As the U.S.A. celebrates 250 years, it's taken a lot of work and we are still a work in progress. Bill shared some insight into the early years and the quest for religious freedom. He also shared a list of movies that celebrate Americana.

Before you put the work in today, the Midweek Praise Break is here to help you get started and Carmen had a theme (you'll see why in the titles) in the songs: 1000 Names by Phil Wickham, Beautiful Name by Hillsong Worship, and I Know A Name by Brandon Lake and CeCe Winans. As Bill listened to those songs, he was reminded of the name Mark and more specifically, the first chapter of the Gospel of Mark.

Carmen thinks she's a bit late to this trend but she may be putting her daughter to work on some recipes with dates.

Patrick Renna, who played "Ham" in The Sandlot is working on a new project involving some of the actors from that film.

The newest employee of The JOY FM is an old friend. Gregory stopped by the station yesterday and after spending some time with him, we asked him to come help out around the station with a few things next week.

There has been a decline in the number of teens seeking summer jobs. It got us thinking about the reasons for that decline and reminiscing about our old summer jobs.

Carmen has put a lot of work in at The JOY FM in a number of different roles. Today, she celebrated her 22nd anniversary working here!

Dave didn't put a lot of work into his research but did acknowledge that the World Cup starts tomorrow.

And it also didn't take a lot of work to correct him on a mention about geography.

00:32 America 250 - Religious Freedom

04:11 America 250 movies

07:53 Midweek Praise Break - 1000 Names, Beautiful Name, I Know A Name

09:42 Mark 1

11:01 Things to do with Dates

15:05 Texts

18:15 Dugout Dads

21:02 Gregory, the newest employee

25:36 Decline in Summer Jobs

29:47 Dave and Bill's Summer Jobs

33:05 Texts

37:05 Carmen's 22nd Work Anniversary today

44:13 Dave's World Cup knowledge

49:25 Texts