Brett Johnson was joined by data reporter for the Minnesota Reformer, Alyssa Chen. They talked about her recent article talking about how the feds are impacting Minnesota’s Medicaid funding shortfall. Read more at: https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/08/31/minnesota-medicaid-spending-is-accelerating-projected-to-reach-29b-in-2029/

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Matt was live at the State Fair where he was joined by State Rep. Rick Hansen from district 53B.

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Matt was joined by Christy Branham and Monica Healy, who host The Politics Chicks, a progressive politics podcast and independent news publication featuring investigative journalism, original political reporting, in-depth interviews, and fact-based analysis of U.S. politics, democracy, elections, and public policy.

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Matt was joined live at the State Fair by Doug Chapin, who is the DFL nominee is the 6th Congressional district against Republican Tom Emmer.

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Zack Filipovich is the DFL candidate for State Auditor.

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Steve Simon is Minnesota’s 22nd Secretary of State. He was sworn into office on January 5, 2015, and as Minnesota’s chief elections administrator pledged in his inaugural address to “work with anyone, of any political affiliation, from any part of our state” to protect, defend, and strengthen the right to vote in Minnesota.

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Brett Johnson was joined by the editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer, Patrick Coolican. Today they talked about Patrick’s column on the Minnesota Attorney General race, pushback against Xcel Energy rate hikes and updates on the extradition of ICE agent Christian Castro. Read more about what they talked about at: https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/08/25/attorney-general-race-why-would-we-enlist-a-trump-ally-in-our-fight-against-trump/ https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/08/24/attorney-general-keith-ellison-consumer-advocates-urge-state-board-to-reconsider-xcels-hefty-increase/ https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/08/18/ag-keith-ellison-sues-texas-governor-for-failure-to-extradite-ice-agent-charged-with-assault/

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I’m Michael Brodkorb. I’m a husband and a father. I work in communications, media, and research. I ran a marathon. I rescued ducklings from a sewer. I also wrote an award-winning true-crime book. Overall, I’ve done some bad – I’ve done some good. If you follow my website for updates, you’ll learn about both.

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Matt was joined by Greg June to talk about Jason Watson, a US service member who was arrested on the steps of the US Capitol last month after calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

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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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