Chad Hartman

The opening hour today features two of our favorite recurring segments: Text-a-Topic to kick it all off and our weekly visit with Rena Sarigianopoulos of KARE-11.

She has a stress fracture in her hip, has broken more bones than anyone, and once went to the ER after getting a twirler's baton stuck to her finger. There truly is nobody like Rena Sarigianopoulos.

Chad opens the show with another round of Text-a-Topic and it begins with talk about Keith Ellison and Tim Walz appearing with the House Oversight Committee today in Washington DC.

Chad has plenty on politics and world events today, starting with the war in Iran and calling for President Trump's administration to at least give a straight answer about the need to attack Iran. We also have the usual Tuesday fun with Ask Adam Anything and Jamie Yuccas' appearance. Plus, Lou Raguse joins with his eyewitness details of a contentious morning in the courtroom between US Attorney Dan Rosen and Judge Jeffrey Bryan with threats of contempt charges looming.

Chad opens the hour talking about the threats towards Lisa Demuth and another legislator, calling the threats dangerous and vile. We also discuss the controversy involving Smoothie King employees refusing to serve a Trump supporter and Jamie Yuccas joins to defend against Chad's attacks on cursive writing.

Chad is fine with cursive writing not being taught in Minnesota schools but Jamie Yuccas pushes back with some force.

Chad discusses the harassment and threats Minnesota House Speaker and gubernatorial candidate Lisa Demuth and another legislator received from a woman in Hugo, calling them sad, vile dangerous.

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Chad plays and reacts to audio of Amy Klobuchar questioning Kristi Noem in a Senate hearing today, saying Noem embarrassed herself because she could not admit mistakes by ICE in Minnesota or provide direct answers to questions from Klobuchar or other Senators.

KARE-11 reporter Lou Raguse joins Chad with his firsthand account of a contentious morning in court between US Attorney Dan Rosen and Judge Jeffrey Bryan.

After some fun with Susie Jones during the newscast, Chad opens the show talking about President Trump, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth all seemingly disagreeing about the reasoning behind attacking Iran when our country did on Saturday. Plus, we have some fun on lighter topics with Adam Carter during Ask Adam Anything.

Adam Carter is back for his regular Tuesday gig of Ask Adam Anything!

Could Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth at least get together and decide on a firm reason we attacked Iran? Chad plays audio from each over the past two days and asks for some clarity from our leaders.

We deviate a bit with Overrated, Underrated or Properly Rated and a visit with Chip Scoggins, but much of the show is devoted to the attacks on Iran kicking off Operation Epic Fury over the weekend. We get excellent contributions on that topic and the many ways it will impact the world from Colonel David Hunt, Aaron David Miller and Patrick De Haan.

Chip Scoggins of the Star Tribune joins for a little sports talk but more on his heartbreaking story of the terror of sextortion that led to tragic suicide of teenager Carter Bremseth. Later, Chad jumps back into Operation Epic Fury in Iran and why the public isn't sold yet on the attacks on Iran.

Early approval ratings on Operation Epic Fury aren't great for President Trump full 1037 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:05:31 +0000 WeAlizce9K3xcv3QWZEHTtzZefDKr54b news Chad Hartman news Early approval ratings on Operation Epic Fury aren't great for President Trump The Chad Hartman Show — A veteran of the radio scene in the Twin Cities, Chad is known for his work in sports, including as the one time play-by-play voice of the Minnesota Timberwolves.  But he's also known for knowledge of the issues, which makes him one of the best interviewers in the business.  But make no mistake, Chad likes to have a lot of fun.  And if you don't believe it, ask Adam.  © 2026 Audacy, Inc. News False https://player

Star Tribune columnist Chip Scoggins joins Chad to share about the heartbreaking and tragic story of Carter Bremseth and how being terrorized by sextortion led to his suicide.

Susie Jones joins Chad and Dave for two segments of Overrated, Underrated or Properly Rated to open the hour. Later, Patrick De Haan of GasBuddy tells us about how gas prices have bumped up since the start of Operation Epic Fury in Iran and where he believes prices are heading in Minnesota. Plus, Chad reviews some recent headlines stemming from the ICE surge in Minnesota.

Patrick De Haan of GasBuddy joins Chad with his usual expert analysis of the petroleum market, gas prices, the price jumps that he's seen since fight in Iran began over the weekend and where prices may be going soon in Minnesota.

Susie Jones leads us off in Overrated, Underrated or Properly Rated with the story of someone questioning her sobriety over the weekend and how it made her feel.

The hour is focused solely on the attacks on Iran at the start of Operation Epic Fury over the weekend with excellent contributions from both Colonel David Hunt and Aaron David Miller.

With the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of Operation Epic Fury, Aaron David Miller joins Chad to talk about the attacks on Iran and why he views Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the clear winner so far.

Colonel David Hunt joins Chad to talk about the start of military operations in Iraq as well as the questions he has as Operation Epic Fury moves forward.

This week, we're diving into one of our favorite topics, aliens. While extraterrestrial life is often thought of as a sort of fringe topic, two U.S. presidents have recently been talking about them, so we had to get in on the fun. We're also going to get a bit darker than usual this week with some talk about death. Featuring audio from WWJ Newsradio, Tommy Tucker out of WWL and the Dana & Parks Show out of KMBZ.

Gen Alpha is shaping up to be the largest in history. What should we expect from them? Fordham University expert gives a preview to KCBS radio. Plus, the latest on chatbot marketing and wearable AI.

Wild and Team USA GM Bill Guerin joins for two fabulous segments on watching the team he built take the gold in Milan before we wrap the hour with Jason DeRusha.

Jason DeRusha makes his usual extended visit to the show on a Thursday reacting to Bill Guerin's lengthy and emotional interview over the previous segments and talking a bit about the news yesterday of Medicaid funds being temporarily held from Minnesota.

Bill Guerin joins Chad with incredible and emotional stories about his experience in Italy watching the hockey team he built as GM win the gold medal.

A late scratch of Major Garrett due to travel issues leads to a conversation about the worst parts of air travel before Chad jumps into the Epstein files and reports out of Hillary Clinton's deposition today.

Chad talks about reports out of Hillary Clinton's Epstein files deposition today, Bill Clinton coming up tomorrow, and the long saga of the files, cover-ups and more.

With our guy Major Garrett seemingly stuck in travel problems and unable to join the show, Chad opens the hour talking about the biggest annoyances in car rental, air travel and more.

Chad opens the show talking about the WCCO radio drama unfolding today as a mouse was found inside of the boss's lunch bag. Later, Chad jumps into the Medicaid drama as JD Vance announced a temporary pause on funding going to Minnesota and the Am I Wrong? committee steps in with this week's resolutions.

The Am I Wrong? committee is here on a Thursday with strong a list of resolutions for the week.

Is the move to temporarily hold Medicaid dollars from Minnesota a legitimate move to stop fraud in the state or more political retribution from the Trump administration?

How to psychologically give up a bad habit at Lent or any other time with Dr. Judy O of supercharged life podcast with Tommy Tucker at WWL and more.

Chad opens the show with his reaction to President Trump's State of the Union address, a topic we dive into later as well during two segments with Tim Pawlenty and Dean Phillips together. Plus, we have the usual Wednesday fun with Rena Sarigianopoulos and retired judge Kevin Burke gives excellent insight on the difficulties and problems with our bail system and the turmoil at the US Attorney's office.

Former Hennepin County judge Kevin Burke joins Chad for two segments to talk about our bail system and the mess at the US Attorney's Office before some lighter talk about favorite grocery stores which also features Chad ripping into Jason DeRusha.

Is Chad actually interested in the grocery store conversation or did he just bring it up as a way to rip Jason DeRusha? You decide.

Former Hennepin County judge Kevin Burke joins Chad for two segments to discuss the troublesome aspects of our bail system and opinions on the turmoil at the US Attorney's office.

Chad opens the hour with Tim Pawlenty and Dean Phillips joining together with their reactions to President Trump's State of the Union address before we open up a new, completely unique segment to discuss both serious and silly topics called Swift Takes.

Chad jumps between topics that are nonsensical to very serious during a new, completely unique segment we'll call Swift Takes.

Former Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty and former Democratic Congressman Dean Phillips join Chad together with excellent analysis and insight regarding last night's State of the Union address from President Trump.