Common Sense From the Midwest Podcast

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Sam Michel takes a common sense approach to everything. Life, sports, politics, news, all of it. Join Sam every week for a look at the biggest stories of the day from the middle of America

Sam Michel


    • Jan 4, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 44m AVG DURATION
    • 33 EPISODES


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    Common Sense from the Midwest: Damar Hamlin's Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 36:15


    Sam takes a look at the terrifying scene from Cincinnati last night when Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on live TV. 

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Twitter is as Free as a Bird and Working from Home Keeps you Safe in Chicago

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 25:23


    Sam Michel details the release of documents by Elon Musk about politicians using Twitter to squash free speech, and with Illinois seeing a huge uptick in people working from home, maybe they'll be safer.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: People are Dying Suddenly, What's the Bigger Picture?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2022 28:03


    Sam looks at how the new "Died Suddenly'' documentary ties in to other things the elite in this world are dying in the US and around the world.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: FTX Shows Where Your Tax Dollars Really Go, to the Biden Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 38:45


    Sam Michel examines the FTX collapse and how the money may all come back to one of the most corrupt families in American history.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Election Reaction

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 30:10


    Sam Michel takes a look at the 2022 midterm results.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Tuesday's Elections and Excess Deaths

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 30:39


    Sam Michel takes you through the reasons your choice is simple on Election Day, and how no one is talking about excess deaths being up all over the world.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: We Have to End Wokeness ASAP

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 49:43


    Sam Michel takes a look at how wokeness has not only overrun society, but also influenced policy in America.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: We're Living in a Fantasy Land

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022 33:44


    Sam has a list of ways the current administration and Democrats alike have made our lives into a fantasy land.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Troy Aikman has had enough of the Dresses, Local Attack AD Hypocrisy and Velma is Gay

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 39:48


    Sam Michel details the play and comments from Troy Aikman that got him in a bit of hot water, local attack ADs force political hypocrites to cry wolf, and Velma from Scooby Doo is obviously a lesbian if you care at all.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Allison Williams Gets Another Chance and Why Your Vote is Always Accountable to Yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 38:03


    Sam details how the Daily Wire gave fired ESPN reporter Allison Williams another chance after she was let go because of her vaccine decision, and how your vote is often equal to your quality of life.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Fauci Laughed While He Lied and How Ghoulish People Justify Horrible Things

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 37:07


    Sam looks at a recent revelation that Dr. Fauci not only knew he was lying about many things he recommended, but laughed while stooges believed them. And how ghouls like Stacey Abrams try to justify the murder of babies through lying even about things like ultrasounds.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: The Top 10 Things Worse in America the Last Decade

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 41:16


    Sam takes a look at the top 10 things that have gotten worse in our country the last 10 years.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Biden Buys Votes, Buildings are Sexist and Brian Urlacher is More Canceled than Student Debt

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 34:44


    Sam looks at Joe Biden "canceling" student debt, Chicago buildings are racist, you better like She-Hulk or else says Mark Ruffalo, and Brian Urlacher is canceled because he supports Trump.

    Common Sense from the Midwest Podcast: The Vaxxy Makes you More Likely to get Covid, what is the Difference Between R's and D's, and How Munster is losing its Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 77:14


    Sam Michel and Tony Panek filled in on the morning show and discussed the Covid vaxxed countries seeing higher death, Republicans aren't much different than Democrats, and Munster, IN is wasting a ton of your money.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Trump Raid will Benefit Him Most and Jalen Rose is a History Professor

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 31:55


    Sam looks at the raid on Mar-a-lago and Jalen Rose coming after Mount Rushmore as racist.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Sam Rejoins RRH - Frank Mrvan's Flight Tracker, Whiting Schools and Welcome to a Recession

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 43:27


    Sam rejoins the Region Rush Hour with Tony Panek to discuss Frank Mrvan paying thousands of dollars on his wife's flights to DC, Whiting Schools falling apart and what it means for schools nationally, and welcome to an official recession.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Joe Biden has COVID after 4 Shots and Boosties and Lia Thomas Might be Woman of the Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 38:11


    Sam talks about Joe Biden getting COVID after all his shots, and Lia Thomas is up for "woman" of the year in the NCAA.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Inflation, Bill Burr Nails It, and How Much of a Ghoul is Elizabeth Warren?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 44:18


    Sam looks at the latest inflation numbers, how much of a fraud Cassidy Hutchinson is, why wind power is killing people in Texas potentially again, Bill Burr's look at the WNBA and why Elizabeth Warren doesn't care about women at all.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Sam Rejoins the Region Rush Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2022 81:01


    Sam rejoins the Region Rush Hour for a day, and he and Tony Panek get into Roe v Wade being overturned, the latest with the Governor's race in Illinois, and what's going on in the state house in Indiana.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Joe Biden is Falling Down Faster than Inflation is Rising and Swimmers have had Enough with Racing Against Dudes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 44:00


    Sam takes a look at our ever increasing disaster of an economy under Joe Biden and the world's swimming organization (FINA) effectively bans transgender athletes from competing. 

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Steve Baker, the Pragmatic Constitutionalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 55:06


    Steve Baker joins Sam to talk about the January 6th Commission, the future of an American society inundated by legacy media with garbage, and the upcoming midterms possible effect on our lives if the Republicans win.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Top Issues for the Midterms and How the Word "Pride" has Made Everyone Less Proud of Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2022 43:11


    Sam Looks at the biggest issues according to voters for this year's midterm elections, and how things that separate Americans into categories like "Pride" month make us more divided as a society.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Shall Not Be Infringed and How the Detroit Tigers are Insane

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 39:55


    Sam looks at the hyperventilating being done after the Uvalde shooting and where the Detroit Tigers donations from certain ticket sales are going.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: A Crumbling Society Blames Guns for their Problems and Everything is Racist

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 49:35


    Sam looks at the people coming for your rights after a crazy person shoots up a school after murdering his grandma. And Josh Donaldson is racist says MLB.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Matt Dubiel for Senate in Illinois and Cancel Culture goes after Jordan Peterson and Yankees Pitcher

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 45:45


    Sam talks to Republican US Senate candidate in Illinois Matt Dubiel about the state of America and why he's good for Illinois. He also looks at Jordan Peterson leaving Twitter and Nestor Cortes being canceled.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: The Great Officials Shortage

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 32:07


    On today's episode, Sam looks at the biggest problem hitting sports today: a huge shortage of officials to work youth and high school sports.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Roe v Wade, Trade Deficit Hits Record, and Women in Sports

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 46:44


    Sam looks at the Supreme Court leak that Roe v Wade may be overturned, a record high trade deficit and pushing women in men's sports as something that needs to be done.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Elon Buys Twitter, Sage Steele and the Economy is Falling Apart.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 59:31


    Sam looks at Elon Musk buying Twitter, Sage Steele is suing ESPN and the GDP is a disaster. 

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Hunter Biden is Worse than we Thought, Hammond Mayor Loves Dope, and Jen Psaki is our Clown of the Week.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 42:39


    Sam looks at the latest news involving Hunter Biden and it's not just crack and China, Tom McDermott loves weed and that means you should vote for him, and Jen Psaki cries because teachers can talk about gender with 6 year olds. 

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Elon Musk vs Twitter, Inflation Rises and Jennifer Ruth-Green Running for Congress

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022 70:26


    Sam takes a look at Elon Musk vs Twitter, Inflation is up again, Dwayne Haskins and Jennifer Ruth-Green's run for Congress

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Colin Kaepernick, the NFL Apology Tour, Fasting from Whiteness, and Spineless Republicans

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 42:51


    Sam takes a look at Colin Kaepernick trying to return to a sport he said he was modern day slavery, the NFL's fake apology tour over race, a Chicago church fasting from whiteness and spineless Republicans.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: New Currencies, Hunter and Perspective from the Cow Guy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 47:45


    Sam takes a look at new currencies potentially altering the way we look at money, the Hunter Biden scandal, and Scott Shellady, the Cow Guy, brings it all together.

    Common Sense from the Midwest: Lia Thomas, American Exceptionalism and the Fight for Our Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 54:30


    Sam Michel hits on everything from a Common Sense perspective. This week, he looks at the laughable idea of a man destroyng women in swimming and how the army is lowering expectations like everything else in America.

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