Mickelson's Podcast - Powered by the Iowa Firearms Coalition

Diane West ,  American Betrayal...The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character.  What a story.    Grace Un-Plugged. .. Brad Silverman,   Producer.   Sec of State Matt Schultz reporting on another conviction of voter fraud.  And did Governor Branstad step in it when he says RPI shouldn't be giving legal advice?

Is the Iowa Republican Party really divided on illegal police searches?   Not so much.  Then "The Book of Matt" dismantles the martyr status of Matthew Shepard.   Stephen Jimenez.   Then does SCOTUS use Declaration principles to decide cases?

Post game partum depression...Shut down... Congressman Steve King ...non-essential department shut down numbers and Iowa traffic "safety" check points.

Iowans respond to the continuing government shut-down and President Obama's morning campaign speech.   We hear from a bunch of Iowans, including taxpayers and furloughed federal workers.  Spirited.

Bernadette Egger, from St. Mary's Family Center ,  runs the food pantry.  She says all of  DMARC's food pantry's need extra help now.    Senator Bertrand Brimley gets serious.   And Iowan's evaluate "the right to healthcare",  from FDR, Harkin, and now Obama.  Spirited.

 Ellery Schempp is one of the atheists responsible for getting prayer and Bible reading removed from government schools.  Iowa atheists brought him to Des Moines to celebrate the anniversary of the court ruling.   A.J. Spiker and David Fischer, Chair and Co-Chair of the Iowa Republican Party, talk about political issues and party management issues.   Steve Flood describes the train wreck which is...

Adil Khan executive director of  Liberty Iowa ...talks about the future of the Iowa Republican Party. Then,  Iowans think about the potential shut-down of the Federal Government.

A review of the sounds of the week...Cruz, Durbin, Harkin, and the Broken Window Fallacy. .  And a bunch of Iowans agree with Harkin on the mood of Americans.

 Joel Feldman is the founder of End Distracted Driving .  Touring the country to raise awareness of the danger.  Bruce Friedrich is senior director of advocacy of Farm Sanctuary ...says Congressman Steve King is violating state's rights with his amendment to the Farm Bill.  

 Newt Gingrich , new co-host of CNN's Crossfire talks about Obamacare.  So does  Betsy McCaughey ...so do Iowans.  Iowans wonder about the Senator Ted Cruz filibuster.  Vigorous

Rhonda Philips invites folks to the Iowa Right to Life Final Book Sale ...Jordan Park Camp building--2251 Fuller Road, West Des Moines...afternoon at 4.  Shane Vander Hart says a big thistle to the Register's worries about homeschoolers.   Congressman Steve King responds to a Gross attack.

Senator Chuck Grassley says he will run for re-election.  70% of responders say its a good idea.  Republican insider Doug Gross says Congressman Steve King doesn't represent the Iowa Republican Party.  Samuel Gregg is a  Tea Party Catholic.    Whazzat?

Hypnosis to help with hot flashes?  Dr. Alan Koslow is convinced it works.  Ray Thompson is a hypnotherapist.   They say science now says hypnosis is effective in dealing with hotflashes.    Then, a follow-up on a caller who was busted for speeding and his gun was confiscated.  The rest of the story.  Then,  the Whizbang chicken-plucker .

Joshua Academy begins its 5th year and is expanding...the good news.  Rev. Keith Ratcliff and Chris Hurley.   The New York Times says Wall Street is exploiting ethanol credits... Scott Mickelson explains the techie stuff.  Senator Rand Paul tries to figure out what Obama meant when he said raising the debt ceiling doesn't mean more debt.   Then, Iowa Fraud Fighters. ..Iowa Insurance Commissioner N...

Taylor Baldwin Kiland was in the Navy Yard during the attack...she brings "Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton". ..why some people thrive, why others collapse.  Clayton Cramer says Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill is still killing innocent bystanders.  Rep Walt Rogers wants to be a Congressman.  And an Iowa pig farmer is making national news.

The crazy disinformation on the internet...mental illness taken seriously enough?   Ilan Berman says Russian is facing Implosion... The End of Russia and What it Means for America .  And Des Moines rate payers won the battle,  but are about to lose the war...but should we pay the lawyers anyhow?  

Msgr. Frank Bognanno explains what the Pope meant when he wrote that atheists can go to heaven even if they dis-believe as long as they keep their own conscience.   Then,  Thomas Pyle says Obama should put the Keystone Pipeline back on tract.  

 Sam Clovis is running for US Senate.   Issues...spirited conversation.   Then,  the bully seminar movement is expanding... so is bullying.   The science observes that bullying increases after schools run the programs.   Then,  "Is the Pope Catholic?"  Talking about some confusing papal statements.

Trying to fix what's busted in the prison system... Suzanne McComas ...uncommon sense.   Emad Shenouda is a Coptic Christian Iowan, explaining the risk Christians in Islamist countries face every day.  And Sheriff Warren Wethington says he's fine with the blind getting permits to carry. 

 Emily Gets Her Gun ... Emily Miller talks about the 2nd Amendment and her dust-up with Piers Morgan on Iowa gun laws allowing the blind to carry guns.   Congressman Steve King on his Egyptian fact finding trip.    Matt Whitaker, Senate candidate--issues.  

Dr. David Perlmutter busts the "Grain Brain". ..says dementia comes by the spoonful.  Ron Packard says K-12 says online schooling already exists and is capable of giving kids a great start right here in Iowa.  And Iowans are still thinking about the blind guy who is packin' heat.

 Frugal Isn't Cheap ...Clare Levinson gives some practical money advice.  J.D. King  reports on "Crying Wolf". ..how environmental zealots have almost destroyed the US elk and moose populations.   And giving a gun license to a blind guy?  

Jamie Johnson... Rev Cary Gordon. .. waging the culture war...vigorous.

Scott Raecker from Character Counts. ..Labor Day conversation.

Is it Ok to ask judicial candidates worldview and personal questions?  Some say it's dangerous.   Then,  Andrea Alexander-Shandri, Dr. Mandi Hillman and Meagan Day Suhr advocate for the Iowa birth Organization.   "Evidence-Based Care"  Then,  a Democrat prayer thanking God for abortion and and asking Him for more money to do more of them...really.