Podcasts

Assume a Spherical Duck

Up and at ’Em is the wrong forum for a serious discussion of the standoff in Hong Kong.

Guest: Matt Bilski

Then I Shall Cut Out the White Bread

What does milk and explosives in 1910 have to do with today’s minimum wage ordinances?

Guest: Mike Carpenter‚ Ph.D.

The Governor’s Fart Car

The governor doesn‘t know that you can‘t have a conference committee without calling a special session.

Guest: Andy Aplikowski

Tasty Pinch

Mayor Frey Fry got hacked.

Guest: Mike Carpenter‚ Ph.D.

Takoyaki Tacos

Pilot Brad Johnson is back from Japan and he brought delicious candy.

Guest: Brad Johnson

Thou Shalt Not Theft By Swindle

More DHS employees whistleblowing over wrongdoing and retaliation inside the entrenched bureaucracy.

Guest: Nancy LaRoche

Botched, Belittled, and Beleaguered

How are we gonna fix MnLARS? We're gonna do the thing Ben suggested years ago.

Guest: Andrew Smith

The Olson Method

Maj Dave Hughes is running for Congress in Minnesota’s Seventh.

Guests: Barbara Thomas Smith and Dave Hughes

One Minnesota: We Fail Slowly

Tim Walz on DHS: “The problem we have many times in government is we fail slowly.”

Guest: Brad Johnson

Budgeting Tornado Siren

Elected officials love taxes where the burden of the tax falls on people who aren’t eligible to vote.

Guests: John Spry‚ Ph.D. and Melissa Sauser

S#!tshow

Ben finally finds a soap opera theme song for the DHS chaos.

Guest: Mike Carpenter‚ Ph.D.

Punk Parenting

How Republicans can win in the Twin Cities. Also, energy legislation and punk parenting.

Guests: Angela Sedlacek, Chris Fields, and David Osmek