Hour 2 opens with broadcast team banter regarding back-to-school routines and parenting milestones before previewing upcoming 2A Tuesday coverage on Second Amendment litigation. On The Shortlist, the hosts review media commentary from Rosie O'Donnell's guest-hosting appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, energy market updates from U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, sports commentator Stephen A. Smith addressing political media coverage, and a Democratic National Committee resolution regarding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Segment 2's St. Louis Morning Brief critiques local news reporting on an ICE office vigil, examines regional automated license plate reader expansion, covers a dispute between Mayor Cara Spencer and the St. Louis Police Officers Association, and reviews a Wright City asphalt plant lawsuit. In Segment 3, former Missouri State Senator John Lamping analyzes state gaming revenues, public education expenditures exceeding $20,000 per student, and cultural mobilization surrounding Missouri Amendment 3. Hour 2 closes with Segment 4's In Other News, reviewing a viral Gatlinburg bear break-in attempt, an Arizona library book theft scheme, Nine PBS's federal lawsuit against Iron Mountain Data Centers over 70 years of trapped archive footage, and national retirement survey data. Hour Hashtags#MarcCoxShow #BackToSchool #DNC #ICE #StLouisBrief #FlockSafety #JohnLamping #Amendment3 #InOtherNews #NinePBS

Aug 18, 2026



