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Heard on The Answer - Pittsburgh (AM1250) Monday-Friday from 5:00-6pm ET. John Steigerwald has been in Pittsburgh media for 50 years. He is an award winning TV/Radio Sports anchor/reporter, columnist and author.
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Unabridged: A Book Podcast

Ashley Dickson-Ellison and Jen Moyers

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Unabridged is a bookish podcast hosted by teachers. We release episodes twice a month, including a monthly Book Club episode and other bookish topics full of recommendations for your TBR list. Join us for bookish fun at our website unabridgedpod.com, on social media @unabridgedpod, or via email at unabridgedpod@gmail.com.
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THE BAR HAS BEEN SET Whether it’s a low bar for understanding how government is supposed to work or a high bar for stupidity. It was set by Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, who could be Kamala Harris’ running mate. David Harsanyi of the Federalist on the morphing of Kamala Harris and the help she’s been getting from the shameless media. Pete Buttigi…
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J.D. VANCE IS WEIRD That’s the new talking point for the Democrats. You know, the people who think Dylan Mulvaney and Rachel Levine are women. Jesse Jane Duff, Executive Director of Veterans for Trump on why Donald Trump will return to his policies on veterans that were overturned by Joe Biden and why lots of people should’ve been fired over the di…
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WHO ELSE? The woman who was named the AM 1250 The Answer 'Jerk of the Week' is celebrating a honeymoon right now. The media keep outdoing themselves when it comes to embarrassingly biased coverage. The un-Czaring of Kamala Harris was just one example this week. Professor of Communications Jeff McCall with the analysis. Daily Caller analyst Mary Roo…
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WHEN DOES THE MONUMENT GO UP? Demediacrats are now comparing Joe Biden to George Washington. With a straight face. They’re incapable of feeling embarrassed. Drew Thomas Allen doesn’t compare the Big Guy to the father of our country in his book, America’s Last Stand: Will You Vote To Save Or Destroy America in 2024? Tim Kennedy of the Daily Signal h…
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HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR SUMMER In case you didn’t know, the Steelers reported to training camp in Latrobe today. Salena Zito was four feet away from Donald Trump when he was grazed by a bullet on July 13th. He called her the next day to see if she was okay. Salena says Kamala Harris is going to have major problems in Pennsylvania. Donna Jackson of Pr…
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IT’S PICKING UP STEAM The media puke fest over Kamala Harris being anointed as the Democrat nominee for President was all over cable news Monday night and her “journalist” fans were swooning. We ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Adam Andrzejewski CEO/Founder of OpentheBooks.com has all the numbers to suggest that Kamala is the worst boss and the least transp…
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LET THE PUKE FEST BEGIN Now that the Big Guy has finally been pushed out, his friends in the Democrat Party and the media have decided that he’s Abraham Lincoln and his Vice President, Kamala Harris is exactly what the country needs. The RNC’s Director of Strategic Communications explains what the RNC will be strategically communicating while it wa…
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IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE The AM 1250 The Answer Jerk of the Week could have been being blamed for an assassination instead of an assassination attempt. Jeffrey McCall, Professor of Communications at DePauw University and media critic for The Hill discusses the media’s performance in a week with more major, world changing events than any week …
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A GOOD AND DECENT MAN As The Big Guy gets ready to pack it in, get ready to be told by the Demediacrats that he’s a good and decent man. He’s not. A former special assistant to President Trump with a preview of his acceptance speech and a discussion of what to expect from the Democrats now that Joe is done. An eyewitness account of the assassinatio…
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In this episode, Gary Harper talks about his recent journey of research and discovery into the life of early Jujutsu (or ju-jitsu as it was known back then) pioneer, James Hipkiss. Anyone interested in getting hold of a copy of the republished version of "Self Defence Made Simple" by Hipkiss, can contact Gary directly at GHarper@hamerchilds.co.uk F…
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ARE WE BEATING A DEAD HORSE? How many ways can you say that Joe’s gotta go? He may not be President by the end of next week, but he can be this week’s AM 1250 The Answer Jerk of the Week. Sam DeMarco, Chairman of the Allegheny County Republican Party, talks about how things are shaping up in Pennsylvania with Donald Trump coming in to Butler County…
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ANY QUESTIONS? The Big Guy was scheduled to have a “big boy” press conference at 6:30. Here’s the first question he should be asked: “As you stand here today, how confident are you that you can be standing here four years from today, at 86, doing another press conference like this one as President of the United States? Charles Lipson, Political Sci…
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ANOTHER RAT JUMPS SHIP George Clooney threw a big party for Joe Biden several days ago and raised lots of money for him. Now he says the Joe at the party is not the Joe he supported for President and he needs to go. Dr. Carol Lieberman is the 'Terrorist Therapist' and an expert on terrorism in France. She says what’s happening there could be the en…
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FORGET BEING ON THE SAME PAGE After the Democrats had a big discussion about what to do with Joe Biden, a Congressman was asked if they were on the same page. His response: “Same page? We’re not in the same book.” Project 2025, developed by the Heritage Foundation, has become an effective weapon for liberals to scare low information voters away fro…
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IT MIGHT BE HIS BIGGEST LIE YET The Big Guy told a whopper early in his debate with Donald Trump and the media have done a really good job of ignoring it. DePauw University Professor of Communication Jeffrey McCall has his grade for George Stephanopoulus on his interview with Joe Biden. Fred Galvin, author of “A Few Bad Men: The True Story of US Ma…
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PICKING ONE JUST ISN’T FAIR But we had no choice and we settled on one of your favorite MSNBC hosts for the AM 1250 The Answer Jerk of the Week. Ken LaCorte, who was a producer at Fox News for a long time, on whether the media are capable of being embarrassed by their “coverage” of Joe Biden’s dementia and what to expect now. Christian Toto of Holl…
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WHERE WAS THE BIG GUY? Joe Biden missed a chance today to prove that he is “sharp as a tack.” He could have faced the media and answered all the questions about his health and his future. Instead he sent Karin Jean-Pierre out for one more tap dancing session. Dave McCormack talks about running against Bob Casey for a seat in the United States Senat…
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HE’S TAN AND READY TO GO TO WORK The Big Guy has a new makeup artist. He looked really tan Monday night when he came out to read what somebody wrote for him on the teleprompter about the Supreme Court rulings. Why hasn’t he faced reporters since the debate disaster to show voters that he can think on his feet? David Gilman, legal advisor to Donald …
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IT’S BEEN 2 YEARS Back in 2022 Joel Gilbert wrote a book, “Michelle Obama 2024: Her Real Life Story and Plan for Power.” In it, he predicted Joe Biden would not be the nominee in 2024 and Michelle Obama would. Gilbert returns to talk about what to expect now that the first half of his prediction seems about to come true. Brilyn Hollyhand is 18. He’…
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IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT FOR JOE Not THAT Joe. Mr. Scarborough of MSNBC, who said back in March that, “this was the best version of Joe Biden,” is, because of Joe Biden’s performance last night, the AM 1250 The Answer Jerk of the Week. DePauw University professor of Communications Jeffrey McCall talks about what he considered a bad performance by CNN de…
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NO NEED FOR 90 MINUTES Just ask the two candidates if Rachel Levine is a man or a woman. Their answer should tell you all you need to know. Heritage Foundation legal and judicial expert Hans von Spakovsky has all the reasons that yesterday’s Supreme Court Decision was “devastating” for the 1st Amendment. Salena Zito went on the road to talk to vote…
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I’M A CONVICTED FELON Those should be the first four words out of Donald Trump’s mouth at the debate Thursday night. Get it out of the way. Joe Warmington of the Toronto Sun talks about an election result in Canada that appears to be more evidence of a conservative resurgence around the world. It was the first conservative win in 33 years. Caroline…
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Are you looking for a cozy mystery with a lot of spilled tea? Be sure to join us as we read and discuss Jesse Q. Sutanto’s Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) as our June 2024 book club pick! This cozy mystery is a perfect summer read that will warm your heart despite the dead body at its center. We're continuing …
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WORDS CAN’T DESCRIBE For an old baby boomer, it’s sad to see kids spending a Summer day at camp. Joy Pullmann talks about her book, “Why Queer Politics Mean the End of America” and her suspicion that Amazon is doing a good job of preventing it from being sold. She’s not celebrating Pride Month. A man who has worked in national security for a long t…
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BEN KAMENS THANKS YOU Ben is Communications Director for Marcy Kaptur, a Congresswoman from Ohio and Wednesday he thanked Joe Biden on X for “cancelling” his student loan. He took it out n 2010. It was $8,250. He paid less than $600 per year. He makes $95,000 a year. You pay his salary and you paid off his loan. Thank Joe Biden. Marly Hornik of Uni…
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WHAT ABOUT THE LADIES? Why is it, during Pride Month, that only excessively feminine men are celebrated? Lots of bearded men in dresses but no women with crew cuts. Seems kind of unfair. John Lott Jr. of the Crime Prevention Research Center on why it took so long for the Nashville shooter’s manifesto to be made public and some of the disturbing int…
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