Up and At ’Em: Minnesota’s Morning Podcast

1092: Two-and-a-Halfth Street

Dr Mike wont give Ben any homemade vaccine.

1091: Philosophical Razors

Ben goes through the 56-page Shitshow Report with Sen Michelle Benson and Matt Bilski.

1090: Badge Magic

Jack Tomczak joins Ben to talk about everything from electric cars to Disney songs. Plus, an old bit charges back into the News Bag.

1089: Remix

Ben is slowly getting is life back in order after a chaotic March.

1088: General Mills’ Molasses Blast with Shrimp

What did Topanga hide in your Totino’s Pizza Rolls? The answer may shock you.

1087: You Have a Lovely Face. Can I Put it On an Air Freshener?

Ben tries out some computer-generated pick-up lines.

1086: Passersby Were Amazed by the Unusually Large Amounts of Blood

Ben is fascinated by the power of purchasing a frozen lasagna at any time.

1085: Whiskey Isn’t a Sandwich

Ben finally gets some good news about his car.

1084: Trillions are Bigger than Billions

Dr John Spry teach us the economics of vaccines and gives us a state budget proposal update.

1083: Trade Dress

Kayla Pascoe helps Ben understand the perplexing Hammer-Schlagen trademark case.

1082: De-Accession This Wheel

Ben doesn’t want to complain about it still being winter, he’s just right about it.

1081: Betrunkener Nagel Hämmert

Ben’s car only made it about seven blocks before it needed to be towed to the shop.

1080: Fifteen Thirty-Seconds

Ben finally got his car battery installed. Also, he forgot about voicemails until the end of the show.

1079: The Pressing Need of Pickleball

Ben has trouble driving a car with questionable buttons.

1078: Molten Sulfur

Dr Mike on the Johnson and Johnson vaccine and molten sulfur.

1077: Abhor Concentrations of Power

1076: Unusual Readings

Ben is back from Saint Cloud after filling in on KNSI.

1075: The Urinator

Ben has an anxiety attack using Instacart.

1074: Wednesday Yesterweek

News Bag Half-Baked Beefs

1073: Trickle Charge

1072: Do More of What’s Working

Dr John Spry on state tax expenditures and concurrent enrollment.

1071: Robin Masters’ Car

Ben overslept after filling in on AM1280 on Sunday.

1070: Lutheran Pickle Poppers

Who decided to put three Wisconsinites on a Minnesota current events podcast? Plus, your voicemails.

1069: Pods and Cohorts

The Governor tells middle and high schools to go back to in-person learning as soon as Monday. Plus, is the death of Rush Limbaugh and death of talk radio?

1068: White Cheddar Kerfuffle

Jack and Ben learn what a narthex and a gimmick are.

1067: Goop-Free Classroom

Kirstie Doar is power cleaning Saint Paul Public Schools. Plus, Jack is back!

1066: Hotdish of Sadness

Melissa Sauser tells us how some school districts are starting to take stand against the Department of Education. Plus, Ben’s brain breaks over the frigid temperatures.

1065: Stiff Shortbread

Shortbread recipes, trichloroethylene, and peanuts.

1064: Minneapolis Heat Islands

State supreme court decisions and shortbread.

1063: MoneyOnomatopoeia

The Minneapolis City Attorney says that Mayor Frey “took quick and decisive action” the night of the riots. What riot was he watching?

1062: Snowmobile Ambulance

Hospitals are telling the governor to stop playing the lottery and just give them the damn vaccine.

1061: No Consolation Bracket, No Third Place Games

Minneapolis somehow has even fewer police officers. Plus, Ben ruins this year’s Super Bowl ads.

1060: Idle Marmoset Gossip

Minnesota is finding new ways to fall behind in the vaccination effort. Plus, Dr Mike’s animal kingdom.

1059: Real Bottom Nachos

Democrats outspent Republicans three-to-one in the fight for the state legislature last year. Also, a top-notch game of Right Up My Alley with Barbara Thomas Smith.

1058: The Website is Working

Ben fixes the website through sheer dumb luck. Also, the Governor is changing the vaccine plan again.

1057: Essence and Nexus

More vaccine scheduling blunders, school boards and open meetings laws, and a cookie science experiment with Melissa Sauser.

1056: Hydrated Vocal Folds

GameStop, opera singers, and poop cubes with Dr Mike.

1055: Ex Post Facto Tax

Dr John Spry on the Governor’s budget proposal. Plus, Rep Jim Nash on Minnesota’s growler law. Also, one password for all vaccines.

1054: Crime Analism

Ben and Barbara dig into Governor’s Walz tax-increasing budget proposal. Plus, more Davy Crockett stories.

1053: Remember the Garbage Pyramid

Seniors getting in line for the vaccine lottery, the governor’s gobbledegook education plan, and apartment building laundry rooms.

1052: Red-Headed Dolphins Fans

Conference championships The News Bag [10:14] Can the GOP rehabilitate itself? [47:47] Jen, the Hallmark movie expert [1:43:05]

1051: Seepage in the Moisture Barrier

Mayor Frey is running for mayor again. Plus, Matt got sick and your voicemails.

1050: The Other Saint Cloud

Sen Jeff Howe and city council member Mike Conway tell Ben and Dave Pascoe about Saint Cloud, rural broadband, and election integrity.

NULL: No Show This Morning

Due to a client emergency with my day job, I was unable to record last night. Andrew Smith will be back next week.

1049: 8M N95 Masks

When did "podcast host" become a passive-aggressive insult? Also, how do you flip a car on an icy road?

1048: Arbiter of Journalistic Ethics

Local journalist snipe at each other on Twitter, the pillow guy recommends marshal law, and the most obscure and convoluted rules in sports.

1047: Gary Backbacon

Diana Withers tells us why public schools should ask online schools for advice on distance learning. Plus, your voicemails.

1046: Rapscallion

Ben and Matt discuss the finer points of ice fishing while the president gets impeached again.

1045: Future Very Imperfect

The mood inside the state legislature isn’t great given than most people aren’t at the Capitol. Plus, Right Up My Alley.

1044: Polyclonal Response

Dr Mike reëxplains coronavirus variants. Plus, legislative online meeting shouting matches and more stolen police cars.