First hour: Bills mania and the business of football
Second hour: How music reflects the political mood
It's Buffalo Bills mania in Western New York. The Bills are back in the NFL playoffs for the first time in 17 years. But as fans celebrate, something ominous is happening for the league. Ratings are down. More parents are refusing to allow their kids to play football. We'll have some fun toasting the Bills, but we'll ask some serious questions, starting with this: if you won't allow your children to get on the field, should you be supporting the NFL at all? And what is causing the ratings decline? Our guests:
- Scott Pitoniak, longtime Rochester sports columnist and author
- Brian Parker, tight end for the Denver Broncos
- Jeri Dube, Bills fan
- Dr. Michael Maloney, sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon at UR Medicine
Then in our second hour, whatever happened to Obama-era pop music? According to the New Yorker, it's already dated, even embarrassing. Matthew Trammell argues that music reflects the cultural and political mood, and already pop music has moved on from the buoyant, fizzy hits like Katy Perry's "Firework." Is that fair? Our guests will discuss the ways music does, and does not, capture the current mood. In studio:
- Mona Seghatoleslami, host and producer for Classical 91.5
- Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, music journalist
- Irene Kannyo, creator, executive producer and co-host of No Lables Included on WAYO 104.3
