LeftMN Radio Hour 8-5

In this weeks episode of the big show, we talk with Dr. Maureen Hackett about the upcoming Wolf hunt. What it is, who is pushing for it, and why is it happening? All these questions will be answered and more.

LeftMN Radio Hour 7-29-12

On this weeks show we talk about the now official lawsuit, filed by Michael Brobkorb against the Minnesota Senate over gender discrimination and against Cal Ludeman for being a big meanie. We than talk with St. Cloud State Associate Professor Jen Tuder about issues surrounding suicide and guns.

LeftMN Radio Hour 7-22-12

In this weeks show we talk about the 2nd Quarter fundraising numbers that were released last week, we talk with Aaron Brown, of MinnesotaBrown.com about the eighth district race and we talk about the energizer bunny of crazy, Michele Bachmann.

LeftMN Radio Hour 7-15-12

This week on the radio hour, we talk about bullying, more specifically, that bullying which takes place among school children, and even more specifically, bullying among school children about issues of gender and sexual identity.
We have three great guests lined up; Jefferson Fietek is an educator in the Anoka-Hennepin School District, and two recent Edina High School graduates, Gabe Aderhold and Alec Fischer. To learn more about them you can see this post from earlier in the week promoting the show, or, you can listen to the show itself, via the multitude of handy listening options that can be found below.

LeftMN Radio Hour 7-1-12

This week we talk about Student loans and Minnesota's for profit colleges, Andy Parrish's no good, horrible week and the betrayal, of conservatives, by former heartthrob Supreme Court Justice John Roberts.

LeftMN Radio Hour 6-24-12

In this weeks episode of the big show we talk with Jeff Wilfahrt who is running for house seat 57B. He tells us about his journey from proud father to political candidate and why the anti-marriage amendment is a personal issue for him, and all of us for that matter.

LeftMN Radio Hour 6-17-12

This week we talk with Conservation Minnesota Executive Director Paul Austin about the Mining Truth Campaign. And then we get hyper local and spend some time on the St. Anthony Islamic Center and the controversy surrounding it's hearing before the city council.

LeftMN Radio Hour 6-10-12

We are moving our podcast, Not Almanac, to a new format with a new name.
The new show is called the LeftMN Radio Hour, and it will be broadcast on AM950, the “Progressive Voice of Minnesota,” on Sunday afternoons at 2 o’clock. You’ll be able to stream the show at the station’s website, linked above, too. And of course if you're reading this you're on our podbean site and so know that you can access the show in this format as well. Congratulations to you!
This week Carolyn Jackson, the legislative coordinator for the Minnesota branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, and Mike Dean, the executive director of Common Cause Minnesota, about the proposed photo voter ID amendment in Minnesota and the recent petition brought in the Minnesota Supreme Court to toss the question off the ballot.

Not Almanac 6-3-12

This week we are recording the episode live from the DFL convention in Rochester, MN. Discussed are more legislative retirements, Mark Ritchie’s bitch slap, and the previously mentioned DFL state convention.

Not Almanac 5-28-12

This week, we’re discussing Kurt Bills and the case of the no-good horrible small business regulations, the launch of our new website LeftMN, a roundup of some of the developments in Minnesota legislative races, and the Chicken named Michael Brodkorb that has come home to roost.