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Happy Halloween Offbesties, and welcome to a spooky edition of Something Offbeat's weird news roundups. Today, we're focused on, you guessed it, Halloween headlines, from adult-o-ween to the changing face of Satanic Panic to pumpkin mishaps and freaky magicians.
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Steve Ryner tells us about his efforts to build a monument to a historic storm in Minnesota.
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Tim Lammers reviews "A House Of Dynamite" and "Mayors Of Kingstown Season 4"
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Russ Hanes from the Invisible Wounds Project joins Adam and Jordana.
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Target, Amazon, Starbucks, UPS and more announced mass layoffs recently, which has some ready to declare a recession is imminent. But what's really going on in the U.S. economy? Here's analysis and reporting from economists, professors and hiring managers.
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Paul Douglas joins Adam as hurricane Melissa continues across the Caribbean.
Christin Ament from The Bardo in Inver Grove Heights joins Adam to talk about rethinking end of life care.
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Dr David Schultz from Hamline joins Adam.
Professor Richard Painter from the U of M joins Adam.
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Torey Van Oot from Axios joins Adam to talk about what's at stake in next week's election.
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In a chaotic world, there is a need for more people like Jim Ramstad, former politician who was so well respected and beloved by both sides of the aisle and his window Kathryn honored his legacy in 2012 by partnering with the YMCA to create the Institute for Civility and Youth Leadership so we talked to Amy Anderson, Executive Director Center for Youth Voice with the YMCA - she shares the overall mission to teach people who can be more like Jim where civility and leadership is taught to the future generations with this program!
Adam and Jordana share their thoughts on how far should we go with these deep fake videos that have been growing exponentially in popularity all over social media and what consequences, if any, should be applied!
The University of Minnesota recently launched The Midlife Academy, a learning community where people in their middle years can join together and explore what is next - Kate Schaefers is the Executive Director with the Midlife Academy and shares more on this program, some of the uncertainties and struggles middle aged people do face and how this program helps and much more!
Josh prepares some Quick Takes for Adam and Jordana with Adrian Peterson unfortunately in the news again, another classic heist movie in the works and more! Then we debate on whether you are too old to wear sports jerseys!
People are having fewer kids and their choices are transforming the economy. We discuss some of the findings in a recent article where people are having fewer kids - mostly because they cannot afford it and more investment in the children they do have. We discuss this first hour on the pros and cons of having more kids in today's society, the struggles with financially affording it or making it by with the kids you have and share some of your thoughts on this as well!
This week, our stories have a bit of a theme. They're all about feeling a rush – from that stomach-dropping sensation you get while riding a roller coaster to the joy of perfectly shucking an oyster to… some more questionable ways to live on the edge. With audio from Scoot and Tommy Tucker from WWL in New Orleans, the Dana & Parks Show from KMBZ in Kansas City and the Dave Glover Show from KMOX in St. Louis.
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It is time to play Smarter than Carter and we put Adam Carter against Cory from St Louis Park in hopes he can win a hat - and we quiz on the White House in wake of what is no longer the East Wing of the White House!
There have been people falling victim to fraud through crypto ATM machines in Stillwater and we invited on Mayor Kozlowski from Stillwater to talk more about this crime, how so many are just feeding money into these machines and the steps him and his city are taking to try and make people more aware of this.
We keep Tim Lammers for two segments because there is a lot to get to - the new Bruce Springsteen biopic featuring Jeremy Allen White, Netflix's Frankenstein and a Tim Burton mini series!
Its a Friday edition of Quick Takes - Josh asks Adam and Jordana about the new addition of a ‘Spirit Christmas' store, Vikings QB woes and much more!
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There is a newly introduced seven week course available at St. Cloud State University where students can be on the fast track to finishing a degree with what could be the future of college courses - or is this transitioning more into an online only type platform like University of Phoenix - we talked to the St. Cloud State University Provost Katherina Pattit about this new program, the success and what it could mean for the future of courses at St. Cloud State and other universities!
Have you ever kept track of your first kiss? There is an article in Axios discussing a geo map of places where people experienced their memorable first kiss moment - we share ours and some of the listeners chime in on the love fest as well!
On Thursday afternoon we got the best news possible out of the tragedy of August 27th, Sophia Forchas - the last remaining victim of the Annunciation School shooting was finally released after an improbable journey at Hennepin Healthcare for the past two months.
Normally a fun segment - but we do dive into some serious topics (and fun ones too) with Dear Jordana!
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