108.9 The Hawk with Jason Gore and Geoff Garlock

CLASSIC HAWK: REO Stewwagon with Flula BorgThe Rock & Roll RV is on the air. The Val Verde Candle Factory is paying for it. Flula Borg is coming aboard.Comedian, actor and musician Flula Borg joins The Whisp Turlington Show in this Classic Hawk from 2023, featuring a visit to discuss his podcast Flula Makes Five.Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock welcome Flula into the world of Val Verde radio, where even a beautiful morning comes with a full slate of deeply questionable sponsors.Sponsored by Sharney’s, Channel 8’s HOT RAIN!, Danny and Sons Crater and Sauce King.Originally released September 25, 2023.108.9 The Hawk. Val Verde’s second favorite classic rock radio station.Listen to every episode at 1089thehawk.com.Tell your friends. Keep the stew moving.Help keep the damn station running. Get 108.9 The Hawk AD FREE, plus bonus episodes and more, at patreon.com/1089thehawk.

Rolling Stone ranked the 200 greatest rock songs of the 21st century so far. Jason Gore and Geoff “The Angry and Real Man” Garlock put their plans on hold to investigate.In Episode One of this emergency HAWK ROCK TALK countdown, the boys work their way from No. 200 through No. 132, discovering that “Gore Rock” and “Garlock Rock” are two very different record collections. Jason finds new favorites. Geoff explains why he probably won’t be investigating. Occasionally, they agree.Along the way: Yellowcard starts things off, Incubus gets a terrible concert review, Jason recalls Jack White flirting with his wife, Geoff makes the case for Slipknot and Meshuggah, and a discussion of King Gizzard reveals that there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to listen to both them and Steeleye Span.Plus: the Monkees, Future Islands, Electric Six, Sturgill Simpson at an SNL urinal, the invention of “David Cross Rock,” an unexpected Arch Enemy deep dive, and Jason’s drunken warning to the Strokes.They intended to move quickly. This is now a series.Next time: No. 131 and a potentially difficult conversation about Muse.HAWK ROCK TALK is the music discussion companion to 108.9 The Hawk, the comedy podcast about Val Verde’s second favorite classic rock radio station.Listen and explore: https://1089thehawk.com Support The Hawk and get AD FREE episodes: https://www.patreon.com/1089thehawk

Big Scotty won a cruise prize. Unfortunately, the prize was authority.Tom Scharpling returns as Big Scotty, the bane of Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock’s existence and the proud winner of the Hawk Rock Cruise’s “Security Barracks.”With Big Scotty and Abe serving as the ship’s entire security team, enjoying the Southwest’s premium rock cruise means following Big Scotty’s rules. Whisp Turlington and Geoff get the briefing.Sponsored by Sharney’s, Like a Rock Climbing Gym, O Neal Advertising and HR Puttintutts.Tom Scharpling is the host of The Best Show, co-host of Double Threat, and the author of It Never Ends. His television writing credits include Monk and What We Do in the Shadows. With his partner, Julia Vickerman, he is opening a rescue dog cafe and immersive art space in downtown Los Angeles. Find out more here: https://www.hellostrangefriend.com/Originally released September 4, 2023.108.9 The Hawk. Val Verde’s second favorite classic rock radio station. Listen to every episode at 1089thehawk.com. Tell your friends. Big Scotty will decide whether they can board.Help keep the damn station running. Get 108.9 The Hawk AD FREE, plus bonus episodes and more, at patreon.com/1089thehawk.

98.6 The Squirt has fired everybody and gone automated. Now Jason Gore is back at 108.9 The Hawk, asking Whisp and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock for another chance. Can he win back their trust? And how quickly can they send him to a miserable remote?Meanwhile, Big Truck hauls the performers from Kraftwerk Pizza down the Steely Dan Expressway, the boys ask whether Waymo is God, and “Goofs, Spoofs or Troofs” returns with rules nobody understands. Spirit Halloween lands a defense contract, the airport cell phone lot elects a leader, and a library dog’s publishing deal threatens Geoff’s literary ambitions.Plus: Schlarb, the rideshare service that promises never to use GPS, and a very special Old Oyster Day at Food Gulch.Support Val Verde’s second favorite classic rock radio station and get 108.9 The Hawk AD FREE on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/1089thehawkMore Hawk, merch, and the Rock Battalion: https://www.1089thehawk.com

Emergency Drummer with Matt Moskovciak | 108.9 The HawkIt's Halloween in Val Verde. The goblins are tearing heads off, the Warren Zevon werewolves are furious about their haircuts, and KLOWNHUNTER needs an emergency drummer.Matt Moskovciak (Above Average, The Bilderbergers, Lunch Pitches with Matt & Dru) joins Whisp Turlington and Geoff "The Angry Man" Garlock as Phil Inn, the world's preeminent emergency drummer. He's filled in for rock royalty since the 1960s. Tonight, he's filling in for KLOWNHUNTER. The hosts keep telling him he might die. Apparently, that's just a stock phrase.Also: Giuseppe's Haunted Italian restaurant, the brutal logistics of a "diarrhea gig," Mick Jagger's skinwalker workout regimen, and a rescue attempt by a man who insists you can call him "Batman."After the broadcast, Jason, Geoff, and Matt talk sketch comedy, UCB, Roy "Nickels" Orbison, and playing Jeff Beck's guitars at Jan Hammer's house.Find Matt: https://www.mattmoskovciak.com https://www.mattanddru.com Listen to Lunch Pitches with Matt & Dru wherever you get podcasts.108.9 The Hawk: Val Verde's second favorite classic rock radio station. https://www.1089thehawk.comSUPPORT THE HAWK AND LISTEN AD FREE: Get 108.9 The Hawk AD FREE, plus bonus episodes and more, for $5 a month: https://www.patreon.com/1089thehawk

UFO should have been huge. Jason Gore and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock present an entire live album’s worth of evidence.On this edition of Hawk Rock Talk: Classic Albums, the guys dig into UFO’s classic live album, “Strangers in the Night,” a record packed with Michael Schenker’s melodic guitar work, Phil Mogg’s killer vocals, everything brilliant that was Pete Way, and songs that should have been permanent fixtures on classic rock radio. “Doctor Doctor,” “Rock Bottom”: come on, people.Along the way: the greatest live-album debate, the gamble of Hipgnosis album covers, the studio work behind supposedly live records in the seventies, UFO’s Spinal Tap connection, and Jason’s proposal to replace the podcast with a Strangers in the Night tribute band. Geoff anticipates overwhelming enthusiasm from their wives.Hawk Rock Talk is the rock music companion podcast to 108.9 The Hawk, the comedy podcast about a fictional classic rock radio station.Listen, watch, and join the Rock Battalion: https://www.1089thehawk.comSubscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@1089thehawkGet 108.9 The Hawk AD FREE, plus bonus episodes, on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/1089thehawk

CLASSIC HAWK: The Val Verde Guide to Influencing with Jamie LoftusWhisp and Geoff have spent their lives influencing people through terrestrial radio. Now somebody says they need a TikTok account.Jamie Loftus joins Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock as Mackenzie Mackenzie, feminist icon and social media guru, to teach Val Verde’s radio veterans how to become influencers.Topics include TikTok, Truth Social, avoiding the Val Verde Police Department’s tasers and the very real dangers of free chicken wings.Plus: Clumpsy, Val Verde’s 420-friendly feline; Channel 8++’s adult animated series ASSDOG; and a Def Leppard ticket giveaway. Listen for the sounder. From 2025.Sponsored by Val Verde Records’ “Songs From the 70’s & 80’s That Have Been Ruined by Being in Movies and Documentaries About Vietnam” and John Cougar Summercamp.Jamie Loftus is a comedian, writer and author known for Sixteenth Minute (of Fame), The Bechdel Cast and Raw Dog.Originally released April 14, 2025.108.9 The Hawk. Val Verde’s second favorite classic rock radio station.Listen to every episode at 1089thehawk.com.Tell your friends. That’s influencing.Help keep the damn station running. Get 108.9 The Hawk AD FREE, plus bonus episodes and more, at patreon.com/1089thehawk.

This AI CEO Wants Your Water with Gil OzeriVal Verde has too much water. Thankfully, a billionaire has arrived to take it.Gil Ozeri returns for his second appearance on 108.9 The Hawk as Sario Marlon, CEO of Graft AI, with plans for a ten-million-square-foot data center near the Woodstock ’99 Simulation and the children’s hospital. He’s promising jobs, lower taxes, and a bright future for every resident who survives it.Whisp Turlington and Geoff “The Angry Man” Garlock meet Graft’s AI assistant Stephanie, explore a Del Taco sponsorship, and open the phone lines to name the new facility. There’s also glowing wastewater, an AI film and art festival, and two suspiciously agreeable replacements for your favorite morning hosts. Sario’s publicist would really appreciate it if everyone stopped asking questions.Plus: Sabrina’s Carpenters, Tired John, Booger’s House of Chill Repute, and a Hawk Interview with Gil about making comedy while Hollywood crumbles, social media algorithms, Good Science, and his Silly Gilly improv show at Largo.Gil Ozeri is a comedian, actor, writer, and producer whose credits include Big Mouth, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Happy Endings, and #blackAF. He co-hosts Good Science with Anthony Atamanuik.Listen to more 108.9 The Hawk: https://www.1089thehawk.comFollow Gil: https://www.instagram.com/tallgilozeri/Gil’s website: https://gilozeri.comWatch Good Science: https://www.youtube.com/@GoodSciencePodcastGET 108.9 THE HAWK AD FREE ON PATREON. Support the station, skip the ads, and get bonus Hawk content at https://www.patreon.com/1089thehawk