The Sunny Side of Life with Troy Thompson

Send us Fan Mail This week, The Sunnyside of Life returns with its 3rd Annual Resurrection Roundtable discussion and our special guests are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John! Get the full story of this Holy Week leading to Resurrection Sunday from the four men who recorded the story for us all!  HE IS RISEN! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This week at Sunnyside, Troy takes a look at an Iowa legislative interest in placing chaplains in public schools, the SecDef's recent change in combat arms standards, whether he's buying the up-tick in female heroines in action films, why our kids are better socialites than we were, and why this might be the right week to invest in the stock market thanks to the Trump Ta...

Send us Fan Mail This week Troy reviews his thoughts on Trump's tariffs (with the help of Thomas Sowell and the WSJ) and shares his thoughts on whether SNAP beneficiaries should keep the sugar. Also, he lets us in on a recently wrapped community project planting 40 trees John Denver-style around the local university football field and includes a review of this weekend's 50's Revival...

Send us Fan Mail This week at Sunnyside, Troy dives into the egg situation and the irrelevant ties the egg has to Resurrection Sunday as well as hyperbolic YouTube titles, that wascally wabbitt known as the Easter Bunny and what the meaning of "Awesome" really is. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail After a week of spring break travels to Orlando, the Bahamas, and associated theme parks - the Thompson's return to Sunnyside with some observations. Troy's got some thoughts on Disney, Epcot, Universal, Nassau, Coco Cay, and people....lots of people. Grab a green beer and enjoy Saint Patrick's Day as we roll into another episode of The Sunnyside of Life - tanned an...

Send us Fan Mail It's the start of a new season: Season 4 of The Sunnyside of Life and Troy gets to introduce a new theme song, talk about his take on the Zelensky-Trump negotiations that has everyone up in arms (literally) and what it all smells like from his side of the farm. Smells like fish... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this final episode of Season 3, Troy reviews the "The More Life Tour" from Randy Travis, hits the notes on an upcoming 50's Revival Show, and wanders into his own eclectic musical playlists encouraging you to do the same! Next week: Season 4 but for now...enjoy the jig down Thunder Road.... Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This week at Sunnyside, Troy promotes the next season starting March 3rd, highlights a new endeavor into YouTube, reminisces about the 50 years of Saturday Night Live and its impact on his teenage years and creative exploits and finds a way to tie it into some misinformation about the National School Lunch Program - more than you want to know about school lunch perhaps but we coul...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Troy gives his thoughts on Super Bowl LIX, the ads he found creepy, good, and unnecessary as well as a correlation between the way the Eagles smoked the Chiefs and the way the recent election went. That plus some details and thoughts on USAID, a new conspiracy bouncing around X and a theory on why the public sector unions may really be putting up their resistance to the...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Troy gives his report on his lobbying experience at the Statehouse last week which involved personal conversations, a trip to the very top of the golden dome and the subsequent geothermal effects that followed. This, of course, led him down the rabbit hole of thinking about lobbying in general and specifically the lobbying that revolves around government subsidies in th...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the Sunnyside of Life journeys to Iowa's Capital to advocate for public schools. Troy's take on public education predates his own life, dating back to Boston, 1630, with the original public school and his family's role in it but that's not what this is about. This week, Troy will once again visit the Iowa Statehouse and this time he's bringing s...

Send us Fan Mail It's Inauguration Day in America and it falls on MLK Day. What are the consequences of truly peaceful protests? What will the immediate actions of the new(ish) president and his administration look like and what must Green Bay Packer fans think about moving the ceremonies indoors? All this and a story about the most deadly chemical known to man this week on The Sunnyside of L...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Sunnyside of Life Troy gets caught up on what's happening with takes on the wild fires in California, a recommendation to have Will Arnett play Governor Newsom in the movie, his thoughts on the Greenland option, why the national sales tax isn't a great option and the send off of President Jimmy Carter who proved to be a much better private citizen than h...

Send us Fan Mail This week - Troy returns from the family holiday in Hawaii and shares his experiences, thoughts, and recommendations for those who plan to visit this great island state - where to stay, where to eat - some of the things to see and do. From the capital city of Honolulu on Oahu with its history at Pearl Harbor and big city vibes (pros and cons) to the beautiful island of Maui with i...

Send us Fan Mail Revelation 19-22! Congratulations! Today you have completed the Book of Revelation and, if you've been listening each day this year, you have completed all 66 books of the Holy Bible! What a blessing this year has been. Even though I'm certain I pronounced many names of people and places incorrectly, I believe I've been blessed and I pray that you have been too!  I...

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Send us Fan Mail This special Christmas Eve episode is a full on production by the Sunnyside of Life Players - a once act play written in 1939 by May Emery Hall. You've probably never heard of it and if you have, you've never HEARD it like this! Enjoy "The Miracle of Christmas Eve" and we'll visit again about Life, Liberty and the Pursuits which make us happy after the New...

Send us Fan Mail 2 John, 3 John, and Jude. Congratulations! Today you completed three books! Support the show

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