Best of Interviews

Matt speaks with Susan Du of City Pages about her story where Minnesota workers allege wage theft occurred at state-subsidized project in Thief River Falls.

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John Marty (Matt McNeil Show - 6/6/19) by AM950 Radio

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Dr. Scott Shamblott (Minnesota Progressive Repartee 05/29/2019) by AM950 Radio

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 05/29/2019) by AM950 Radio

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Ian Millhiser - MN Progressive Repartee - May 28, 2019 by AM950 Radio

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 05/22/2019) by AM950 Radio

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Trace Beaulieu (Matt McNeil Show 05/21/2019) by AM950 Radio

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Hunter Hawes is our Monday repartee host. He talks about his experience of going to a virtual facility. Then a recap on what's in the state budget agreement that was reached yesterday including audio from Governor Tim Walz and House Speaker Melissa Hortman. Minnesota has some laws that still seem dated compared to other states including fireworks legalization, marijuana legalization, and more. We also break the news that it looks like the opioid bill will FINALLY pass. Beto O'Rourke is announcing a campaign "reboot." Would he better off staying in Texas and trying to flip a Senate seat?

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Jared Yates Saxton - May 7, 2019 by AM950 Radio

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Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show 05/06/2019) by AM950 Radio

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 5/1/2019) by AM950 Radio

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The Caucus of Left Social Democrats of the Twin Cities DSA hosts Prof. David Schultz from Hamline University on for a discussion on Bernie Sanders and the Future of Democratic Socialism in American Politics. Just as Bernie begins his 2020 campaign as the clear frontrunner of the Democratic Party primary race, Schultz will discuss the progressive juggernaut and what impact the left can have going forward. After the presentation, there will be a panel discussion and question session for those who want to dive deeper.

Joining Prof. Schultz will be several of the the caucus’ own members, speaking briefly on various important aspects of our movement:

Hunter Hawes from AM 950 on the rise of left wing media Brad McGarr, 2018 Shakopee City Council Candidate on lessons learned running as a Democratic Socialist in a conservative suburb Mike Mitchell, Member of the British Labour Party living in Minnesota and what we can learn from UK Labour Hosted by John Heppen, Interim General Secretary of the Caucus of Left Social Democrats DSA.

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Molly Beck (Matt McNeil Show 4/26/19) by AM950 Radio

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Melanie A. Adams is senior director, guest experiences & educational services at Minnesota Historical Society.

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 04/24/2019) by AM950 Radio

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North Central State Regional Council of Carpenters Director of Government Affairs

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 4/10/2019) by AM950 Radio

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Tim Schaefer - (MN Progressive Repartee 4/4/19) by AM950 Radio

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Cliff Schecter breaks down the Mueller Report and challenges the notion that there was no collusion.

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Pavel Py's of curator of the Walker Art Center joins to talk about upcoming events.

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Molly Beck joins to talk the latest on the Republicans attempts to take away the power of the Governor and Attorney General after Democrats claimed the seats back in the midterms.

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Dermot Flanagan joins to talk Brexit and its effects on Ireland.

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On the Minnesota Progressive Repartee, Brett Johnson spoke the capitol reporter for MinnLawyer, Kevin Featherly, about the latest legislative news. They talked about the Senate hearing on legalizing marijuana, some "interesting" arguments Republicans made against a proposed equal rights amendment, and possible changes to Minnesota's parole system.

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Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show 2/13/2019) by AM950 Radio

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Paul Douglas (Minnesota Progressive Repartee 2/12/19) by AM950 Radio

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Matt McNeil speaks with Adam Duininck, director of government affairs for the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters. Matt discusses with Adam why his union endorsed a Republican candidate (Jason Rarick) in Tuesday's special Senate district 11 election.

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Molly Beck (Matt McNeil Show 1/31/19) by AM950 Radio

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Hunter Hawes and Erik Nelson get a call from Alex Jones that the St Paul Winter Carnival is a false flag red herring about the government weaponizing the weather through HAARP.

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Jeff Stein talks national politics including Roger Stone and another possible government shutdown.

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Hunter Hawes speaks with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang. Yang is an entrepreneur and founder of Venture for America. Its mission is "to revitalize American cities and communities through entrepreneurship" by training recent graduates and young professionals to work for startups in emerging cities throughout the United States. Hunter and Yang discuss his background and how universal basic income is the centerpiece of his campaign.

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Brett Johnson of the Minnesota Progressive Repparte spoke with Phil Wolgin, managing director immigration policy at the Center for American Progress. They tackled a big question that sometimes gets missed in the border wall debate. Do border walls actually work? They also talk about some of the poison pills that were put in the so-called compromise bill to re-open the government that Trump and the Republicans proposed.

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John Heppen from The Twin Cities Democratic Socialists of America's Left Social Democrats Caucus joins to talk Socialism/Social Democracy

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Philip Bither (Matt McNeil Show 1/8/19) by AM950 Radio

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Richard Painter joins to talk about the ethics of Trump as well as what he has been up to since running for US Senate.

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Am950 joins 1510AM Milwaukee WRRD to talk about the fiasco going on in Wisconsin!

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Whats going on in Wisconsin? Scott Walker power grab.

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Robert Baril joins to talk about his headlining show this Thanksgiving weekend.

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Trace Beaulieu (Matt McNeil Show 11 - 15 - 18) by AM950 Radio

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Tane Danger (Matt McNeil Show 11/5/18) by AM950 Radio

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Noah Johnson Grass Roots Legalize Cannabis Party (11/2/18) by AM950 Radio

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Robert Baril (Matt McNeil Show 10/30/18) by AM950 Radio

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Ryan Durant joins to talk about the allegations of bullying against Doug Wardlow

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 10/24/18) by AM950 Radio

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Ellie Krug Event (Local Minnesota Radio Hour 10/22/18) by AM950 Radio

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Matt Christman, Virgil Texas, and Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House join Hunter Hawes and Erik Nelson on Local Minnesota Radio Hour for the entire hour before their live show in Minneapolis.

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Katy Tessman (Matt McNeil Show 10/15/18) by AM950 Radio

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Molly Beck (Matt McNeil Show 10/10/18) by AM950 Radio

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History Professor Peter Rachleff of Macalester College tells us about how the Democratic and Republican parties have shifted from left to right and vice versa over the years.

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Donzel Leggett - (Local Minnesota Radio Hour 10/4/18) by AM950 Radio

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil 10/3/18) by AM950 Radio

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil 9/26/18) by AM950 Radio

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 9/19/18) by AM950 Radio

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Steve Morse talks about the recent hurricanes and the role that destructive environmental policies are amping up these storms. Also the effects of PolyMet and the consequences of mining to the environment and permanent damages that are occurring. Twin Metals Mine proposal might not get as much media attention but is just as dangerous as PolyMet. Steve explains the danger these projects have on our clean water.

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Doug speaks with Robert Pilot of Native Roots Radio Presents: I'm Awake (Saturdays at 2pm on AM 950) about the homeless encampment in Minneapolis. By the end of September, Minneapolis officials want to clear the large homeless encampment just north of East Phillips Park at Hiawatha and Cedar Avenues and start the process of connecting the residents there with housing and other services. But as the row of tents grows daily — becoming what is believed to be among the largest such sites ever in Minnesota. Natives are the primary group effected by this situation. Robert talks about how you can help the people at the encampment and how Natives Against Heroin is very active helping those who need help.

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 9/12/18) by AM950 Radio

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Jake Faleschini (Doug Pagitt 9/5/18) by AM950 Radio

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Angie Craig (CD2 Candidate) by AM950 Radio

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 8/29/18) by AM950 Radio

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Matt McNeil on His Trip to the South by AM950 Radio

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Matt Christman (Chapo Trap House) - Local Minnesota Radio Hour 8/23/18 by AM950 Radio

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Jaequan Faulkner, 13 years old speaks with Hunter Hawes about his Hot Dog stand Mr. Faulkner's Old Fashioned Hot Dogs in North Minneapolis 1510 Penn Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55411

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Molly Beck - (Matt McNeil Show 8/15/2018) by AM950 Radio

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Secretary Of State Steve Simon (8/14/18) by AM950 Radio

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James Lamond (Doug Pagitt 8/7/18) by AM950 Radio

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Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show 8/7/18) by AM950 Radio

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Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show 7/16/18) by AM950 Radio

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Keith Ellison - (Local MN Radio Hour - 7/12/18) by AM950 Radio

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show) - July 11, 2018 by AM950 Radio

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Susan Du - (Matt McNeil Show 7/6/18) by AM950 Radio

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Molly Beck - (Matt McNeil Show - 7/6/18) by AM950 Radio

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Kristin Bahner (MN34-B 6/14/18) by AM950 Radio

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Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show 6/12/18) by AM950 Radio

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Richard Painter (Matt McNeil Show 6/1/18) by AM950 Radio

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Gerry Fernandez (Mike McIntee Show 5/29/18) by AM950 Radio

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Erin Murphy (Matt McNeil Show 5/29/2018) by AM950 Radio

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Chris Kluwe (Matt McNeil Show 5/25/18) by AM950 Radio

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Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show 5/24/2018) by AM950 Radio

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Ron Latz (Matt McNeil Show 5/24/2018) by AM950 Radio

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Trace Beaulieu (Matt McNeil Show 5/22/18) by AM950 Radio

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Dean Phillips (Matt McNeil Show 5/11/18) by AM950 Radio

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Based on the most thorough base of documentary evidence that any study of this strike has engaged, Flames of Discontent breaks significant new ground in exploring, narrating, and interpreting one of the most important strikes in Minnesota history. Gary Kaunonen weaves his primary sources together so effectively that his readers are transported to 1916 and feel that we are listening in person to workers' meetings, picket lines, and tavern debates."—Peter Rachleff, East Side Freedom Library, St. Paul

"The events of this time have been soaked in nostalgia for a century, but Gary Kaunonen goes beyond the myths and conventional wisdom to dig out the raw emotion and surprising details of a strike that changed the American labor movement and the rise of the Middle Class

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Heather Klassen (Matt McNeil Show 5/8/18) by AM950 Radio

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Rebecca Otto (Matt McNeil Show 5/7/18) by AM950 Radio

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Richard Painter The Mike McIntee Show - May 1, 201 8 by AM950 Radio

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Jack Rice (Matt McNeil Show 4/30/18) by AM950 Radio

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Ralph Nader (Mike McIntee Show (4/20/18) by AM950 Radio

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 4/18/18) by AM950 Radio

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Jack Rice (Mike McIntee Show 4/11/18) by AM950 Radio

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Molly Beck (Matt McNeil Show 4/4/18) by AM950 Radio

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Molly Beck (Matt McNeil Show 4/3/18) by AM950 Radio

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Brianna Bierschbach (Matt McNeil Show 4/3/18) by AM950 Radio

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Molly Beck - March 29, 2018 (Matt McNeil Show) by AM950 Radio

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Nancy Nelson & Michael Brindisi On The Musical Newsies (Mike McIntee Show 3/28/18) by AM950 Radio

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David Pakman (Mike McIntee Show 3/28/18) by AM950 Radio

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Melissa Hortman (Matt McNeil Show 3/28/18) by AM950 Radio

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Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show 3/26/18) by AM950 Radio

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Susan Du (Matt McNeil Show - March 22,2018) by AM950 Radio

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Arne Carlson (Mike McIntee Show 3/19/18) by AM950 Radio

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Michael Brodkorb (Matt McNeil Show 3/19/18) by AM950 Radio

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Dermot Flanagan [The Matt McNeil Show - 3-16-18] by AM950 Radio

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Joe Radinovich - March 8, 2018 (Mike McIntee Show) by AM950 Radio

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Leah Phifer - March 13, 2018 (Mike McIntee Show) by AM950 Radio

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Michelle Lee - March 9, 2018 (Mike McIntee Show) by AM950 Radio

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Nancy Nelson & Ellen DeFilipps (3/14/18) by AM950 Radio

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Gun Walk Out Students (Mike McIntee Show 3/14/18) by AM950 Radio

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Molly Beck (Matt McNeil Show 3/13/18) by AM950 Radio

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Robert Baril [The Matt McNeil Show - 3/6/18] by AM950 Radio

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Lonna Hunter (I'm Awake 3/3/18) by AM950 Radio

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Jeff Stein (Matt McNeil Show 2/28/18) by AM950 Radio

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Dr. Scott Shamblott (Mike McIntee Show 2/13/18) by AM950 Radio

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Tim Walz (Matt McNeil Show 2/12/18) by AM950 Radio

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Aaron Brown (Mike McIntee Show 2/9/18) by AM950 Radio

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Cliff Schecter (Matt McNeil Show 2/9/18) by AM950 Radio

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Karla Bigham (Matt McNeil Show 2/9/18) by AM950 Radio

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Melissa Wagner (The Matt McNeil Show 2/8/18) by AM950 Radio

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Briana Bierschbach (The Matt McNeil Show 2/6/18) by AM950 Radio

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Adam Jennings (Mike McIntee Show 2/2/18) by AM950 Radio

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Brian Santa Maria (Mike McIntee Show 2/1/18) by AM950 Radio

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Dean Phillips (Mike McIntee Show 1/31/18) by AM950 Radio

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Jeff Erdmann (Mike McIntee Show 1/31/18) by AM950 Radio

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Angie Craig (Mike McIntee Show 1/30/18) by AM950 Radio

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Michael Brodkorb (The Matt McNeil Show 1/30/18) by AM950 Radio

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Scott Wolter (Matt McNeil Show 1/29/18) by AM950 Radio

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Lindsey Port (The Mat McNeil Show 1/25/18) by AM950 Radio

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Melissa Wagner (Matt McNeil Show 1/19/18) by AM950 Radio

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Molly Beck - Matt McNeil Show (1/18/18) by AM950 Radio

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Klas Bergman (The Matt McNeil Show 1/5/18) by AM950 Radio

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Andrea Swensson The Matt McNeil Show by AM950 Radio

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