Category Archives: Big John and Ramblin' Ray Blog

John & Ray’s WAF – Arizona teen jumps off school bus to save his dog from house fire
As heard on John and Ray Monday morning, an Arizona teen jumped off school bus to save his dog from house fire. Check out the full story here: CBS 5 – KPHO Source: Arizona teen jumps off school ...
Cumulus Media Dec 05, 2016

Trump supporter Sarah Palin calls Carrier deal ‘crony capitalism’
By Eugene Scott, CNN Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — an early supporter of Donald Trump who is under consideration to serve in his Cabinet — is criticizing the use of subsidies to keep an...
Cumulus Media Dec 05, 2016

On John & Ray – See Luke Bryan Slap Fan at Charlie Daniels Concert
See Luke Bryan slap a fan who was apparently taunting him at Charlie Daniels’ Volunteer Jam. Luke Bryan’s team has provided a statement about Wednesday night’s incident: “A man...
Cumulus Media Dec 02, 2016

Chicago Bar Dumps MillerCoors After Executive’s Trump Fundraiser
Ray vowed to go and drink a Coors beer after the final show of the week on Friday morning. “We’re not really a Miller Lite bar, anyway,” the owner of The Green Lady in Lakeview said....
Cumulus Media Dec 02, 2016

Donald Trump to nominate James Mattis for secretary of defense
[van id=”politics/2016/11/20/james-mattis-donald-trump-administration-mattingly-hit-nr.cnn”] President-elect Donald Trump is interested in the idea of retired Marine Gen. James Mattis serv...
Cumulus Media Dec 02, 2016

Music historian Marc Myers talks about his new book, Anatomy of a Song
Marc Myers is a music journalist and contributes to the Wall Street journal and he joins the show to talk about his new book, Anatomy of a Song.
Cumulus Media Dec 02, 2016

A radioactive berry-picking boom outside Chernobyl
As heard on the Big John and Ray show Thursday: In a Ukrainian region near the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site, foraging for radioactive mushrooms and berries has become a good business. Source: A rad...
Cumulus Media Dec 01, 2016

Fidel Castro is dead? Good, but the damage is done – by Marianne Murciano
A personal commentary for the Chicago Tribune by Marianne Murciano. Because I was born in Cuba, just about everyone I know has been asking for my thoughts about Fidel Castro’s death. So much has...
Cumulus Media Dec 01, 2016

The Future of Food: blood, insects and brains
The Nordic Food Lab recently published an article citing that the future of human consumption could come from animal byproducts. With increasing carbon emissions omitted from the livestock industry an...
Cumulus Media Dec 01, 2016

Police threaten drunk drivers with Nickelback
“What was that graduation song?” Ray said. “Photograph!” Consider yourself warned, Canadians: Drinking and driving could bring cruel and unusual punishment in the form of being...
Cumulus Media Dec 01, 2016