The Mandy Connell Podcast

06-05-25 FULL SHOW - Jimmy Sengenberger fills in joined by Elliot Fladen, Matt Crane, and Susan Miller

06-05-25 Interview - Susan Miller with Jimmy Sengenberger

06-05-25 Interview - Matt Crane with Jimmy Sengenberger

06-04-25 FULL SHOW - Benjamin Allbright Filling In: Dad Bods, Weight Loss & Drones

In this edition of the Mandy Connell Show, it's not Mandy hosting! Benjamin Allbright fills in for Mandy and Ben talks about how women prefer dudes with dad bods, he gets into chatting with AROD about how he lost 100+ pounds... and drones!

06-04-25 Of The Day - Ryan Edwards

BEN HOSTING OF THE DAY! Dad joke of the day, word of the day, BEN'S trivia question of the day & jeopardy! It's OF THE DAY! Today's opponent: Ryan Edwards.

06-03-25 FULL SHOW - Last Day Before Vacation and I've Got Shortimers Bad

Mandy talks about why you should vote no on Home Rule for Douglas County with former County commissioner Steve Boand, she spoke with Mark Perez about competing in the international dragon boat championships, Jefferson county schools being investigated by the Department of Ed, the drama around a proposed Buc-ees in Palmer Lake, why non-Thai people can't have Thai hot, what childless, non working people on Medicaid do with their time, and why teaching kids to hate America has made them hate Americ...

06-03-25 Of The Day - Ryan Edwards

Dad joke of the day, word of the day, Mandy's trivia question of the day & jeopardy! It's OF THE DAY! Today's opponent: Ryan Edwards.

06-03-25 Interview - Steve Boand - More on Why You Should Vote No on DougCo On Home Rule

MORE ON WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE NO ON DOUGCO ON HOME RULE I've said it before, I am NOT opposed to the concept of moving Douglas County to a Home Rule style of governance, but I am very much opposed to the way this is being handled in Douglas County and will be voting no. If you need more reasons to vote no, listen up at 1 when longtime GOPer and former County Commissioner Steve Boand joins me with a list of reasons.

06-03-25 Interview - Mark Perez - Help My Dragon Boating Friend

HELP MY DRAGON BOATING FRIEND My friend and longtime physical therapist Mark Perez has a unique hobby and it's racing dragon boats. What is dragon boat racing? Check this out.

06-02-25 FULL SHOW - The Intifada Comes To Boulder

Mandy talked about the terror attack against some peaceful marchers who were marching for the Israeli hostages. She spoke with Rep. Ron Weinberg to get his thoughts, the interviewed ADF attorney Suzanne Beecher about a lawsuit over free speech infringed by a trans rights, she also talked about Mike Lindell's defamation lawsuit and this year's Uncle John's bathroom reader.

06-02-25 Interview - Brian Boone - Help Dad Get Smarter in the Can

HELP DAD GET SMARTER IN THE CAN With the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, a fantastic compendium of useless but very interesting information in book form. Today I've got the guy behind the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Brian Boone at 2:00 to chat about it. Buy yours in time for Father's Day here! Here is some of the nonsense you might enjoy: Some of the best facts and stories to help dad become the most popular guy at the barbeque. Some real bathroom humor, including the story of “Roland the Farter....

06-02-25 Interview - Suzanne Beecher - A Lawsuit Has Been Filed Over HB25-1312

A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED OVER HB25-1312 And I'm talking to Suzanne Beecher from the Alliance Defending Freedom on the suit that has been filed on behalf of XX-XY sportswear over the free speech restrictions in the bill which prevent someone from calling a man a man or a woman a woman if they are trans. Suzanne joins me at 1. Find out more about ADF or even make a donation by clicking here .

06-02-25 Interview - Rep. Ron Weinberg - Reaction to the Boulder Attack

THE INTIFADA HAS BEEN GLOBALIZED IN BOULDER And not just Boulder. Let's not forget that in a very short period of time an anti-Semite tried to burn down the Governor of Pennsylvania's mansion with him and his family in it, two people were murdered outside a Jewish Museum in DC, and now we have a man throwing flammable devices, likely Molotov cocktails, at a group of mostly elderly people walking down the Pearl Street Mall to remind people that there are still hostages in Gaza. Eight people have ...

05-30-25 FULL SHOW - Gen Z Finds God, And The Truth About Wealth Inequality

Mandy talks to associate editor of City journal. John Hirschauer about Gen Z going back to church, David Waldenstrom about the truth about wealth inequality & what life is like in Sweden compared to the United States, And Natalie Daniels about being dropped by her running club for saying that me.

05-30-25 Of The Day - Benjamin Allbright and Zach Segars

Dad joke of the day, word of the day, Mandy's trivia question of the day & jeopardy! It's OF THE DAY! Today's opponent: Benjamin Allbright and Zach Segars.

05-30-25 Interview - Natalie Daniels - When Running Like a Girl is a Good Thing

WHEN RUNNING LIKE A GIRL IS A GOOD THING Meet Natalie Daniels. She Ran Boston in 2:50:04. Then Got Cancelled. Natalie Daniels, a 5x marathon winner and new mom, trained hard to run the Boston Marathon just six months postpartum. Before the race, she spoke out with XX-XY Athletics about fairness in women’s sports — and faced backlash. Her teammates leaked her location, and her club told her not to wear their singlet. She ran anyway, in XX-XY gear, finishing in 2:50:04. After the race, she was kic...

05-30-25 Interview - Daniel Waldenstrom - Just How Unequal is Our Wealth?

JUST HOW UNEQUAL IS OUR WEALTH? If you listen to Bernie Sanders rich people are literally stealing the change from poor people's pockets, but of course that is false. But the Gospel of Wealth Inequality is a powerful elixir doled out to gin up envy and greed in the people and it's effective. But is it true? At 1 I'm talking with Daniel Waldenstrom, Professor of Economics, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm, Sweden Previously professor at Paris School of Economics, Uppsala Univ...

05-30-25 Interview - John Hirschauer - Gen Z is Searching and They Are Finding God

GEN Z IS SEARCHING AND THEY ARE FINDING GOD I love this story so much. Today at 12:30 I will talk to Associate Editor John Hirschauer from City Journal about this story he did on Gen Z returning to church . I love this part especially: Yet these cultural losses may have laid the groundwork for a revival. Public Christianity in the United States receded in part because a rising counterculture successfully challenged its restrictions on individual conduct. Advocates of cultural liberalization gain...

05-29-25 FULL SHOW - A Dying Man Fights To Try New Treatments

Mandy talks about how expensive it is to replace the Ford F-150 Lightning truck battery is, she spoke with a young man with a fatal disease who is advocating for Right to Try new meds, Rich Guggenheim with Gays Against Groomers pops on for an update, Hamas wants Palestinians to starve rather than take aid from a group that MAY be associated with Israel, and the Plum Creek Garden Market team visited to talk about glow in the dark petunias.

05-29-25 Of The Day - Plum Creek Garden Market & the Q

Dad joke of the day, word of the day, Mandy's trivia question of the day & jeopardy! It's OF THE DAY! Today's opponent: Plum Creek Garden Market and the Q!

05-29-25 Interview - Plum Creek Garden Market - How About Some Glow in the Dark Petunias?

HOW ABOUT SOME GLOW IN THE DARK PETUNIAS? As gardening is my official hobby now I'm actually pretty excited to have Audrey Sharpe and Matt Niemann on the show. This year Plum Creek Garden Market is excited to announce the debut of the Firefly Petunia, the first bioluminescent petunia for sale (glow in the dark). This year we encourage Colorado gardeners to consider planting more native plants that have adapted to Colorado’s elevation and climate over generations. Audrey and Matt join me at 2:30 ...

05-29-25 Interview - Rich Guggenheim - Gays Against Groomers is Still Fighting the Good Fight

GAYS AGAINST GROOMERS IS STILL FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT And I've got Rich Guggenheim on with an update since the passage of SB25-1213 made Colorado a hotspot of trans affirmation. He's on at 1pm. We can talk about how a group made entirely of LGBTQ people has been named "Anti-LGBTQ" by the hate group SPLC ....

05-29-25 Interview - Elijah Stacy - A Dying Man Just Wants to Try

A DYING MAN JUST WANTS TO TRY I realize that we are ALL dying but my guest today is on a fast track none of us want to be on. Elijah is 23 years old and is fighting for his life. He was only six years old when he was diagnosed with a fatal and incurable disease – Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The disease has robbed Elijah of the ability to walk. He’s losing the use of his hands and arms. He likely only has a few years to live. There’s a potential genetic treatment for his condition that is sittin...

05-28-25 Of The Day - Ryan Edwards and Benjamin Allbright

Dad joke of the day, word of the day, Mandy's trivia question of the day & jeopardy! It's OF THE DAY! Today's opponent: Ryan Edwards and Benjamin Allbright.

05-28-25 FULL SHOW - How's Things On 16th Street For Business, And Weather Wed

Mandy talks about rainy days on Weather Wednesday, NPR taking tax payer money, she has a chat with 16th Street business owner Derek Friedman about how things are going downtown, free boob jobs for trans women but not actual women, Derrick Wilburn's accuser Bernadette Guthrie joins to explain why she's so upset, and the President of France is an abused husband.

05-28-25 Interview - Bernadette Guthrie - Derrick Wilburn's Accuser

DERRICK WILBURN'S ACCUSER IS ON AT 2:30 If you heard yesterday's interview with Derrick Wilburn you can listen to it here to get the backstory of the woman accusing him of all sorts of nasty things over his actions when fighting against inappropriate books in school libraries. Bernadette Guthrie joins me at 2:30 with her side of things.

05-28-25 Interview - Derek Friedman - How's Business on 16th Street?

HOW'S BUSINESS ON 16TH STREET? I've got Derek Friedman, the owner of Sportsfan and Sock Em' Sock Emporium downtown on at 1 to talk about the reality of doing business on what is now just 16th Street. I was downtown last night and I'm going to tell you it looks SO MUCH better than it has in years. Downright CLEAN. We saw ONE tent in ONE park. It was like downtown when we moved here! And we drove around quite a bit. I'm excited for what is possible in downtown Denver right now, we'll see if Derek ...

05-28-25 Interview - Weather Wednesday with FOX31's Dave Fraser

WE ARE PRACTICALLY A RAINFOREST THESE DAYS What with all these days of rain we've had. I've got Fox 31 Meteorologist Dave Fraser at 12:30 to talk about when it will stop and how much we've gotten.

05-27-25 FULL SHOW - One Republican Is Fighting Back Against A Wacko

05-27-25 Of The Day - Ryan Edwards and Nick Ferguson

Dad joke of the day, word of the day, Mandy's trivia question of the day & jeopardy! It's OF THE DAY! Today's opponent: Ryan Edwards and Nick Ferguson.