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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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05-20-25 Interview - Abbie Kell - Pairing Young and Old to Solve Housing Problems

PAIRING YOUNG AND OLD TO SOLVE HOUSING PROBLEMS Is exactly what Metropolitan State University of Denver is doing in downtown Denver. I saw this article about the program that asks people over 55 who want to rent a room in their homes to take in college students who need affordable housing. I think this is a FANTASTIC idea and I've got Abbie Kell, MSU Denver associate director of Basic Needs and Housing Support on today to talk about this program at 12:30 pm. Read more about it here and here. If ...

May 20, 202510 min

05-19-25 FULL SHOW - The Medicaid Grift, And Biden Has Cancer And Memory Issues

Some of the audio from the Hur investigation with Joe Biden is out and it is devastating, but the SAME day it was released Biden announced he has aggressive prostate cancer, Brian Blase talks about how states jack up Medicaid costs by padding the bills. The cross burning case involving Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade is going to trial, Governor Polis vetoes the horrible labor bill but signs a bill criminalizing speech, and Rep. Brandi Bradley joins to talk about what ended up in SB1213.

May 19, 20251 hr 46 min

05-19-25 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.

May 19, 20254 min

05-19-25 Interview - Brian Blase - States Are Abusing Medicaid

STATES ARE ABUSING MEDICAID And I've got Brian Blase from Paragon Health Institute to talk about this report they released recentl y that explains how states pad their coffers by tacking useless fees onto their Medicaid billing. It's a total racket and they call it Medicaid Money Laundering. We'll talk to Brian at 1 about this. For more details check out these articles on Biden growing Medicaid , Biden's surge , and how the ACA let states launder more money....

May 19, 202520 min

05-16-25 FULL SHOW - Ask Me Anything, And An Aussie Standing With Israel

Mandy and Arod gather up some new airhorn entries, James Comey is not a nice man and has tried to insult our intelligence, Aussie Colonel Michael Scott makes the case for Israel and the IDF while fighting anti-Semitism, King Soopers gets busted for overcharging and the City of Denver is the worst slumlord of all.

May 16, 20251 hr 45 min

05-16-25 Interview - Colonel Michael Scott Stands with Israel

COLONEL MICHAEL SCOTT STANDS WITH ISRAEL And unlike most of us who just SAY that he is putting action to words as a battle tested Australian commander of troops who is putting his money where his mouth is. He joins me at 1pm to talk about his visits to Gaza to talk to IDF soldiers and why he believes the IDF is the most ethical fighting force in the world. Read his column on it here . He joins me at 1pm. Find out more about him by clicking here . Find out about his organization The 2023 Foundati...

May 16, 202520 min

05-15-25 FULL SHOW - A Lawsuit About Boys In Girl's Sports

Mandy talks about Colorado losing its business competitiveness and Uber and Lyft leaving the state, Colorado is facing a big loss when it comes to Medicaid, who really pays income taxes, a case that could limit federal judges' ability to issue national injunctions against the Trump administration, and a poker tournament to raise money for veteran's kids Christmas.

May 15, 20251 hr 43 min

05-15-25 Of The Day - Grant Smith

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: Grant Smith.

May 15, 20253 min

05-15-25 Interview - Jeff Zoerb - Get Your Poker Faces Ready

GET YOUR POKER FACE READY Because if you love poker you can have a fun night and help raise money for the children of veterans this Christmas. The Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals (VAREP) is hosting a poker tournament this Saturday evening. The details are below but here is the link to sign up. VAREP President Jeff Zoerb joins me at 2:30 to chat about it.

May 15, 20258 min

05-15-25 Interview - Peter Hilts - There's A Lawsuit About Boys in Girls Sports

THERE'S A LAWSUIT ABOUT BOYS IN GIRLS SPORTS And if was filed by School District 49 (D49) in the Springs . It doesn't involve a case of a trans girl competing, but is a pre emptive suit and the state organization in charge of high school sports has policies that are in violation of Title IX and of Trump's Executive Order on the subject. Read more here, but Superintendent Peter Hilts joins me at 1:10 today to talk about it....

May 15, 202513 min

05-15-25 Interview - Joe Luppino-Esposito - Birthright Citizenship Heads to the Supreme Court

BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP HEADS TO THE SUPREME COURT And I'm not EXACTLY sure what will come out of this because this hearing is more about procedural stuff when it comes to district courts issuing stays that check the President of the United States's power. The Pacific Legal Foundation says Trump vs CASA is about "a Trump-era Executive Order aimed at ending birthright citizenship for children born to unlawful or non-permanent immigrants. Lower courts blocked the policy nationwide, not just for the...

May 15, 20259 min

05-14-25 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.

May 14, 20254 min

05-13-25 FULL SHOW - Motorcycle Deaths Head Upward, Plus Our Futurist Thomas Frey

Today we talk about our lost pop culture with our futurist Thomas Frey, along with the use of AI for education. Mandy goes on a tear about Jake Tapper trying to profit off his own failures, we discuss motorcycle fatalities in Colorado with DJ Summers from the Common Sense Institute and crime being down in Denver and Aurora, plus Boulder suing Exxon Mobil and Suncor.

May 13, 20251 hr 44 min

05-13-25 Of the Day - Grant Smith

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: Grant Smith.

May 13, 20255 min

05-13-25 Interview - DJ Summers - It's Dangerous to Ride A Motorcycle in Colorado

IT'S DANGEROUS TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE IN COLORADO And the Common Sense Institute has a new study to prove it. DJ Summers joins me today at 2:30 to talk about this study that shows that a disproportionate number deaths in road accidents are motorcyclists. DJ has the details on this new report about how declining traffic enforcement is making the roads less safe for most and much less safe for those on bikes ....

May 13, 202517 min

05-13-25 Interview - Our Futurist Thomas Frey - We've Lost Our Popular Culture

WE'VE LOST OUR POPULAR CULTURE Let's not forget that the phrase "pop culture" means popular culture and it used to refer to those things that we ALL watched or knew about like the finale of MASH or the season premiere of Dallas where they revealed Who Shot JR??? Our favorite futurist Thomas Frey is on to talk about how highly personal algorithms have siloed us into so many different spaces that we don't have those cultural touchstones anymore like we used to. We will also talk about how AI is th...

May 13, 202520 min

05-12-25 FULL SHOW - The Other Side Of The GOP Money Story, And A Tariff Pause

We talk the importance of energy for human flourishing and how Colorado is making it unreliable and more expensive with Amy Oliver Cooke, Jack Corrigan joined us to talk about the firing of Bud Black and more reasons for the team's troubles. Should Trump take a plane from a country that funds terrorism, and the Hope Scheppleman, and Tom Bjorklund of the former Colorado GOP leadership team says they are being unfairly criticized by new leadership.

May 12, 20251 hr 45 min

05-12-25 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.

May 12, 20253 min

05-12-25 Interview - Amy Oliver Cooke - Green Energy is Expensive and Unreliable Energy

GREEN ENERGY IS EXPENSIVE AND UNRELIABLE ENERGY And Amy Oliver Cooke writes about it here for Complete Colorado. This is my favorite part: Environmentalists appealed to consumers by saying wind and solar would save ratepayers money. From the outset, Governor Polis refused to provide a detailed cost analysis of his plan while rejecting Independence Institute’s 2017 projection that the transition could cost $45 billion. Polis insisted the Institute’s estimates were inflated and modeled a plan that...

May 12, 202517 min

05-09-25 Of the Day - Rob Dawson

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: Rob Dawson.

May 09, 20253 min

05-09-25 Interview - David Strom - That Time NPR Participated in the Government Coverup

THAT TIME NPR PARTICIPATED IN THE GOVERNMENT COVERUP You know I'm talking about Covid and this column by David Strom at Hotair.com is about an NPR interview with a guy who has written a new book about how NPR silenced stories that didn't fit the narrative and now these people are going to PROFIT off their own malfeasance by writing books about it! THE NERVE. David joins me at 1pm to discuss it....

May 09, 202517 min
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