Best Of Interviews - Am950 The Progressive Voice Of Minnesota

Mary Hartnett has served as the Executive Director of three different nonprofits, the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing Minnesotans. She has also worked as a lobbyist and consultant to nonprofits and state agencies. She has decades of experience working on voter education, voter engagement and voting rights. She has organized and mobilized…

Nekima Levy Armstrong is an award-winning civil rights lawyer, scholar-activist, and past president of the Minneapolis NAACP. She is a frequent speaker on national and international news outlets about racial justice advocacy and public policy, most notably including an interview with Oprah. Nekima is also a best-selling author, entrepreneur, and podcast host.

John Parker and Jim Pounds host the Gaily Show every weekday at 2 PM on AM950, plus the podcast This Queer Book Saved My Life. Robert Pilot hosts Native Roots Radio weeknights at 5 PM, and Greg Bakun does GhostBox Radio every weeknight at 10 PM.

Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo joins Matt every Wednesday at 3:30.

Brett is joined by Patrick Coolican, editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer. Today they talk about a Ramsey Co. court ruling that could have massive impacts on the legislature, Keith Ellison suing Tik Tok and why right wing media outlets are giving a platform to Vance Boelter, the killer of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband,…

Ellie Krug is the host of The Illegal Trans Woman, airing at 4 PM Saturdays on AM950 and also a noted author having just released her new memoir Being Ellen: A Second Chance at Lifw.

Caleb McEwen is Artistic Director at The Brave New Workshop in Minneapolis.

Matt is joined by national political expert Jeff Stein for his weekly Wednesday visit. They talked about Trump’s military takeover of DC, distractions from Epstein, economic warning signs and more.

Patrick Coolican of the Minnesota Reformer joins Brett every Tuesday at 4:15.

Bill Corbett is a former writer for MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 and also a performer on the show, providing the voice of the robot Crow (v.2.0) and playing various other strange characters — including the all-powerful but clueless alien The Observer (a.k.a. “Brain Guy”). Corbett is also a screenwriter and playwright. Corbett’s screenplay STARSHIP DAVE,…

Michael Brodkorb joins Matt to look at the Vikings preseason plus some thoughts on recent MN political news.

Matt was joined in studio by former MN State Senate candidate Anita Gaul. They talk about political and cultural issues in rural Minnesota in the age of Trump II.

Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo joins Matt every Wednesday at 3:30.

Matthew Blake covers state government for MinnPost. He is unmistakably from the Midwest.

Ellie Krug is the host of The Illegal Trans Woman, airing Saturdays at 4 PM on AM950.

Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo joins Matt every Wednesday at 3:30.

Patrick Coolican of the Minnesota Reformer joins Brett every Tuesday at 4:15.

Jack is a nationally recognized and award winning criminal defense lawyer, awarded Among the Best Criminal Defense Lawyer of 2024, Minnesota Super Lawyer for 2023, Among the Best Lawyers of 2022, winner of the Minnesota Attorney of the Year Award for 2021 and founder of Jack Rice Defense. He was awarded the Professional Excellence Award…

Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo joins Matt every Wednesday at 3:30.