The Mike McFeely Mess

North Dakota State political science professor Thomas Ambrosio joins podcast host Mike McFeely to talk about Attorney General William Barr's summary of the Mueller Report, plus bonus material on Venezuela, Kazakhstan and Brexit.

Author Scott Ellsworth joins podcast host Mike McFeely to talk about "The Secret Game," a basketball game between players from Duke and what was then called North Carolina College for Negroes (now N.C. Central) that was a history-making moment in 1944. The winner of the Bison-Eagles game on Wednesday, March 20, will play Duke in the NCAA tournament so Central fans are hoping they get a chance to t...

Jonas Pope IV, who covers North Carolina Central for the Raleigh News & Observer newspaper, joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss the Eagles and their NCAA basketball game against North Dakota State this week in Dayton, Ohio.

NCAA basketball tournament bracketologist Brian Bennett of The Athletic joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss Bennett's mock bracket that has North Dakota State playing in a First Four game next week. Bennett says it'll be tough for the Bison to escape playing a game in Dayton, Ohio, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

WDAY-TV's Taylor Mankle and The Forum's Eric Peterson join podcast host Mike McFeely to break down North Dakota State's Summit League championship victory and what awaits the Bison in the NCAA tournament. Are the Bison better off going straight to the final 64 and playing a blueblood, or should they play in a First Four game? All of that and so much more in this podcast.

North Dakota humanities scholar, author, radio host and jack-of-all-trades Clay Jenkinson joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss Mike's trip to New York City with the Moorhead High School orchestra and how Clay believes everyone would benefit by going to the city at least one time.

WDAY-TV sports director Dom Izzo joins podcast host Mike McFeely to talk about the "mutual agreement" that has Maren Walseth and NDSU parting ways. The women's basketball coach was not successful in her five years at NDSU and Izzo believes the reason is simple enough -- she didn't recruit good enough.

Beth Ambrosio of the Fargo-Moorhead Derby Girls joins podcast host Mike McFeely to chat about the 10th season of the team, roller derby in general and all of the fantastic nicknames the competitors come up with.

North Dakota State University political science professor Thomas Ambrosio joins podcast host Mike McFeely to talk about the U.S.-North Korea denuclearization talks that ended without a deal. Ambrosio believes the U.S. is shooting too high by trying to get denuclearization and should instead try for something easily attainable as a show of good faith -- like officially ending the Korean War.

Former North Dakota State men's basketball coach Saul Phillips, now at Ohio University, joins podcast host Mike McFeely for an hour-long trip down memory lane, recalling the 2008-09 season when the Bison qualified for the NCAA tournament in the first year they were eligible in Division I. Led by Ben Woodside and other seniors, NDSU packed the Bison Sports Arena and made national headlines.

Philadelphia sports columnist Marcus Hayes joined podcast Mike McFeely to discuss Hayes' piece in which he says Eagles' quarterback Carson Wentz reacted to recent criticism like a true Christian, using the moment for self-reflection instead of anger. Hayes believes that response is unusual in sports, but shows the character and depth of both Wentz and his Eagles born-again teammates known as "The...

Mark Lindquist is from a small town in western Minnesota, went to Concordia College in Moorhead, got his start singing the national anthem at the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks games ... and now he joins host Mike McFeely to talk about it all in a half-hour. Easy, right. Mark has quite a story to tell -- and he's only 37. He's coming off an interesting week when he sang the national anthem before the Duk...

Heather Richards, an energy reporter for the Casper Star-Tribune newspaper, joins podcast host Mike McFeely to talk about Westmoreland Mining's bankruptcy and how it will affect small mines, miners and retirees in Wyoming and Beulah, N.D.

North Dakota State political science professor Thomas Ambrosio joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss the escalating and possibly dangerous fight between India and Pakistan; U.S.'s growing "meh" toward Europe under Trump; and the deepening ugliness of the Brexit trainwreck.

North Dakota humanities scholar, author, radio host and generally all-around good guy Clay Jenkinson joins podcast host Mike McFeely for a free-wheeling discussion about the state of the state and the state of the country. As always, we veer toward the president and stay there because we just can't help ourselves.

Pam Thesing, a Glyndon, Minn., woman who was convicted of a Clay County development code and sentenced to 30 days in jail for keeping chickens in her backyard before the conviction was overturned by a Minnesota appeals court, discusses her case with podcast host Mike McFeely. 

970 WDAY radio host Jay Thomas talked with Darren Troseth, the Minnesota angler who caught a 120-pound sturgeon through the ice on the St. Croix River. Troseth said the Minnesota DNR has confirmed his fish is a record and said that life has been hectic since landing the whopper.

Humanities scholar, author and radio host Clay Jenkinson joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss the current atmosphere of politics in the U.S., fueled by President Trump, while lamenting the folly of it all. McFeely offers this opinion: That politicians on both sides, and Trump, fuel the fires for political gain. Problem is, they are all in on the joke (as is the media) but the voters aren't.

Minnesota fishing expert Tony Mariotti and North Dakota guide Jerad Newgard agree there are fish to be caught on area lakes, but getting motivated to go out in frigid, snowy weather is a deterrent. Also, some lakes are tough to get around with so much snow.

KSTP-TV's chief political reporter Tom Hauser joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar's imminent bid for the Democratic nomination for president. Hauser addresses recent reports from ex-staffers saying Klobuchar is difficult to work for, what Klobuchar's top issues are and, frankly, whether she has a shot to be the Democratic nominee.

The Forum's North Dakota State beat writer Jeff Kolpack joins podcast host Mike McFeely to break down the Bison's National Signing Day activity. New head coach Matt Entz added 17 high school recruits, including six scholarship players and 11 recruited walk-ons. Georgia and Texas were two areas where NDSU nabbed athletes, a somewhat new phenomenon for the school.

North Dakota State political science professor Thomas Ambrosio believes President Donald Trump's State of the Union address was more positive and less combative than expected, and that has led to good reviews so far. Ambrosio delves into the foreign policy and immigration aspects of the address with podcast host Mike McFeely.

Humanities scholar, author and radio host Clay Jenkinson of Bismarck, N.D., joins host Mike McFeely for a pointless, wandering discussion about things that might or might not matter to you.

North Dakota State political science professor Thomas Ambrosio joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss Venezuela and the fight over who is the rightful president of that important Latin American country. Venezuela's oil has made it a key economic player not only in its region, but around the world. Why has the Trump Administration declared its support for the opposition? Ambrosio answers that q...

Mark Peihl, archivist for the Clay County Historical Society in Moorhead, joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss how different life was in 1936 compared to today. Housing, transportation, communication and technology were all rudimentary compared to what we have in 2019. Does that mean modern residents are "soft," or that we just live a better, more advanced life?