Mel & Floyd

Mel & Floyd

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Mel & Floyd episodes

  • Onions Actually ARE Good For You!

    This week on Mel & Floyd: Basking in the afterglow of a “celebrity” appearance at the Children’s Museum; ‘Pants to attend launch of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope; The truth behind the breakdown of trade negotiations with Canada; Florida diverts $10M to charity connected to DeSantis’ wife – nothing to see here!; 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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    59 min
  • Jackhammers Are Great!

    This week on Mel & Floyd: Pet portrait night; Ironically named “Department of Justice” planning to send out 1,000 election monitors; GOP presidential hopefuls; USS Abraham Lincoln fallout; Meta’s days in court; Data confirms BMW drivers are the worst; ABC sues FCC; Darth Vader supports Flock cameras; 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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    58 min
  • Darwin’s Favorite Plant

    This week on Mel & Floyd: “Melon Floyd?”; Some ICE agents are racist??; AI claims gravity will disappear???; White House endorses supposed anti-autism drug; Portland goats use mass transit; What’s with the Waymos?; King Tut’s spare underwear supply; 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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    58 min
  • The Old Lip Stick & Pig Thing

    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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    58 min
  • Caught in Cracker Barrel Purgatory

    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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    58 min
  • Would You Like Another Pill, Darling?

    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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    58 min
  • Good Job, Humans

    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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    58 min
  • Like Shaking Hands with a Golden Retriever

    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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    58 min
  • Descendants of Convict Ducks

    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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    59 min
  • Transported to the Waffle House [Again]

    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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    57 min

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