Jon King

Thanksgiving is over, but there are still leftovers! Luckily, there is no need for leftovers for Talk Back. Here's what we'll be serving up this week:

Well, Independence Day is over, my 11th anniversary is over (love you Ruth!), and this Talk Back schedule will be fossilizing soon, because, at this point, most of this week will be open phones.

Newstalk KGVO won two major awards over the weekend at the Montana Broadcasters Association Awards ceremony in Whitefish.

Jon explains the path the sound from the Talk Back show takes to get to your ears.

It's another full week of Talk Back shows, in fact, the schedules so packed with guests there's only about an hour's worth of open phones for the whole week. Should be good stuff though, here's a peek.

My baby is planking! Kids these days are so quick to adopt internet fads. Speaking of internet fads, here's a look at what we'll be talking about on this week's Talk Back Show....

What do you get when you put Obi-Wan Kenobi's hair on a zookeeper's face and tack on William Shakespeare's torso? Why Talk Back's Peter Christian of course!

I don't normally step out of the newsroom and write stories for comic relief, but some comments on this Amazon.com listing for Haribo Gummy Candy, Sugarless Gummy Bears, 5-Pound Bag left me in stitches. WARNING! if you are sensitive to off-color humor (poo-jokes) do not continue reading.

KGVO's Jon King gets drunk to help the Montana Highway Patrol.

Next week, the United States senate will vote on a bill that, if enacted, would ban the trading of corporate stocks by members of congress based on non-public information. The bill, known as the STOCK Act (Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge Act) was authored by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) and Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown (R).