The Mandy Connell Podcast

THAT TIME NPR PARTICIPATED IN THE GOVERNMENT COVERUP You know I'm talking about Covid and this column by David Strom at Hotair.com is about an NPR interview with a guy who has written a new book about how NPR silenced stories that didn't fit the narrative and now these people are going to PROFIT off their own malfeasance by writing books about it! THE NERVE. David joins me at 1pm to discuss it. Se...

Short show today because of Rockies baseball, but Assistant Minority Leader Ty Winter joined the show to talk about what was inflicted on us in this last session. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SINE DIE MEANS NO MORE BAD THINGS CAN BE DONE TO US AT THE CAPITOL and at 12:15 Assistant Minority Leader Ty Winter joins me to talk about what was inflicted on us in this last session. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ross Kaminsky stops by to finish the conversation about TABOR and their value for Colorado, a new immersive Titanic exhibit sounds super cool, Irish dance and music are in town, Democrats double down on sanctuary status, the GDP shrank but not as much as it has in other administrations, and  the history of Gaza. 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.

WHO DOESN'T LOVE IRISH MUSIC AND DANCING? How can you not love Irish step dancing the music that is so distinctly Irish? If that's you, you're going to love a Taste of Ireland, the show that brings Irish music and dance to life. They have performances all over the front range and I'm talking with Alliyah O’Hare at 1pm about the show. The internationally acclaimed “A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Mu...

A NEW EXHIBIT ON A FAMOUS DISASTER HITS TOWN It's all about the Titanic, which of course was a massive ocean liner that hit an iceberg and sank, taking many lives with it. Now there is an exhibit in town, Titanic: An Immersive Voyage that opens in Denver on May 7th. It’s been 40 years since the Titanic wreck was discovered by Navy officer Robert Ballard, 400 miles off Newfoundland’s coast, ending...

Mandy talks about being an extroverted introvert, great margarita recipes, being a networking pro, The DoJ suing Colorado, the new Marvel Thunderbolts movie, and how Democrats have taken your TABOR money. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR NETWORK And I've got a guest today on networking effectively when you need to. I am not a good networker, though I try to keep my relationships strong in the industry I'm in. Ivan Misner founded BNI, which is one of the largest networking organizations in the world and he joins me at 1 today on how to dust off your network to make sure it's there when...

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PEOPLE WANTED TRANSPARENCY FROM THE COLORADO GOP And unlike the last "leadership" group who made lots of accusation about the previous leadership and lots of noise about audits that would show malfeasance that never came, the new leadership of the Colorado GOP is leaning into full transparency. In an email sent to State Committee Members that was shared with me, they bring the receipts and I mean...

ABOUT THOSE FIRED CLIMATE SCIENTIST S So I saw this breathless story about how Trump sacked all the climate scientists who were supposed to create a required report for Congress on Climate Change and immediately I suspected what was up by the people quoted in this story . When you start by talking to the Environmental Defense Fund I know it's only left wingers working on this thing, and they are l...

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WHO IS MIKE O'DONNELL? He's a dude I follow on X whose bio says this: I've spent much of my working life in education and economic development. An economist by training and entrepreneurial system developer by practice, I closely monitor and report statistics related to key economic and entrepreneurial trends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A HUGE RAID IN COLORADO SPRINGS FINDS DRUGS, GUNS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS And some members of the military from Fort Carson , either partying or working as security at what is being called an "underground" nightclub, though I'm not sure exactly what that means. More than 100 people who are in the country illegally were swept up in the raid that also found drugs and guns. This was a DEA investigatio...

ABOUT THAT SO-CALLED COLORADO DOGE And I'm going to call it a grift. I saw something on Facebook that purportedly said it was Colorado DOGE and it was asking for money. I clicked through to their fundraising page only to find a BUNCH of words and a donate money, but nothing that said who was behind it and what they were raising money FOR. They called themselves a non-profit, but gave no Tax ID inf...

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