Chad reacts to seeing Kevin O'Connell wearing a vest at Vikings practice today and two awful stories in the news before a conversation with St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter and why he feels the childcare ballot question coming up next month is a bait and switch towards the voters.

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter joins Chad to talk about childcare tax ballot question that will go before voters in November and why he says it's merely a bait and switch to voters.

Chad shares the story of a former dog owner in Florida and a substitute teacher in Minnesota, and the grotesque decisions they made followed by the consequences that followed.

Former Congressman Collin Peterson joins Chad to open the hour with a discussion about EVs and the flaws he sees in the government pushing them into the market. Later, that conversation continues with our listeners and morphs into talk about the most annoying tasks we have to regularly tackle.

A conversation that begins with discussing the realities of charging EVs weaves into eventually talking about the most annoying tasks we have to regularly perform?

Former Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson joins Chad to talk about his concerns about EV mandates and the viability of those vehicles in rural areas of the state. Plus, who will Peterson be voting for in November?

Why does polling data show the American public has so little trust in the media today? Chad dives into that topic and our weekly conversation with Rena Sarigianopoulos of KARE-11 features her great insight on that as well.

Rena Sarigianopoulos of KARE-11 joins Chad for a little bit of nonsense and a great discussion about how she feels when reading and hearing about polling data saying the American public has lost trust in the media.

New data shows that Americans mostly don't trust the media nearly as much as they did decades ago. Chad opens the show with that topic and a discussion about why trust has eroded and why he believes it's not coming back.

Why are cannabis regulations so much more loose in Wisconsin than they are in Minnesota? Attorney Jason Tarasek joins Chad to help answer that question at the start of the hour before a conversation about the eternal coolness of Pulp Fiction as the film turns 30.

Attorney Jason Tarasek joins Chad to talk about cannabis regulations in Minnesota and why the rules are much looser across the river in Wisconsin.