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Mel & Floyd
Two wacky guys broadcast a hilarious blend of political commentary, weird news, and stand-up comedy. Mel & Floyd were voted Madison’s favorite radio personalities in the Isthmus reader’s poll in 2009.
This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel returns & SmartyPants unplugs; The emperor’s new hairpiece; Marine One comes close to delivering free beer day; Springfield’s landscape of desolation; New Jersey sues Amazon; Heroin dealers are capitalists too!; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel and Floyd are both on assignment this week, so SmartyPants gets an assist from Luthor and Saga; The latest on WIlly Street; Friendship bracelets at Camp David; In Wisconsin it’s illegal to bet on an election IF you vote; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Fallout from Willy Street shooting; Madison behind the curve on body-cams; Where to see local Art(Paul); New nurses’ union certified by NLRB; Another new Prime Minister; A surge in student loan defaults; Measles cases are surging too; Air pollution & socioeconomic status correlate with autism rates; NJ protects voter rolls; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Breathing advice for Madison’s worst air quality EVER;
A review of “his” speech; The internet doesn’t know everything?; Rapper “Boosie” fails to obtain presidential pardon despite big payoff; Arnold Palmer’s what??; How David Carr lined his pockets; Testosterone and the “warrior ethos”; Funding cuts lead to “butt covid”; A newly discovered monkey species and other primate news; Drug use at a Phish concert???; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Saga fills in for the absent ‘Pants; House On the Rock – a natural mushroom trip?; A cross on the moon?; Uses for tungsten; Tales of cultural exchange; Mel regulating nuclear plants?; New UFO distractions released by Pentagon; Breaking: Cannibalism is bad; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: A visit from Ruby; BIg giant slabs of content and wiener dog videos; Rampart reading disability on the Supreme Court?; Has Mitch McConnell stopped trading stocks?; A collapsing stage in DC; 90 mph on a unicycle??; Jefferson focused on the indictments; Missing giraffe found; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Mad magazine nailed it!; Jetsons vs. Flintstones; Goodie bags for South African immigrants; Too hot for climate change conference; Administration cracks down on [some] illegally retained classified documents; Plato’s rules for wealth; Some Old Testament talk; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: The Juneteenth episode; A solution for the reflecting pool; Schrodinger’s peace deal; A four ton elephant communicates its feelings at a GOP convention; Odd man out at the G7, 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Pants has a puppy [and some unfortunate dreams]; Mulitple studio visitors and a presentation from “Cosmic Carl”; Hegseth blocks some promotions of women and minorities; An existential threat to wind power; “A very special baby”; Residual algae in reflecting pool; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Pledge drive show on Esty’s Birthday; Professional headphone detangler sought; Esty, ‘Pants and Mel’s ages revealed!; Return of the screw worm; Studying Mars’ atmosphere [or lack thereof]; Andrew Jackson and banks; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby’s back plus a visit from Esty!; An update on Mel’s conversion to cyborg [including a failure of the 2nd amendment]; Another farmer bailout; Some “wah-wah” trombone; The latest medical treatment from China; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Saga joins Mel and Mr. SmartyPants for a pledge drive edition; A UW lab where Christ turns water into wine??; Looks like the “QAnon Shaman” might be nuts after all; Random[?] gunfire in Dallas; How bad must the food on the airplane be to compel someone to eat their passport?; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Day 3 of the “Escalator Affair”; Mass manhole cover theft in DeKalb; A Hamburger Helper revival; Why a Gerald Ford assassination attempt failed; Restaurant reservation hijinks; Mel gets beamed up; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Luther [Luthor?] joins ‘Pants while Mel becomes bionic; Attempted proselytizing at the farmers’ market; Threats at HBCUs; Who should buy the ad space in your dreams?; WORT loses BBC News; Whitewashing American history; An overdue book review; A missing blob near Panama; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Smarty-Pants AND Mel are here this week!; A discussion of political rhetoric & violence; Noem micromanages resulting in great inefficiency; The Well-Organized Left?; Making the Kennedy Center great again; Don Jr. blatantly selling influence while “Senior” claims credit for Biden’s infrastructure work; Mental images of naked capitalism; Demise of a moss-free sloth; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Elmer and Saga step into Pants’ shoes; A visit from ….. Kraniak?!; The rumors of dear leader’s death were [sadly] greatly exaggerated; China to buy ONE soybean?; Coordinated flushing in Paris; The Plague coming back?; Adam Sandler as Homer SImpson??; Some names are automatically more Hire-able???; A space-related scam; AI generated Brad Pitt needs gift cards; The latest Wooly Mammoth news; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Honeybee naming conventions; Measles is coming back; No more Department of Defense?; A submarine parade; Denmark to stop taxing coffee, chocolate & books;. Economics explicated; A pungent recommendation from Trotsky; Smart phone addiction in South Korea; Let’s all do magnets!; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: The kazoo will be ready!; Musk’s DOGE cuts result in increased ant smuggling; Tommy Tuberville rails against male cheerleaders [R.J. needs to step it up to retain his “Dumbest Senator” title]; Fighter jet noise in Madison; A bumper crop is a bad thing?; Shocker: trump meme coins nearly worthless; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel’s [triumphant?] return!; Wit removal surgery yet to come; Events [and a coming of age story] in Scotland; Lobbying for a Nobel Peace Prize; Recognizing Palestine; Collecting Putin’s WHAT?; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: [Originally aired on 8/25/17 & titled “Totally Eclipsed”] Bannon blows his horn; Confederate flag waving; Americans in Germany; alternative history of the 20th century; southern constitution; protest hilarity; yummy yummy Foxconn dough; prescription for being an American; 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.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel’s triumphant return for “Elvis’ Death Day”; Press passes for Mel & ‘Pants!!!; Jury duty stories; Is Viktor Orban secretly writing talking points for J.D. Vance?; Delusional orange tweets; Beetle diversity [also eels, bats etc.]; Mel’s legendary flexibility & strong quads; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Pants returns to celebrate a happy anniversary; Covid’s first medal; Everything’s Better With Puppets; Inappropriate bonfire materials; Cows at a wedding?; Prehistory of Channel 89 and the Summer Replacement Show; RFK Jr’s bear story; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby and Gladys mind the shop while Mel mends, Floyd camps & Pants galavants; Fake commercials from the early 90s show “Channel 89”; Cooking with Kitty; More fake commercials, including political ads & coming attractions; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby sits in while Mel mends; Pants’ sport of choice and the “Odd Olympics”; Cardboard beds in Paris; The latest in presidential politics; Earwig happiness; Monona sewage festival; Canadian women’s soccer scandal; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Did fact-checking the torrent of lies cause the computer outage?; Hillbilly book review; Fete de Marquette wrap-up; Wish Mel luck with his knee surgery!; Special Minion status for beer providers; Taylor Swift increases inflation in Europe; Gop convention crashes Grindr; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Pants & France; Pooping in the Seine; Democrats’ dilemma; Kavanaugh as Jar Jar?; Milwaukee sex workers gearing up for GOP convention; A Mel & Floyd family appearance; Minnesota comes clean about its lottery; Another eviction for “Mein Pillow”; Best states to sleep in [or through?]; Woolly mammoth & dinosaur news; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: George Washington’s example; Ammo vending machines in Alabama; Digging into the Mel & Floyd mailbag; Cheese news; Lake Mendota water level rising; No Biden for you!; Saudis at the Mayo & a tall guy at the Piggly Wiggly; A hot dog shakeup; Recalling Scott Walker & Act 10; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Debate review -Grandpa Simpson vs Pennywise; Supreme Court poll numbers; Apple’s & Microsoft’s European troubles; An AI announcer at the Olympics; Florida man shoots delivery drone; Space suit water leak; Canadian protest candidate gets ZERO votes; Leaping leeches; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Only days remaining to vote for Mel & Floyd as best radio team of Madison at the Madison Magazine website; A literal shout out to Pants; A Bastille Day appearance; Clarence T. dissents; Ruby reports on Nightmares; A fishy color scheme; Historic omissions; Willie Mays, baseball & Juneteenth; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: The lighter side of the apocolypse; Fun with flags; Kissing the ring in D.C.; Sycophants cleaning up after the drunk uncle; Will Elon move to Mars?; First station of the cross revisited; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel & ‘Pants are joined by Ruby and Allison, all brought to you by the PledgeBot-5000, a resource extraction program; A shotgun wedding?; A visit from Esty; Minnesota’s new flag -”woke”?; Another visit from the inevitable Esty; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Pants returns from drag racing in Ohio; Biden leads international poll; Orca and dolphin fads; State investing in crypto?; Psychology of trumpism; How to get out of Rockford; Online superspreaders; Even cicadas can be FIBs; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Floyd is here!; An “inspirational” quote; End of the “Super Size Me” guy; The reich stuff and dialing back the zealotry; The Vatican’s saint-making department; Butt plugs for weight lifting??; Beloit leads the nation; Mel’s wisdom; The hazards of undercooked bear; A Kennedy out of context?; Canoes on Lake Mendota; Kind people of Madison; Parade of the bootlickers; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Pants’ pronunciation problems; Will A.I. replace D-Cubed in the M&F Universe?; Should “he” go to jail & what’s Peyton Manning got to do with it??; Decline in overdose deaths; Rudy on the lam; Good news from Detroit; Parasite roundup; Punctuation explication; Snowflakes in N.C.; Russian uranium; Covid spins off new acronyms; Bad news from tree rings; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Some worm tales; Corruption roundup; Wisconsin GOP coloring book; How Wisconsin stacks up; Gun myths and “originalism” debunked; Do beans have souls?; Google searches in Minnesota and elsewhere; What’s icky in Iowa; The future of social security and medicare; Madison rolling in the dough; Clean energy on the rise; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Reminiscing on the Nixon tape transcripts and just how tricky Dick was; Expanding the borders of crazy; Noem’s trail of dead animals overshadows her makeover into the “Auburn Ivanka”; A Brit misbehaves on a plane – it’s not just Americans!; More on the “kimono technician”; Negotiating a new debt limit; Mar-a-lago – if Louis XIV was a tasteless A-hole; Some monkey news; Orangutan self-medicates; Some Grimm explications; Big stink in LaCrosse; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: On-air crossword puzzle tips; Mel’s concert promotion service; Reminiscing about a Supreme Court that did its job; The end of a State Street institution; Spiders on Mars?; Whooping crane costume saves the day; Crazy Legs to impact downtown traffic; Vintage cherries unearthed at Mt Vernon; Fewer calories equals longer life?; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Pants lays down some truth; RNC extorts their own; Dynamiting deer stands in Minnesota; Culvers is number one!; Child labor in Louisiana; Brain wave privacy protection; Cold & snoozing in the courtroom; Smarty Pants reveals his fetish; Wayne, the world’s oldest wombat; Lava tubes on Mars; Cicadas starting to emerge; Super yachts going under?; A fitting “freedom caucus” acronym; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: A free-ranging ecumenical conversation followed by a film festival recap; A full load of appliance-related bills from the House GOP; Fantasies about Michelle Obama; Reasons for the teacher shortage; Tennessee cracking down on inbreeding; Antecedents to “Airplane”; Ongoing record-high temperatures; Moon moving further from Earth [out of embarrassment?]; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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On this year’s Mel & Floyd Film Fest Special, Smarty Pants ditches us for a smarty conference so Mel calls in Floyd and they set up shop in the lobby of the Bartell Theater. With a line up of 7 guests and 4 films, the funny boys do their best to stick to a script!
Joining us to kick off the show are 4 Star Video’s Lewis Peterson and the Wisconsin Film Festival’s Ben Reiser to tell us about the films they are excited about.
We then talk with co-directors Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman about their thriller comedy Coup! This dark and deeply clear full-length movie tells the story of a rebellious servant who attempts to take over the home of his wealthy employer. Coup! is showing at 8:30pm on Friday, April 5th at The Barrymore.
We then have the exclaimed art critic Mary Louise Schumacher to talk about her film Out of the Picture which is debuting in the US during the festival. The documentary follows art critics as they embracing the changing landscape and the death of many smaller newspapers and magazines across the country. Out of the Picture is showing at the Chazen Museum of Art, Friday, April 5th at 8:15pm.
Next, director Nathan Deming joins the funny boys to talk about his short film February. The film is about a young Mexican man who struggles to settle into his new life in a small Wisconsin town, but then he discovers ice fishing. February is a Golden Badger Award winner and plays at 2pm on Sunday, April 7th at the Marquee at Union South.
Lastly, we talk with Peter Flynn, director of Film is Dead, Long Live Film. The documentary mixes in depth interviews with film collectors and rich images recovered from Nitrate and safety film. Film is Dead. Long Live Film will play on Saturday April 6th at 1:15pm at the UW Cinematheque.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: An Easter bunny tale; The return of rickets; A series of right wing fantasies; Child labor in Tennessee; Colon cancer rising; Being poor is….bad?; An analysis of “adolescent smell”; A big win in Thailand; Election fraud in Georgia; Big money machinations in Duluth; Abortion issue flips a seat in Alabama; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: SmartyPants mic needs a little blue pill & Mel is phoning it in; Is Mel dating a chatbot?; Parliamentary maneuvering in Britain; Voter fraud in Russia?; Supreme Court packed by losers; No DEI for Alabama; Why living on Mars is a pipe dream; Pig kidney with a side of onions; Tennessee attempts to ban nonexistent threat; Colombian bird proves the fallacy of binary thinking; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ides of March edition; Nixon on gun rights; How to change minds? 10,000 uncles!; Evangelical calling for cash; Ron Johnson calls for inaction; The methadone of dictators; New electric bus routes; An insufficiently gutted moose in Alaska; [anti] Communist indoctrination in Florida; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel & ‘Pants discuss their “cans”; More pledge rapping – to donate call 608-256-2001 or go to www.wortfm.org and click the “Donate” button; Orange menace calls kettle black after watching speech through various filters; Ron Johnson’s review of Tucker’s softballs; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Return of the pledge rap, to donate call 608-256-2001 or go to www.wortfm.org and click the “Donate” button; Don Jr’s Australian scam; Mel’s and Pants’ driver’s ed. sagas; How solvents help WORT; No polling in Belarus election; A celebration of geeky and nerdy things; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Revisiting the history of kissing; Wisconsin de-gerrymanders; A carpetbagger senate candidate; EPA dares to enforce clean air rules; Panda news; Pants’ entanglement; Measles outbreak in Florida; Bill of Rights explained; “Please Clap” & “Cue the Boos”; Presidential love letters; Taxing dogs; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Impeachment threats; Is there really THAT much butter in a prison?; Covid redux; Rudy’s reprieve; Higher crime rates in red states; Mel’s dating strategy; […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Winners [SmartyPants] and losers [y’all] in Madison’s new bus schedule; A GOP Congressional conundrum; Wetlands to get less protection; Closing loopholes on gun purchases; Needed: 10,000 uncles!; Bulletproof hair in Kentucky; Happy ending for a First Nation in Canada; SmartyPants explains the origin of Labor Day; Why you should request a female surgeon; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: The grift machine springs into action; Visits from Esty, Gladys, Sybil and the Jaguar; Bad times in Zimbabwe & Cambodia, Don Jr. gets a […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Where to go for crack; How much blood was there?; Drunken Americans sleep it off in style; Alex Jones as Sisyphus?; Scooter’s recipe for […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel back in the saddle with SmartyPants; Silver as a cure-all; Fake electors lawsuit; Alito, Thomas and “the fix”; Dane County runs out of […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby and Mr. SmartyPants fill in for Mel & Floyd; Paris vacation wrap-up & Chinese zoo news; Who’s supporting RFK Jr?; Rudy Giuliani’s recorded […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Floyd AND Ruby fill in for the absent ‘Pants – one for each leg; Ruby read the memo!; Deciduous residuals vs evergreens; McConnell spaces […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby sits in for ‘Pants; The pleasures of candy cigarettes & mulberries; Mel evicts some mice & Ruby deals with rabbits; Goodman Center seeks […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel declines an invitation while Pants relives a reunion; Praise for the new Madison bus routes; Teacher pilloried in Waukesha; Equal Rights Amendment undead?; […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: An overview of “Draw Clopsey” contest entries; Gov. Evers increases school funding for 400 years; Fighting vaccination requirements to increase reliance on prayer; A […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: SmartyPants returns with a socialist souvenir from Vienna; A visit to Freud’s office; Supreme shenanigans dismantling America; Bad behavior at the Colosseum; A museum […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby fills in for ‘Pants while Floyd gets back to work on his assignment; Ruby’s lawn maintenance tips; Marijuana smell constitutes probably cause in […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Floyd delivers an update on his assignment [the computer ate it] while Smarty Pants is in Prague [for espionage?]; Mel’s a “good boy” at […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Buttercup’s in the freezer; Mel, SmartyPants & guest stars to make their first festival appearance since the “before times”; Vote for M&F in the […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby sits in after ‘Pants escapes to the coal mines; Mel gets a big check in the mail; It’s fund raising time, call 608 […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: SmartyPants’ graduation miracle; The “Clopsey” art contest; Steve Bannon to stand trial…eventually; An odd summer festival in Monona; Memories of Little Miss Porkette; GOP machinations explained; Russia’s new enemies list; Is artificial intelligence really intelligent?; A “Guardians of the Galaxy” movie review; A union-busting chatbot; Gang of orcas attacking boats; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: DeSantis announces a “draw Clopsy” contest; A false sense of new tomorrows; Best & worst teachers & students; Pythagoras restores reality; Vos pooh-poohs choo-choos; More fallout from Disney vs DeSantis; China proves it can’t take a joke; Lukashenko goes AWOL; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Did Wisconsin’s “sin-eater” infect Smarty-Pants?; Watergate at 50; Melvina’s backyard bees; DeSantis “protects” Floridians from the medical community; Gerrymandering Paul Ryan’s snake; Gender-affirming care in Missouri; Coronation roundup; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Perspectives on world leaders; Orange Menace,. Meatball Ron & Nixon; Putting kids to work serving booze, More “delicious documents” coming from Fox?; Jefferson’s Bible; Florida’s GOP is anti-sunshine; Brewery cancels gun-nut; More unethical behavior from SCOTUS; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: SmartyPants basks in the afterglow of Tucker’s downfall, A new guest host at WORT?; Bakker & Falwell’s fundraising ideas; John Ronson gets things backwards again; Lindsey Graham a progressive?; Florida’s latest assaults on voting rights; Pope facilitates a crack in the stained glass ceiling; Spring cleaning tips from Smarty Pants; Rare wombat sighting and listening to a screaming hairy armadillo; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Pants gets ice cream while Mel reminisces about Star Trek reruns; An adventure at the dump; Smarty Pants’ watch goes on vacation – did it come back?; Florida winning in the race to the bottom; The GOP candidate so nice she counts your donations twice; A timely quote from Mark Twain; Soylent Green at 50; Microsoft to pick up some of Foxconn’s slack; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: NOTICE: do not attempt to adjust your radio, part of this week’s show is in Black & White; An interview with festival coordinator Ben Reiser and Lewis Peterson of Four Star Video Rental – what movies to look forward to; An interview with Michael Chang Gummelt, director of “The Blackjack Hotel” a black & white puppet-noir-crime-comedy film; An interview with “Prairie Girls” director Benett Holgerson and cast members Abby Holgerson and Claire Read; An interview with Jacy Catlin, comedian and filmmaker of “Everything I Learned When My House Burned Down”
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby fills in again as ‘Pants tries to recover from Packers Fever; Only shopping days until Mel’s birthday; Tales of feline misdoings & library fines; Streaming service strategies; Autocratic [and racist] rule in Tennessee legislature; John Ronson “enlightens” us on the “dangers” of vaccines; Has-been rocker triggered by crappy beer’s cool new packaging; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby fills in while ‘Pants is on I.R.; Mel fakes his book report; Is right wing outrage fizzling?; Idaho’s fantasies of Lebensraum; An unwelcome 174th anniversary; Short bald guys now in demand?; Another little side effect of global warming; Lolita the killer whale to be paroled after 47 years; DNA on the “Mazel tov” cocktail; Mel relives his “Lord of the Flies” youth; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Smartypants’ robot dream & Mel’s Rorschach test; The company Kelly keeps; Reflections on royalty & inbreeding; Beethoven’s hair reveals long ago hanky-panky; Kentucky politics; Trans-satisfaction; $3.5 Billion accounting error; Not Mel’s secret identity; More layoffs at Amazon; Benefits of music and math; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Leaders and their hair; Supply chain raises cost of needed audio equipment; Duluth mall collapse; GOP sweeps trump inquiry under the House rug; Coolest thing in Wisconsin?; Unrest in France; Skyrocketing demand for backyard chickens in Madison; Industrious pythons in FLorida; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Fund-raising etiquette; Pledge online at wort.org; A bumper crop of white “supremacist” propaganda; Tesla’s steering wheel issue; Gladys visits while ‘Pants fights the coffee maker; Grand jury invites trump to come defend his actions; Wisconsin Historical Society and the Crystal Corner Bar; Wisconsin’s #1 eligible bachelor on the police blotter; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby stops by to talk about/to pigeons; Where is Ruby’s dog today?; Trash talking about Kraniak; Ben the bear on the loose; More on PFAS effects; A “one-eyed dogs playing poker” mural?; SmartyPants disses cats & likens himself to Tucker Carlson; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Disputing the results of the stolen cheese competition; Broom vs Roomba & Dog vs Roomba; Primary election retrospective; Hybrid super-pigs from the north; Ongoing insurrection fallout; Snowplow name winners; A.I. failures; A Southern California blizzard warning; Coors Light alleged to not taste like water; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: An “appreciation” of the Night Court reboot; Sexy M&Ms from Air Force One; More on the balloons; Ron[Anon] Johnson spins the oldies; Decline of social media misinformation oversight; Another Putin critic “falls” out a window; A free speech victory for Satan; Tesla fires pro-union employees; Superman vs THE WOMBAT!; A “less blood-soaked” crown for Camilla; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Nixon still dominating conversations; “Club for Growth” disses the orange guy; Brookings Institution crowns a “pig in crap” as the biggest liar; Children’s right to bear arms?; National Enquirer on the auction block; Defining “theory”; Wagner Group changes recruiting practices; A new “Morning in America”; Air quality’s effect on chess players; Communication strategies of primates; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Treating Droopy Microphone Syndrome; Anything to keep Chuck off the $5 bill; “Dirty Dancing” in Iran; A proposal to make children work for their school lunch; “Overheated” labor market and record profits for Shell; Creeping crackerization oozing coast to coast; Inattentive reader lands in Montana; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Other reasons to dislike M&M commercials; Boundary Waters mining (or not); Crazy red-neck uncle gets comeuppance; “New” Egyptian tomb; IRS brand polishing; Pope Francis calls out anti-gay laws; How to explain the vacuum of space; Change in the rotation of the earth’s molten core; A vaccine for honey bees; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: An appreciation of good headphones; Brazilian drag queen in the House; Nixon reassessed; Currency scams through history; Swedish mineral news; Wine & chocolate the secret to longevity?; Does Gladys need more sleep?; Robot doughnut makers; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Smarty Pants knows when NOTHING happened; Mel’s dorm decorating tips; Targeting the IRS; The “most evil” building in Madison; Geeking out on Star Trek; A robot for every use; The DiCaprio effect; China helps heal the ozone layer; A royal shrug; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Feast of the Epiphany, 12th Day of Christmas or Insurrection Day?; Did a guy from the Panther Legion do it?; A collection of New Year’s greetings from political prisoners in Russia; “Poo-throwing monkeys” in the House; An heir apparent in North Korea; Vintage Superman comic used for swearing in ceremony; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby stops by to satisfy her community service requirement; Terrifying travel tales; How old is Jesus?; Russian war crimes; Whale watching in Oregon; Open season on Steamboat Willie?; King Charles’ travels; Can George Santos out-lie trump?; Animals in bars that are NOT setups for jokes; Children as terrorists; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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Mel and Mr. Smarty Pants are snowed in during the great Wisconsin blizzard, so we bring you an encore presentation of the Mel & Floyd Summer Replacement Show from December 21, 2007 – when George Bush was still president and the “War on Christmas” was still a thing.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: A sad NFT attempt; Last Confederate statue in Richmond removed; Amazon distribution center locations explained; The latest on [non-jazz] fusion – the explanation involves “drinky birds”; A German “prince” and his Russian connections; Smarty Pants incorrectly describes a euphonium; “Bad words” across languages; Cats’ disdain; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Hey, it snowed & Mel’s dog lacks torque; A Wisconsin clinic in Rockford; Reactions to new law protecting marriage equality; Yellen autographs coming soon; Back channels at the Supreme Court?; Journalism protection; Madison Tuba Christmas; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: WORT’s birthday fundraising show & a visit from Esty; A WORT Family Feud recap; Rating cartoon characters; Revisiting the promo for the Star Wars Holiday Special nearly a half century later; A mac and “cheese” lawsuit; Utility problems in Texas; And other random topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Tales of turkeys, geese and cranes; A plot to “off” a royal uncovered centuries later; A discussion of languages culminating in Klingon; Parisian bubble […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: A gathering of Coots; Opening the Mel & Floyd Mailbag; Election denialism karma; Crackerization in Ohio; Trump’s low-energy speech to a captive audience; Cawthorn […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: A “Great War” analogy on Armistice Day; Sarah Palin loses again; Watermelon futures plummet; Parody accounts & financial woes at Twitter; Louisiana fails to […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby visits while Mel tests his buzzer and critiques his neighbors’ Halloween “candy”; Musk goes on a firing spree; Twitter’s loss may be Tumblr’s […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Family Feud trash talking; Putin proselytizing; Conservative state mortality rates; Math & reading test results; Exploding rats in Madison, Crime rates in Oklahoma, Potemkin’s […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: UK PM applications now being accepted; A discussion of superyachts, pee paintings and comic books; Liz Truss’s secure retirement; Tony Castañeda tells the truth […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: The breakdown of a sacred relic; Pants allergic to soap??; Four hands, One glove; RoJo flunks the “decent human being” test; Boris Johnson’s retirement […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Superman’s dumb friends & their poorly kept secret; Popular premia & Mel’s old band name; The “Drunk Nixon” book & Pants’ book club; Russian […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Chickens filled with gratitude and other endearing pet idiosyncrasies; Mel, Floyd & ‘Pants feuding with Esty, Tony C & Bad Sister Heidi; Sharks on […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel is away checking Floyd’s assignment so Ruby runs the board while Smarty Pants runs his mouth; The upcoming game show pitting Mel, Floyd […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Ruby returns; Alternate rain gutter & septic schemes; A suspected Monona sex dungeon; GOP drawing inspiration from Queen’s funeral; Helium & hot air balloon […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Alternate perspectives on monarchy; Fourteenth Amendment gets put to good use, more to come?; Surge registered women voters; Student loan forgiveness scams; A new […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel & Mr. Smarty Pants welcome a new cast member; Mindless Minion D-Cubed picks a slightly less random detail to be the show’s title […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: The definition of “schmaltz”; The saga of Aunt Theresa & Uncle Ray; The tunnels of Mar-a-Lago; A Tsunami of Hypocrisy; A sly end run […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Return of the slide whistle; The advantage of books over scrolls; Pigeon religion explained; Transubstantiation vs transsexuals; Student debt and vintage horror movies; “The […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Hamilton, Jefferson & Adams debating with Cat Who?; Mayor of mythical city running for statewide office; Taking the fifth; Feeling bad for….Nixon?; Cryptocurrency woes; […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Melvina joins SmartyPants while Mel is “on assignment” [drinky drinky]; How not to sell a used machete; Bandit foils robbery; Alex Jones: morally AND […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Recreational Covid testing; Alex Jones facing the music; We got us a couple of convoys; Freedom Squirrel?; Saudi golf tournament at trump course & […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Floyd visits while SmartyPants plays Spiderman up the Eiffel Tower; A “good staff” of dead people; Josh Hawley’s run; Flooding around Noah’s ark raising […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Adventures with fleas and ticks; Lessons on Latvia & Latveria; A Secret Service cover-up; Manchin yanks the football again; How to avoid the news; […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Overrated prayer and 9 wizards consulting with Jefferson; Newton vs Leibniz; Wait, the snake is the good guy?; Smarty Pants’ approach to pep rallies; […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Supreme Court overrules Krypton’s evacuation plan; Peggy Noonan thinks the GOP could be more “pro-woman”?; A Kagan dissent; The Prescott Bush insurrection; The impact […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel alters the blissful state of Smarty Pants’ media blackout; Gableman’s latest deficiencies; Fraudulent election mailings; Pardon me – more insurrection news; Why Janet […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: The latest Watergate news – how Attack of the Puppet People figures in; The trope of the sinister clown; Speaking with the founding fathers; […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Smarty Pants’ book club; High School art projects and Hitler; Fascism & religion; The latest insurrection news; Cheney as hero??; POTUS’ plans for Pence; […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: “Too much dialogue” & a multitude of multiverse movies; Call 608 256-2001 to pledge from THIS universe; Sanctions against Russia to cause Botox shortage […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: A visit from Allison (who’s rolling in the dough); Dr Doom’s sidekick; Fainting goats; Kansas City vs Kentucky; RoJo rants on “wokeness” and CRT; […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Smarty Pants goes to the doctor; Mel’s “words you don’t want to hear from your doctor”; MAGA steaks, as good as you’d expect; George […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: From War and Peace to Return of the Monster; China’s hurricane machine & missiles for Mexico; Madison Cawthorn’s latest faux pas; Pussy Riot singer […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Peeps for a penny; Musings on “Supreme” Court activities and the fallout thereof; Support for labor unions; Long-term Covid effects; Wife-killer wins GOP primary; […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Richard Nixon – Friend of the Worker?; Trump’s fear of fruit; Alex Jones’ legal maneuvers; More flag talk; Big profits for big oil; Low […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Special Earth Day episode; Placing the blame; The meek vs. the 2nd amendment; Angry bartenders occupy Wisconsin Assembly; Special powers of the Wisconsin governor; […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Musings on the resurrection and Mel’s birthday; Russian ship goes underwater to “F” itself while Germany seizes the world’s largest oligarch yacht; British fish […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd Summer Replacement Show: The return of the annual Mel & Floyd Wisconsin Film Festival Spectacular, live from Four Star Video.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Smarty Pants returns from spring break revelry in Columbus; Tommy Thompson kisses the ring; Cocaine-fueled octogenarian orgies?; Non-woke Disney-alternative rides; Hillary gets fined; Downsides […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Floyd sits in while Smarty Pants gets his chakras aligned; Big money for a soon-to-be underwater condo; Contraceptives for male mice; Is your dog […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Pledge drive wrap-up & back-patting; Halliburton & Koch remain active in Russia; Mel’s international chess exploits and the risks of online interactions; Estimates of […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Mystery yacht near Tuscany; Kraniak appreciation triggers wellness checks; Election fraud in Colorado; Windmill delusions; Postal Service overhaul; Ongoing lawsuit against Fox “News”; Endurance […]
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Mel’s coworkers express a lack of interest in his birthplace while Smarty Pants explains an outhouse cost-benefit analysis; A visit from Esty; Miss Lindsey calls for a palace coup; A vacation for Sybil?; Global warming update [spoiler: it’s not good]; A looney Girl Scout cookie conspiracy theory: Twinkies and Tang – do you feel appreciated?; And other Random Topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Various perspectives on Ukraine; Unemployment system “reform” in Wisconsin; Apparently 16% of Americans actually believe Qanon “tenets”; Groucho Marx and Barbara Frietchie each figure in the conversation; Resurgent train robbery in L.A.; You won’t believe what the FDA just approved; And other Random Topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: Pants dreams of sunshine & a tiny RV; “Jesus, Guns & Babies”???; West Virginia GOP throws coal miners under the bus; Progress on deal with Iran; tRump’s tRoubles; Increased child poverty rates; The invisible hand on the moon; CPAC’s lineup of moldy oldies & money launderers; “Mein Pillow” guy supports Canada protests; And other Random Topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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This week on Mel & Floyd: The funny boys claim to “love” Kraniak; Serendipitous academic alternatives; Evidence of voter fraud by… TEN Wisconsin voters; Discrimination at California Tesla plant; A declassified letter from the CIA about…???; Booming eco-anxiety; And other Random Topics; Subscribe to the Mel & Floyd Podcast on itunes and never miss another episode [Unless the power goes off again] – It’s FREE!; Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood.
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