Mickelson's Podcast

 

Congressman Tom Tancredo  with Iowa presidential politics.   Then, openline...lotsa conversation.

 

Greg Jackson and Paul Dinger are Boston political pundits.  They say Gov Mitt Romney is the most liberal candidate of either party.   Vigorous conversation.    Gary DeMar says we oughta be careful of mixing eschatology and politics.   Then,  did that "gay general" ask a good question or not?

 

Governor Mike Huckabee takes the likely caucus vote lead in Iowa and talks with WHO listeners.   Wow...along with the entire known press corps.    Then Casey Luskin from Discovery Institute  is trying to help Professor Guillermo Gonzalez  achieve tenure.    Lotsa talk

 

A guy who read all the direction and conducted "The Smartphone Experiment"  Pierre Khawand.  How to pick a phone.  Then, retired General Ed Soyster from Human Rights First says his organization wants to convince future presidents visiting Iowa to reject any forms of torture of enemy combatants. Spirited conversation.

 

 

It's C-Span day.  We talk with folks all over the country,  including Dr. John Lott,  "Freedomnomics".   Pat Buchanan,    "Day of Reckoning".   Senator John McCain.   And Des Moines Register  political columnist  David Yepsen.

 

"Nearly Human : The Gorilla's Guide to Good Living"   Andrew Y Grant  talks the talk.   Then,  NBC Nightly News wants to know what Iowans really think about the immigration issue.   Joel Gilbert says "Farewell Israel"  is more than a documentary about the history of the middle east,  but the far to certain fate of Israel if we don't stop misunderstanding the nature of the conflict.  Insightful.

 "Smoozing with Terrorists"   Aaron Klein  evaluates the Annapolis Summit.  Tom Coates  (Consumer Credit of Des Moines 287-6428) says bad debt  is swallowing up Iowa's wealth.  Then,  the cop call from hell.  Whew.

 

Barry Libert says "We Are Smarter Than Me"...  should I be offended?     Then,  West Des Moines wants to fine  parents who allow kids to have beer parties at their house.   Good idea?

 

 

Suzanne Lee  talks with Tom Fleming from the Rockford Institute...editor of Chronicles Magazine.

Suzanne Lee with lotsa Turkey Day talk.

 

Suzanne Lee talking about finding a cure for autism.   And the links between vaccines and autism. 

 

TV 13 political reporter Dave Price with some  insights into the presidential race in Iowa.  "Raceopoly"  a new variation on the Monopoly Games based upon the Knoxville Raceway.  Call 641-842-5431 to order.   Then Congressman Steve King on Sanctuary Iowa.

 

Hog stink redux.  An Iowa farmer, Jim Hansaker explains how it works.   Then,  Rev Catherine Quehl-Engel and Attorney Lorrie Chesser talk about a  faith-based Iowa immigration policy. 

 

Fox News political reporter Carl Cameron with Iowa political campaign insights.   Then,  Iowa energy talk and what's that smell?

 

 

Brent Bozell  trys to clean up the Hillary  "Whitewash"   Presidential candidate Ron Paul  talks about the  dollar's slide.   So does historian Thomas Fleming, the Continental dollar, that is.   "The Perils of  Peace".  Great story teller.   Then why do Iowa sports programs have player behavior problems?

 

 

NOVA does the ID thing.  Casey Luskin is the legal rep for Discovery Institute...says the NOVA program wasn't even close  to objective.  Rebuttal.     Michael Prichett  with "The Melancholy Fate of Captain Lewis".     Senator Grassley says "No endorsement"  to any of his party's presidential candidate....so far. 

Nonie Darwish says "Now They Call ME Infidel"  Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel and the War on Terror.   Then Mark Mathis, producer of "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed"  a documentary on the ID war in American Universities.   A Grinell college kid says Hillary stacked the questions  at a campaign stop.    Congressman Tom Tancredo  says terrorists are coming across the border too.  Lotsa openline.

 

 

A Republican activist researcher targets Hillary. Robert Morrow.  He says it's worse that we remember.   Then,  M. Stanton Evans says the untold story of Senator Joe McCarthy was "Blacklisted by History".    More coal for Iowa?  Joe Lucas from Americans for Balanced Energy.

 

Dr. Henry Lodge tells how to be  "Younger Next Year".   (Time machine)  Peter LaBarbera from American's for Truth  exposes stuff which should remain un-exposed. (This site contains graphic iky-ness)   Senator Sam Brownback endorses Senator John McCain.  Then,  Suzy.

 "Co-Ed Combat",  the new evidence that women shouldn't fight the nation's wars.  Kinglsey Browne  Then, Captain Jeff Struecker on "The Road to Unafraid"   the inside story of  "Blackhawk Down"...  gonna be speaking at  Grace Church  this weekend to honor vets.   Then,  the silliness ensues.  

 

Amity Shlaes  remembers "The Forgotten Man"  how we survived the Great Depression despite the political class.    Then, "Prude" and why that's a GOOD thing.  Carol Platt Liebau.    Pat Robertson endorses Rudy?    Sign of the Apocalypse?  

 

Renee Rongen  is an advocate for open adoption in Iowa sponsored by Catholic Charities...what an inspiration.   Jonathan Narcisse updates us from the Des Moines School Board.  Then, is the energy sky is falling?

 

Mr. Pat  says we under-mis-estimate Islam to our detriment.     Then,  Hillary gets an endorsement in Iowa from AFSCME.   What does that mean?

 

David Limbaugh  says the Democratic Party is "Bankrupt".     Business strategist  John Gochenour  says the rest of us are too plus,  our own technology could fix it,  but we are exporting it to China.   Congressman Duncan Hunter  is trying to keep GM from shipping our best new energy efficient car designs to China too.

Dinesh D'Souza  explains "What's so Great About Christianity"... what a smart guy!    At an Iowa traffic stop ,  about 20 illegal aliens  jump out and head for the corn fields.   Now what?   And Gov Culver makes his new racial and gay diversity quotas permanent.  Now what?

Computer security expert David Perry from Trend Micro  offers a bunch of techie advice.  Very useful.   Then,  flag folding  joins the culture war...unbelievable.   An Iowa kindergarten teacher says a picture of a kid with a dead pheasant promotes violence.  Sends picture home.  Sigh.   And Iowa is putting sales tax on Halloween pumpkins.  Don't worry, if you plan to eat them you can get an exemption form.   If you didn't know that in time,  you can still get a rebate.    And Ron Paul made the Tonight Show.   Paulists loved it.   You may have downed way too much Halloween candy when.....   Big Smile

 

 Richard North Patterson, novelist, looks at "The Race"...nasty politics are icky.   Then,  a guys beats the hell out a car thief  and he's the one charged with something.   How much do illegal immigrants  REALLY cost Iowans.   Yup,  there's a study.   David Osterberg and Beth Pearson with the rest of the story.

 

Matt Spivey… Pastor Dan Berry Cornerstone Family Church  highlight the African Children's Choir  returning to Des Moines November 11.  "What's Love Got to Do With It?    a Harvard researcher teaches parents how to talk about "it".   John Chirban.     Then,  the 1st Annual Tribute to Veterans Career Fair.    Iowa Work Force Development.     Then,  is Governor Culver's new diversity mandate  just another affirmative action scam? 

 

 

Congressman Ron Paul  with presidential issues.   Campaigning in Iowa.    Dr. Chuck Baldwin  says American Christians are gullible.   Dana Starkell is a world-class paddler and classic guitarist.    Plays purdy.     Dr. Jeffrey Zweerink  is a world class star-gazer with a  Reason to Believe. 

 

Mayor Rudy Giuliani  with presidential politics.   Jan Flora with a report on population explosion of Iowa's pork populations, CAFO's and sustainability.   "Steroid Nation"  ESPN  reporter Shaun Assael  takes a peek at illegal pects.  

 

Yup,  Senator Dick Durbin is pushing the Dream Act  to a vote,  granting an incremental, back-door amnesty.   Again.  So,  what should Iowans do?  Call La Raza Harkin?    Paul Mero declares "The Natural Family" Manifesto.   Great book...discount for WHO listeners.  888-773-6782   Plus,  lotsa open-line.

 

"Twenty-Three Minutes in Hell"... Bill Wiese  says he's been there done that.   Iowa State Senator Paul McKinley with some concerns about ethanol tax credits and Iowa education issues. 

Dr. Mark Liponis  gives us a health test to guess our "Ultra-Longevity".   (I'm a tortoise...you'll have to take the test yourself to find out)     Richard Gamble  talks about  "The Great Tradition".. .what does it mean to be educated..   then,  is the cure to single motherhood really marriage?   Nope.

 

Representative Wayne Ford  with some ideas on school and prison reform.  Steve Milloy  takes a shot at ethanol.  Lotsa openline.

 

John Perkins spills the "The Secret History of the American Empire".    Dr. Mark Moyar  is the guy who wasn't qualified to teach history at the University of Iowa...he's in the wrong party.   Plus,  Senator Harkin earmarks $500,000 for LaRaza.   Oh, good.

 

John Ratzenberger  wants to "Keep it Made in America".     Town Hall Meeting Tonight Oct 17th Hy-Vee Hall  730 Third Street... free to public.    Ames Holbrook  is "The Deporter" a former Deportation Officer who blows the whistle on US release of foreign criminals into our country.  Fierce

 

Wally World is selling a Chinese-built  talking Jesus action figure.   Swell?   Betty Ahrens from I-CAN says the Bush veto of S-CHIP expansion  needs to be over-ridden.   Bruce Chapman  is another fellow talking about political bias in Iowa's university system. 

Attorney Roxanne Conlin  talks about the Microsoft lawsuit settlement.  How can Iowans get bucks.   Then,  some Arkansans are still bugged  with then Governor Huckabee's  pardon of a nasty fellow. 

Robert Spencer is skeptical that the call of 130 Muslim scholars  around the globe calling for "peace and understanding" is genuine.  Why? "Religion of Peace?"  Why Christianity is and Islam Isn't.    An Iowa county settled a Ragbrai related lawsuit for big bucks. And banned all future Ragbrais from their county.   Now what?   Then, Susy.

 

Des Moines school suspension rates are too high.  So now what.  Michael Hurley and Carie Lemack  are in Iowa to address international nuclear terrorism.    Dave Busiek from KCCI explains how they got video on the bridge junk  hurlers.

 

Iowa's youth vote.   A Wall Street Journal  piece on high school kids getting extra credit for political activism.    Then,  what happened to diversity in the history department  at University of Iowa?   The score is Democrats 27,  Republicans 0 on the history staff.   HUGE reaction.

 

Josh Dorner is the National Spokesman for Global Warming for the Sierra Club.  A report.  "Destination Iowa: getting to a Sustainable Bio-fuels Future"     Then,  lotsa open line time.  Everything from the technical meaning of "knocked-up" to Bush becoming a Universalist..

 

From Upper Nile State Legislative Assembly,  Marthi Nuyamal Choat    tells the story of southern Sudan and why there are so many Sudanese Iowans.    Then,  what's a sniper to do when he's busted?   Great conversation.   Columbus Day?   Some uncomfortable history  for Columbus bashers.

Marcus Luttrell  was the "Lone Survivor"  of the lost heroes of Seal Team 10.   Oh my gosh...what a story.   Congressman Steve King with S-CHIP redux.  Congressman Tom Tancredo  in Iowa supporting a constitutional amendment to protect marriage.

 

Lotsa open-line conversation...  Mike Duncan  from the Republican National Committee  defends Bush veto of the S-CHIP  funding.   Senator Grassley  says the veto was unjustified.

 

Mark Penn with "Micro Trends" ...  caffeinated, tattooed, archer-moms?   Huh?    Restaurant toddler tyrants?   Then,  Michael Novak is coming to Iowa to speak  at Vermeer.  Career and Calling   800-919-7307 if you want to go.

 

Pickin' up the pieces of Rush-gate.   Lotsa openline great conversation.

 

Harkin and gays in the military redux.  Senator Harkin lectures General Pace on the morality of homosexual behavior.   Then,  Craig Smith  looks at the future price of oil, gas, gold and currency.  800-289-2646

 

So,  why can people smell and hear their neighbors anyhow?   Poor building codes?   Then,  Senator Harkin has decided that homosexual and adulterous behavior should be added the Uniform Code of Military of Justice.

Alveda King inspires for life.  Hod Ben Zvi  is a peace activist  from Jerusalem.  Bill Sammon writes about "The Evangelical President" and the president's spread of moral democracy.   Bob Edgar  from Common Cause  wants public financing of elections.   Congressman Steve King  wants to re-evaluate the federal funding levels of  Iowa's Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

 

Follow-up to the Alveda King-Roosevelt High School  issue.  Openline.   A great foodie,  Russ Parson with "How to Pick a Peach".  Then,  Urbandale is over-run with deer.  Don't feed 'em?

 

"Lives Per Gallon: the True Cost of Our Oil Addiction"  Terry Tamminen gives us the price tag.  Roosevelt High School yanks an invitation to speak from Alveda King,  niece of MLK.   She thinks civil rights for black folks begins before they are born.    Not welcome at Roosevelt High School.   Kim Lehman from Iowa Right to Life with the story.   Alexis McGee from ForclosureS.Com  says there's money ta be made in them thar foreclosures.   Bishop Jackson  says race relations in the US need lotsa work.  Including Roosevelt High School's dissing of Alveda King.

Editor Note:   Mrs. Kathie Danielson, Principal of Roosevelt High school later in the day clarified the cancellation.   She said the controversial nature of the presentation didn't give the administration sufficient time to notify parents.   Mrs. Danielson has committed to including Alveda King in a future assembly as part of Black History Month.

 

 

So the Western Civ Prof gets the sack  for calling the Bible fairy tales.   The rest of the story.  Then,  what's wrong with traffic checks anyhow?

"The Coming China Wars"   Peter Navarro.   A very strong interview.   Gary Gagliardi  with  Sun Tzu's "The Art of War"   lessons for Iraq.  Then, the Hawk-I  insurance plan for low income kids  is broke  and asking the feds for bucks.  

 

Brad Smith is a kinder and gentler bug assassin. Bugs, bats and snake stories.  YUCK!    Mike Andrews from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute  says kids who attend ivy league schools emerge with even less historical  knowledge than with what they started.   Here's the quiz.  

 

Pornography ain't a big deal, says Debbie Nathan.   Bill Dane  says the open borders people are back again with another end around amnesty.   "I got tazed by the campus police and all I got was this stinkin' T-shirt".   "Don't Taze Me, Bro!"  Bob McCarty.   And bail out Iowa flood victims?  What would Grover do? 

 

Alan Keyes  is running for President again.  Rob Montz  with a Hillary Care response.  Then,  the Vietnam War Memorial is vandalized.  An Iowan with a report.  Jonathan Narcisse was elected to the Des Moines School Board.   We can almost hear sweat breaking out.

 

Frank Miniter  with "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Hunting".    Bambi is out to get us.  What to do?  Then,  is eating too much corn on the cob  really gluttony?   Plus, more on the 14th Amendment scam.

 

Dr. Michael McGregor  is a dental artist. A health line for the mouth.    "Omnivore's Dilemma"  Iowa's corn makes us the center of the food universe. Michaell Pollan   Then, Mayor Rudy Giuliani  Republican front-runner with issues.   Then,  Suzy!

 

 

 Jim Wallis is in Iowa speaking for Iowans for Sensible Priorities,  on "God's Politics".     Then, require motorcyclists to wear helmets?  Then, Charlie Savage with "Takeover: the Return at the Imperial Presidency".

 

Bill Salier  is organizing a petition drive to call for the impeachment of a lawless Iowa judge  who legislated from the bench..   Father Frank Bognanno says gay marriage is an oxy-moron.  Then,  Iowa country singer Jason Brown.  Purdy tunes.

911 Day sounds to remember.   Then,  David Bellavia.   "House to House".   A much decorated American soldier with a powerful story of intensity and heroism.  You MUST listen.  Please.

Senator John McCain and Senator Fred Thompson with issues.   The term "sex offender"  is offensive.  And the real culprits in Iowa's brush with gay marriage are Governor Culver and Senator Mike Gronstal.   Why?    BTW,   the LA Times featured WHO Radio and Mickelson's program.

 

Ed Fallon sits in for Mickelson.  Global warming? Eminent Domain.

 

Steve Plim sits in for Mickelson.   Lotsa nostalgia.

 

Marty and Miller get lost on their way to work and fill in for Mickelson. 

 

Sonya Heitshusen  sits in for Mickelson.   Gay marriage in Iowa?   Now what?

 Brian Gongol sits in for Mickelson.    Wise Guy talk. 

 

Chuck Hurley and Mike Hartwig from the Iowa Family Policy Council  react a judge's overturning of Iowa's gay marriage ban.  Lotsa discussion.

 

 

Ravi Batra says all economic hell is shortly gonna break loose,  then  "The New Golden Age" can begin.   So,  what's an imprecatory prayer anyhow.  A world class example.   Then,  Iowa Representative Jeff Kaufmann  author of the bill which "fixed" Iowa's eminent domain law is worried about new takings wrinkles.

 

Ok, it's summer-fall and school is starting and already dismissing early for heat...should be move Iowa to a year around schedule.  Great Iowa conversation.      Gov. Mike Huckabee  with issues. 

 

Don Feder  has some fun at the expense of a Dutch bishop.  Allah darn nit anyhow.   Then,  Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson says the Michael Vick come to Jesus apology is a scam.

 

Dick Fredericks and Dr. Gene Fokken from Iowalive,   talk about what to do to repair the damage to Iowa's education system.  Then,  lotsa openline with a couple of modest proposals.

Bob Dane  from FAIR describes what the "sanctuary status" means.   Dave Leach, activist and musician,  says social conservatives are wrong about immigration and makes a Biblical case for open borders. 

 

"Statements of the LDS First Presidency" answers the question definitively. "Is there such a thing as a pro-choice Mormon"?   Gary James Bergera says,  "No"?     Congressman Steve King  with  his own progress report on the Iraq War.  

 

It's the semi-often Something Stupid Day...  ridding ourselves of stupidity build-up syndrome.  SDS.

 

Applying the "investment model" to Iowa's education system.   Uncomfortable questions for uncomfortable taxpayers.  Then,  when did Iowa join the ranks of "sanctuary states"?   The rest of the story.

 

Jonathan Narcisse wants to on the Des Moines School Board.    PLLLLEEEZZZZEEEE !   For the love of GAWD...elect him this time so the rest of us can get some peace.   Thank you very much.   Then,   to whack or not to whack ,   that is the question.

 

Psychic Suzy does her thing at the Fair.   Mark Barabak from the LA Times talks about Iowa politics.   Then,  Senator Fred Thompson with presidential talk.  See the video here.

 

Lotsa openline from the Iowa State Fair.  The question is,  "What needs to be done to restore Iowa's education system?"  

Robert Spencer "The Religion of Peace"  Why Christianity Is and Islam isn't.    Extraordinarily powerful.   Then,  maybe the atheist guy in Ames is right.  Senator Joe Biden with presidential issues.

Tom Matzzi,  Washington director of  MoveON.org  and Sue Dinsdale Iowa's "Iraq Summer Campaign"  are targeting Senator Chuck Grassley and Congressman Latham.   Plus,  Congressman Tom Latham and Republican Minority Leader John Boehner on the issues.  Openline.

 

Lotsa Iowa State Fair talk.   Straw Poll feedback.

Professor John Klindt and consumer advocate Tom Coats report  that the slot machines on military bases are causing gambling addictions and economic hardships for our troops.    Congressman Mike Pence introduces legislation to protect talk shows.  Congressman Tom Tancredo with pre-straw poll issues.   And Congressman Duncan Hunter. 

And here's the video of Thursday's Ron Paul visit.      

 

 

Congressman Ron Paul,   Newt Gingrich,  Senator Sam Brownback,  and Governor Mike Huckabee  at the opening day of the Iowa State Fair.

 

The Iowa Straw Poll  vote is open to machine-based vote fraud, says Jim Condit Jr  and  Bob Schultz.   "Nonsense" says Iowa Republican Party Ex Director Chuck Laudner.    Professor Doug Jones,  election fraud expert from University of Iowa evaluates current technology.   Then,   Gov Mitt Romney's pro-life transformation is now complete.

 

Greg D'Angelo says the SHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program)  is just another unsustainable middle-class entitlement program.  Then,  a great example of media spin.  This time Mickelson is the target.  The tape examples.  Congressman Duncan Hunter with an issues update.  Openline.

 

Chuck Laudner is Executive Director of the Iowa Republican Party.  Talks about the recent Iowa Republican debate at Drake,  the Iowa Straw Poll and a new direction for the Iowa Republican Party.   Steve Forbes gives feedback on the debate for Giuliani..  Bob Vanderplatts for Huckabee.   Senator Sam Brownback for himself.  Bill Salier for Congressman Tom Tancredo.   And a response to the Romney interview  coverage.

 

 

 

Fred Heads describe their malady.   Paul Smith and Richard Rios are volunteers.  Then, another ISU professor attacks faith symbols...this time Warren Blumenfeld is shocked to find a cross in a chapel.    Plus lots openline.

 Video note!   After some debate,  here's the re-posting of Thursday's intense exchange with Gov Mitt Romney. 

A technical note... All of the in-studio presidential interviews are video taped for later webcasting.   Normally, as in this case,  they are shot with two fixed cameras by the webcaster.  He and the cameras are highly visible. The cameras are mounted on tripods just a few feet from the guest and host.   Most of the time the interviews are mixed down for time and composition,  as in the recent Senator John McCain interview.   In this case the complete one camera feed was posted so no later issues of "editing" could be raised.   (and because Mickelson looks crappy on camera...  ed. note)

 

 Jan Mickelson here.. .  thanks for the feedback....   here's some of my own.  

 

 

Gov Tommy Thompson campaigns in Iowa.    Gov Mitt Romney campaigning... a very intense conversation.   Here's the video.  A shorter video.  Then,  Jerome Corsi  with the "Late Great USA" an expose of the proposed Security and Prosperity Partnership.

 

Congressman Geoff Davis from Kentucky and Iowa Congressman Tom Latham join us from Washington.  Issues.   How about reparations for the US taxpayers for Iraq war costs?   Then, "What High Schools Don't Tell You"... how to get your kid ready.  Elizabeth Wissner-Gross.

 

History nuggets I discovered while doing summer reading.  The current state of terror.  Then, Senator Byrd says pit bulls are innocent peace lovin' creatures until they are corrupted by football players.

 

The continuing stolen car saga...can we keep what is going on in California away from Iowa?  Then,  some campaign literature  I found in the church parking lot is actually inspirational.

 

Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad sits in for Jan Mickelson.  He's President of Des Moines University.  Progress report.

 

Ross Peterson in for Jan Mickelson.  Pet behavior, Fair Tax and presidential politics.

 

If California can confiscate the vehicles  of illegals or scofflaws,  why can't Iowa? And Iowa's Board of Regents still can't decide upon arming campus security guards...sigh.  The,  Steve Deace  "Without a Vision: the People Perish"   then,  an Iowa mom wants the troops home from Iowa. Sue Dinsdale 

 

Dana Mecum  talks about collectible cars and an upcoming car auction.    Scott Taylor  warns about Lyme Disease...it's the season.   Then,  car theft stories...

 

Congressman Tom Tancredo  in Iowa after the presidency.  Issues.    Congressman Duncan Hunter  in Iowa after the presidency.  Issues   Robert Novak,  the "Prince of Darkness" knows where the bodies are buried..    Senator John McCain  in Iowa after the presidency (see shocking video below).  Issues.  Phyliss Schlafly wants to be on the record for Congressman Tancredo.   Issues.

 

 Senator Sam Brownback is in Iowa pursuing the presidency.   Ted Baehr reviews a couple of movies...the new Harry Potter movie and the new Adam Sandler movie, "I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry"  (the last segment with Rowan Scarborough is lost in technical purgatory...sorry)

 

 Rauch on the River...neked perverts are cavorting along the Raccoon River...again...annoying family canoeing expeditions and puzzling the taxpayers....again.   Then, Cheryle Hart says your diet may be making you crazy.  "The Feed Good Diet"..    Iowa is making world news for our prison population diversity rates.   Tommy Thompson talks about practical solutions for stuff.