The Mark Belling Podcast

There's too much going on not to podcast so here's a special interim update.  The Mark Belling Podcast returns for its second season May 1 but here's a special set of hot takesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Data overwhelmingly shows schools improve when cellphones are banned (why aren't all schools doing it?) Is the demise of a legendary Fox Valley radio station an ominous harbinger?  Two very different local land use battles: a treatment center in the suburbs and a nightclub in downtown Milwaukee.  Plus, our weekly football preview, and a wrap on Paul's producing and the 2025 podcast season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Somali scandal explains everything: crooked Democrats, insane immigration policy, an inept media, a welfare state easy to defraud and the nincompoopery of Tim Walz.  Also, the price explosion in gold and silver, a proposal to remove huge chunks of Brewers parking and are smartphones making children myopic (literally, myopic)?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark discusses the critical acclaim for Song Sung Blue, the movie about a Milwaukee musical couple and how the film avoids the normal Hollywood condescension toward middle America.   A new theory on why President Trump is targeting Venezuela, and Milwaukee's corporate welfare recipient Kanan Haywood Sr. offers yet ANOTHER plan for his 27th and North project.  (He's years overdue in paying back his massive taxpayer-funded loan.)  And, our weekly football preview including a discussion of whether the Packers will be motivated now that they have clinched a playoff spot.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark looks at three compelling trends: why affordability is always worse where liberals are in charge, growing evidence that saturated fats are not bad for you and the move of the Oscar telecast to YouTube.  And, Linus reminds what Christmas is really all aboutSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nicki Minaj becomes a top conservative influencer at Turning Point's big shebang, Illinois blows off the Bears (not that we blame them) in an idncation of how anti-business Democrats are, a Milwaukee deputy court clerk stands by his claim ICE agents are fascists and we ask his boss what she thinks about that, and, yes, a review of the Packers-Bears debacleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark rolls the odometer as we hit Podcast #100 with a look at a new essay that dives into the conscious attempt to rid white people from top positions in our popular culture.  Also, Hartford's Jordan Stolz is winning every speedskating race in sight as he targets a dominating Milan Olympics.   And, will those Olympics be Mikaela Shiffrin's Simone Biles-like redemption after her 2022 disaster?   And, the Daily Mail exposes Ilhan Omar's family's close ties with Somalian oppressors and questions whether she really ever was a "refugee."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Trump targets Venezuela and fentanyl as he looks out for regular Americans.  In the meantime, Trump's chief of staff evidently regrets spilling her guts to Vanity Fair.   A fellow judge testifies she was shocked Hannah Dugan aided the attempted escape of a defendant who was the subject of an ICE warrant.  And, as the FBI foils a planned Christmas attack in Los Angeles it is becoming more apparent Christian and Jews are now being targeted for killing all over the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Local media wrongly name a local man who had nothing to do with the Brown University slayings.    Rapper Nikki Minaj continues her rightward turn by going after Gavin Newsom for saying he wants MORE trans kids.  And, some thoughts on the nightmarish Micah Parsons injury and why ACL tears are becoming so common among elite athletesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's not surprising justice is a joke in Dane County, but it's a disgrace that conservative Washington County is pathetically soft on crime because all four of its elected judges are Evers appointees.  Mark dives into it.  Also: how Michigan's football coach ruined his career and landed in jail because he couldn't keep his pants zipped.   Fascinating information on another "dewormer" drug and its potential: can it stop cancer?   And, our weekly football preview plus a look at the one moderate Democrat who is joining their huge primary field for Governor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark comments on Victor Davis Hanson's analysis of the desperate times for Gen Z males and how they have been victimized by the mainstreaming of leftist crackpotism.   A prophetic message from the past about the potential damage of long-term welfare reliance (guess who turned out to be correct?) and a look at how European restrictions on social media platforms are threatening free speech in America (another problem created by globalism).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From Somalis in Minnesota, to companies doling out fake service animal certificates, Democrats are enabling them.  Trump's advisors urge him to start talking about affordability, an issue in which the Democrats deserve all the blame.  And Tom Homan says 60,000 smuggled children have been rescued from human traffickers because of the immigration crackdown.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark dives into the folly of listening to "experts" and why they seem to always get the big stuff wrong.  The Somali/Minnesota scandal follow-up: one take on why mass immigration of Muslims keeps failing. And, what's the deal on all of these weirdos who become police impersonators?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Minnesota's bozo Governor refused to stop the Somali aid scandal because the crooks were Somali.  Trump rightly outs Obamacare as a windfall for insurers that provides crappy coverage for the poor.  Mandela Barnes defies fellow Wisconsin Democrats and runs for Governor and a firsthand report from the red carpet (so to speak) for Song Sung Blue.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's hard to say what's worse: whether we are letting unvetted radical Muslims into our country or whether we are allowing leftist hate to radicalize them once they get to the US.  The apathetic DOC slugs didn't bother to tell Morgan Geyser's attacker that the woman who almost killed her had escaped.    And, it's Bears Week in Green Bay in a year in which both teams are contenders.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark's weekend podcast focuses on how George W. Bush's "ownership society" never materialized and how young people stuck in the nightmare of long-term renting are gravitating toward socialism.   Contributing factor: all of the millennials who aren't as smart as they think they are: is it because Harvard gave all of them A's?  And, as the US debut of "Song Sung Blue" approaches in Milwaukee, Mark discusses Lightning & Thunder  and their unique Milwaukee story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark takes a deep dive into the failings of psychiatry from the Morgan Geyser case to the drug abuse epidemic that may have its roots in ADHD drugs.   President Trump tries to navigate immigration policy by deporting illegals but welcoming needed skilled workers with H-1B visas.   The Democrats urge troops to defy orders and our weekly football preview (it's early this week because of Thanksgiving)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark focuses on some bad looks in the mental health business.   Morgan Geyser cuts off her monitoring bracelet only months after state officials say she's safe to be released.  A local psychologist cranks out emotional disability diagnoses for $50 after patients submit online questionnaires.  And, Marxism strikes again as Chicago's Christmas tree lighting turns into a violent riotSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The weekend podcast features our weekly football preview.  But first, a dive into the deep hypocrisy that overwhelms everything else in the Jeffrey Epstein case.   With crime out of control, a California city cracks down on....pickleball.   And, a look at the long criminal history of the Chicago man who lit a woman on fire on a subway platform.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark dives into the prostituting by state lawmakers to special interests like the tribes, using the online sports betting issue as an example.  Ron DeSantis moves to the right of Trump and Vance by opposing LEGAL immigration, and Marjorie Taylor Greene bucks Trump by darting the left and playing kissy-face with the hosts of The View.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new survey says 40% of women under 45 want to leave the country (then go!), Trump gets a federal prosecutor for eastern Wisconsin and it's somebody whose been around the block and has battlescars to prove it, Ford's CEO says he can't find mechanics even after offering $120K a year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark analyzes the H-1B visa debate and how it is dividing some on the right.   It's another example of the failure by many to figure out Trump (he's a commonsense pragmatist, not an ideologue).   A massive security breach results in a loaded gun magazine on a Frontier aircraft.   And, we preview the state high school football semifinals along with outr weekly look at college and the NFL.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark focuses on why so many affluent and educated people are embracing Marxism and how it will lead to more violence in the US (Joe Rogan says a Civil War).  The new DPI report card says all our schools are great!  (What a bunch of shilling hacks.)  And, Pat Murphy beats Craig Counsell again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark weighs in on the conservative pundits too busy attacking each other to fight the growing Marxist movement.   A lenient court system and lazy school bureaucrats enable a frighteningly drunk teacher.   And guess which football team scored 218 points the last four weeks?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Under President Trump, trade and foreign policy are no longer separate issues.  Instead, trade is his most important foreign policy tool.   Also: is the stock market terribly overvalued?   A new stat on the age of first time home buyers explains a lot.  And Mark and Mike Merlet analyze this weekend's Packers-Eagles game.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mark asks why Democrats aren't demanding the resignation of DPI chief Jill Underly for her agency's coverup of predator teachers.  Also: The Democrats become Communist with the Mamdani election in New York, comically weak criminal charges against a local police chief and Mark's mixed assessment of former Vice President Dick Cheney.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Democrats freak out that Mandela Barnes wants to run for Governor because they know he'd lose.  Some Milwaukee County judges are tougher than some Waukesha County judges and two wrong-way drunk driving cases prove it.  Mark analyzes President Trump's navigating the government shutdown and the need for an Obamacare bailout.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Identity over issues and ideology is what drives the left and Karine Jean-Pierre's lack of awareness of her failure personifies it.  A national leftist movement targets Waukesha Catholic Memorial High School.  A Waukesha County judge goes soft on a wrong-way drunk driver who injured a cop.  And a blast from the past: an appearance by "Deep Throat."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The AI-driven need for more power crashes into the long term climate change narrative, Sean Duffy's son-in-law says he's running for Duffy's old congressional seat and Giannis roars during Bucks game that "This Is My City!"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.