https://wnis.comJoin Tony Macrini, the voice of Hampton Roads since 1976, for straight-talking conversation on the issues that matter most to Southeastern Virginia. Each episode digs into local politics, national headlines, and the stories shaping the 757 — plus candid interviews with the politicians, military leaders, and newsmakers who drive them. Expect independent commentary with no party allegiance, real community connection, and the steady, familiar voice generations of Virginians have tuned into for decades. New episodes every weekday.en-usStreamGuys RecastSinclair CommunicationsSinclair CommunicationsStraight-talking, independent commentary on local politics, national headlines, and issues shaping the 757.Join Tony Macrini, the voice of Hampton Roads since 1976, for straight-talking conversation on the issues that matter most to Southeastern Virginia. Each episode digs into local politics, national headlines, and the stories shaping the 757 — plus candid interviews with the politicians, military leaders, and newsmakers who drive them. Expect independent commentary with no party allegiance, real community connection, and the steady, familiar voice generations of Virginians have tuned into for decades. New episodes every weekday.falseepisodicSinclair Communicationspodcasts@sinclairstations.comhttps://waterloo-od.streamguys1.com/the_macrini_in_the_morning_podcast/20260818112215_831518-the_macrini_in_the_morning_podcast.jpghttps://wnis.comnews,commentary,politicsAIS_AD_BREAK_1=431539,0;AIS_AD_BREAK_2=842639,0;AIS_AD_BREAK_3=1884940,0;AIS_AD_BREAK_4=2868534,0;AIS_AD_BREAK_5=4015919,0;AIS_AD_BREAK_6=5405965,0;AIS_AD_BREAK_7=6433613,02dcbb2f0-d7a0-11f1-acc2-33f7222592d5full01:49:07Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -0600On today's show... - Political analyst and longtime broadcaster Joel Rubin joins Tony on the eve of Election Day! - Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens stuns her party by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers over Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. - Republicans are escalating attacks on Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, drawing accusations of Islamophobia. - Democratic Senator Chris Murphy suffers a stroke days after he called a possible Trump administration plan for renewed military action against Iran "insane." - Columnist David French accuses Attorney General Todd Blanche of corrupting the Justice Department through politically motivated prosecutions. and more!3f1e61c0-d799-11f1-848a-cb5b6d548c2efull01:45:39Mon, 02 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -0600On today's show... - Steve Woll, an independent candidate running in Virginia's 3rd Congressional District, joins Tony. - Polling expert Nate Silver predicts Democrats will win both chambers of Congress in next week's midterms, with Republican turnout potentially collapsing. - New York Times columnist David French condemns Vivek Ramaswamy’s attack ad against his Democratic opponent as another example of MAGA’s cruelty. - It's Halloween week! What are your favorite horror movies? and more!cefeeb40-d2d4-11f1-b69b-e1d03a5ef6d4full01:51:46Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0500On today's show, Lee Foster fills in for Tony and talks about... - Our friend, Colonel Jeff Acosta, joins us to talk about the U.S.-led invasion of Grenada, which began on this date in 1983. - With just one week until the midterm elections, the polls are increasingly pointing toward a very good night for the Democrats. - Democrats in Congress have released a report containing disturbing new details about sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump. - According to a new study, popular music is getting less sad, but isn't getting happier easier. Is pop music losing its emotional punch? - The NBA is getting even deeper into the sports gambling business, partnering with Kalshi and Polymarket. - The Milwaukee Brewers are one win away from their first-ever World Series Championship! and more!0b912d20-d20b-11f1-96ad-1fc956766651full01:45:14Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0500On today's show, Lee Foster fills in for the Emperor and talks about... - Former President Barack Obama says President Trump's White House looks like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory." - Trump says he doesn't "give a damn" about high prices because oil companies are "making a fortune." - An update on what is currently happening in Venezuela ten months after the U.S. captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. Is America helping or exploiting? - Is America ready for a female President? Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and former First Lady Michelle Obama have vastly differing opinions. - Is traditional trick-or-treating disappearing, or is it just changing? We discuss new trends, like "trunk-or-treating." and more!c1ac0b80-d143-11f1-b418-a70bcf456ff1full01:58:07Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0500On today's show... - Today marks 43 years since the Beirut barracks bombings, when a suicide truck bomb killed 241 U.S. service members, mostly Marines, at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon, while a nearly simultaneous attack killed 58 French paratroopers at their Beirut barracks. - Virginia Sen. Louise Lucas and six others face federal charges involving alleged marijuana trafficking, money laundering and corruption. - In the 1st Congressional Race, Republican Rob Wittman's campaign ad falsely blamed Democratic challenger Shannon Taylor for allowing a nurse accused of abusing infants to return to work. - A Republican operative claims Lindsey Graham’s alleged encounters with male escorts were widely known, following accusations he paid three men for sex, including a minor. - CNN’s Kaitlan Collins challenged Trump for defending a Vivek Ramaswamy attack ad exploiting an Ohio gubernatorial candidate’s childhood sexual abuse allegations. - J-Lee, Ron Solo and Coach Jones from Sports Insight 790 join Tony to talk about the World Series, Eagles QB Jalen Hurts' blood clot controversy, and more sports! and more!c69b9ff0-ceea-11f1-bb6a-391597abef0efull02:01:49Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0500On today's show... - A Richmond man has been charged with abduction after allegedly tying his wife to a chair in the basement of their home so that he could watch football. - JD Vance is defending a controversial ad by Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy featuring Democratic opponent Amy Acton’s estranged mother questioning her childhood abuse claims, despite bipartisan criticism. - Pete Hegseth’s staff accidentally dropped and damaged a historic globe believed to have been used by General Dwight Eisenhower during World War II. - The U.S. and Israel are reportedly preparing renewed military strikes against Iran after the November midterm elections, targeting nuclear and military facilities, although President Trump has not approved the operation and Iran is threatening major retaliation. - The origin of the term "skeeter" and why it became used as a nickname. and more!bcbe57d0-ce39-11f1-b7b0-9d181c4ff78dfull01:44:57Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0500On today's show... - Regent University Law Professor Brad Jacob joins Tony, and discusses an important Medicaid issue affecting Virginia families caring for children and adults with disabilities. (Find a link to the mentioned Change.org petition below) - President Trump couldn't stop gushing about his son Eric's wife at a North Carolina campaign stop. - Trump envoy Steve Witkoff praised Vladimir Putin as a “humanitarian” after he released a 74-year-old imprisoned American on disputed charges. - Would Trump accept GOP midterm losses? A new ABC News-Ipsos poll finds 7 in 10 Americans doubt that President Trump would accept the results if Republicans lost. - The New York Times reports that a billionaire Venezuelan banker received a pardon from President Trump just weeks after his family hired former Trump lawyer and Justice Department adviser Alina Habba in a deal worth more than $50 million. - On this date in 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill taunted Adolf Hitler in a radio broadcast, saying “we are waiting for the long-promised invasion, so are the fishes.” and more! Here is a link to the Change.org petition mentioned by Tony and Brad, concerning changes to Medicaid, which will have consequences for families caring for people with disabilities. We encourage you to sign the petition if you are willing! https://www.change.org/p/protect-virginia-families-preserve-services-facilitation-for-people-with-disabilities20b97ae0-cd5c-11f1-86da-6f0c94bfbe5efull01:43:36Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0500On today's show... - Longtime Virginia broadcaster Joel Rubin joins Tony to talk about the upcoming midterms, and the World Series! - Sen. Mark Warner claims Donald Trump will use the excuse of "foreign interference" to invalidate the results of the midterm elections. - Sky-high home heating oil prices could sway battleground races. - France is extending scattered curfews in response to weekend demonstrations that devolved into riots over living costs and poor school conditions. - Daily Beast Chief Global Affairs Columnist David Rothkopf claims Trump has become "our modern Benedict Arnold" following the President's stunning betrayal of Ukraine. - Mickey Mantle would have been 95 years old today. and more!01f8bf40-cc8e-11f1-82b9-b50c7b844c7afull01:44:47Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0500On today's show... - Today is Yorktown Day, commemorating the 1781 British surrender to General George Washington and his French allies, marking a decisive victory in the American Revolution. - Prominent conservative, Andrew C. McCarthy of National Review, calls Trump's concessions to Russia "the last straw." - CNN's Scott Jennings defends Trump's bizarre comments, made at a Rally over the weekend, in which he said he examined the ass of Ohio Senator Jon Husted. - What would the nation’s founders think of Trump? and more!4a1fdad0-cbc7-11f1-a66b-5748b4724ef1full01:26:46Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0500In the news today, Republicans are criticizing Trump's diesel deal with Russia, Trump aide Natalie Harp is raising eyebrows again, the Ossoff/Collins debate takes place in Georgia, and inflation and gas prices continue to rise. Plus, Tony talks about the time he drove to the Florida State Fair in a 1959 Ford Edsel, Don Mattingly returning as manager of the Phillies, and more!7ef41ee0-c7d8-11f1-a27e-bb3ad4b3dbf4full01:28:22Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0500On today's show, Tony is joined by Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell. Also, Tony talks about the difference between Portland, Oregon and Portland, Maine, a substitute teacher who was fired for having an OnlyFans account, the false claims by President Trump and fellow Republicans about the threat posed by Iran, and the correct way to pronounce the letter 'W'.c81e4990-c712-11f1-b629-c166d01dd892full01:48:43Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0500On today's show, Tony talks about the planned televising of the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, the family background of Trump aide Natalie Harp, Fox's Brian Kilmeade slamming Trump's diesel Deal with Russia, why Columbus Day matters, and more!b07a5420-c64e-11f1-87e5-ab7318b31e9ffull01:40:01Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0500On today's show... - Champion eater Joey Chestnut broke a pancake world record, and he did it in Williamsburg! - Airmen are expressing “outrage” over Pete Hegseth’s exclusion of atheism from a revamped list of religious identities service members can identify with. - President Trump offered to sell arms to China, a U.S. Ambassador says. - Gambling companies are using technology to target losing gamblers with promotions that encourage more betting. - Which U.S. states are the most and least expensive to get married in? - The Trump Administration is obscuring the true costs and setbacks of the Iran War by restricting journalists' access and limiting service members' ability to speak publicly. - In Sports, the Commanders upset the Seahawks, the MLB Playoffs get underway tomorrow, and future MLB Hall of Famer and former O.D.U. alum, Justin Verlander, retires at 43. - Can Democrats actually win the Senate in this November's midterm election? and more! Listen to Tony Macrini LIVE on News/Talk 790 WNIS every weekday morning from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Visit the WNIS Webside: https://www.wnis.com/ Follow WNIS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WNIS790/ Follow WNIS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/am790wnis/4ee10150-bb50-11f1-8559-0d063355bb1bfull01:32:02Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -0500On today's show, Tony is joined by Major Chris Flanagan, Salvation Army Hampton Roads Area Commander, to discuss ways you can donate or give back to the community. Meanwhile, the Emperor talks about Trump's support for flock cameras, Joe Rogan's regret, the Federal Reserve's interest rate hike, Mitch McConnell's return to the Senate, and the likelihood of Democrats taking the U.S. Senate in this year's midterm elections. Plus, it's Hank Williams' birthday! Listen to Tony Macrini LIVE on News/Talk 790 WNIS every weekday morning from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Visit the WNIS Webside: https://www.wnis.com/ Follow WNIS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WNIS790/ Follow WNIS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/am790wnis/79eb0f60-b2a0-11f1-933f-cb2b39d662aefull01:30:03Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -0500On today's show... - Tony answers the question that's on everyone's mind - "What about the beastiality?" - 2nd District Rep. Jen Kiggans is pushing unsubstantiated allegations of insider trading against her opponent, Elaine Luria, while completely ignoring President Trump's stock trading and blatant conflicts of interest. - U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie is introducing articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. - A decorated Army General is calling B.S. on 60 Minutes' segment spotlighting Pete Hegseth's military. - The U.S. Senate has voted to advance a bill to regulate college sports and athlete compensation. - Brad Pitt, 62, is going full "cool dad" on a date with a girl half his age. and more! Listen to Tony Macrini LIVE on News/Talk 790 WNIS every weekday morning from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Visit the WNIS Webside: https://www.wnis.com/ Follow WNIS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WNIS790/ Follow WNIS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/am790wnis/11ac28b0-b1df-11f1-afba-eb981cff4b02full01:30:14Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -0500On Tuesday's show, Tony is joined in-studio by political analyst and longtime broadcaster Joel Rubin for a wide-ranging conversation. Meanwhile, today is Oliver Stone's birthday, and we talk about some of his best films. Other topics include data centers, Mitch McConnell returning to the U.S. Senate, Donald Trump Jr's recent wedding reportedly being funded by a Russian oligarch and Putin ally, the FCC's ongoing attack on free speech, and more!f223d8b0-b115-11f1-a281-af1fa0ea8fd9full01:40:27Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -0500Have you ever wondered what the Star-Bangled Banner would have sounded like in 1861? Uncle Tone plays it for you. Plus, the Emperor discusses U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman pushing back on Trump's attempt to rename the future USS Doris Miller after himself, Trump's $5,000 pledge to Republican voters, allowing pets in public, football stadium concession prices, a James City County mother facing criminal charges after letting her 5-year-old son walk alone to a neighborhood pond, and more!128cd320-b04d-11f1-ab85-1d42ab7dd73bfull01:30:52Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -0500