
News to ME with Ken Altshuler
Hosted by Ken and Mike and Mike Redux · Ken Altshuler
4.9from 19 ratings
- 198
- Episodes
- 40
- Transcribed
- 19
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About News to ME with Ken Altshuler
Ken Altshuler is a lawyer and a news junkie from Oklahoma. Mike Violette's mediocre academic performance at Waterville High prepared him perfectly to be a blowhard on Maine radio for forty years talking politics and sports. Ken and Mike were long term radio partners on Maine's top rated WGAN Morning News with Ken and Mike. On this podcast they continue to discuss and debate news and politics both local and worldwide, as well as pop culture and the social trends of the day.
- Publisher
- Ken Altshuler
- Category
- news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Apr 2020
- Latest episode
- 29 Sept 2026
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40 of 198 episodes have a transcript.

29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Chapter 39 of News to ME: Ken & Mike Redux

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Chapter 37 of News to ME: Ken & Mike Redux

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Chapter 26 of News to ME: Ken & Mike Redux
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Chapter 39 of News to ME: Ken & Mike Redux
Published 29 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Let's talk about something fun like politics. OK, I've stopped listening to any ads. When a Susan Collins ad or Troy Jackson ad comes on, I push my mute button. I don't want to hear it. I think I look you and I've talked about negative advertising. I think Susan Collins, I know some of it's not her. Some of it's the pack. I. I'm a little surprised because she usually doesn't do the negative advertising as much as Democrats in the past have done. But, I mean, maybe that's just, I mean, whether she's making those decisions or not. I think her positive ads are pretty good. The only Troy Jackson ad that I think is kind of pleasant to watch is the one with his mother, which I thought was kind of a nice ad. […]
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