AM950 Best of Interviews

AM950 Best of Interviews

Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota
Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Brett Johnson with Max Nesterak (8/26/25)

Brett was joined by Max Nesterak, the deputy editor of the Minnesota Reformer who reports on labor and housing. Today’s topics included the DNC meetings in Minneapolis, minimum wage raises and a labor dispute with University of Minnesota service workers. Find more at: https://minnesotareformer.com/

Kat Abughazaleh with Matt – August 26, 2025

Kat Abughazaleh is a journalist and candidate for Illinois’s 9th congressional district.

Elizabeth Glidden with Mike McIntee – August 25, 2025

Elizabeth Glidden is Deputy Director of the Minnesota Housing Partnership.

Alee Schmierer with Mike McIntee – August 25, 2025

Mary Hartnett with Mike McIntee – August 25, 2025

Mary Hartnett has served as the Executive Director of three different nonprofits, the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans. She has also worked as a lobbyist and consultant to nonprofits and state agencies. She has decades of experience working on voter education, voter engagement and voting rights. She has organized and mobilized…

Nekima Levy Armstrong with Mike McIntee – August 25, 2025

Nekima Levy Armstrong is an award-winning civil rights lawyer, scholar-activist, and past president of the Minneapolis NAACP. She is a frequent speaker on national and international news outlets about racial justice advocacy and public policy, most notably including an interview with Oprah. Nekima is also a best-selling author, entrepreneur, and podcast host.

AM950 at the State Fair- August 21, 2025

John Parker and Jim Pounds host the Gaily Show every weekday at 2 PM on AM950, plus the podcast This Queer Book Saved My Life. Robert Pilot hosts Native Roots Radio weeknights at 5 PM, and Greg Bakun does GhostBox Radio every weeknight at 10 PM.

Jeff Stein with Matt – August 20, 2025

Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo joins Matt every Wednesday at 3:30.

Brett Johnson with Patrick Coolican (8/19/25)

Brett is joined by Patrick Coolican, editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer. Today they talk about a Ramsey Co. court ruling that could have massive impacts on the legislature, Keith Ellison suing Tik Tok and why right wing media outlets are giving a platform to Vance Boelter, the killer of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband,…

Ellie Krug with Matt – August 19, 2025

Ellie Krug is the host of The Illegal Trans Woman, airing at 4 PM Saturdays on AM950 and also a noted author having just released her new memoir Being Ellen: A Second Chance at Lifw.