The Mike McFeely Mess

The big news in FCS football Wednesday, Nov. 28, was that James Madison coach Mike Houston was offered a job at Charlotte. Early reports had him leaving JMU, but he pumped the brakes on that some after practice with Harrisonburg, Va., media. Podcast host Mike McFeely talks with Daily News Record beat writer Greg Madia about the news and speculation surrounding Houston and the Dukes.

Former U.S Attorney Tim Purdon of Bismarck, N.D., now in private practice with the Robins Kaplan LLP Law Firm, uses his expertise to draw stunning parallels between the ongoing investigation into President Trump's possible Russian ties during the 2016 election and the Watergate scandal of the 1970s that brought down the Nixon presidency. Purdon also explains in layman's terms exactly what is happening with the lastest news on Paul Manafort and others.

Minnesota Gov.-elect Tim Walz joins podcast host Mike McFeely for a wide-ranging discussion of the new governor's top priorities, why he supports recreational marijuana, criticism of his advisory board that is helping select his cabinet and how he'll stay in contact with rural Minnesota.

Podcast host Mike McFeely is joined by longtime Star Tribune Patrick Reusse, who has long advocated the University of Minnesota football team scheduling North Dakota State - if for no other reason than the tickets Bison fans will buy to the game.

Podcast host Mike McFeely has his weekly conversation with the popular Clay Jenksinson, again going down the road of the transformation politically and socially of North Dakota.

Podcast host Mike McFeely mocked Minnesota fishing expert Tony Mariotti for saying last summer we were going to be ice fishing by Thanksgiving weekend. Mike eats crow (or is it turkey?) in this podcast. Also, if you haven't heard the Internet bit isolating Marvin Gaye's voice singing "Heard It Through the Grapevine," give a listen in this podcast. You won't be sorry.

Podcast host and columnist for The Forum Mike McFeely visits with Jay Henrichs, owner of Jay's Smokin' BBQ in the Moorhead Center Mall. This is the first edition of Foodie Friday on the McFeely Mess podcast, when we'll try to highlight a local restaurant, cafe or bar.

North Dakota State political science professor Thomas Ambrosio and podcast host Mike McFeely of The Forum discuss President Trump's dismissive attitude toward the murder of a Saudi Arabian journalist who was living in the U.S. They also talk about Brexit, Ukraine and, given Republicans' withering criticism of former President Obama's foreign policy, whether Obama did anything right.