Andrew Richter

We welcome "The Closer" Brad Carlson from 1130am The Patriot on the podcast. Today, we discuss our hometown, Minnesota Twins. It's baseball season again! Last year the Twinkies were plagued by injuries and played well below the expectations.    Last year was also a PR nightmare. Are they looking to sell the team? Are they looking to bide their time in preparation of a lockout next season?   Who wi...

After a promising season, the Twins squandered every bit of it to give fans a huge disappointment. What went wrong? How did things end up so upside down? Andrew sits down with our old friend, Brad Carlson (The Closer) from 1280am The Patriot ( NARN Podcast - Brad Carlson | WWTC AM The Patriot - Minneapolis, MN ) to analyze the lows from the recent season. It's good that it's only a season as we lo...

After a promising season, the Twins squandered every bit of it to give fans a huge disappointment. What went wrong? How did things end up so upside down? Andrew sits down with our old friend, Brad Carlson (The Closer) from 1280am The Patriot ( NARN Podcast - Brad Carlson | WWTC AM The Patriot - Minneapolis, MN ) to analyze the lows from the recent season. It's good that it's only a season as we lo...

It's football season again, and we're here to talk fantasy football with Nick Anaya.  We start talking about America's 250th birthday and what we'd like to see the nation do to celebrate. We also discuss the death of Hulk Hogan and how it affected us to lose a childhood hero.    Will the Vikes be better this year than last year? It will be hard to have a better record, but in the playoffs, things...

We welcome "The Closer" Brad Carlson from 1130am The Patriot on the podcast. Today, we discuss our hometown, Minnesota Twins. It's baseball season again! Last year the Twinkies were plagued by injuries and played well below the expectations.    Last year was also a PR nightmare. They said that they were going to cut payroll in the off season just after winning their first playoff series in a long...

A Team Of "If's"   The Twins new season is on the doorstep, so of course Brad Carlson, "The Closer" from 1280am The Patriot is back in to break the whole thing down for us.   Dick Bremer was let go at the end of last season after 40 years of calling games on tv, so the Twins will start the season with a new voice. Cory Provus isn't a new voice for Twins fans, so it should be a smooth transition. J...

It's almost 2024, and with it comes the most important election of our lifetime. Yeah, I know, people are saying that with every passing election now. The problem is that it's right. We're navigating through some unprecedented times... at least for the USA. We've seen thinse things before in other nations and it never seems to work out. Andrew and Jason will give you and end of the year snapshot a...

Finally... the Twins not only won a playoff game, but actually took a post-season series! Since he called it on this show months ago, the one and only Brad Carlson (The Closer on am1280) had to come on and walk through this season with us. We also take a look at the Twins offseason in preparation for next season, including possible trades and free agent pickups. Let us know your opinions! Brad Car...

This week we sit down with our long time friend (and former Crystal Councilmember), Jeff Kolb, for his astute political analysis. We dismantle the 2022 election. What happened? Why? What can we learn from it going into 2024? Is there a correlation between the polling and the confusion we saw in the end results? We also discuss one of the most important intangibles in politics… authenticity. There...

We welcome Raymond Guimont to the podcast. Raymond is a fantasy football champion. It's that time agan. The crisp autumn air and the sound of Skol ringing in your ears. We review the top picks for this year's fantasy football draft. That's right, who's the top running backs, wide receivers, quarterbacks, kickers, special teams, and defenses? We'll tell you! As a bonus, we'll give you our picks for...

We are pleased to welcome Brad Carlson "The Closer" from am 1280 The Patriot. Every time he's on the show, you are assured of an in depth analysis of some facet of the sports world. This week it's all Vikings … the Uncle Burnsie years. Jerry Burns was the colorful head coach of the Vikings from '86-91. They started out as a talented team with the likes of Tommy Kramer, Anthony Carter, Chris Dolema...

Well, well, well... the MN Legislature and Governor Walz have sure been busy since January. Walz keeps referring to this "mandate" Democrats have to get things done. You mean the one vote majority in the senate and six seats in the house? Yeah, while the Democrats are engaging in a scorched earth policy to cram their radical agenda down everybody's throats, they are leaving half of the state disen...

This week we invite Bill Sankey to the show. Bill has been an electrician for 25 years. We're told by everyone in the educational system that we have to attend a 4 year university in order to be something in this world. We need to have people in the trades to make the world go, and the schools haven't been pushing it, despite the great money people in the trades can make. Not to mention, these lit...

You know him, you love him, you keep requesting him… "The Closer" Brad Carlson from 1280am The Patriot is back on the show. If you've listened for Brad you know his political acumen, but he has even greater knowledge of baseball, so today we talk some Twins. We've talked about '87 and '91, but we've never talked about the lost years ('93-2000). These were rough years for us Twins fans, but it's wo...

Today's podcast, we welcome Dan Hanks to the podcast. Dan is an expert on football and basketball. So yeah, we're talking Vikes and Wolves, but we're not stopping there. What moves do the Vikings have to make in the off-season to improve their standing for next year? What's going to happen to Dalvin Cook and Kirk Cousins? Will there ever be any real hope for the Vikings to bring home a title or ar...

Have you noticed that the war drums seem to be beating louder lately? Russia and China are aligning against the west, and Ukraine seems to be the prize... at least that's what we're being led to believe. Things are shifting so fast and we're not being told the truth. Andew and JDB discuss Russian/Soviet history and how things are lining up again, just the way they did way back when. Maybe we can l...

We welcome sports expert Nick Anaya back to the podcast, and we're talking wrestling! Of course we first need to review the Vikings season. What kind of team were they really? There were certainly some issues that need to be addressed. What kind of off-season moves do they need to make to improve next year?  How much longer can we wait it out with Kirk Cousins? How is the coming draft looking for...

Mark Korin, the former mayor of Oak Grove has graced our Community Solutions podcast in the past, but this is his first trip over to the Andrew Richter Podcast.  Mark started in an Oak Grove advisory commission and worked his way to mayor. Under his tenure, they cut the tax levy drastically and didn't raise it. He is a business owner, engineer, and inventor in the aviation industry, and has served...

We welcome author Anne Bauer back to the show. Anne is no stranger to this podcast as a freelance journalist (NYT, WAPO), and former professor. We discuss a whole range of topics from modern medicine to the recent elections, education, certain illnesses starting with "C", abortion, and more. We've talked with Anne extensively about the damage done to kids throughout Walz's first term. We try to br...

Today, Andrew sits down with Angela Cooperman, former campaign manager of Dr Scott Jensen, running for MN Governor.  Angela had worked with Jason Lewis and the Republican Party of MN previous to that. She grew up in the D.C. area and brings a wealth of political experience with her. She had to navigate the political system through COVID, riots after George Floyd, and opponents that refused to deba...

Join us for the 2022 Mid-Term election returns, as Andrew and JDB IV Jr give their expert analysis. We also let you know what we're looking at for the next couple of years.

Today's guest is Tanya Simons, who is running for re-election in Osseo Public Schools (ISD 279). It is a vast district that covers eight metro cities. She is a lifelong Minnesotan, who was involved in education through coaching and mentoring before running for school board. Our children are in the care of their school a huge amount of time, and want to make sure that they have their child's best i...

Hugh McTavish is running to be the governor of MN. His career path has led from biochemist to patent lawyer. He has patents for drugs that are going through clinical trials in treating Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and cold sores. He is running on an idea called "Jury Democracy", which would put random citizens from across the state on call to sit on a jury to hear about certain legislation that lawmakers...

We welcome our good friend, "The Closer" Brad Carlson from 1280am The Patriot. This week it's all about the the Minnesota Vikings. They were a dangerous team that were notoriously tough. They had 4 Superbowls under their belt, which was hardly rivaled in the NFL. What happened? It's been 45 years and not only have they never come back to the big show since, but the rest of the league has pretty mu...

This week we welcome Nick Anaya back to the show to discuss the 2022 NFL season and the upcoming fantasy football season. Fantasy Football is an obsession here in the US, and has come such a long way from newspapers and phones to all the power of the internet. We take some time to discuss the changes to the Minnesota Vikings, their recent roster moves, and what the new GM and head coach may bring...