It's no secret that Joe has been missing from Free Beer & Hot Wings for the past couple of months (69 days, to be exact, according to one listener). Joe came back to the show this morning, and obviously, it was necessary for him to address the reason that he was out for so long.

Listen as Joe explains what led up to his arrest in Naperville, what happened that night, and what he has been doing since.

This first video is long, if you want to just hear Joe's part of it, you'll want to skip ahead to around the 3:00:00 mark.

Then we learned that Facebook cuts off your live feed after four hours, so... here's part two - including the very lengthy local segment that many affiliates didn't get to hear.

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