Flyover Logic

In today's episode Mike and Tami have a little 'therapy' break. An honest conversation about how we are doing and evaluating what drives us to learn more and keep engaging. Also, 'What The Heck!?' is up with India? As well as some Taylor Swift concert previews and a brand new MN Gubernatorial candidate launches her campaign with an unusual campaign pledge!

Today we tackle a myriad of topics from the Republican House $hitshow to dizzying campaign propaganda from Gov. Walz and more!

As a follow up to our episode on ‘Book Bans Arrive In Flyover Country’ we thought it would be great to get some perspective on the issue from those who would be most affected. We were not wrong. Ashlee & Maggie are both high school seniors at our local district and not only were they willing to sit down with us, but they were part of a number of students who stood up to speak out at a recent schoo...

Once again our elected officials are playing chicken with the world economy over when and how to raise the Federal Debt Ceiling.

The national discussion concerning what books should or should not be a part of school library has burst onto the local scene in recent weeks. To help cut through this often emotionally charged and contentious debate we sat down with out local School Superintendent Jeff Drake. No matter your starting point in the discussion, please listen in as we attempt to sort through where we are at and where...

It’s been a minute and the headlines keep on breaking. We cover a lot of ground today over the past weeks headlines.

Book bans, abortion bans, transgender bans, bans bans and more! Don’t like? Ban it! Also, hungry kids don’t exist. But if they do, they can eat for free in Minnesota schools.

Today we discuss what's happening in the Minnesota Legislature, which is a whole lot! Last fall Democrats won control of the MN House, Senate & Governors mansion giving them the ability get things done with little to know Republican involvement. Today we discuss the good, the bad and the ugly as the DFL gets down to business.  Show Links: Walz-signs-bill-guaranteeing-abortion-access-in-mi...

Open Secrets.org estimates that a whopping $16.7 billion dollars were spent on the 2022 elections. Today we get some of our reactions on what did we get? From the Red Splash, split tickets and a whole lot of discontent voters. Listen in and then weigh in with your own takes. 

Ok folks, it’s 1 week to Election Day! Today we cover our thoughts in election coverage, gubernatorial debates and campaigns shifting into high gear ‘turn out, please don’t gaffe, any press is good press (🤞) mode and so much more!

After an extended late summer hiatus, Mike & Tami return to the studio to find the world is still upside down. Today we tackle how we feel about the midterms, what both parties get wrong on the campaign trail and how much we have missed our chats. Listen in as we take off towards the rapidly approaching Election Day.

Schools out for the summer!!! So lets talk education!  The past year has been extremely challenging for students, educators and parents as we reentered 'normal' school following two years of pandemic disruptions. This month we are putting together a series of shows on Education focusing on Post-Pandemic schooling, mental health in our schools, schools 'safety', student experiences and so much...

Schools out for the summer!!! So lets talk education!  The past year has been extremely challenging for students, educators and parents as we reentered 'normal' school following two years of pandemic disruptions. This month we are putting together a series of shows on Education focusing on Post-Pandemic schooling, mental health in our schools, schools 'safety', student experiences and so much...

Schools out for the summer!!! So lets talk education!  The past year has been extremely challenging for students, educators and parents as we reentered 'normal' school following two years of pandemic disruptions. This month we are putting together a series of shows on Education focusing on Post-Pandemic schooling, mental health in our schools, schools 'safety', student experiences and so much more...

Earlier this month the Minnesota Legislative session came to a close with much work done and much work left unfinished. Today we had the pleasure of speaking with Representative Jamie Long (61B) to get some on the ground context of what got done, Special Sessions and the ups and downs of governing a state that is one of only three with a 'divided' government.  Also Canada bans more guns, Farg...

We begin today with some of our reactions to yet another school massacre in the United States. This time in Uvalde Texas. We then continue our conversation on Christian Nationalism and wrap up our final thoughts on why it matters.

'Christian Nationalism' is nothing new and its shape, power and intensity has ebbed and flowed throughout our countries history. Increasingly in recent years we have seen a resurgence of this phenomenon that is reaching farther and deeper into our public discourse.  Today we begin a multi part series trying to dig in deeper to understand what we mean when we use the term, identifying the dang...

As the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine continues to grind on we take some time to unwind some history of how we got here and what the long term effects will be for us all. Russian has a long and complicated history with its neighbors and the world. As is often the case in history, nothing never doesn’t change but nothing changes much. Show Links: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/...

The rapid rise of prices all across the economic spectrum it is impossible to ignore. Inflation; we all know its bad but what does it really mean, how did we get here and what can we do to stop it? As our news sources and social feeds look for quick and easy answers we dig in to learn more. And as per usually the shortest answer is, “It’s complicated.” Show Links: https://www.kare11.com/article/ne...

With the recent leak of a draft ruling the SCOTUS seems poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, paving the way to returning the protection or elimination of abortion rights to the states. We take a hot minute or digest our hot takes on this potential paradigm shift.

This show we had the wonderful opportunity to have a conversation with two 'rural rebounders' Ari & Tommy Velasco. As technology and demographic shifts (accelerated during the pandemic) put 'remote working' within reach of more and more people we sat down to find out more about that process, the pros and cons of choosing to 'live rural' and what it takes to thrive.  Also, this week offere...

As the legislative calendar across the nation comes to a close we are are seeing a flurry of State bills focused on LGBTQ issues. From Texas, to Utah, to Florida, Oklahoma and more. We take some time today to look at some of these instances and give our take on what's good, what's bad and what's down right horrible. State legislators are putting a seemingly unprecedented number of bills forward co...

There is a lot of attention on the Supreme Court of late so we stopped to chat about it. From the confirmations hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, to Ginny & Clarence Thomas and the 'Shadow Docket' we work through our thoughts on all of it.  Of course we cover the 'biggest "What the heck?!" moment at the Oscars, how Vladimir Putin is sad his country is being 'Canceled' as well as th...

Striking Minneapolis teachers and support staff are making national news with the outcome far from certain but certain to have big implications for educators across Minnesota and elsewhere. With this in mind was asked Katie Lillis to join us to give us some more context for what were are seeing in headlines. Katie is a Fergus native, an educator, union member and advocate for education policy. Lis...

With gasoline prices reaching historic highs amid global turmoil it seems everyone has their favorite culprit to blame. The problem is, everyone is wrong. We take some time today to dig into the deep end of the oil and gas industry and reflect on the political football that is gas prices. And of course we bring you some What The Heck and a little Minnesota Nice.