Rock Hard Caucus

Hello, Rock Hard Caucus listeners. Before we started this podcast, I used to do a local music radio show on KRUI in Iowa City called iHearIC Radio. That show has been on life support since the beginning of the pandemic, but I've really been itching to breathe new life into the project. In order to motivate myself to do the show more regularly, I need to consolidate. So, iHearIC Radio is now a mont...

Justin, Evan, and Stella discuss Third Base. Listen to the full episode (an hour and 39 minutes!) with a $1 per month patreon subscription: https://www.patreon.com/posts/86099137 https://rockhardcauc.us

We found out ex-Congressman Steve King has been appearing somewhat regularly on a racist radio show in Tennessee. Our friend Gavin Aronsen is an expert on Steve King, so he's returning to our not-racist podcast to discuss these radio appearances. Local musicians, please send us your music: https://forms.gle/zNkBXmRdWyBMpsKP7 Call us at (319) 849-8733! Find more in-depth discussions of Steve King h...

Justin, Toni, and Erin discuss the orb-bots. Watch the video of this clip here: https://youtu.be/CDxOek4qSXE Watch the full episode with a $5 subscription here (also includes our back catalog going back to 2019): https://www.patreon.com/posts/84917621 You can listen to the audio of the whole episode with just a $1 subscription: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84917622 https://rockhardcauc.us

Presidential candidates, Wold updates, and weatherman death threats. Watch the mail segment beginning at 57:15 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPsFA-VtDgU Come see Pet Peeves and Radigast at The Lift in Des Moines tonight (Justin is sitting in with the former): https://www.dmlift.com/shows Closing music by Pet Peeves (https://petpeeves.bandcamp.com) - Iowa bands, please send us your music: h...

Justin, Evan, and Stella discuss the incident. Watch the video of this clip here: https://youtu.be/xheE_y0KwBU Watch the full episode with a $5 patreon subscription here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84692764 or listen to the full episode with a $1 subscription: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84692770 https://rockhardcauc.us

The cauc regs (caucus regulars) are busy so I brought in a couple guest host ringers. Alan and Oliver are here for a long discussion of the Davenport building collapse and a shorter look at what the hell is going on with Zach Wahls. Come out to Pokey's Fest tonight and tomorrow: https://prod5.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=306824~e7ec740d-8476-44fa-ae88-f8602a65365d Closing mu...

Toni and Justin read a creepy letter from, hopefully, a child. Watch the video of this clip here: https://youtu.be/qXs6UHTL4s8 Watch the full hour-and-14-minute episode with a $5 subscription on our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83459444 or listen to the full episode with a $1 subscription: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83459446 https://rockhardcauc.us

This episode has it all: audio clips of the IDP Chair, new presidential candidate Rondy Santis, and the most dangerous Democrat in Iowa! Closing music by BCJsPs (https://bcjsps.bandcamp.com) - Iowa bands, please send us your music: https://forms.gle/zNkBXmRdWyBMpsKP7 Call us at (319) 849-8733! Find all of this episode's relevant links here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83516566 https://rockhardca...

Evan and Justin read a book review on Amazon. Video of this clip here: https://youtu.be/lRMkr31PrEY Full video episode for $5 subscribers: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83091489 Full audio episode for all subscribers: https://www.patreon.com/posts/83091491 https://rockhardcauc.us

Last Sunday, Natalie joined Jake and Josh of the UhOh! Progress stream for a lengthy exploration of the manosphere and incels and all that shit. Here's the archived video stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1814269473 - I recommend watching along so you can see all this weird stuff. But if you don't want to use your eyes, I think you'll really enjoy the audio we're sharing here. Thanks to Josh fo...

You may know him from the We All Want Clean Water podcast, you may know him from his blog posts, or you may know him on twitter as @RiverRaccoon. Chris Jones has a book coming out! It's called The Swine Republic, and he's here to teach all of our swine listeners about agricultural and environmental policy in Iowa. Get the book here: https://icecubepress.com/2023/04/10/the-swine-republic-2 Closing...

New episode now available at https://patreon.com/rockhardcaucus

Toni and Justin review the story "Wedding Bell Blues" from Sonic the Hedgehog #18. You can watch the video of this clip here: https://youtu.be/YRHoSx0KlJM You can watch the full video episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/81983576 or just listen to the full episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/81983561 https://rockhardcauc.us

Back to basics with an episode where we mostly get mad at the newspaper. Closing music by T.A.N.G. (https://tangiowa.bandcamp.com) - Iowa bands, please send us your music: https://forms.gle/zNkBXmRdWyBMpsKP7 Call us at (319) 849-8733! More plugs and relevant links here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/81541359 https://rockhardcauc.us

The Eat The Rich podcast ended its run last summer, and I noticed their patreon recently deactivated, so all those episodes have VANISHED! I couldn't let that happen with this very funny episode Natalie did with Cari about the weird women's clothing pyramid scheme, LuLaRoe. Originally released 9/26/2021. Thanks to Cari for granting us permission to rehost. Here's the original episode description:...

There is more that unites us than divides us. Here's video for the segment beginning at 6:33: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OPPDjyDeZo Call us at (319) 849-8733! Catch Justin's band BCJsPs at Mission Creek: https://missioncreekfestival.com/schedule/bcjsps Find more of what you love at https://patreon.com/rockhardcaucus https://rockhardcauc.us

Justin and Evan discuss the ninth chapter of Tyler Granger's Iowa Trouble. Another long teaser clip because we really really want to talk to you about this book. If you're interested in the full hour and 41 minute episode, you can subscribe for just $1 per month here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/80792171 https://rockhardcauc.us

Famous comedy duo Girl God talked to us about starting a cult, Justin Roiland, and vampires. Come to their show at Gabe's in Iowa City on 3/22: https://www.ticketweb.com/event/girl-god-gabes-tickets/12846365 Call us at (319) 849-8733! More relevant links and details here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/79469106 https://rockhardcauc.us

Justin and Evan discuss the first chapter of Tyler Granger's Iowa Trouble. This is a longer teaser clip than usual because we're excited about this new series. This book is really weird and we think you'll enjoy hearing about it. If you're interested, you can subscribe for just $1 to hear the full episode which is an hour and 40 minutes long: https://www.patreon.com/posts/79997562 https://rockhard...

Our friend Oliver joins us to discuss the recent slew of anti-LGBTQ bills that Iowa's legislators have proposed. Follow Oliver on twitter: https://twitter.com/Ollie_XVX Closing music by Death Kill Overdrive (https://deathkilloverdrive.bandcamp.com) - Iowa bands, please send us your music: https://forms.gle/zNkBXmRdWyBMpsKP7 Call us at (319) 849-8733! Iowa Trans Mutual Aid: https://iowamutualaid.or...

Gavin and Justin read a review from Goodreads Steve. VIDEO of this teaser: https://youtu.be/dcEM1n8IR20 Full VIDEO episode for $5 subscribers: https://www.patreon.com/posts/79315018 Full AUDIO episode for all subscribers: https://www.patreon.com/posts/79315016 https://rockhardcauc.us

Our state auditor decided to go on some other podcast instead of ours, so in this episode we're listening to that other podcast. Closing music by Ion Alexakis (https://theonlyion.bandcamp.com) - Iowa bands, please send us your music: https://forms.gle/zNkBXmRdWyBMpsKP7 Call us at (319) 849-8733! Links to all relevant articles and plugs can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/78931097 http...

Our friends over at Hoot 'n' Holler decided to retire a while back, and I noticed that they stopped paying for soundcloud so their back catalog is disappearing. So here's an episode they did with our very own Natalie. Originally released 3/10/2022. Thanks to them for granting us permission to rehost. Here's how they described it: ------------ Real barnburner y'all. We are joined by Natalie from ou...

This week, we finally finished reviewing Steve King's memoir for Diamond Hard Caucus. To celebrating the long-awaited conclusion to this series, we are putting episode 2, from way back in August, on the free RHC feed. --------- Gavin joins us to discuss chapters 3-6 of Steve King's memoir. Stay to the end for some really fun stuff. Next time, we'll cover chapters 7-9. --------- If you subscribe to...