The Campaign: Radio Silence!
The Chris Stigall Show
Salem Podcast Network
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Chris shares his thoughts on what it's like to give up a career that's been a big part of his life, and how he's adjusting to a new role as a candidate. He also talks about his inspiration from fellow Missouri congressman Mark Alford, who left his job as a news anchor to run for office and is now using his skills to effectively communicate the Republican agenda.
Chris opens up about the challenges of leaving behind a career that's been a big part of his life, and how it's been a difficult adjustment to stop being a morning radio host. He talks about the importance of being able to communicate effectively and connect with people, and how he's learning to listen to what people care about rather than just following the news headlines. Chris also shares his admiration for Mark Alford's approach to using his skills to communicate the Republican agenda, and how he hopes to do the same in his own campaign.
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| 0:42.5 | And we're back with the campaign, Chris DeGall on Town Hall, |
| 0:48.5 | where we've been spending a lot of time focusing on Chris DeGall's new life as a candidate for Congress running in Missouri 6. |
| 0:52.1 | Stigalphorcongress.com, stagall for Congress.com. |
| 1:03.1 | And we've been talking to Chris about this whole new world of his, you know, going out and doing campaign events and raising money and meeting with other elected officials for endorsements and all that stuff. |
| 1:07.2 | But one thing we've neglected, Chris, is to talk about what you've left behind. |
| 1:13.6 | I mean, for how many years, Chris DeGall, did you turn on that microphone every morning and start everybody's day with a conversation about news and politics and culture and education? And then, |
| 1:19.3 | and then cold turkey, it just stopped. Are you okay, my friend? I don't think I can do it. |
| 1:24.4 | You know, I'm blessed in that I have some other lines of work. We've talked a little bit about the fact that I've been doing a new project called Heartlander News, which you can see at townhall.com and at HeartlanderNews.com. And that's given me a bit of an outlet. But it's not exactly straight up my own show. I'm doing it for another entity. And so, you know, while I can express myself a little bit, I can't be as candid with everyone as I am here and as I have been able to be on my show for all the year. I mean, I can offer my perspective on news, but not about the campaign just because totally get that. yeah and and it is a great show and i love it |
| 2:02.0 | and we do see christigal and his sort of you know take on what's going on in our world but you know |
| 2:07.3 | what i'm talking about i do when you've got three hours every morning you build a relationship that |
| 2:12.3 | becomes part of your life i was driving around the district uh last week with my campaign manager. He's named David and a |
| 2:19.3 | younger guy. And he was asking me about my career in broadcasting and what it was to give it up and all |
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