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Episode Date: August 22, 2026

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Back to one-on-one with D.P. Sponsored by the Downtown Lincoln Foundation on 93-7 the ticket. Wordstock, 2026, Antelope Park, year four. Year number four of an event that has grown seeds planted, starting to bear fruit. There are young people who have been getting books for four years. now. I'll say that again so we get some understanding of how impressive that is, that there are families that have been here for four years. They've been here all four years. And you start to identify them and they start to identify you and they understand why we do this thing

every year and why link to literacy exists and what's the mission and what's the purpose. all of that becomes loud and clear today with a better understanding the number of people the vast number of people who have shown up here I'm looking forward to the number when they get to the point with numbers the number of books that find a new home and I think that'll be a full story for next year

is that we will pick some books and give them personality and voice and tell them hey the loneliness of sitting on a shelf somewhere they deserve a good home. That would be the story next year. That would be the mission is that we can pick some books, tell the stories. Also, a thing that's going to be done. And again, shout out to the two young ladies,

Kayla Star from the bowling team and Ray Lee Coe from the women's tennis team, who, again, not like they're not busy. But they donate their time to come down here and be a part of it. I'm going to have those two of them sit down together at the 1 o'clock. hour and talk to each other because I think that would be an interesting conversation. But it's also a thing where they're going to sit and read to everyone. I'm going to offer this because I think it's just a really wonderful thing that the different people on the staff at the ticket and a different collection of the athletes.

And Austin, Norman, I'll ask you to get your head on for this one. because I'm open to it. And Young Wyman, I'll take your opinion on this too. But I think that I need to put money where mouth is and that if we say the importance of literacy and the importance and the power of length of literacy and the volume and reach of this event, that on a weekly basis that we start our own book read club.

And we'll start it with the simplest of things that Austin, we'll find something that you read to your kids. His favorite book shifts up every week or two. But imagine one minute of you reading a story and to say that this book is available for you and your young people. And we'll have that book and we'll give it away. But I also think that it's an ad that we can run. Oh, easy.

It's an ad that we can run. And if we do that, one, if we talk about 12 books. I think we could actually do 50 if that was a real. thing that we wanted to do. But Young Wyman, if you're there, I will ask you, what's your favorite childhood book? I was a big magic treehouse guy. Those were awesome. I don't know which one, but they're all just great.

I think just the imagination that brings me to me. My favorite childhood book, be any of the magic treehouse. I think that needs to be a thing. For the athletes who do shows to have them go in the studio and just read for 60 seconds. right just the importance of it i i i think it needs to be done um it needs to be done and and and i'm saying this in public so that we we hold ourselves accountable to doing it austin what would be the book to read what would be your the first one that comes to mind so yeah there's kind of been a progression i don't remember a whole lot of like childhood childhood books but the first couple series i

got into i think it was matt christopher uh doing some sports writing uh kind of the mike lupica Luke of a different kind of ilk. The Alex writer books were big for me, kind of a spy series. And then the first, like, super duper mega series, I was a Harry Potter guy, big Harry Potter guy. But I remember dad reading Narnia, reading White Fang, reading Lord of the Rings, Hobbit, all that sort of stuff with us. Those are bedtime books growing up as kids. Yeah, I just think that there are several blind spots. And being at the events often remove the blind spot.

Now you see it and you recognize that there's space for this good thing to happen. and I just think like the the the the the the the the the the the the the reading hour listen if we did just if you just did 60 seconds of a book and we recorded and we put that book into into our we we put that that that that thing into our rotation and it becomes our own thing and I'd be fine I'd be fine if you had a celebrity reader I'm going to challenge the coaches at the university in Nebraska, right? That if they would just come in and read a book.

That's what radio used to be. And this will stun you with some of this. That War of the world. Rudy, you familiar? Okay, so

Orson Wells, and it's one of the iconic moments in radio, in radio history. Orson Wells gets on and he would read. And in this particular instance, he didn't tell people that he was reading. This was just another episode of him telling the story. And if we said that we could get Peter Colbel to just sit and read,

I know that we could get Herman to read to his sons, kids. Mark Manning would read, which I would actually donate. I would donate money to have a book, a Dr. Seuss book. Manning has grandkids, doesn't he? Yes. Yeah, he's familiar. No, but if we just said that either books from the Dolly Parton Library,

imagination library, or books chosen by linked illiteracy, or just Dr. Seuss books or their favorite book, and have them come in the studio and just read it. We'll clip it and then share it. You think we could get that in? I think we got time and space. I think we can get that done, right? I think that would be exceptional. I think that would be Wyman, Orman, and young Rudy Grace, the fourth.

You will be the pioneers behind this. So sometime in the next three weeks, you'll pick a book. I don't care if it's a chapter of a book, right? and you'll just read and we'll record it and we'll share it and we'll put it on social media. It's that important. It's just that important.

So, greatly appreciated it. Austin, I had to ask you the question because I didn't have the answer. Last night, the Royals played in a major league baseball game. Did you know that? They did. They played in a major league game.

How'd that go? It went very well for the Royals for the sixth consecutive night, fun enough. And this was a blowout by Royals and Tigers standards. I believe a friend of the program, friend of the station, a voice of the Royals on the, one of the voices of the Royals on the radio with no disrespect to Denny Matthews and Steve Stewart. Jake Eisenberg, who we did something out. I think he said it was 13 of the last 15 games between the Royals and the Tigers had been decided by two runs or fewer over the course of the year and a half or two in the series. And so last night

was a blowout by that standard, a three run. Royals win. They get up three. Nothing. and Detroit strikes back for a couple. Carter Jensen goes dead center 443 and Michael is Michael Massey and Kyle Isbell tack on. So the Royals winners at six in a row, their longest winning streak since this, D.P. May of last year, May of 25. Baseball's hard. Not as hard as the Royals have made it look all the time, but it's been a, been a fun week in Royalsville. I was trying to to give it the due respect that was there. The other big story from this D.P. Pitcher by the name of Noah Cameron, St. Joseph's very own, not far north of Kansas City. Borderline rookie of the year candidate last year, I think he finished in the top five, maybe the top three in voting.

Pretty stellar rookie year. It took a bit of a step back to begin this year. And then about a month or so ago, it actually started against the Tigers, his previous start against them. He said, you know what? I'm calling my own pitches. And since then, he's on like a 14-inning scoreless. streak only allowed, I think, three earned runs across four starts, in the first pitcher in Royal's history with multiple starts of seven innings plus

and one or fewer hits allowed in a season. I love that conviction. Say, you know what? Catchers, I love you. Salvador Perez, you're a Royals legend, Carter Jensen. I know you're an up-and-comer, Luke Maylee, even behind the dish. But you know what? I got this.

Pitchcom is on me. That conviction to know what he's throwing, to want to feel it out with what's working every day has led to incredible results. It's been so fun to watch. I've said this a million times as a coach. I needed my pitcher and catcher to call pitchers. I just do. I can give them a suggestion on my philosophy,

and we generally do that throughout the course of the week. But as a catcher, you're looking over at me to tell you, listen, you see it, you see their reaction to it, you see what's happening. You're closer than anybody. As a pitcher, you know how you feel. And how you feel matters when these athletes are on the field. You have to be specific to that.

And I've always found it away. There's a, you know, we're also in preseason. We are. The NFL preseason. Terrell Fireley is not ready for that smoke today. No, he's not. The Atlanta, well, the Atlanta Falcons currently lead the Indianapolis coach 10-3 in quarter one. And Lucas Oil.

The Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns are playing. They're scoreless in Cleveland, Baltimore, and Minnesota are scoreless in Minneapolis. But the game of note. It's the main event. It's the first one you mentioned. It's the main event for the evening. The Washington commanders and the Detroit Lions are having it at it. Ah, D.C.

Now, there are a couple of things in play here. In full disclosure, there's zero chance that the sentence I'm about to say was ever forecasted or predicted. See, when I say that we don't know, we just have to let it play out. I'm going to read a sentence to you that, quite frankly, I'm not sure that we could ever say before. Josh Dobbs and a 50-yard touchdown run. Hello. Has Josh Dobbs run for 50 yards in the NFL career? He's got 53 for the day.

Woo! 53 and a tutty. All right, Josh Dobbs. Now, in the most Josh Dobbs sort of way, he also gave up a sack and six to the commanders. So Josh Dobbs is going to Josh Dobbs is. what we're going to say. I believe Josh Jobs was the quarterback for Tennessee against Nebraska in the Music City Bowl in 2016. Listen, and here's another thing, and here's some beauty behind this. Again, this is a sentence that I did not think I would say. But how about the two quarterbacks

that are leading these two teams? What if I said Calliac Manus is leading? Bras. Brass, brus. Minnesota and Rutgers Finest. Redker's finest is leading the commanders currently after being traded over. And for the Detroit Lions, for the Detroit. Wait, wait, wait, wait. It's not Jared Gough. It's not Teddy Bridgewater. It is, in fact, a Big Ten favorite.

I think, oh, is it David Blow? No, he's gone. No, Rudy. Any idea who's played quarterback for the Detroit Lions from the Big Ten? Aiden O'Connell. Big Ten, backing up Josh Dobbs. Luke Altmeier. Luke Altmyer is behind

center for the Detroit Lions today. It's spectacular enough. A full on Big Ten affair. And yeah, I listen, listen, as much as we give it grief, the fact that that's happening, I am tickled pink.

I am just tickled pink over the idea of an Altmyer, Calliak Manus, quarterback duel in the national football league. I'm sure that happened too. ago. Let's see if we can find Illinois's football schedule. But not the NFL, not in the NFL, not in the national footballing. That is spectacular.

Let's see. Minnesota, Illinois, November 2nd, 2024. That is so good. A 2517 win for the gophers in Champaign. That is so good. It translates. But this is why we, this is why preseason. Oh, that was Brosemer. That wasn't Calais. He was gone.

Oh, he was already gone. Sharks. What happens, man? This is special. Listen, we are here live. Wordstock 2026. Again, shout out to the fine folks from linked to literacy and what they do. If you cannot make it down here donating, so the next year's event has the support that it needs.

If you have books that needed to be shared or traded, you can turn them in. That is always an option. You can drop out books. until 2 o'clock, I believe. We're here until 2. They're here until 1. The lines have littleed down, but the question then immediately became,

what happens if there's people in line at 1 o'clock? Well, you're 15 minutes from having an answer to that question. So we'll see what it is. But thousands of books have a new home. Thousands of books now will spread out over the state and be read in full as they were. meant to be. So greatly appreciate that for the hundreds and hundreds of folks.

I'm interested to see what the number of books is and the number of people because I would think they're both over a thousand in people, which is the number that blows my mind. We'll close out one-on-one. Get your set up for Ray Leco. Kayla Star here on 937

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