home. For over 45 years, TK’s Pizza has been serving the Pulaski County community with fresh dough, classic recipes and plenty of heart from pizza and calzones to toasted subs, fresh salads, pasta and more. It’s the flavor generations keep coming back for. Call 573-336-FAST. Order online at 336fast.com or just come see us at 743 Missouri Avenue in St. Robert. The same little spot we’ve been throwing dough for decades. TK’s Pizza. Taste the TK’s tradition. Since 1911, The Bank of Crocker has served the greater Pulaski County area. This year marks their 115th year. How do you last that long? Well, by giving their customers cutting edge banking services with a hometown flair. You can do your banking from anywhere in the world with their convenient online banking. At the big banks, you’re just another number. At The Bank of Crocker, they know your name, maybe some of your family and might even know the name of the dog sitting next to you in the drive-in facility. It’s called the personal touch, which is why they’re celebrating their 115th year as your hometown bank. And there’s four locations for your convenience in Crocker, Richland, Waynesville and St. Robert. The Bank of Crocker. Remember, FDIC and Equal Housing Lender. Did you get us to switch over to Shelter Insurance? Actually, I found a deal online. You did? Does your deal come with award-winning customer service? Oh. I’m not sure. Does the deal include a local agent? Doesn’t actually say. Can we create a customized plan that fits our needs? Let’s just call the local Shelter agent. For insurance that fits just right, find a Shelter agent near you. Or a free insurance review for auto, home, life, farm or business insurance, see me, Dave Holland, your Shelter Insurance Agent in Richland. On the podcast this week, it is a renewal with my boss. Tracy O’Quinn of The Fort Not Lost in the Woods Podcast Group. And we’re just going to um, pretty much shoot the breeze and kind of let everybody know what’s coming up because you’ve got something special coming up. Uh, thanks for joining us, by the way. Oh, thank you, Marv, for inviting me. It’s so weird always, um, I think I’ve, you’ve interviewed me once before, I think, or maybe twice. And it’s, it’s so weird being on this side. I’m just like, Yeah, I’m the same way. When you, when you interviewed me the very first time, I’m going, I’m not used to this stuff. I’m doing the one asking the questions instead of answering them. I know, I love asking the questions. I’m not so good on being on the other side. But yeah, to answer your question or whatever, your comment, I guess, there we do have some really cool stuff coming up. Um, I want to say thank you to everyone, by the way, that participated in the Very Vintage Christmas Podcast I did. That’s something that had been in my mind for so long and man, I just wanted to have a good Christmas and I wanted that little magical feeling that Christmas had when I was younger, you know, as you lose people and things change, you kind of lose that. And so I was trying to recreate that and, man, it worked. And I’m, I’m really proud of it. And I’m just so thankful to everyone that um, participated in that. So thank you. Um, and, and there’s a lot more things like that, Very Vintage Christmas Podcast, coming up in this new year. But what I’m most excited about right now is something that it’s been such a long time coming. Anybody that has ever tried to hire someone, and I have a marketing company, and I go through the same thing, that to work on a website and has been through so many people because you can’t get them to do their job or one thing after another, um, will understand the frustration. But finally, that FLW Podcast .com, and also fortnotlostinthewoods.com, they both point to the same website, within the next probably two weeks, it’s so close to being finished that I can just almost taste it. Um, we’re going to have a really cool website where, Marv, you know like when you go on vacation, I, you know, you’ve been in radio for so long, you probably don’t even remember what vacation is, but, No, I don’t. When you visit another area, don’t you just kind of want to know like where the locals go? Like, where’s the best burger? Where’s the best pizza shop? Where’s the local tavern? Where’s, you know what I mean? Where’s the local stuff that the locals know about that is really cool, but it takes you forever to find it, you know? Well, that happened to me when I came down here. I wanted to find out, you know, this was a long, long time ago and finally, I found out and now, I mean, yeah. I mean, but I’m like you, yeah. We went to Moberly for Christmas. You know, and I’m, I’m thinking I’m driving around Moberly, I’m like, you know, of course it was Christmas Day, nobody was open. Right. But, you know, well, where do people hang out around here? Right. Well, and that’s the thing is like you have all those really cool, well-kept secrets. And I know for us, you know, I love Colorado. We used to before business and life got in the way, we would go out to Colorado a couple times a year and just visit. And we would always visit the Woodland Park area and we got to where we knew all that stuff, you know, we knew who had the best eggs benedict and who had, you know, the best whatever. And so I love going, regoing, I don’t think that’s proper terminology, but revisiting those places because you every single time it feels a little more not like home, because if you wanted to be like home, you’d be at home. But, you know, you kind of know your way around and you know all the cool things that you’re going to enjoy. So this site, a big part of that, yes, it’s a podcast site. It’s, it’s for the podcast. But a big part of it is to help people find those local treasures that are so hard to find sometimes. You know, the, the mom and pop restaurants. I mean, you know, the, the cool little areas to go, go on a hike or, you know, just little interesting things, the people and places that make things interesting. You’re going to be able to find those a lot quicker by going to this site. Also, um, I know there are some people that still don’t understand how easy it is to download a podcast app on your phone. In fact, most phones, I don’t know, probably all new phones actually have a podcast app already. Some people find that difficult. This site is going to make it so much easier to listen to the podcast if you don’t want to listen on your phone. If you just want to click on your computer and listen there, you can do that. Now, you can already do that, but the site that I have now is not nearly as in-depth and is just not as good as this new one’s going to be. So if you’ve had problems going to flwpodcast.com to listen to Marv’s podcast or my podcast, The Fort Not Lost in the Woods, um, this site is going to make it so much easier to do that. And, uh, any specials that we have, you know, like The Very Vintage Christmas or The Salute to Veterans or any specials you might decide to do, sports things, whatever, it’s all going to be there. And here’s what’s super cool, Marv. And this is what I’m going to try to wrangle you into with me if I, I don’t know if I’ll have any luck, but we are going to have the capability to go live. So we could literally go live if there’s an emergency, if there’s information that needs to be out there. I know that’s probably one thing you do, probably the only thing you do miss about radio, because for me, that’s the only thing that I miss about radio is that live aspect, we’ll be able to do that. And we’ll also be able to take calls, um, live on the air. So through this new site. So it’s something I’ve been working on for a long time. And I, I’m just, I’m stoked. I am so excited for it and I’m so excited to have you here as a veteran’s broad, veteran broadcaster to do that with me as well. So we’re going to get back into radio, basically, only on the, on the internet. Well, kind of, minus all that music that you have to pay a ton of fees and copyright. So, yeah, none of that stuff for me. I don’t need that headache. So basically it’s going to be a BS session, is what? We can do and, and there’s no FCC involved, Marv, which could be scary. But, Yeah, it could be. Yeah. But, you know, I think that’s one of the things I enjoy so much about podcasting is it is, it really isn’t scripted and it’s not, you know, it’s just, your show is just you. It’s how you are. It’s the questions you want to ask. My show is just me. It’s, it’s how I am. It’s the questions I want to ask. The people I find interesting, the stories I find interesting. And I love that. There’s nobody telling us how to do our podcast. We just do what we want to do. And, um, I love that. And they’re, and they’re both, they may be on the same feed right now, which maybe in the future we want to separate those, but for right now, I think it works out great. But, um, I love that and I, I love that we’re going to be able to do this local aspect because that is one of the things, like I said, probably the only thing that I’ve missed about podcasting is being able to, to be there in a pinch, um, when you need to be. Well, my problem with the podcast, uh, is like you just said, the local aspect of what’s happening now. Right, right. Because I drop on Friday. Mhm. You know, and I’ve got to kind of ride the fence. And so when the Chiefs decide they’re moving to Kansas, I thought of you when I, when that happened, I was like, oh, Marv’s already got his done because I was like, Marv, do you think he could get it done just a little ahead of time so I don’t have to work on it the week of Christmas? And then all of that happened, I was like, oh man. You know. I haven’t even mentioned the Chiefs. Sorry. I, I am going to on my, uh, sports, I figured you would. Coming up here, uh, after the interview, I’m going to mention a little bit of it, because I don’t think it’s going to matter one way or the other, because I think they’re still going to be called the Kansas City Chiefs. Right. Because they’re moving to Kansas City, Kansas. Right. They will just not be in Missouri. It’s kind of like being, now, I’m not into sports or anything. So, I, but I do know that it sort of feels a little like we’re being broken up with, you know? Like, like they’re leaving us. And so I totally get it, especially for those hardcore fans and, and, you know, people that live in that area too. Yeah. And if they would have moved all the way to Topeka, Yeah. They would have changed their name to The Topeka Twinkies, because that’s the way they’re playing right now. Oh, I knew you’d have a, I knew you’d have some feedback on it. We won’t go into. Hey, I did like what you said about Taylor Swift, though. I mean, whether you’re a Swifty or not, it’s so stupid to blame her for everything. I mean, my gosh. Anyway. You wouldn’t believe the people I’ve run into. It’s crazy. That’s come and we’re talking sports and all of a sudden Taylor Swift’s name is going to come up, you know, when we’re talking about her boyfriend Travis Kelce and stuff like that. Fiancée now, right? Now fiancée, yes. But, you know, you’re right, it has, she has nothing to do, um, with Mahomes’s injury, has nothing to do with the way the Chiefs played this year. It’s called football and dynasties don’t last forever. And every once in a while, you have a bad year. Yeah. That’s true. As Tom Brady, Tom Brady had a bad year. Terry Bradshaw had a bad year back in the day, when the Steelers were a dynasty. You know, and we could go on and on with other, other dynasties. I started to say, if I just, if I don’t want to talk, all I have to do is get you started on sports and then I just sit back here and listen. I don’t have to say a word. That’s exactly right. That’s exactly right. You’re right. That’s one thing I do miss, uh, about the podcast in, in the fact that you got to ride the fence because you drop on Friday and things have happened. If you’re calling on Tuesday or Wednesday, you miss the stuff that happens Thursday and Friday. But you know, honestly, I mean, anymore, most, I don’t want to say all, not all, but a lot of radio stations are that way. Everything is recorded so far in advance. Everything is what we call canned, meaning, you know, it’s piped in from somebody sitting in a studio or even at home, you know, halfway across the US trying to sound local. Now, we have, we have, um, you know, some good friends, Jamie Turner over at KFLW. We have some good friends in radio here that are very dedicated to local. But, I mean, so many radio stations. It’s not, it’s not any different than what you’re doing in podcasting because it’s all done way in advance. There’s not anything they could do anyway if something happens. So I’m really looking forward to that. And then also the new website, there will be a weekly blog, um, that you can sign up for or you can have that emailed. And Marv, I was going to have, haven’t officially asked you, but I was going to ask you if you wanted in on that too, to be part of that blog, to put your thoughts into writing and we’ll put it on the site and people can subscribe to it on the email. So there there’s going to be a lot of neat things and it, it’s a project that is in the works. It, it is just about ready to launch, but we’ll be adding sponsorships, we’ll be adding all kinds of information to the site, photos, lots of things as we go along. It’s going to be, um, updated every single month. It’s not one of those things, um, that we put out and then it’s just stays that way and never gets changed. It’s, it’s going to be something you’re going to want to check back to visit and, um, you know, I still think, you know, the last time you and I did an interview, I said that my goal for the year, which was last, this year that we’re finishing up, was to teach you to do social media. I have failed and you have failed. Yes, I have. We need to work on that. That was one of my, um, resolutions, uh, was to get better at social media, which my problem, and I have tried and I have text. When I text, I hit the wrong letters. And I got to keep going back and it just pisses me off to no end, because my fingers. You talk to text. Yeah, I haven’t figured that one out yet. Although, although I started to say you probably haven’t seen my Facebook posts because you haven’t, because you don’t have a Facebook, except for your show Facebook. However, I sent a text, um, this weekend, uh, as I was on my way to pick up a pizza. I, well, I was on my way. Anyway, it doesn’t matter. I was on my way to town. Let’s, let’s put it that way. And I wanted to pick up a pizza. So I sent a text voice, talk to text, because I was driving. I was in my convertible because, you know, the weather is amazing. I wanted to get that in before the weather changed. And I said, I want a small thin crust pepperoni with onions. Somehow, my car, because the convertible is so loud, it’s hard to talk to text in there. It changed the thin crust to big breasted. I literally ordered a small big breasted pepperoni pizza with onions. And I did not see the text until I got there. And my pizza had chicken on it. And I was like, chicken. I figured that’s what big breasted meant. I said, no, actually, it was supposed to be thin crust. I have no idea how it came to that. But anyway, That’s what happens. What happened, what happened to the days when you just pick up the phone and dial the damn number and say, okay, here’s what I want. I know, I know. I know. I was trying to save time. I was trying to be safe and, uh, yeah, didn’t turn out very good. Sometimes this, uh, saving time stuff, I know. Doesn’t work out real well. You can’t imagine the amount of time I spend trying to save time. It’s terrible. Speaking of time, we’re going to take a break here. We’re going to be back with Tracy in just a moment after we hear from some of our fine sponsors. Don’t go away. See your Toyota of St. Robert is the place to expect new and exciting things to happen, and yes, of course, it is for you and your vehicle’s benefit. 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For more information or to make an appointment, call 573-774-3820 or stop by the Plask County Health Center at 104 Ashley May Lane in Waynesville. We’re back with Tracy O’Quinn, who is the head honcho of The Fort Not Lost in the Woods Podcast Site, head honcho of O’Quinn Media, and getting ready to launch, um, a podcast, which could go live, which we are looking kind of forward to and I, I hope to be a part of that. You have to be a part of that. Yes, I think, um, hopefully my wife will understand when I’m not there. As long as we’re not doing this at 3:00, where I have to get up at 3:00 in the morning, I’m good to go with it. I already get up at 3:00 in the morning, but I wouldn’t expect you to. And I’m not going to. But I also will not be doing it at 3:00 in the afternoon because I’m no good in the afternoons. No, I will, I can, I can be here, uh, maybe 9:00, 10:00 in the morning. Yeah, there you go. Now, see, now you’re, you’re, you’re speaking my language. It’s funny because people always say, well, when they’re trying to schedule an appointment, what about, you know, 2:00 or 3:00? And I’m thinking, oh gosh, no. I’m like, what about 7:00 in the morning? Uh, I’m such a weirdo when it comes to time. But, uh, you know, I go to bed very early and get up very early. So sometimes that doesn’t fit in with what everyone else does. But, I go to bed a lot earlier now that it, it gets dark at 5:30. I, you know, even in the summertime, you know, I was, I was actually staying up till about 7:00 or 8:00 at night. Now, okay, it’s 5:30. We’re done working at the farm. Let’s just watch the news and see what happens. And next thing I know, I’m sitting in the recliner snoozing and, you know, waiting for the next day to come along. Yep. Last, last night, I had my teeth brushed, my pajamas on. I was, you know, yawning, I’m like, oh, it’s about time. And I look and it was 6:30. I’m like, you’ve got to be kidding me. Oh, well. One thing I want to thank, and I, first off, I want to thank you for the opportunity. I had no idea when you put the number on the podcast, that on my episodes, that I’m doing. I’m looking back the other day. I’m going, I think so. Yeah, let’s look, let’s see what this week, this week is. I always have to look because I do your podcast and my podcast and then I actually have another podcast that, um, it’s not a local podcast, but it has been in, on hiatus for a couple of years and I’m bringing it back soon too. Um, so I always get confused on the episode number, but looking here, Marv, this week’s podcast of yours will be 82. Number 82. Number, who in the world thought, I would have never thought. I figured when we started this, I figured maybe about 20 podcasts and, Yeah, I’d be done. The sponsors would say, okay, you know, um, that’s, that’s not, Can we talk about sponsors? We have to where this was leading to. Oh my gosh. I cannot thank my sponsors enough. And I’m going to, I’m going to whip them out here real quick. Go for it, go for it. Bale’s Construction, The Bank of Crocker, Dave Holland, Shelter Insurance Agent in Richland, Paul’s Furniture, St. Robert Auto Supply, Seger Toyota, uh, The Pulaski County Health Center, STR Glass, uh, TK’s Pizza, I’ve had the VFW post, they’re also, uh, still up there. 3168 of Lake Way. They’re so nice. Uh, we’ve had, um, BSC, uh, Boiling Spring Campground. They’ll be back in the spring. They’ll be back in the spring. All these and even the ones, um, Three Brothers Meat Company, they’re in Lynn Creek. All these sponsors mean so much to me. Absolutely. Because, you know, I mean, that’s the only way I got to 82 episodes. Right. Because of these sponsors. Right. And you know, it’s a fine line like you don’t want to just constantly, or at least this is how I feel. Maybe you don’t feel this way, but I don’t always want to my listeners to feel like I’m trying to shove this down their throat, but it’s so important. I mean, I limit the number of sponsors on The Fort Not Lost in the Woods Podcast to four. I may expand that this year, but I, I limit it to four and I have my reasons for that. But, well, and can I throw my, do you care if I name drop? No. Okay. All right, so I’ve got Security Bank, who has been with me from the beginning. Amazing. I mean, they’re just amazing people. Next Home Team Ellis. I remember asking Lisa in the very beginning, hey, I’m going to do this podcast. I don’t know if anyone’s going to care or anyone’s going to listen, but hey, do you want to sponsor it? And she did and has stuck with me. Um, The Bow and Barrel Sportsman Center, absolutely love them. And TK’s Pizza. And, and then, you know, special, special spot, uh, sponsors for different things, you know, different projects and stuff throughout the time too. Anyway, I don’t know if you feel like I feel, but I don’t really want to just cram those sponsors down people’s throat, but it really, really is important. This takes a lot of time. This takes a lot of time and we can’t do that because we have bills to pay, right? So we can’t do that without money coming in to cover that time. And so that’s the reason that we’re able to offer these podcasts at no charge and try to do things, um, I mean, for the community at no charge and, you know, a lot of, a big thing in podcasting is called Patreon. And you’ve probably never heard of that, but it’s basically where podcasters will say, hey, you can buy me a cup of, because they don’t want to say, you can pay me to listen to my podcast. So they’ll say, you can buy me a cup of coffee. Just go to my Patreon and make a donation. And I feel like they’re always asking for donations. And I get why they’re doing it, but because we have amazing sponsors, we don’t have to constantly nickel and dime our listeners and but, you know, beg for them to buy us a cup of coffee because we have these awesome sponsors. So it’s just super important. And, you know, if you’re looking for a product or a service that is in one of the categories of our sponsors, please consider them and let them know that you heard it on this podcast, because it’s very important. It’s really hard sometimes with marketing for people, for businesses, to know where these, you know, these customers are coming from. But if you’re hearing it on Marv’s podcast or on The Fort Not Lost in the Woods Podcast, please let those sponsors know because, um, it lets them know that they’re doing the right thing with their advertising dollars and they are getting some return on investment because we know they love us, Marv. No. Just you. They love you. But they can’t make, you know, they can’t make financial decisions just because they love Marv. So they need to know they’re getting a return on their investment. So if you hear them, please say something to them and let them know that you heard them. You bet. One nice thing about the podcast compared to radio what you were talking about radio, it was called payola and it was highly illegal years ago. Yeah, yeah. Uh, but, uh, in the podcast, like I said, you can get away with so much more. Well, and here’s the thing, you and I have talked about this, like, who, what, what places do we use when, you know, for a service, a product or a service? And who do we like to deal with? And those are the people that we approach about the sponsorships or we’ve been fortunate enough that many have approached us. And that’s nice. Cause you’re, you’re not just saying, hey, go to Security Bank or go to Next Home Team Ellis or, you know, go to Shelter Insurance. You’re, you’re saying that because you actually have relationships with those people. And that’s really nice, you know. Um, as far as your sponsorships, and I know yours are different than mine, but you have relationships with those people. You know those people. And it’s nice to be able to recommend, it’s, it’s almost like recommending to a friend, you know. Oh, you bet it is. And again, I we just, I just cannot thank my sponsors enough and I know you’re the same way that you can’t on your podcast. Yeah, exactly. Let’s talk about how we get to the podcast because I have, you know, you get this question a lot, don’t you? Yes. Okay. My wife is one, she goes, I can’t get your podcast. And I tell her how to do it. But we’re always at home and we don’t get service on our phones. Right. At home. So we have to wait until we get uptown and then she’ll forget about it. You are literally the only person I know still in existence that has such a hard time with internet, phone service, everything. Like when you say I’m at home, basically, you’re not going to be able to get me, you’re not kidding. Like you’re not going to be able to. Well, if we weren’t such such cheapskates at the house, Yeah. You know, we would have something like Starlink. Starlink has been a godsend at my house. Oh my gosh. Something my sister-in-law has used and I’ve got to go down to her house. And I’m I’m actually thinking about getting it. But, Oh my gosh. I’m going to start a GoFundMe so Marv can get Starlink. Here’s the. You do know though, if you had really good internet, with technology the way it is, you wouldn’t have to leave home, or should I say, you wouldn’t get to leave home. So you might want to watch that because you might not have an excuse to leave the house anymore if you get Starlink. I’ve got to I’ve got to commit. I’ve got to commit to see my friends at least once in a while. Yeah. Exactly. But as far as how to listen, okay, so if they’re hearing this, they probably already know. But there are people that are riding with someone in a car or, you know, whatever, so they may not know. But here’s what you tell people when people say, I don’t know how to listen. I am telling you, it is so easy if you have a smartphone. When I get in my vehicle and I turn my vehicle on, it automatically connects to my phone and it starts playing the podcast that I have lined up. I don’t, I rarely listen to the radio. I rarely don’t have any sound going at all. It’s literally podcast after podcast. And now that I do that, it’s so weird to me that people don’t know, but I remember the first time I ever heard about a podcast, I was in radio and had been for a long time. And I thought it was ridiculous. And I, I thought, who would do that? Who would do that when they can just listen to the radio? But now it’s me. I’m that person and I get it. But if you’re not set up that way, so just look in your phone for all phones come with a podcast app if it’s fairly recent at all. You should not have to pay for that app. Both Marv’s podcasts and then also The Fort Not Lost in the Woods Podcast, they’re they’re available to you free of charge. Um, there are some sites like Spotify. If you have an Apple phone, you know, Apple has a great, um, podcast app on it. You can get those, you can just follow the shows. All you have to do. And then every week, when we upload our episode for, for you, Marv, that’s on Friday and for me, that’s on Tuesday, it’s just going to be there. So the new the newest episode is just going to be there. It doesn’t cost you anything. You just click follow. Now, if you for some reason don’t want to do it on your phone or whatever, that is the great thing about this new website. Um, right now, you can still go to FLW Podcast right now and and get them. But some people are having problems getting onto the site because it’s under construction, that which means the security certificate is not updated and blah blah. It’s a safe site to go to. It’s just under construction, so it’s not as easy to get to. Rather than explain how to do all that. Hopefully, by the time this comes out, the site will be launched or very close. So, you can just go to FLW Podcast .com and the episodes will be right there. You can listen right from your computer. But I highly recommend getting an app on your phone. It should already come with one. And just go, take the time, take 15 minutes and just go through the different genres of podcast. It whether it’s true crime or comedy or sports or whatever you like and find some podcasts you like, it’s life changing. See, I know I just. I’m not kidding, it’s life changing. I just tell them, I said, just Google. That’ll that’ll work too, Marv. That’ll work too. Google, Google Fort Not Lost in the Woods Podcast Site. It’ll come up, scroll down to the Apple app, hit the Apple app, you’ll hear, you see The Fort Not Lost in the Woods, you’ll see The Marv in the Morning Podcast. And any specials we do, like The Very Vintage, anything like that. But here’s the thing, then they have to Google that every week. If you have that app on your phone and you and you follow the shows that you like, I’m telling you, it’s so easy. And once you do it, once you find podcasts that you like, you’re going to wonder why you didn’t do it before. I know I do. I, I’m just I, I know I was very, um, skeptical about podcasting. I, I remember going to a conference when I was still in radio. And it was a long time ago. And I remember them bringing up that this is the next big thing and I’m like, huh, no. Radio’s never going away. No one’s ever going to go to that much trouble to listen. Whatever, it’s so easy now. You know, they’re almost making it hard in new vehicles these days to even listen to the radio. It’s crazy. Which, 10 years ago, Mike Edwards, my boss at KFBD at the time, uh, said, in 10 years, he goes, there’s not going to be any radio. You know, it’s crazy that a radio person said that. And I said, oh, Yeah, yeah. He knew and I mean, it’s coming. He’s right. Yeah. And I, I soon, Sirius is going to take over everything. And I mean, you can get music anywhere. But you can’t get the local stuff. Well, and I think, yeah. Oh gosh, Marv, don’t get me started. I think that the, the, being able to get music anywhere is a big part of why radio has, has taken the downturn that it has, but I also feel like a lot of it is the fault of, of some of the, the larger broadcaster. When they took the local out of it, when you could no longer tune in and hear, you know, kids, um, come in from, we used to do tours where we’d bring all these kids into the studio and, man, that, you know, mom, dad, aunt, uncle, grandma, grandpa, everybody wants to hear that kid just say, hi mom, you know. And you had all these people, it felt like a community and then you take that away. You take that away. You take away your local broadcasters, your local news. You take away the involvement with the children. You take away all that stuff when these stations are bought up by these, you know, big, big corporations and people still want local. You know, and I’m still hearing. I’m still hearing that today. They still want local. Yeah. You know, um, went to the V the other day and some guys were in there and sitting there talking. He go, miss you on the radio, man. Miss all that local stuff. Miss your local sports, you know. Miss classified. I said, don’t even get me started on that stupid stuff. But, you know, I mean, and we I used to. Hey, we could do a classified show on The FLW Podcast Site. Come on, Marv. Come on. He, you will see me bail real quick, fast, and in a hurry. Oh my gosh. All right, I guess I’ll have to find a different partner for that one. Yeah, if you want to do classified, you’re going to have, or a call-in show, or people are selling their junk. It would be fun, come on. No. But here’s the thing, if we on, on the site, you could tell them, oh, that sounds like a piece of junk. I’m not, you know, you could tell them whatever you wanted to tell them. You don’t know how many times, I’ve wanted to say that on the radio. Marv, I, I did one of those too when I first got into radio and I won’t say here, uh, but I had some calls. And that was live. Did you, was yours live? Oh, yeah. Yeah. I had some, yeah, some. If you haven’t sold that piece of crap in two years, don’t think it’s going to sell now. Find something else to sell and call me back later. Oh, man. I don’t know. It’s, you know what, though? Seriously, I think Facebook, the reason Facebook took off the way it did is because there was this this this whole left where we took away the local and people were just craving that, you know, and they still are. And that’s why I’m so excited about this site. And that’s what I just had a conversation, um, with the guy that’s building the site. And I’m like, look, I don’t, there’s enough information around here like, okay, how do I hook up my city utilities and blah blah. I don’t care about any of that. Let’s, let’s get the local back. Let’s, let’s talk about, hey, where do I hang out when I come visit Pulaski County? Where, you know, where’s the, the barber shop where I’m going to go hang out and talk to the guys? And where’s the best pizza shop? And where’s the best burger shop? You know, the local stuff. It’s so important. And it’s what keeps us all connected. And it’s so missing. Yeah, it certainly is. And we’re going to have a big. We’re bringing it back though, Marv. We’re going to have a busy time this year because it’s the 100th anniversary of Route 66 and we’re going to have a lot of people traveling through. It’s also the 250th birthday of the United States of America. I don’t know how much that’s going to help our local economy. Certainly help the national economy, but I think, uh, the Route 66 100 year anniversary is really going to help this local economy. Oh, it’s huge. All the we’re going to see some really, I hope, we see some really neat vehicles coming through here. I think so many people don’t realize how much it impacts tourism because there was a post on, I don’t even know what Facebook page it was, but talking about the Neon Park one day and somebody said, oh, who cares about the Neon Park? Nobody cares about that. Blah blah blah. And I had just had a conversation with the tourism director, Beth Whiles, and I forget, and I think you had too. I think she’d been on my podcast and yours. We were talking about how just one stop in the area generates all this money. And somebody said, if you guys think people are coming to Pulaski County for tourism, you’re crazy. And I thought, man, you really don’t know, buddy. You really, really don’t know. No, what I meant to say that, uh, they’ve got they’ve got tours booked already for this year to come through. People that live here that maybe love big cities or whatever, they don’t realize that not all of us are like that. Like, I’d I’d much rather visit Pulaski County than, you know, some big city. No way. And so many people just love traveling through and, and like I said, that local flavor, you know, meeting those local people and seeing what’s what. And a lot of the stuff that’s been the same for years and years and years and it’s crazy how much tourism we do here. If you don’t know, you really should visit the Pulaski County Tourism website and check it out because you would be shocked at what’s going on over there. Certainly would. Well, we are out of time. I we could just sit here and shoot the breeze. Never ending, right? Yeah. For a long, long time. Tracy, thanks much for joining me. Thank you, Marv. It’s been so good doing this with you and I look forward to everything else that we, obviously not a classified show, but everything else we’re going to do. My producer, my boss, Tracy O’Quinn, our guest on the podcast this week. Back in a moment. Meet you at the V, is a popular saying in our neck of the woods, and for a good reason. VFW Post 3168 at Exit 150 off I-44 is a popular place, especially on Friday and Saturday night, because it’s steak night from 4:00 to 9:00, where folks come from miles around to get some of the best steaks at a price that makes even the most thrifty smile. With several cuts of juicy steaks cooked the way you like, complimented by salad, baked potato, and a veggie. Their canteen is open Monday through Thursday from 3:00 till midnight, and Friday from 3:00 to 1:00, and they open at noon on Saturday and Sundays. Their kitchen is open from 5:00 to 9:00, Mondays through Thursdays with daily specials. And did I mention steak nights Fridays and Saturdays? And there’s karaoke Tuesdays through Saturdays from 8:00 till close. Plenty of TVs to catch up on all the big games and a huge meeting room for rent for your special occasions. Queen of Hearts runs every Tuesday and check out their website for Bingo nights. And every second Saturday of the month, from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m., they host a Veteran Service Officer event. Lake Way VFW Post 3168, Exit 150 off I-44. See why more people are heading to the V every day. Winter weather driving can take a toll on your vehicle and your wallet. Take the necessary steps to make it as pain-free as possible with a trip to your NAPA Auto Parts store, St. Robert Auto Supply, just off Missouri Avenue. Your NAPA Auto Parts center has everything you’ll need from their line of NAPA Legend batteries to the best there is in windshield wipers from Bosch, Trico, and the NAPA brand of quality wipers. You’ll find about every brand of antifreeze on the market, and of course, jumper cables, which should be in every vehicle in the winter months. But the best thing I’ve found at St. Robert Auto Supply is the knowledge the staff at St. Robert Auto Supply has to help their customers with any problem that comes your way. Need a part they don’t have? They’ll have it the next day, making downtime minimal. That’s why I recommend St. Robert Auto Supply to anyone who asks. Besides the great NAPA brand of auto parts, it’s the customer service you get in a time when customer service is a thing of the past. Not at your NAPA Auto Parts store, St. Robert Auto Supply, just off Missouri Avenue, and you’ll get the good stuff seven days a week. Now, checking some sports, the holiday basketball tournaments are all but done with a few still lingering. It’s time for tournament play in January and then conference play for February before district rolls at the end of next month. Mizzou Tiger football team finished their season in the Gator Bowl last Saturday with a 13-7 loss to 19th ranked Virginia. The Tigers started hot, made some noise in the top 25, but the latter part of their schedule was brutal, taking on nationally ranked SEC teams. Mizzou finishes the season at 8-5. Big news for Missouri NFL football fans came out over the Christmas holidays as we just heard in the interview with Tracy O’Quinn, and it’s the simple fact the Kansas City Chiefs are moving across the border to Kansas. Now, as far as anyone knows, they will still be called the Kansas City Chiefs. Only now based in Kansas rather than Missouri. There were a lot of factors involved in this and we don’t have the time for it all. It will hurt the businesses in Missouri who make their living on the fans that attend games at Arrowhead in Independence, Missouri, which is where Arrowhead Stadium is located. None of this will take place until the latter part of the decade, or maybe in the early 2030s. From what I saw, I think 2031 is the projected date for the move into the new domed stadium. That will give the Chiefs an opportunity to host a Super Bowl because, again, it’s a domed stadium. When you play in the big game, the NFL will have those games in warm weather climates, like Florida or California. And if it’s north of the Mason-Dixon line, you’ll need a dome before the NFL awards you a Super Bowl. Thank the weather in February for that. They’ve had them in the northern states, but it’s been inside climate-controlled atmospheres. Honestly, I think all football games should be played outdoors, but money talks and BS walks. A Super Bowl in snow or a driving rain is not going to happen. It would ruin the electronics for the halftime show and for the TV broadcast, and most importantly, the attendance. I mean, how much is a ticket for a game of that magnitude? Probably just shy of what a 30-second commercial costs for a Super Bowl ad. The Chiefs are staying close to home, as long as they field a team that competes, I think the majority of Chiefs Kingdom will hang in there. One thing about this move compared to others, like the Rams from LA to St. Louis and then back to LA, or Houston to Tennessee before the Texans came along. They’re not moving too far away, and they will still call Kansas City home. Only it’s going to be Kansas City, Kansas. As we get into week 18, the final week of the regular NFL season, there are two spots left in the playoffs, one in each conference. Neither number one seed has been claimed and four division titles are still up for grabs. That being said, seems like a lot for just two remaining spots. Denver looks to grab the number one spot in the AFC, but needs to defeat the Chargers or have Miami beat New England, which could also get the number one seed with a Denver loss and a win over the Dolphins. Both are in the playoffs, just playing for home field advantage. The NFC is pretty simple. This Saturday, Seattle plays the 49ers. The winner gets the number one seed in the NFC. If the game ends in a tie, Seattle can still claim the number one spot. Pittsburgh and Baltimore will play for the AFC North title. Winner gets the division. In the NFC, the South has yet to have a champ, but it will be either Carolina, who’s already in, or Tampa Bay playing Carolina for their playoff lives. After that, it gets pretty complicated and I don’t have the time to figure out all the what-ifs. One thing is certain, Philadelphia is in and the Eagles will go for a repeat. Stay tuned NFL fans. 14 teams battle for three weeks to see who plays in Super Bowl 60 in San Francisco on February the 8th. Back with the rap after this. In these days of texting and emails, words, phrases and names are shortened to letters. It doesn’t change anything, it just makes things easier. That’s the case of STR Glass, a St. Robert establishment since the 60s. Still the same great service when it comes to auto glass, windows, shower doors and anything to do with glass. And when it comes to fixing chips in your windshield to prevent cracking, there’s none better. They’re still in the same location on VFW Memorial Drive and still have the same phone number, 336-4122. They’ve just shortened their name from St. Robert Glass to STR Glass, but will never shorten their services to you, the customer. Are you tired of all the games that other furniture stores play? At Paul’s Furniture, we’ve got the biggest name brands at the guaranteed lowest prices. You come in, you’re going to see that price on it. The next time you come in, it’s going to be the exact same price because we always have the best deals, the best prices and the biggest name brands with free delivery. We’re going to do whatever it takes to earn your business at Paul’s Furniture. That’s what’s made us the number one furniture store in Pulaski and Phelps County for the last 30 years. If you’re tired of the games that others play, come see us at Paul’s Furniture. Again, a huge thanks to my producer, my great sponsors. That include The Pulaski County Health Center, STR Glass of St. Robert, VFW Post 3168 of Lake Way, TK’s Pizza, Bale’s Construction, The Bank of Crocker, Paul’s Furniture, Shelter Insurance Agent Dave Hollon of Richland, St. Robert Auto Supply, and Seger Toyota. And thanks to you, my podcast faithful, for letting me be a small part of your day. If you’re enjoying The Marv in the Morning Podcast, we invite you to leave a review on whatever app you’re listening on. We would also love for you to share the episode with family and friends on your social media accounts. Be sure to follow our podcast on Facebook on The Marv in the Morning Podcast page. You’re also invited to join us on Facebook on The Fort Not Lost in the Woods Podcast Group. This podcast is a production of O’Quinn Media. Join us next week when we hopefully fly with the Eagles in Pulaski County and wrap up the Fall and Winter hunting seasons. A visit with Nathan Ingle is on tap, one of our conservation agents here in Pulaski County. Until then, later.{“promptTokenCount”:90167,”candidatesTokenCount”:12989,”totalTokenCount”:103156,”cachedContentTokenCount”:90066,”promptTokensDetails”:[{“modality”:”TEXT”,”tokenCount”:21},{“modality”:”AUDIO”,”tokenCount”:90146}],”cacheTokensDetails”:[{“modality”:”AUDIO”,”tokenCount”:90046},{“modality”:”TEXT”,”tokenCount”:20}]}