Dan Barreiro (3pm-6:30pm) dives into the world of sports, politics and the day's top news.
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The Dan Barreiro podcast is a refreshing and unapologetically honest take on sports and current events. While I may not agree with everything he says, I appreciate that Dan calls it like he sees it and isn't afraid to blast either side of the aisle. This podcast strikes a perfect balance between sports coverage and discussions about current events, which keeps me engaged as a listener. As someone from Minnesota, I particularly enjoy the fact that it is skewed towards the local perspective, adding an extra layer of relatability for me.
One of the best aspects of The Dan Barreiro podcast is the quality of guests that are featured. Whether it's athletes, coaches, analysts, or other influential figures in the world of sports and beyond, Barreiro consistently brings in intriguing individuals who offer valuable insights and perspectives. This elevates the overall listening experience and makes each episode compelling and worth tuning into.
Another aspect that sets this podcast apart is Dan Barreiro's interviewing skills. He has a knack for drawing out the best from his guests and asking thoughtful questions that elicit informative responses. His ability to navigate conversations makes each interview feel dynamic and engaging.
However, one potential drawback of this podcast is its skewed focus towards Minnesota. While this may be enjoyable for listeners from the area, those outside of Minnesota might find some episodes less relevant or relatable to their own interests or experiences. It would be great to see a broader range of topics covered to appeal to a wider audience.
In conclusion, The Dan Barreiro podcast offers a refreshing blend of sports coverage and discussions on current events. Dan's unfiltered approach to commentary is both entertaining and thought-provoking. With high-quality guests and skilled interviewing techniques, this podcast delivers an engaging listening experience overall. While its focus on Minnesota at times limits its broader appeal, it remains one of the best sports/talk radio shows in the Twin Cities.
Dan Barreiro opens the show with his reaction to the epic Knicks comeback in Game 4 before Michael Russo joins from North Carolina where he is on-site for Stanley Cup Final Game 5. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5, Paul Blume joins to discuss the Vance Boelter plea deal and we open "Dr. Dan's Inbox!"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our friend and Lynx assistant coach Lindsay Whalen joins to talk about the Lynx season so far, the wonder that is rookie point guard Olivia Miles as well as some fast food talk! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show and spends much of the first hour explaining why the Kyler Murray comment about lack of reps in practice has started to bug him. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 with extended discussion on the NBA Finals, Lynx and Stanley Cup Final before Pat Kessler makes his weekly appearance with an update in the Vance Boelter case and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan discusses the latest great game from Olivia Miles and also rants about how the Lynx missed the mark on social media with a deleted tweet before Star Tribune columnist joins with his impressions of Miles as well as other Minnesota sports topics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show reacting to the Vikings shock jocks (Kevin Seifert) working overtime to get things going out at mini camp with JJ McCarthy today. Richard Pitino joins to talk Finals, Madison Square Garden and get his reaction to the college sports gambling resolution that has many of us confused. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Dan outlines an issue that was new to him: Food Shaming. Later in the hour something called "Shrek-xting" comes up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kevin Seifert from ESPN joins following Vikings mini camp today. Lou Nanne makes his weekly appearance to talk Stanley Cup Final and Wild trade speculation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show wondering why everything in sports now needs to be called the "best ever!" before it's really happened yet. Former Knick Trent Tucker joins to give us insight on what Madison Square Garden could be like tonight with his experience in the city and building when the team is making a run. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 including the news that Gopher basketball will play St. Thomas this winter before Jonny Athletic joins for his weekly appearance and his reaction as a former Tommie to that development. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan outlines a new chicken war: when did the cheap bird get so expensive? Later in the hour Dan asks what is going on with the tops of certain water bottles and what has led to a frustrating change. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro is joined by Michael Russo on the road for the Stanley Cup Final. Dan and Russo discuss the series but also the news that the Wild are expected to make a play for star center Dylan Larkin who wants out of Detroit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before talking about Lynx rookie Olivia Miles quick ascension in the WNBA. Lavelle Neal makes his weekly appearance and talks Miles, Lynx, Royce Lewis and the Bears stadium news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ben Goessling joins with his take on the controversy at the State Track and Field Meet today as well as the latest he has learned about the new Vikings general manager. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show examining the KAT Envy we all have again after he was brilliant in the Knicks Game 1 win in the NBA Finals. Our friend Sam Mitchell joins for a tremendous conversation about KAT, the Finals, current Wolves talk as well as some great Wolves history. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 with some sound from KOC today before we open "Dr. Dan's Inbox!"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy follow up on a few things Sam Mitchell had to say before getting back to some NBA Finals discussion and some Vikings and KOC talk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show wondering why we don't have a good TV backdrop like The Alamo in San Antonio before our friend Mitch Lawrence joins for an NBA Finals preview. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Pat Kessler joins in-studio for a recap of the Minnesota political conventions from the weekend and more political discussion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aaron Gleeman is back in-studio for another great hour of Twins discussion as well as some Wolves talk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show explaining why the Major League Baseball Players Association are misreading the room in their labor negotiations before football analyst Nate Tice joins the show for the first time for his thoughts on the new Vikings General Manager and quarterback discussion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
He stopped by studio a bit early so we put the birthday boy Lou Nanne on a bit early. In the first segment Louie gives great insight into how he lives his life, why he doesn't slow down and why he still feels he has so much more to do and see! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Lou Nanne previews the Stanley Cup Final that begins in Carolina tonight, takes some Wild texts and tells some more amazing stories including what he thinks is his greatest accomplishment in hockey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show explaining how collaboration gets you fired in the NFL and wonders how much power the new Vikings General Manager actually has. Kevin Seifert from ESPN joins in-studio for more Vikings discussion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before we get the news that legendary Twin Cities sports reporter Larry Fitzgerald, Sr has passed away. Jonny Athletic joins to continue the Ode and then continues his appearance with Wolves and NBA discussion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kevin Seifert stays in-studio for two more extended segments for great Vikings and NFL discussion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show lamenting the fact that many NBA playoff games have been blowouts even in the conference finals. Ben Goessling makes his regular appearance to talk about his own team having a great day today and Vikings stuff from OTA's this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our great friend Bill Morice, the Mayo Clinic Big Knocker, was in town for a meeting so he stopped by the studio for over an hour of great discussion on a wide-range of health care topics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan covers a quick gambling nugget that had him shaking his head before Lavelle Neal makes his weekly appearance to talk about the new baseball labor proposals, NBA tanking rules See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show wondering if the next few months are really going to be daily quarterback conversations around JJ McCarthy and Kyler Murray before our friend Kyle Potter from Thrifty Traveler joins for a preview of summer travel season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Alec Lewis from The Athletic joins for his thoughts on the Vikings quarterback comments from yesterday and other Vikings topics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan odes Claude Lemieux before we open "Dr. Dan's Inbox."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show wondering if Wemby fans are going to be ok now that the "future of the NBA" has hit a rough patch in the Western Conference Finals. Former St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson joins with his reaction the the resignation of Brian O'Hara from the Minneapolis Police Department.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Pat Kessler makes his weekly appearance fresh off surgery to talk about the local political news including some races for state and national office. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy react to and discuss a recent story regarding the costs of youth hockey (and broaden out the discussion to youth sports in general) and what has happened to the traditional youth sports programs run by communities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show wondering if we need to rethink some infamous Minnesota sports losses after hearing what James Harden said after being swept by the Knicks. Jonny Athletic makes his weekly appearance to talk Wolves, KAT and NBA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Lou Nanne joins in-studio for another great hour of current hockey talk as well as amazing stories from his life in hockey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan is joined by Kevin Seifert from ESPN with organized team activities for the Vikings starting this week. They talk QB, GM and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show celebrating the 17 year anniversary of the Wolves hiring David Kahn as Basketball Boss. Lavelle Neal makes his weekly appearance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our friend Andy Luger, formerly US Attorney for Minnesota, stops by the studio to react to the Aimee Bock sentencing (Feeding our Future fraudster) as well as the federal press conference and operation this week regarding fraud in Minnesota. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andy Luger stays in-studio for the first segment of the final hour before we open "Dr. Dan's Inbox!"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show recapping Spurs/Thunder from last night before Wild Boss Bill Guerin joins for a great conversation about the end of the season, the year in general and some priorities this offseason. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Dan discusses the Late Show with Stephen Colbert signing off and where he thinks the show (and late night in general) has missed the mark in recent years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy recap the Bill Guerin conversation and talk Wild before our friend Gerald Posner joins to discuss a couple of the big stories he has been covering lately. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show discussing the aggressiveness of both the Wolves and Wild management and why fans should feel good about that. Michael Russo joins in-studio for his exit interview on the Wild season and the offseason to come. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Pat Kessler joins in-studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan discusses some new Wolves rumors and ideas for offseason trades and does a quick A-Section Roundup in the second hour. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Barreiro opens the show questioning why the Sports Gods move the way they do? He understands why fans would be frustrated that the Spurs tanking and injury luck has been rewarded with amazing players in the NBA Draft Lottery. Our friend Mitch Lawrence joins for always great NBA talk. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 which included Tim Connelly's exit interview. Lou Nanne joined for that segment as well as the rest of the hour in-studio to talk Wild, Stanley Cup Playoffs and remember the 1991 North Stars run! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Lou Raguse from KARE-11 joins for an update on the stories he's been covering including the Feeding our Future sentencing coming up this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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