The Mike McFeely Mess

Bismarck, N.D., scholar and author Clay Jenkinson joins podcast host Mike McFeely to chat about the first debate between presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Both Clay and Mike were disgusted by the spectacle, which is not surprising, but Mike takes his disgust even a little farther.

Minnesota fishing guru Tony Mariotti joins podcast host Mike McFeely to talk about fall fishing. Walleyes and smallmouth bass are providing most of the action, but crappies might be returning to their familiar haunts, as well.

After requests from listeners and readers, podcast host Mike McFeely welcomes in Clay Jenkinson to talk about the craziness surrounding President Donald Trump and the 2020 presidential election. The North Dakota scholar, writer, lecturer and radio host gives his thoughts on where the country might go under another Trump administration and how we can dig ourselves out of the mess we're in.

Minnesota state Supreme Court justice Paul Thissen joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss his race against Michelle MacDonald, a candidate who had her law license suspended and has faced discipline from her peers. Thissen says judgment matters and believes his track record separates him from MacDonald.

Minnesota fishing expert Tony Mariotti joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss mid-summer angling. Tony went to Lake of the Woods, Mike went to Devils Lake ... and both have stories to tell about an odd way to stumble into nice crappies.

Education Minnesota president Denise Specht joined podcast host Mike McFeely to talk about K-12 school re-opening. Specht says educators want schools to re-open in a face-to-face setting, but many questions have to be answered before they feel comfortable in that setting.

North Dakota humanities scholar, author and radio host Clay Jenkinson joins podcast host Mike McFeely to catch up on four months worth of pandemic news. They also touch on the controversial company that's in the news for allegedly poorly building a border wall, Sen. Kevin Cramer and school re-opening.

Dr. Michael Osterholm, one of the nation's leading infectious disease experts who is based at the University of Minnesota, talked with The Forum's Mike McFeely about the coronavirus pandemic and the challenges of states like Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota having different policies in place to battle it.

North Dakota humanities scholar Clay Jenkinson joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss the social, economic and political disruption that could occur because the coronavirus.

Clay County, Minn., historian Mark Peihl joins podcast host Mike McFeely to discuss the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that devastated the Fargo-Moorhead area as it spread across the United States. Some good parallels between the situations, but some stark differences, too.