Dan Barreiro (3pm-6:30pm) dives into the world of sports, politics and the day's top news.
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Listeners of Dan Barreiro that love the show mention:Dan Barreiro opens the show explaining why tonight is a litmus test for the Wolves (and not in the way you'd expect). Kevin Seifert makes his weekly appearance and gives some more insight to the Vikings hiring Brian Flores as defensive coordinator.
Dan reads an interesting story discussing how the Moneyball concept has crept into everyday life (not just sports) and why too much of a good thing is actually a bad thing.
Dan and Gaardsy run through to Top 5 including a great Bill Belichick comment on Tom Brady before our friend Craig Kilborn calls in to talk about the Wolves, Kyrie Irving and trade deadline stuff in the NBA.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 which includes more Brian Flores discussion before Jonny Athletic makes his weekly appearance with his reaction the the Flores hire and the latest with the Wolves.
Dan discusses a series of Jim Boeheim rants that are getting (rightfully) ripped in the world of college basketball before Dan reads from a story examining how the political left goes to far with words and too short with action.
Dan Barreiro opens the show wondering if anyone that went to the Wolves game or watched the NFL Pro Bowl got their money's worth. Our good friend Mitch Lawrence joins to talk Kyrie Irving and the NBA in general with the trade deadline looming this week.
In a possible out of body experience Dan Barreiro opened the show today explaining why he may have been convinced that the Wolves should trade for Kyrie Irving (who requested a trade from Brooklyn today).
Jonny Athletic calls into Dan to talk some sense into him regarding his Kyrie Irving thoughts before Ben Goessling makes his weekly appearance to talk Vikings and NFL.
Dan is joined by Michael Russo from NHL All-Star Weekend to talk Wild and Lavelle Neal makes his weekly appearance to talk Tom Brady sand, Kyrie Irving, Wolves and more.
Dan Barreiro opens the show reviewing the Wolves impressive win over the Golden State Warriors and what stood out to him. Former Viking Sean Salisbury makes his weekly appearance to talk coaching in the NFL and gives a quick Super Bowl preview as well.
Dan outlines a major scandal from the cycling community as it pertains to lobbying. Kevin Seifert from ESPN makes his weekly appearance to talk Vikings and NFL.
Dan and Gaardsy review the night in Minnesota basketball during the Top 5: Good night for the Wolves, bad night for all the Gophers. "Dr. Dan's Inbox" is back and we read letters from the NBA, NFL and college basketball!
Dan is back in studio and explains how we are your ‘taking the pantsuit off and the jersey on Leader' with a viral story out of a high school in Virginia.
Dan is joined by Rich Gannon to dive into the Brady announcement and they get into the Vikings as well.
Barreiro and JG go through the Top 5 at 5, and Pat Kessler joins to discuss some A section material.
Dan is joined by Wolves President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly for an extended conversation about the season so far: KAT injury talk, how good Ant can be, the Rudy trade reaction and some D-Lo talk as well.
Dan Barreiro opens the show with an idea passed along to him about who is to blame for our obsession with officials before Wolves President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly joins the show for the rest of the hour to talk KAT, D-Lo, Ant, Rudy and more!
Dan and Gaardsy review the Tim Connelly discussion and react to listener texts as well. They also talk about some of the breaking news in the NFL coaching carousel.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 including the Wolves loss to the Kings and some Tim Connelly sound bytes before Lou Nanne makes his weekly appearance to review Hockey Day and talk Gophers and Wild.
Dan Barreiro opens the show with a plea: Stop complaining about the refs! Jonny Athletic stops by the studio and discusses that topic as well as the red hot Minnesota Timberwolves.
Dan and Gaardsy continue the football discussion before former St. Cloud Police Chief Blair Anderson joins with his reaction to what happened in Memphis and where we go from here.
Dan and Gaardsy go through the Top 5 before reviewing some of their favorite Gene Hackman roles and movies on his 93rd birthday. Dan returns later to the earlier discussion about officiating and why we need to stop obsessing over it.
Dan is back in studio and explains how we are your ‘the absence you feel is real Leader' and he makes his conference title predictions with Gerby.
Dan goes through some scenarios that prove we are done as a society, and Ben Goessling joins for a deep dive on the purple.
Barreiro and Blakemore go through the Top 5 at 5, and Lavelle E Neal III surprises in studio to talk Twins and more!
Dan is back in studio and explains how we are your ‘Putting your life on a shot clock Leader' and he discusses the new Jets OC and his disinterest in the Wolves.
Dan talks about the recent Jimmy Butler story and how it doesn't solve the actual issue, and feeds into some conspiracy theories.
Barreiro hosts the Kevin Falness Hockey Power Hour and welcomes Wild GM Bill Guerin and beat writer Michael Russo, then he wraps the conversation on death clock talk.
Dan Barreiro opens the show explaining why we shouldn't be whining that Kevin O'Connell was "snubbed" for NFL Coach of The Year finalist before our friend Gerald Posner joins to talk about the latest trend: Exorcisms.
Aaron Gleeman from The Athletic joins in-studio again to review a busy few weeks for the Twins and talks a bit about load management in sports as well.
Dan is joined by Pat Kessler in studio and reviews an infamous Gopher basketball anniversary, talks about classified documents in basements everywhere and how Kessy stole a shirt "accidently."
Dan Barreiro opens the show continuing our coverage of the Winter of Sports Discontent with the Wolves losing to Houston and the Wild needing a win.
Lou Nanne makes his weekly appearance (this time from Tampa as he has the Wild TV call tonight) and talks Matt Dumba, Wild and a lot of Gophers hockey!
Dan is joined by longtime Los Angeles Country Police Chief Bill McSweeney (now retired) to discuss the recent shootings in California and the overall topic of gun violence and policing.
Dan Barreiro spent the weekend watching football and spends the first hour of the show outlining the Football Absolutes that still ring true as we are down to the Conference Finals.
Jonny Athletic makes his weekly appearance and reviews the Twins trade from last week, the Wolves play recently and talks Vikings and NFL Playoffs.
Dan is joined by Ben Leber for some bonus NFL talk. Dan and Ben also talk about the Vikings defensive coordinator position and what Ben is looking for there. Dan gives an update on Joan Gabel resigning from Securian's Board of Directors and reads from the letter that President Gabel submitted to the U before he gets back to NFL talk to wrap up the show.
Dan Barreiro opens the show reacting to the breaking news that the Twins traded Luis Arraez to Miami for starting pitcher Pablo Lopez. Carl Gerbshmidt makes his weekly appearance for the NFL Picks Segment.
Dan talks a little bit more about the Twins trade before Ben Goessling stops by the studio for two long segments of Vikings talk: who will be the next defensive coordinator, who will be contract casualties and much more with Ben.
Dan and Gaardsy review the Top 5 before Lavelle Neal makes his weekly appearance and gives his reaction to the Luis Arraez trade. Dan wraps up the show with NFL quarterback discussion as the playoffs continue.
Dan Barreiro opens the show explaining the concept of "Winning Time" and why he's concerned it will never apply to the Timberwolves. Sean Salisbury makes his weekly appearance and reviews the Vikings playoff loss and where they go from here.
Dan reviews the latest "Done as a society" example having to do with a film festival dropping a film before Michael Russo makes his weekly appearance to talk Matt Dumba as a healthy scratch tonight and more on the Wild.
Dan and Gaardsy talk Wolves, Wild and Gophers in the Top 5 before Brian Oake from Cities 97.1 joins to talk about David Crosby (who died today at 81). Attorney Joe Friedberg joins the last segment of the show to discuss the charges filed against Alec Baldwin
Dan is back in studio and explains how we are your ‘Are you hungry or are you starving Leader' and he dives into the viral Tim Brewster video.
Dan talks plenty of A section including the MOA and Hamline controversy, and Pete Bercich gives his views going into Vikings offseason.
Barreiro and Blakemore go through the Top 5, and Pat Kessler joins to talk about his playoff experience, and the latest in news.
Dan is back in studio and explains how we are your ‘Purple People Eaters where o where are you Leader' and Kevin Seifert gives some purple intel going into the offseason.
Dan talks some Wild with Lou Nanne as he calls in from paradise.
Barreiro and Blakemore go through the Top 5, and Jonny Athletic checks in from Denver to talk Wolves and Vikes.
Dan is back in studio and explains how we are your ‘It was even worse than you think Leader' and goes through a fiery edition of Talking Points.
Gerby gets past security and surprises Dan during the call-in segment, and Ben Leber breaks down the playoff loss to the Giants.