Mel & Floyd

This week on Mel & Floyd: It’s pledge time at WORT and Mel & ‘Pants are selling plenary indulgences [Melania coin not accepted]; A visit from Esty; The latest war polling [it’s not popular]; The best day of the week; Is Cuba next?; Stephen Miller: trouble in paradise?; Another Luna-tic from Florida; Hell’s zoning board; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Art Rachen on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post It’s All Crypto Now appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: It’s pledge time and Mel & ‘Pants are selling “Indulgences”!; Right wing voters now deny voting for “him”; Pope nixes A.I. for sermon writing; Attempting to justify tariffs; Can headphones turn you gay?; A “new” movie from the 19th century; A mug shot on the Department of Justice; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Library of Congress on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post He Had the Decency to Be a Hypocrite appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Smarty Pants longs for the comforts (?) of Siberia; Mel’s problem with curling; A look at the study of history; Critiquing the Supreme Court; Robin Vos’ attempts to stifle parental leave; Some countries apparently hold Epstein cronies accountable; Alabama attempts to regulate chemtrails; Zuckerberg boosting pro-data center candidates; A solution for Floyd’s mouse problem; Japan’s wooden satelite; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Marcus Reubenstein on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post You Don’t Want to Tick Off Costco appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel’s Invisible Mime Box Thing; The grift behind the Gordie Howe bridge delay; Ongoing backlash to racist White House post; Does trump have friends?; Accelerated evolution in Ukraine war zone; Radioactive pig-boar hybrids in Fukushima; World climate approaching point of no return; A return of nuclear testing?; No flood relief for Wisconsin; A new low on global corruption index; and other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Raghav Modi on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post “T” Equals Epstein Scared appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Investing in Prussian war bonds; Remembering The Addams Family & other vintage TV shows; Voter fraud uncovered! [the Melania movie might actually be even worse];  trump posts racist meme [in other news, water is wet]; Melania jokes on theater marquees;  And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Robert Sciberras on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Time to Yank the Rug Out appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd:  Reliving the Fugitive Slave Act; 600+ lawsuits against trump regime; Irrationality is the name of the game; trump’s inability to stay on script and ever more limited vocabulary; A new mascot for coal – your tax dollars at work!; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy 1.33X MotionPicture on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post The Cherry on Top of the Poop Sundae appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel & ‘Pants brave the elements to deliver the goods while it’s warmer on Mars!; Board of Peace or Legion of Doom?; Greenland or Iceland?; Study finds Americans pay 96% of tariff cost; in other news, water is wet; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Mark Chan on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post The Nanny Car appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Pants returns from his trip to … Stoughton?; A visit from “She who must be obeyed”; WORT needs new fund raising director; How to buy a Nobel Prize; All about Vidkun Quisling; A review of “Heated Rivalry”; Red hat stealing crows are murdering it; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Jamie Haughton on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post The Primates Are Doing It appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: FLOYD IS HERE!  Saga too!!; The tale of Floyd’s sheds; ICE assaults; A bear eviction in California; A flock of gay rams in England?; Soccer surpasses America’s pastime; Uri Geller offers trump an island; McRib or yoga mat?; “Little Elvis” in the movies; Chimpanzee fashion statements; Monkey mayhem in a Tennessee music store; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Alan Hardman on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Not Enough Pastrami on the Top appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Luke sits in for ‘Pants and Saga visits; Real life midwestern horror movie experiences; Creationist “thinking” and catching measles at the Ark Encounter; Yellow brick road at bottom of ocean??; The real reason trump hates windmills; More guns than Bibles?; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Mikhail Preobrazhenskiy on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post The Road to Atlantis appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Flooding in the Smarty-cave?; Who will Esty fight first?; Plans for NYC mayor’s inauguration; Can chatbots change people’s political opinions?; Tales of A.I. videos; Check out Mel guest hosting “Who Cooks For You” along with his trusty sidekick on 12/26 via the WORT archives page [we can’t put the music in the podcast]; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Designecologist on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Tyranny Is Booming! appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Hubert Humphrey’s history; Quantifying “his” awfulness; Dr. Oz says the testicles are extra; Mar-a-lago face; Australia DOES SOMETHING after mass shooting; High fat cheese fights dementia?; Vintage tips for housewives; Bird beaks evolved during pandemic; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Tabrez Syed on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Truth Has No Value appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Mr. Smarty-Hat?; Rockin’ John’s REAL voice; A Catholic Church’s Nativity display near Boston “evoking a dialog”;  Supreme Court deciding if “independent agencies” are actually independent; China’s trade surplus tops 1 $Trillion; White House attempts to ban sign language at press conferences; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Fábio Alves on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post I’m Not A Hat! appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Happy 243rd Birthday to President Martin Van Buren; Pledge drive time, send in some $$!; IRS agents to review Only Fans content; Punching wax in San Antonio; Cats meow louder at men; Drunken raccoon in Virginia; Rollback week – welcome to the 1950s!; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Anne Nygård on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post That Socket Is Very Tender appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: What SmartyPants is thankful for; Cryptocurrency as money laundering tool; The positive side of Hitler?; The Batman effect; Camps in Gaza where you might “concentrate” people; WORT 50th birthday bash December 7 at Atwood Music Hall; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Jess Bailey on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Butter versus Margarine appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Monarchical envy; A discussion of vintage monster movies; Another intelligence deficit; Rooting out nonexistent fraud; Fighter jets to Saudi Arabia & nuclear subs to South Korea – what could go wrong?; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy David Perkins on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post It’s A Number Two! appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Ohio presidential trivia; The latest on inappropriate pardons; Voyager now a day away; 2000 years in Istanbul; America, no more fatties!; More tax breaks for the wealthy; Smiles now required at Target; Gay marriage lacking in civilization-ending consequences; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Library of Congress on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Ohio Leads With Two! appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Kentucky voters disappointed by inability to vote against New York mayoral candidate; Irrational executive compensation [we’re looking at you, Elon]; An Oval Office collapse annoys the dear leader; Sandwich assailant walks free; Is there a Molotov Mocktail?; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Alex on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post It’s Falling Iguana Season! appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel is back in the studio!; The cherry on the crap sundae; Third term talk; Karolin Leavitt’s “Yo Mama joke”; Depression in Iowa?; More gerrymandering coming; Catching up on 1975’s big movies; trump fires entire Commission of Fine Arts Board [before they can weigh in on his ballroom design]; Kennedy Center tickets available; Headline of the week; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy fr0ggy5 on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post So Much For the Motherly Instinct appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

This week on Mel & Floyd: Features of the renovated White House; SNAP benefits ending; Robot tales; 42% of Lay’s customers didn’t know potato chips are made from potatoes, about the same percentage of the public that supports trump – coincidence?; John Nolan Drive update; No Kings reviewed; Lego theft ring?; And other random topics; Notice something missing?  For the complete Mel and Floyd Experience, buy the CD “The Very Best of James Brown” and play it on your Hi-Fi while listening to this podcast!  Or listen live at 89.9 FM or wortfm.org/listen-live/ every Friday from 1 to 2 PM Central Time. Photo courtesy Zachariah Smith on Unsplash Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post Bird Flu Is Back appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.