Do Different Better – Ep. 58: Stocks, Options, and Breaking Free: Wealth on Your Terms

This week on the Do.Different.Better Show, we’re breaking down investing like never before—with none other than Fadi Habib, founder of Legacy Wealth Builder Academy. A former exec at BlackBerry and Sun Life turned wealth coach and educator, Fadi’s here to make options investing make sense—especially for professionals of color, immigrants, and first-gen wealth builders who’ve…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Feels Out Loud – Ep. 24: Mental Health Through the Decades

Perceptions, values, and beliefs around mental health have changed through the decades. Influencing factors and societal responses have shifted intensely! Join Becky McNattin and Tara Martini, as they host guests Amy Gold and Danielle Sorenson, to engage in meaningful dialogue about generational differences in supporting emotional struggle and overall mental wellness.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

The Illegal Trans Woman – Ep. 31: Encore of Meta’s Misinformation, Leigh Finke’s Trans Refuge Policy, and Chris Hayes’ Allyship

This is an encore of episode 6 from January 11, 2025: The Big Story this week is Meta’s decision to discontinue fact checking and how, inevitably, that will result in more transphobic postings and the risk of cascading marginalization of transgender and gender expansive people. The Big Interview is with Leigh Finke, the first out…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Drink in the Style Live! Episode 9

This month on Drink in the Style – we’re hitting the road! On June 21 we had a live broadcast from Else Warehouse in the North Loop. In the second episode we recorded, hosts Gregory Rich and Bethany Wrede Peterson welcome Jean Bardot, an internationally acclaimed dominatrix who explores domination as an art form. It’s…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

GhostBox Radio – Ghosts of the American Revolution 7.02.25

Tonight on GhostBox Radio with Greg Bakun, Greg talks with Author Sam Baltrusis as we celebrate the 4th of July with talking about his book “Ghosts of the Revolution” and also other books he has written about regarding spirits and the period around the American Revolution. E-mail: comment@ghostboxradio.com Join our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/iEhEl2 Please consider…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Jake Wittich, Managing Editor of Windy City Times, UPenn’s shocking capitulation, and Big Ugly Bill updates

Jake Wittich, Managing Editor of Windy City Times, is back to talk about how Trans Up Front is changing Illinois and how Greg Harris was honored decades of LGBTQ+ advocacy. Plus, we talk about the Big Ugly Bill and UPenn’s humiliation.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

The Matt McNeil Show – Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Matt relflects on this particular Independence Day weekend; news roundup; Jeff Stein makes his weekly visit; local fireworks displays this week; the right-s obsessive pursuit of deportatiions; man deported before he could be convicted of drunk driving death he caused; some MN counties announce agreements with ICE; online threats against the governor; how federal budget…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Big Ugly Bill for queer folks, Supreme Courts gearing up to attack LGBTQ kids again

We take a look at the big ugly bills impacts on the LGBTQ community. Plus the Supreme Court is already gearing up to attack LGBTQ kids again when they come back from summer break.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Drink in the Style Live! Episode 8

This month on Drink in the Style – we’re hitting the road! On June 21 we had a live broadcast from Else Warehouse in the North Loop. In the first episode we recorded, hosts Gregory Rich and Bethany Wrede Peterson welcome Diana Cardenas, a visual artist known for her bold figurative and geometric work. It’s…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

The Matt McNeil Show – June 30, 2025

Matt is back from vacation; JB Pritzker, the NYC mayoral race, and moderate Democrats; federal budget discussions ongoing; $100B in tariffs and duties collected; Pride weekend recap; Deephaven man arrested for threats; prepper background of assassin; Gov. Walz’s visit to Bemidji.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Feels Out Loud – Ep. 23: Mom Shaming

In our latest episode, we continue our conversation on motherhood and explore the concept of “mom shaming.” Through research findings, personal reflection, and therapeutic strategies, hosts Tara Martini and Becky McNattin will look at what it is, why it exists, and what we can do to replace the shaming with supporting.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

GhostBox Radio – Casual Friday 6.27.25

It’s Casual Friday as we ease into the weekend we take a look at Paranormal News freshly ripped from the Internet, Listener Question & Feedback, Feedback from the Question of the Week. E-mail: comment@ghostboxradio.com Listen Live Streaming: www.am950radio.com Watch Live: www.facebook.com/MNGhostBox www.facebook.com/AM950Radio www.facebook.com/ParaFriendsEvents/ www.facebook.com/gethauntedusa www.facebook.com/PUNMedia1 Website: www.ghostboxradio.com Twitter: @mnghostbox #GhostBoxRadio #AM950 #GregBakun #ParanormalRadio #ParanormalPodcast #TalkRadio…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Connections Radio – Live Pride Special – June 28, 2025

Laurie Fitz and Rick Bernardo visit with playwright and Walking Shadow Theatre Company’s artistic director, John Heimbuch—broadcasting live from the Twin Cities Pride Festival in Minneapolis’s Loring Park. We discuss their recent debut of “Mae West and the Trial of Sex,” how it relates to recent modern social trials, plus upcoming Walking Shadow productions. –…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

The Illegal Trans Woman – Ep. 30: Live at Twin Cities Pride

It’s a live show from Pride 2025 at Loring Park in Minneapolis! I share about how it was Pride 2008 when I first went out in public as my true self, as Ellie. I visited a bar named Pi (now long closed) where the doorway person said, “Welcome, we’re happy that you’re here.” It made…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

The Matt McNeil Show – June 27 2025

Bruce Klopfleisch fills in for Matt today. Ellie Krug joins Bruce to discuss today’s Supreme Court decision about Tennessee’s ban on trans youth care; Pema Levy of Mother Jones joins the show; gun study shows gun-permissive states with excess youth deaths; Bruce answers listener questions; Trump administration sues Minnesota over undocumented immigrants paying lower tuition;…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Christopher Kane of the Chicago Blade and upcoming Supreme Court decisions

Christopher Kane of the Washington Blade returns to discuss national stories with the Supreme Court, North Carolina politics, and Representative Robert Garcia, plus John and Jim on the dread of upcoming Supreme Court decisions

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Tammye Nash returns, plus Rep. Sarah McBride’s comments and religion in schools

Tammye Nash from the Dallas Voice returns in the second half of the show today, while John and Jim also discuss reliigon in schools and touch on Rep. McBride’s comment that maybe LGBY supporters overplayed their hand.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

GhostBox Radio – The Secret War Between Aliens, Shadow People & Us w/ Heidi Hollis 6.23.25

Tonight on GhostBox Radio with Greg Bakun, Greg talks with Author Heidi Hollis as we discuss The Secret War: Between Aliens, Shadow People & Us. This is going to be a lively conversation that is not to be missed! E-mail: comment@ghostboxradio.com Join our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/iEhEl2 Please consider subscribing to me on Patreon for as…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

LGBTQ media survey, plus facts won’t change minds about LGBTQ people, search warrants unsealed in case against Boelter, LGBTQ foreign policy, and Twin Cities Pride

Our first annual LGBTQ media survey is open. It aims to discover where folks get LGBTQ news, perceptions of how media covers LGBTQ community, utilization of LGBTQ media, preferred content, & the role of radio/podcasts. Take the survey here: https://tinyurl.com/LGBTQMEDIASURVEY. It’s time to acknowledge that facts don’t and won’t change people’s minds when it comes…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

The Matt McNeil Show – June 24, 2025

Greg Bakun fills in for Matt on this Monday Greg talks about the events of the weekend from the current administration Greg has on an Animation historian and ME TV Cartoons Refined Devine Psychic Medium Deb joins Greg for hour 2 talking about grounding and one question readings

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Do Different Better – Ep. 57: How to Save Your First $100K (Even on a Modest Income)

Saving your first $100,000 is hard—but it’s not impossible. This week on the Do.Different.Better Show, Elaine Rasmussen sits down with Paul Craan, founder of Peachtree Training Services, who’s helped professionals from all walks of life break free from paycheck-to-paycheck living and step into financial freedom. In this episode: Why the first $100K is the hardest—and…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Episode 50 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

This week Bruce highlights the 24th amendment, which abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections. Plus this week in Republican fascism and how the Senate version of the big horrible bill is even worse than the House version.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Boldly Challenging Ableism – S1 E5: Matt McClean on Living as a Disabled Transgender Man

Katrina is joined by Matt McClean who talks about identity and the intersectionality of living as a disabled transgender man. We talk a little bit about the fears that trans people must contend with during these difficult times.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Feels Out Loud – Ep. 22: Maternal Mental Health

Motherhood is a beautiful gift that also brings a host of changes in one’s life from sleep patterns and relationships to an impact on the mother’s mental health. Join hosts Becky McNattin and Tara Martini as well as guest, Macey Christian, as she shares her experience walking alongside women as they navigate motherhood and supporting…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 75: Previewing Pride 2025 Weekend!

This week Andi and Rina discuss all things 2025 Twin Cities Pride weekend! You’ll learn about all things from transportation to parking, the Stronger Together Parade and even this year’s new bull ride! Tune in and learn more about this year’s festival.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

The Illegal Trans Woman – Ep. 29: SCOTUS, Trans Rights, and the Fallout of Skrmetti

We spend most of the show talking about US v. Skrmetti, in which the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Tennessee’s ban on gender affirming care (GAC) for transgender minors and youth under 18. This was a horrible decision for my community, and we have Terri Nelson, the Legal Director for the MN ACLU,…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Living Healthy and Aging Well – June 17, 2025

Tyler Leonard, President and caregiver of SeniorAsset, joins host Ken Haglind on the “Living Healthy and Aging Well” radio show to discuss how companion care services can help improve seniors’ quality of life and give peace of mind to their loved ones. After a head injury forced a career change, Tyler founded his business in…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

The Illegal Trans Woman – Ep. 28: Fear, Clinics, and the Fight for Trans Health

The Big Story is about the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital deciding to shutter gender affirming care services for youth and younger adults, all because its CEO has become fearful of threats by the Trump administration; this most certainly will chill other s Blue state clinics that provide similar care. Ugh! The Big Interview is with…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Feels Out Loud – Ep. 21: Friendship: When to embrace and when to let it go

Join hosts Becky McNattin and Tara Martini, as we explore a very universal concept: friendship. We explore the connection between friendship and our mental health, as well as when to foster those relationships and when it is time to let them go. If you want to explore your own friendships in your life , tune…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Boldly Challenging Ableism – S1 E4: Brian Begin on Fair Wages for Workers with Disabilities

Host Katrina Simons is joined by Brian Begin for a conversation about Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act—a provision that allows employers to pay subminimum wages to workers with disabilities under specific federal certification. Brian breaks down how this law impacts workers today and shares insight into the growing movement to ensure people…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 74: Jillian Hiscock – A Bar of Their Own

This week Andi and Rina are joined by Jillian Hiscock, owner of a Bar of Their Own and TC Pride’s small business owner of the year. We’ll talk about Jillian’s inspiration behind her women’s sports centered bar, how she made it happen and why you should check it out!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Theatre, Film, and TV reviews galore

John and Gaily Show Executive Producer Jim Pounds have reviews galore for your weekend! Theatrical productions: Mae West and The Trial of Sex at Crane Theatre and Significant Other at Lyric Arts. Films: The Lost Boys and The Summer of Carmen. Television: Everything I Like and with HBO’s Gilded Age returning this month, we look…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Building community in Pride season with Queermunity

Hilary Otey, co-founder of Queermunity in Minneapolis, discusses how Queermunity programmed  feels like an answer to the question of how to create Pride programming for marginalized folks within mainstream Pride celebrations. View all of their events for Pride season here: https://www.queermunitymn.com/events

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Boldly Challenging Ableism – S1 E3: Inclusive Learning Beyond High School w/ Mary Hauff & Dupree Edwards

Mary Hauff, Director, Minnesota Inclusive Higher Education Consortium, Institute on Community Integration, and Dupree Edwards, Lead State Advisor on Systems Change, Institute on Community Integration. Minnesota Inclusive Higher Education Consortium director Mary Hauff and Lead State Advisor on Systems Change Dupree Edwards talk about the Minnesota Inclusive Higher Education Consortium and the importance of being…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Do Different Better – Ep. 56: From Hustle to Exit: The Real Boss Moves on Taxes, Exits and Freedom

On this premiere episode of the Do.Different.Better Show, I’m sitting down with Peter Culver, co-founder of Freedom Family Office, to unpack the game-changing strategies that help entrepreneurs get free—financially and generationally. Peter breaks down: ✅ What “rich beyond money” really means ✅ How to plan your business exit—even if you’re just starting ✅ The truth…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Feels Out Loud – Ep. 20: Playfulness, humor, and mental health

So often we associate playfulness with childhood. We think of spontaneity, silliness, and imaginative wonder as concepts not aligning with adulthood. But why do we do this? And what is the mental health impact of a life without goofiness, laughter, and playful energy? Join hosts Becky McNattin and Tara Martini as they ponder the gift…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 73: Pride Sponsorship Dilemma

This week Andi and Rina discuss the sponsorship dilemma many Pride festivals are experiencing, including Twin Cities Pride. Some of TC Pride’s sponsors aren’t returning this year, whether it was by their choice or TC Pride’s. It’s a complex situation that’s not all bad news. Andi and Rina will tell you why!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Food Freedom Radio – June 7, 2025

In this episode, we explore the ideas of Otto Scharmer, author of Presencing and founder of the Presencing Institute. Scharmer grew up on a regenerative farm, where he first learned that soil is alive—a lesson that shaped his understanding of how humans interact with the world around them. He now applies that same insight to…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

The Illegal Trans Woman – Ep. 27: Encore of Bans, Anti-LGBTQ Bias & Becoming Vanessa

This is an encore of episode 10 from February 8, 2025: We begin with Trump signing two more executive orders this week. One banned trans girls/young women from participating in women’s sports across the country (and the NCAA immediately agreed to ban trans athletes). The second EO creates a “Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias”…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

The Illegal Trans Woman – Ep. 26: Trans Athletes, California Backtracks, Henry Fiximer

This week’s Big Story is about how the California Interscholastic Federation has buckled to anti-trans athlete pressure by announcing that any cisgender female athlete who loses to a transgender female athlete will be automatically deemed to have made the cut/placed for purposes of qualifying for a competition. Given how California leads the nation in so…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Episode 47 of Politics Matters with Bruce Klopfleisch

This week we cover the 21st amendment to the constitution that repealed the 18th Amendment, which had established nationwide prohibition. Also we continue discussing cuts to Medicaid and start a new series on Republican fascism.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Boldly Challenging Ableism – S1 E2: Ableism and Etiquette Rules w/ Joe Carr

This week host Katrina Simon speaks with Graduating student Joe Carr, who shares with us his “etiquette rules.” Joe talks about his advocacy work and his plans moving forward as he finishes his transition program and life as a student living with a disability. That’s Boldly Challenging Ableism this Sunday at 2 or anytime via…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Feels Out Loud – Ep. 19: Connected in Coupledom

The life of a couple can be challenging, particularly when it comes to nurturing connection. Knowing how to effectively cope with stressors and navigate relational depletion is full of hardship. Join hosts Becky McNattin and Tara Martini, as they welcome couples therapist Erica Johnson to share about building and sustaining healthy romantic relationships. If you…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 72: Schools Out! Kids During the Summer Months

This week Andi and Rina visit with Tara Martini from Becoming Together Therapy and Wellness Collective. They’ll talk about the impacts our kids face in the summer months, especially in the LGBTQ+ community. We’ll give you all the tips, tricks and how to prepare for this summer!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

The Illegal Trans Woman – Ep. 25: Trump’s Bill and the War on Trans Lives

The Big Story comes out of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill and how in the dead of night, MAGA Republicans added a provision to strip gender affirming care from every transgender person on Medicaid. God. The Big Interview is with Katelyn Burns, a political reporter/journalist who offers her take on what’s happening to trans people in…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Drink in the Style Live! Episode 7

Host Gregory Rich welcomes Twin Cities based artist Bob Hest. Bob believes “a successful painting must tell the audience who that person is,” and his bold, expressive style reflects just that—portraits not just of faces, but of emotion, story, and identity as well as abstracts that are not your typical landscapes, objects and events. Bob…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Living Healthy and Aging Well – May 24, 2025

This episode originally aired February 22, 2025: Jeff Johnson, Executive Director at Can Do Canines, joins host Ken Haglind on “Living Healthy and Aging Well” radio show to share how assistance dogs transform people’s lives. Since 1989, Can Do Canines has provided more than 900 assistance dogs to people with disabilities, all free of charge.…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Midnight at the Cinema Palace, plus Mae West and the Trial of Sex

Christopher Tradowsky’s debut novel Midnight at the Cinema Place drops June 10. His novel is a luminant exploration of 90s queer culture and the complexities of friends discovering love and themselves in San Francisco. Walking Shadow’s production of Mae West and the Trial of Sex opens May 31 at Walking Shadow Theater in Minneapolis. Its…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Native Roots Radio Presents: I’m Awake – May 21, 2025

In partnership with LMC and MPR, Robert and Haley welcome back All Nations Rise IPLI Program Manager Beth Ann Hedman-Dodds with cohort graduate Geri Goodman! After, hear a chat on heart health with Indian Health Board’s Indi Prairie Chicken and Hennepin County’s Samantha Lucas-Pipkorn!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Chicago’s surprise LGBTQ Director Search, a new LGBTQ Candidate running for Congress in Illinois, and Hastings Pride is almost here!

Jake Wittich, Managing Editor for Windy City Times, is back with his reporting on Chicago’s surprise search for an LGBTQ Director, Cook County’s LGBTQ Commissioner Kevin Morrison is running for Congress, and a look back, and forward, of Chicago’s En La Vida magazine. Plus, Hastings PRIDE is coming up, we chat with organizers about why…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More

Christopher Kane, White House Correspondent for the Washington Blade

Christopher Kane returns to the Gaily Show to give us an inside look at what’s happening in DC. Christopher is the White House Correspondent for the Washington Blade. Read Christopher’s reporting here: https://www.washingtonblade.com/author/christopher-kane/ Learn more about the Washington Blade and it’s membership plans here https://washingtonblade.ac-page.com/support-washington

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Read More