Saturday May 18th, 2024 9:09AM

WDUN Morning Show

LISTEN: Navigating the challenging waters of home buying in North Georgia
Frank Norton Jr. of the Norton Agency joined Bill on Maine Street to offer strategies for buying a home in today's market. Demand is up but supply is down. But there are some things you can do to be successfull.
9:57AM ( 2 years ago )
LISTEN: Who were the winners and losers in the GameStop squeeze of 2021?
Many hailed the GameStop squeeze in 2021 as the little guy taking down Wall Street giants. Spencer Jakob stopped by Maine Street to share his take on the event as discussed in his book "The Revolution That Wasn't."
9:49AM ( 2 years ago )
LISTEN: What it is like to be an Olympic athlete
Dr. Daniel O'Neill stopped by Maine Street to talk about what it's like to train for and compete in the Winter Olympics. He should know. Dr. O'Neill is the former U.S. Alpine and Ski Jump Team physician. Wait until you hear what ski jumpers dislike most about their sport.
11:45AM ( 2 years ago )
LISTEN: Picking the right pet food...SO many choices
Dr. Marie Lance helps pet owners navigate the many options in pet foods. Be sure to listen to Dr. Lance every Thursday at 7:40a when she stops by with great information for pet owners on Maine Street.
10:41AM ( 2 years ago )
LISTEN: How Atlanta wrote the playbook for recruiting professional sports teams
Clayton Trutor visited Maine Street to talk about how Atlanta forged a new path for cities to recruit professional sports teams. Read more about this look at how we got the Braves, Hawks and Falcons in Trutor's book "Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports."
10:29AM ( 2 years ago )
LISTEN: In search of the Ark of the Covenant
Before Indiana Jones searched for it on the silver screen, Brad Ricca says there was another group of raiders who were searching for the Ark of the Covenant. He visited Maine Street to talk about his book "True Raiders: The untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to Find the Legendary Ark of the Covenant."
9:10AM ( 2 years ago )
LISTEN: The landscape of longevity
Demographic megatrend predictor and futurist Bradley Schurman spent time on Maine Street tell us what to expect from the economy, jobs, housing and other things as our population continues to live longer. His book is "The Super Age: Decoding Our Demographic Destiny."
9:23AM ( 2 years ago )
LISTEN: Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern
It takes more than laws to build a nation. It takes a language that all can write and understand. Jing Tsu visited Maine Street to share her book "Kingdom of Characters" which chronicles the story of how the many dialects in China were codified into a written language.
9:24AM ( 2 years ago )
LISTEN: Why "good enough" is "good enough"
Leanne Brown's new cookbook "Good Enough" is different from your traditional tomes of recipes. Brown spent time on Maine Street discussing that cooking should be fun and not everything you make has to be Instagram worthy. It just has to be good enough.
9:18AM ( 2 years ago )
LISTEN: Maya Washington talks about her father and the NFL
Maya Washington, daughter of the great Viking football legend Gene Washington, shares details of her book "Through the Banks of the Red Cedar." Washington shines the light on some of the challenges her father faced in becoming a black professional football player during the height of the Civil Rights movement.
2:19PM ( 2 years ago )