Mickelson's Podcast

The Dems move their agenda at the Statehouse....will the Republicans give theirs a try soon?   Johnston HS Principal Brian Carico talks about suicide prevention issues.  Powerful personal story.  Then,  Danny Carroll and Chuck Hurley give the Republican leadership a push on the marriage issue.

So a homeschool dad tries to fit his kids into the mold of the  modern Boy Scouts.  Didn't work.   More pot talk.  Then,  Wes Ehrecke want Iowa to consider internet poker.

Michael Voris is  The Church Militant.  He says the church is infested with Cardinals, Biships and clerics who are not true Catholics.  The Gay Mafia.  Senator Mark Chelgren with a legislative update.  He says with oughta save the surplus.  We are going to need it.   Ted Kerasote with Pukka's Promise...the quest for longer-lived dogs.  Then,  an ISU student group, NORMAL, wants to legalized medical marijuana...then recreational use.  Vigorous.

Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing.  Really great analysis by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman.  Friday Leftovers.  Then,  The Blue Highway.  Really great bluegrass. Musician Rob Ikes.  And Laurie King is Executive Director of the Iowa Bluegrass Music Association.  You'll like it.

Garland Scott takes us back to First Things First...expert in gang activity and fixin' what ails us all. Douglas Hurley has a gadget which can help teach newbies to shoot accurately.   Tom Coates updates us on inroads the gambling lobby is planning.  Then, should farming be considered a vice?  And be regulated by the Gaming Commision?  

Senator Randy Feenstra tells why that big new fertilizer plant is a good idea and worth Iowa's tax credit awards.  Senator Mark Chelgren worries about SF233 and its effect upon 2nd Amendment issues.  Jeanie Eller is a phonics expert. Action Reading.  Jeff Burkett from the Iowa Firearms Coalition says SF233 has even more issues.  And another session deals with Raw Milk legislation.  Plus some basketball sports talk.  Lotsa stuff.

Today... snow day...  mostly dedicated to Iowans giving each other traffic reports.   

Eating Disorders?  Iowans?  Michelle Roling talks about an upcoming "I am Enough" conference to help.  Senator Mark Chelgren...interesting legislative issues.  Then, Iowa kids form shooting clubs for skeet competition.  Representatives from Pella Christian School... Todd McQueen, Principal Darryl De Ruiter..Richard Vander Vort... Nathan Vander Vort...Shena Van Wyke...coaches and shooters.  Then NICHE Capitol Day...Vicki Crawford, Jamie Johnson, Brian Bopp, and John Desaulniers are home school activist and will participating at the conference.  Busy morning.

Can you pass the citizenship test?  Analyzing some of the answers.  John Lott say we are At the Brink...economic black hole.  And dropping dead mice on Guam.   

School-based plans for defending children from violent attackers.  Indianola Superintendent Michael Teigland with practical insight.  Dr. Peter Breggin really, REALLY doesn't respect widespread use of drugs to deal with mental issues...and he is a psychiatrist.  Mike Chapman thinks wrestling will be re-included in the next Olympics.  The rest of the story.