Pam Jahnke
The Pie Master
Because apparently St. Patty's day preempts every other (real or fake) holiday, the guys don't have a ton to cover on the National Day Calendar or in the History Books, but luckily Pam Jahnke from the Midwest Farm Report is here to get us in gear with today's show. After chatting with her about the likely ending of a farm-to-school lunch program, we dive into Idiocracy, covering the dumb political news of the day. We talk Cyber Trucks and regular trucks, the latter going up significantly in price with the recent tariffs. After chatting with a caller about both wanting to annex Greenland, and take Denmark's eggs, we close out the first hour recapping Pi Day on Friday, and John's burnout from the news.
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Mail Time With Johnny
Its Friday! The guys kick off making fun of how the White House lawn was turned into a Tesla sales lot earlier this week. After checking out the National Day Calendar, we chat with Pam Jahnke from the Midwest Farm Report about what's going on in her world, including the renewed Rain Gauge Rally, a push for citizen scientists to report rainfall. Later, we dive into yet another edition of Idiocracy, discussing organized labor, with some unorthodox anti-labor mailings John received. Speaking of breaking things and dismantling rights, we check in with DOGE's latest activities, covering the firing of veterans who work for the federal government. Wrapping up the first hour, we talk Wisconsin lawmakers Derrick Van Orden and Tom Tiffany, thoroughly out of touch with how the government actually works.
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John & Gordy In Wonderland
After a wild weekend at the annual Springfield Corners Testicle Festival, John and Gordy are a bit low key this morning. Nevertheless, we trek through the National Day Calendar and an abridged version of Today in History with Sam, before checking in with Pam Jahnke of the Midwest Farm Report, who also made an appearance at the Testicle Festival. Later, we get into today's edition of Idiocracy, covering stories about presidential speech interruptions, with a comparison of Trump and Biden. We also do a deep dive on how the current administration is wronging veterans in almost every way, and close out the hour joking about the promised (but never to come) $5,000 DOGE dividend.
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Get To That Sugar Shack
On this Monday morning, John and Gordy kick off remarking on Friday's Trump-Zelensky "meeting," a shouting match that nearly resorted to fisticuffs. They chat about last night's Academy Awards, the National Day Calendar, and maple syrup season, once Pam Jahnke joins us. Later, we dive into the host of Idiocracy stories we have to share, starting with Fox News complaining about Musk, who has overstayed his welcome with DOGE. We hear a clip of Governor Evers defending IVF language in a bill, and shift gears again to talking taxes, with a clip of Jim McGovern breaking down the new MAGA tax cut plan, which every Republican wants to put in place, creating tax breaks for billionaires. Wrapping up the first hour, the guys return to the Trump-Zelensky meeting, with SNL's take on it.
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Can We Spy On You Guys?
John, Gordy, and Sam kick off their Friday show a bit sleepy, so they talk Public Sleeping day and the rest of the National Day Calendar. We chat with Pam Jahnke from the Midwest Farm Report about frozen federal funds for state creameries, and after the break jump into Idiocracy. Today we're talking some breaking Idiocratic news: Russia is working to rebuild a network of spies, under the cover of diplomats (you can't make this stuff up!). We listen to a rant from Texas representative Jasmine Crockett calling on Trump to tell the truth about Russia invading Ukraine, and also to Bill Burr comparing Musk and Hitler. (a cut we played yesterday with some naughty words in it, now taken out.) The guys touch on Musk's effort to take over Verizon's contract with the FAA, a bit of collusion between SpaceX and it's oversight agency, no? Wrapping up the show, we get the Daily Show's take on Trump's Gold Card, and also hear a speech by Representative Melanie Stansbury, angry at King Trump, with a distaining comment by MTG.
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Weekly Best of John and Gordy Show for Feb 22
This week on John and Gordy the guys put the teletype to good use, with a constant flow of news. Featured here is Friday's Big Story, all about Musk's descent into madness, as he wielded a chainsaw. We hear from Pam Jahnke, the Fabulous Farm Babe, about the upcoming National Cheese Competition in Green Bay, and later, hear our full interview with Mike McCabe this week, about his upbringing on a farm, and the difficulties, but community found in it, as well as advice he has to help struggling farmers: a return to FDR-era agricultural regulation.
The John and Gordy Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-8 am on WMDX in Madison. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with John & Gordy!
Government: You Can’t Trust the Government
Its Friday! John and Gordy kick off with a look at the National Day Calendar and a conversation about root beer floats, before welcoming on Pam Jahnke from the Midwest Farm Report to chat up and down about cheese. In Idiocracy, we get Stephen Colbert's latest take on the continuing destruction of the government, and hear a slip from Christie Noem, who now claims we shouldn't trust the government. Closing out hour one, John and Gordy take to the skies, talking about DOGE's next targe: NOAA.
The John and Gordy Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-8 am on WMDX in Madison. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with John & Gordy!
My Valentine
Its Friday! John manhandles the show away from Gordy this Valentine's Day, going on a tirade against the "fake holiday," luckily, we calm him down with some real fake holidays on the National Day Calendar. We call up Pam Jahnke from the Midwest Farm Report, and chat about the state of snowmobiling in Wisconsin, and also get an update on the latest in the egg shortage. Later, we dive into Idiocracy, talking about a neo-Nazi protest in Ohio (and, thankfully, a larger counter-protest), and discuss all the Inspectors General being fired by Elon Musk. Closing out hour one, after a long drought, we get another edition of MAGAs Say the Darndest Things, this time about voter fraud.
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Save Your Pennies
John and Gordy kick off the week reflecting on the weekend's events, including the Super Bowl, Gordy's appearance at the Frozen Assets Fest, and the musical Shucked! at the Overture. After checking through the National Day Calendar, the guys chat with Pam Jahnke from the Midwest Farm Report, chatting about commercials last night during the Big Game, and a system of registration for hobby farm owners, now that bird flu is taking hold. Later, in Idiocracy, the guys talk pennies, with the news that Trump is ordering production of the one-cent piece to cease (!). Also, we touch on Illinois Governor JD Pritzker's (fake) proclamation claiming Lake Michigan for his own state, and wrap up the hour hearing of an interesting plan by Jamie Raskin to start a class action suit against Elon Musk.
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Broligarchy
John and Gordy kick off the week recapping the Grammys, with a rant from John on the death of country music. We get into the National Day Calendar, and talk Today in History with Sam before welcoming on Pam Jahnke to chat about a citizen science weather program going into place, and a renewed push by Senator Baldwin to have an AM radio in every car. In today's dose of Idiocracy, the guys talk Broligarchy, the hostile takeover by tech bros and billionaires of the US government. We take a trip back in time to a year ago, when Musk predicted last week's airline crash, blaming DEI for everything (big surprise). Continuing on the topic of demonizing DEI, we hear from (dumb) Senator Eric Schmitt, making a word salad of excuses for doing away with "the new N-word."
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