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.

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June 2, 2023 108 mins
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A DEEP DIVE ON CRIME The Common Sense Institute is out with a report on what happens when penalties for crime are reduced at the same time fewer cops are put on the streets. It's going about as well as you'd expect, and this report is pretty telling. I'm talking to former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen about it at 2:15 and you can find it on their website here.
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LET'S TALK SKIN CANCER FOR A BIT Michelle Zellner is back at 1 to discuss skin cancer and living in Colorado we all need to pay attention to this. Being closer to the sun means we get more of it, and Colorado has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the nation. If you don't have an annual total body skin cancer check it's time to start, the earlier you catch it the more curable it becomes. At least do a self check which you c...
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ANOTHER HOSPITAL PRICE TRANSPARENCY BILL IS BEING SIGNED TODAY You may not know that Colorado passed a bill preventing hospitals from dinging your credit or using the Colorado court system to collect if they aren't fully compliant with the Trump hospital transparency rules. Now they are going one step further and fining hospitals who don't make their pricing available in an easily searchable and downloadable format. I've got Patien...
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PRE-ADDICTION IS WHEN IT'S TIME TO STEP IN The concept of "pre-addiction" is new to me, but the actuality is not. I know I've had friends that I watched move into addiction but I was ill-equipped to do anything to help. Pre-addiction is real. It's before someone hits the so-called "rock bottom" but either the person involved with substances (alcohol or drugs) knows it's taking over, or a family member or friend recognizes it. And t...
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IS SOCIAL MEDIA BAD FOR KIDS AND TEENS? The Surgeon General just issued a warning about kids and teens using social media and the connection to depression and anxiety and I've got a Psychologist specializing in Teen Tech Addiction named Dr. Gregory Jantz who is the author of “#Hooked: The Pitfalls of Social Media”. He's on at 12:30 to talk about how social media affects the mental health of teens and whether or not social media is ...
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TIRED OF THE FIGHTING OF THE TWO PARTY SYSTEM? The group who started the No Labels Party sure are. They started in 2010 with an idea that they could solve problems that our current two party system wasn't solving. To be honest, I do not like a LOT of their ideas. It seems to me to be Democrat-lite. You can read their policy positions here. I'm guessing a progressive would see them as Republican-lite. Today, I'm talking with Holly P...
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WEATHER WEDNESDAY IS BACK! Finally. We'll make Fox 31's Dave Fraser wave his meteorology wand and get rid of this smoke, k?
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ARE YOU GETTING BOUNCED OFF MEDICAID? A LOT of people in Colorado were able to take care advantage of the Medicaid expansion in Colorado during Covid, but that is coming to an end. If you're shopping for insurance, you want to listen up at 2:30 when I check in with Chief Experience Officer Travis Bockendstedt from Pinnacle Advanced Primary Care about your options. Find Pinnacle by clicking here!
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ONE MAN'S JOURNEY TO HELP OTHER VETERANS Michael Connors is a veteran who understands the difficulties of transitioning from military life to civilian life while dealing with the physical and emotional scars of war. He founded an organization to help other veterans get specialized service dogs to aid them on their journey. He's now undertaking a massive 105 mile ruck march to raise money and awareness for his program. Here is a lin...
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