Well, we set out to stage a Burger King/Jimmy Johns intervention for our good friend, Nick, but ended up having a fascinating conversation with Chris Johnson instead.

Chris lives here in Lansing and is an international speaker, an adviser, health and fitness expert and Founder and CEO of On Target Living.

We are wrapping up 2018 with a bow made of whiskers, self-deprecation and insights from 8 years working with Rick Snyder and for the people of Michigan.

It’s an exit interview with Michigan’s out-going Lt. Governor, Brian Calley.

Chris Harkins, Lame Duck, and the Golden Turkey winners.  It’s either a really bad band, or the poultry episode of the Cold Oatmeal podcast.

Hey, it’s the Friendsgiving episode of the Cold Oatmeal podcast.

 Well, not really.  Because Friendsgiving isn’t a real thing.  It’s a fake thing.  But we are having some friends over today to talk about politics and to grade the job performances of others.  So, if Friendsgiving was a real thing, this might be close.

The election is over.  The campaigning is done.  The ads are gone. 

We talked about it here and wanted to bring a guest into the Cold Oatmeal studios to help us wrap it all up.  So, we invited a stand up comedian, of course. Dwayne Gill, the funny cop, is our guest today, and we don’t spend a minute talking about politics.

Kositchek’s is a men’s clothing store located in downtown Lansing, a block from the State Capitol building, that was founded the year the Civil War ended.  Yes, you read that right.

Whatever the business, if you can manage to last from Lincoln to Trump, you’ve got a story to share and David Kositchek will tell us some of that story today.

Anna Heaton just left arguably the high-profile spokesperson job in the State of Michigan. For the last few years, she’s been press secretary for the governor.

On today’s episode, her most memorable moments, how social media has changed the press secretary job, and a day in the life of the governor’s communications office.

From the beginning, Matt Mencarini has been covering the Larry Nassar sexual assualt scandal as criminal justice reporter for the Lansing State Journal.  Today, on the Cold Oatmeal podcast, we talk to Matt about reporting true evil.

Our good friend and Resch Strategies team member, Nick DeLeeuw, is an interesting cat. One of the most unique people we know. So, I guess we should not have been surprised when he told us one of his very best, long-time friends is a six foot, seven inch, 350 pound professional wrestler from “the deepest darkest jungles.” Yes, the one and only, Kongo Kong.

What’s summer without a good road trip?

Today, we kick off summer and wrap up season one of Cold Oatmeal with a conversation with Rick Albin, veteran political reporter for WOOD TV 8 and a podcast visit to the Grand Rapids Chamber’s cool, new digs.