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Ben and Michelle have no interest in talking politics.
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Yet another post-election podcast wondering why Republicans can’t win statewide in Minnesota.
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DFLers win or lead in all statewide races and take back control of the Minnesota Legislature.
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Ben, like everyone else, is eager for this election to be over.
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Keith Ellison had broad investigative powers to help stop the Feeding our Future pandemic fraud and refused to use them.
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Ilhan Omar does her best Neville Chamberlain impersonation.
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Ben is watching British politics and Scottish cricket.
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Mike Conway brings Sen Jeff Howe to tell us which way Minnesota voters are leaning.
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We get to the bottom of the Coolio–Weird Al feud.
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Hurricane season reminds Ben that he wanted to be a meteorologist as a kid.
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In a fight between a judge and a governor, who is lying?
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Why didn’t the cast of Cheers have thick Boston accents?
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Do you remember the 21st night of September is a summer evening?
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Grab your lederhosen and dirndls, it's time for a party.
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Mike Conway explains how Saint Cloud didn't raise their property tax levy.
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Barbara introduces Ben to a real stuffed shirt with an ugly mug.
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Ben and Matt investigate whether the Vikings are actually good.
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Ben and Andrew enjoy a summer evening around the fire.
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Ben doesn’t know how you come back from a 18-point deficit in two months.
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College football can’t start soon enough for Ben and Matt.
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Mike Conway tells us how Saint Cloud’s retiring police chief changed the city for the better.
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Ben shares his archive of library music with Dave Pascoe.
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Kayla and Ben talk about their trash: garbage rom coms.
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Ben breaks down the election results from last night’s primary.
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Ben is taking drastic action against his houseflies.
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Ben runs into a crappy robot passing through his neighborhood.
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Ben ruins his week by not formatting a hard drive.
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Ben was somehow convinced to go to a food truck festival.
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The BCA can’t process all the gun evidence from our recent years of violent crime.
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Minneapolis is promising the “safest environment possible” downtown, but only for Aquatennial.
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Miss Minnesota Rachel Evangelisto explains how to balance winning a pageant with law school.
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Ben is at a loss for words on another deadly weekend.
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All the roads in Saint Cloud are under construction. Plus, when did the brown 80s become the checkerboard 80s?
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Sheriff Dumbass has been burning through taxpayer money. Plus, Ben notices local fast food workers are angrier than usual.
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Harry Niska tells us about his run for the state house.
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Frank Pafko updates a bunch of topics in a Transportation T’wednesday grabbag.
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Ben shouts at Mike Conway for two hours in preparation for his family reunion next week.
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Ben prepares for his family reunion by getting his car fixed.
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Frank Pafko tells us the history of Interstate 35 in Duluth.
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Barbara has a beef about the future of freeways.
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Ben’s compensation must be commensurate with market value and not provided by the school.
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Ben is calling the Mayor non-stop trying to get his free-range goat.
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Jack Tomczak shows up after an eleven hour drive from Michigan.
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Ben forces Miss Mankato Emily Schumacher to listen to stories about his broadcaster grandfather.
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David Pascoe and Ben react to the candidate filing deadline.
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Dr Mike says “Farewell” as we say “Bon Voyage”.
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Mike Conway helps Ben kill time waiting for District 1 results.
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David Pascoe tells us how he really feels about what happened at the MnGOP convention in Rochester.
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Once again, the Legislature fails to finish before the session deadline. Did the Governor kill the deal making?
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Ben tries to psych himself up for tonight’s listener party in Chanhassen.
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Barbara teaches delegates how a convention works, gets her motorcycle back, and plays some word games.
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Ben talks to Miss Minnesota Elle Mark for a little too long. Plus, chaos in the AG race.
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Ben gets a field report from Andrew Smith on what happened with the MnGOP in Rochester.
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Ben and Dr Mike record a powerless podcast in the wake of last night’s massive storm.
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Ben drove to the cabin for Mother’s Day. He left the morning before Mother’s Day.
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Kayla has Ben eat tapioca balls while reading the news.
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Ben welcomes new guest host Maddie Wallace to the show.
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Ben is in a worse mood than usual thanks to last night’s hockey game.
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Melissa and Aaron Sauser guest host one last time before leaving Minnesota.
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Ben and Dave try to talk about important stuff, but talk about wrestling and ninja turtles instead.
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Grosse Pointe Blank is secretly a Hallmark movie.
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Ben should hit on tired mothers at a craft store.
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Ben knows nothing about motorcycles, but talks about them with Andrew Smith.
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Jack Tomczak has fewer cars and the same amount dogs as the last time he was here.
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Ben is in a much better mood because he ate at a Wisconsin supper club over the weekend. Plus, Matt Bilski with the sports.
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Mike Conway takes Ben on a trip around America’s dinner table. (Episode 13-14, copyright Dan Cole.)
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Ben and Barbara attempt to podcast watching two sporting events simultaneously.
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Before you leave the bathroom, check where your gun is.
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Nice weather apparently means no newspaper reporters.
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Brad Carlson helps Ben create an award-winning parking ramp.
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Ben talks with former bat boy Adam Hanson about clubhouse chemistry.
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Ben replays our 2017 interview with the now-late Pete Orput.
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Dr Mike tried to avoid Minnesota Mud Season by camping in California.
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It sounds like Dave and Ben record a podcast in the middle of a minor carbon monoxide leak.
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Barbara and Ben can turn any conversation into a conversation about food.
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Matt and Ben are coming in hot after a crazy Wild game.
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Jack bought a classic car. It smells like grandpa’s boat.
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Ben makes the mistake of going out and doing things.
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You listeners seem to know exactly how to push Ben’s buttons.
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Ben admits he’s watched every episode of “Caroline in the City”.
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We interrupt this ongoing pop culture debate to give you a strip club update.
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Ben and Dr Mike are the worst two people to have a debate about pop culture.
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Ben complains about video games, water parks, and urban farms.
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A third non-profit meal provider has been cut off from state funds because of fraud.
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Where can you find some good grub in Eau Claire?
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Minnesota’s budget surplus is – somehow – much bigger.
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Kayla Pascoe calls into make a special announcement.
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DFL legislators squabble over the need to hire new police officers.
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Ben attempts to explain how the special election in CD1 will work after the death of Rep Jim Hagedorn.
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It would be easier to tell you who isn't retiring from the Minnesota Legislature.
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Everyone agrees that the Saint Paul Police Chief is leaving. It's just that no one knows when he’s leaving.
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Brad Carlson and Matt Bilski try to figure out of the Vikings have a head coach or not.
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Another chapter of Minnesota’s newest primetime soap opera: Two Harbors.
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Ben ruins some more stupid Super Bowl commercials.
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- News Bag [14:34]
- Ben Ruins Super Bowl Ads [35:53]
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Sheriff Dumbass buys a destroyed county-owned SUV with a 10-year, no-interest loan.
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Saint Paul Public School District is out of money, but they want to spend more.
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Rob Doar of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus on no-knock warrants and the Minneapolis Police Department.
- News Bag [9:34]
- Substitute Teaching [1:35:18]
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Ben and Brad Carlson try to cope with the Vikings not signing Jim Harbaugh.
- News Bag [6:01]
- Sports [1:26:58]
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Ben explains why caucus straw polls don’t mean anything.
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The continuing, pathetic adventures of Sheriff Dumbass. Plus, your voicemails.
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A very serious, not-at-all funny, morning podcast.
- MnGOP Caucuses [16:39]
- News Bag [35:22]
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Matt Bilski takes his kids to Walt Disney World and Ben falls into a nostalgia trap.
- News Bag [52:44]
- Sports [1:37:53]
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A Hennepin County inmate used a funeral to escape imprisonment. Plus, Dr Mike and Ben nerd out over the James Webb Space Telescope.
- Voicemails [12:07]
- News Bag [26:57]
- Science Sac [1:04:22]
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Barbara Thomas Smith needs you to understand how caucuses are gonna work this year. Plus, the return of your favorite game of cultural etymology: Right Up My Alley.
- Caucus venting [15:05]
- News Bag [26:32]
- Right Up My Alley [1:21:33]
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Ben tries to topple the McDonald’s breakfast sandwich monopoly.
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Local leaders are finally saying they're going to do something about the crime surge. Why doesn’t Ben believe them?
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Ben starts the machines back up for the new year by checking up on what Sheriff Hutchinson has been up to.
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Ben and Brad Carlson with the final show of the year.
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Ben’s got some VHS tapes to digitize, but his player isn't up to the task.
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Ben regrets standing in line for the human check-out at the grocery store.
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Sheriff Hutchinson pleads guilty but doesn’t resign.
- Voicemails [0:55]
- News Bag [6:01]
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Nothing lasts forever; even cold December rain.
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Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman is finally taking carjackings seriously.
- News Bag [20:54]
- Spreadsheets and Formula One [1:17:31]
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Ben is frustrated by the snow, the FIA, and Sheriff Hutchinson.
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There are so many crimes in the Cities, journalists are witnessing them overlapping.
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Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson admits to drinking, driving, and wrecking his county-owned vehicle.
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Saint Cloud Councilman Mike Conway reacts to the $7.7B state budget surplus. Also, icy roads, Formula 1, and dessert.
- News [4:59]
- Saint Cloud update [1:02:59]
- Formula 1 and Hallmark Movies [1:28:55]
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Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announces his retirement.
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Ben is already sick of the snow, cold, and wind. Plus, Medicare ads, more made-for-TV movies, and Tony O.
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Ben has two weeks of voicemails to kill time with.
- Voicemails [2:02]
- News Bag [24:54]
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Dave tells us that the MnGOP has a lot of work to do before the February caucuses.
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Matt Bilski is in a really great mood for some strange reason. Don't listen with your children; we discuss Christmas Magic.
- News Bag [39:59]
- Sports [1:18:17]
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Ben can’t leave for Thanksgiving without a call from his gobble-gobble girl.
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Ben finally has all his apartment lightbulbs replaced in spite of his incompetence.
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Guest what Ben forgot to bring with him to the hardware store?
- Voicemails [9:40]
- News Bag [26:14]
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What the hell is happening at the Motel 6 in Roseville?
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Nancy gets a DNA test.
- News Bag [36:09]
- Crystal update [1:01:57]
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Why does Ben hear daytime soap opera music?
- Family Christmas cookies
- News Bag [9:01]
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Ben somehow goes from street racing to the history of made-for-TV movies. Plus, Matt does know which is more painful: watching the Gophers or watching the Vikings.
- Street racings
- TV program grids
- News Bag [48:04]
- Sports [1:45:49]
