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The Tim McKernan Show

Ep. 32 - Jim Talent

The Tim McKernan Show

TMA STL | Hubbard Radio

Society & Culture, Sports

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2017

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

The former U.S. Senator joined Tim in studio for a wide-ranging chat:   How would he fare as a candidate in the current political landscape What are some practical ways to encourage more bipartisanship Interesting anecdote on Bill Clinton and The Pope coming to STL Evaluating the effectiveness of the Trump administration thus far The challenge of campaigning after Mel Carnahan's tragic death How Iraq war and Stem Cell issues impact his reelection efforts Why he continues to have serious concerns for National Security Finding his faith and the role that religion should play in politics   Please support our sponsors: The Home Loan Expert, Ryan Kelley James Carlton Agency (State Farm) Gateway Buick GMC   Follow us on Twitter: @McKernanShow @tmckernan   Like us on Facebook: Facebook.com/TheTimMcKernanShow   Special thanks to Story of the Year for providing our theme music.  Please rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes so more people can discover the podcast.   Feedback is always welcome:  tmckernan@insidestl.com

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0:00.0

Yes, welcome in to another edition of the Tim McKernan Show here on the Inside

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STL Podcast Network, live on podcast. From the Home Loan Expert.com studios. I am your host Tim McKernan alongside

0:28.1

executive producer John Seymour also known as the Sea Monster and welcome in to yet what I think is another damn good

0:37.1

interview. We talk about these things every time we get done. The Sea Monster

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Nicky L is the one who shoots the video you may see on Twitter or

0:44.4

our Facebook page and if you would please follow us at McKernan show or like

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the Tim McKernan show on Facebook and subscribe to all of our shows.

0:55.0

All you gotta do is subscribe one time on iTunes, Google, Play, Stitch, or wherever you made podcast,

0:58.5

and give a positive review if you would, as we're now entering soon to be our third month here, third full month of the Tim

1:05.4

McKernan show and we've gotten done with all these interviews and every time

1:08.9

I'm kind of God that was really good. But on this one with former US Senator Jim Talent,

1:17.2

Republican from Missouri, served in the US Senate from 2002 through 2006, this is one, if I may candidly tell you, I was really

1:27.2

concerned about and my reasoning was I was on maybe three hours of sleep.

1:34.0

Well, we had recorded, we always do the Ryan Kelly

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morning after live from 7 to 10 Central in St. Louis.

1:39.3

And then I had a conference call

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from some business stuff at 11 Central and. conference call. It was poor scheduling on my part. The conference call was

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scheduled to arrive at 1130. The conference call, it was poor scheduling on my

1:51.0

part. The conference call wasn't close to being over when

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Senator Talent got here he got here early which speaks to the way he operates

1:57.6

whereas I get to late the things that's why he's a former senator and I'm I'm

2:01.3

complete creep and and I'm going oh my gosh how am I going to handle this because I don't want to keep the man

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