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The Mark Simone Show

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4.3 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Radio icon Jim Kerr fills in for Mark Simone. Jim shares stories about meeting Mark for the first time and the memories they've made together in the industry and beyond the studio. He also wonders if AI could soon take over more jobs, and questions why Luigi Mangione is receiving praise after his actions involving United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Jim interviews Rebecca Damon, Executive Director of SAG-AFTRA, New York. They talk about the growing impact of AI in industries like broadcasting and how the Take it Down Act might help protect broadcasters’ jobs. Rebecca explains the importance of strong guardrails to keep AI from replacing talent in entertainment and sheds light on the crucial behind-the-scenes jobs that make these productions possible. Radio legend Jim Kerr fills in for Mark Simone and interviews Clinical Psychologist Katherine Rachlin. Katherine discusses the psychological reasons some women stand outside the courthouse during Luigi Mangione’s trial for the murder of the United Healthcare CEO. She also points to the healthcare crisis in the U.S. as a possible factor behind such extreme actions. Katherine talks about her documentary work, including features on CSI, and her impressive catalog of 74 books. Jim interviews radio icon Scott Shannon. They react to The New York Times leaving Billy Joel off its list of the greatest American songwriters and share their thoughts on Paul McCartney’s recent SNL performance.

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0:00.0	now on seven 10 w o r the mark simone show in for mark today here's jim kerr well good morning it's
0:09.1	great to be here in the 710 w o r studio and as a matter of fact to tell you the truth this is the
0:15.4	very first time i've ever been in this studio this is the famous mark simone studio here at Radio 710 W-O-R. I've known Mark,
0:26.4	oh, let's see, I've got to give you a little background here about my relationship with Mark Simone.
0:31.6	I first met Mark in September of 1977. So in September, it will be 49 years since we first met.
0:40.2	When I met Mark, he was the nighttime DJ at what was then WPIXFM here in New York City.
0:47.7	And his audience predominantly consisted of teenagers at the time.
0:53.8	And I observed him at work.
0:57.7	He was incredibly funny, so creative on the air that, to be quite honest with you,
1:06.3	I was kind of in awe at how he could just put something together in about 30 seconds and create
1:12.7	hilarity on the air while at the same time keeping the hits coming. He was truly a great DJ.
1:19.9	He then later went on, of course, to a very successful career as a talk show host, culminating
1:25.0	in this top-rated show on Radio 710 W-O-R.
1:29.3	But besides the fact that he was really creative, there was something really unusual about him.
1:38.0	Now, you have to understand that in September of 1977, we were both very young guys, and we were working with a bunch of other
1:46.6	very young guys. And it was an era of T-shirts and blue jeans and sneakers. That's how all
1:56.3	of us dressed, except for Mark Simone. We're talking early 20s now, not an older guy, a guy in his early 20s, playing rock and roll and disco records for a living.
2:08.6	At night, you'd go into the studio and the man would have a crisp white shirt on, and he had a tie, and he had a jacket with a pocket square and slacks
2:20.6	and shoes that were polished as if he were a united states marine he didn't look like the rest of us
2:30.0	looked and he didn't carry himself the way the rest of us carried ourselves there was a certain
2:38.1	kind of bizarre maturity about him and it created a very unique situation in our relationship
2:47.5	through the years because when mark was very young to all the rest of us, his peers,
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