The Mandy Connell Podcast

05-07-25 FULL SHOW - Weather Wednesday, and Colorado Continues To Slide In Rankings

05-07-25 Interview - Rob Dawson on Cherry Creek's Cow Invasion

05-07-25 Interview - Weather Wednesday with FOX31's Dave Fraser

05-06-25 FULL SHOW - A Titanic Exhibit Is Coming, Along With Irish Dancing

Ross Kaminsky stops by to finish the conversation about TABOR and their value for Colorado, a new immersive Titanic exhibit sounds super cool, Irish dance and music are in town, Democrats double down on sanctuary status, the GDP shrank but not as much as it has in other administrations, and the history of Gaza.

05-06-25 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.

05-06-25 Interview - Alliyah O'Hare - Who Doesn't Love Irish Music and Dancing?

WHO DOESN'T LOVE IRISH MUSIC AND DANCING? How can you not love Irish step dancing the music that is so distinctly Irish? If that's you, you're going to love a Taste of Ireland, the show that brings Irish music and dance to life. They have performances all over the front range and I'm talking with Alliyah O’Hare at 1pm about the show. The internationally acclaimed “A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation” brings a line-up of world Irish dance champions to Colorado. Combining trad...

05-06-25 Interview - John Zaller - A New Exhibit on a Famous Disaster Hits Town

A NEW EXHIBIT ON A FAMOUS DISASTER HITS TOWN It's all about the Titanic, which of course was a massive ocean liner that hit an iceberg and sank, taking many lives with it. Now there is an exhibit in town, Titanic: An Immersive Voyage that opens in Denver on May 7th. It’s been 40 years since the Titanic wreck was discovered by Navy officer Robert Ballard, 400 miles off Newfoundland’s coast, ending a 73-year mystery. Now, as we mark this historic find, Exhibition Hub and Fever bring the Titanic’s ...

05-05-25 FULL SHOW - How to Get Better at Networking, and Celebrating Cinco De Mayo

Mandy talks about being an extroverted introvert, great margarita recipes, being a networking pro, The DoJ suing Colorado, the new Marvel Thunderbolts movie, and how Democrats have taken your TABOR money.

05-05-25 Of the Day - Ross Kaminsky

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: Ross Kaminsky.

05-05-25 Interview - Dr. Ivan Misner - You Never Know When You're Going to Need Your Network

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR NETWORK And I've got a guest today on networking effectively when you need to. I am not a good networker, though I try to keep my relationships strong in the industry I'm in. Ivan Misner founded BNI, which is one of the largest networking organizations in the world and he joins me at 1 today on how to dust off your network to make sure it's there when you need it. Find out more about Ivan and networking in general by clicking here ....

05-02-25 FULL SHOW - Deborah Flora Fills in for Mandy

05-01-25 FULL SHOW - Transparency For The Colorado GOP Isn't Pretty

05-01-25 Interview - Colorado GOP Chairman Brita Horn - People Wanted Transparency From the CO GOP

PEOPLE WANTED TRANSPARENCY FROM THE COLORADO GOP And unlike the last "leadership" group who made lots of accusation about the previous leadership and lots of noise about audits that would show malfeasance that never came, the new leadership of the Colorado GOP is leaning into full transparency. In an email sent to State Committee Members that was shared with me, they bring the receipts and I mean literally.

05-01-25 Interview - Dr. Matthew M. Wielicki - About Those Fired Climate Scientists

ABOUT THOSE FIRED CLIMATE SCIENTIST S So I saw this breathless story about how Trump sacked all the climate scientists who were supposed to create a required report for Congress on Climate Change and immediately I suspected what was up by the people quoted in this story . When you start by talking to the Environmental Defense Fund I know it's only left wingers working on this thing, and they are left wingers who rely on government money to continue their research so OF COURSE they are going to s...

04-30-25 FULL SHOW - Thirty Minutes Of Mandy Today

04-29-25 FULL SHOW - The First Hundred Days...Hooboy

04-29-25 Interview - Comedian Dusty Slay

04-29-25 Interview - Mike O'Donnell

WHO IS MIKE O'DONNELL? He's a dude I follow on X whose bio says this: I've spent much of my working life in education and economic development. An economist by training and entrepreneurial system developer by practice, I closely monitor and report statistics related to key economic and entrepreneurial trends.

04-28-25 FULL SHOW - About That Colorado DOGE Thing, Plus Draft Drama Plays Out

04-28-25 Interview - Agent James Stroop - A Huge Raid in CO Springs Finds Drugs, Guns and Illegal Immigrants

A HUGE RAID IN COLORADO SPRINGS FINDS DRUGS, GUNS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS And some members of the military from Fort Carson , either partying or working as security at what is being called an "underground" nightclub, though I'm not sure exactly what that means. More than 100 people who are in the country illegally were swept up in the raid that also found drugs and guns. This was a DEA investigation in cooperation with ICE, so it wasn't JUST about finding people in the country illegally. I've got...

04-28-25 Interview - Natalee Tennant - About That So-Called Colorado DOGE

ABOUT THAT SO-CALLED COLORADO DOGE And I'm going to call it a grift. I saw something on Facebook that purportedly said it was Colorado DOGE and it was asking for money. I clicked through to their fundraising page only to find a BUNCH of words and a donate money, but nothing that said who was behind it and what they were raising money FOR. They called themselves a non-profit, but gave no Tax ID information to indicate they have any sort of actual non-profit status where you can deduct those deduc...

04-25-25 FULL SHOW - Reacting To Denver Broncos' First-Round Pick, And Jimmy Sengenberger Has The Blues

04-25-25 Interview - Deborah Florah On What Home Rule Means In Colorado

04-25-25 Interview - Jimmy Sengenberger Has The Blues

04-23-25 FULL SHOW - Joshua Griffin Wants To Be Governor

04-23-25 Interview - Joshua Griffin Wants to Be Governor

JOSHUA GRIFFIN WANTS TO BE GOVERNOR And he joins me today to talk about his plans for Colorado, some of which I am not a fan of. We'll do a deep dive into what he stands for at 1, find out more about him here .

04-23-25 Interview - Weather Wednesday with FOX31's Dave Fraser

WEATHER WEDNESDAY AT 12:30 So get your weather questions ready for Fox 31's Dave Fraser.

04-22-25 FULL SHOW - Why X IS The Public Square, Plus Dems Hate Transparency

04-22-25 Interview - Former DougCo Commissioner Lora Thomas - Asking for Current Board Accountability

04-22-25 AROD Previews the 2025 NFL Draft