Rock Hard Caucus

Are pro-Palestinian college students genocidal maniacs? The Iowa Democratic Party says YES! Closing music by Bootcamp (https://pokeysrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bootcamp-23). Submit your own music here: https://forms.gle/zNkBXmRdWyBMpsKP7 Call us at (319) 849-8733! Full episode notes here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/92355330 https://rockhardcauc.us

**EDIT 6/20/2024 - here's video of this encounter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se1Iqr0EH-0 This is the first ever episode of iHearIC Radio recorded in Indianapolis. While we were all together, I got JP and BP on mic to discuss our ever-evolving trio (but mostly duo) project, BCJsPs. If you live in Illinois or Iowa City, YOU may have the opportunity to catch a BCJsPs live performance in the nex...

Carpaltina casts a spell. Full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/91184720 https://rockhardcauc.us

Tarence Ray of Trillbilly Worker's Party joins us to discuss Israel's consul general to the Midwest's visit to Iowa. Listen to the Trillbillies: https://soundcloud.com/user-972848621-463073718 and subscribe to their patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty Closing music by Tenure (https://tenure.bandcamp.com). Submit your own music here: https://forms.gle/zNkBXmRdWyBMpsKP7 Call us a...

Meet our heroes: Herbert the Necro-Shepherd, Carpaltina, and Terry Cheesecake. Full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/91184039 https://rockhardcauc.us

OOOoooooOOhhhhh! Hardloween is almost here! To celebrate, we're releasing last year's very long Rocktober Hardloween Carcass episode for free. This was originally released in two parts, so you'll hear a break in the middle. ----- "It's time for another seasonally-appropriate roleplaying session! Dungeon Mistress Lorelei guides an even smaller group of adventurers on yet another quest. Will they un...

Endorsements and anti-endorsements for upcoming city and school board elections. Plus, death threats! Des Moines Stands with Palestine Rally 10/24: https://twitter.com/DesMoinesBLM/status/1714408775312973880 Closing music by BCJsPs (https://bcjsps.bandcamp.com). Submit your own music here: https://forms.gle/zNkBXmRdWyBMpsKP7 Call us at (319) 849-8733! Full episode notes here: https://www.patreon.c...

Today marks the 6th anniversary of the very first episode of iHearIC Radio, so my good friend Duroje Gwamna came over to comply with our unbroken yearly tradition. Duroje's website: https://dgwamna-music.com This episode features music by: Faux Doubt (they are also the band in the episode image - https://fauxdoubt.com, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7GGbxScYHc) Early Girl (https://earlygirl.band...

Sorry to keep you waiting. Palestine, Trump clips, stories of campus madness, and a lawsuit within. Plus voicemails! Closing music by Scout. Submit your own music here: https://forms.gle/zNkBXmRdWyBMpsKP7 Call us at (319) 849-8733! Full episode notes here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/91036534 https://rockhardcauc.us

Justin begins reading his alternate ending to Evan and Stella. Full episode available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/90228276 https://rockhardcauc.us

A few days ago, we released our final episode reviewing Joseph Dobrian's second novel, Ambitions. To celebrate our completion of another Book Club series, we are now sharing the second episode of our Ambitions review for free! If you'd like to hear the entire Ambitions review, plus over 100 other podcast episodes, subscribe to our patreon and check out this collection: https://www.patreon.com/coll...

Jake and Josh from the UhOh! Progress twitch stream came on our show to talk about the former CEO of Kum & Go. If you're not from Iowa, that's the name of a gas station. Yeah, we know... Check out all the UhOh! stuff at http://uhohprogress.com Closing music by Death Kill Overdrive (https://deadbrokerekerds.bandcamp.com/album/juicin) - Iowa bands, please send us your music: https://forms.gle/zNkBXm...

Justin, Stella, and Evan discuss the friend zone. Subscribe to our patreon to hear the exciting full 2-hour episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/89742932 https://rockhardcauc.us

It's time for another monthly edition of iHearIC Radio here on the RHC feed! This time, bassist Blake Shaw came over to talk about all his various projects and play some tracks, including a couple from when he was just 18 years old! Buy some music from Blake at https://blakeshawbass.bandcamp.com Go see Blake open for Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter at the Englert on 9/30: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36...

Emma Schmit, Pipeline Fighters Hub Organizer with Bold Alliance, joins us to tell us all about carbon capture pipelines and the very rich people who stand to benefit from their construction, as well as the strange group of people who have allied in opposition to their construction. Follow Emma: https://twitter.com/EmmaSchmit94 Find out more about her work: https://boldalliance.org/case-studies/pip...

Justin and Stella read a series of emails. Listen to the full interminable 2-hour episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/88939312 https://rockhardcauc.us

On today's episode, we discuss the debate and the mugshot, revel in our newfound fame, and finally clear our voicemail backlog. Video segment for 47:20-1:03:02 is here: https://youtu.be/XZVoHj_kSE4 Closing music by David Clair & Justin K Comer (new album Now & Forever coming out September 1st: https://justinkcomer.bandcamp.com/album/now-forever) - Iowa bands, please send us your music: https://for...

Justin, Evan, and Stella discuss living in sin. You can hear the rest of this episode (and a whole bunch of other podcasts) by subscribing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/88058240 https://rockhardcauc.us

For this episode of iHearIC Radio, I talked with Des Moines family band Haploid (minus Dave - sorry, Dave!). They were very nice and let me park my car at their house during the State Fair and I invaded their cats' space to record this conversation with them. This is dedicated to those cats, for having to sit through a podcast recording. Find Haploid's music here: https://hapl0id.bandcamp.com and...

RHC two days in a row?! We had to tell you about our experience at the Iowa State Fair on August 12th as soon as possible. Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Rondee Santis, Ryan Binky, Marianne Williamson, and RFK Jr! Plus Trump casting a huge shadow over everyone! Check out our friends Josh and Jake at the UhOh! Progress twitch stream too: https://twitch.tv/uhohprogress Call us at (319) 849-8733! Supp...

A recap of our day at the Iowa State Fair on August 11th. Doug Burgum, Mike Pence, Francis Suarez, Perry Johnson, and Larry Elder! Wow!!! Stay tuned for part two... Call us at (319) 849-8733! Support the podcast at https://patreon.com/rockhardcaucus https://rockhardcauc.us

This week, we reached the halfway point in our Doughbrain Book Club review of the novel Ambitions. To celebrate this achievement, we are sharing the first episode of the series for free with all RHC listeners. If you'd like to hear episodes 2 and 3, they are up on patreon right now: https://www.patreon.com/rockhardcaucus/posts?filters%5Btag%5D=ambitions - you'll also get access to lots and lots of...

Justin reads something awful* to Evan. Listen to the full episode by subscribing to our patreon for just one dollar per month: https://www.patreon.com/posts/87053996 https://rockhardcauc.us *not the website

Justin and Toni read a letter from Jenny, who loves Knuckles a whole lot. Watch the video of this clip here: https://youtu.be/RLCyelpch3o Watch the full episode with a $5 subscription here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/86339146 Listen to the episode without video for just $1 here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/86339145 https://rockhardcauc.us

We talked to Denver Foote, candidate for Des Moines Mayor, and Bridget Botkin, candidate for Des Moines City Council (Ward 2), about why they're running for office, their vision of what a good local government can do, and how normal they both are. Denver's campaign website: https://www.denverfordsm.com Bridget's campaign website: https://www.bridget4dsm.com Closing music by Bigby Woods (https://bi...