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The Morning After STL is the longest-running local sports morning show in St. Louis. Tim McKernan, Martin Kilcoyne, Doug Vaughn, and Jackson Burkett have the fortune of hosting the circus each morning from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. — LIVE on 101 ESPN Radio at 101.1 FM, https://101ESPN.com, https://TMASTL.com, TMASTL YouTube, The TMASTL app, and anywhere you find podcasts.

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SLU Basketball Head Coach, Josh Schertz Dec 18, 2025

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SLU Basketball Head Coach Josh Schertz joins the program to first give us credit for the Billikens success so far this season, which is of course the right thing to do. Coach Schertz talks about his confidence in this team the last time he talked with us and how that is paying off early this season. We also talk about the Stanford game and the ripple effects of that loss in terms of NCAA tournament at-large possibilities. Coach Schertz also talks about the 3-point shooting so far this year and the production from Kellen Thames for the Billikens.

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TMA (12-18-25) Hour 4 - News Hounds & EMOTD Dec 18, 2025

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(00:00-3:44) The love is gone but we had magic. HR cool with it? Did Doug request this at the Vianney father/son dance? Mizzou season ticket prices going up.

(3:52-5:30) SLU at #22 in the NCAA net rankings with conference play coming up. We're news hounds as much as anything. The nonsense is beneath us.

(5:40-9:45) E-Mail of the Day

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TMA (12-18-25) Hour 3 - Bye Bye Beau Dec 18, 2025

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(00:00-14:44) Happy birthday DMX. People seem to love that Josh Schertz. AJ McCarron is the new head coach of the Birmingham Stallions. DMX giving sermons at Lambert. Keep that same energy. They want us to talk Missouri State. Doug wants more Americans in the MLS.

(14:52-27:15) Doug, how old do you think Sia is? Breaking news: Beau Pribula is entering the transfer portal. Mizzou 6.5 point favorites in The Gator Bowl. Do they give the keys to the program to Matt Zollers? Speedy Quis transferring.

(27:25-34:21) Why yes, we have discussed AJ McCarron becoming coach of the Birmingham UFL squad. Do we get back into the TMA boxing match game? Blues wearing the new whites at home tonight. Drink on Twitter posting about Zollers being the QB heading into the Gator Bowl.

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TMA (12-18-25) Hour 2 - I Get To Be Joy Behar Dec 18, 2025

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(00:00-34:20) Happy birthday, Keith Richards. Audio of Mad Dog absolutely furious with Travis Kelce for not talking to the media. Cal May. We're the Call Her Daddy of St. Louis sports talk radio. Brock Bowers' hairline. Iggy made salmon to take to drug church. Missouri State in the XBox Bowl. Jackson struggled putting together a new TV stand. More hands make less work. We need highly skilled heroes. Scout before you pop. Ballwin Beer Bitch wants to hop on real quick to thank Tim for motivating the Billikens. Loofa talk.

(34:29-40:13) Billy Eilish is 24 today. Josh Pate thinks Drink is involved in the Michigan coaching search. Audio of Kenny Dillingham talking about loving it at Arizona State. You aging stump!

(40:23-1:06:46) Head coach of the SLU Billikens, Josh Schertz joins us. Coach credits Tim for the Billikens good play. Hey Dummy, make more shots. Coach had a sense before the season started that he had something good. Looking back at the gut wrenching loss against Stanford. The all guard lineup. The team's shooting success. Kellen Thames. Shake Shack.

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TMA (12-18-25) Hour 1 - Mehlville Mediums Dec 18, 2025

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(00:00-31:11) Come join us in celebration of a big Blues victory over the Jets. It just feels good. I don't know who Omar Epps is. Maybe we can get Omar and Mike Tomlin on. Lamping Lemming. The NFL crushes everybody. Closet Bears fan. Come home, Bears. What was the lede on SportsCenter this morning? Delaware vs. Louisiana. A marathon QFTA yesterday. Shout out Adderall. SLU with a skull pounding last night. Bethune Cookman has played some teams. The ketchup and mustard game at the Dome 10 years ago. Great uniform matchup tonight. 5XL jerseys.

(31:19-44:27) Van Hagar was the best. Grow up!! Audio of Jim Montgomery talking about what he liked in the Blues 1-0 win last night. Doug gives out sweat free winners. The Roof Daddy guy. Who do you want in the net, Hofer or Binnington? Doug still thinks it may be time to trade Binnington.

(44:37-1:02:26) They don't ask to be overpaid. Breaking down the 1995 Best Picture Nominees. Brendan Donovan three-way trade? Who wants Bubic? We need more catchers. Night time cramps. The Beer Bitches at the holiday party. The Donnybook to English translator.

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Our Blues Insider, Jeremy Rutherford Dec 17, 2025

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Jeremy Rutherford joins the show in-studio to talk all things Blues, including Doug Armstrong’s comments to the media yesterday. JR shares his perspective on possible trade situations and the timing of all of that with the current injury situation. Who’s the core group and could any of them be on the move? JR also talks about Kelly Chase and his interactions with him at the game on Monday. As always, JR takes two-part questions from the audience.

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TMA (12-17-25) Hour 4 - Frontenac Santa & EMOTD Dec 17, 2025

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(00:00-6:35) Is this Meg Ryan? Three year onboarding. Some of Jackson's best work on STL Starter Packs. The Plaza Frontenac Santa. A liberal Canadian Soy Boy. Doug held accountable for his take on the Mookie Betts trade five years ago.

(6:43-8:14) Jackson has spurned the request for Black Hole Sun.

(8:24-15:52) E-Mail of the Day

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TMA (12-17-25) Hour 3 - When The Tiger Nationalists Get Ya Dec 17, 2025

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(00:00-21:58) Doug knows The Weeknd. Jackson explains Tiger Nationalists. Burner accounts are the most courageous. Jackson wants to give proper context so we're gonna hear some audio. First up is Drink talking about trying to find a way to keep Jamal Roberts in Columbia. Next up is Ahmad Hardy talking about other teams not contacting him because they know he's a Tiger. And now audio from BK & Ferrario commenting on the Jamal Roberts/NIL situation saying Roberts should go look to get more carries elsewhere. Then the Tiger Nationalists came after them.

(22:06-31:04) Light My Love. Josh Schertz will join us tomorrow. The Dish. SLU to the Big East would be a great thing. We will reconcile by winning.

(31:14-33:10) Papers loves some CCR. Jackson's an old soul. The dichotomy of Papers. QFTA today.

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TMA (12-17-25) Hour 2 - Roundtable with JR Dec 17, 2025

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(00:00-2:42) This video doesn't play. We're gonna do a little quickie to get back on track and JR is gonna join us next.

(2:50-21:46) Is this Ellie Goulding? Martin's dad shoes. Looks like he coaches freshmen basketball and teaches physics. Shoe cleaning talk. Jeremy Rutherford joins us in studio talking his roundtable AMA with Doug Armstrong. Candid comments talking about what's gone wrong. Armstrong feels like this team should be much better. The Kyrou-Thomas-Buchnevich core. No untouchables. Binnington's play as of late.

(21:56-40:55) JR has an optional skate he's gotta get to later. Two-part questions with JR. Nick Saban buying into the Nashville Predators. Binnington's trade value depending on how he plays in the Olympics. No pushback from the Blues on his article after the Dallas game. JR's feature on Kelly Chase's night at the Enterprise Center. Laila Anderson. Number 39 going in the rafters at some point.

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TMA (12-17-25) Hour 1 - Second Sleep Dec 17, 2025

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(00:00-33:02) You tryin' to get in our pocketbooks? Boi cleavage. Doug's a little frisky today because he lost $15K on Jalen Brunson. Stopping off for one. Second sleep. Doug Armstrong's comments to the media. "I hope they go on a run." His approach to making moves as the season progresses. JR's column in The Athletic. Getting primed for the big January EMOTD competition. Dunk City. The venn diagram of hotwives and milfs. Lead is in the pencil.

(33:10-1:01:47) Blues Money Puck update. History of the EMOTD competition. An Avalanche/Thunder championship parlay is at +845. Add on Texas Tech and we're getting paid. Keep vamping, I'm looking. Tim is the Avalanche of sports talk radio personalities. People are getting dental work done because Tim did. If you can make a good sandwich, you might be overqualified for this job.

(1:01:57-1:28:26) Songs about light. Producer Joe and Martin agreed to terms and he joins us on the phone lines. Producer Joe is now Parking Joe. Counting Crows documentary comes out tomorrow. Joe breaks down the College Football Playoff and Georgia's chances. The Drug League. My fleece is on the stage. Does Joe miss his days in radio? Commissioner Joe. Andy Dick. How much would it take to lock Iggy and Joe in a room?

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