Guests, news, information and Minnesota's Classic Rock with Tom Barnard and the whole KQ Morning Show crew. 92.5 KQRS-FM | Minneapolis + St. Paul
The KQ Morning Show podcast has been a staple of my daily routine for years. I first started listening to the show when I was a child, held captive in my father's car, and it quickly became a part of my life. Now, as an adult, I still tune in every day and even listen to the podcasts on weekends.
One of the best aspects of The KQ Morning Show podcast is the humor and banter between the hosts. Tommy B and the crew have a fantastic chemistry that translates well through audio. They cover a wide range of topics, from news and current events to pop culture and weird stories. Their coverage of national news stories is insightful and often hilarious, making me laugh out loud even when I'm alone in my car. Additionally, their discussions are not sugar-coated or politically correct, which I appreciate for its refreshing honesty.
However, there are some aspects of this podcast that can be improved upon. One frequent complaint among listeners is Tom's tendency to repeat himself and veer off into tangents with stories we've heard countless times before. This can be frustrating and tiresome for long-time listeners who have heard these stories multiple times over the years. Furthermore, there have been instances where Tom has made nasty comments towards his co-hosts, particularly Candace. It is uncomfortable to hear her carefully choose her words around him, and it detracts from the overall atmosphere of the show.
In conclusion, despite its flaws, The KQ Morning Show podcast remains one of my favorites. It has been on air for over 30 years for good reason – its engaging content and humorous banter make it stand out from other morning shows. While there are areas that could use improvement, such as Tom's repetition and treatment of his co-workers, overall it is an enjoyable podcast that brings laughter to my mornings.
Two men switched a birth in a North Dakota hospital discovered their true origins at 38 years old, we dig into how much you really want to know about where you came from, plus when you know you need to kick your Mountain Dew habit and the Gorman brothers pull a once in a lifetime joke on Steve. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
ANT on the chances we'll see LeBron in a Wolves uniform, Liam Gallagher on the chances we'll get new Oasis music, and S, F & R on the chances we'll eat lettuce any time soon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Comic Erica Rhodes joined the show (no cello) to talk about completing her 1000th Lyft ride, buying really expensive groceries and her JonBenet Ramsey clip going SUPER viral. Plus Capt Kirk put together and epic rider for Riot Fest and the worst drivers in the country might still be bitter about taxes on tea... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New levels of smoke in MN. A Deadhead and their money are easily separated. Blue Angels give beach goers the wrong kind of jump scare. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The man behind Champ Kind, Todd Packer and Norm MacDonald's "brother" Gary MacDonald... David Koechner joins the show to talk seeing SNL as a kind and NEVER telling anyone in his small Missouri town that he was going to make it on the show, what it was like behind the scenes of the Office and having five kids keeps him on the road. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
During Rank You Very Much we hit on the WORST places to break out in sweat, plus the most Canadian thing you can do when you find a live grenade and Semisonic's drummer Jake Slichter on what the label said when they first heard "Closing Time," dropping piano and cello to take up drums and the funniest way for student's who take his creative writing class at Sara Lawrence College to find out he's in a band. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Update on MN Air Quality... just try not to breathe! Shatner goes metal and the cutest way to hold up a bank. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
City Cast Twin Cities' Sean McPherson pitted Steve against Fletcher in a race to come up with musicians shared names the fastest and once again, everyone got chippy. Plus, the most common number of group chats (turns out everyone is either REALLY cool or not cool at all) and your cheat codes for getting out of tickets. Originally aired Wednesday, July 15, 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Smoke in the air (and not the fun kind). We're closer to stopping dreaded DST clock changes. Lenny Kravitz explains his leather workout wear. Originally aired Wednesday, July 15, 2026 on Gorman In The Morning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
WTF got very introspective with sage advice from a thirteen-year-old who was zapped by lightning, plus we get interested in "disinterested" and we learn what it takes to conquer the Double Seven. Originally aired Tuesday, July 14, 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mick Jagger is STILL ticked off a John Lennon, Lynx star featured in new docuseries. Bringing in the choppers to clear the BWCA Wilderness. Originally aired during Gorman in the Morning on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Turns out Walk-In Beer Coolers > "Snow" Rooms, plus how many of us think we're ready to make a World Cup goal and eight of the ten sweatiest cities have one thing in common. Originally aired Monday, July 13, 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The HEAT DOME has arrived! Queen tour rumors. Grandpa survives getting gored. Originally aired on Gorman in the Morning on Monday, July 13, 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steve ekes out a win over Fletcher when Sean McPherson of City Cast Twin Cities puts them to the test on bands' home states. And we flip it around on Sean with some trivia, too. Plus, we dive into the most dangerous hotel in the country and Fred LeBlanc, vocalist and drummer for Cowboy Mouth, chats his shows being a tent revival (without the religion), watching bands just have fun on stage and why his home town of New Orleans is just "too much." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We're just $150K short of buying the infamous Vikings "Love Boat" AND $275K short of getting a GITM Ferris Wheel, come on Gopher 5! Plus, Muse hoping to make their tour outta this world, and you could be buried next to your favorite dead celebrity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
KARE 11's Chief Meteorologist John Zeigler on why July rain is the hardest to predict, why 130 mph winds don't necessarily become tornadoes and what he's cookin' up for the Fourth. Plus, big giraffe, big smile and big mistake in WTF Steve's Edition, and Pete Townshend cooks up a Keith Moon + Kurt Cobain rock legend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
News Flash - it's HOT... AGAIN! The pre-pre planning for GCA upgrades and "new wave" Collective Soul. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We dig into food you shouldn't grill (spoiler - the answer is not a damn thing), weigh the pros and cons of showering before getting into a public pool, and we'll share the cheat code to the nastiest habit we've kicked. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
News Flash - it's HOT! Turns out you can fix your slice during therapy, too and Amy Poehler does a WAY better Boston accent then we realized. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brian Eggert of Deep Focus Review gives us the run down on Disclosure Day, the YouTuber Horror movie craze and why 70mm movies (like Odyssey ) are getting movie fans out to theaters. Plus what's the 30 min drink rule and will it fly some place like... Cambridge, MASS?? and Double or Nothing direct from America's #1 Dive Bar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MN Dot comes for everyone... even the Cake Eaters. Brandon Flowers brings his Country-Western flavor to the Palace and fun messing with AI-HR. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We cover obnoxious sports fan rituals in Rank You Very Much, dive into the jobs that just don't look as cool as they do on TV, and Comic JACKIE KASHIAN on turning her dad from the villain into the hero, her 1.8 GPA at UW Madison and her big reveal on clean comic Brian Regan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Wolves fans better book their tattoo removal sessions, a Guinness World Record we'd try and turns out Swifties don't do the Wall of Death. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
After the DMB rain out, Steve chats about traveling up into the mountains in Switzerland and not being able to play because of SNOW smack dab in the middle of summer, plus SEAN McPHERSON brings us World Cup Band Trivia and Jade will bring the party for the Special Olympics Closing Ceremony this week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
DMB rain out, all (good) roads lead to Minnesota, your car could fade to black. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The ONE time Steve wants to start a fight with another band and NO ONE has his back, plus we've got pissed off parents, pee bottle and pickle ball in WTF Fletcher's Edition and your camping horror stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MSP at the bottom of a list (for once), another show coming to the new Mystic Lake Amphitheater and thanks for filling up Target Field, Dodgers fans!??! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A hero on the gulf carried three people out of a rip current and we heard your REALLY close calls, plus English Soccer fans were surprised to learn about the Houston Mountains (and so were the Houston Rockets) AND your cheapest meals that still taste pretty good. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Turns out people still like a Toy Story movie, intense Argentina fans and protection for the Eggplant and Peach. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Comic Maggie Faris stopped by and we talk beavers, nicknames and facial hair. Plus Red Hot Chili Pepper's Chad Smith on the band that used to get Flea too stoned to practice (spoiler - it was Steve's band) and the "Don't Tell Mom Trap." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tom Hanks leaves the room during a strange part in Castaway, Splash of coffee with your ice and we're taking on the Socceroos. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Red Hot Chili Pepper's drummer talks about his Minnesota roots, getting kids hands-on experience with instruments through the Chad Smith Foundation and doing the SNL monologue as "Will Ferrell." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We run down the top Dad Rock bands in Rank You Very Much, plus the strange things your doggo has mistaken for something edible and the job changes you need to make if you are looking to stay married. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We're Number One! We're Number One! in DIVE BARS! (take that Wisconsin!), Ronnie Wood gets told to PAINT IT BLACK and a big Debbie Downer at Dartmouth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Of City Cast Twin Cities and Trivia Mafia, Sean McPherson joined the show and put us to the test on guitarists, plus we dig into "stage violations" and Chad Smith on the very first time he saw The Black Crowes... right before they opened for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Score tickets to Mystic Lake Amphitheater the old fashion way, Rush as Canadian as ever and we're tWinning again. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
WTF Ryder's edition featured stolen chicken fingers, a burglar who dresses for leisure and a near nuclear meltdown, plus censorship at the World Cup (sorry Cholula) and Jamie Lee Curtis gets it wrong. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Rocky Curse is back just in time for the World Cup, ESports coming to a High School near you and the Buck Truck keeps rollin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Rod Stewart got caught playing hooky (it appears), we hear your best getting busted skipping work tales, plus there once was a man from Nantucket... who caught a Great White Shark?!?! and a LOT of dudes think they could make a game winning penalty kick at the World Cup, we'll chat sports delusions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Officially The Barn, another reason to hate 494 and Bounty math is worse than algebra. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
USA plays their first World Cup match today and we dive into fanatics that take it too far, plus a clean sweep of Minneapolis questions on Know it or Blow it for 612 day and JIM GAFFIGAN on his first concert, what ACME is so important and being the third funniest in his family. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Incredible rescue by ATVers, the word is EXHAUSTERWHELULATE and soccer nerds united, USA USA USA plays today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
With the release of some HUGE movies on this date we run down our Top Summer Blockbusters in Rank You Very Much, plus what happens when you're on the water and the fish decide to fight back? And World Cup fans from across the planet are baffled by Buc-ee's Waffle house and ranch dressing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Green Day on movie screens, Stones NOT on stage (at least yet) and any Knicks fan you know is losing their mind. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We hear what happens when someone objects during a wedding (at least in Minnesota) plus on the anniversary of the Sopranos finale are still arguing over if it's a good finale or not and MN United FC' s Devin Padelford with some tips on watching the World Cup, what it's like to play for the team he grew up watching and the 90s bands he discovered after refurbishing a turntable with his dad. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Catch Me If You Can IRL (and he's Canadian?!) Up close and personal with Sea Lions and we're running it back to the Moon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Freshmen out east must hike 55 miles of the Appalachian Trail to move onto 10th grade; what should we make Minnesota kids do? (Spoiler: the BWCAW is going to be silly with teenagers if this shakes out), plus we have some product pitches for Sharon if she moves forward with AI Ozzy and WTF Steve's Edition featured a stowaway, a strategic finger and a stubborn police officer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Columbia Heights says "get the flock out" to license plate cameras, what it sounds like when a box truck of fireworks won't stop exploding and what happened when Left Eye didn't think her boyfriend was CrazySexyCool anymore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ben Katzner joins the show to speculate on Vikings QBs, explain just how razor sharp puppy teeth are and let everyone know, what you say at the merch table after a comedy show ends up on the radio. Plus Nick Cage hasn't changed a bit and we have the audio to prove it. Originally aired June 8, 2026. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New Mullet champ crowned, Rush takes the stage and this just in... the MN Lynx still really good at basketball. Originally aired June 8, 2026 on Gorman in the Morning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Prince week is underway in Minneapolis, we talk with music writer, podcaster and Packer's fanatic Steven Hyden about seeing Prince, songs that everyone can (and will) sing a long to this weekend (and a couple we shouldn't) plus your close encounters with His Royal Badness. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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