• We Need More Boundaries
    Sep 9 2023

    This week on Mel & Floyd: Impeachment threats; Is there really THAT much butter in a prison?; Covid redux; Rudy’s reprieve; Higher crime rates in red states; Mel’s dating strategy; […]

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    58 mins
  • Back in the Saddle Again!
    May 9 2026

    This week on Mel & Floyd: The latest on “Don Snore-leone”; Problems with Canvas educational software; Mel is back on his bike!; Chief Justice Roberts laments correct public perception; War crimes prosecution as a growth industry; $850 Million tax dollars to cancel wind power projects; Cheetah poplation increases in Iran; 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 mins
  • What’s a Capitalist Lackey To Do?
    Sep 1 2023

    This week on Mel & Floyd: Winners [SmartyPants] and losers [y’all] in Madison’s new bus schedule; A GOP Congressional conundrum; Wetlands to get less protection; Closing loopholes on gun purchases; […]

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    59 mins
  • Counting Explosions
    May 1 2026

    This week on Mel & Floyd: Toxic fumes in Hegseth’s hair gel?; Another Fox “personality” for the cabinet; A return to Jim Crow; Putin dials back internet access for Russians; A long dry summer on the way for the Southwest; Standardized testing glitch in NY; From ticks to Nixon; 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 mins
  • What’s With the Space Laser?
    Aug 25 2023

    This week on Mel & Floyd: The grift machine springs into action; Visits from Esty, Gladys, Sybil and the Jaguar; Bad times in Zimbabwe & Cambodia, Don Jr. gets a […]

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    57 mins
  • Use Your Brain, Human!
    Apr 26 2026

    This week on Mel & Floyd: Is Mr. SmartyPants your favorite “butter and egg man”?; A.I. “hallucinations” in legal briefs; Should tree-huggers “take it to the next level”?; Report on Covid vaccine effectiveness is suppressed; Tales of Kash Patel [AKA J. Edgar Boozer]; Big game hunter discovers Karma; Record high corporate profits & record low consumer confidence; 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 mins
  • Where are the Sherpas?
    Aug 18 2023

    This week on Mel & Floyd: Where to go for crack; How much blood was there?; Drunken Americans sleep it off in style; Alex Jones as Sisyphus?; Scooter’s recipe for […]

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    57 mins
  • Davenport Braces Itself
    Apr 17 2026

    This week on Mel & Floyd: Smarty Pants [The Great Prognosticator] returns!; Sprinkling the fairy dust over war crimes; The Strait of Vermouth??; Boebert declines to meet “King George”; Voter fraud in Colorado; GOP votes to despoil Boundary Waters; 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 mins