Mark Reardon Show

Mark Reardon Show is built like live afternoon radio: quick entrances, sharp opinions, guest handoffs, and plenty of side chatter that still lands on a point. The show’s center of gravity is politics and current events. Iran, Trump, war, governors, Catholic objections to war, and party messaging all appear as live arguments rather than distant analysis. It does not stay in one lane for long. A serious roundtable can sit next to a story about a car bump at Hawkins and 141, a joke about personal injury ads, or a sudden need to hear audio of pilots making strange sounds. That looseness is part of the appeal. The show feels local without being small. St. Louis roads, Forest Park, the Cardinals, the Blues, Mizzou, Illinois, and 97.1 FM Talk all give the national conversation a familiar address. Guests give the week structure. Paul Hall brings movie talk that is plainspoken about gore, originality, pacing, and whether a remake earns its time. Frank Cusumano brings a sports-radio steadiness to Blues questions, goaltending futures, and the shape of a season that did not make the playoffs but still mattered. Tim Sommer turns Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominations into a lively argument about Iron Maiden, Phil Collins, Luther Vandross, Sade, New Edition, and what the Hall is supposed to mean. Sue Thomas, Fred, Ethan, Jean Evans, Sam, Brad Young, and others make the room feel populated. The show is not polished into silence. It talks over itself, laughs at its own detours, and uses small stories as evidence. That can make it messy, but it also makes it feel current. Listeners who want clipped, neutral briefing may find it too restless. Listeners who like opinionated talk with sports, movies, music, local texture, and oddball news in the same hour will understand the pace quickly.