Rock Hard Caucus

Checking in with our only statewide elected Democrat, and filling in some backstory on Woodbury County's most controversial supervisor. Plus, stick around until the end to find out why Evan utters the phrase, "monkey church." Call us at (319) 849-8733! Full episode notes here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/99196257 https://rockhardcauc.us

Evan, Justin, and Oliver discuss Ozzy Osbourne's bat incident. If you'd like to hear this entire episode, you can subscribe to our patreon for $1 per month: https://www.patreon.com/posts/98897179 https://rockhardcauc.us

We had to talk about Satan again, but we followed it up with a story about the greatest wife of all time. Closing music by Bootcamp: https://pokeysrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bootcamp-23 Call us at (319) 849-8733! Full episode notes here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/98743115 https://rockhardcauc.us

My friend Emma came over to talk about her music and even demonstrated a Max patch live for the podcast. Lots of noisy fun! Her website is https://mdenneymusic.com and you can buy her music at https://mdenney.bandcamp.com and she's on instagram at https://instagram.com/mdenney_music We also listened to her track from Iowasolation: https://iowasolation.bandcamp.com/album/iowasolation She's got show...

A recap of the trial of the century, with some guidance from a local opinion columnist. Call us at (319) 849-8733! Full episode notes here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/98294187 https://rockhardcauc.us

Toni and Justin discuss the MacGuffin. Watch the video of this teaser here: https://youtu.be/w_iwZ11lmaY Watch the full episode with a $5 subscription here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/98179285 Listen to the episode without video for just $1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/98179283 https://rockhardcauc.us

Our friends Izzy & Maggie finally make their first appearance on RHC. They are great, and innocent. Closing music by PSYOP: https://pokeysrecords.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-your-brain-on-america Call us at (319) 849-8733! Full episode notes here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97874517 https://rockhardcauc.us

We talked to Keenan Crow, Directory of Policy and Advocacy at One Iowa, about this year's wave of anti-LGBTQ bills in the Iowa Legislature. Check out their work at https://oneiowaaction.org Closing music by Ariias: https://www.ariiasband.com Call us at (319) 849-8733! Full episode notes here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97376101 https://rockhardcauc.us

Justin and Toni speak in unison. Watch the video of this teaser here: https://youtu.be/Xnvwx4AVJ34 Watch the full episode with a $5 subscription here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97044777 Listen to the episode without video for just $1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/97044776 https://rockhardcauc.us

Discussing the results and aftermath of the caucuses, the most important election of our lifetime. Call us at (319) 849-8733! Full episode notes here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96946449 https://rockhardcauc.us

BINKY 2024 Call us at (319) 849-8733! Full episode notes here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96505571 https://rockhardcauc.us

Fiddler Tara McGovern makes their podcast debut on this month's iHearIC Radio! If you live in Coralville, please consider signing this ceasefire resolution: https://forms.gle/NPxHkK9N3A4DwoeG6 Tara's website is https://taramcgovern.com and you should also support them at https://joco7.org This episode features music by: Freegrass (String?) (Trio?) (check out the videos at https://www.youtube.com/@...

We've made it to 2024. But will we make it through? Closing music by Tree Cloud: https://treecloud.bandcamp.com Call us at (319) 849-8733! Full episode notes here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96078924 https://rockhardcauc.us

Justin and Toni observe a family of ducks. Watch the video of this teaser here: https://youtu.be/Ep1uXHLNtPo Watch the full episode with a $5 subscription here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/95999361 Listen to the episode without video for just $1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/95999353 https://rockhardcauc.us

Hope you're all having a good holiday! Evan and I will not be continuing our Sunday streak on Christmas Eve, but I have something else to share with you today. Back at the beginning of this year, I went on our friend Brett Payne's podcast, relatively unknown. Brett stopped doing the podcast a while ago, and it's no longer available online, but I didn't want our episode to disappear forever. Fortun...

Justin, Stella, and Evan begin discussing the plot of Up on the Wooftop (2015). Full episode available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/95069149 https://rockhardcauc.us

Donald Trump visits Coralville and Michael Cassidy visits Des Moines. Call us at (319) 849-8733! Iowa musicians, send us your music: https://forms.gle/SMeP4DkF3Fm41oGH6 Full episode notes here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94853798 https://rockhardcauc.us

Justin and Toni try to pronounce the name of this episode. Watch the video of this teaser here: https://youtu.be/5u-XtKigT-Y Watch the full episode with a $5 subscription here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94628577 Listen to the episode without video for just $1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94628651 https://rockhardcauc.us

Satan is taking over Iowa, Rita Hart handles a difficult situation, and Vivek Ramaswamy is a libertarian. Closing music by Haploid again. Check out the new album: https://hapl0id.bandcamp.com/album/villains-amiss Call us at (319) 849-8733! Full episode notes here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94448753 https://rockhardcauc.us

I drove out to West Liberty to talk with my friend Dan Miller, who runs The Vault recording studio! Check it out at https://www.instagram.com/thevaultrecordingia This episode features music by: Dan Miller Lou Sherry (https://dentalrecordsic.bandcamp.com/album/lou-sherry-more-now-than-then) Early Girl (https://earlygirl.bandcamp.com) Maaaze (https://open.spotify.com/artist/3GTsDnmxgwWqYxl5bR4Th6) H...

We talked to Abigail Scheppmann, who works at the first and only (so far) unionized Starbucks in Iowa. Follow her store's union here: https://twitter.com/IowaCitySBWU (their tweets are cited in a lawsuit, so you know they're good) Trans solidarity march in Iowa City 12/8: https://twitter.com/justinkcomer/status/1727846354016186518 Closing music by Haploid (https://hapl0id.bandcamp.com). See them p...

Justin and Toni read a letter from Jimi to Knuckles. Watch the video of this teaser here: https://youtu.be/zzIkGpOsdD8 Watch the full episode with a $5 subscription here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/93535860 Listen to the episode without video for just $1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/93535862 https://rockhardcauc.us

Our good friend Dexter returns to discuss last week's elections and reflect on his time on the Cedar Rapids School Board. Come hear Justin's band BCJsPs in Iowa City TONIGHT: https://publicspaceone.com/events/bscjsps Call us at (319) 849-8733! Support RHC at https://patreon.com/rockhardcaucus https://rockhardcauc.us

An exclusive post-election hour-long interview with Des Moines mayoral candidate Denver Foote. How lucky are we?! Keep up with Denver's work with Des Moines People's Town Hall: https://linktr.ee/dsmpeoplestownhall Closing music by Justin's band BCJsPs - come hear us play in Iowa City on 11/17: https://www.publicspaceone.com/events/bscjsps Call us at (319) 849-8733! Support RHC at https://patreon.c...

Toni and Justin struggle to read leetspeak. Watch the video of this teaser here: https://youtu.be/Yq3UoVrLDfk Watch the full episode with a $5 subscription here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/92522650 Listen to the episode without video for just $1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/92522635 https://rockhardcauc.us