Hidden Edges Radio – James Lekatz of the Interact Center (1/21/18)

Guest: James Lekatz, Performing Arts Instructor Grit and Resiliency Tips: Interact Center employs mainly performing artists with disabilities; a company of approximately 35 is paid both for performances and rehearsals. The artists live with physical and/or emotional disabilities; James spoke of how many of the artists have found “their voice” through theater after years of…

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Hidden Edges Radio – Delano, MN Coming Together To Face Racism Head – On (1/7/18)

Guest: Dale Graunke, Mayor of Delano Grit and Resiliency Tips: As Delano dealt with a racism incident that impacted a family of color, Dale advises that the town learned the value of giving everyone a voice.   Quick Summary: In March 2017, someone broke into the home of one of the few families of color…

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Hidden Edges Radio – Trans United Fund: Empowering Transgender Political Candidates (12/24/17)

Our interview of the Trans United Front was the first for a MN-based media organization and highlighted the value of a specific affinity group (transgender humans) being intentional about working to put group members into elected office. A portion of the interview centered on the hotly contested election that Danica Roem won, which unseated a man (who self-described as “Virginia’s homophobe-in-chief”) who had held that seat for more than 20 years.

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Hidden Edges Radio – Iris Perez: A Role Model For Minnesota Latinas (12/17/17)

Iris Perez has lived in the Twin Cities since 2012, when she moved from Detroit to take a job with Fox 9 news. She is of Puerto Rican descent and is one of the relatively few visible Latinas working in the broader range of Twin Cities media. Our H.E.R. interview highlighted that Iris is a dynamic woman whose leadership off the screen is as important as her role modeling on the screen.

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The Mike McIntee Show – October 30, 2017

Manafort Monday continues as Mike speaks with Ali Watkins, National Security Correspondent with Politico, about the fallout of the indictments of Manafort and Gates and the guilty plea of Papadopoulos. Also a conservation with St. Paul Green Party mayoral candidate Elizabeth Dickinson.

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The Mike McIntee Show – October 6, 2017

Mike is live from Duluth at the AFSCME gubernatorial forum. He speaks with Betty Follliard about this weekend’s episode of A Woman’s Place (heard on AM 950 Sat. at 11 AM and Sun. at 2 pm) where Betty spoke with Minneapolis mayor Betsy Hodges and Nekima Levy Pounds about sexism in political campaigning. Also Marie…

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The Matt McNeil Show – September 25, 2017

Matt gets 10 more minutes of his life back everyday with 169 finally reopening. Then it’s the big issues of the day: the impending failure of the Graham/Cassidy Obamacare repeal, crisis in Puerto Rico, and Trump attacking black athletes. Is Trump using the attacks as a distraction from the Russia investigations and the hurricane disasters…

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The Mike McIntee Show – September 20, 2017

Mike speaks with Crystal police reserves captain Nathan Betters about what members of the police reserve do on the job. CD3 candidate Dean Phillips chimes in on the latest Obamacare repeal effort and respond to criticisms from Erik Paulsen. Also an interview with GOP gubernatorial candidate Christopher Chamberlin.

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The Matt McNeil Show – September 20, 2017

Besides our usual progressive talk, Matt briefly touches on the lack of success for Minnesota sports teams. Then some interesting expenses charged by the MN Republican legislature when they weren’t in session. #RandyinCoonRapids calls in with praise for Trump’s shameful UN speech. Jack Rice also joins to talk about that speech.

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The Mike McIntee Show – September 18, 2017

On today’s show: Mike speaks with two guests: Kai Wright of the Nation on white identity politics and white terrorism and David Mark of the Morning Consult on polling data talking about Trump’s compromise deals with Democrats. Plus your calls.

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