KQ Morning Show

We've got the odds for the side dishes you'll see at your next cook outs (and Minnesota's is a little embarrassing) plus Brian Eggert of Deep Focus Review on what you should see and skip at the theater and Coco's Rescue brings PUPPY PANDAMONIUM to the studios. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Best place to live in Minnesota is (insert drum roll) PLYMOUTH?!? Billy Corgan and Butch Vig reunited and it feels so good and leave Britney alone... unless she offers to make you lasagna. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Gorman and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin discuss their wildly different sounds behind the kit, early gigs for both The Smashing Pumpkins AND Steve's band before joining The Black Crowes and how some of Chamberlin's early jazz influences came through on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Photo credit: RKH Images. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

FOUR! types of Aliens, new Strokes (via the beaches of Costa Rica) and FLAVOR FLAV! at a Las Vegas City Council meeting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With The Late Show ending it's run tonight we run down the Top Late Night Talk Shows in Rank You Very Much, plus a crowd surfing 99 year old (GRANNY! GRANNY! GRANNY!) and red flag menu words. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billy Bob Thornton joins the show to talk about his new song with Country Artist Mark Collie featuring Slash, recording with Warren Zevon and watching Bobby Rahal win the Indy 500 (the topic of Billy Bob's new song). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dave Grohl names the Foos "cringiest lyrics," new tech for anyone missing old school drive-in movies and we let Steve lose his mind over "football." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Billy Bob Thornton joins the show to talk about his new song with Country Artist Mark Collie featuring Slash, plus recording with Warren Zevon, watching Bobby Rahal win the Indy 500 (the topic of Billy Bob's new song). Plus we launch the GITM Bracket: Punk Albums and everyone got ALL fired up when we pitted gas against charcoal in this week's Bargument. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Countdown to Draft Day 2028, Move over Beethoven and Twins take out the cheaters, Jonathan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week's WTF featured 2 Drones 1 Shark and saw Mark score Smashing Pumpkins tickets plus TSA says game on for rotisserie chickens, watermelon and live fish if you are flying over the holiday weekend and Steve's has "one simple trick" to cure your travel sickness AND it actually works. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pumpkins announce MN fall tour stop, Waymos caught up in circles and Wolves call it a season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Turns out most of us think we're cooler now than we were in high school, but we've got some strange reasons why. Plus birthday cake revenge is pretty sweet (Cheater, Jonathan... we don't like cheaters) and what makes you "street smart"... apparently it's all "Dad-isms." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Turns out Science, outer space and books are "very cool" and some surprising things are "not cool at all" (spoiler - they're wrong about a couple of things) plus naked dog washing to save time is Kelly from EP's tip of the day and director Bobby Farrelly on his new movie Drivers Ed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rank You Very Much featured Top Chips and WAY too many people put Eric Estrada on their list, plus we learned naked snow angels sounds a lot more fun that it is when we ran down the strange but non-sexual things you've done buck nekkid and Chauncey Gorman stared down a coyote in the middle of the city and live to tell about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Think you know the biggest grossing movie director of all time (you probably do) we run down the top box office earners. Plus comic Elise Cole stops and we learned what she keeps stashed in her car, why comics are on their best behavior at ACME and how her youngest kid came out of the womb funny. And your best sleep hacks all seem to involve drugs, booze or both. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What REALLY happens when you're alone? Steve says every thought in his head out loud when no one is around... and sometimes when strangers are still within earshot. Plus WTF featured tattooed toddlers, terrible "roommates" and flying rocks AND the lawyer we've added to our contacts Criminal Defense Attorney RYAN GARRY on what jurors are really looking for, why some criminals are just honest about it and why he wants to serve on a jury (but probably won't). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The CEO of Uber revealed that he is NOT a 5 Star Rider... turns out we're all better riders than him, plus Kevin Bacon versus BEES! and would you have the guts to go all the way like the BIGGEST single game winner ever on the Price is Right?!?! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We put Maggie to the test to see how well she knows her mom Priscilla and we learned something about Title IX, too. Plus "cool" is over a hundred years old and still sounds fresh, we review some other old slang that's gotten kind of moldy and Donkey Basketball sounds like a great way to destroy your high school gymnasium. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comic Myq Kaplan joined the show to let us know how his Mom tricked him into learning the guitar by putting a violin in front of him, what it was like to be on a cruise ship as COVID was breaking out and how his new album featuring jokes from all 26 letters of the alphabet came together. Plus Rank You Very Much featured musical shout outs to Mothers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After Goldie Hawn shared a close encounter of the third kind from her past on Kimmel we heard your stories that were so unbelievable you just quit telling them plus your crafty solution to this week's Bargument that solves a LOT of problems and the 9 x 9 x 9 challenge one fantasy league loser completed in a single day that's going to make your whole summer look pathetic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's the most unbelievable crocodile story of all time, and it WILL keep you out of the water, plus WTF Fletcher's version featured a Chic Fil A scammer, an incredibly stubborn identity thief AND one stripper who needs to do more cardio and SOUPS ON! at 6 AM?!? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trevor Anderson dropped by the studios and offered some good character building advice for sports fans, and why his five year old is probably going to end up a comic and not a starting pitcher and his pro-tip for sharing the radio on road trips plus would you go to Mars even if you have to follow many of the same rules at The Champagne Room and if you had one word to describe 2026, what do you think people picked? Spoiler it was on boisterous. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We cheer the Wolves and Wild both advancing in the playoffs, plus get a recap of the St. Paul matchup from FanDuel Sports Network’s Alexis Huss. On Kentucky Derby Eve, we run down some of the greatest racehorse names of all time, plus Roger Dorn himself, Corbin Bernsen! Originally aired Friday, May 1, 2026.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Real or imagined we picked the best rivalries during this week's Rank You Very Much (watch out Iowa) plus the Social Security Administration lets us know the strange baby names Americans are picking... but yours sure topped them and why we're still don't need to worry about a shark invasion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comic Chris Maddock joined with lessons on getting kids to talk to strangers, how to avoid bar fights and a request to NOT get punched during his upcoming shows at Comedy Corner Underground plus how to get away with eating food inside the grocery store and lessons we picked up about pickles late in life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We get into more legal questions like do lawyers defend themselves or what happens when someone is TOO excited to be on a jury with Criminal Defense Lawyer Ryan Garry. Plus, WTF featured gators, kangaroos and a PSA for anyone with a Tesla AND Fan Duel Sports Networks' Alexis Huss previews tonight playoff match up for the Wild. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comedian Craig Gass dropped in to talk about the new Mitch Hedberg doc he is working on, how Matt Cameron of Pearl Jam got his very first Cease & Desist and why you probably don't want to party with Tracy Morgan (or maybe you do... you kinky toe-freak) plus Steve let's us know the exact opposite of rescuing your pet from a frozen river some of KQ's Best(est) winners. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Originally aired on April 24, 2026: A whole episode dedicated to fan-favorite game, WTF: Wisconsin, Texas or Florida! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We run down the Minnesota made albums up for KQ's Best(est) and Steve once got a hot tip on a good band from R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, plus fraudsters brought to justice in a way that will make you cry "I never woulda never thought of that" and Rank You Very Much featured NHL Goal Scoring songs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's the first ever GITM ROCK DRAFT! Everyone drafts 4 piece rock band with mixed results. Plus how many connections are between you and the most famous Minnesotans (science says it's six or less) and in our Bargument we're eliminating carry on bags... or maybe just flying? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been ten years since we lost "His Royal Badness" and Steve recounts Prince's world wide impact, plus Fox 9's Cody Matz on storm chasing, volleyball sized hail and the cure for colic (spoiler - it's putting on the weather report) plus WTF Steve's edition featured poison, REALLY mature pre-teens and the lesson one Florida man needs to be told yet again... cocaine and alcohol and weed don't mix. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we reveal Pollstar's award winning tours for 2025, Steve recounted an early Mr. Crowe's Garden tour in the Northeast where only half the shows actually happened. Plus a New York City Police Horse finally gets some action and the crafty ways some KQ's Best(est) nominees are whipping up votes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve runs down his picks for KQ's Best(est) Soups and we're all hungry for French Onion now, plus comedian Nate Abshire on the gigs he is NOT doing tonight and what being the dad of a six month old had done to his brain and Dynamic Beer Pricing could fix a lot of problems, at least in the NBA. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We chatted about the Wild's upcoming playoff series against the hated Dallas Stars with The Athletic's Joe Smith and got his pick for the series, plus your most listened to albums in Rank You Very Much and we're not here to kink shame, but there's a weird zebra out there... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discovered Maggie Faris was once stung by a Portuguese Man O' War Jellyfish and live to tell about it, plus we heard your worst bites, zaps and smacks. And Mr. Ryder himself dropped by to run down some of the best Record Store Day titles and we learned how to get rid of ten years of cognitive decline (but we're probably not going to do it). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Music writer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voter Steven Hyden gives us his thoughts on this year's class of inductees, who he voted for and who he thinks should be in the hall plus this weeks WTF featured Snakes, a "High Schooler" doing it for the 'Gram and a destroyed Mustang (don't do alcohol... and weed.. and cocaine) and we discovered how many weddings Goldy the Gopher attended last year (busy guy!) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We revisit a lot of core 80s memories with comedian and Gen Xer Jason Schommer - like acid rain, car CD changers and how he got a gig on the Rosie O'Donnell show plus how much does your pet really take a bite outta your bank account and what happens when you build a parrot his own submarine (spoiler: he doesn't talk back to you). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Masters weekend, so we picked our dream foursomes - and Steve actually ran into your number one rockstar pick on a golf course (and embarrassed himself, without even swinging a club), plus BRIAN EGGERT of The CineFiles isn't impressed with Project Hail Mary (even though everyone else is) but does like another movie we can't even talk about... oh The Drama! And Emily Pendergast on the new show Company Retreat and her contingency plan if she got "made" and the wrong moment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comedian Grant Winkels joined the show to talk being a violinist turned guitar player turned stand up comic, plus we picked the top "Jacks" during Rank You Very Much in honor of JACK WHITE coming back to Minneapolis this fall. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Turns out Neanderthals took advantage of ancient tar to relieve what ailed them, and we dug into a bunch of your home remedies and health hacks, plus why you'll never look at someone drinking coffee on TV the same again, and this week's Bargument: Is it acceptable to pee in the shower? (spoiler - Ryder says no and the rest of you are nasty). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We crown a champ in our "Flavor of America" Bracket (if you like it spicy you'll be delighted), plus WTF featured a Chicken Coop that was home to something other than chickens, airport trespassing and bug tusslin' and are modern humans REALLY meant to be monogamous? We learn from beavers, coyotes, vultures and albatrosses...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We run down some incredible numbers on the Artemis II missing as the cross into the Lunar Sphere of Influence (Good Name for a Band!!). Plus if we move to a four day workweek, Ryder nails why Wednesday is the correct day to take off and "Flavor of America" Bracket Championship round is set - make your pick for BBQ (1) or RANCH (2). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With Artemis II speeding away from our planet we ran down both movies that make us want to join them, and ones that make us glad we're still touching grass. Plus an expanded edition of Know It or Blow It all about what you were like in the 90s sends a few fans to the Goo Goo Dolls this summer and we discover that we've been missing out on Cheez-ITs flavors big time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hidden Valley thinks ranch is the "Flavor of America" but we're stacking up the top contenders in GITM's "Flavor of America" Bracket, plus with Twins home opener tomorrow we run down the best baseball player names in Rank You Very Much and our favorite April Fools "prank" products that companies should actually make. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brad on why "slightly miserable" is the ideal condition for stand-up, the only other two jobs he's ever had since besides comedy and how he gave Dexter and Noodles a near panic attack when they handed him a mic on stage at recent Offspring gig. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Finally a useful app, you can slap your laptop and it will moan or squeal like the bad co-worker that it is, plus a new twist on trading massive amounts of money for years of your life in this week's Bargument and we run down the opening show of Bruce Springsteen's tour with our master of fun Amy Mauzy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discovered the most famous gong noise in cinematic history, plus WTF Steve's edition featured curfews, kangaroos and ice cream so bad it could jeopardize fertility. Plus, our bud criminal defense attorney RYAN GARRY with advice for Tiger Woods... and you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Minneapolis music icon Peter Jesperson drops into to recap this weekend's final Suicide Commandos show and talk about their impact on Minneapolis music. Plus, David Cross on creating a different feel for his new special by recording in a music venue, and Mary Lucia with some wild ideas on the Timberwolves. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Originally aired on March 27, 2026: Bon Scott Bash, Gross Things From Movies, the Safe Word is 'Inguinal Hernia.' See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Originally aired on March 26, 2026: Comedians Mike Brody & Jon Caparulo, Long Island Hair, Great Car Chase Scenes and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Originally aired on March 25, 2026: Scariest Moments, Car Repair: Gorman Style, Comics Erica Rhodes & Whitney Cummings and moreSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.