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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May 30, 2023 10 mins
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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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WOODLAND PARK IS FINDING OUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO UPSET THE TEACHERS UNIONS And we've gone through this very same thing in DougCo and JeffCo when conservatives managed to wrest control of the system where only 29% of kids are doing math at grade level away from union control. The union is in attack mode, and they will disrupt in any way they can so they can run THEIR candidates under a slogan of bringing "sanity" back to Woodland Park...
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KELLY BROUGH WANTS TO BE DENVER MAYOR And she joins me at 12:35 for a chat about what makes her policies different than her opponent's. Find out more about Kelly by clicking here.
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DARREL WATSON IS TRYING TO UNSEAT CANDE CDEBACA And she is literally THE WORST person on Denver's City Council so I'm interested to talk to Darrel about what he brings to the table. Find more about Darrell here.
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MORE ON PROPERTY TAXES This time with my realtor Mike Potarf from the Chad Madlom team. Is there a chance you can fight your valuation? If yours is like mine there is no point. We're going to discuss what this means for the market and you as a homeowner with Mike at 1. Find Mike and the rest of the Chad Madlom Team by calling 303-900-8570.
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WHAT DID THE LEGISLATURE DO TO OIL AND GAS THIS TIME? I've got Dan Haley the CEO of Colorado Oil and Gas Association on at 12:35 to discuss what the Legislature did this session and how the industry is doing overall in Colorado.
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