Drivetime with DeRusha

We’ll hear about a serial pooper in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and we’ll learn what that blood moon eclipse on Thursday was all about. Featuring audio from the Dana & Parks show out of KMBZ in Kansas City and WWJ Newsradio in Detroit.

This week, we’re looking into missing Egyptian artifacts and animal rescues from a pig adopted by legendary songwriter Diane Warren to and a snake to nearly 150 cats. Featuring audio from KNX News in Los Angeles, 1010 WINS in New York and WWJ Newsradio in Detroit.

This week, we’re diving further in to the Lindsay Clancy case as jury deliberations begin. She is a Massachusetts mother who is on trial for killing her three children, and the case has opened up a national conversation about postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis. We’ll hear a listener who called in to an Audacy station about his own experience with postpartum disorders. Hosts will also s...

This week, we’re looking into missing Egyptian artifacts and animal rescues from a pig and a snake to nearly 150 cats, Then, we’ll hear about a serial pooper in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and we’ll learn what that blood moon eclipse on Thursday was all about. Featuring audio from KNX News in Los Angeles, WWJ Newsradio in Detroit, 1010 WINS in New York and the Dana & Parks show out of KMBZ in Kansas City.

The full show for Drivetime with DeRusha for Friday August 28th, 2026. Jason DeRusha and Dan Cook are LIVE from the Minnesota State Fair! Today is day 2 of 7 live shows that you can stop by and listen to live if you find yourself on the fairgrounds. Head on down to Carnes and Underwood and take in the shade under the WCCO Radio pergola. To open the third hour Jason discusses second chances and if...

Jason DeRusha and Dan Cook are LIVE from the Minnesota State Fair! Today is day 2 of 7 live shows that you can stop by and listen to live if you find yourself on the fairgrounds. Head on down to Carnes and Underwood and take in the shade under the WCCO Radio pergola. To open the third hour Jason discusses second chances and if Tony Romo should lose his job with CBS after being pulled over for an O...

Dan Hayes covers the Minnesota Twins for the Athletic. He makes his weekly appearance to talk Twins baseball with Drivetime with DeRusha. Dan gives his thoughts on Walker Jenkins finally getting the call, what tools he has as a player and what fans should be watching for this weekend. Jason asks why Byron Buxton hasn’t been moved to the IL.

Jason DeRusha and Dan Cook are LIVE from the Minnesota State Fair! Today is day 2 of 7 live shows that you can stop by and listen to live if you find yourself on the fairgrounds. Head on down to Carnes and Underwood and take in the shade under the WCCO Radio pergola. Card DeSharks and a visit with Representative Lisa Demuth fill our second hour of the show today.

Representative Lisa Demuth is the Minnesota Speaker of the House and the Republican candidate running for governor of the state of Minnesota. Jason asks about how Rep. Demuth would handle the situation in Texas where the ICE agent who allegedly shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis during Operation Metro Surge was released. They wade into the centerpiece of Rep. Demuth’s campaign… fraud. Jason asks about go...

Card DeSharks takes place every Friday at 4pm but today we get to do it live! The cards and Jason are at the Fair, naturally so are our contestants this week. Listeners compete in State Fair related trivia. A family of Burnsville children takes on a lady named Katherine and the game goes the distance.

Jason DeRusha and Dan Cook are LIVE from the Minnesota State Fair! Today is day 2 of 7 live shows that you can stop by and listen to live if you find yourself on the fairgrounds. Head on down to Carnes and Underwood and take in the shade under the WCCO Radio pergola. To open the show Jason and Dan discuss the surging record breaking attendance the Fair is seeing in the early days this year. Jason...

Rebecca Cunningham is the President of the University of Minnesota. She joins Drivetime to talk about the North Memorial and Sanford hospital merger that was announced earlier today among other pertinent healthcare topics. Jason asks about the University’s former partnership with Fairview and what has surprised Rebecca most about her job as she enters her third year at the position. Rebecca speaks...

The full Drivetime with DeRusha for Thursday August 27th, 2026. Live from the Minnesota State Fair.

Drivetime with DeRusha kicks off the third hour with a discussion about a family willing camping out overnight to be the first ones into the Fair. Jason would not have approved that family outing. Then, Jason wades into the Flock camera discussion. Jason thinks we should slow down… but not in the way you think. We wrap the first day with a visit from Michelle Hickey from Andy’s Grille and some ecl...

Michelle Hickey from Andy’s Grill wraps our day one guest slate from under the WCCO pergola. They were featured in the Pioneer Press today as part of their 40 year anniversary at the State Fair. Michelle shares some of her vast family history and their multigenerational operation over many years working the stand. She also shares details about their new renovations and mural. She also brings over...

Jason DeRusha and Dan Cook are LIVE from the Minnesota State Fair! Today is day 1 of 7 live shows that you can stop by and listen to live if you find yourself on the fairgrounds. Head on down to Carnes and Underwood and take in the shade under the WCCO Radio pergola. Drivetime with DeRusha kicks off the second hour with a conversation with Second Harvest’s Sarah Moberg to talk about the growing ne...

Joe Tamburino, owner of Tamburino Law Group stops by the WCCO Radio booth to give Jason DeRusha some much needed legal adv–... analysis. Topics of discussion today include Texas releasing the ICE agent who allegedly shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis during Operation Metro Surge after holding him for 90 days, the hundreds of millions Minnesota is about to get from their Meta settlement and Derek Chauvin’...

Sarah Moberg from Second Harvest joins Jason DeRusha LIVE at the WCCO Radio Booth at the Minnesota State Fair. Sarah and Jason discuss the increased need for food within our community. Going back to school is great for the kids but those grocery store expenses aren’t getting any cheaper.

Jason DeRusha and Dan Cook are LIVE from the Minnesota State Fair! Today is day 1 of 7 live shows that you can stop by and listen to live if you find yourself on the fairgrounds. Head on down to Carnes and Underwood and take in the shade under the WCCO Radio pergola. It’s been one year since the Annunciation School shooting. Jason reflects on what has (mostly has not) happened in the year since an...

Stephanie Shimp from Blue Barn and the Blue Table Booth joins Jason DeRusha live from the Great Minnesota Get Together. They chat about the Blue Barn building in the newer west end of the fair… they’ve been there since 2014. Stephanie and Jason talk about what it takes to get something like the Blue Barn built, their new menu items (she says it's important to have fresh options every year) and som...

On Wednesday's Drivetime with DeRusha... 3pm Hour: Jason talks about the breaking news that a TX judge ruled that Gov. Abbott hasn't violated the law by slow-rolling the extradition of an ICE agent to MN. Good ruling? Or a lousy precedent? Then he's joined by Tracy Perlman for her weekly visit - they discuss the lunar eclipse and schools assigning parts of books instead of the whole book. 4pm Hour...

Wednesday 5pm Hour: Jason talks about a smooth Facebook marketplace experience - clearly the exception to the rule. Then it's time to share what's bugging you this week on ENOUGH!!!

What's grinding your gears this week? It's time for Jason's weekly "vent your spleen" segment that we call ENOUGH!!!

Jason talks about selling some patio furniture on Facebook Marketplace and how smoothly it went... the clear exception to the rule!

Wednesday 4pm Hour: Jason talks about the exemptions given to school districts in MN to start before Labor Day because it's late this year. Why shouldn't districts be able to make that decision every year?! Then he talks to documentarian Chris Newberry about his new film "Echoes in the Night" which profiled the Jacob Wetterling case.