The Mandy Connell Podcast

The Mandy Connell Podcast

Mandy Connell brings her intelligence and wit to explaining US politics as a whole and our pop culture in general.

Episodes

10-29-25 FULL SHOW - Weather Wednesday, And Gut Health Determines Health Aging

October 29, 2025 • 101 mins
Fox 31's Dave Fraser joins for Weather Wednesday, why are their car washes on top of car washes, and a new study says gut health is the key to a healthy lifespan.
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10-29-25 Of The Day - Zach Segars

October 29, 2025 • 3 mins
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.
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10-29-25 Interview - Alex Martinez - What's In Your Gut?

October 29, 2025 • 11 mins
WHAT'S IN YOUR GUT? Hippocrates way back in 400 BCE taught that all health begins in the gut, and we seem to be having a full circle moment as science is studying the connection between gut health and overall wellness. Today at 2:30 I've got Alex Martinez from Intrinsic Medicine on to talk about this study which showed that a healthy gut microbiome was the key to a healthy long life. His company Intrinsic Medicine is working with h...
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10-29-25 Interview - Emilie Baratta - Car Washes are Sprouting Like Weeds

October 29, 2025 • 12 mins
CAR WASHES ARE SPROUTING LIKE WEEDS And the wonderful lady we just met because of the Gleam Haunted Car Wash wants to sound the alarm on car washes popping up everywhere. I had this story about why so many seem to be popping up and it has nothing to do with clean cars and everything to do with tax breaks for ultra wealthy people. But real people who are in the business to make a living are in the cross hairs and Emilie Baratta pops...
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10-29-25 Interview - Weather Wednesday with FOX31's Dave Fraser

October 29, 2025 • 9 mins
WEATHER WEDNESDAY AT 12:30 As Fox 31's Dave Fraser pops back in to talk cold and maybe snow at some point soon.
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10-28-25 FULL SHOW - Is Trans ID Dropping Among Young People?

October 28, 2025 • 103 mins
Professor Eric Kaufmann joins me to talk about the drop in trans identification among young people, Gavin Newsom cosplays poor, and who I like in three school board races. 
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10-28-25 Of The Day - Grant Smith

October 28, 2025 • 3 mins
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: Grant Smith.
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10-28-25 Interview - Prof. Eric Kaufmann - Trans ID Seems to be Dropping

October 28, 2025 • 16 mins
TRANS ID SEEMS TO BE DROPPING And it's dropping most in young people, thank God. Professor Eric Kaufmann, who I caught up with this past weekend for an interview, says it is and brings the data to back it up. Read the first story in Unherd here, and then check out his Substack that refutes all the nerdy statistical criticisms here. Follow him on X here. And he's at the University of Buckingham, not Birmingham as I saw at the end of...
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10-27-25 FULL SHOW - A Wildfire Protection Thing, And We Need Catastrophic Health

October 27, 2025 • 101 mins
Another wildfire protection system, we need catastrophic health insurance again, and what is Trump even doing in Venezuela?
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10-27-25 Of The Day - Ryan Edwards

October 27, 2025 • 2 mins
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.
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10-27-25 Interview - Randy Lang - Another Way to Protect Your Home From Wildfires

October 27, 2025 • 12 mins
ANOTHER WAY TO PROTECT YOUR HOME FROM WILDFIRES I was talking about a story on a new wildfire protection system for homes when I got an email from a guy named Randy Lang with waveGUARD™ Corporation about HIS fire protection system for homes. I had no idea this sort of stuff even existed so I figured I'd have Randy on today at 1 to talk about it. Find out more by clicking here.
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10-27-25 Interview - Steve Moore - We Need to Legalize Catastrophic Health Insurance Plans For Everyone

October 27, 2025 • 8 mins
WE NEED TO LEGALIZE CATASTROPHIC HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS FOR EVERYONE If we could do this ONE THING your health insurance life would be so much better and cheaper than it is now. Catastrophic health plans, those that don't kick in until you hit a pretty high deductible, are available, but only to people under 30 who show financial hardship. That's the law for Obamacare and in this column my pal Steve Moore explains that it needs to ...
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10-24-25 FULL SHOW - How Qualified Immunity Changes Affect Law And Order

October 24, 2025 • 103 mins
How qualified immunity changes for police have changed law and order, it's a free for all Friday, and an apology from the Johnstown Breeze.
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10-24-25 Of The Day - Grant Smith

October 24, 2025 • 4 mins
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: Grant Smith.
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10-24-25 Interview - DA Michael Allen - We Put the Cops on the Hook

October 24, 2025 • 11 mins
WE PUT THE COPS ON THE HOOK And it is affecting how policing is done and not in a good way. DA Michael Allen of the 4th Judicial District was listening the other day when we talked about this study by the Common Sense Institute about how we've stopped putting criminals in jail and crime has gone up. He reached out to remind me that the changes made to qualified immunity for cops has also had negative pressure on policing, so we're ...
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10-24-25 Interview - Barb Kirkmeyer - SNAP Benefits Are Not Coming in November

October 24, 2025 • 8 mins
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10-23-25 FULL SHOW - You Can Scare Your Car, And Evil Landlord Denver Wants Rent

October 23, 2025 • 103 mins
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10-23-25 Of The Day - Rob Dawson

October 23, 2025 • 3 mins
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: Rob Dawson.
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10-23-25 Interview - ABC News' Brad Garrett - Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier Gambling Investigations

October 23, 2025 • 7 mins
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10-23-25 Interview - Emilie Baratta - How About A Spooky Car Wash?

October 23, 2025 • 6 mins
HOW ABOUT A SPOOKY CAR WASH? I think this is a really fun idea if you're the sort who likes a jump scare while in your car. We're talking to Emilie Baratta from Gleam Car Wash about their Haunted Car Wash today at 1. Find out more by clicking here!
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The Latest News

    10-29-25 FULL SHOW - Weather Wednesday, And Gut Health Determines Health Ag

    10-29-25 FULL SHOW - Weather Wednesday, And Gut Health Determines Health Ag

    10-29-25 Of The Day - Zach Segars

    10-29-25 Of The Day - Zach Segars

    10-29-25 Interview - Alex Martinez - What's In Your Gut?

    10-29-25 Interview - Alex Martinez - What's In Your Gut?

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