Coffee and a Mike

Dr. Brian Joondeph is an ophthalmologist/retinal surgeon, a self-confessed news junkie, and a regular contributor to both AmericanThinker.com and Rasmussenreports.com.   He comes back on the podcast to discuss his recent article "Up the Down Staircase – Biden Style," how some people saw the humor in the President falling I felt sadness, the conversation between Rand Paul/Anthony Fauci, the recent...

Jewher Ilham is a program associate working to combat forced labor and the daughter of Uyghur scholar, Ilham Tohti. She returns to the podcast to discuss her work at enduyghurforcedlabour.org  the advocacy work for her father, the re-education (concentration camp) of the Uyghur people, a campaign getting ready to be launched against Nike, Apple, and Zara. Companies that have exited the region in s...

Christina Bobb, a journalist of OAN and the host of "Weekly Briefing" which airs every Saturday/Sunday. She comes back on the podcast to discuss her recent trip to Arizona meeting with President of the Arizona Senate Karen Fann, election fraud, how Rudy Giuliani is doing, what life is like in Washington D.C. right now, differences between Republicans/Democrats and names I suggested for both her an...

Shawn M Wentz, wrestler, Marine veteran, and the proud CO-Founder and Director of Warriorsaber.org , a National Public Charity that seeks to take responsibility for one of the current challenges facing our nation by building a bridge of communication and familiarity between civilian and Veteran citizens. He comes on the podcast to discuss growing up in northeast Ohio, watching his father die as a...

Col (sel.) Jonathan H. Vaughn, a Cleveland, Ohio native graduated from St. Ignatius High School and the University of Illinois. He then commissioned into the Marine Corps in 1999, while enrolled at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. On the podcast he discusses being raised by his grandparents, a 3X State Placer, 2X State Champion, 4X National Qualifier in wrestling , serving in support...

Dr. Brian Joondeph is an ophthalmologist/retinal surgeon, a self-confessed news junkie, and a regular contributor to both AmericanThinker.com and Rasmussenreports.com.   He comes back on the podcast to discuss two of his recent articles "Storm? What Storm? It Was Barely a Breeze." and "Mask Pollution – Where are the Environmentalists?", how much has changed in the last 12 months and how he does no...

Andrea Widburg is an attorney, blogger at bookwormroom.com and is the Deputy Editor for AmericanThinker.com.  She comes back on the podcast to discuss her recent article "Tucker Carlson's plan to end systemic racism and income inequality in America," the history of Israel post WWII, the surge today of the Gamestop stock, and how she is both pessimistic and hopeful for the future of this country.  

Dr. Keith Jackson is an ENT physician currently practicing  in Roswell, GA and a regular contributor to AmericanThinker.com. We discuss his recent article "America Is Rocketing Toward the Health Care Precipice". Also discussed were topics varying from his experiences traveling to Washington, D.C. with Docs4PatientCare, his take on the interesting route we took in becoming the world's leader in hea...

Alan Fried is a 3x Ohio High School State Wrestling Champion for St. Edward, 4x Junior National Freestyle Champion, a 2x NCAA Div. I Runner-Up and NCAA Div. I Champion for Oklahoma State University.   He comes on the podcast to discuss what it was like being coached by Howard Ferguson,   what college Ferg wanted him to attend, what drove him to be a better wrestler, training with John Smith at Okl...

Colin Schultz is a professional runner, a graduate of Liberty University and working for Run Flagstaff in Flagstaff, Arizona. He returns to the podcast to discuss his recent race, bouncing back from his injuries, some of his present/future video projects, 2021 Olympics and the official social media announcement of his new girlfriend.

Mark Wentz, a public artist, earned his BFA in Glass from Kent State University in 2002 and his MFA in Sculpture from Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta in 2013. He comes on the podcast to discuss growing up a wrestler, witnessing the death of his father as a child, how getting hit by a car was a turning point in his career and his latest appearance on the HGTV series TY BREAKER feat. Ty P...

Frank Favaro was a 2x wrestling state placer for Walsh Jesuit High School in Akron, Ohio. He comes on the podcast to discuss starting wrestling as a child in north Akron, what made head coach Bill Barger so special, being part of the #1 team in the nation, the classic St. Ed's/Walsh rivalry, and how you are truly a product of your environment.

Ted Dabrowski's is the President of Wirepoints.org, an independent, nonprofit company delivering original research and commentary about Illinois' economy and government. He comes on the podcast to discuss his recent article on wirepoints.org "Politicizing the classroom: 9 things to know about Illinois' pending 'culturally responsive' K-12 teaching mandate," how these lockdowns have impacted these...

Chanel Rion is an American author, political illustrator, and White House Political Correspondent for One America News Network.   She comes on the podcast to discuss what life has been like at the White House both during the Trump and now Biden administration, how they would not give her a seat in the briefing room, to vandalizing her desk/chair, how she sees this impeachment trial playing out, an...

Brother Luck is a James Beard nominated chef and the owner of Four by Luck and Lucky Dumpling Company in Colorado Springs, CO.   He comes on the podcast to discuss being raised in California, attending culinary school in Phoenix, taking vacation time to learn from Chef Marcus Samuelson and others, living in Japan, how he has adapted during the pandemic, and what the future of fine dining might be.

Andrea Widburg is an attorney, blogger at bookwormroom.com and is the Deputy Editor for AmericanThinker.com.  She comes on the podcast to discuss being raised Jewish in San Francisco, her family living in Europe thru the Holocaust, Hitler's rise to power, how three events have led us to today's climate, and why American Thinker turned off the comments section on the website.

Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and regular contributor to AmericanThinker.com, Don Finley comes on the podcast to discuss how when he was in college, he felt politics were local until he entered the military, and what happened in D.C. impacted him every day.  He discusses getting involved in electronic warfare, why he will not display his retirement certificate to this day, what he thinks of past...

Don Horning was the first state wrestling champion at Walsh Jesuit high school in Akron, Ohio, a two time All-American at Kent State University and assistant coach at Walsh from 1992-1997. He comes on the podcast to discuss some of the athletes he coached at his time at Walsh, what made Coach Bill Barger so unique, the classic St. Ed's/Walsh rivalry, how wrestling came into his life, being a 2x hi...

Pat Ramsey originally from Strongsville, Ohio has a BA in Economics at Harvard University, an MBA at Northwestern University and is the former CEO of Multimedia Games.   He comes on the podcast to discuss wrestling both at Strongsville and Harvard, the balance of maintaining his education, making weight, and having a social life, working at Harrah's Entertainment early in his career, and how he ma...

Dr. Brian Joondeph in part four of a collaboration to discuss his recent article on www. AmericanThinker.com   "What Happened to 'the Storm'?", how all this talk of major events occurring at or around inauguration day did not occur, what's next for both political parties, continued censorship from the big tech corporations, and how Amazon is trying to block voting by mail in unionization election....

Dr. Brian Joondeph returns to the podcast less than a week later to discuss his recent article on AmericanThinker.com "What's Next? Great Awakening or Great Reset", the unusual events leading up to the inauguration this week which went from over 15,000 National Guard troops to 25,000 for a virtual inauguration, censorship including removing the comments section on American Thinker, how he sees thi...

Dr. Brian Joondeph is an ophthalmologist/retinal surgeon in Denver, CO and a self-confessed news junkie. He returns to the podcast to discuss his recent article "Will Covid Numbers Shift for Biden's Benefit," big tech censorship, my recent conversation with Christina Bobb, the unusual events leading up to the inauguration next week which include over 15,000 National Guard troops, a statement by th...

Christina Bobb a journalist of OAN also covering Rudy Giuliani and the Trump legal team.   She comes back on the podcast to discuss being on Capitol Hill January 6th, the misinformation that is being put out from that day, big tech censorship, why the United States is the greatest country in the world, what she is fighting for and why term limits might not be a turn key solution.  

Matt Gentry is a Physical Therapist, the first and only NCAA wrestling champion at Stanford University and a 2x Olympian in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics for Canada. He comes on the podcast to discuss his introduction to wrestling, the mental toughness it instilled, how they are trying to save the Stanford wrestling program keepstanfordwrestling.com from being cut after the 2021 season, the endowment...

Dr. Brian Joondeph is an ophthalmologist/retinal surgeon in Denver, CO. He is also a self-confessed news junkie who got interested in writing while obtaining a master's degree in health-care leadership. He comes on the podcast to discuss two of his recent articles "Hey, GOP: This is Your Do or Die Moment" and "Is Nothing Happening? Or is Trump Channeling Sun Tzu?" published on AmericanThinker.com...