Common Sense From the Midwest Podcast: Recent Episodes

Sam Michel

Sam Michel takes a common sense approach to everything. Life, sports, politics, news, all of it. Join Sam every week for a look at the biggest stories of the day from the middle of America

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Sam Michel examines the Tyre Nichols death, and how it needs to lead to a return of standards in policing and other parts of society, instead of trying to spur racial motivation.

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Sam takes a look at the terrifying scene from Cincinnati last night when Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on live TV. 

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Sam Michel details the release of documents by Elon Musk about politicians using Twitter to squash free speech, and with Illinois seeing a huge uptick in people working from home, maybe they'll be safer.

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Sam looks at how the new "Died Suddenly'' documentary ties in to other things the elite in this world are dying in the US and around the world.

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Sam Michel examines the FTX collapse and how the money may all come back to one of the most corrupt families in American history.

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Sam Michel takes a look at the 2022 midterm results.

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Sam Michel takes you through the reasons your choice is simple on Election Day, and how no one is talking about excess deaths being up all over the world.

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Sam Michel takes a look at how wokeness has not only overrun society, but also influenced policy in America.

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Sam has a list of ways the current administration and Democrats alike have made our lives into a fantasy land.

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Sam Michel details the play and comments from Troy Aikman that got him in a bit of hot water, local attack ADs force political hypocrites to cry wolf, and Velma from Scooby Doo is obviously a lesbian if you care at all.

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Sam details how the Daily Wire gave fired ESPN reporter Allison Williams another chance after she was let go because of her vaccine decision, and how your vote is often equal to your quality of life.

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Sam looks at a recent revelation that Dr. Fauci not only knew he was lying about many things he recommended, but laughed while stooges believed them. And how ghouls like Stacey Abrams try to justify the murder of babies through lying even about things like ultrasounds.

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Sam takes a look at the top 10 things that have gotten worse in our country the last 10 years.

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Sam looks at Joe Biden "canceling" student debt, Chicago buildings are racist, you better like She-Hulk or else says Mark Ruffalo, and Brian Urlacher is canceled because he supports Trump.

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Sam Michel and Tony Panek filled in on the morning show and discussed the Covid vaxxed countries seeing higher death, Republicans aren't much different than Democrats, and Munster, IN is wasting a ton of your money.

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Sam looks at the raid on Mar-a-lago and Jalen Rose coming after Mount Rushmore as racist.

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Sam rejoins the Region Rush Hour with Tony Panek to discuss Frank Mrvan paying thousands of dollars on his wife's flights to DC, Whiting Schools falling apart and what it means for schools nationally, and welcome to an official recession.

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Sam talks about Joe Biden getting COVID after all his shots, and Lia Thomas is up for "woman" of the year in the NCAA.

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Sam looks at the latest inflation numbers, how much of a fraud Cassidy Hutchinson is, why wind power is killing people in Texas potentially again, Bill Burr's look at the WNBA and why Elizabeth Warren doesn't care about women at all.

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Sam rejoins the Region Rush Hour for a day, and he and Tony Panek get into Roe v Wade being overturned, the latest with the Governor's race in Illinois, and what's going on in the state house in Indiana.

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Sam takes a look at our ever increasing disaster of an economy under Joe Biden and the world's swimming organization (FINA) effectively bans transgender athletes from competing. 

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Steve Baker joins Sam to talk about the January 6th Commission, the future of an American society inundated by legacy media with garbage, and the upcoming midterms possible effect on our lives if the Republicans win.

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Sam Looks at the biggest issues according to voters for this year's midterm elections, and how things that separate Americans into categories like "Pride" month make us more divided as a society.

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Sam looks at the hyperventilating being done after the Uvalde shooting and where the Detroit Tigers donations from certain ticket sales are going.

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Sam looks at the people coming for your rights after a crazy person shoots up a school after murdering his grandma. And Josh Donaldson is racist says MLB.

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Sam talks to Republican US Senate candidate in Illinois Matt Dubiel about the state of America and why he's good for Illinois. He also looks at Jordan Peterson leaving Twitter and Nestor Cortes being canceled.

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On today's episode, Sam looks at the biggest problem hitting sports today: a huge shortage of officials to work youth and high school sports.

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Sam looks at the Supreme Court leak that Roe v Wade may be overturned, a record high trade deficit and pushing women in men's sports as something that needs to be done.

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Sam looks at Elon Musk buying Twitter, Sage Steele is suing ESPN and the GDP is a disaster.

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Sam looks at the latest news involving Hunter Biden and it's not just crack and China, Tom McDermott loves weed and that means you should vote for him, and Jen Psaki cries because teachers can talk about gender with 6 year olds. 

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Sam takes a look at Elon Musk vs Twitter, Inflation is up again, Dwayne Haskins and Jennifer Ruth-Green's run for Congress

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Sam takes a look at Colin Kaepernick trying to return to a sport he said he was modern day slavery, the NFL's fake apology tour over race, a Chicago church fasting from whiteness and spineless Republicans.

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Sam takes a look at new currencies potentially altering the way we look at money, the Hunter Biden scandal, and Scott Shellady, the Cow Guy, brings it all together.

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Sam Michel hits on everything from a Common Sense perspective. This week, he looks at the laughable idea of a man destroyng women in swimming and how the army is lowering expectations like everything else in America.