Up and At ’Em: Minnesota’s Morning Podcast
638 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 175 ratingsGood morning Twin Cities! Up and At ’Em! Benjamin Kruse and his guests are here to wake you up with their entertaining take on current events in Minnesota.
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Episodes
837: Megahectares
January 14, 2020 06:01Governor Walz’s bonding press conferences could have been an email. (Guest Host: Pilot Brad Johnson)
836: Picocuries per Liter
January 13, 2020 06:01Radon testing Sidewalks Sports pessimism The News Bag
835: Fusion Challenged
January 10, 2020 08:52U Go Girl The News Bag [8:40] Voicemail it in Friday [56:57] Dr Mike’s Science Sac [1:13:35] The Worst of the 2020 Consumer Electronic Show [1:38:41]
834: Swindle in Disguise
January 09, 2020 06:012019 Transportation Year in Review with Frank Pafko. Plus, what did Mike Bloomberg wear to Southern Minnesota.
833: State Chief Bloviator
January 08, 2020 06:01When you get an air fryer for Christmas, you might as well air fry everything you eat. Plus, Barbara Thomas Smith’s etymology game Right Up My Alley.
832: I’m Not an Expert in Anything, I’m a Know-It-All
January 07, 2020 06:01How easy is it to get Ben angry? Very easy. There’s a list. Also, are there left-handed handguns?
831: Sucking your Cola Through a Wet Noodle
January 06, 2020 06:01Ben and Matt can’t help themselves but talk about the Vikings, Gophers, and Badgers for way too long at the top of the show. Jump to 34:19 if you just want to get to the News Bag. (Guest Host: Matt Bilski)
830: The News You Want, The People You Know
December 31, 2019 06:01How did you become a newspaper columnist if computer passwords are too complicated for you?
829: The Flat Tire That Nearly Ruined Christmas Eve
December 30, 2019 06:01Ben loses his mind over flat tires, coffee mugs, winter weather, and calendar nomenclature.
S16: S#!tshow: Volume Five
December 27, 2019 06:01A compilation of our almost daily dip into the DHS dumpster fire. Volume Five is September 24–October 3.
S15: S#!tshow: Volume Four
December 26, 2019 06:01A compilation of our almost daily dip into the DHS dumpster fire. Volume Four is September 4–17.
S14: S#!tshow: Volume Three
December 25, 2019 06:01A compilation of our almost daily dip into the DHS dumpster fire. Volume Three is August 15–27.
828: May Your Tires Grip the Road
December 24, 2019 06:01Ben attempts to keep Christmas merry with a News Bag of transit stabbings, neighborhood strip clubs, and revenge porn.
826: Zebros
December 20, 2019 06:01Jack Tomczak has watched “The Crown” and it has forced him to ask serious questions about our nation’s traditions and politics. Plus, more hilarious Cats reviews.
825: Radio Free Saint Paul Public Schools
December 19, 2019 06:01Frank Pafko gives us a Northern Lights Express update for Transportation T’ursday. Plus, condiments, Cats, and Ben lays an egg for Right Up My Alley.
824: New Set of Goobers
December 18, 2019 06:01Brad Carlson is in, so naturally we talk about Miss America and the Minnesota Twins, but we do get to the News Bag.
823: Bailiwick is in My Wheelhouse
December 17, 2019 06:01Anoka County Chair and mechanic Scott Schulte tells us the advice he gave Minnesota counties when they got an invoice from DHS this month. Plus, another unbelievable story in the never-ending DHS Shitshow.
822: Taco Envelope
December 16, 2019 06:01Is Governor Walz seriously considering splitting up the DHS? Plus, the correct order to eat food. (Guest Host: Nancy LaRoche)
821: Bureaucratic Inspirational Speeches
December 13, 2019 08:55Ben gets to voicemails and the News Bag, but he’s gotta talk about the UK general election results.
820: Can of Gagh Interchange
December 12, 2019 06:01Frank Pafko on Duluth’s Can of Worms and Barbara Thomas Smith with everyone’s favorite game of cultural linguistics.
819: Temperature Arbitrage
December 11, 2019 06:01Somehow, DHS found a new way to lose $76 million. Plus, Dr John Spry on how to go to college and beer arbitrage. (Guest Host: Pilot Brad Johnson)
818: Shakopee Syndrome
December 10, 2019 06:01Rep Anne Neu attempts to bring joy into Ben’s life with talk of high heels, They Might Be Giants, and Christmas cookies.
817: Pecan Ball Russian Tea Cake Mexican Wedding Rings
December 09, 2019 06:01Sen Michelle Benson brings Christmas cookies and a DHS breakdown. (Guest Host: “Nascar” Kelly Gunderson)
Watch Frank Pafko on Cable Access
April 04, 2017 00:01Our Transportation Tsar, Frank Pafko, was invited on the cable access show Republican Roundtable.
Why a Washington Post reporter moved to Minnesota
April 03, 2017 21:02Chris Ingraham of the Washington Post called Red Lake County, Minnesota the “absolute worst place to live in America”.
Take the MnDOT I-494/Mn-62 Congestion Relief Survey
February 16, 2017 06:01The Minnesota Department of Transportation is doing a congestion study on I-494 and Mn-62 and they want your advice.
NFL reveals Super Bowl LII logo. Meh.
February 07, 2017 00:50As a teenager and future graphic designer, I would always look forward to seeing the new Super Bowl logo.
Al Franken for President?
February 06, 2017 18:13Josh Kraushaar writes in National Journal that Minnesota’s junior senator, Al Franken, is the Democrat of the moment to take on President Donald Trump.
The BIG day is finally HERE!
February 06, 2017 06:01The big news is finally here: Up and at ’Em has a great new website!
Groundhog Day synched
February 02, 2017 16:00Update: Sony Pictures had the video taken down because movie executives are morons.
The multiple boundaries of the European Union
January 31, 2017 13:02On this morning’s podcast, we had Jennifer Gumbel explain the European Union and Brexit to us.
I don’t remember Jabba the Hutt visiting the ice planet Hoth
January 30, 2017 16:07Duluth got the front page of Reddit this morning thanks to a snow sculpture of Jabba the Hut.
Don Cherry on Jared Spurgeon: “Wegotitimmskuh”
January 26, 2017 00:00Redditor Doopus16 decided to add subtitles to Don Cheery’s reaction to Jared Spurgeon’s super-goal in a recent Minnesota Wild game.
Data says weekly sales increase if liquor stores open on Sunday
January 25, 2017 00:00One of the arguments against opening liquor stores on Sunday is that the stores would have to stretch six days of sales over seven days.
The backyard hockey rink of the 21st Century
January 15, 2017 01:59Putting LEDs in the ice of a backyard hockey rink; what a fun project!
Ben’s Nerd Segment: Faraday Future
January 07, 2017 18:00China’s answer to Tesla Motors may not be very long for this world.
Jeff Johnson explains the Met Council
January 06, 2017 21:00Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson has been on our show a lot trying to explain the Met Council. On Facebook today, he tried to explain it in four minutes.