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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January 10, 2025 102 mins
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LET'S TALK ABOUT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY FOR A MINUTE Because I've got Javan Bair from the Marcus Brain Health Institute on today at 2pm. The Marcus Institute for Brain Health (MIBH) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a clinical care and research institute for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and psychological health (PH) conditions such as post-traumatic stress (PTS). Our mission is to deliver in-depth, interdisci...
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LET'S TALK ABOUT THE USE OF PSYCHEDELICS IN THERAPY I'm talking with Parad Meier, a somatic psychotherapist who uses cannabis and ketamine in her therapy practice now and who will be using psilocybin soon. We're going to find out what all that means and how this all works. If you want to connect with Parad, you can do so at her practice by clicking here.
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JOIN KATHLEEN'S CITIZENRY CLASS AT THE INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE Click here to find out more and rsvp for the class January 14th!
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THERE IS AN INAUGURAL BALL IN DENVER! If you want to celebrate the win of Donald Trump as he is once again inaugurated you should do it with a great group of Republicans! Lynn Cottrell joins me at 2pm to talk about the ball and you can buy your tickets here!
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BRITA HORN WANTS TO TRY TO RIGHT THE SHIP As she has put her name into the hat to be the next Colorado GOP Chairperson. I'm talking to Brita today at 1pm.
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WHY DIDN'T DOUGCO CALL OFF SCHOOL? I have no clue what the rest of the metro was like this morning but we got a BUNCH OF SNOW in Douglas County this morning the roads were an absolute mess and they didn't call off school. I've got Douglas County Superintendent on for a minute to talk about the how and why of how these decisions should be made at 12:30.
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MICHELLE ZELLNER JOINS US TO KICK OFF 2025 RIGHT She's having her annual virtual Vision Board party and this is SO GOOD every year. You sit at home and decide what your goals and intentions are for 2025 and create your masterpiece, while she inspires you with speakers from all walks of life. Find out more and sign up by clicking here.
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KYLE CLARK PLAYS CUTE WITH IMMIGRATION LAW AND GABE EVANS I guess I should be happy that Kyle Clark is going after a male Republican this time. Clark decided to try to corner Gave Evans on how he would vote on a bill that hasn't been filed by anyone yet that would strip so-called "sanctuary cities" of their federal funding. When Evans didn't answer the question to Clark's satisfaction Clark used that to bludgeon the brand new Congr...
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FOX 31'S DAVE FRASER HAS THE LATEST ON THE POLAR VORTEX And boy did I feel it today. He joins me at 12:30 to talk about our next round of snow now that winter has slammed into us.
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WHEN CAN A ROBOT CHANGE A DIAPER? Because that will mean it can pass the Turing test so important to their integration into our households. What is the Turing Test? Our Futurist Thomas Frey joins me to discuss it and why changing a diaper is the gold standard of robot behavior that has to be met. We're also talking about his latest blog posting about skipping college, which you can read here. Find Thomas to speak to your organizati...
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THIS IS WHY WE DON'T TRUST GOVERNMENT It's almost like government doesn't understand that there is a whole new wave of empowered citizen journalists who are working daily to hold them accountable. What else could explain JeffCo Public Schools laissez faire response to the firing, investigation, and subsequent suicide of their Chief of Schools? Why weren't they honest with parents from the beginning that David Weiss was being invest...
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THE WINE YOGI IS ON TO TALK DRY JANUARY What is Dry January? It's the month that some people take off from drinking to give their livers (and their minds) a rest after the excessives of December. The Wine Yogi Kristal Alfonso has some great suggestions if you want to feel like you're having a glass of wine or a cocktail with none of the hangover. Read her blog on that and setting intentions for the year here. If beer is your thing,...
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CAN WE MAKE DENVER GREAT AGAIN? Today on X.com I saw two different tweets that make me incredibly sad for Denver. First off, we've got this gem, where a Venezuelan (yes, I am assuming nationality but it's a safe guess) "window washer" or as I like to call them "intersection nuisance" was not happy when a man took umbrage with them squirting water on his windshield.

He seems nice. And then there was this guy who shared his letter to ...
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