Mickelson's Podcast - Powered by the Iowa Firearms Coalition

John Zmirak talks about the best and worst, most expensive and best bargains which can be found ... Choosing the Right College: the Inside Scoop on Elite Schools and Outstanding Lesser-Know Institutions.    Then an Iowan is busted for not showing his gun permit to a Wal-Mart cop.  Making sense of the law.  Wet Water?    Derrick Wilburn talks about Obama's War on Black Education.

  Franklin Avenue Public Library is on the cutting edge of powering up electric cars.   We lose money on every charge...how do we do it?   Volume, Volume, Volume.   Jonathan Narcisse and Rep Greg Hartsill introducing major education and social reform.   Time to legislate common sense?  

How to get a good night's sleep when its hot (pillow in the fridge? ) ...the history of Iowa's ice harvest ... and war fever?   In Iowa? 

Daniel Flynn says there's a "War on Football" .  He says it is physically grueling and sometimes dangerous.  However,  not nearly as risky as the hype suggests.  William Federer is coming to Iowa... "What Every American Needs to Know About the Qur'an". (Tuesday 6:30pm Pipac Center, Cedar Falls...1521 Technology Parkway.)  And pulling the plug on the wind?   And watching out for Molly.

Joy Pullman from the Heartland Institute says Iowa shouldn't fall for the Common Core education stuff.  Shane Vander Hart Agrees.   Then,  Iowa is losing the Air Guard Wing for good.  A Georgia grade school book keeper saves a bunch of lives.  And a bunch of things to do this weekend.  Whew!

Eric Holtzclaw  from  Laddering Works  says honesty is better than sneaky.  Then, stuff Iowans are good at and not.  And busted by the Iowa Fire Marshall.    Trying to break a record.

Weird stuff what don't make sense. (Chinese can't pee straight)  Rocks through windshields...and Iowa City can't even run a ped-mall.  

Jeff Burkett highlights the upcoming 2nd Amendment Rally.    And thinking about the fate of an escaped convict who tried to break into the wrong house.  And thinking about an Iowa app which turns off a smart phone's texting capacity.

Celebrating Urbandale's Little League success.  And Iowa City prepares for ALICE in their schools.  Vigorous. And Clive serves up a satisfying "I Told You So Moment" ....thanks.

Sean Faircloth circuit riding atheist...issues.  Parents are wondering why they are being asked to sign a phys-ed contract.  Why?  Then GOP Republican activist Doug Gross talks about Iowa's political future. 

Senator Mark Chelgren ...Iowa issues. Life and Death.   Plus,  is there a Constitutional remedy which is usable to hold criminals accountable?  Yup.   13th Amendment has the key.  

Peter Lance ... Deal With the Devil. ..The FBI'S Secret Thirty-Year Relationship With a Mafia Killer...insightful.   Then,  the "Clown Did It". .. the rodeo clown gets bucked off.

 Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson says Obamacare is self-destructing and he'd like to help it along...toward destruction.   Then Dr. Merrill Matthews says even federal employees want out of Obamacare.   Whoops,  the Iowa Department of Safety decides to not release license plate exemption data.

Dr. Phil Harrington is the laser guy...says a new wrinkle in laser technology can help pain victims heal more quickly.  Then,  the Butter Cow is assaulted, a kid literally prays to Obama,   and a judge says ya can't name your kid,  Messiah... and it's only Monday.

Congressman Steve King ...issues.  Edwina Rogers with the Secular Coalition wants humanism to be our state religion.  Stephen Baldwin and Kevin McCullough are visiting the State Fair before their visit to the Family Leadership Summit on Saturday.    Alaskan Senate candidate Joe Miller visits Iowa too.  Issues.

Jim Hawkins and Jody Nations   from Professional Educators of Iowa talks about fixin' what ails Iowa's fading ed establishment.  John Cunningham and Steve Mallicoat from the Iowa Ready Mix Concrete Association talks about the advantages of concrete in construction.  Plus, can people use religion as a reason to say no to stuff they don't agree with?

Walid Shoebat says US is backing the wrong side...again.  And Teresa Hudson is with the National Christian Forensics and Communication Association. ..teaches homeschoolers how to debate the issues.  Inspirational.,  Representative Sue Wallis is the go to person on renewing horse slaughter laws.  Informative.

What's a Practical Farmer?     Ron Rosmann from the Rosmann Family Farm near Harlan, Iowa... National Geographic tells the story.    Then, the Founder's Bible ...John Peterson...coming to the Family Leader Conference.   Then,  "White Girl Bleed Alot" redux...the examples of black racist crime keep accumulating.  Colin Flaherty.

A judge puts a temporary halt to Iowa's renewed horse slaughter.  Debate ensues.  Julie Fisher talks about  Importing Democracy with NGO's.   Then, more horse debate.  

Brown Bagging is racist?  Busting fawns in Wisconsin?  And tasing a 95 year old senior care resident because they wanting to "help" him.  TGIF.

Apparently attracting Japanese Beetles to their doom with sex hormones isn't the right thing to do...sigh.  Then,  The Virtues We Need Again says Mitchell Kalpakgian.   Rich.  And why don't we subsidize RV's instead of tax them? And are incoming college females being told they face a 1 in 4 chance of being assaulted on college campuses?  Apparently.

Jess Patton describes the perverse effects of Obamacare on Iowans...an upcoming IAHU Healthcare Symposium.    Then, Professor Jonathan Meer says the proposed $15 minimum wage would be a disaster.   Plus, poopy salad and fully informed consumers.  

An 18 year old home-schooled college junior just back from a mission trip to India trying to rescue young girls trapped in sex trafficking.  Brook Charleston.   Impressive.   Then,  what's a puppy mill?  Is the pet industry honorable?  Trying to separate fact from fiction.  And Rob Hurd is with America's Pet Registry, Inc.   He says animal welfarists and animal rights activists are doing harm to o...

Things that make you wonder if we have guardian angels.  Then, the fifth suicide at SE Polk in the last few years...bullying.  Again.  What do Iowans think of it?

Iowa is failing the integrity standards for citizen access to public info. Emily Miller, Better Government Association,   has a state by state study.   Congressman Steve King is being Alinskied.  Plus, is Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers the law?  Not if it falls out the back of an armored truck.