The Mike McFeely Mess

Weekly guest Clay Jenkinson, a historian among many talents, joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss how America has lost a shared understanding of what exactly America is.

Are we the nation many older Americans learned about in textbooks, or are we the nation undertakings like the 1619 Project claim?

Minnesota Rep. Ryan Winkler, the state's House Majority Leader, joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss the bill the DFLer introduced that would legalize recreational marijuana.

Chances are slim it will pass because of Republican opposition in the Senate, but Winkler believes he and his colleagues have the facts on their side.

The Athletic's Zach Berman joins podcast host Mike McFeely to talk about former North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz and his apparent impending divorce from the Philadelphia Eagles.

How did things get so sideways between Wentz and the Eagles? Who is to blame? When and where might the former Bison star be traded?

Humanities scholar and author Clay Jenkinson joins podcast host Mike McFeely to talk about the North Dakota congressional delegation attacking the Biden administration over its fossil fuel executive orders.

While some of the complaining is expected because of partisan politics, Jenkinson and McFeely believe North Dakota's leaders aren't being proactive enough when it comes to facing the reality of the future — one in which oil and coal play a much less important role than they do today.

Minnesota angling expert Tony Mariotti joins podcast host Mike McFeely to talk ice fishing and how the super-chilled weather is affecting it.

Tony gives some tips on how to find crappies and bluegills if you can stand the frigid temperatures.

Colter Nuanez of Skyline Sports joins podcast host Mike McFeely to look in detail at the Montana State football coaching search.

Former North Dakota State assistants Brent Vigen and Tim Polasek are apparently candidates, as is former NFL coach Jeff Fisher. Who will get the job? Nuanez offers some insight.

Bismarck, N.D., scholar Clay Jenkinson joins podcast host Mike McFeely to talk about the urban-rural political divide in America and how it might be bridged.

Long story short: It ain't going to be easy.

State Rep. Pat Garofalo, a Republican from Farmington, has been one of the leading proponents of sports gambling in Minnesota since the U.S. Supreme Court legalized it a few years ago. That remains the case and Garofalo, and others, again have proposals to make sports betting legal in Minnesota.

It's unlikely again, though, the proposals are going anywhere because of ingrained opposition in the state.

Garofalo joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss sports gambling and what might happen.

Humanities scholar and popular podcast guest Clay Jenkinson joins host Mike McFeely to wade through the post-election landscape in America.

Clay offers his thoughts on how America can pick up the pieces after four years of Donald Trump while Mike strikes a dark outlook on the future of our democracy.