Wake Up Live W/ Christopher DeSimone Ep. 363 - Joe Higgins, Capt. Robert Wells, Hessam Rahimian artwork

Wake Up Live W/ Christopher DeSimone Ep. 363 - Joe Higgins, Capt. Robert Wells, Hessam Rahimian

Live The Dream Media

July 14, 2026

Monsoon Tuesday! My good friend Joe Higgins joins the show followed by a requested hour of both Captain Robert Wells and Hessam Rahimian, President of the Iran Liberty Foundation! Stories today: the dangers of Kratom, Brown Univ. professor says 50% of his students are cheating and much more.
Speakers: Christopher DeSimone, Robert Wells, Hessam Rahimian, David Salmorano, Parmita, Joe Higgins, John Post, John Officer, Sean McCluskey
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**Christopher DeSimone** (0:35)
Oh, hello there, hello there. Now, good morning, everyone. You're on Live The Dream Media, Christopher DeSimone. Busy day today, we got a busy show, and then around midday, I'm gonna be recording an interview with KOLD, and then I'll be heading off to the Heirs of the Republic meeting later today with Jeff Uch, Barney and crew. So, I'll be out there later this evening. Big thunderstorm blew through the northwest side, and I think one of my favorite headlines from a local TV station was, hot rain, roofers need, roofers get more work. So, I just put it up on a wastebook now, but if you need anything in relation to your roofing problems, if you got hit bad last night or you have any doubts, I'll put it in the live chats right now. You call our boy up, Dan over at Blue Print Roofing, and he'll get one of the crew out there. So, he's helped many wakeys in the past, and we'll do it up. So, what else is going on today? The prodigal son, Joe Higgins, will be here probably in the next half hour, and he'll be here at least for an hour, hour and a half co-host, and we've got a lot of stuff to catch on education and other things before it goes on. Then, something that Dr. Neal originally requested is happening in the third hour. We have Captain Bob Wells will be here in studio, and then we have Hessam Rahimian from the Iran Liberty Foundation is actually going to be videoing in from Washington DC. And I think he might be a company. I just found this out. What's her name? Do do do do do.
Permida. So Permida will be on the show. And she is, We Are Cyrus, a non-partisan organization focusing on empowering Iranian Americans. So, anyway, so we're gonna, we're gonna put the best damn show on about the Middle East coming up in the third hour. And then Ron and Brittany are on with The Flavor, and they have a fellow with a fitness business, plus the, believe the Marana football coach. It's getting to be that time, my friends. School starts in just what? Couple of weeks. I think Vail's starting really soon. But I know teacher training and stuff for Marana school districts going on in about a week. So, it's happening and the foosball games will be later in August. So, should be fun. Anyway, it's time to get into that fall mode. Good morning, Bill Murph, Pat Hirsch, mother mucka, twas a beauty of a sunrise, I think is what she's saying. Cowboy Tilly, incredible sunrise at the ranch this morning. Big Dave, good morning. I'm on duel two, prog baby, thank you, Patrick.
So, mother mucka, it's funny you say that, I just put that out on my wastebook this morning before coming in. If you're driving around the OV area and you see storm damage on my signs, which had to happen, text me, message me, call me, and we will get the crew out. Lawrence has been an amazing help keeping my signs. I had one of my daughter's friends said that the McGee and LaChoya sign got a little beat up by some wind and storm, so I know he was out there fixing that. Good morning to Katherine, Dr. Neal, 70 degrees down in the Pomeranians. Bob Watson, good morning, my friend. Chris King, learning for LD17, of course. Next week for Vale, new teacher training has been going on last week and this week, so we're knee deep in school, my friends.
Again, it's summer in Tucson. This coolish pattern, looking at the weather forecast, supposed to go on for at least a week. I see low to mid-90s in Oro Valley through the end of the week, so maybe even early next week into election day, which is a week from today. Holy moly, holy moly. So we got some stuff we're going to... I don't... A rundown of stuff we'll get to. Our buddy, Katie the Butcher... That's not a wrestling name. That's actually... She is a butcher. And she's been to... She used to live in Tucson, has been to a bunch of our events when she visits, and she started Katie the Butcher back in Illinois. But she sent me a story about... A story in Oregon. I've got to send this to Dennis Neal. This is in Portland. It's a little street justice. Because they've defunded their cops. We'll get to a similar sad pattern with town management in my beloved town of Oro Valley. What else do we got here today?

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