All Entries in the "Featured" Category
Kevin Duchschere from the Star Tribune on Vikings Stadium Kerfuffle (audio)
Kevin Duchschere is an outstanding reporter for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, MN. A native of Fargo, ND, he’s been a longtime contributor to my program on all things Twin Cities and, in particular over the past 18 months, the ongoing saga-turned-victory-turned-kerfuffle of the proposed Vikings stadium. The latest in the stadium soap opera is funding. [...]
Michael Maloof on North Korea (audio)
Michael Maloof is a former Senior Security Policy Analyst at the Department of Defense. I had the opportunity to spend about 15 minutes with him discussing the North Korea situation, how China and Russia play into it, and what kind of response the United States should have if North Korea does launch a strike at [...]
A 6-Year-Old on Cheese, Hockey and Poetry (audio)
Several months ago my now 6-year-old daughter Cadence was methodically going over her birthday gift wish-list. Surely parents know the list I’m speaking about. The one that contains 40 to 50 items in varying size and shape put together without regard for cost. Parents understand the cost as something approaching a downpayment for a new car… per gift. [...]
Clint Hill: Before, During and After November 22, 1963 (audio)
Clint Hill is a native of Larimore, ND, born in 1932. 17 days after his birth he was dropped off at the North Dakota Children’s Home. Growing up in Washburn, ND, he later attended and graduated from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. Shortly thereafter he enlisted in the Army and was selected for Army Intelligence School. After graduating, [...]
Bob Woodward: Watergate, Belushi, Obama and More (audio)
About the time I entered high school in suburban Philadelphia, a young reporter for The Washington Post named Bob Woodward, working with Carl Bernstein, began reporting on the Watergate scandal. They turned the political and journalism world upside down with what turned out to be perhaps the greatest journalistic effort in history. Catching up with Bob we [...]
Jeffrey Sachs: The Price of Civilization (audio)
Jeffrey Sachs is widely considered to be the leading economist in the world. Twice he’s been Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and was named to the TIME Magazine 100 list of most influential people in the world in 2004 and 2005. A New York Times bestselling author, we had a chance to catch up [...]
Women: The Power that Transforms
Let me get this out of the way right at the top: I’ve been together with my wife 19 years with this July marking our 15th wedding anniversary. I could not be a happier married man. I have two healthy, beautiful daughters… ok, you’re thinking there’s a “but” coming. There is, though it has absolutely [...]
