Mickelson's Podcast - Powered by the Iowa Firearms Coalition

  "The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature"   Elizabeth Kantor ... then if you are a smoker,  you are child abuser .  Really.

  The Medicom/Sinclair Broadcasting fee wars.  Barry Faber represents Sinclair, Steve Purcell represents Medicom.   Whazzup?   If things do not work out,  no more Fox on Medicom.   Iowa talks TV tech.

  Steve Winzenberg sits in for vacationing Jan Mickelson.  Plays lotas games...on purpose... (he cheats by the way)  :)   Don't let him be the banker in Monopoly...

  Evan Stuart sits in for vacationing Jan Mickelson.  Lotsa friendly talk.

  Bill Salier sits in for vacationing Jan Mickelson.  He talks with his military buddies.  Inspirational.

  Ross Peterson sits in for vacationing Jan Mickelson.   New tech toys.

  Ross Peterson sits in for vacationing Jan Mickelson.   Ethanol Redux

Comedian Ed Voss   is raising money for Toys for Tots at Point of Grace Church ...let's help him.    Dick Woods from Fathers for Equal Rights , 515-277-8789 ,  provides help for parents with custody issues.

  Ames is hosting an upcoming School of Rock. .. sounds like fun to me.  Al Biela   is looking for a few good musicians.  515-232-6546    Then ISU   Professor Warren Blumenfeld  says we should remove "Christian Privilege and the Promotion of 'Secular' and Not-So 'Secular' Mainline Christianity in Public Schooling and the Larger Society".    Whew!     "Religion of Peace?  Islam's War Against the Wo...

Lamar Waldron thinks we finally have the whole picture of the events surrounding the Kennedy assassinations.   "Ultimate Sacrifice"    Then,  Iowa education test scores have slid fast and far.  Iowa is no longer a leader. And has forgotten  how to teach reading.    Now what?   Mike Crawford   Child and Family Policy Center    with ideas.  Former  HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson   with a wellness upda...

  The Energy Doctor   makes a house call to save us bucks.   Then,  Rep Wayne Ford   talks about  racial hiring disparity in Iowa.  Huge reaction.

Greg Willey and Cory Krug from Crime Stoppers   want your help to nip it in the bud.  515-223-1400   Then,  Rosie says terrorists are moms and dads too ,  so don't fear them.    "On the Brink"   Tyler Drumheller  former CIA agent talks about intelligence failures.    Then an epidemic of "magical thinking".

  Lt. General Robert Gard   calls on Iowans with Sensible Priorities. ..calls for a step down in Iraq.     Dick Woods from Fathers for Equal Rights. 515-277-8789  Worries that the new transition team for the Culver governorship headed by Bonnie Campbell will be hostile to the equal joint custody requirements of Iowa law.  Medal of Honor  recipient Jack Jacobs  inspires us.    Mandatory national se...

  Senator Byron Dorgan reporting on contract abuses in Iraq.  An Iowan listening in Baghdad  responds.   A deer in the headlights?  How about one that visits a Target store?  Then,  "A Well-Regulated Militia"   Saul Cornell.    Larry Pratt from Gun Owners of America ,  workin' the opposite side of the sight.   And locally,  Iowa Carry .

  Post election second, and third guessing of everything.   Great conversation.

  RNC ,  Ken Melman with last political licks.   DNC   Suzy Turnbull with hers.   Then,  it's open season for last minute politicking.

Waukee,  Iowa marine, Lance Corporal Ken Nickerson talks about his Iraq experience.   Inspirational.  Wayne Kopping with "Obsession"  Radical Islam's War Against the West.    Terrifiying.    Then,  Mickelson's answer to non-voters.   Thoughtful.  Make sure this gets to anyone planning to sit this one out.

  More on English, citizenship and voting.   Then,  more manure management in the non-political sense.  Lotsa pre-election tension.

  Do we really have to turn the other cheek to these Phelps creeps?  The theology of dealing with slime-balls.   Then Dan Bartlett  briefly talks national politics.   Congressman Steve King   says Iowa Democrats are violating the Official English Law by advertising non-English  voting procedures.   CAPO redux.   Aaron Putze ...Andy Muff, Carole Balvanz, and Bill Couser and others update the local...

  "The Best I Can Do"    Marvin Pomerantz   with an autobiography.   Then,  CAFO's    (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations)  really annoy some people.  Chris Peterson ,   President of the Iowa Farmer's Union and Chris Murphy from the  Iowa Network for local Control  near Okoboji are amongst them.

  Silliness at the expense of rednecks.  "Redneck Words of Wisdom"   Jaimie Muehlhausen.     Mike Ratliff says college history students   don't know no better... and he has the study to prove it.    Then,  one of the most moving segments ever.   "The Secret Letter from Iraq"   the wisdom of an unknown American soldier writing home from Iraq.   Powerful calls...I'll never forget.

  Jeff Lamberti   wants Congressman Leonard Boswell's   job.  Issues.  Patrick J. Buchanan declares an "State of Emergency"   on borders and culture war.    Dr. Mary Davenport with "The Unconscionable Claims of Michael J Fox " ,   along with stem cell researcher David Prentice   says,  "Do no Harm".  

Lana Rosenfeld from Tender Loving Care Products,    cosmetic reconstruction for breast cancer survivors.   Gary Moore writes about his baseball player dad during World World II   "Playing With the Enemy"   a great inspiration story of family and baseball.

"The African Children's Choir"    visiting Iowa Sunday.   Wonderful music.  Matthew Spivey and Pastor Dan Berry  from Cornerstone Family Church.    White House Press Secretary Tony Snow  highlights the President's Iowa visit.  Then, William Simpson with the inside story of "The Prince"...  insights into our involvement in the middle east.

  Feedback on Radio Day at the Whitehouse.    The most inspirational moment on the trip was the return trip.  Find out why and the dynamic conversation which follows.