Mandy Connell

Today we talk about our lost pop culture with our futurist Thomas Frey, along with the use of AI for education.  Mandy goes on a tear about Jake Tapper trying to profit off his own failures, we discuss motorcycle fatalities in Colorado with DJ Summers from the Common Sense Institute and crime being down in Denver and Aurora, plus Boulder suing Exxon Mobil and Suncor. 

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.

IT'S DANGEROUS TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE IN COLORADO And the Common Sense Institute has a new study to prove it. DJ Summers joins me today at 2:30 to talk about this study that shows that a disproportionate number deaths in road accidents are motorcyclists. DJ has the details on this new report about how declining traffic enforcement is making the roads less safe for most and much less safe for those on bikes.

WE'VE LOST OUR POPULAR CULTURE Let's not forget that the phrase "pop culture" means popular culture and it used to refer to those things that we ALL watched or knew about like the finale of MASH or the season premiere of Dallas where they revealed Who Shot JR??? Our favorite futurist Thomas Frey is on to talk about how highly personal algorithms have siloed us into so many different spaces that we don't have those cultural touchstones anymore like we used to. We will also talk about how AI is the future of teaching and learning, though I've got a column later in the blog about one teacher leaving the profession because of the reliance of kids on tech now. Find out more about Thomas or invite him to speak here.

We talk the importance of energy for human flourishing and how Colorado is making it unreliable and more expensive with Amy Oliver Cooke, Jack Corrigan joined us to talk about the firing of Bud Black and more reasons for the team's troubles. Should Trump take a plane from a country that funds terrorism, and the Hope Scheppleman, and Tom Bjorklund of the former Colorado GOP leadership team says they are being unfairly criticized by new leadership. 

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.

GREEN ENERGY IS EXPENSIVE AND UNRELIABLE ENERGY And Amy Oliver Cooke writes about it here for Complete Colorado. This is my favorite part:Environmentalists appealed to consumers by saying wind and solar would save ratepayers money. From the outset, Governor Polis refused to provide a detailed cost analysis of his plan while rejecting Independence Institute’s 2017 projection that the transition could cost $45 billion. Polis insisted the Institute’s estimates were inflated and modeled a plan that wasn’t even his. Yet, Polis never offered an alternative figure, saying, instead, he knows it will be less.Fast forward to 2024. The Colorado Energy Office’s (CEO) Ascend Analytics report offered an acknowledgment and a sobering warning: Polis’s wind, solar, and battery-only system would require 69,000 megawatts of new capacity by 2040 and still “barely meet reliability targets.” At $61 billion, it’s also the most expensive scenario studied. That figure doesn’t even include the billions of dollars needed for transmissi

BUD BLACK IS OUT AS ROCKIES MANAGER and Voice of the Rockies Jack Corrigan joined me to break down what it means and what the future looks like.

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.

THAT TIME NPR PARTICIPATED IN THE GOVERNMENT COVERUP You know I'm talking about Covid and this column by David Strom at Hotair.com is about an NPR interview with a guy who has written a new book about how NPR silenced stories that didn't fit the narrative and now these people are going to PROFIT off their own malfeasance by writing books about it! THE NERVE. David joins me at 1pm to discuss it.

Short show today because of Rockies baseball, but Assistant Minority Leader Ty Winter joined the show to talk about what was inflicted on us in this last session.

SINE DIE MEANS NO MORE BAD THINGS CAN BE DONE TO US AT THE CAPITOL and at 12:15 Assistant Minority Leader Ty Winter joins me to talk about what was inflicted on us in this last session.

Ross Kaminsky stops by to finish the conversation about TABOR and their value for Colorado, a new immersive Titanic exhibit sounds super cool, Irish dance and music are in town, Democrats double down on sanctuary status, the GDP shrank but not as much as it has in other administrations, and  the history of Gaza.

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.

WHO DOESN'T LOVE IRISH MUSIC AND DANCING? How can you not love Irish step dancing the music that is so distinctly Irish? If that's you, you're going to love a Taste of Ireland, the show that brings Irish music and dance to life. They have performances all over the front range and I'm talking with Alliyah O’Hare at 1pm about the show. The internationally acclaimed “A Taste of Ireland - The Irish Music and Dance Sensation” brings a line-up of world Irish dance champions to Colorado. Combining traditional Irish music given a modern twist with jaw-dropping dance performances, and vibrant storytelling. This high-octane show features stars from Lord of the Dance and Riverdance as well as other World Champions, plus live musicians, to transport audiences through the heart and soul of Ireland's culture and history.  Buy your tickets here and do it today, some of these dates are all but sold out.