Drivetime with DeRusha

Jason talks to Star Tribune writer Cassidy Hettesheimer about the Lynx's must-win Game 2 in New York tonight. What does Minnesota have to do to stay alive?

Jason talks with listeners about the upcoming election - do they have any predictions? Any outside the box predictions?

Tuesday 4pm Hour: Jason talks with listeners about if they've changed any of their spending habits due to high gas prices. (And please, stop it with the "what about Biden?") Then on today's DeRusha Eats, he talks to one of the many interesting people he met in Ireland - Joe McGill - about starting his own brewery.

On his trip to Ireland Jason met Joe McGill who has a great story about starting his own brewery. Check it out on today's DeRusha Eats!

Jason talks with listeners about how gas prices are impacting their spending habits. And PLEASE for the love of all things holy, don't try to counter with "what about Biden?"

Tuesday 3pm Hour - Jason talks with the voice of the Timberwolves, Alan Horton, about the team's return to WCCO's airwaves. We're so excited to have them back! Then he talks about the MPD overtime problem and how impressed he is by the way the interim Chief is handling it.

Jason talks about interim MPD Chief Bill Peterson and his frank words about how mismanagement played a roll in the department's large OT budget problem. Why is Jason so impressed?

Jason talks with the voice of the Timberwolves, Alan Horton about the team's return to WCCO Radio for the 2026-27 season!

On Monday's Drivetime with DeRusha... 3pm Hour: Jason's back from his trip to Ireland and Scotland with WCCO listeners. What stories did he miss while he was gone? Then he talks with Star Tribune columnist Laura Yuen about her series on youth sports - has it gotten too expensive and too expansive? 4pm Hour: Jason talks with St. Paul City Councilmember for Ward 3 Saura Jost about why she's calling...

Monday 5pm Hour: Why did Metro Transit decide to announce the SWLRT opening 10 months before its set to happen?! Plus Dave Schwartz talks about the McCarthy trade, Lynx awards, PJ Fleck the vampire and more!

Jason is joined by Dave Schwartz for their usual Monday sports chat. This week they talk about the 3-0 Vikings trading JJ McCarthy to the Giants - how big a bust is he? Plus, Cheryl Reeve and Olivia Miles win major awards... but the Lynx are up against the wall in the playoffs. Plus, what did PJ Fleck do on Saturday that has people shaking their heads? All that and more with Dave

Jason is befuddled by why Metro Transit announced the opening of the SWLRT extension to the western suburbs 10 months ahead of the actual opening. The thing has already been delated repeatedly... what's another 10 months?

Monday 4pm Hour: Jason talks with St. Paul City Councilmember for Ward 3 Saura Jost about why she's calling for the full report on Mayor Her to be released - not just a summary. Then he talks about his trip to Ireland and Scotland and wonders if two weeks is too long for a vacation?

Jason's back and talks about his trip to Ireland and Scotland. Plus, is two weeks too long for a vacation? What's the longest vacation you've ever taken?

Jason talks to the CM for Ward 3 in St. Paul, Saura Jost, about why she is calling for the full report on Mayor Her's alleged sexual harassment to be released publicly.

Monday 3pm Hour: Jason's back from his trip to Ireland and Scotland with WCCO listeners. What stories did he miss while he was gone? Then he talks with Star Tribune columnist Laura Yuen about her series on youth sports - has it gotten too expensive and too expansive?

Jason talks with Star Tribune columnist Laura Yuen about her series of stories on youth sports and concerns they're getting too expensive and too expansive.

DeRusha is back from two weeks in Ireland and Scotland! So producer Dan Cook and listeners take a few minutes to catch him up on the big stories that broke while he was gone.

In this episode, we’ll hear about a man who is still in prison for killing his wife though the evidence has reportedly been disproven. We’ll also hear about the Nolan Wells case in Mississippi – a grand jury recently determined that there wasn’t enough evidence to bring charges in the case of the teen who was found dead after disappearing during July 4 celebrations on Horn Island. However, questio...

In this episode, we’ll hear about a new development in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings mystery. Could a mysterious death in an Idaho church be linked to the 1982 deaths that changed the way medicines are packaged? Plus, quick crime updates from coast to coast. Featuring audio from 1010 WINS in New York, KNX News in Los Angeles, KMOX in St. Louis, WCCO News and Talk in the Twin Cities, KYW Newsradio in...

We’ll hear about the new George Lucas museum and the much-longer than 12 parsecs journey to establish it, and the first new species of cat discovered in more than a century. Featuring audio from KNX News in Los Angeles, WBBM Newsradio in Chicago, KCBS Radio in the Bay Area and WTIC in Hartford.

Fall started this week, and we’re starting things off with some rather chilling reports today. First, we’ll hear about a woman who realized the woman in her mother’s casket was a stranger… after that, we’ll listen in to a researcher who claims that Harry Houdini didn’t die the way we all think he did. Featuring audio from the Dana & Parks show out of KMBZ in Kansas City and Paranormal 360 out of W...

In this episode, we’ll hear about a new development in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings mystery and about a man who is still in prison for killing his wife though the evidence has reportedly been disproven. We’ll also hear about the Nolan Wells case in Mississippi – a grand jury recently determined that there wasn’t enough evidence to bring charges in the case of the teen who was found dead after disap...

Fall started this week, and we’re starting things off with some rather chilling reports today. First, we’ll hear about a woman who realized the woman in her mother’s casket was a stranger. After that, we’ll listen in to a researcher who claims that Harry Houdini didn’t die the way we all think he did. Then things get a bit lighter -- we’ll hear about the new George Lucas museum and the much-longer...

The full broadcast of Drivetime with DeRusha for September 25th, 2026. Guests include Emily Leiker, Charlie Oakes and Dan Hayes!