Minnesota Progressive Repartee

Minnesota Progressive Repartee

Weekdays 4-5PM

It's our daily repartee from 4-5 PM. What does repartee mean? Conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies. It's progressive radio without the pledge drives or tote bags!

Minnesota Progressive Repartee - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota
Minnesota Progressive Repartee - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Minnesota Progressive Repartee - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Minnesota Progressive Repartee – May 14, 2019

Doug hosts our Repartee and talks about the scheduled execution of Donnie Johnson in Tennesse and how Doug knows Donnie and is fighting to stop the execution. You can call the Tennessee governor at (615) 741-2001. Then why we need more transparency when passing budget bills at the state legislature. Also Kenza Hadj-Moussa of Take…

Minnesota Progressive Repartee – May 13, 2019

Doug and Hunter host the Repartee. Valley Fair announces new extreme food to get adults to visit the amusement park. Joe Biden crosses a picket line to collect donations for fundraising his campaign. Labor Union leaders warned Joe but he unfortunately did not follow the suggestions. Being a front runner for the Democratic Party how…

Minnesota Progressive Repartee – May 10, 2019

Doug hosts our Repartee and shares his thoughts on public radio and the industry as a whole. Then Doug and Brett take the news quiz. Do they surpass last week’s score of 9 out of 10. Also Richard Painter chimes in on Barr being held in contempt in Congress, Trump Jr. testifying before the senate,…

Minnesota Progressive Repartee – May 9, 2019

Brett Johnson and Hunter are hosting the Repartee. We talk about: Trump is going to make the economy the centerpiece of his 2020 campaign. But is the economy really booming? What are stock buy backs and how they’re creating a massive credit bubble. The flawed logic of saying anyone in the US "illegally" should be…

Minnesota Progressive Repartee – May 8, 2019

 Uber Drivers Strike Today As Part Of Nationwide Protest Minnesota Progressive Repartee for May 8th 2019. The Repartee was established in 2019 and we are a pro-union pro-labor radio program. A tagline for the show “not crossing the picket line since two-zero-one-nine” today we support Uber drivers and their international strike ahead of tomorrows…

Minnesota Progressive Repartee – May 7, 2019

Doug hosts today’s Repartee and speaks with Jared Yates Sexton, author of The Man They Wanted Me to Be, as they discuss how toxic masculinity leading to the rise of Donald Trump. Then Doug talks about how he ran into Rep. Aisha Gomez when his breakfast group was talking about taxes.

Minnesota Progressive Repartee – May 6, 2019

Final Mayday Parade, Doug learns of the socialist roots of International Workers of The World Day. Big day for Michael Cohen, he reported to prison today. Prison reform, should prisoners be allowed to vote. Sometimes laws change what is the morality of crime? Obstruction of justice is a no brainer why don’t they impeach? Trump…

Minnesota Progressive Repartee – May 3, 2019

Doug hosts today’s Repartee and talks about the renaming of Lake Bde Maka Ska back to Calhoun. Also Richard Painter on the Barr hearings from this week.

Minnesota Progressive Repartee – May 2, 2019

Minnesota Progressive Repartee as Brett Johnson and Hunter Hawes discuss: The Trump administration wants to monitor social media profiles of Americans receiving disability benefits. Anyone claiming to be disabled yet caught on social media engaging in physical activities could be flagged as possibly gaming the system. What happened to #DontTreadOnMe? We continue Tuesday’s discussion about…

Minnesota Progressive Repartee – May 1, 2019