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Wake Up Live W/ Christopher DeSimone Ep. 416 - Capt. Bob Wells, Hessam Rahimian

Live The Dream Media

September 29, 2026

Kick of your week with Wake Up Live and Live The Dream Media! Monday Show Guests:  Captain (Ret) Robert Wells brings on Margaret Pulles Machado, Founder and President of VamosGlobal,communications, public affairs and institutional-relations strategist, Presidential appointee and Cuba expert.

Speakers Christopher DeSimone, Robert Wells, Margaret Pulles Machado, Sean McCluskey, John Winchester, Hessam Rahimian, Hizam Mizaghi

TopicsSociety & Culture

SPEAKER_1 (0:01)

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SPEAKER_2 (0:13)

You're listening to Wake Up with Christopher DeSimone on the Live The Dream Media Network, Southern Arizona's premier live talk and online radio.

Christopher DeSimone (0:36)

Thank you. We have Christopher DeSimone.

As always, we have like a super terrific guest star international hour of unbelievable wonderfulness coming up on this Monday, as we kick off into storm week here in Southern Arizona. As Hurricane Polo is heading our way, and inches of rain, kayaking along Congress, all of that good stuff, we have our good friend, Captain Bob Wells, a little early today. Hello, my friend.

Robert Wells (1:12)

Good morning, sir.

Christopher DeSimone (1:12)

How are you doing?

Robert Wells (1:13)

I'm doing great.

Christopher DeSimone (1:15)

We got a lot to talk about because in addition to your super terrific guest star you have at coming up in like four minutes, which is you're gonna I'm gonna have you introduce her in a second.

Robert Wells (1:26)

You bet.

Christopher DeSimone (1:27)

Hassam at 730 has Dr. Nisa Misagi coming in, who wrote a book called Passport for Freedom from Tehran to Triumph. So this is like, you know, we put on a pretty good international level show on this show on a Monday.

Robert Wells (1:43)

I think so, but it really does, I think help inform people about what's happening. And I like the fact that it's not in the Eastern Standard Time Zone.

Christopher DeSimone (1:57)

There's a lot of good people out here.

Robert Wells (1:58)

There's a lot of good people out here. And we also have a chance to see what's happening on the East Coast three hours before you go on the air. So we have a chance to digest it a little bit.

Christopher DeSimone (2:09)

Well, I was watching, talking to my Long Islanders dealing with the Nor'easters this weekend.

SPEAKER_1 (2:16)

Oh, yeah.

Christopher DeSimone (2:17)

They were all snug in their houses over this weekend.

Robert Wells (2:20)

This one's a little early, too.

SPEAKER_1 (2:22)

It is.

Robert Wells (2:22)

It seemed like it, yeah.

Christopher DeSimone (2:24)

So real quick on some, before we bring on Margaret, our super terrific guest star at 607, I gave her a Jesse Lugo time to call in today.

Robert Wells (2:32)

That's a good one, yes.

Christopher DeSimone (2:35)

Remember this weekend at 830 at Northwest Republicans at the Gaslight Music Hall in Oro Valley, General Maxwell and I are going to be doing everything you want to know about all the propositions and we're afraid to ask.

SPEAKER_1 (2:52)

Wow.

Christopher DeSimone (2:52)

That's going on today, sorry, Saturday. So you got to go to northwestrepublicans.com to register. It doesn't cost you anything. Okay.

Suggested fee of five bucks to cover coffee, donuts and bagels. And, but Ted and we are, this is it. Ted and I are going to go through every one of these propositions and then extensive Q&A.

Robert Wells (3:13)

He's pretty perceptive and he'll peel back the onion on the outcome.

Christopher DeSimone (3:18)

And then the fun part is when I mildly disagree on stuff.

Robert Wells (3:21)

Okay. Just mildly.

Christopher DeSimone (3:23)

Well, we do. I love that. So we get along just fine.

Robert Wells (3:27)

Just like a hatch chili.

Christopher DeSimone (3:28)

It's like, and I do have to, I do got to get everyone their money from chili cheeseburger. Don't you worry. It's all coming. So Margot's been busy. She just had Lieutenant General Laster, who is a Marine General, was on the show Friday. He's now the head of Toys for Tots.

And but he they do a lot in Tucson. So fascinating guy. He's like yourself. He's got a hell of a resume.

Robert Wells (3:56)

That's a great program. You know, the Marine Corps, you know, having the symbolism they're doing, you know, paying back to the community, focusing on the family and the kids. Great toys for time.

Christopher DeSimone (4:05)

It was a great interview if you missed it. So I see her on the screen. She's ready to rock.

Messages on her on her on her tweet on her tweeters and everything. Bill, Captain Robert Wells, please introduce our next super terrific star here at Wake Up Live.

Robert Wells (4:25)

It'd be a pleasure and an honor. And certainly it's great seeing you again for all our listeners here. This is Margaret Machado. I've known her for about 13 years now since our time in Washington, DC.

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