The Mandy Connell Podcast

Dad joke of the day, word of the day, Mandy's trivia question of the day & jeopardy! It's OF THE DAY! Today's opponent: Zach Segars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're hearing about weather, solving legal problems, and checking in with the Salvation Army's Red Kettle drive, plus DPS goes after innovation schools. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dad joke of the day, word of the day, Mandy's trivia question of the day & jeopardy! It's OF THE DAY! Today's opponent: Rick Lewis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE SALVATION ARMY'S RED KETTLE DRIVE IS UNDERWAY And I've got a rep on today to talk about the Red Kettle Drive, their partnership with the Food Bank of the Rockies and more. If you want to know what the Salvation Army is all about, click here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DO YOU HAVE A LEGAL QUESTION? My favorite personal injury attorneys join me at 1pm for an hour of Ask the Attorneys! Gary and Brad from Bell and Pollock will be in so get your weird personal injury questions ready. The weirder the better! Find more about Bell and Pollock here . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WEATHER WEDNESDAY AT 12:30 With our pal Fox 31's Dave Fraser. We'll find out if Wyoming got blown completely off the map yesterday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get out your wallets for Colorado Gives Day, Step Denver stops by, and Denver Public Schools is taking more of your money this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dad joke of the day, word of the day, Mandy's trivia question of the day & jeopardy! It's OF THE DAY! Today's opponent: Benjamin Allbright. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

STEP DENVER AND STEP COLORADO SPRINGS This program is helping men struggling with addiction get their lives back with a program of work, accountability and sobriety. Their success rate for them is well above what other programs can claim, and they join me at 2pm to talk success stories and their recent expansion into Colorado Springs. They take zero government dollars and help one man for one year...

JIMMY KIMMEL'S SAD CONTRACT EXTENSION And I don't mean it's sad because he got an extension, I mean it's sad because it's pretty clear that ABC is just kicking the can down the road far enough to make it look like Donald Trump isn't he boss of them. Christian Toto writes about it here. Christian joins me at 1 to discuss. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A brewing group is making beer to help veterans, and Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks up loudly. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dad joke of the day, word of the day, Mandy's trivia question of the day & jeopardy! It's OF THE DAY! Today's opponent: Nick Ferguson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BREWERS HELPING VETS WITH BEER The Aurora City Brew Club (AC/BC) is a group of homebrewers who make beer for their own enjoyment. Last year they brewed a special batch of beer to support the Veterans Community Project and they are doing it again this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CHSAA settles on boy in girls sports, The Wine Yogi pops in to talk bubbles, and you need to sign these petitions! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dad joke of the day, word of the day, Mandy's trivia question of the day & jeopardy! It's OF THE DAY! Today's opponent: The Wine Yogi. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE WINE YOGI POPS IN TO TALK BUBBLES And she joins me at 2:30 to talk how to celebrate the holidays well. Find her blog and lots of great info on her website here , where she does a deep dive on the history of champagne that is super interesting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

YOU NEED TO SIGN THESE PETITIONS Erin Lee from Protect Kids Colorado is on today at 1:30 to talk about some pop up signing events for the three ballot initiatives they are gathering signatures for. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CHSAA SETTLES ON BOYS IN GIRLS SPORTS And this is just the first round as districts like D49 in Colorado Springs refuse to allow fundamental unfairness to harm girls. According to the settlement reached and announced yesterday, D49 and its co-plaintiffs will be allowed to do the following: • Maintain separate sports teams for biological boys and girls. • Keep locker rooms and overnight travel acco...

How hospitals are driving the cost of healthcare, helping people with developmental disabilities, and the progressive income tax is coming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dad joke of the day, word of the day, Mandy's trivia question of the day & jeopardy! It's OF THE DAY! Today's opponent: Ryan Edwards. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

JERRY SCHEMMEL HAS A CAUSE And I love this one. Our friend Jerry is working with Best Day Ministries, an organization that works to provide support and life skills to help them achieve at their highest level. Find out more about it here , and Jerry joins me at 2:30 to discuss it! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HOW HOSPITALS ARE DRIVING UP HEALTHCARE COSTS The thing that makes health insurance so expensive is the COST of the healthcare being delivered, and as we try to fix health insurance we can't do so without acknowledging what is driving those costs. One bit thing is hospital consolidation. Hospitals are buying up private practices, surgical centers and more and then leveraging their monopoly powers...

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A perfect day for Weather Wednesday, Boca Raton is coming for our business, and more on the massive fraud in Minnesota See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BOCA RATON WANTS YOUR BUSINESS And I've got Jessica Del Vecchio, Economic Development Manager for the City of Boca Raton on to talk about office vacancies here in Denver and how they are trying to woo our business away. If you're looking to be wooed you can check this out. She joins me at 1 to discuss it. Just how bad are our downtown occupancy rates? Really, really bad. Maybe everyone is moving t...