Rock Hard Caucus

Justin and David discuss vigilante justice. Full episode available to subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47143269 Go to our website for links to all podcast platforms and social media: rockhardcauc.us

For our big milestone 50th episode, Bryan Quinby of Street Fight Radio joined us for a conversation on rich people, music, coffee shops, vaccines, and public schools. If you somehow don't already know about Bryan, follow him on twitter @murderxbryan and listen to Street Fight at streetfightradio.com Find links to all of our podcast platforms and social media at rockhardcauc.us If you enjoy our fre...

Stella, Evan, Justin, and Kim Reynolds discuss band-aids. Full episode available to subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/46378532 Go to our website for links to all podcast platforms and social media: rockhardcauc.us

Stella joins the boys of RHC to reflect on Dave Loebsack's 14-year career in the House of Representatives, and ponder the legacy he leaves behind... Links to all of our podcast platforms and social media at rockhardcauc.us If you enjoy our free content, you might like what's available to subscribers at patreon.com/rockhardcaucus

There sure was a bunch of news last week! Listen to learn which Iowans were present for the, uh... "demonstration" at the Capitol, how the events there relate to events here at home, and of course, how posts are getting people into trouble. Links to all of our podcast platforms and social media at rockhardcauc.us If you enjoy our free content, you might like what's available to subscribers at patr...

Last month, the Iowa Democratic Party released their internal review of the 2020 Caucuses. In this episode, the core four review their review. Review the review for yourself here: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20423516/2020-11-10-internal-review-report-for-the-iowa-democratic-party-2020-iowa-caucuses.pdf Links to all of our podcast platforms and social media at rockhardcauc.us If you...

Justin, Natalie, Evan, and Chuck review a new set of lyrics for a classic Christmas song. Full episode available to subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45311623 Go to our website for links to all podcast platforms and social media: rockhardcauc.us

Here is the Christmas episode we put on our Patreon last year, now free for everyone! Hopefully we will have time to record a new one in time for Christmas 2020... -------- The core four have assembled for our big holiday episode. In it, we discuss the reason for the season (as told by Dennis Clayson) and Joseph Dobrian's favorite and least favorite Christmas songs. This was super fun to edit, so...

Natalie and Stella discuss the anatomy of Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. Full episode available to subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45043007 Go to our website for links to all podcast platforms and social media: rockhardcauc.us

After a month away from the podcast, the core four are back to roast Terry Branstad and Jerry Foxhoven. This episode is dedicated to the memory of our friend Hannah Colton. Please take some time to read about her: https://www.kunm.org/post/hannah-colton-kunm-news-director-and-reporter-dies-29 https://www.dailylobo.com/article/2020/11/structural-changes-needed-to-prevent-tragic-deaths-like-kunm-new...

Aaron Calvin joins us to discuss the state of journalism and politics in Iowa and his recent piece for the Iowa Informer investigating Bruce Gerleman, owner of the Jethro's BBQ restaurants in Des Moines. Read Aaron's piece here: https://iowainformer.com/society-culture/2020/10/jethros-bbq-splash-bruce-gerleman-sexual-harassment Find the rest of his work at https://aaroncalvin.com and follow him on...

Here's our "post"-election episode. Mid-election, really. Justin, Evan, and Chuck discuss Joe Biden's super convincing, awesome, mind-blowing victory and the impact his presidential campaign had on Iowa's democratic candidates. Go to our website for links to all podcast platforms and social media: rockhardcauc.us If you like the free episodes you'll probably like the patreon episodes too: patreon....

Justin, Stella, and David discuss dragons. Full episode available to subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43272772 Go to our website for links to all podcast platforms and social media: rockhardcauc.us

Justin and Toni read a letter from Neil. Full episode available to subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/43234090 Go to our website for links to all podcast platforms and social media: https://rockhardcauc.us

Justin, Evan, and Stella review Borat 2 for about 90 minutes and discuss the election for about 2 minutes... NOT!!!! This is the long-awaited campaign ads episode. Go to our website for links to all podcast platforms and social media: https://rockhardcauc.us If you like the free episodes you'll probably like the patreon episodes too: https://patreon.com/rockhardcaucus

Still talking about elections. But this time, we're interviewing a real life candidate. After a vigorous interview process with our editorial board, Rock Hard Caucus is proud to endorse Jaylen Cavil for Polk County Sheriff. Write him in if you live there! Follow Jaylen: https://twitter.com/jaylencavil Read the #BlackEmergencyIA press release: https://twitter.com/DesMoinesBLM/status/131605106777633...

Justin and Toni discuss simians and drupes. Full episode available to subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/42667136 Go to our website for links to all podcast platforms and social media: https://rockhardcauc.us

Okay, fine, we'll talk about elections again. Justin, Evan, and Stella discuss the first Biden/Trump debate in the context of everything that's happened in the intervening week. Plus a bunch of predictions about who will win the elections and who will die. Justin and Evan were on Radio Free SD over the weekend and the episode will be out soon: https://anchor.fm/radiofreesd Go to our website for li...

Justin, Evan, and Stella listen to an excerpt of our governor's speech at the RNC last month. Full episode available to subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/41984018 Go to our website for links to all podcast platforms and social media: rockhardcauc.us

A villainous episode. Justin, Evan, and Stella get an update on David Greenspo(o)n, introduce Steve O'Konek to the rogues' gallery, and worst of all, read a recent Todd Blodgett piece. Go to our website for links to all podcast platforms and social media: https://rockhardcauc.us Check out our Patreon too: patreon.com/rockhardcaucus

Justin, Natalie, and Cooper discuss their own memories of 9/11 as well as friends' memories and contemporaneous reporting from their hometown newspaper. Don't expect deep analysis, but we did talk a lot about airports and country music. Opening material is from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu4s37iPtVQ Direct mp3 link: https://archive.org/download/2020-09-11-rhc-39/2020-09-11%20rhc%2039.mp...

The long wait is over. Rock Hard Caucus is back. The original founders have a long discussion about the derecho and its aftermath, as well as briefly touching on our podcast anniversary and schools reopening. Today's episode opened with this: https://soundcloud.com/user-742918063/interview-with-cedar-rapids-mayor-brad-hart Listen to Natalie and Justin on Eat The Rich: https://soundcloud.com/eatthe...

Justin and Toni discuss eyeballs and sound effects. The full episode is available to subscribers here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40821818 Direct mp3 link: https://archive.org/download/2020-08-24-rhc-sfrs-2-teaser/2020-08-24%20rhc%20sfrs2%20%5Bteaser%5D.mp3 Go to our website for links to all podcast platforms and social media: https://rockhardcauc.us

(uploaded late thanks to the derecho) Justin, Evan, Chuck, and Alan got together over the weekend to discuss cicadas, white supremacist flyer distribution in Eastern Iowa, and an open letter from our governor. Give this video a thumbs down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJcQxk4Bw94 Justin on Best Show Ever: https://anchor.fm/englert/episodes/8--Chuy-Renteria--Justin-K-Comer-ehpsgi Direct mp3 lin...

Brett Payne of Street Fight Radio joins Justin, Natalie, and Evan to discuss drugs, jobs, and the Midwest in general. Find all of Street Fight's stuff here: https://www.streetfightradio.com Street Fight Zine #28 - Small Business Tyrants 2 is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/small-business-2-38715980 (featuring an article by Justin) Direct mp3 link: https://archive.org/download/2020-07-28-rhc-36...