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The Mandy Connell Podcast

KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FMwww.iheart.com
Mandy Connell brings her intelligence and wit to explaining US politics as a whole and our pop culture in general.
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09-15-25 Interview - Deborah Flora - Want to See Politics Done Civilly

WANT TO SEE POLITICS DONE CIVILLY? There is a forum where all the Douglas County School Board candidates will be appearing, moderated by me and my friend and show partner Deborah Flora (click here for more on that show). It's part of Douglas County Citizenry's effort to elevate the dialogue and bring back those days where people could express differing viewpoints in a constructive way. Details are below, but I can already tell you that if you are a bad actor wanting to do harm probably half the ...

Sep 15, 202511 min

09-15-25 Interview - Reeve Swainston - The War on Drugs Has Changed

Reeve Swainston is a Marine, former US Attorney and a prosecutor who worked drug cartel cases during his career. Here is an article about one of his cases. He's on at 1:00 to discuss why cartels must be treated like terror organizations and I think he might be right. This happened last night apparently.

Sep 15, 202519 min

09-11-25 Of The Day - 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: Benjamin Allbright.

Sep 11, 20253 min

09-11-25 Interview - Laura Carno - It's Time to Get Guns in Schools

IT'S TIME TO GET GUNS IN SCHOOLS I've been too squishy about this in the past. Gun control is a fantasy. All the laws we've passed in Colorado did nothing to stop a student from shooting two other students in Evergreen yesterday and then taking his own life . It's time to put armed staff in schools, even though I realize that may not have stopped yesterday's shooting. Perhaps if students knew there were armed teachers they would be less likely to do things like this. Perhaps if we sent the messa...

Sep 11, 20259 min

09-09-25 Of The Day - 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: Nick Ferguson.

Sep 09, 20254 min

09-08-25 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.

Sep 08, 20254 min

09-05-25 Of The Day - 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: Benjamin Allbright.

Sep 05, 20254 min

09-05-25 Interview - Lori Gimelshteyn - Three Important Petition Drives Are Taking Off Today

THREE IMPORTANT PETITION DRIVES ARE TAKING OFF TODAY And there is a pop up petition event today at St. Thomas More Catholic Parish, located at 8035 S Quebec St., Centennial, CO from 5 to 8pm where you can pick up petitions to get them signed. What are we gathering signatures for? The initiatives are #108 , #109 , #110 and they concern increasing child human trafficking penalties, keeping boys out of girls sports, and forbidding child gender affirming medical treatments. I've got someone from Pro...

Sep 05, 202510 min

09-05-25 Interview - Chris Vanderveen - More Shenanigans From Our Parole System

MORE SHENANIGANS FROM OUR PAROLE SYSTEM I'm not saying the above numbers and the below numbers are connected, but it would not be a crazy thing to do. 9News' Chris Vanderveen has been working on this story and stories about the parole system for a while now and I don't think he's going to stop because he keeps finding out stuff like this. You've got to click on this whole thread to see the history of criminals that have been released from prison on parole after serious changes were made to the f...

Sep 05, 202515 min

09-04-25 Interview - Dr. Kurt Miceli - A Physcians Group Files A Grievance Over Race Based Programs

A PHYSICIANS GROUP FILES A GRIEVANCE OVER RACE BASED PROGRAMS And specifically at the University of Connecticut where they advertise a medical externship as a "pipeline for students of color". I've got Dr. Kurt Miceli on at 2:30 to talk about the complaint filed by the group he's with Do No Harm, which you can read here . Diversity as a primary goal is not ideal, especially in medicine. I want a great doctor of any color, not a doctor of color who may or may or may not be great....

Sep 04, 202512 min

09-04-25 Interview - Dave Ryan - The Forward Party is Offering Alternatives

THE FORWARD PARTY IS OFFERING ALTERNATIVES But what are they all about? Today I've got Dave Ryan on from the Forward Party here in Colorado (find their website here ) on to discuss the platform and why they feel like they are a good choice in today's era where the two biggest parties may not feel right for some. Find out the full platform of the national party here , I'll chat with Dave at 1.

Sep 04, 202521 min

09-03-25 Interview - Our Futurist Thomas Frey - Stablecoin Regulation

FUTURIST THOMAS FREY TODAY AT 1 And we're talking about the recently signed Genius Act- the first comprehensive federal framework for stablecoin regulation. No longer experimental or unregulated, stablecoins gained legitimacy as essential components of the American monetary system. The Federal Reserve now oversees large issuers while providing access to master accounts that enable large-scale operations. A senior Treasury official noted that stablecoin growth will have “significant impact on the...

Sep 03, 202519 min

09-02-25 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.

Sep 02, 20254 min

09-02-25 Interview - David Strom - Did Trump Just Turn on Big Pharma?

DID TRUMP JUST TURN ON BIG PHARMA? I saw the post President Trump sent out this past weekend that seemed in my view to be challenging Pfizer on what information they showed HIM when he was President and what they did NOT show anyone about the vaccines. My pal David Strom writes about this here, and does so well. What does this mean for Pfizer? I hope a lot, because I idiotically trusted that they would release COMPLETE information about the vaccines I went on to recommend (but now will not get o...

Sep 02, 202512 min

09-02-25 Interview - Deputy John Gray - Want to Support Law Enforcement Dogs?

WANT TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT DOGS? This weekend is the Annual Rex Run for Pawsitivity in Arapahoe County and it's a super event that raises money for all manner of stuff to support the hard working dogs of law enforcement. I do this just so I get to see a dog in the studio when Deputy John Gray from Arapahoe County will bring in Rex to say hello. Find out more about him and other therapy dogs at the race this weekend by clicking here.

Sep 02, 202510 min
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