Podcasts about minnesotans

You wanted the best irreverent bipartisan political talk show that models healthy political discourse and sometimes heated arguments, well bubba you got it.  We don't have a runsheet or Davis...They're very likely together somewhere out there in the dark forest...either way, it's time to start preparing for the worst.  I can feel it.  Javier & Brian have returned from their suspicious mexico getaway, and Amy is back from Ireland and seems to have gotten her.....hard to explain it.....it's like a glow and a mood and a spring in her step, but with a rhythm...it's like...she's got her GROOVE back....or something...I know this, she's got a heck of a limp!     Enjoy and share! Checkout our new Youtube page and we'd appreciate it if you'd share, subscribe, and generally spend most of your day there:   www.youtube.com/@WAE-podcast Watch us live on fb or yt on Wednesdays at 4:30! Enjoy the show and tell a friend!     If you'd consider giving to the show's patreon page....it helps pay our bills (not line our pockets) and as a bonus, you get some cool benefits and prizes, including your membership into our “not a dick” hall of fame:  patreon.com/wrongabouteverythingpodcast please support our sponsors!   if you need a place to store your money, join the thousands of Minnesotans who have saved money with less fees and lower loan rates by joining a MN Credit Union.  To learn more:  mncun.org -if you are injured in an accident or due to someone else's negligence, we strongly recommend looking up the great Michael Bryant at Bradshaw & Bryant:  mnpersonalinjury.com  If you need help with a podcast, video, or livestream check out MBC Multicast Studio!  To learn more, message them at info@mbcmulticast.com

Hour 1: Jason thinks that if we had a year off from snow, Minnesotans would like it just fine. Agree? Plus, Kris Lindahl joined the show to talk about the hot townhome market.

Admit it... while Minnesotans love to brag about our toughness in winter, if we went one year with no snow, you'd love it... right? Right?! 

The holiday season is upon us, and seasonal music, theater, dance and more come with it.For many Minnesotans, this is a season of traditions, some old, some new, some classic and some happily eccentric. But what is it that makes these traditions special? How do we decide what traditions are ours? And how do we make new traditions?The MPR News arts team guest hosts a special holiday hour. Join arts reporters Jacob Aloi and Alex Cipolle, and arts editor Max Sparber, as they talk with performers, show directors, each other and listeners about some of Minnesota's most distinctive seasonal art and culture offerings. Guests  Steven C. Anderson, a Minnesota-based musicianChris Berry, Penumbra arts directorPeter Brosius, outgoing artistic director at Children's Theatre CompanyNat Fuller is a Minnesota-based actor, currently in the Guthrie Theater's “A Christmas Carol”Joseph Haj is the artistic director of The Guthrie TheaterRuss King, who plays Miss Richfield 1981 in “Bad Advice for Christmas”Kevin Kling is a performer/storyteller from “Tales from the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log”Tod Petersen, performer/cocreator of “A Christmas Carole Petersen”Janelle Ranek, performer and co-creator of “Letters to Santa ... Shaken, Not Stirred”Tyrone Schenk, founder and president of Minnesota Krampus  Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.  Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.    

Judge Wilhelmina Wright, the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge in Minnesota, says she plans to step down from the federal bench on Feb. 15.And the latest Minnesota Community Measure report says the cost of health care services for people with private insurance increased 7 percent in 2022.Those stories and more in today's evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Jacob Aloi. Music by Gary Meister.

Everybody is gone except me and I don't know what to do....Luckily Brian, Amy, & Javier were able to zoom in (individually) for a miniepisode.   Still no sign of Davis.  Not panicking yet...but close. Enjoy and share! Checkout our new Youtube page and we'd appreciate it if you'd share, subscribe, and generally spend most of your day there:   www.youtube.com/@WAE-podcast Watch us live on fb or yt on Wednesdays at 4:30! Enjoy the show and tell a friend!     If you'd consider giving to the show's patreon page....it helps pay our bills (not line our pockets) and as a bonus, you get some cool benefits and prizes, including your membership into our “not a dick” hall of fame:  patreon.com/wrongabouteverythingpodcast please support our sponsors!   if you need a place to store your money, join the thousands of Minnesotans who have saved money with less fees and lower loan rates by joining a MN Credit Union.  To learn more:  mncun.org -if you are injured in an accident or due to someone else's negligence, we strongly recommend looking up the great Michael Bryant at Bradshaw & Bryant:  mnpersonalinjury.com  If you need help with a podcast, video, or livestream check out MBC Multicast Studio!  To learn more, message them at info@mbcmulticast.com

Hour 1 of the Adam and Jordana Show features a discussion about a horrible Vikings game, a new coach for the Wild and your favorite bald Minnesotans.

This is Minnesota Native News, I'm Emma Needham. Last month, the State of Minnesota made a public call for submissions for new state flag and state seal designs. Travis Zimmerman has the story. Travis Zimmerman: The public submission period for a new state flag and seal ended on October 30th with over 2,600 designs.13 voting members of the Minnesota State Emblems Redesign Commission have narrowed down the submissions to the top six, with input from the public, the Redesign committee will present one flag and one seal design to the state legislature.  Dr. Kate Beane, is Dakota, and is one of the members of the new commission. She has an interesting connection to the current Minnesota flag. The image of this state seal, which is also incorporated into the state flag. That state seal is drawing, there's an image of a native person running off into the sunset. And that image was inspired by a drawing by Seth Eastman. I'm a direct descendent of Seth Eastman. And so the image that we have on the state seal, which is incorporated into the state flag is an image that is really symbolic of manifest destiny. It's an image of the farmer and the plow with a Native person riding off into the sunset. And so it's been an interesting process to really think about changing that. TZ:  Dr. Beane was invited to the Emblem Redesign Commission by Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, chair of the Capitol Area Architectural Planning Board, which Dr. Beane also serves on. She talks about the idea to ask the public to submit designs for the new flag and seal.   DKB: We made the call for the submissions, we went to the public and asked for public community members to submit designs and had a relatively short window of time for people to submit. We ended up with so many submissions….2600 designs….for the state flag. And there's about 300, something for the state seal. And I think, you know, it's been an interesting process in terms of understanding that the seal is the official sort of symbol of the government. And then the flag is the official symbol of the people of Minnesota. TZ: Sarah Agaton Howes, an Ojibwe artist from Fond Du Lac, submitted several designs, one of which made it to the top SIX.  Sarah Agaton Howes: Flags are really powerful and important images in general. And when you hoist the flag, that's like an act of claiming a place, right. So I think I've always thought about flags as being really important and powerful. And what's funny about the Minnesota flag is I think there's a lot of those, like, really racist things that we grow up around, that we don't even consciously realize are there. And so it makes me think of how, as Native people or all of us, really, as Minnesotans, the images that we're inundated with and we're not even aware of how it's affecting how we think.  TZ:  The state of Minnesota has discussed changing its flag as early as the 1950's. For artist Sarah Howes, changing the flag is an important way to recognize and represent the contributions of Minnesota's Native tribes. SAH: That's the part I wanted to inject, you know, our perspective and our point of view, and also knowing that that's not an opposing point of view, to the rest of Minnesota, the rest of Minnesota knows there's tribal nations here. And have you know, we all love the water, the trees, the sky here just as much as everyone else. And we were a part of Minnesota and a vital part of Minnesota. TZ: The final recommendation for a new state flag will go to the legislature on January 1st, 2024. Dr. Beane says deciding on a new state flag is not just for members of the commission and that there's time for members of the public to make comments or attend meetings to talk about what is important to them in a new state flag.  DKB: You can comment on the designs….we are reading the comments and really thinking about this as being a representation of all of us. TZ:  Minnesota residents can view the latest round of designs, make comments for the commission teams, and find out about in-person legislative meetings regarding the new flag on the Minnesota Historical Society's website at www.mnhs.org  For Minnesota Native News, I'm Travis Zimmerman. * Travis Zimmerman is employed by the Minnesota Historical Society, however, he is not associated with this project. 

Minnesota's most intensely debated art contest in memory is down to six designs for the next state flag and just a handful for the official seal, a tiny fraction of the more than 2,500 in total submissions.For Brandon Hundt, that two of his submissions — one for the flag and another for the seal — remain in contention is an achievement in itself.“This whole last 24 hours have just been surreal,” said Hundt, a Twin Cities based product designer and writer. Hundt spoke to MPR News on Wednesday after the State Emblems and Redesign Commission selected his concepts to move to final consideration.Sarah Agaton Howes, an Ojibwe artist and small business owner, also had a design make the cut.“I was just so excited and just thrilled to be able to even be a part of this process,” she said on Minnesota Now. “But to be able to have a flag that represents all of Minnesota is really exciting.”Todd Pitman of St. Paul, another flag designer, created F944, which he calls “Mirror of the Sky.” The flag was a family effort: he designed it with input from his parents. “I just truly love my home state, and I really feel like it deserves a flag as unique and dynamic as the people who make it such a wonderful place to live,” he said.  Designer says abstract loon was unintentionalThe half-dozen finalists chosen from among the stack of serious and comical entries haven't escaped criticism online, and the commission making the selection could refine the designs before a final vote. The commission hasn't released the names of all of the designers with entries in the mix, saying it wants to contact them first. But some have been vocal about their work, even posting about their concepts while the panel deliberated on Tuesday.Each designer said they reviewed and stuck closely to the parameters laid out by the citizen panel formed by the Legislature to pick a new flag and state seal.The current flag and seal have similar features that depict a white farmer tilling the land as an Indigenous man rides off on a horse.For Agaton Howes, the fact the state is replacing the emblems is important in its own right.“The flag that we currently have is really harmful and really based on Native nations disappearing,” she said. “And so I'm really excited to just represent who we are as Minnesotans, and also, as a Native person.” Agaton Howes entered F1435, a flag with a prominent yellow star and green nods to nature on a blue background; the sides have yellow stripes to represent tribal nations and white ones for each of Minnesota's 87 counties.Hundt's flag entry, F29, has a deep blue background with two stars overlaid, one reminiscent of a snowflake.Hundt has been fine-tuning his flag design since 2015 when he first posted online about his distaste for a Minnesota flag he said was hardly very symbolic or distinctive and had way too much on it.“Flags should be simple because they're up on a flagpole, often very high,” Hundt said. “And I think that's the thing that often gets overlooked. We need to think about how these flags are going to look on a flagpole.”Pitman is a graphic designer, but this is outside his usual realm of web design. He committed to the task at hand, becoming a member of the North American Vexillological Association and studying up on flag design.  He said his flag design started with a squiggle shape inspired by the aurora, mirrored on the top and bottom half. Along the way, he and his father noticed that the shape looked a little like another commonly-submitted flag feature: a loon.  “To quote Bob Ross, let's call it a happy accident,” he said.  Revision process could result in changes to designEach have girded themselves for public criticism, much of which popped up quickly online as the stack of entries was whittled to six. Hundt said he won't have a problem if the State Emblems Redesign Commission members play around with the features or colors before picking the ultimate flag.Hundt also has a finalist in the state seal category.“I'm really glad there's a revision period with the commission. That is something that is missing from a lot of other flag processes that I've seen when I've looked into them,” he said. “Because I think it's very important to actually test how the flag would work, how the seal would work before you throw it out there fully in use.”Agaton Howes sees it similarly.“That's a really important part of working in community is being willing to have that back and forth. And I do that all the time. And all my design work, whether that's designing a wool blanket or designing an art installation, that's just a big part of the process,” she said. “And I'm here for it. I'm ready for it.”‘Flags are really powerful'The final selections will be made by the end of the year. The Legislature can vote to block them but if that doesn't happen the emblems will take hold on May 11 — Statehood Day.If their design is chosen in whole or in part, the artists will get some public recognition. But there won't be prize money or any other direct compensation. Pitman said he is excited to see a new state flag. “I know that the decision is in good hands, no matter the outcome,” he said.Agaton Howes said her reward will be a sense of pride. “I think that flags are really powerful. And I think that their way to claim it space, and I really want to have an image that I can my kids can feel proud of, that our communities can feel proud of,” she said. “And I'm absolutely willing to do that.”Pitman said all six are “very strong contenders.”“I'm obviously very biased, but I think that no matter what … all Minnesotans will be able to be proud to look up at the flagpole on May 11th and say, ‘That's my flag, that's my state.'”    Do you know who designed the other flag finalists? Let us know by emailing tell@mpr.org.

The state commission tasked with picking new state emblems picked six flag finalists and five seal finalists during a meeting Tuesday. The commission has until Jan. 1 to pick a new state flag and seal. And cases of flu, COVID-19 and RSV are on the rise as Minnesotans head into the winter months and holiday gatherings. This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Phil Picardi. Music by Gary Meister.

MPR News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard just got back from leading a learning vacation with 12 other Minnesotans to Churchill, Manitoba — the “polar bear capital of the world.” Sundgaard, along with Doug Clark from the University of Saskatchewan, conducted lectures on the changing climate of the region and its impact on polar bears. It takes a special kind of hardy person to live out on the wind-whipped tundra off Hudson Bay. Dave Daley and his rescued sled dogs have lived here their whole lives.“I've never had to kill a bear — well a polar bear. I like eating black bears. The point is I've been charged several times by bears,” Daley said.The people of Churchill, Manitoba, fully realize the potential dangers of living with polar bears, especially during “bear season.”“Compared to the other bear species, polar bears are way more likely to exhibit predatory behavior on people.” Doug Clark said. He's a scientist that's studied polar bear behavior for decades, and more recently has tried to understand what might cause more polar bear and human interactions: “All the great research that's been done on bear-human interactions over the years was all done with the assumption that the physical environment, the biological environment, was stable and that's no longer the case,” Clark said. “We need to be looking more closely at what environmental variability will mean for interaction of all bear species. If things changing means things are likelier to go bad, we probably need to rethink the rules and adapt.” Those rules are changing. The arctic and subarctic regions are warming at a pace faster than the rest of the planet and that has impacts on the planet's biggest land predator. “Here in Hudson Bay, every year the ice melts out for typically four or five months. That time of year that the ice melts and stays out has grown longer on average the past few decades,” Clark said. “Your own work here shows the bumpy signal and it can really vary year to year, but the long term trends are really clear.” Polar bears need sea ice to hunt their main source of food: seals. More days on land means polar bears and humans could be facing each other more, but every bear is different and the local people understand that dynamic.Daley sums up living with polar bears: “Bears are like dogs. They have different personalities, too. I've seen mean bears, shy bears. I've seen disrespectful bears and respectful bears. It's just a matter of getting to know your area, who lives in there and what you have to deal with.” The prevailing thought has been that skinny bears may be the bigger problem, looking for a meal and potentially running into people, but Clark's recent work shows that might not be the case.“It turns out that skinny bears, around here at least, are no more likely to come around camps or the study center any more than other bears,” Clark said. “The main push is how long they've been off the ice.” This year has seen a long period on land for polar bears. The ice went out early this summer with 90 degree temperatures recorded in Churchill — the 10th hottest ever recorded. Clark said the activity we saw this year was unusual compared to my previous two visits: “Just going in and out of town we've seen bears, which seems unusual, too, and this year we have a late freeze up again.”“This is a really interesting year. It's not abnormal to see a lot of bears around this year, you're right — it's a really busy year for bears,” Clark said. “People are seeing them all the time. Honestly I'm surprised we didn't see one today given what we were doing and where we were, but this is a year where everyone's saying ‘be on your toes.'” An increasing number of years with bad ice is leading to a decline in the Western Hudson Bay polar bear population. A recent survey showed a 27 percent decline in just five years. Some of that was movement to other areas, but some was a significant drop. “Reproduction of the Western Hudson Bay population is still very low. Survival of subadults is really low,” Clark said. “Once a bear makes it to adulthood, they're usually OK. But it's those younger years that are the toughest on them.” It's unlikely polar bears will go extinct soon, but they will almost certainly disappear from some of their current range.I asked Clark if Churchill will still be the “polar bear capital of the world” in a century:  “I think in a century it's a fairly safe bet to say probably not. But at the same time, I don't think the species is going to go extinct.”There's been an important shift in recent years involving Indigenous people and local populations in the north in the management and science of polar bears, climate and conservation.“A lot of northern communities have things done to them in the name of science and conservation, and there's some redress to be had and we need to do a better job because those folks deserve us doing a better job than has been the case so far,” Clark said. “And they'll be the most affected or not by the success of the polar bear.”“They've got the most at stake in all of this. Really it's the fundamental principle of fairness: those with the most at stake should have a say in the decisions.”

Bag. You betcha. Hotdish. Hockey. Oh fer sure. Watch out for deer. Gotta go put da boat in da lake. Boat Show at the Fargodome. How's it goin der? Gettin tired of my just listing things off that Minnesotans say huh? Yeah, this here's the Palladian Papists episode on the Coen brothers' "Fargo." Ok, Minnesota nice turned off for a second. You dirty dogs mocked us for decades for our quaint little accents in our weird frozen backcountry tundra, and it tooked a film named after a town in North Dakota mostly filmed in Canada and takes place largely in the Twin Cities for you to pay attention to us huh? A grisly murder mystery to grab your MSG addled brain's attention. And you'll go back to not giving two darns about Minnesota when you're done here I bet. Fer shame. I'm turning the nice back on now. Watch out for deer now ok on your way home all right? And make sure you got a jumper cable and a winter survival kit in yer car cuz ya never know. ============== Timestamps =============== (00:00) Banter (16:45) Introduction (17:39) Synopsis (24:45) Cool Stuff (41:58) Transcendental Analysis

Forty years ago, Ann Bancroft and Jan Malcolm met on a basketball court and became close friends. That was long before Malcolm went on to serve as Minnesota Health Commissioner under three Minnesota governors and guide the state through the COVID-19 pandemic.It was also before Bancroft became the first woman to reach the North Pole by foot with dog sled and inspire people around the world through her polar expeditions.During their long and close friendship, the two women have supported each other through intense challenges, weathered personal loss and encouraged each other to follow their dreams.MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Ann Bancroft and Jan Malcolm as part of her Power Pairs series.Guests:  Ann Bancroft is an adventurer, author and teacher. She was the first woman to reach the North Pole on foot with dog sleds with a group in 1986. She was also the first woman, with Norwegian adventurer Liv Arnesen, to ski across Antarctica.  She's completed a number of other expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic, inspiring school children and drawing attention to global warming. She's also the founder of the Ann Bancroft Foundation.   Jan Malcolm retired as Minnesota's health commissioner at the end of 2022, after serving under Governor Tim Walz and guiding the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She was appointed as commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health in 2018 by Gov. Mark Dayton and also served in the role under Gov. Jesse Ventura. She was also vice president at Allina Health and CEO of Courage Center and was the chief architect of the state's safety net insurance program MinnesotaCare while working at HealthPartners in the early 1990s.     Ann Bancroft Foundation inspires big dreams for girls Do you know a Power Pair? Send us your suggestion. We're talking with prominent Minnesotans you may recognize and who also have a close relationship with each other.Maybe they're married. Maybe they're siblings. Or maybe they are just good friends. We want to sit them down together and learn about their relationship. Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.  Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.   

Down with the patriarchy!  Long live the maitriarchy...at least now we have wine and cheese.  I hope you like strong women, because it's all we got this week.  Javier and Brian are travelling so we're welcoming Leslie Rosedahl & "the other woman" Rochelle Westlund to the table in their stead.   Really great episode if you like politics, 7th grade insults and MMA weigh ins.   Enjoy and share! Checkout our new Youtube page and we'd appreciate it if you'd share, subscribe, and generally spend most of your day there:   www.youtube.com/@WAE-podcast Watch us live on fb or yt on Wednesdays at 4:30! Enjoy the show and tell a friend!     If you'd consider giving to the show's patreon page....it helps pay our bills (not line our pockets) and as a bonus, you get some cool benefits and prizes, including your membership into our “not a dick” hall of fame:  patreon.com/wrongabouteverythingpodcast please support our sponsors!   if you need a place to store your money, join the thousands of Minnesotans who have saved money with less fees and lower loan rates by joining a MN Credit Union.  To learn more:  mncun.org -if you are injured in an accident or due to someone else's negligence, we strongly recommend looking up the great Michael Bryant at Bradshaw & Bryant:  mnpersonalinjury.com  If you need help with a podcast, video, or livestream check out MBC Multicast Studio!  To learn more, message them at info@mbcmulticast.com

More than 300 people marched before last night's Rochester school board meeting in support of limiting class sizes. That's after a school district referendum narrowly failed at the polls. We'll check in with the superintendent about where the district goes from here. Our Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard is in Canada's sub-arctic leading a learning vacation of 12 Minnesotans. We'll check in with him from the tundra. Charlie Brown holds a special place in the hearts of many Minnesotans. But it's his sidekick, Snoopy, that's going viral these days, especially with Gen-Z. We'll learn why. Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.Subscribe to the Minnesota Now podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. 

MPR News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard saw 17 or 18 polar bears during his first full day on the Canadian tundra Tuesday. Sundgaard is in Churchill, Manitoba, the “polar bear capital of the world,” leading a learning vacation of 12 Minnesotans to see the polar bears and learn about how they're being affected by a rapidly warming climate. He spoke with MPR News guest host Catharine Richert on Minnesota Now about his trip.For the full conversation, click play on the audio player above or read Sven's brief below.The crew is traveling via a tundra buggy — a “school bus on steroids.” It has monster truck tires, sitting comfortably high enough to keep a safe distance between people and polar bears. The tundra is normally frozen by this time of year but mild temperatures have kept parts of it muddy and slushy, making for tough going in some spots. Sundgaard and crew almost got stuck as did another tundra buggy. The mild temperatures are also creating yet another year with a slow freeze up of sea ice on Hudson Bay. Sea ice is essential for polar bears to hunt seals, their primary source of calories. The ice also went out early this year thanks to a very warm spring and summer — so the bears are hungry and most haven't eaten much since July. The crew saw bears sparring, a sort of play-fighting where male polar bears size each other up. Come spring this will be real fighting for who gets females when it comes to mating. One male did sustain a wound with some blood on his face.About 2 inches of snow and high winds blew in Tuesday night ahead of a cold front.

Minnesota has seen some beautiful sunny temperatures so far this November. So MPR Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard decided to escape to the cold. He is high up in the Canadian tundra in Churchill, Manitoba, the ‘polar bear capital' of the world leading a ‘learning vacation' of twelve Minnesotans to see the polar bears and learn about how they're being affected by a rapidly warming climate. MPR's Catherine Richert spoke to him about his trip to Churchill, polar bears, and climate change.

There are two types of Minnesotans. One that is itching for the snow to blanket the streets and sidewalks. And the other who will take any warm weather that comes our way in the winter. If you're the latter, the forecast is looking pretty nice for you, with above average temperatures. It could even reach the 60s this week, and lows not even going below freezing in central and southern Minnesota. But the weather isn't great news for ski and snowboard hills. Marsha Hovey is the Marketing Director for Trollhaugen, a ski and snowboard resort right across the border in Dresser, Wisconsin. Catharine Richert talked to her about the snow outlook for the season and what makes the best snow-making conditions.

Terminally ill Minnesotans deserve the right to make end of life decisions. Chad speaks about the topic of dying with dignity and why it is well beyond time for Minnesota to allow folks to make those decision for themselves.

This episode is like an orgy for politics dorks.  You'll love it, and we love you.    Enjoy and share! Checkout our new Youtube page and we'd appreciate it if you'd share, subscribe, and generally spend most of your day there:   www.youtube.com/@WAE-podcast Watch us live on fb or yt on Wednesdays at 4:30! Enjoy the show and tell a friend!     If you'd consider giving to the show's patreon page....it helps pay our bills (not line our pockets) and as a bonus, you get some cool benefits and prizes, including your membership into our “not a dick” hall of fame:  patreon.com/wrongabouteverythingpodcast please support our sponsors!   if you need a place to store your money, join the thousands of Minnesotans who have saved money with less fees and lower loan rates by joining a MN Credit Union.  To learn more:  mncun.org -if you are injured in an accident or due to someone else's negligence, we strongly recommend looking up the great Michael Bryant at Bradshaw & Bryant:  mnpersonalinjury.com  If you need help with a podcast, video, or livestream check out MBC Multicast Studio!  To learn more, message them at info@mbcmulticast.com

The ongoing war in Israel continues to shed a lot of blood - we invited back Ben Ribnick, who we had on a couple weeks ago in the studio to talk about what this past month has been like as we are now officially a month into the attacks in Israel. We talk Hamas, local Minnesotans who are Jewish - what life is like for them, and more.

Cohost of the Family Beacon Podcast and MFC Director of Strategy, Moses Bratrud shares about the threats that face Minnesotans and how we as Christians can respond. He shares the three things that should be the Northstar of our politics: protecting life from the moment of conception, seeing God's design for marriage and family honored and lived, and the upholding of religious freedom. Moses gives us action steps so that we can stand for truth!

You're either on the bus, or off the bus, you pick...on second thought, you don't have a choice, it's Dean Phillips or nothing today on Wrong About Everything....Actually we discuss a lot more, but we just can't quit this guy.  We're also talking Biden vs Trump, Saint Paul Garbage, and the Halloween Blizzard.  One more thing...Sen Ben is in the building y'all!       Enjoy and share! Checkout our new Youtube page and we'd appreciate it if you'd share, subscribe, and generally spend most of your day there:   www.youtube.com/@WAE-podcast Watch us live on fb or yt on Wednesdays at 4:30! Enjoy the show and tell a friend!     If you'd consider giving to the show's patreon page....it helps pay our bills (not line our pockets) and as a bonus, you get some cool benefits and prizes, including your membership into our “not a dick” hall of fame:  patreon.com/wrongabouteverythingpodcast please support our sponsors!   if you need a place to store your money, join the thousands of Minnesotans who have saved money with less fees and lower loan rates by joining a MN Credit Union.  To learn more:  mncun.org -if you are injured in an accident or due to someone else's negligence, we strongly recommend looking up the great Michael Bryant at Bradshaw & Bryant:  mnpersonalinjury.com  If you need help with a podc

The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a case meant to block former President Donald Trump from state ballots in 2024. Reporter Dana Ferguson joined the show with the latest.Approximately 100,000 Minnesotans are living with Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. We talk with a neurologist and a patient about living with dementia. Then, we learn about baseball scandal from the World Series of 1919 and its southern Minnesota connection. We hear the story of one of the state's most famous athletes, who was so fast he could only race the clock. Plus, Wally and Eric join us with all the latest sports news.

What are the things that Minnesotans love to tell others about or share on social media that drive you nuts because you could not care any less?

It's the first year of restored voting rights for many formerly incarcerated people and people with felony records in Minnesota.It's a change that was approved during the 2023 legislative session, which followed a move by several other states to restore voting eligibility.The new law is estimated to restore the voting rights of 55,000 Minnesotans who are not currently incarcerated but are serving out the final days of their sentence via probation or supervised release.But it's also facing challenges. In Anoka County, a conservative group has argued that the state constitution requires people convicted of a felony to complete their full sentence before their civil rights are restored.MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests will talk about the effort to register thousands of newly eligible voters, the movement to get those new voters to the polls and the current legal challenges that the law is facing.    Looking for more information about your local elections? There's still time to find out which candidates and questions are on your ballot. Enter your address at Minnesota's ballot finder to see what you'll be voting on. MPR News is also tracking some of the local elections and answering questions for voters statewide. You can find more coverage on school board and municipal elections here.Guests:  Antonio Williams is an alumnus of the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop and founder of T.O.N.E U.P. Inc, an organization that helps formerly incarcerated people find a place back into their communities. Rep. Cedrick Frazier, DFL-New Hope, is serving his second term as a Minnesota State Representative in District 43A. At the Minnesota Legislature, he is Vice Chair of the People of Color and Indigenous Caucus (POCI) and serves as the vice chair on the Judiciary Finance & Civil Law, Education Policy, Public Safety Finance & Policy, and Workforce Development Finance & Policy committees. Rep. Frazier authored the Restore the Vote legislation in the Minnesota House. Brian Bakst is the senior politics editor for MPR News.  Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.  Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.    

Chad argues that Donald Trump absolutely deserves a place on the 2024 ballot before a fun conversation about the things Minnesotans love to post on social media or share friends about that we don't care about.

A new coalition has raised nearly $1 billion to create wealth-building opportunities for Black homeowners, entrepreneurs and commercial developers. It's called “GroundBreak” and it is made up of more than 40 philanthropic, private and public institutions. “It means that these resources will start flowing abundantly, reliably, and most importantly, permanently. So that aspiring homeowners, small business owners, developers can pursue the type of transformation that we want in our community,” Kevin Bennet, senior program officer for the Minneapolis-based GHR Foundation, said during a public announcement Tuesday.The coalition grew from the murder of George Floyd, which brought to light gross inequities for Black people in Minnesota. The $1 billion investment aims to go beyond grants to transform financial systems that have long disadvantaged Black people.MPR News reporter Nina Moini spoke with McKnight Foundation President Tonya Allen, who is helping leading this charge.

Payments on federal student loans resumed in October after a 3-year pause. More than 800,000 people in the state of Minnesota have federal student loan debt. That debt, combined with state and private loans, according to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education, has made the median loan for student borrowers in Minnesota nearly $24,000. Jazz88's Peter Solomon spoke with Kim Miller, financial counselor at LSS Services about what borrowers can do to become informed about loan servicers, repayment options, getting out of default, and where to obtain free financial counseling.

Beginning in 2026, Minnesota will be the 12th state in the union to offer paid family and medical leave for all Minnesotans working in the state. This means Minnesotans will be eligible for up to 20 weeks paid leave for a serious medical condition or to care for a loved one or newborn. With 75% of Minnesota's workforce unable to access paid leave benefits, this new change is welcomed by Minnesota's working class, but doesn't come without tribulations. Author of the bill in the Senate, Alice Mann, joins the crew to talk about the benefits and challenges of the law. 

Tom, Brittany and Tevin all battled the elements on their way into the studio for today's show, and you're going to hear about it. In the first hour, SKOR North's Judd Zulgad talks about the Timberwolves' disappointing start to the season and the fanbase's new found hope for the Vikings to turn their season around, and KSTP's Chris Egert on the mass shooting that happened in Maine on Wednesday night. Hour #2 sees the crew come to find out that Tom has never had a McFlurry or a Blizzard, and discuss a list of places women refuse to go on a first date. In hour #3, we find out what Minnesotans are afraid of. No, it's not missing fishing opener. Probably because there's no word for that. Kristyn Burtt's fear is that they'll keep making Marvel movies, and she's joined by the majority of Gen Z. On the Family, things aren't going so well in the world. People are shooting each other, different people are blowing each other up, and the weed you take to cope is just making things worse. So what do you do? Watch animals be funny, of course. There's a reason cat videos predate the 20th century. Stream the show LIVE on the Tom Barnard Show app M-F from 8-12PM or get the show on-demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom, Brittany and Tevin all battled the elements on their way into the studio for today's show, and you're going to hear about it. In the first hour, SKOR North's Judd Zulgad talks about the Timberwolves' disappointing start to the season and the fanbase's new found hope for the Vikings to turn their season around, and KSTP's Chris Egert on the mass shooting that happened in Maine on Wednesday night. Hour #2 sees the crew come to find out that Tom has never had a McFlurry or a Blizzard, and discuss a list of places women refuse to go on a first date. In hour #3, we find out what Minnesotans are afraid of. No, it's not missing fishing opener. Probably because there's no word for that. Kristyn Burtt's fear is that they'll keep making Marvel movies, and she's joined by the majority of Gen Z. On the Family, things aren't going so well in the world. People are shooting each other, different people are blowing each other up, and the weed you take to cope is just making things worse. So what do you do? Watch animals be funny, of course. There's a reason cat videos predate the 20th century. Stream the show LIVE on the Tom Barnard Show app M-F from 8-12PM or get the show on-demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's popcorn time again!  The fireworks go off today.   The whole squad is here, and we're talking about Tom Emmer, Dean Phillips, Dean Phillips' Bus, The Republican mutually assured destruction orgy-vote, Biden, Trump, Israel & Palestine.    Enjoy and share! Checkout our new Youtube page and we'd appreciate it if you'd share, subscribe, and generally spend most of your day there:   www.youtube.com/@WAE-podcast Watch us live on fb or yt on Wednesdays at 4:30! Enjoy the show and tell a friend!     If you'd consider giving to the show's patreon page....it helps pay our bills (not line our pockets) and as a bonus, you get some cool benefits and prizes, including your membership into our “not a dick” hall of fame:  patreon.com/wrongabouteverythingpodcast please support our sponsors!   if you need a place to store your money, join the thousands of Minnesotans who have saved money with less fees and lower loan rates by joining a MN Credit Union.  To learn more:  mncun.org -if you are injured in an accident or due to someone else's negligence, we strongly recommend looking up the great Michael Bryant at Bradshaw & Bryant:  mnpersonalinjury.com  If you need help with a podcast, video, or livestream check out MBC Multicast Studio!  To learn more, message them at info@mbcmulticast.com -or visit their site at mbcmulticast.com Read More Quick LinksGet Embed PlayerShare on SocialDownload Audio File

Tom, Brittany and Tevin all battled the elements on their way into the studio for today's show, and you're going to hear about it. In the first hour, SKOR North's Judd Zulgad talks about the Timberwolves' disappointing start to the season and the fanbase's new found hope for the Vikings to turn their season around, and KSTP's Chris Egert on the mass shooting that happened in Maine on Wednesday night. Hour #2 sees the crew come to find out that Tom has never had a McFlurry or a Blizzard, and discuss a list of places women refuse to go on a first date. In hour #3, we find out what Minnesotans are afraid of. No, it's not missing fishing opener. Probably because there's no word for that. Kristyn Burtt's fear is that they'll keep making Marvel movies, and she's joined by the majority of Gen Z. On the Family, things aren't going so well in the world. People are shooting each other, different people are blowing each other up, and the weed you take to cope is just making things worse. So what do you do? Watch animals be funny, of course. There's a reason cat videos predate the 20th century. Stream the show LIVE on the Tom Barnard Show app M-F from 8-12PM or get the show on-demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom, Brittany and Tevin all battled the elements on their way into the studio for today's show, and you're going to hear about it. In the first hour, SKOR North's Judd Zulgad talks about the Timberwolves' disappointing start to the season and the fanbase's new found hope for the Vikings to turn their season around, and KSTP's Chris Egert on the mass shooting that happened in Maine on Wednesday night. Hour #2 sees the crew come to find out that Tom has never had a McFlurry or a Blizzard, and discuss a list of places women refuse to go on a first date. In hour #3, we find out what Minnesotans are afraid of. No, it's not missing fishing opener. Probably because there's no word for that. Kristyn Burtt's fear is that they'll keep making Marvel movies, and she's joined by the majority of Gen Z. On the Family, things aren't going so well in the world. People are shooting each other, different people are blowing each other up, and the weed you take to cope is just making things worse. So what do you do? Watch animals be funny, of course. There's a reason cat videos predate the 20th century. Stream the show LIVE on the Tom Barnard Show app M-F from 8-12PM or get the show on-demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Minnesota is home to a robust prison writing community. The Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop teaches creative writing at all of the state's prisons and its members have published novels, poetry and non-fiction. But for the first time, a group of incarcerated writers with the program are the editors of a new anthology. It's called ‘American Precariat' and it comes out on Nov. 14. Zeke Caliguiri, Fong Lee, and Ronald Greer are among the editors of the new book. They joined MPR News Host Cathy Wurzer for a conversation about the book. The Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop is hosting its annual student reading this Saturday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. It'll be at Hamline University and streaming online.Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.Subscribe to the Minnesota Now podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.  We attempt to make transcripts for Minnesota Now available the next business day after a broadcast. When ready they will appear here. 

If there's a through line when it comes to issues that challenge rural communities, it's housing. Without affordable housing, you can't attract a vibrant workforce, support entrepreneurs, keep young families in the area or nourish the deep community roots seniors have planted. Last month, MPR News host Kerri Miller took the issue of affordable housing to Two Harbors, Minn., where she facilitated a town hall discussion about how to creatively solve this bottleneck for rural communities. Community leaders, business owners and North Shore residents talked about the reality of housing costs today and shared what it's like to hunt for a home you can afford in the city where you work. They also brainstormed and debated imaginative solutions. How could zoning changes encourage more buildings? How do you work with longtime home owners to overcome NIMBYism? How do you encourage developers to invest in low-income housing? And what are the ethics of some Minnesotans owning a second home in a region where many residents can't afford one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj_np7hmhPY&list=PLhxMrGXh1eJvpJVEIcGwtEYlOMCqQFCRe&index=2Rural Voice : Affordable HousingThis is part two in a four-part series featuring conversations from the Rural Voice project — a series of town halls hosted by Miller in communities across the Upper Midwest about the rewards and challenges of making a home in rural America. The first discussion, hosted in New Ulm, Minn., focused on how to support rural entrepreneurship.

Some random questions, like how did Jenny get the name Weather Girl Jenny, does Dave have a car in Colorado, we talk about something we'd take back that we did in our lives, words Minnesotans use that the rest of the country doesn't, and more!

The Chad Hartman Show starts off with a conversation about things that Minnesotans do that bug us. Later CBS's Major Garrett talks about his new Podcast about a CIA mole, the Jim Jordan speaker votes, Donald Trump's gag orders and more.

Chad starts off the show with a discussion about things that Minnesotans do that bugs you. From rainfall totals to our obsession with ourselves and more.

A lawsuit over Governor Tim Walz's pandemic powers is getting a state supreme court review. A legal expert weighs in on what this means for the case and the next steps. It's vaccine season, but some Minnesotans are facing roadblocks. A health official will explain why. Plus, the Twin Cities Film Fest kicks off today. We hear from a local filmmaker about her film featuring an inter-tribal love story. He's an unmistakable figure with a booming voice: we learn the Minnesota history behind the Jolly Green Giant. And sports guys Wally and Eric join us as the Minnesota Wild season gets into full swing.

This week we're fruitlessly arguing the pros and cons of living inside an endless simulation of the hellish joke that we call "life on Earth".  As if inspired by the ceaseless violence carried out in service of an unwinnable war, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz, and the Republican Party continue to inflict generational trauma on one another as they wage war for a job that nobody seems to want.  If you have children under the age of 16, cover their eyes for the next 2-3 years.  Enjoy and share! Checkout our new Youtube page and we'd appreciate it if you'd share, subscribe, and generally spend most of your day there:   www.youtube.com/@WAE-podcast Watch us live on fb or yt on Wednesdays at 4:30! Enjoy the show and tell a friend!     If you'd consider giving to the show's patreon page....it helps pay our bills (not line our pockets) and as a bonus, you get some cool benefits and prizes, including your membership into our “not a dick” hall of fame:  patreon.com/wrongabouteverythingpodcast please support our sponsors!   if you need a place to store your money, join the thousands of Minnesotans who have saved money with less fees and lower loan rates by joining a MN Credit Union.  To learn more:  mncun.org -if you are injured in an accident or due to someone else's negligence, we strongly recommend looking up the great Michael Bryant at Bradshaw & Bryant:  mnpersonalinjury.com  If you need help with a podcast, video, or livestream check out MBC Multicast Studio!  To learn more, message them at info@mbcmulticast.com -or visit their site at mbcmulticast.com Read More Quick LinksGet Embed PlayerShare on SocialDownload Audio File  

To celebrate two years of Minnesota Now, the team picked their favorites from the past year. Cathy's pick: Lead Belly's private Minneapolis show“Minnesota Now and Then” is a recurring segment on Minnesota Now. We shared this unique story on our show on May 31. Folk and blues singer Huddie Ledbetter, known by his stage name Lead Belly, had just finished a tour of Minnesota college towns, when he turned up at a friend's Minneapolis home and gave a short concert.It was a moment that would have been lost to music history, except that somebody decided to record it.“I loved the way the producers wove together the lost to time audio with their distinctive storytelling,” said MPR News host Cathy Wurzer. Aleesa's pick: How does incarceration affect a family?Back in January we spoke to Nakisha Armstrong from Hopkins. She hasn't spent a holiday with her dad for over 30 years. He is incarcerated. The father of her two teenage sons, is also incarcerated for the last 15 years.Her experience is not unique. Nakisha is one of 15,000 Minnesotans who have a parent or close relative incarcerated.”Sometimes the conversations we have on Minnesota Now aren't easy. But we are thankful for the people every day willing to be honest with us and Cathy about the sometimes difficult parts of their lives,” said Minnesota Now senior producer Aleesa Kuznetsov.Alanna's pick: Curbing climate change with non-farming landlordsWe learned this year that land use, including agriculture and forestry, is one of Minnesota's largest sources of greenhouse gases. It's second only to transportation.And there's a group of people with some power to help shrink that pollution. They're people who own farmland, but who don't farm it themselves. They own more than a third of the state's farmland.Back in April, MPR News talked to Meg Nielsen who is part of a group called Climate Land Leaders. They recruit and train landowners to try to store carbon and reduce emissions.“I thought this conversation brings together two things we've been talking about on the show this year: family transitions that everyone goes through in some way or another and people feeling the impact of climate change or trying to adapt to it. I also remembered it because of something that, when it happens, is one of my favorite parts of working on this show — when we hear back from people directly that a conversation is resonating with them,” said Minnesota Now producer Alanna Elder.Gretchen's pick: Joe Rainey's avant-garde powwow We've played the music of Joe Rainey on the show on the Minnesota Music Minute segment. He's from the south side of Minneapolis and a citizen of the Red Lake Nation who fuses powwow with experimental electronic music. “I love that this show gives us opportunities to meet our neighbors, even with they are famous musicians with growing buzz nationally and internationally. Joe Rainey is so talented. But in this interview he seemed so down to earth a like someone I'd want to hang out with,” said Minnesota Now producer Gretchen Brown. Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. Subscribe to the Minnesota Now podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.   We attempt to make transcripts for Minnesota Now available the next business day after a broadcast. When ready they will appear here.

Community groups are in Minneapolis are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. And in a speech Wednesday morning, President Biden continued to pledge support for Israel while promising aid to people in Gaza. A U of M professor will help break down the latest in the war. Wednesday is Minnesota Now's second birthday! Happy Birthday to us. We've picked some of our favorite stories from the past year.That includes a conversation with a woman who is one of 15,000 Minnesotans with an incarcerated family member, a landowner who is trying to help address climate change, amazing archival audio of musician Lead Belly and electronic powwow music from Minneapolis musician Joe Rainey. Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.Subscribe to the Minnesota Now podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.   

Recent campaign efforts aim to encourage Minnesotans to cast their ballots ahead of Election Day. It marks a change for Republicans in tone from recent years.That story and more in today's evening update from MPR News. Hosted by Jacob Aloi. Music by Gary Meister.

This Sunday will be 34 years since 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was kidnapped by a masked man at gunpoint. It's a story that is seared into the memories of Minnesotans.For those past 34 years, his mom, Patty, has been the face of the tragedy, the search and the hope through it all. She's become a national advocate for missing children. Today, she'll release her memoir. It's called “Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope.” And it's co-written with Joy Baker, the central Minnesota blogger who Patty credits with helping solve the case. Joy and Patty talked with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer.

Writer David Mura grew up in a Chicago suburb in the middle of the last century, learning, as he says, “how to be white.”  It wasn't until he was in his twenties that he began to explore his identity as a third-generation Japanese American. Over the years and in a dozen books, Mura has reflected on race, cultural identity, popular culture and how his family's experience and the experiences of other non-white Americans were left out of the broad American story. Mura's daughter, Rep. Samantha Sencer-Mura, Minneapolis-DFL, had a very different experience growing up in multiracial Minneapolis in the 1990s with her activist writer father. And, she's found her own way to make sure everyone's history is included. As a newly elected state legislator, she sponsored the legislation this spring that will require Minnesota high schools to offer classes in ethnic studies.MPR News host Angela Davis talks with David Mura and Samantha Sencer-Mura about race, culture and storytelling.The conversation is part of the Power Pair series featuring prominent Minnesotans in a close relationship. Maybe they're siblings, a married couple or best friends. You may know of them separately but they reveal a whole new side of themselves when Angela Davis sits them down together. Listen to past interviews and suggest your own future Power Pair duo here.Guests:  David Mura is a writer and has taught creative writing and literature at the University of Minnesota, St. Olaf College and elsewhere. He's published two memoirs, a novel, several books of poetry and several books of essays including, “The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives.”Samantha Sencer-Mura lives in south Minneapolis and last year became the first Japanese American elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives. She was previously executive director at 826 MSP, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center in the Twin Cities focused on students of color.Subscribe to the MPR News with Angela Davis podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.  Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.    

We're back this week with Amy, Javier, and Brian with no sign of Davis anywhere and I'm freaking out about it.  This week we're talking about the horrific conflict going on between Israel and Palestine (and their proxies and backers) as well as the circumstances surrounding it (ex.  does Putin have a hand in supporting this?).  Enjoy and share!  Don't be a dick, or do...It's your call.   Checkout our new Youtube page and we'd appreciate it if you'd share, subscribe, and generally spend most of your day there:   www.youtube.com/@WAE-podcast Watch us live on fb or yt on Wednesdays at 4:30! Enjoy the show and tell a friend!     If you'd consider giving to the show's patreon page....it helps pay our bills (not line our pockets) and as a bonus, you get some cool benefits and prizes, including your membership into our “not a dick” hall of fame:  patreon.com/wrongabouteverythingpodcast please support our sponsors!   if you need a place to store your money, join the thousands of Minnesotans who have saved money with less fees and lower loan rates by joining a MN Credit Union.  To learn more:  mncun.org -if you are injured in an accident or due to someone else's negligence, we strongly recommend looking up the great Michael Bryant at Bradshaw & Bryant:  mnpersonalinjury.com  If you need help with a podcast, video, or livestream check out MBC Multicast Studio!  To learn more, message them at info@mbcmulticast.com -or visit their site at mbcmulticast.com

Tom, Brittany, and Tevin close out the first week of the show at its new time with a special surprise guest making a stop by the studio! In the first hour, SKOR North's Phil Mackey talks about how Twins fans have now properly broken in Target field and shares a song that is the soundtrack of his life, and KSTP's Chris Egert shares the latest headline regarding Mike Lindell along with other political news stories. Hour #2 sees Bob Sansevere hear all about Brittany's tennis prowess in her latest triumph over the elderly, and Kent Hrbek previews the Twins ALDS matchup with Houston when special guest Jeff Passolt drops by the studio! In hour #3 Eric Andre is on The Eric Andre Explosion tour, and he'll be in St. Paul at the Palace Theatre tomorrow, October 7th. The lack of serial killer victims buried under his hotel is one of the things that attracted him to St. Paul specifically. On The Family, we learn Scott Freitag has had it rough. Between getting diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer and his son's suicide, he's had every opportunity to give up. Instead, he's biking 11,000 miles for Miles For Money. That's determination. Stream the show LIVE on the Tom Barnard Show app M-F from 8-12PM or get the show on-demand on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, host Jeff Crank delves into the vital role of free speech in fostering understanding and preventing divisive policies. Guest RaeAnna Lee from Americans for Prosperity's Minnesota chapter shares a chilling tale of a proposed Minnesota law that threatened to pit citizens against each other over their opinions.   Together, they discuss the dangers of cancel culture, the essence of the First Amendment, and the imperative of remaining vigilant to protect our rights. #americanpotential    Check out American Potential here: https://americanpotential.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanPotentialPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/americanpotentialpodcast/  X: https://twitter.com/AMPotentialPod YouTube: https://youtube.com/@americanpotentialpodcast?si=TQcA8jBhehDH7Vx9