January 30, 2010

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Sass Jordan - Juno Award Winner

  
  Winner of Billboard's Best Female Rock Vocalist award, Sass has toured and/or worked with many music heavyweights, including Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Van Halen, Carlos Santana and Joe Cocker. In 1992, she performed a duet with Joe Cocker for the soundtrack of the motion picture The Bodyguard, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. Her songs have been featured on numerous television shows, including Melrose Place, Party Of Five, Baywatch and Knight Rider. Also an accomplished actress, she starred in the lead role of Janis Joplin in the off-Broadway hit Love Janis. In 2003, she took on judging duties on the blockbuster, Canadian Idol – the same year she shared the stage with The Rolling Stones, AC/DC and others as part of the history-making SARS relief concert in Toronto. Sass has just released another gem entitled From Dusk ‘Til Dawn, and will be performing LIVE at The Mississauga Performing Arts Centre on Friday, February 19 at 8:30 p.m. Today she joins us to share her views on spirituality and faith.
  www.sassjordan.com

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• Tal Bachman - Ex-Mormon Turned Reluctant Agnostic

  
  After many years of diligent research into why he believed what he believed, Tal came to the conclusion that the faith of his family was false. He was featured in Bill Maher’s mocumentary, Religulous, as an ex-Mormon and now finds it hard to believe how anyone could go from “one set of lies to another.” As the son of legendary guitarist Randy Bachman from The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive ("Takin’ Care Of Business"), Tal’s self-titled debut scored a smash hit with "She's So High."
  www.myspace.com/talbachmanmusic
  www.tbachman.blogspot.com
  

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• Shawn McCraney - Ex-Mormon Turned Born-Again Evangelical Christian

  
  Shawn is the host of Heart of the Matter, a television show that challenges the belief system of Mormons. He’s also the author of I Was A Born-Again Mormon. Growing up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), Shawn served a mission in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He married his wife, Mary, in the Los Angeles Temple. They are both graduates of Brigham Young University. While a member of the LDS Church, Shawn served as a home teacher, elder's quorum president, seminary teacher and a member of a Bishopric and Stake High Council. In 2001, he asked to be excommunicated from the LDS Church.
  www.hotm.tv
  

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• The Counsel Of Many! Brought to you by family lawyer Dawn Bennett. With a reputation built on Trust, Respect and Integrity, protecting your family's interests is Dawn's primary concern. Visit bennettlaw.ca today.
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on the Counsel Of Many: a diabetic woman who had a Tubal-Ligation in order to prevent any further dangerous and complicated pregnancies wants to know if she should sue her doctor because the procedure failed within the first year – and man, did she suffer!
  
  “Hi Drew. I do not know if this will fit your criteria for the Counsel of Many. If a Tubal Ligation fails within less than a year should there be some financial help to take care of this baby that was not planned for? I am a diabetic in my 40s that did this surgery for several reasons. I was satisfied with the number of children we already had - various medical reasons - and the very high cost and quality time required to raise children in Canada. I read that this method was 99% effective, and I believed that if it failed it would be at a time when I was no longer able to have children. To my total shock and disbelief, I was with child only 8-months after having this surgery. Unlike the other pregnancies, this time I really, really suffered. I don’t usually take insulin but during this pregnancy I took insulin 472 times (4 months @ 4 times daily). I was in so much pain that I had to stop working. Unlike my other pregnancies, the recovery after this C-Section was long and very painful. I even had to get a transfusion to survive. So, because of the pain and suffering and financial burden ahead of us for many, many years, there are times I really believe that there should be some financial help or compensation. What does the counsel think?”
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

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• If you stopped believing what you believe would you consider believing something else, or just stop believing?
  On our show today are two former Mormons – one who became an evangelical Christian and the other stopped believing in anything. Which way would you go if you stopped believing in what you believe now? Would you change faiths or drop faith entirely?
  

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• If you found out your husband was doing drugs and having sex with other men, would you take him back?
  Former evangelical superstar, Ted Haggard, and his wife were on Oprah again this week promoting Gayle’s new book, Why I Stayed. Not surprising why she gets asked this question everyday and decided to write a book about it. Do you think she’s naïve, or is it just good old fashioned stand-by-your-man-forgiveness? Do you know any women who decided to stay with their husbands despite the fact that they’ve had a track record of unfaithfulness? Do you think they should have left? What’s the difference between being naive and forgiveness? Would it make a difference if your husband was having an affair with a man versus a woman?
  

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• TDMS Banter
  "The beginning and the end of the show is like any good sandwich. The stuff in the middle is what it's all about - The rest is just crust! Sometimes it's worth listening to. Sometimes - not so much."
  

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January 23, 2010

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Pat Boone - The Original Crooner With The White Buck Shoes

  
  Pat joins us again to chat about his upcoming celebrity cruise called “Cruising With The Crooner”. Joining Pat and his daughter Debby Boone (“You Light Up My Life”) will be former TDMS guests SQuire Rushnell and his wife, celebrity impressionist, Louise DuArt. As a former ABC executive, SQuire is the man behind School House Rock and the best selling God Winks books. Louise performs aroundNorth America with comedy legend, Tim Conway from the Carol Burnett Show. Also cruising will be Christian leaders Gary Smalley and Jack Hayford.
  www.patboone.com
  

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• Miranda Stone - Canadian Recording Artist

  
  Coy phrases such as "gentle-folk-punk" have been used to describe the dynamic of Miranda's music. However, they often neglect to convey the accessible pop sensibilities that come along for the ride. With an intelligent mix of poetry and a little tactful frankness, it's easy to understand why her Grassroots Army has been so loyal and enthusiastic.
  www.mirandastone.com
  

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• Brock Hall - Vice President of Shepherd Village Retirement Community

  
  Brock has been the Administrator of a number of accredited long term care and retirement homes for over twenty five years. He’ll guide us through a conversation around the ins and outs of helping loved ones transition from independent living to long term care or retirement living. If a parent is no longer safe and independent at home what do you say? What should be done or NOT done? How do we broach this difficult discussion with our parents? Peoples’ normal response to aging can include a range of emotions: Denial – Anger – Frustration – Fear. So how do we help them face their fears, as well as the reality that independent living might no longer an option?
  www.shepherdvillage.org
  

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• Amy Pritzker

  
  Here’s a woman in her thirties who is still single, still a virgin, and still wrestling with whether or not years of doing things the “right way” has panned out. In possibly one of the most honest blogs you’ll ever read, Amy has written about her 40-day ‘spiritual exercise” involving prayer. She continued to bring other’s needs before God but when it came to herself and her life situation – her prayer was simply, “Surprise me, God.” In her blog she writes, “I’m not expecting fireworks and major miracles; but for 40 days I will be chronicling the way that God answers this prayer – if He answers this prayer.” “I’m asking God to show Himself in my life – because I’m willing to serve as the experiment. I’m willing to ask the questions, to go to the wall with God, because, in some twisted way, I think that he DOES care about us… But let’s be honest, for a moment, shall we? If, in any other relationship, the other party was making promises and I didn’t see any “follow through” with them…wouldn’t I value the relationship enough to at least have a discussion about it with them? Or would I just let the disappointment fester to the point where I was completely bitter and resentful towards them?”
  www.esperermieux.wordpress.com
  

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• The Counsel Of Many! Brought to you by family lawyer Dawn Bennett. With a reputation built on Trust, Respect and Integrity, protecting your family's interests is Dawn's primary concern. Visit bennettlaw.ca today.
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on the Counsel Of Many: a husband feels stuck in his marriage as well as his job and wants some advice.
  
  “I've been married for 17 years to a woman whom I have zero in common with. Actually, we’ve never had anything in common. I married her for one reason… okay two or three reasons. When we met I was a fairly new Christian and she had been “born again” since the age of five. I was a 28 year old stereotypical long-distance trucker and she was 26. Neither of us had been married, but I had been shacked up many times. She was a virgin and I wanted a woman I could trust while I was on the road for days and weeks at a time. She has been that and more. I wanted a woman I thought would be great with children when we had some. She has been that and more, even though we’ve had a few issues here here. Okay, so here’s my situation: Because of the way things are going with my 10-year old son (youngest), I feel it's time for me to be the man (father) of the house and not him. I want to get off the highway but trucking is all I know and local trucking jobs are very long hours so I don't see the benefit for me being home in that career. Worse then that is the fact that if I come off the highway, I really don't think our marriage will survive. We only have the kids in common and nothing else. We don’t fight because she has no idea how to defend her views. Her views therefore become my views even though I know they’re really not. Counselling will not help. Here's where I gain a lot of hatred from your listeners but I need to be transparent if I hope to get some constructive feedback. Counselling will not help because my wife does not have an original thought in her head. When dating, I often wondered why she was so quiet. It only took a year to understand why. I could go on and on. I’m not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. When I said “Til death do us part,” I meant it. I grew up not knowing my father at all, and I do not want to destroy my children. I cried out to God seeking only his will and He replied, "You picked her." I need to step up and be the man/father I never knew. Please Help.”
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

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• Should Candace Cameron Bure kiss someone other than her husband?
  Drew had a conversation this week with Candace about her, as an actor, possibly having to kiss someone other than her husband, NHL sensation Valeri Bure. She gave us permission to talk about it on the show, so what do you think? Should she do this? Obviously nudity and sex scenes are out but what about kissing? However, if she has a “no kissing” clause in her contracts then she won’t be getting much work, if any. So maybe she should re-consider acting as a career? But then again, maybe it has more to do with what kind of kiss – closed or open mouth? Tongue or "Cat's Bum" kiss? Bottom line - are there certain jobs Christians just shouldn’t do, and is acting one of them? Previous TDMS guest, Soap Opera Actress & Author of Breaking The Perfect 10, Tracy Melchior weighs in on the discussion and we'll also hear from Candace herself, as she calls in to comment...on your comments!
  www.candacecameronbure.net
  Candace’s New Show - Make It Or Break It
  

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• TDMS Banter
  Sometimes it's worth listening to. Sometimes - not so much...
  

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January 16, 2010

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Dr. Tony Campolo - Professor, Author & Poverty Advocate

  
  Tony is heartbroken at the decimation in Port-au-Prince. Haiti has been under the loving care of Dr. Campolo's ministry since the 70s.
  
  Tony Campolo Quotes:
  • "I have three things I'd like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you don't give a shit. Third, what's worse is that you're more upset with the fact that I said shit than the fact that 30,000 kids died last night."
  • "Jesus transcends partisan politics. That's what's wrong with the religious right... they have made Jesus into a Republican, and he's not!" "There are 2,000 verses of Scripture that tell us we must be committed to protecting the poor and the oppressed... There is no concern of Scripture that is addressed so often and so powerfully as reaching out to the poor."
  • "I've always been skeptical of those television healers who are bald. I mean, if I had that gift, that would be the first thing I'd fix."
  
  
• We'll also speak to a world Vision representitive in Haiti and hear, firsthand, about the devastation and recovery efforts underway.
  www.tonycampolo.com
  www.worldvision.ca
  

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• Brett Wilson - Entrepreneur, Star of CBC's The Dragon's Den

  
  Brett (nicknamed “Puff”) is known by many to be the nice dragon on CBC’s hit television show, Dragon’s Den. Raised a Catholic, Brett started questioning his beliefs at the early age of 10. However, a recent diagnosis of Prostate Cancer launched him into the search for healing, which ultimately opened his eyes up to the reality of a variety of spiritual modalities. Now this analytical, rational, engineer finds himself redefining his spiritual beliefs and considers himself a “reluctant agnostic.”
  www.wbrettwilson.ca
  

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• Sarah Walker - Christian Recording Artist

  
  Intuitive worship leader. Sensitive songwriter. Committed Christ-follower. Gifted artist. Everyday girl. Sarah Walker has been called all these things and more. Sarah’s debut release “Overflow” takes the listener on a journey with eleven songs that build momentum within the heart. With songs filled with faith and a challenge to see God’s Kingdom come, Sarah’s desire is that this album will inspire the Church to respond to God’s heart and take action, especially on issues of poverty and justice. As a reflection of her belief that acts of justice are one of our most profound acts of worship, Sarah is donating 50% of all of the proceeds from her debut CD to support education for orphans and vulnerable children in southern Africa through MCC’s Global Family Program.
  www.sarahwalkermusic.com
  

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• Val Thomson

  
  Yvonne Martin was married with three grown boys, 10 grand children, and had battled cancer twice. She was the first Canadian to have been reported killed by the earthquake in Haiti. Val had the honour and privilege to work alongside of Yvonne in the same doctor’s office for the last 29-years. Val has been kind enough to join us this week to give us an update on how Yvonne’s family is doing and to give us a glimpse into the life of this incredibly unselfish woman – a woman who kept going back to Haiti because she was compelled by love.
  

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• The Counsel Of Many! Brought to you by family lawyer Dawn Bennett. With a reputation built on Trust, Respect and Integrity, protecting your family's interests is Dawn's primary concern. Visit bennettlaw.ca today.
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on the Counsel Of Many: a man thinks his worship pastor is gay and wants to know how to confront him about it? Or should he just keep quiet and let someone else deal with it?
  
  “What do I do when, love for the Lord, love for congregation, and love for the Pastor and/or perhaps fear of being scolded after making an observation, keeps me from drawing attention to the fact that the "Minister of Music/Worship Leader" is obviously gay? Even newcomers to the church notice and make comments. It's so obvious in his speech and walk (like a woman-swings his hips side to side) and obsessive attention to eyebrow grooming and tanning, that it makes me wonder how the Pastors and other staff members are oblivious to it.”
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

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• Do you believe that Haiti’s apparent “deal with the devil” played any role in this week’s tragedy?
  American televangelist, Pat Robertson, is at it again folks. This time he suggested on his syndicated program, "The 700 Club," that the poverty-stricken country's long history of natural disasters and political turmoil stemmed from a deal with the devil made by the leaders of its 1791 revolution against French rule. "They said, 'We will serve you if you will get us free from the French.' True story. And so the devil said, 'OK, it's a deal,' but ever since, they have been cursed by one thing after the other," said the 79-year-old Christian Coalition founder and onetime Republican presidential candidate.
  

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• TDMS Banter
  Sometimes it's worth listening to. Sometimes - not so much...
  

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January 9, 2010

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Wink Martindale - Iconic Game Show Host

  
  Wink has hosted an impressive array of shows, including: Tic-Tac-Dough, Trivial Pursuit, Can You Top This, Gambit, High Rollers, and Debt. He also produced the syndicated Headline Chasers, in association with Merv Griffin and KingWorld. He and his late partner, Bill Hillier, were the first to produce real-time interactive game shows for The Family Channel (Boggle, Jumble and others). In June of 2006, Wink was honoured with his star on the Hollywood walk of Fame. It can be found between those of Suzanne Sommers and Tom Hanks on Hollywood Boulevard.
  www.winkmartindale.com
  

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• Joan Ball - Atheist, Turned Agnostic, Turned Believer, Turned Beliefnet Blogger!

  
  A few years ago, Joan had an unsolicited, unexpected and unbelievable encounter with God. Without asking, praying or seeking, she woke up one morning as a churchgoing agnostic and put her head to the pillow that night a highly unlikely Christian. A lifelong skeptic who was militantly anti-Christian, Joan suddenly believed that the Christian story was true. She didn’t even “need” a spiritual experience. Life was perfect. She was a successful PR executive making a healthy six-figure salary, married to her best friend who also made a six-figure salary. They had three healthy, happy kids and lived in their dream home about an hour northwest of New York City. She was seven years sober and had already faced down most of her major issues & resentments. Yet, there she was – sick, crying and convinced that something beyond her comprehension had just happened to her. No one was more surprised than her husband Martin, who was there with her when it happened. “I had fought vigorously over coffee and cigarettes to convince him that religion had been created by leaders to control the masses or by weak individuals to soften the blow of their incapacity to deal with their day to day lives. He never did come around to my way of thinking, but I figured if he could overlook the fact that I was an alcoholic single mother with two kids and marry me, I could overlook the fact that he was a Christian and marry him.”
  www.joanball.wordpress.com
  

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• The Counsel Of Many! Brought to you by family lawyer Dawn Bennett. With a reputation built on Trust, Respect and Integrity, protecting your family's interests is Dawn's primary concern. Visit bennettlaw.ca today.
  
  Need Help or Advice On An Issue In Your Life?
  Tell us your situation and Drew will ask the listeners of TDMS!
  
  This week on the Counsel Of Many: a lady wants to know if she should divorce her terminally ill husband and move on, but still take care of him.
  
  “I can’t tell you much because I’m afraid that someone will figure out who I am but I'd really like to hear what your listeners think about my situation. I’ve been married for about 25 years and my husband and I have three grown kids. For the last two years my husband has been incapacitated and bedridden and basically waiting to die. Again, I don’t want to tell you too much about his condition for privacy reasons, but the bottom line is that about six months ago I began to wonder about the possibility of “moving on” romantically and what that might look like. The alternative is that I remain married to him until he eventually dies, which could take years. I know this sounds cold and heartless, but the reality is that I have been, for all intents and purposes, single and alone for pretty much two years already. So here’s the question. Would it be “acceptable” to divorce him in order to at least consider the possibility of remarrying, BUT still carry on taking care of him the way I’ve been? My kids are totally fine with this and tell me they understand. Most of my family, as well as his, have given me the green light as well. However, I just keep wondering what God thinks of this? Would he rather I sacrifice my life – romance, love, affection, intimacy – in order to simply visit the shell of a man that used to be my husband? Or is there any chance He would allow me to love again... now?”
  (To anonymously submit your question to the Counsel of Many, click here!)

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• Spiritual Highlights From Last Decade - Which one of the following had the most impact on you?
  
  
  • September 11 Attacks & Global Jihad
  • The Death of Pope John Paul II
  • Clergy Sexual Abuse
  • Homosexuality Dividing The Faithful
  • The Fall Of Ted Haggard
  • The Rise & Fall Of The Religious Right & The Changing Of The American Evangelical Guard (i.e. The deaths of Oral Roberts, Jerry Falwell & Bush’s Republicans)
  • The Rise of The New Atheists
  • The Evolution VS Creationism & Intelligent Design Debate
  • President Obama & His Angry Pastor
  • The Senate Investigation Into Money Ministries like Joyce Meyer & Creflo Dollar
  
  

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• Should a church hire a sex offender who says he’s been “healed?”
  Over 10 years ago, Mark Hourigan was convicted of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy. Now, he’s been hired by a small church as their worship pastor. He served a five-year sentence in prison and the 41-year-old was placed on the sex offender registry for the rest of his life. Would you want your church to hire him?
  

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• Drew Gets Interviewed By A Listener!
  Here’s something a little different. One of our listeners asked if she could interview Drew. And since we all know how much he loves talking about himself, he agreed. Join us as Maxine Gooden from the Toronto Mass Choir puts Drew in the hot seat for a change.
  

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• TDMS Banter
  Sometimes it's worth listening to. Sometimes - not so much...
  

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January 2, 2010

SPECIAL GUESTS

• Amy Savin - Winner of So You Think God Wants You To Sing

  
  She’s Baaack! We’re kinda getting the feeling that she’ll be a bit of a TDMS regular – that is until she makes it BIG, anyway!
  www.amysavin.com
  

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• Jacob Moon - Canadian Recording Artist

  
  An amazing singer who writes killer songs, has a black belt in live guitar looping, and is a consummate entertainer with a rabid cult following. Jacob joins us again because… well… basically he’s one of Drew’s favourites!
  www.jacobmoon.com
  

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• New Year’s Banter with Drew & his son Josh, The Winner of SYTGWYTS - Amy Savin, and YOU!
  Thought we’d start off the New Year by letting Drew do whatever he wants to do. (Like any other show is any different…) So, he wanted his son and Amy to co-host. Should be interesting. Maybe we’ll send Josh and Amy out to do some random street interviews via cell phone. Or maybe we’ll get them to play a duet. "Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." Oh, and feel free to call in and tell us about your personal highlights of 2009 and what you’re looking forward to in ’10. We’ll also play our 2009 TDMS highlight reel. If you called in last year, there’s a good chance you might be on it!
  

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• Name That Preacher!
  Can you tell the difference between Benny Hinn’s voice and Kenneth Copeland? How about between John Hagee and Joyce Meyer – now that’s a hard one! We’ll play an audio clip of a famous preacher and the first one to call in and correctly identify who it is - YOU WIN!
  

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• Who Said It?
  We’ll play a line from a famous movie and if you tell us the person who said it - YOU WIN!
  

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• Drew’s Ditties
  Ever since Drew was a kid he used to invite friends over to listen to his record collection. Today he invites his friends (Jacob Moon, Amy Savin & Josh Marshall) to listen to a few of his favourite songs and get them to share a few of their own.
  

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• Highlight Reel
  If you called in to the show in 2009 there's a chance that your call is one of our highlights!
  

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