Podcasts

Dick and Jack Masters

The Star Tribune is the PR department of the Al Franken rehabilitation tour.

Guest: Nancy LaRoche

Assume a Spherical Duck

Up and at ’Em is the wrong forum for a serious discussion of the standoff in Hong Kong.

Guest: Matt Bilski

St Thomas Football and the Economics of Agglomeration

Dr Spry takes a question about college football and turns it into an economics lesson

Guest: John Spry‚ Ph.D.

Johnny Be Good Enough

Ben aims his wrath at non-coöperative windshield wiper blades.

Guest: Mike Carpenter‚ Ph.D.

My Summer with Lawnmowers

Minnesota opens up a new front in America’s war on robots.

Guests: Barbara Thomas Smith and Kelly Gunderson

Buncha Uppers

Old Man Paper’s trick is to tell stories that don’t go anywhere.

Guest: Don Grant

Instruments of Interstate Commerce

It's hard to cover the chaos outside the Trump rally when its happening in the middle of recording the show.

Guest: Andrew Smith

You Don’t Sharpen That Pencil

The software used by first responders to know more about the people they’re helping before they start helping.

Guests: Stan Alleyne, Frank Pafko, and Melissa Sauser

American Executive Battery

Trump’s visit to Minneapolis is getting complicated.

Guest: Mike Carpenter‚ Ph.D.

Joey

Ben and Andy complain about baseball.

Guest: Andy Aplikowski

I Get Very Passionate About Maps

Ben has a bold, new strategy for Amy Klobuchar.

Guest: Nancy LaRoche

Then I Shall Cut Out the White Bread

What does milk and explosives in 1910 have to do with today’s minimum wage ordinances?

Guest: Mike Carpenter‚ Ph.D.