The Cold Oatmeal Podcast

Episode 127: The 3rd Annual Reschies!

Resch Strategies Episode 127 : The Cold Oatmeal Podcast Download [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55807ba7e4b04e16e08f13e1/t/698e2ee772fd164bf7b630a7/1770925883059/Episode+127+final.mp3] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55807ba7e4b04e16e08f13e1/f6981d6c-21eb-4840-82fb-3bcc8de1f7f8/2025+Reschies.png?format=1000w] If it’s cold, cloudy and a weird mix of icy and muddy, then it must be award show season!  And so it is, time for the 3rd Annual Reschies, our team’s look back at the highs, lows and inane of 2025. This year, with a special surprise. We have a guest host! No, not Conan, or Billy, Nikki, or Nate.  It’s Michelle Lange, Director Emeritus of the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget! [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55807ba7e4b04e16e08f13e1/09df8cbf-da5b-48b6-aeb2-533a3cf8a426/Michelle+Lange.png?format=1000w] We’ve got awards for the most annoying thing of 2025, worst NFL officiating, WAGS (that’s ok, I didn’t know either) and Lansing’s best coffee cocktails. And of course, the always anticipated naming of the Lunch of the Year! Dust off the wingtips. It’s time for the Reschies, and it’s the Cold Oatmeal Podcast!

Episode 126: O Christmas Tree!

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Episode 124: GrassMan

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Episode 123: I, too, am Here for the Bongo Zoomies

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Episode 122: Zach Gorcwho?

Resch Strategies Episode 122: The Cold Oatmeal Podcast Download [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55807ba7e4b04e16e08f13e1/t/6893bc9196d4fa42d0908ea8/1754512625776/Episode+122+-+FINAL.mp3] [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55807ba7e4b04e16e08f13e1/52fcf8d4-3914-4798-ae41-4e46792e088b/Gorchow.png?format=1000w] Despite internet and Lansing lunch spot conspiracy theories that Sean Fitzgerald was recruited to Resch Strategies in order to end the Cold Oatmeal Podcast once and for all, we are back! The Alec Baldwin of Cold Oatmeal, Zach Gorchow, is our guest - again. Zach is President of Michigan Operations for Gongwer News Service. He is an expert reporter of and pundit on all things Lansing politics, and he is with us to share his insights on Lansing’s Summer of Stalemate. Also, his process in writing his Reschie-winning weekly column, The Weekender. You’re listening to the Cold Oatmeal Podcast.