AM950 Best of Interviews

Matt has our weekly chat with national political expert Jeff Stein. Today they talk about mess that is the Iran war, Trump being a terrible negotiator and Indiana and Michigan election results.
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Brett’s back with our weekly conversation with Patrick Coolican, editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer. Today they talk about another Minnesotan with no criminal record still being held by ICR despite medical issues; Amy Klobuchar pivoting from Tim Walz and uncivil posts by our members of Congress (hint: one in particular is a big offender). Read…
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Matt was joined by Patti Vasquez, who hosts Driving it Home with Patti Vasquez weeknights from 9-10. They talk about how to deal with all the negative news from Trump II, will Republicans abandon Trump if his approval ratings keep falling and more.
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Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo and the Iowa Politics Report joins Matt every Wednesday at 3:30 to cover national politics.
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Brett has our weekly conversation with Patrick Coolica, editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer. They talked about the feds conducting more raids related to medicaid fraud, data center construction in Minnesota and what kind of Governor would Amy Klobuchar be should she win this fall. Find more about what they talked about at: https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/28/feds-serve-22-search-warrants-related-to-fraud-investigations/ https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/27/minnesotas-long-predicted-data-center-boom-is-on-shaky-ground/ https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/22/what-kind-of-governor-would-amy-klobuchar-be/
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Matt McNeil and Michael Brodkorb analyze the Vikings draft picks from yesterday and the rest of the weekend.
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Celebrate spring with the Friends of the Institute and Mia with a month of Art in Bloom in April! Presented by the Friends, this year’s floral festival is blooming with more family events, hands-on workshops, public tours, and Mall of America floral demonstrations and coloring contests. Starting in April, kids can have fun at Art…
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Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo and the Iowa Politics Report joins Matt every Wednesday at 3:30 to cover national politics.
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Brett Johnson has our weekly conversation with Patrick Coolican, editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer. They talked about the Reformer’s new report about how Minnesota’s Medicaid spending doubled across 14 programs at ‘high risk’ of fraud in past 5 years and White Christian Nationalism in Minnesota. Read more about what they talked about at: https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/21/minnesotas-spending-doubled-across-14-medicaid-programs-at-high-risk-of-fraud-in-past-5-years/ https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/04/21/cities-church-and-its-white-christian-nationalism-deserve-scrutiny/
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Anita Talsma Gaul is a community college instructor from southwest Minnesota.
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