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Liz Collin Reports

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Meaningful Minnesota conversations with Liz Collin.  New stories and guests every episode. Liz Collin is a Minnesota native raised in Worthington and a multi-Emmy-Award-winning investigative reporter and news anchor.  She is the producer of The Fall of Minneapolis and Minnesota v We the People documentary films, and author of They’re Lying: The Media, the Left, and The Death of George Floyd .  Her work has prompted important state laws. Yet perhaps most of all, Liz has been giving a voice to the truth—and helping others tell their stories—for more than 20 years.

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www.alphanews.org

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Ep. 10 // After losing son, Minnesota mom works to 'change the outcome' for opioid users 28.04.2022

Send us Fan Mail Colleen Ronnei joined Liz Collin for an episode of Liz Collin Reports this week to share the story of her son’s death and her mission to stop others like it. Luke Ronnei struggled with mental health issues his whole life, Ronnei said, but he received great care and counseling. His anxiety worsened in high school and was coupled with depression. When he was prescribed opioids after...

Ep. 9 // 'Extremist activist groups' writing Minnesota's new social studies standards 25.04.2022

Send us Fan Mail Katherine Kersten, senior policy fellow at the Center of the American Experiment, joins Liz Collin to discuss her new article exposing "the radical Ethnic Studies addition to Minnesota’s proposed Social Studies standards." SUBSCRIBE: https://alphanews.buzzsprout.com/ Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/36L02s5 Support the show

Ep. 8 // Caryn Sullivan on why she left a Twin Cities newspaper to write for Alpha News 20.04.2022

Send us Fan Mail Caryn Sullivan recently joined Alpha News as a columnist. She talks with Liz Collin about how it's time we stop living in a culture of fear and start thinking clearly again. Sullivan offers sound advice on how to handle life's curveballs and find purpose in the pain.  Read her first two columns here:  https://bit.ly/3vzzYs6 https://bit.ly/3K15J2v Support the show

Ep. 7 // Who died from COVID-19 in Minnesota? Digging into the data 13.04.2022

Send us Fan Mail Two Minnesota residents joined Liz Collin this week for an in-depth look at the data surrounding COVID-19 deaths.  Researcher Marana Muse spent upwards of 1,500 hours studying Minnesota death certificates she obtained from the Minnesota Department of Health and uncovered “illogical” data.  Muse and attorney Greg Pulles analyzed all Minnesota death certificates from 2020 and 2021 f...

Ep. 6 // A Minnesota mom's new mission after losing military son to suicide 06.04.2022

Send us Fan Mail Vicki Randall from Brainerd, Minn., lost her son, Sgt. Cody Lee Randall, to suicide during the pandemic in 2020.  He was on base in Alaska where they have experienced a pandemic of their own — of suicides. Cody was seeing a counselor but his access to mental health treatment was cut off because of the government's response to the pandemic.  He left behind a wife and then 5-ye...

Ep. 5 // Public health nurse quit for 'feeling like a fraud' during pandemic 02.04.2022

Send us Fan Mail On the latest episode of "Liz Collin Reports," Liz spoke with a former public health nurse in Minneapolis who left the field after she said responses to the COVID pandemic made her and her work feel fraudulent. When Liz asked her to elaborate on just what she meant by "feeling like a fraud," Laura Van Luven said she was trained as a public health nurse to incor...

Ep. 4 // Workers weigh in on the future of Minneapolis 25.03.2022

Send us Fan Mail The country shut down in March 2020. Two months later, George Floyd died. This ushered in an unprecedented wave of crime in Minneapolis. Can the city recover? Liz talks with a health care worker and a business owner to find out.  Pafoua Yang's report: https://bit.ly/3tz8bbE SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/36smLsK Support the show

Ep. 3 // Fighting the vax mandate at the Fed: Another employee speaks out 17.03.2022

Send us Fan Mail Ryan Witthoft was fired from the Minneapolis Federal Reserve after objecting to the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds.  "I loved my job and everything about it," he tells Liz Collin.  But his religious beliefs prevented him from getting the COVID-19 vaccine because they "have all used aborted fetal cells in some way, shape, or form." His religious exemption...

Ep. 2 // Victim of home invasion fights back (ft. Julie Wicklund) 09.03.2022

Send us Fan Mail Julie Wicklund of Minneapolis talks with Liz Collin about the group she has formed to fight back. “Right now our whole city is unhealthy," said Wicklund. “The crime situation we are in is an emergency.” Support the show

Ep. 1 // The voice behind Crime Watch (ft. Crime Watch Minneapolis) 23.02.2022

Send us Fan Mail Liz Collin sits down with Crime Watch Minneapolis to hear how they are running the most successful crime watch social media page in Minnesota! Check out the Liz Collin Reports mini-doc on carjackings in Minnesota Follow Liz on Twitter Follow Crime Watch Minneapolis on Twitter Alpha News Website Music: "solarplex" by Birocratic ( http://birocratic.lnk.to/allYL ) Support t...

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