Ray Appleton began his radio career in Fresno in 1969. That career has taken him from Fresno to London and back. He has been a part of the KMJ team since 1987 and continues to share his thoughts and viewpoints with his very large and loyal audience weekdays from 11am-2pm on Central California's News Talk 580 and 105.9 KMJ!
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Stories from folks with calloused hands. Natural resources and their science, agriculture, blue collar, hunting, fishing, shooting and adventure.
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Welcome, citizens of the globe, to the Frontend Heroes podcast, where we discuss all things villainous and heroic about the front-end of software development. Co-hosted by Scott Francis and Evan Payne.
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Should Fresno St. Renovate Or Rebuild Valley Children's Stadium?
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19:23Should Fresno State renovate Valley Children’s Stadium or build a new one? - Listeners Comment July 11th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ …
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July 11th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 KMJ | Website | Facebook | Podcast | -…
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Kathy Griffin Thinks Trump Didn't Win The 2024 Election
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5:23Comedian Kathy Griffin said she doesn’t believe President Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, and doesn’t care if people call her "Tinfoil hat" in response. July 10th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Yo…
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Jasmine Crockett Says Trump Supporters Tried to Assassinate Him
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5:23Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett believes violence doesn't come from the left side of the political aisle and insisted the men who tried to carry out assassination attempts against the President last year were actually "Trump supporters." July 10th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleto…
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Send us a text Steve Bartkowski could’ve played baseball, basketball or football at damn near any university in the country and chose football. He’d go on to be the number 1 draft pick and a hall of fame quarterback. We talk about what professional football was like in the 1970’s and how he started one of the first hunting shows on television. Pret…
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BANG! Inebriated Golfer Gets Destroyed By Former NHL Enforcer
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7:08The golfer who appeared to be incredibly intoxicated got tossed aside like a figurine by former NHL enforcer, Nick Tarnasky July 9th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. …
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Kamala Harris gave an interview before the presidential election that was so “confusing and weird” that she and the host mutually agreed not to air it, a social media personality recently revealed. Rahma offered the former vice president’s take, with an almost concerned look on his face: “Bacon as a spice.” July 9th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment an…
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Steve Hilton Reacts To Karen Bass Confronting ICE
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21:18A Border Patrol official declared Monday that agents will be sticking around Los Angeles until their “mission is accomplished” as Mayor Karen Bass lashed out at federal law enforcement conducting an apparent immigration sweep at a local park. July 8th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Ap…
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Jail, Music and Hunting with Paul Cauthen
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1:01:07Send us a text I’ve been a fan of Paul Cauthen’s music since I first heard it, and later learned that him and my little sister were buddies when they lived in Austin. Finally got the chance to sit down with Paul backstage before one of his concerts and talk about stories from his youth where he worked a chain gang in jail, the inspiration for his g…
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C. Thomas Howell aka PONY BOY joins the show to discuss The Outsiders. July 2nd 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Paci…
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Bryan Kohberger Admits To Killing 4 Idaho Students
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9:53Former Criminology Student Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the 2022 murders that shook the University of Idaho campus. Under a plea agreement, he avoids the death penalty. July 2nd 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify,…
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Steve Hilton's Plan To Lower Gas Prices In CA
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19:53July 1st 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 KMJ | Website | Facebook | Podcast | - …
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DeSantis Says Alligator Alcatraz Is 'Ready for Business'
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8:25Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Monday that the new facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” will be ready for business when President Donald Trump comes to visit. July 1st 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube o…
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DA Smittcamp Breaks Down The 92 Arrests Made In "Operation Shock Collar"
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12:32Da Lisa Smittcamp jois the show to talk about “Operation Shock Collar” witch ended with 92 arrests, major drug and gun seizures, and solved an 8-year-old murder. June 30th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or…
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Tackling CA's Transportation Crisis With Congressman Vince Fong
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15:29Congressman Vince Fong joins the show to discuss fixing the issues with Highway 99 & CA's rising gas prices. June 30th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray A…
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Karoline Leavitt Torches Natasha Bertrand
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10:06White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt absolutely destroyed CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand for her fake news report about how the bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities was not a complete success. June 27th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW ap…
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Among the things Zohran Mamdani has pledged to do if elected are rent freezes, city-owned grocery stores, raising the minimum wage to $30 by 2030, and "Trump-proofing" NYC, which would include ending all cooperation with ICE and "strengthening" Resistance efforts on behalf of illegal immigrants. Tom Homan has a response.... June 27th 2025 --- Pleas…
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Tom Del Beccaro joins the show to discuss the new NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani June 26th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM…
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Butchery and Philosophy with Anna Borgman
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1:06:28Send us a text Anna studies 6 languages. Has four degrees. Has lived in at least three countries. And for a living, she slaughters animals and butchers their meat for people to eat. I deeply enjoyed our conversation where we discussed life, death, knives, quantum theory and more than a little bit of nonsense. Anna Borgman is a rare individual. Give…
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Trump’s ‘Nuclear’ Button Prank Terrified JD Vance
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9:35Vance delivered keynote remarks on Tuesday at the Ohio Republican Party dinner in Lima, Ohio. There, he recalled witnessing a tense diplomatic call in the Oval Office early on in their administration in which Trump was having trouble getting through to an unnamed foreign leader. That's when the President decided to send his Veep into a full-blown p…
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June 24th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 KMJ | Website | Facebook | Podcast | -…
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Victor Davis Hanson's Exclusive Comments On The Israel-Iran Conflict
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16:22Victor Davis Hanson joins the show to discuss the on going conflict between Iran & Israel June 24th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekd…
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Mike Hamzy joins the program breaking down the latest attacks from Iran on US military bases in Qatar and the possibility of sleeper cells on US soil. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to p…
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Dr. Halderman checks in from the bunker in Tel Aviv. She tells us about the obstacles encountered by those who have been attempting to leave the region, details about support services, and how the locals have been reacting to the sirens and explosions. For those wanting to get involved, Dr. Halderman encourages everyone to check out Sword of Iron V…
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Iran launches missiles at US military base in Qatar
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20:58Iran launched missile attacks Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites and escalating tensions in the volatile region. Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or whe…
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A War Of Words Between Jasmine Crockett & Karoline Leavitt
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11:53White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt absolutely wrecked Rep. Jasmine Crockett over her attack on supporters of President Donald Trump as "mentally ill.” June 19th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or …
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The US E-4B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Makes Flight To DC
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6:32One of America’s “doomsday planes” made a flight to Joint Base Andrews in Washington, DC, Tuesday night. The plane was designed to protect the secretary of defense and other national security officials and keep the government operating in a time of nuclear war. June 19th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platfo…
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Whoopi Goldberg Compares Life In The U.S. To Living In Iran
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8:17The View co-host claimed life for Black Americans was 'the same' as living under Iran's totalitarian regime. June 19th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray A…
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The Mental Game of Archery with John Appleton
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1:19:28Send us a text Archery is a mental game. Get good equipment that is well setup from a pro shop, develop the skills to use it and then the hard work begins of simply executing the same shot every time. In this episode we get into the mental side of archery. John Appleton is a veteran and archery pro shop owner who has been nationally ranked in multi…
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Trump Hasn’t Made A Decision About Striking Iran
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19:02President Trump hasn’t made up his mind about the US joining Israel in striking Iranian nuclear sites — but said he will likely come to his decision “one second before its due.” June 18th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spo…
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June 17th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 KMJ | Website | Facebook | Podcast | -…
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Updates On The Crisis Between Israel & Iran
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21:37As Israeli air strikes on Tehran show no sign of abating, many residents have fled the Iranian capital. June 17th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Applet…
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More On The Middle Eastern Conflict With Mike Hamzy
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26:08June 16th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ Weekdays 11 AM -2 PM Pacific on News/Talk 580 AM & 105.9 KMJ | Website | Facebook | Podcast | -…
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Dr. Linda Halderman Calls In Live From Tel-Aviv
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15:03Dr. Linda Halderman Calls In Live From Tel-Aviv in the middle if the rising tension between Israel & Iran. June 16th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray App…
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There is new outrage over rainbow-wrapped condoms, as Fresno County Supervisor Garry Bredefeld claims they cost taxpayers thousands. They all totaled $6,000, per Bredefeld. June 13th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify,…
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Reaction On The Middle East Conflict With Tom Del Beccaro
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16:03Tom Del Beccaro joins the show to discuss the rising tension in the middle east between Iran & Israel. June 12th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The Ray Appleto…
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Sen. John Kennedy's Hot Take On The LA Riots
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9:49ennedy laid out the straight-up facts about the absurdity of the failed Democrat response to the riots, ripping into California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in particular for their grotesque incompetence in purportedly attempting to manage the crisis. June 12th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' o…
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Send us a text No words in this episode. Just a small mountain stream in the spring, tumbling over large boulders and winding through fallen logs into a pool where two redband rainbow trout dart from the shadows of a rock to eat passing nymphs. Birds singing as light drips down the side of the canyon. Give yourself the break you deserve and listen.…
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Steve Hilton's Response To Gov. Newsom's National Address
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24:40Steve Hilton joins the show and he’s got some harsh words for failed incumbent Gavin Newsom who has not only watched his state decline as Los Angeles endures its fifth day of anti-ICE rioting. June 11th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Appl…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom added fuel to the fire after daring President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan to arrest him for failing to crack down on violent anti-ICE agitators in his state. “Come after me. Arrest me. Let’s just get it over with, tough guy,” the defiant Democrat told NBC News on Sunday. June 9th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Foll…
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At least 2,000 anti-ICE protesters took over a major highway in downtown Los Angeles while rioters lit self-driving cars on fire Sunday as the LAPD chief admitted that his officers “are overwhelmed” by the violence and vandalism on the third day of demonstrations in the city. June 9th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show'…
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The feud between two of the world's most powerful billionaires shows no sign of ending after the US president claimed on Friday that the richest man in the world had "lost his mind". June 6th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts,…
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Possible Motive Revealed In Caleb Quick Murder
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35:35The defense attorney for the 16-year-old accused of shooting Caleb Quick in the head outside a McDonald’s in Clovis revealed details in court Wednesday related to a possible motive involving sexual assault. June 5th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJ…
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Trading Beers for Bighorns and Other Stories with Vic Coggins
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1:30:01Send us a text We welcome back Vic Coggins for his second appearance on the show to talk about how he traded beer to wildlife biologists to reintroduce bighorn sheep into Oregon. Vic has been a wildlife biologist for close to 60 years now, and if it weren’t for him we might not have mountain goats, bighorns, turkey and more. He tells stories of the…
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Oregon Man Quits His Job To Sail Around The World With His Cat
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11:08Oliver Widger, an Oregon man who quit his job at a tire company and liquidated his retirement savings to set sail for Hawaii with his cat, Phoenix, reached his destination Saturday, welcomed by cheering fans at the end of a weekslong journey that he documented for his mass of followers on social media. June 4th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Fol…
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened Wednesday to pull federal grants for California’s High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) after it spent nearly $7 billion in taxpayer funds over a decade and a half without laying a single foot of track. June 4th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray…
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Sen. John Kennedy came loaded for bear when questioning Kate Shaw in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Shaw was invited by the Democrats. The subject in discussion was judicial overreach. Among the topics under that rubric was nationwide injunctions. June 4th 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms…
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Can Steve Hilton Bring $3 Gas Prices To California?
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24:09Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Hilton joins the show & lays out his new plan to lower California gas prices down to $3. June 3rd 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- '…
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Kamala Continues To Let Everyone Down & Is Led Zeppelin Going Back On Tour?
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27:25Tom Del Becarro joins the show to discuss Kamala's trail of destruction & if the Led Zeppelin tour flyer is fake. June 3rd 2025 --- Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Ray Appleton Show' on all platforms: --- 'The Ray Appleton Show’ is available on the KMJNOW app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever else you listen to podcasts. --- 'The R…
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Misty Her Admits To AI Generated Document That Targeted The F.T.A.
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19:06A feud on full display continues between Superintendent Misty Her and the Fresno Unified Teachers Association. After over a year of public back and forth, the superintendent claims social media posts and emails sent by the Union have escalated to personal targeting. So, as a response, she asked her Chief of Communications, Nikki Henry, to create a …
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