Straight Up With Matt Smith

Professor Mike and Matt Talk about a lot of random things, but land on the Consumer Price Index, Housing costs, Insurance, taxes and a wealth of knowledge even if there is a lot about movie and music.

Mike Fell fills in for Matt in the Straight Up Studio.First hour is TNT Tuesday with Taffy Howard and Tonchi Weaver as they talk about Local, State and National topics. Do not miss this!Second Hour is Ron Weifenbach in to talk with Mike about the Addiction problem in Rapid City which is misdiagnosed as a homeless problem. 

Taffy and Tonchi come in to talk about all things South Dakota and what is happening locally. 

My special guest Rita Bownlee from Watertown has had enough of the double standards with Sen. Schoenbeck who, because he had his special project protected from the CO2 pipeline, inadvertently now has the pipeline going through her property. When she confronted Sen. Shoenbeck, she got nowhere.  

Strap in and hold on this is a conversation for the ages as we open up pandoras box of all the indicators of an insane 2024.

This is a two-hour TNT Special because there is just too much to talk about. the first hour is almost exclusively dedicated to talking about Rapid City School district. From giving middle school students a sheet of paper with lude tourist career choices to what the heck are they spending all that money on?
Hour two we look at the Rapid City Rush's Veterans Day show where they only honored Lakota veterans and no other veterans of the military. Even sang our national anthem in Lakota only! So much to break down!

Comedian Kevin Bennett known professionally as The French Accent has been on America's Got Talent is in the Straight Up studio to talk about Current Events and news that everyone is talking about but in a way only, he can provide.

TNT Tuesday with Taffy and Tonchi are in the Straight Up Studio and we're keeping it more local today with Pennington County happenings.
Home Rule in Rapid City? What.... Didn't we say no to that? PennCo is buying up property, and removing it from the tax rolls? Wow! County seems to have the Gold and the Taxpayers are getting the Shaft!

Professor Mike and Maryann join me in the Straight Up Studio to go over the Economics of current events.
The banter and the deep dives into what is really happening around us is the thrust of every conversation. If you don't have a sense of humor and deep faith during times like this then you are probably in trouble.

TNT Tuesday with Taffy Howard and Tonchi Weaver, we talk about Local, State and National topics. This week... We talk about Mike Johnson and what he stands for, what he has and wants to accomplish. SD State Sen. Randy Deibert who gave up his county commissioner role, because it is not constitutional to the SD Constitution. Who else is in violation? We discuss.....  And of course, we talk about Sen. Schoenbeck and his text to interim PUC Commissioner Haeder. And always more fun!
Hour 2
Then Ed Fischbach joins me in the 2nd hour to talk about South Dakotans First and their petition to have Sen Schoenbeck removed from office. Ed makes his case, and we discuss.