3/12 MN's paid family leave act is gaining national attention for how incompetently it was rolled out

Summary

Garage Logic Podcast – Episode Summary Episode Title: 3/12 MN's paid family leave act is gaining national attention for how incompetently it was rolled out
Date: March 13, 2026
Host: Joe Soucheray (“The Mayor”) with Chris Reivers, Kenny Olson, John Height, Patrick Royce
Podcast Network: Gamut Podcast Network

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Episode Overview

Minnesota’s most downloaded podcast, Garage Logic, dives into the chaotic rollout of Minnesota’s Paid Family Leave Act and its burgeoning reputation for mismanagement and fraud, an issue now attracting national scrutiny. The Garage Logicians apply their signature blend of skepticism, sarcasm, and common sense to the law’s unintended consequences, misuses, and broader implications for Minnesota's political climate and business environment. Later, the hosts expand to discussions of rental policy activism, Target boycotts, local crime, classic Minnesota winter worries, and pop culture sidebars.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Ongoing Fallout from MN’s Paid Family Leave Act

Timestamps: [13:18]–[19:08]

• Employer Concerns:
  Joe outlines survey findings from 700 employers:

  • Worries range from cost, slow claim approvals, administrative burdens, staffing disruptions, and potential misuse.
  • Some businesses report workers vacationing or attending music festivals while on “leave.”
  • "A number of respondents shared that their employees are making more on paid leave than wage replacement thresholds in the law." ([14:08], Joe Soucheray)

• Scope for Fraud and Abuse:

  • Providers pressured for full 12 weeks' leave regardless of medical necessity.
  • Employers frustrated by "broad eligibility and limited employer recourse."
  • DEED (MN’s Department of Employment and Economic Development) declined interviews; their public statements deemed by the cast as "all bs." ([15:17], Joe)

• National Attention & Political Fallout:

  • The snafu is making national news, with Governor Walz under fire.
  • Potential for up to 20 weeks’ paid leave when combining care for others and personal illness.

• Cynicism on Program’s Real-World Outcomes:

  • The team predicted fraud and see the law as enabling broader, not equal, abuse: "Maybe we should be thanking Governor Walz because now he has taught us that fraud is for all of us, not just Somalis." ([16:07], Patrick Royce)
  • Jokes about gaming the system (e.g., planning leave around concerts, [16:48]–[17:02]).

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2. Political Climate, City Council Policies & The “Oppressed Mentality”

Timestamps: [19:43]–[26:52]

• Debate Over Rent and Eviction Policies:

  • Minneapolis City Council members push for a 60-day grace period before eviction, described by Joe as intensifying renters’ hardship.
  • Quotes and constituent emails from Jason Chavez and others: Joe calls their worldview “bleak” and “oppressor/oppressed” dichotomy.
  • "It's clear that he, along with the other Marxists, don't want people to have to pay rent." ([25:07], Joe)
  • Patrick's satire: “If you disagree…you want immigrants to die in the street.” ([25:19], Patrick)

• Critique on Socialist Policies:

  • Accuse council members of lacking real-world experience in budgeting or self-sufficiency.

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3. Target Boycotts & The Race Industry

Timestamps: [29:55]–[34:58]

• Local vs. National Boycott Leadership:
  • Local activist Nekima Levy Armstrong continues pressuring Target after national leaders end the boycott.
  • Criticism of diversity initiatives and Target’s hiring—cast considers Target an exemplary local employer.
  • Sarcastic support: “Target chose a side. They chose to stand with Donald Trump. Fascism, tyranny and authoritarianism… They don't want Target to be in business.” ([33:26], Joe)
  • Hostility to “race industry” grifters: “Nakima, you're just profiting off the race industry. Then you're the kind of woman who keeps the race industry alive. Go bleep yourself.” ([32:39], Joe)

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4. Classic GL Digressions: Generational Fears, Ice Safety, and Minnesota Culture

Timestamps: [09:04]–[18:09]

• Generational Worries:
  • Discussion on open wells, quicksand, “never jump off the high bridge,” swimming after eating.
• Ice Safety Rituals:
  • Humorous accounts of childhood warnings about spring ice, ice car contests to predict when the local VFW’s junker would sink.

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5. National and Local News Sidebar

Timestamps: [42:03]–[61:13]

• Weather Alert:
  • Upcoming winter storm: up to 16" snow forecast, with strong winds already impacting power across the Twin Cities.
  • “The more they sell it,” Joe says, “the less likely it is.” ([42:46], Joe)
• Crime Updates:
  • Threats against a congresswoman, downtown dice-game murder, and Minneapolis’ violent crime trends.
• Stray Observations:
  • John Height updates on the snowstorm and local power outages, major crime stories.

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6. Minnesota Business & Policy—Clean/Green Energy Snark

Timestamps: [29:41]–[29:55]

• Critique Against Nuclear Power Bans:
  • Frustration at state law barring new nuclear plants despite global trends.
  • Urge listeners to push for legislative change.

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7. Community Nostalgia & Personal Anecdotes

Timestamps: [49:24]–[54:58]

• Meat Raffles and Bar Culture:
  • The hosts explore traditions such as bar meat raffles, “the blues” of drinking alone, and how these rites define regional identity.
  • Joe’s surprising confession: “With the exception of a restaurant or a golf club…I never once in my life have gone to a bar to have a drink.” ([50:25], Joe)
• Patrick’s stories of post-radio morning drinking and nostalgia for iconic bars and bartenders.

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8. Sports Updates & Local Color

Timestamps: [45:47]–[78:49]

• Big News: Kyler Murray signed to the Vikings; discussion on franchise QBs, salary cap, and job security in the NFL.
• Local tradition: Shoutouts to state high school basketball tournaments, and reflections on outstate Minnesota.
• Hall of Fame:
  • Danny Gladden and Dan Seaman’s induction into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame; reminiscences about local broadcasting legends.
• Pat’s rules for what counts as a real “state-tournament blizzard.”

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9. Music Memorabilia Auction

Timestamps: [62:17]–[68:51]

• Jim Irsay Collection Auction:
  • Guitars from David Gilmour, Jerry Garcia, Kurt Cobain sell for millions.
  • Discussion of rock history, instrument provenance, and why musicians switch guitars.

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10. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On Paid Leave Fraud:

"Maybe we should be thanking Governor Walz because now he has taught us that fraud is for all of us, not just Somalis. We can all benefit from fraud with the Paid Leave Act."
— Patrick Royce ([16:07])

On Minneapolis Rent Policy:

"It's quite clear that he, along with the other Marxists, don't want people to have to pay rent. They want me to pay rent and you to pay rent. But they don't want certain people to pay rent, Joe."
— Joe Soucheray ([25:07])

Target Boycott Activism:

"Nakima, you're just profiting off the race industry. Then you're the kind of woman who keeps the race industry alive. Go bleep yourself."
— Joe Soucheray ([32:39])

On Generational Worries:

"You work within 500 miles of quicksand?"
— Joe, incredulous at childhood fears ([09:25])

Joe’s Bar Confession:

"I never once in my life have gone to a bar to have a drink."
— Joe Soucheray ([50:25])

Euphemisms and Newspeak:

"[The student] rendered him no longer alive. ... Why can't we just say, 'They killed the son of a ...' — they killed him."
— Patrick Royce ([60:07])

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Additional Timestamps for Important Segments

• Discussion on MN Paid Family Leave rollout: [13:18]–[19:08]
• Minneapolis City Council rent/eviction reaction: [19:43]–[26:52]
• Target boycott and local activist scrutiny: [29:55]–[34:58]
• National weather, news, and crime updates: [42:03]–[61:13]
• Sports talk, high school tournaments, and Hall of Fame: [45:47]–[78:49]
• Jim Irsay guitar auction and music memorabilia: [62:17]–[68:51]

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Episode Tone and Language

The conversation is sarcastic, cynical, and distinctly “common-sense,” with humor and regional colloquialisms dominant. Frequent asides, pop culture references, generational comparisons, and inside jokes among the cast offer a “back-of-the-garage” feel. The podcasters show clear skepticism toward big government programs, DFL politicians, and social justice activism, while celebrating Minnesota tradition, local businesses, and the blue-collar ethic.

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For listeners who missed the episode, this summary captures the irreverent style, the main criticisms of the Paid Family Leave Act, the hosts’ take on local activism, regional news, and day-to-day life in Minnesota.

Transcript

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[Chris Reivers]

Hail the Flashlight King.

[Joe Soucheray]

And now from the mayor's office above the boathouse on the East Shamrocks. With me it's Garage Logic with Chris Reavers manning technology corner, Kenny Olson from the crabby coffee shop, John Height in the newsroom and of course the Here is your Flashlight King fireworks commissioner and the keeper of common sense, your mayor, Joe Susherer, Mark Zuckerberg.

[Kenny Olson]

I know him. Facebook guy.

[Joe Soucheray]

He splashed out 170mil on 1.84 acres in Miami as he becomes the latest billionaire to flee California. And Jordy notes he submitted an application to be Zuckerberg's pool boy, but he hasn't heard anything yet. Hopefully the rising ocean won't swallow his property before I get hired and get my paid family leave so I can open up my learning center.

[John Height]

But.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, boom, boom. I didn't even do that to you.

[Kenny Olson]

Hey, he's ready.

[Chris Reivers]

You know what? That's called? Instinct.

[Patrick Royce]

I think so.

[Chris Reivers]

Did you. By the way, speaking of that, did you see that the Starbucks CEO, he went to Florida? Yeah. He did the similar thing because in the state of Washington, we passed the billionaires tax. And he said, okay, well, nice seeing y'.

[Joe Soucheray]

All. I wonder what Gates will do, because he lives on Lake Washington in Seattle.

[Chris Reivers]

I think he's got other problems.

[Joe Soucheray]

No, not really. He bought those off. Oh. Oh, he's got the Einstein problem.

[Kenny Olson]

He's not real smart. He's not real smart. That's his name, Einstein.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's quite mad, you know.

[Chris Reivers]

Quite.

[Joe Soucheray]

I read Trump's truth social posting that he did it. What Ungodly hour of the morning last night, and he was saying what an honor it is for him to be able to kill all these Iranians and. Okay, but I immediately thought of that line when James Bond is trying to woo Ms. Galore.

[Patrick Royce]

What's her first name?

[Joe Soucheray]

Her name's Ms. Galore, Penelope. And Ms. Galore had been in the. Is in the employee of Goldfinger. And 007 says to her, he's quite mad, you know.

[Kenny Olson]

He's quite mad, you know. He's quite mad, you know.

[Joe Soucheray]

Cause this crackpot's quite mad, you know.

[John Height]

This is.

[Joe Soucheray]

This is a.

[Kenny Olson]

You need to get some sleep, Sir. That's what. Mr. President, you need to get some rest.

[Joe Soucheray]

You like the shoes that Rubio was wearing, the clown shoes? Remember when you're. Did you ever have. When your kids were little and you'd come home and take off your shoes, and then a kid would put your shoes on and pretend to walk? That's what Rubio looked like. Yeah. Clomping around in those shoes.

[Patrick Royce]

How did you see his shoes?

[Joe Soucheray]

What was a picture of them?

[John Height]

Oh, there's. Yeah, they were all over the Internet.

[Joe Soucheray]

And the shoes clearly were way too.

[Kenny Olson]

I thought it was AI at first.

[Patrick Royce]

Are they. Are they on the Internet just for his shoes?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

Followed that story.

[Joe Soucheray]

Trump's given out floor shines to the inner circle.

[Patrick Royce]

Oh, is that a pair of Trumpers?

[John Height]

Oh, yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

So Trump gave Marco the shoes and they don't fit, but Marco wore them anyway.

[Patrick Royce]

They all feel obligated to put.

[Joe Soucheray]

They're too afraid not to.

[Patrick Royce]

You know, you've made it. When you get a pair of Trumpers. God, I would love a pair of Trumpers.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, you're either in for the shoes or you're not. I could take you. Because he's such a noted off site correspondent. Bonnet. Tom. I could set the tone today by reading his email, which is highly disturbing. Would you. Would you prefer that I do it now or later?

[Patrick Royce]

It seems like a Monday kind of thing.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it's not. It's right now.

[Kenny Olson]

He usually makes good notations and has good observations and has been a loyal garage logician for a while.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hi Joe. Your recent discussion of the Antichrist.

[Patrick Royce]

Oh, I love this topic.

[John Height]

Well,

[Joe Soucheray]

he's quite mad, you know. I do, actually.

[Patrick Royce]

I think I've always been fascinated by.

[Joe Soucheray]

Then you're going to enjoy Tom's thoughts on this.

[Patrick Royce]

Is he making some links?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, he's a thinker. Joe, your recent discussion of the Antichrist brought back my childhood. Being raised in an evangelical Christian home where talk of the end times was frequent and petrifying. Same at least to a young child. Now that I'm older and the world hasn't ended, I wish I'd spent less time cowering under my bed and more time preparing for my future. Anyway, your discussion brought to mind two thoughts. First, I remember how as recently as five years ago, a national radio host warned that deepfakes would indistinguishable from the real thing. Your own show has covered this. How a person can no longer trust what they see with their own eyes. I've heard people speculate that the Antichrist might not be a real person at all, but rather an avatar generated by our tech overlords, providing each follower a feed tailored to their wants and needs. Second, I listened to an interview recently and wish I could remember with who. But it was no crackpot. Rather, it was someone well connected to the AI world. They said that many people in the field are growing uncomfortable because in the words of one of them, it doesn't feel like they're creating artificial intelligence. Rather, it feels like AI existed all along, and AI advancements are simply providing it a body through which it can autonomously act. That quote was from memory. The real thing was downright chilling. All sorts of cautionary tales come to mind. The Garden of Eden, Pandora's Box, the Tower of Babel. Choose your allegory. Something evil is afoot and it could not come to life at a worst time in human history. As you've pointed out, we've abandoned religion, and whether it's climate change or politics, people are hungry for something greater than themselves to believe in. The Bible says that the Antichrist will start out compassionate and benevolent, but then take a turn When I observe the negative impact of social media on our society. Neighbor turning on neighbor. Emboldened by anonymity, I can easily see how non believers in an antichrist world might be martyred for the entertainment of the zealots.

[Patrick Royce]

Wow.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's quite bad, you know.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. Very pensive.

[Patrick Royce]

By the way, there were a number of things as Gen Xers that we were worried about as kids. And Matthew, you could probably confirm this. Open wells.

[John Height]

You're gonna.

[Patrick Royce]

You're gonna fall down an open well.

[Kenny Olson]

Yep.

[Patrick Royce]

Quicksand.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, my God. I was afraid for dear life.

[Joe Soucheray]

You work within 500 miles of quicksand.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, but every. I know every TV show, you people went down with quicksand.

[Patrick Royce]

And I think all generations can. To the. Don't go swimming for 30 minutes after you've eaten.

[Joe Soucheray]

That was a scam invented by parents to have one more drink.

[Patrick Royce]

Right. But then in my house, I think I was raised the same way that emailer was. It was the apocalypse. It was going to definitely happen during my lifetime.

[Kenny Olson]

At some point over the horizon. Here it comes.

[Patrick Royce]

During our lifetime.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm a boomer. And we had a different set of worries. Never, never jump off the high bridge.

[Patrick Royce]

Okay, well, that's. That's a really good one.

[Kenny Olson]

No, ours goes without saying, right?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, no, it went like this. It went like this. How did it go?

[Kenny Olson]

Never jump off.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, just leave it at that. Don't jump off the high bridge.

[Patrick Royce]

Well, that's not a bad.

[Kenny Olson]

Right. I'm with you on that.

[Chris Reivers]

I could see the young man in his wedding thanking his father for all the advice over the. Dad, thank you for telling me not to jump off the highway.

[Kenny Olson]

I never did.

[Joe Soucheray]

Don't go on the ice in the spring when it's melting.

[Patrick Royce]

Oh, when it's dark ice, black ice.

[Joe Soucheray]

In fact, I'll never forget my mother one time had to go somewhere. So there was, I don't know, 15 or 16 of us kids by then, right. I think they had 30 kids. And we were all in the front yard. It was spring and there were ice floes flowing by. And she. Here's what she said, under pain of mortal sin. Don't go on that lake. And we all just froze in place.

[Kenny Olson]

You knew.

[Joe Soucheray]

Just couldn't move.

[Kenny Olson]

You knew something really.

[Joe Soucheray]

I mean, if you went.

[Pat]

If you went on that ice, you

[Joe Soucheray]

were in big trouble.

[Patrick Royce]

But you're done. The second she got out of sight,

[Joe Soucheray]

we went on the ice.

[Chris Reivers]

Of course. May I ask.

[Joe Soucheray]

We watched her go up the hill.

[Pat]

Oh, she's gone.

[Patrick Royce]

Let's go.

[Kenny Olson]

Because you could see the puffs of smoke.

[Chris Reivers]

I was just gonna ask. That was your soul. Did Mary Helen have the. The menthol st and the stick was

[Kenny Olson]

jolting like this under pain of moral sin.

[Patrick Royce]

None of you would have considered going on the ice until she brought it up.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, we had big sticks like Tom Sawyer. We were pedaling, paddling along on the ice floes.

[Kenny Olson]

Basically, she did. Do not press this button.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, well, anyway, where are we?

[Pat]

Why?

[Kenny Olson]

How did we get there?

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, he's quite mad.

[Chris Reivers]

You know. What's the most recent day you guys have seen a vehicle on the ice? Because mine's within a week.

[Joe Soucheray]

I. I haven't been near.

[Patrick Royce]

Right, yeah, we're driving.

[Chris Reivers]

We're driving out there still?

[Patrick Royce]

Well, yeah. Don't be a wuss.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, for God.

[Chris Reivers]

Come on, Beavis, don't be a wolf.

[Patrick Royce]

I want Mary Helen.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's too late. Don't be a wuss. That's right. Take your 400,000mile pickup truck out there, hope it goes through the lake.

[Kenny Olson]

Would probably reject it.

[Chris Reivers]

Kenny gets out middle of the lake and does a. All right, I'll see you later.

[Patrick Royce]

My window. I drive with my windows open, so I'll be good.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, you're all right then. Do you remember when, before we were afraid that we were ruining the earth? The local VFW or the Lions Club or somebody would leave a car out on the ice, some abandoned car, greatest contest. And then for a buck you'd guess the date and we didn't care if it had oil in it or whatever. She went down. I know where one is in White Bear. I could take him on a boat and point. You can see it. I know where one is.

[Kenny Olson]

What is it? Like a local coil reef?

[Joe Soucheray]

Coral reef. It's not that far offshore really. Yeah, but it's deep enough where boats aren't bothered by it.

[Patrick Royce]

I know where a steam tractor is, a threshing machine, an old horse drawn slaughter, that's all. My ancestors did that with all their old equipment. Pulled it out on the ice.

[Joe Soucheray]

Company concerns are being clearer following a survey of hundreds of employers on the state's paid leave program. Concerns range from cost to misuse, including some reporting that workers are going on vacation during their leave. The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce surveyed 700 employers about Minnesota's paid leave program and recently shared a summary of the results with lawmakers focusing on the worries. Shared concerns include administrative burdens, slow claim approval, staffing disruptions, cost concerns, with a notable call for program changes to address these issues. Did anyone really think this would run smoothly.

[Chris Reivers]

No. We all predicted that this was going to be wrought with fraud.

[Joe Soucheray]

Also, possible misuse by those approved for leave is starting to get flagged. Our members believe that the legislature must address operational challenges. Lauren Shot Horsed, the chamber's workplace management and workforce development policy director, said to the lawmakers. Outright fraud, of course, is top of mind, but so is the issue of abuse and overuse. Schott said providers are being pressured by patients for the full 12 weeks of leave, even if their condition does not require it. A number of respondents have shared that their employees are making more on paid leave than the wage replacement thresholds in the law. Employees are going on vacation or to music festivals while supposedly on leave. These anecdotes don't necessarily reveal fraud or a lack of oversight by the department. They highlight concerns with the broad eligibility and limited employer recourse elements of the law. This is Channel 5. Our request for an interview with the agency responsible for the program, Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Development Deed, was denied. I didn't give him an interview. We wanted to ask about those concerns and if there are any limitations for people who are on leave, such as taking a vacation. Deed did write that a list of limits is not in the statute and shared the lengthy statement. I don't want to read your lengthy statement. It's all bs. So the statement is lengthy and it says, well, where you paid leave should be used as it is intended for bonding and caring and healing.

[Patrick Royce]

I'm worried that you guys are taking a negative approach to this. And I'm wondering, maybe we should be thanking Governor Walz because now he has taught us that fraud is for all of us, not just Somalis. We can all benefit from fraud with the Paid Leave Act. And I'd like to thank the governor for that. Thank you for including me.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, and it is happening.

[Patrick Royce]

It's just. It was happening before the law even went. The people were lined up at the fraud gate waiting to get in when the law always enacted.

[Chris Reivers]

And didn't we burn through the budget by about Valentine's Day?

[Patrick Royce]

Sign me up for 90 days. I'm gonna get sick.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hey, Fish is playing in Red Rocks. October 10th. That's. That's be a good time to take my leave.

[Patrick Royce]

October 1st through November 1st.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

So my mom's gonna be ill. I gotta take care of her. What a joke.

[Kenny Olson]

I thought your mom died six months ago. Well, she had a good recovery and now she's gonna. She's on it again.

[Patrick Royce]

It's like the law was made for fraud. Let's, let's, you know what? Let's make something up where the whole state can steal from us, rob from us.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, it's hard to get away from the topic, isn't it? But it's making national news. The Family Leave act is gaining the attention of national news covers. And Walz, of course, is in the hot seat. Now, the legislation took effect on January 1st, and Minnesota workers get up to 12 weeks a year off with partial pay to care for a newborn or sick family member. There's nothing in there about going to a concert or taking your vacation that's not in there. But that's gonna happen.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes, it is.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's already, it's already happening.

[Patrick Royce]

It's just incredible.

[Joe Soucheray]

And up to 12 weeks to recover from their own serious illness. Benefits are capped at 20 weeks a year for employees who take advantage of both. Wait a minute. What's 12 and 12 24. Well, you can get 20 out of this. You can take. You can take 10. You can take 10 to care for a newborn or a sick family member and then another 10 for yourself if you got a operation or something. Two months in, the legislation is receiving pushback, including from the state's largest nonpartisan business advocacy organization. Beyond just anti fraud sentiments. Employees are. Well, this is a repeat of what I just read. This is a. This is a nine piece, but it's the same as the five piece to a certain extent. The employers have awakened, not unexpectedly, to the terrible abuses that this thing will give rise to. And we don't.

[Chris Reivers]

Will. It's already happening.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's just, you know, where's that Antichrist when you need him?

[Patrick Royce]

He's quite mad.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's quite mad, you know. Come on, let's go.

[Patrick Royce]

Either, come on, A.C. get it rolling.

[Joe Soucheray]

Let's go here. Volcano in Yellowstone.

[Kenny Olson]

Come on, let's go.

[Joe Soucheray]

Acidic, you know, end times. Let's go.

[Patrick Royce]

Spool them up.

[Joe Soucheray]

I get down to Yarmos tonight. They sell cigarettes.

[Kenny Olson]

They do sell. Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't even want to read this to say it's. It's rife with problems. GL tried to point that out, but we don't hold the. We don't have the hammer that would be necessary to, to do this. I have, I have followed this with great interest. The Marxist socialists. They're called Democratic Socialists of America, but they're Marxists. I just read a great piece on it last night in the National Review. They don't like the country. All right? In any event, I've been reading the statements that Minneapolis City Council members have issued to their constituents regarding their desire to have a 60 day grace period before you have to pay rent. Remember, we went through this. We read Chug Tai's. No, Chaudhary's. And Robin Wansley and Chugtai and Jason Chavez. They all want 60 days because they don't understand how capitalism works. They don't understand how America works.

[Kenny Olson]

They wish for it to just go

[Joe Soucheray]

away in those 60 days because all you're doing for a person struggling to pay the rent within 30 days is you're compounding their burden by extending it to 60 days. But I think in the back of their mind, they know that. And what they want is that nobody should have to pay rent in the first place because those rents are issued by oppressors. And it's not fair. Even though the guy who owns the building has to pay a mortgage and fix it up and do everything else.

[John Height]

Property taxes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, anyway, here's Chavez.

[Kenny Olson]

Jason.

[Joe Soucheray]

Jason Chavez, who again, I've said this a thousand times. Love to have him as a guest. You all have failed me in convincing him to come on the air. You all have failed me miserably to get him in here.

[Patrick Royce]

It's not the things you've been saying about him. No, it's us. It's the fault.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's your fault. I'm a victim.

[Kenny Olson]

It's the presentation of our request. That's how it is.

[Patrick Royce]

Wait, you're a victim.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm a victim.

[Patrick Royce]

You are a victim.

[Joe Soucheray]

Dear neighbors, writes Jason, I am disappointed that Mayor Frye vetoed the PAWS Evictions Save lives ordinance. That's what it was called. This policy would have temporarily given residents 60 days before an eviction is filed for the non payment of rent. Do you realize what that does, you moron? That doubles their burden. But he doesn't see that. This is an anti displacement measure. Would help prevent evictions, give residents more time to pay rent. It would keep families together amid the occupation of our city by the federal government. There's been months of work and millions of dollars raised by thousands of our residents to help keep people in their homes. Minneapolis residents have been heroes and their tenacity has kept people safe and in stable housing. Unfortunately, Fry's veto will lead to mass displacement of our neighbors. This veto is a slap in the face of our immigrant neighbors who have been demonized and forced back into the shadows in the community. Who has spent months fundraising to keep families together. Okay. He writes, the cameras may have left Minneapolis, but the majority of the city believes in supporting our Immigrant neighbors. Well, who doesn't? The data is clear, and we need solutions. Unfortunately, due to Operation Metro Surge, Minneapolis has at least $203.1 million impact in Minneapolis in one month. Well, you were part of the group, Jason, that told business to close in Protest. An additional 76,200 people citywide may be experiencing food insecurity. I don't believe that.

[Kenny Olson]

I don't know what that is.

[Joe Soucheray]

Even so much fraud has been committed in the name of food.

[Chris Reivers]

And why? Because it requires you to have empathy. Well, no one wants anybody to starve.

[Joe Soucheray]

And there's an additional estimated 9.75 million in monthly food assistance costs. I wonder how much that is legitimate.

[Patrick Royce]

How can he be so adept, or. What's the right word? Good at doing the math here. But then he can't figure out what 60 days of not paying your rent will do to your bank account and how that will bankrupt the average renter.

[Joe Soucheray]

And he notes 15.7 million in rent assistance is needed each month for households impacted to be able to pay rent.

[Kenny Olson]

We don't know that.

[Joe Soucheray]

47 million monthly estimate in lost wages. Give me that again.

[Kenny Olson]

Yep, we don't know.

[Joe Soucheray]

You want to know, Kenny, how he got this? He's just making it up.

[Josh Arnold]

If.

[Patrick Royce]

If you're going to be evicted, you're going to be. You're going to owe the guy. What did we come up with? 4500, right?

[Kenny Olson]

Right.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, right now you might own 1500.

[Patrick Royce]

Yeah, if your monthly rent is 1500. But you're going to lose everything. Your damage deposit, your first and last month's rent and two months rent. You're going to lose everything.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's quite clear that he, along with the other Marxists, don't want people to have to pay rent. They want me to pay rent and you to pay rent. But they don't want certain people to pay rent, Joe.

[Patrick Royce]

And you're racist if you disagree with that. You hate the immigrants if you disagree with that. You want immigrants to die in the street if you disagree with them.

[Joe Soucheray]

These people are champions at making people less than. There's no possible way you can pay your rent. You're a moron. We're here to help you. Well, Jason, you're. You couldn't be more wrong. But he wrote, we won't give up.

[Kenny Olson]

He will fight.

[John Height]

Well, here.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here's the threat. As a result, the city of Minneapolis will need to massively increase funding for rental assistance, and I will be supporting such efforts with my council colleagues. What does that mean? That means get Ready to kiss your ass goodbye because your property taxes are going to go up 25%.

[Patrick Royce]

Don't mind my hand in your other pocket.

[Kenny Olson]

What?

[Patrick Royce]

Yeah, you heard me, buddy.

[Joe Soucheray]

So we've. I love to take note of their constituent mailings, and it's just the. The democratic socialists, they. They really have just a bleak, burdened, oppressed view of the world, don't they? Nobody can. Well, the people they're addressing can't possibly succeed. They just can't do it because they're oppressed and the rest of us are the oppressors.

[Patrick Royce]

Yep. And if you disagree with him, you are an oppressor. You are racist, and you hate immigrants.

[Joe Soucheray]

And like Chad Hari and Wansley and Chubtai and the other democratic socialist Marxists, he has never done anything that would equip him to understand budgeting, saving, writing checks, making sure the rent's paid on. And again, I'll ask you, Jason, the same question I asked Chaudhary. Are you. When you get your paycheck, do you just give it away? The whole thing? You stand in the window of your rented apartment and give it all away?

[Patrick Royce]

Isn't one of them not living in her district?

[Kenny Olson]

Chavez was born in Minneapolis to Mexican immigrants, turned to crime at 13 after his parents lost their home. He's still in the 2008 financial crisis.

[Patrick Royce]

He's in legal crime.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's in legal crime. No.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. He later enrolled in high school, graduating 2014 Saint Scholastica with a bachelor's degree in. What in 2018 is what it says here in fraud. Say what?

[Joe Soucheray]

Did you ever have a job, Joe?

[Patrick Royce]

Did you see Elliot Payne's quote?

[Joe Soucheray]

I refresh my memory. I'm sure I did.

[Patrick Royce]

This is a veto rooted in cowardice, not the livelihoods of our residents. You really have to hand it to Minneapolis Times for getting this out there so we can all read.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I know how stupid these people have a job.

[Kenny Olson]

He served as a committee legislative aide to Minnesota House Rep. Carlos Mariani.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's not a job.

[Kenny Olson]

And Mahmoud Noor.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's not a job.

[Kenny Olson]

He worked on both the Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Committee and the Workforce and Business Development Committee at the Minnesota State House of Representatives.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's not a job.

[Chris Reivers]

Wait, was it Mohammed Noor was the guy that shot the.

[Kenny Olson]

That's a different one, I think.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, yeah, he had a lot of. Noor.

[Chris Reivers]

Got it.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, our friends at the center of the American experiment, this is the kind of thing they follow. I would. I visit that website every day. Americanexperiment.org and right now, they're reminding you the kind of trouble in getting affordable, reliable energy here in Minnesota. Your electric bill is climbing, businesses are getting squeezed, and the competitive edge in our mining and manufacturing sectors is disappearing. All because of a feel good policy that ignores reality. Minnesota power companies cannot plan for new nuclear energy. That's the cleanest, safest, and most reliable carbon free energy on earth. But we have a state law. We can't build a nuke here. We're one of nine states with that kind of law. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is figuring this out, but we're not. Let's not repeat this failure. Go to americanexperiment.org Click on Take Action. Tell your representative it's time to free the nukes and restore reliable, affordable energy in Minnesota. Americanexperiment.org all right, thank you, American Experimenter.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes, sir.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. A national boycott of Target led by civil rights leaders outside Minnesota may be ending, but local activists don't want to end their hectoring of Target.

[John Height]

Why?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, Nakima's in on this.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, okay.

[Joe Soucheray]

From the beginning, we said that the Target boycott would be indefinite, said attorney and activist Nakima Levy Armstrong.

[Chris Reivers]

I thought she was in jail.

[Joe Soucheray]

Nah, she.

[Kenny Olson]

How is she available for years?

[Joe Soucheray]

She didn't. She's all right.

[Kenny Olson]

How did they get them?

[Joe Soucheray]

You can get her. You know what?

[Chris Reivers]

It was the right price.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. Yeah, I guess.

[Joe Soucheray]

For more than a year, Armstrong has led a movement urging consumers to boycott Target after the company quietly scaled back several diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. At the time, critics accused Target of backing away from commitments made during the racial justice movement after George Floyd was killed. Now a national group led by Georgia pastor Jamal Bryant says it is ending its boycott after meeting with Target leaders and feeling pleased with their discussions about Target's progress. They gotta search their heart to give an account for why you would do something so progressive and righteous and then bend to bigotry. Bigotry so quickly. Said activist Nina Turner. Because the locals aren't going with the. With the nationals. The locals still want to bitch and moan. What obligation does Target have to hire somebody that wouldn't be qualified? Isn't that what it gets down to?

[Chris Reivers]

Yep.

[Joe Soucheray]

With diversity, equity, and inclusion, Target doesn't care what color you are.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, you're going to do a good job for the color.

[Joe Soucheray]

If you're better than applicant A and you're applicant B, you're getting hired.

[Chris Reivers]

Right.

[Joe Soucheray]

What does it have to do with anything?

[Patrick Royce]

I've always seen an extremely diverse team at every Target I go to.

[Joe Soucheray]

So have I on all the times I've been to Target.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, you know, you think if a Target HR person's there and somebody's at the interview and this person's got 3M experience and experience with Honeywell.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you.

[Kenny Olson]

Versus Jason Chavez saying, I worked on the campaign for Mahumud North.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's right.

[Patrick Royce]

The ink that I buy for my printer is $2 cheaper at Target than it is at Walmart.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, we gotta tell Target has been nothing but a good civic neighbor since the get go.

[Patrick Royce]

Target's been a part of my life since that first one went up on

[Kenny Olson]

pen and 494neapolitans with goods after the Floyd riots.

[Joe Soucheray]

Nakima, you're just profiting off the race industry. Then you're the kind of woman who keeps the race industry alive. Go bleep yourself. Target will hire the best people they can. They don't give a damn what your ethnicity is. This is. It's pathetic that Target gets hassled.

[Patrick Royce]

My. My roommate is mad at Nekima because this has forced her to shop at Target. She would rather go to Walmart, but Nekima and these protests make her so angry that she now goes to target.

[Chris Reivers]

Dr. 60 miles out of the way just to go support.

[Joe Soucheray]

Good for your roommate.

[Patrick Royce]

It's backfiring on Nakima. In my case,

[Joe Soucheray]

Target chose a side. They chose to stand with Donald Trump. Fascism, tyranny and authoritarianism. She said, I don't think she could be more wrong. And we chose a side. We chose to put people ahead of profits. These people are Marxists, flat out. They don't want Target to be in business.

[Patrick Royce]

She's quite mad, you know, she's quite mad.

[Kenny Olson]

Target, the company that put out LGBT towels and eggs and things for to be inclusive.

[Chris Reivers]

Eggs?

[Patrick Royce]

Eggs.

[John Height]

I don't know.

[Patrick Royce]

You were on a roll.

[Kenny Olson]

I went to an audio dead end there pretty quick.

[Chris Reivers]

Are they like different colors and what?

[Kenny Olson]

I think so, yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

After they call it Easter style, you

[Patrick Royce]

know, got that whole.

[Kenny Olson]

See if you guys were listening, you're just.

[Joe Soucheray]

You're just a grifter. No better than the grifters who run the. You're just grifting off the race industry. And you're full of B as in B S as in S. I'd say you should be ashamed of yourself, but you're not capable of it. And I love you. You know I love you. And a lot of times you're an absolute g L. Er.

[Chris Reivers]

You know what you just said?

[Joe Soucheray]

What?

[Chris Reivers]

You're not capable of it. It's the same thing. When you chastise Matthew and he says, you're welcome, you know, thank you, thank

[Kenny Olson]

you, I appreciate it.

[Joe Soucheray]

It's the the same thing,

[Kenny Olson]

Ricky.

[Joe Soucheray]

Don't try. You're not capable of it.

[Kenny Olson]

I go, thank you, I appreciate that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Nakima, you're a phony. You're making millions. Who are you kidding?

[Kenny Olson]

Isn't it funny that whenever she makes the news, it's always ne. She never comes out with a positive. She's always anti or Marxists are unhappy people. Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

And it's because this is her industry.

[Joe Soucheray]

They're not shiny happy people alive. I guess they're not shiny happy people holding hands. Why don't you take a time out?

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, okay, let's do that.

[Kenny Olson]

What do you got for us?

[Joe Soucheray]

And then you're going to talk like an adult. You're not going to race. You know what? This might cure you.

[Kenny Olson]

Here we go. We're doing on your program only these

[Joe Soucheray]

far leftist like walls speak rapid.

[Kenny Olson]

Whoa, he's calling you out.

[Joe Soucheray]

Most adults speak in a reasonable moderate pace.

[Kenny Olson]

Thank you, I appreciate that.

[Joe Soucheray]

You got that. I'm giving you help here.

[Chris Reivers]

I could do that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Walls just says words as fast as he possibly can.

[Patrick Royce]

Don't be a waltz.

[Joe Soucheray]

Don't be a waltz. He's quite mad, you know.

[Chris Reivers]

Hello, friends.

[John Height]

Oh, oh, here we go.

[Kenny Olson]

This is crystal clear to me.

[Chris Reivers]

I would like to talk to you.

[Patrick Royce]

I don't know if I like this. I don't like this version. There's like a guy under the bed. Yeah, I like Angsty Chris better.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Gather round, ladies and gentlemen. No, you know what?

[John Height]

Spring is right around the corner, not npr.

[Chris Reivers]

And you would like to get yourself a nice glass of ice cold water.

[Patrick Royce]

Chris.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah.

[Patrick Royce]

Stop.

[Kenny Olson]

Can you hear the train going by?

[Chris Reivers]

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[Kenny Olson]

Let's go hit the liner before the music.

[Chris Reivers]

The Earth is not your mother the

[Joe Soucheray]

Joe Suger Show Now I'm gonna need

[Patrick Royce]

some advice from you guys. I know all of you. You have a cylinder index that's at least twice your age and you know everything there is to know about mechanics. Chris, get rid of that video we don't know and just put us all up because I have a question for you guys about Deep Creep. Now we've heard from g ers over the years that it Works on zippers. You can use it on bird feeder poles to keep the squirrels off firearms. Rusty bolts, vice grips, that satin water. My question for you is, will it work on a DC voltage connection? Here's what I. Here's the problem. I was driving the plow truck in the dark this morning and the headlights are flashing like it's a disco flash.

[Pat]

Flash, flash, flash, flash, flash, flash, flash.

[Patrick Royce]

And I can only imagine that I've got a stiff or something's wrong with the connection where I plug the plow into the wiring harness on the truck. My idea is. And I want a yes or no from you guys. Should I just coat those connections in?

[Chris Reivers]

Matthew? What do you say, Creep?

[Patrick Royce]

What would you do?

[Kenny Olson]

I would say put the cigarette out first and then. I think it's okay to do that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yes, Joe, Yes. Go deep Creep.

[Patrick Royce]

Are you sure that'll be all right?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I don't.

[Kenny Olson]

You'll find out because it's going to be able to. It's going to be able to. You guys are going to give me crap. Lubricate the hole to get in there and it's going to have a nice snug fit and you're going to be plowing away, if you know what I mean.

[Chris Reivers]

Ken, I have a question. If it doesn't work, though, is that a case of wasting really good deep crease Creep?

[Joe Soucheray]

If it does, well, it's a quick spray.

[Patrick Royce]

This was. This was a trick question. I already knew the answer. I looked it up because I don't trust you guys. You guys don't know. You don't know anything.

[Kenny Olson]

You're smart, Kenny. I just guess.

[Josh Arnold]

Deep.

[Patrick Royce]

Of course. Deep Creep is the answer for your electrical connections on attaching your plow to your truck. You spray those connections down and you'll get a nice snug fit and everything will work fine. And it's just another use for Deep Creep. We need this stuff in our lives. We need it in the shop, the garage, the house, the truck, the car. You name stock in a big supply of Deep Creep. You can find it everywhere. Just another fantastic product from our friends at Seafoam.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here's John Haidt in his newsroom.

[John Height]

Thank you, Joe and Kenny, I'd like to point out you didn't ask me, but I have no opinion.

[Patrick Royce]

Thank you.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know.

[Kenny Olson]

He would have brought it to the dealer.

[John Height]

I don't know. This news is brought to you by North American Banking Company. Weather is the big story, apparently. You know, I know this is a podcast and not always timely. You might Be listening next Wednesday and this won't matter, but I do want to tell everybody.

[Chris Reivers]

Let us know how it is.

[John Height]

Twin Cities in a winter storm watch for this weekend. The first concern, according to the weather service, heavy snow. A broad area of 10 to 16 inches, likely at a narrow swath that moves into Wisconsin. Maybe up to 20 inches of snow.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't believe it. The more they sell it, the less likely it is.

[John Height]

The heaviest snow will fall Saturday night and then overnight with rates of 2 inches per hour. Possible winds will start out at the northeast, 20 to 30 miles an hour. The second concern, Sunday afternoon after we get all that snow. Depending on how much we get, the winds increase to 35 to 45 miles an hour. The combination of heavy snow and gusty winds will reduce visibility, create periods of blizzard conditions on Sunday across most of western and southern Minnesota. Traffic expected to be very difficult or impossible late Saturday night and Sunday. The winds which while they've been blowing for a while now and they have knocked out power thousands of people across the Twin Cities and other parts of Minnesota. More than 1400 Xcel Energy customers were without electricity this morning and According to Poweroutage US that number dropped to about 9,000 by 10 this morning. Most of the outages in Hennepin county sustained winds of 30 to 40 miles and are expected to continue throughout the day to day before they pick up tomorrow. How strong is the wind?

[Joe Soucheray]

How strong is it?

[John Height]

Strong winds toppled a large billboard in Maplewood.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, no, no, no.

[John Height]

Sheared off four large metal bolts that anchored the structure along i94. Wow, you guys, maybe you've seen this billboard. I don't recall it. It was near the 3M headquarters along Hudson Road, just east of the corporate campus. Representative for the company that owns the billboard said the wind was to blame and it caused the bolts to shear.

[Joe Soucheray]

I. I don't, I don't recall that billboard.

[John Height]

Oh, I thought it was a 3M billboard.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, the 3M.

[Chris Reivers]

The basketball hoop with nine sandbags on it was sitting on the hood of my traverse this morning.

[Kenny Olson]

There you go.

[Chris Reivers]

I'm just glad it didn't hit the windshield.

[Kenny Olson]

Let's spoil the claim on that one. Fire with the crock box and hunker down, man.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hey, John, you coming over?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[John Height]

One sports note. The Vikings have signed quarterback Kyler Murray to a one year deal with 1.3 million bucks.

[Pat]

That's all.

[John Height]

Well, it was very cheap because Murray already is getting paid.

[Chris Reivers]

He's getting paid by the other team.

[John Height]

36.8 million.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, he'll be all Right by Arizona.

[John Height]

He'll be all right Wednesday. Murray has had some injury problems the past few years. Last year he played in only five games and this was always one of my favorite football stories. Back in 2022, they kept saying his work ethic perhaps wasn't great and the Cardinals put a homework clause into his contract defenses. That that was withdrawn though, because a lot of people.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why did he. He won the Heisman with Oklahoma.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes, sir.

[Joe Soucheray]

Why did he end up at Texas A and M?

[Chris Reivers]

No, he.

[Joe Soucheray]

Or did he go from A and M to Oklahoma?

[Chris Reivers]

He transferred.

[Patrick Royce]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay, so a serious question is. Here we go. He's guaranteed 30 from Arizona, 38, something like that, 36 million from Arizona. But he's coming here to get banged around at 1.3 million.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, nobody's still getting the 36.

[Kenny Olson]

Wouldn't you just say I'll take the 36 and watch it out?

[Chris Reivers]

Well, because if he has a good year, he's going to get an even more.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's only 28. He could still make a fortune.

[John Height]

So he has a good year, he could have another 38 million.

[Chris Reivers]

He's a diminutive fellow. He's only 5 10. So I want you all to stop with the social media stuff of, you know, the midget guy at the Hurts rental car at the airport. Kyler Murray's here. Some of that stuff has been hilarious.

[Kenny Olson]

He's from a diminutive.

[John Height]

What?

[Chris Reivers]

Did I say diminutive? Did I say that?

[Joe Soucheray]

John Height in the newsroom.

[John Height]

One of the. Chris, you've probably seen this one too. Is one of him going back to throw a pass with the Vikings blocking for him? And it's. They've put a midget in his.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh no, it just looks.

[John Height]

It's just.

[Chris Reivers]

He gets the center and the rear end.

[Kenny Olson]

No, no.

[Josh Arnold]

Very nice.

[John Height]

End news. A Minneapolis man sentenced to five months in prison on Thursday after threatening to kill a member of Congress. 53 year old Michael Paul Lewis, sentenced to time in prison and a year of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of threatening to murder a United States official. Court records show Lewis called the office of a US Congress member in March of 2025 and threatened to murder her. A plea agreement filed in September says Lewis called the Congress member, identified himself and said I'm going to fly to Washington and I'm going to bleeping murder her.

[Joe Soucheray]

Do we know the congressmember?

[John Height]

It's not mentioned in any of the stories. I'm assuming it's a Minneapolis congresswoman. So several females you could choose from. I Guess.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[John Height]

After speaking with law enforcement, Lewis admitted to making the call. According to a spokesman for the doj, a man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a victim while trying to rob him last year during a dice game downtown Minneapolis. You guys know how to play dice?

[Kenny Olson]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

I. I don't.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes.

[John Height]

I don't either. 7 and 11s are good, I know that.

[Kenny Olson]

Yep.

[John Height]

And 2, 3 and 12 are bad.

[Kenny Olson]

Snake eyes. You don't want snake eyes.

[John Height]

That's all I know anyway. 21 year old Tyrone Childs Jr. Pleaded guilty to counts of second degree murder and second degree assault in connection with the August 27th shooting that killed 35 year old Jermaine Barker and wounded a bystander. One count of first degree aggravated robbery is to be dismissed as part of the plea deal. Prosecutors are seeking an aggravated prison sentence of 40 years because the shooting happened while a crowd of people were gathered for the dice game. According to a criminal complaint, Childs approached Barker around 2:10 in the morning, August 27th at the intersection of 8th Street north and Hennepin Avenue South. Witnesses told investigators the gunman said something along the lines of gimme that to Barker who replied, you're going to have to shoot me. Well, that's when Childs file fired numerous shots, hitting Barker 13 times, sending bystanders scattering afterwards. Surveillance footage appeared to capture Childs looting barker's pockets. A 22 year old man was also shot in the leg during the attack. He'll be sentenced on April 21st.

[Joe Soucheray]

They're all quite mad, you know.

[Kenny Olson]

You know, dice has really stood the test of time though. I mean, weren't they throwing dice for Jesus's robes and stuff like that?

[Joe Soucheray]

That's very good.

[Kenny Olson]

So Vegas should steal. Just go back to dice. Figured out that one. Armed bandits?

[John Height]

Well, they, they have. What's the roulette thing? Isn't that kind of, I guess craps?

[Kenny Olson]

Craps would be a modern day dice.

[Patrick Royce]

I guess they still play that in bars all over Minnesota and Wisconsin. Really?

[Joe Soucheray]

Meat raffles?

[Patrick Royce]

Do you play dice for your shot of, you know, tequila?

[Kenny Olson]

Dice is fun.

[Joe Soucheray]

Ever been to a meat raffle?

[Chris Reivers]

Oh yeah. You know what? I know of a really good one. You should come with.

[Patrick Royce]

I've got one on the schedule. One coming up here real soon.

[Chris Reivers]

Text me, I want to know.

[Patrick Royce]

No, you're not in St. Paul Park.

[Kenny Olson]

American Legion.

[John Height]

Wait, Joe. Go back to Joe. You've never been in a bar where there was a meat raffle. Don't you have, John?

[Patrick Royce]

We're talking about a guy who trades off a car when it gets to 20,000 miles, you think he's gonna go

[Joe Soucheray]

to a meat rattle, stop you from

[Patrick Royce]

going to a beat raffle or bingo.

[Chris Reivers]

Apparently it stopped you.

[Patrick Royce]

It's too doing anything Americana.

[John Height]

I can remember many night sitting, drinking a beer at a meat raffle, walking over, getting some pull tabs, waiting for the next piece of meat to get rap.

[Patrick Royce]

This guy, he's on the third rail in Garage Logic. He's the mayor fireworks commission, he's got a couple of other titles. He's riding the third rail in gl.

[Chris Reivers]

Nothing is better than a nice chuck roast that's been sitting on the stage for about two hours.

[Joe Soucheray]

I can give you guys. I can give you guys a fact and you'll find it hard to believe.

[John Height]

Leave.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, with the exception of a restaurant or a golf club. You with me so far?

[John Height]

Sure.

[Joe Soucheray]

I never once in my life have gone to a bar to have a drink.

[Josh Arnold]

Really.

[Joe Soucheray]

Right. That's just.

[Chris Reivers]

Even all the years you covered sports

[Kenny Olson]

and all the years you drank.

[Patrick Royce]

That's a lot.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's. You're right. That's why it's such an amazing stat.

[Patrick Royce]

But I've gone drinking with you. What are you talking about?

[Joe Soucheray]

No, I'm drinking.

[Kenny Olson]

You meant like at 4:30 going I've

[Joe Soucheray]

never, I've never gotten my car and said I'm going to go to a bar and have a drink. I've never done that alone. So you. Then.

[Patrick Royce]

Then you don't know what the blues are. You don't know what it's like to feel the blues. You don't know what it's like to drink to get through the morning. You just want drunk enough to be.

[Joe Soucheray]

You're right, I don't. I don't.

[John Height]

You never. You never had a. A bartender who was. You knew, had a friend.

[Joe Soucheray]

I have, I've had many bartenders that I've known but they're at golf clubs.

[John Height]

Not, not a. Hey Joe, give me a. Ernie.

[Kenny Olson]

Ernie.

[Patrick Royce]

Where the.

[Kenny Olson]

The screen door squeaks while you come in the dirt roads out there.

[Patrick Royce]

I would go. John, what are you.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, yeah, I woke up this morning and didn't have a drink.

[Patrick Royce]

No, I left my. I left the morning show at KFAN at 9:30.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, you're gonna make me sick.

[Patrick Royce]

I went to liquor Lyles.

[Joe Soucheray]

I've never done that. I've never done that.

[Patrick Royce]

I got too to drive the two blocks home so I had to walk.

[Kenny Olson]

You do sound like a blues.

[Chris Reivers]

And it was 1:30 and I got

[Patrick Royce]

picked up at 4.

[Pat]

Oh my God.

[Patrick Royce]

We went to the CC club till 8.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh yeah.

[John Height]

Oh, you know, they're new.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wow.

[Patrick Royce]

How are you? And at 8 o' clock we went down to the entry.

[Chris Reivers]

John, did I tell you to throw it to me at your midway point? Okay, sorry, I forgot.

[John Height]

I'll send it to you in just a minute.

[Chris Reivers]

No worries. No worries.

[Joe Soucheray]

And looking back on it, I wish I had bad.

[Chris Reivers]

You missed out.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I don't.

[Kenny Olson]

I never really.

[Joe Soucheray]

There was no reason by the way. It just worked out that way.

[Patrick Royce]

There's nothing better than sitting at a bar at 9:30 in the morning hoping that you'll get run over by a bus before the sun goes down.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wow. Jeez, that's so sad.

[Kenny Olson]

That is really sad.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'm going back to this.

[Pat]

God.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah. More of that please.

[Patrick Royce]

I know the blues.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wow. I did not cheat myself out of alcohol. I'm just saying I never purposely ever drove to a bar to have a drink.

[John Height]

I. Here. You know what I remember in my 20s I worked overnights. My 20s, I was a DJ. I would get up at 2, 3 in the afternoon, hop on my bike at 10 speed and I'd drive to the bar and have a burger and a beer.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, you're very responsible. You went by bike? Bicycle.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, did you have those nice short bike shorts on in case you ran into companionship?

[John Height]

You know what? I might have. It was the 80s.

[Patrick Royce]

So when I started. When I started dating the roommate, she was a main bartender at the Caboose. She would call me at last call and I'd hear her on my answering machine screaming at me, last call, get your ass down here. I'd show up at 1am and then drink with the crew at till 4 in the morning.

[Kenny Olson]

Because he had to go to work. He had to go to work. Yeah, I can verify that.

[John Height]

Why don't we just take a break here Chris, instead of moving on. And we'll have some more news after we hear from Mr. Reapers.

[Chris Reivers]

You know, rookie mentioned that you should hunker down. Yeah, how about this? Oh, they got rid of my button. For masters maples and mastersmaples.com. here's what you're gonna do.

[Kenny Olson]

What do you want to know?

[Chris Reivers]

You're gonna get about 9ft of snow on Saturday night into Go get the bacon. Just go do it right now. Go get about 20 pounds of bacon. The thick cut stuff.

[Joe Soucheray]

20 pounds.

[Chris Reivers]

And get your Masters Maples. And you drizzle that all over that thick cut bacon. You will thank me in the morning. Most likely Monday morning.

[Kenny Olson]

But not just for breakfast. BLTs. You can have all sorts of other stuff you can pair it with.

[Chris Reivers]

It's really, really good. And you know what? It's a wonderful Minnesota made product. It's our buddy Ben, a loyal gler and town council member and it's his creation. Twelve years ago he decided to create Mast Master's Maples and MastersMaples.com and it's the best 100% pure maple syrup and the best that Minnesota has to offer. But if you go on that website, by the way, you can also see the sweet and savory seasonings and rubs and also the pure maple sugar. So if you've got a baker in your life, get some of that maple sugar and you can thank me later. Well actually thank Ben later because he's the one that did it. I just talk about it. But anyway, you can find them at all of your Fratelloni's hardware and garden stores locations. They carry the full line of Masters Maples products. But like I mentioned, you can also order it from anywhere on the website, which is of course mastersmaples.com and you too can taste the difference. Johnny Height thank you Chris.

[John Height]

In national and international news, all six crew members of a KC135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran have been killed according to the US Military after a plane crash in western Iraq. The US Central Command, which oversees the Middle east, said the crash followed an unspecified incident involving two aircraft in friendly airspace. The crash brings the US death toll in Operation Epic Fury to at least 13 service member members killed. About 140 US service members have been injured, including eight severely, according to the Pentagon. The US Central Command said all six crew members on board the crashed KC 135 have been confirmed dead. It said the circumstances of the crash are under investigation, but that the loss of the aircraft was not due a hostile or friendly fire. Large explosion rocking an area of Iran's capital where thousands were gathered Friday morning for an annual state organized rally to support the Palestinians and call for Israel's demise. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Israel had warned it would target the area. But Middle east watchers say the decision to proceed with the mass demonstration that was attended by some senior government officials, thousands of people and Israel's threat to target the area underscored the determination of both sides in nearly two weeks into the war that has rattled the global economy. Meanwhile, the US has deployed thousands of Marines to the state of Hormuze amid mounting fears the US Is set to put troops on the ground. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approving a request by U.S. central Command for the deployment of a Marine expeditionary unit, typically including several warships and 5,000 troops. Three officials told that to the Wall Street Journal update on that college shooting story from yesterday. The FBI says it's investigating the fatal Virginia University shooting as terrorism after the gunman, who served several years in prison for trying to support ISIS, killed one and injured two others. The suspect, identified as 36 year old Mohammed Jalal, a former Virginia National Guardsman who had pleaded guilty in October 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the terror group isis. That according to Dominique Evans with the FBI, he was on supervised release, which is comparable to probation when he carried out the attack yesterday. It's not clear why his release from prison had been moved up. Inmates can get time off of their sentences for a variety of reasons. It's not known what happened in this case. Jalo was killed following the shooting at Old Dominion University. He had walked into a class at Constant hall, which is part of the College of Business at Old Dominion. Asked if it was an ROTC class, a law enforcement source told CBS News. When Summer responded that it was, he opened fire, fatally injuring the class instructor, who was a retired army officer identified as Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Shaw. The shooter died after being subdued by students in the classroom, CBS News reporting. One of the students killed the gunman with a knife. Evans, the FBI fellow, said there were students in the room that subdued him and rendered him no longer alive. If not for them, I'm not sure you know what else he would have done. Meanwhile, the FBI is investigating a car ramming attack on a large Detroit area synagogue yesterday as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community. And according to the special agent in charge for the region, the Department of Homeland Security said the driver was iman Ghazali, a 41 year old US citizen originally from Lebanon. Officials say Ghazali's two brothers and a niece and nephew were killed last week in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon. Numerous federal and state law enforcement officials said that while they think Ghazali is the alleged attacker, they're waiting, for instance, foreign forensics to confirm the identity. Identity because the driver's body was so badly burned.

[Joe Soucheray]

Don't you hate the feeling of uncertainty?

[John Height]

Yes.

[Joe Soucheray]

Feels like nothing is certain right now. Very, very off point.

[Kenny Olson]

Very uncertain.

[Joe Soucheray]

John Kinsman. That's right.

[Chris Reivers]

Right.

[Patrick Royce]

I can't stop thinking about something you said in that last story. Is that an exact quote? They rendered him no longer alive.

[John Height]

Did I say that?

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Which story?

[Joe Soucheray]

I thought the same thing, but it's just we just Keep inventing new euphemisms.

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah.

[Patrick Royce]

And I'm guessing.

[John Height]

Oh, that's a quote from the FBI person. Yes. I'm sorry, That's a quote from the.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, she's dead now. You should have known that.

[Patrick Royce]

Why can't we say, Jimmy, what is it now? These days? We can't say killed or dead or anything like that. We can't say homeless.

[Joe Soucheray]

Say that. No longer alive.

[John Height]

Let me make this even weirder for you. I cut out part of the quote and you'll think this is even weirder because the quote from the FBI person was there were students in that room that subdued him and rendered him no longer alive. And then I left out. I don't know how else to say it. They were basically able to terminate the threat.

[Joe Soucheray]

So why don't you say that they

[Patrick Royce]

killed the son of a. Yeah, they killed him.

[John Height]

Yeah.

[Patrick Royce]

Yeah. What would President Trump say? That's what I want.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, he died like a dog.

[Chris Reivers]

Exactly what I was going to say.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's what I want to hear.

[Chris Reivers]

Is it in an effort to try to curtail some type of the. I, I don't get it. What? Why?

[Joe Soucheray]

It's just, it's just news speak.

[Patrick Royce]

It's just, it's the trend on YouTube and on Tik tok reels where you can't say certain words, otherwise your video will get flagged.

[Kenny Olson]

So you have to like spell it incorrectly or you. Yeah, asterisk.

[John Height]

The thing I thought when I first saw the quote was perhaps the FBI agent thought if they said they killed him, it would be taken as some sort of act that shouldn't happened when it obviously should have.

[Joe Soucheray]

Oh, he was killed by oppressors.

[John Height]

Yeah, there you go. It would have been.

[Joe Soucheray]

Mr. Vogel, if somebody died in your store, how would you report it?

[Kenny Olson]

Yeah, and there's rice. Who needs rice on aisle four. I think Keith is what he said.

[John Height]

Yes.

[Chris Reivers]

You spoke, you spoke Mr. Vogel. I mean, you were fluent in that language.

[Commercial Announcer]

Let him know what's going on.

[Kenny Olson]

Thanks, Mr. Vogel. I'll get right, I'll get the new bags out there.

[John Height]

The ice cream is melting.

[Chris Reivers]

I got it. I, I, I need your guys help. You guys have been fathers a lot longer than I have. I don't know if this is child abuse or not, but I introduced my 11 year old to Boomhauer from King of the Hill.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, yeah.

[Chris Reivers]

Every day now he's obsessed with listening to Boomhower.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know who that is.

[John Height]

My president probably got tripped.

[Patrick Royce]

You don't know if he's Annie he's doing there.

[John Height]

Yesterday was day one of Jim Ursay collection being sold.

[Joe Soucheray]

Boy, did the estate make some money.

[John Height]

Jim Ursay was owner, part owner, him and his brother of the. What was it, Balt? No, it was Indianapolis.

[Joe Soucheray]

They spirited the Colts out of Baltimore in the dead of night and ended up in Indianapolis.

[John Height]

Jim had some personal issues. We won't go into those right now.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, he was a drug addict.

[John Height]

He was a drug addict. And then he cleaned up and then apparently his family got him hooked again last year just to keep him under control before he died. Then he died.

[Patrick Royce]

Are you kidding me?

[John Height]

No, I have. I don't know the entire story. I've just read the headlines.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay, Chris.

[Chris Reivers]

Hey, I think that's wonderful reporting, John.

[John Height]

Anyway, the story here is Jim Ursay was a collector of rock and roll and music memorabilia. And yesterday the first batch of his stuff went up for auction.

[Patrick Royce]

Oh, no.

[Joe Soucheray]

He did.

[John Height]

Well, we have a new guitar record.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yep.

[John Height]

David Gilmore's Black Strat, which wasn't. It was a part Strat. It was basically put together by Gilmore and his buddies that sold. It was called the Black Strat. That was its name. It sold for 14 and a half million dollars.

[Joe Soucheray]

Whoa.

[Patrick Royce]

How can that be?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, somebody wanted it.

[John Height]

Wow. Now, that guitar.

[Kenny Olson]

Somebody wanted it just seven years ago. Well, that's in its simplest form.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's it.

[Chris Reivers]

Experts.

[John Height]

Somebody wanted it just seven years ago. That Strat set the record for guitars by selling for 3.97.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's a hell of an investment.

[John Height]

So five times, basically what it sold for seven years ago. Setting a record. It sold for yesterday.

[Joe Soucheray]

Was it used in Dark side of the Moon? What distinguishes that one?

[John Height]

No, it probably. Yeah, I. I would guess. Yes.

[Patrick Royce]

Was it. How did they build it, John? What was special about it? Nothing, other than what it was for.

[John Height]

It was David Gilmore's guitar. That's the only special thing.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay.

[John Height]

Another special guitar. Jerry Garcia's custom Tiger. You know the Tiger?

[Joe Soucheray]

Ever seen that one?

[Patrick Royce]

Yeah.

[John Height]

That sold for eleven and a half million dollars.

[Patrick Royce]

Think of all the heroin you could buy with that.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Oh, my God.

[John Height]

That line was used online. I saw that online.

[Patrick Royce]

Oh, was it?

[John Height]

Yeah, it was bought by family Guitars in Chicago. They buy guitars like this and then they let them be used, which I like.

[Joe Soucheray]

Wow.

[John Height]

They'll let players they know use them.

[Joe Soucheray]

For instance, or did family guitars get the 11 million?

[John Height]

I don't. I think it's like a conglomerate of people who have been collectors and they just got together. For instance, they will let. There's a fellow named Jimmy hearing Who's a very famous southern guitar guitarist. They'll let him use those guitars. Yesterday at the auction, Derek Trucks was sitting with one of the owners.

[Joe Soucheray]

Did Derek buy anything?

[John Height]

Not that I know of.

[Joe Soucheray]

Okay.

[John Height]

Other things that went yesterday. Kurt Cobain's Mustang. Fender Mustang. $6.9 million.

[Joe Soucheray]

He couldn't even play the guitar.

[Patrick Royce]

And the Mustang was an affordable Fender.

[John Height]

Oh, yes. Yeah. Yeah. Still is.

[Kenny Olson]

May I ask a question, John? A serious question.

[Chris Reivers]

Question.

[Kenny Olson]

Why would the guy that you just mentioned want to play on Superstars just to say he played it, or would he be trying out new music?

[John Height]

Well, there are guitars and. I'm sorry. You can go ahead, Chris. Get the foghorn ready. That are iconic.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, no.

[Joe Soucheray]

You got to get the horns on. You're not about.

[John Height]

And the Garcia guitar is definitely a

[Kenny Olson]

bucket list to play.

[John Height]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

Okay.

[John Height]

Just. Just because Jerry Garcia played it, that would be the main draw. A Clapton Martin. Triple 0 4. Triple O 42 sold for 4.1 million. That's an acoustic that Eric Clapton played during his heyday. Ringo's first Ludwig drum set. 2.3 million.

[Joe Soucheray]

Boy, that'd be something to have.

[Kenny Olson]

It would be. It would be a simple set though, wouldn't it?

[Joe Soucheray]

Would be nice. Yeah.

[John Height]

The bass drum. The logo head from the Ed Sullivan Show.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, Just the.

[John Height]

Just the bass drum.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[John Height]

2.8 million.

[Joe Soucheray]

I thought Paul owned that.

[John Height]

Well, it went yesterday, so we're saying. Must have somehow gotten his hands on it. John Lennon Rickenbacker sold for 1.3 million. George Harrison's SG standard, which he played from 66.

[Joe Soucheray]

Is there a lot of these?

[John Height]

This is the last one, the Harrison SG standard. Important to me because I think some of the best rock and roll guitar sounds ever came from the Beatles. From 66 to 60, the entire revolver album was full of what every rock and roll guitar should sound like. 2.2 million that one went for.

[Patrick Royce]

These kind of stories fascinate me because I always wonder, how did they leave the hands of the musician? How did that get away from George Harrison?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I would guess.

[John Height]

Yeah, I would guess his family probably sold it and thought Ursay would be a good care keep, care keeper, caretaker, whatever.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, a motorcycle owned by Steve McQueen is going to be worth more than one owned by a.

[Kenny Olson]

Very true.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

But why would the Beatles have. Why would George Harrison play whatever guitar that is? Why would he switch to a different guitar?

[John Height]

Different sounds, different feels different.

[Joe Soucheray]

You gotta drop. Why do you change meals?

[Kenny Olson]

I like variety.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, well, that's the point, Rookie.

[John Height]

You know, all the guitars That I pick up. The electric guitars, they're all different. I mean, they all serve different purposes. And the sounds that I love, I just talked about are rubbish. Revolver, those rock and roll sounds. That's the sound he wanted. Then that's the sound he got.

[Chris Reivers]

So I actually have the audio, Johnny, of the auctioneer in that particular story.

[Pat]

I'll tell you what you do. You just take them down, spark plugs out in that little hole. You just put a little hole around there, just like Bobby said. Like it'd go boom, boom, just like that. I tell you what, you see that part where Daniel George come in there? He's talking about tasting his own bourbon. Kramer comes sliding in.

[Joe Soucheray]

Can I ask you a question?

[Patrick Royce]

You know what I'm. I. I don't know what he's going to say, but I support everything Joe is about to say.

[Chris Reivers]

He was just about to go to break.

[Joe Soucheray]

But. But can I ask you a question?

[Chris Reivers]

Sure.

[Joe Soucheray]

What did it have to do with guitars?

[Kenny Olson]

That was the guy that we were talking.

[Chris Reivers]

That was the guy we referenced in the story before.

[Patrick Royce]

It was your way of bringing that conversation to a no, Kenny.

[Chris Reivers]

It was me reading the room and knowing that we were going to a break.

[Patrick Royce]

Well, then you weren't reading my mind because I have many more questions.

[Chris Reivers]

Well, Joe was about to send it to break.

[Joe Soucheray]

Not really. I didn't know what I was going to do.

[John Height]

But we. You know what?

[Joe Soucheray]

Now I really don't know what I'm going to do.

[Patrick Royce]

Look at the turmoil that's happening right now. Five people talking at the same time.

[Joe Soucheray]

Speaking of motorcycles, here we go, back on track thing. You know, that storm isn't supposed to hit till later tomorrow. There's time to get out to Ecofund tomorrow. And look at that Moto Guzzi V7. It's on sale for 71.99. Are you kidding me? I think I got one more bike in me.

[Kenny Olson]

Let's go.

[Joe Soucheray]

You know, why not? What the hell, you gotta die. Shop somehow.

[Patrick Royce]

That's not what Jake's saying.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's right. No. Or, you know, scale back and go to an electric bike. They're on sale starting at 899. There's 400 in stock. This is the most fun store you'll ever be in. You need water equipment, jet skis and wave runners at EcoFun Motorsports. Include the trailer, free to you. That's a $1,500 value. There's over 25 different models in stock to get you ready for your life on the water this summer. It's EcoFun Motorsports. It's really, really fun. I hope you're looking at the video we're playing on the screen. Eco Fun Motorsports is in Forest Lake, Columbus, immediately west of the interstate on Highway 97, and down in Burnsville on the service road of life and a really, really dangerous website. Watch out. Ecofundmotorsports.com. No, no, no.

[Pat]

Hey, Pat, I gotta ask Johnny Hyde a question first. How many of the band members are still.

[Joe Soucheray]

Still alive?

[John Height]

Just. Well, no, not. Did Garth die? Garth died.

[Joe Soucheray]

None.

[Patrick Royce]

They're all gone.

[John Height]

Zero.

[Joe Soucheray]

None.

[Pat]

Zero.

[Patrick Royce]

Bob Dylan is still with us, though.

[Pat]

Yeah.

[Kenny Olson]

You thinking of getting a tribute band together, Pat?

[Pat]

I love those guys, man. I love that. I think their last concert's one of the great music documentaries of all time.

[Patrick Royce]

The last.

[Joe Soucheray]

Hey, pal, where are you It.

[Pat]

And they got Scorsese to direct it, too. That's pretty good.

[Patrick Royce]

Just.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Patrick Royce]

The whole time.

[Pat]

Joe, I'm doing something that you and I are the only two men left in America to do. I'm going to the bank.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'll be damned.

[Pat]

I'm on the way to the bank, and I was just in Bloomington, and I pulled off. And you know what? When you pull into an area where there used to be, you know, a bank, an office building, you know, an office building with a lot of.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah.

[Pat]

You never have any trouble finding a parking spot at those places anymore. This. This big old one here looks like it's got about one company. Maybe used to have 25.

[Joe Soucheray]

So is Kyler Murray the answer?

[Pat]

He's a better answer than J.J. mcCarthy. Yes. And I think he's motivated. You know why he's motivated? Because he's already made a lot of money. But guys who made a lot of money want to make a lot more money.

[Joe Soucheray]

And.

[Pat]

And he can come in here and have a good season and then be a complete free agent. The Vikings have no control over him and go get himself another 120 or 30 million if he plays great.

[Joe Soucheray]

What if we had another Sam Darnold situation where he has a splendid year and he splits?

[Pat]

Yes, that's a very distinct possibility that, in fact, there are already rumors that he is liked by what you might call it out with the Rams, the. The real Sean McVeigh, the real quarterback whisperer, not this fraud quarterback whisperer we have out in Egan, but that Stafford will quit after this year. And he. He likes Kyler Murray. So that could be that. That's already. That rumor is already out there. But, you know, it depends on how Murray plays and if he stays healthy, but you know, Joe, he was a number one overall draft choice, Heisman winner. He already had a baseball contract and was playing baseball. And who gave Texas or somebody had given him a bunch of money. And I think he ended up giving most of the it back and go. Went and played football.

[Joe Soucheray]

He's only 5 10. Why is that thought to be small?

[Pat]

Well, because it is for a quarterback.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, I guess so.

[Pat]

Fran. Fran was 5 10. In this era, they. They like bigger humans. I suppose we used to worry about that in the old days, but now, I mean, we didn't worry about it in the old days, but now you want a strapping youth, so.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, well, he's only 28, so maybe he'll have a hell of a year.

[Pat]

You know, what is it? He's already played eight years. Is that right? This is seventh.

[Joe Soucheray]

I thought he was drafted in 2019. Nine and seven to 16. The seven years

[Pat]

coming up, you're coming up. So I think it's. I think it's fine. And when you can get him for 1.3 million instead of paying, you know, the 35 or 40, you play for most of your quarterbacks, that. That should give you an opportunity to do a few.

[Joe Soucheray]

What does this do to McCarthy? Does he compete for the job?

[Pat]

Well, they'll say that, but you think. You think Kyler Murray, when he was meeting with him yesterday, said, yeah, I can't wait to come in here and fight for the job. Yeah, I suppose. And then be a free agent. I think it. I think he basically has a document that tells him that he's the starter, you know, and he should be. What the hell, jj, Stay healthy, do a fine job on the sidelines, don't have any phantom friends like number nine, and just become a professional. And maybe you can be the quarterback two years from now.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, to me, the greatest job in the NFL would be to a quarterback who doesn't play.

[Chris Reivers]

Yep.

[Pat]

Yeah, backup quarterbacks are fantastic.

[Joe Soucheray]

A lot of money. No concussions, bruises.

[Pat]

Yeah, Just. Just think how much we loved Wade Whiskey Wilson for six or seven years before he got a chance to pay. And then he. Then, of course, then he made some money, you know, he was very good for two, three years. You know, Whiskey's no longer with us.

[Chris Reivers]

Yeah, I said I was gonna say we lost him a couple years ago.

[Joe Soucheray]

What happened?

[Pat]

What was it? Diabetes, Guys, I don't recall.

[Chris Reivers]

I don't know.

[Pat]

I know he was a diabetic and I know. I don't know what happened, but he was a great guy, man, I loved him. I Could, you know, he's one of the few guys I could get on the phone. That was incredible. Call him up. Get a phone number and call a guy up. You know, you don't do that much anymore, even with the cell phone.

[Joe Soucheray]

You're wild. Lost in a shootout last night.

[Pat]

Oh, where were we playing at home.

[Joe Soucheray]

Here.

[Pat]

Oh, right here. Yeah. I was in Marshall, Minnesota for a couple of high school basketball games. So I was not paying much attention.

[Joe Soucheray]

Did you get back today or did you come back last night?

[Pat]

I was back at 1:15 this morning.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's nice.

[Kenny Olson]

Can I just chime in with it? Took me this long because when you punch in Wade Wilson, some tattooed faced criminal comes up and I couldn't find American football guy. We lost him at age 60 in 2019.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh my gosh. It's been that.

[Kenny Olson]

Cause of death. I'm scrolling down.

[John Height]

Type 1 diabetes.

[Kenny Olson]

Yes. He had it for almost 30 years. Holy crap. He had to deal with that this whole life.

[John Height]

I did the same search you did, Rook.

[Kenny Olson]

Thanks, John.

[Pat]

You know, it's a strange world we live in. He, you know, he, Tommy has badly out outlived him. And they called Wade Whiskey because that was the Kramer gave him the image, gave him the nickname. Although Tommy should have had that nickname, Whiskey. But uh, that was. But Tommy gave him the nickname because he. I think he went out with the boys once and got himself hammered and discovered he didn't drink too well. I think that's where that Whiskey nickname came from.

[Kenny Olson]

Just another Minnesota connection. On 4-12-93 he signed with the Saints and he earned the starter job over Minnesota's own Steve Walsh.

[Pat]

Oh, okay. Stevie Walsh, however, then went, went to the Bears and came in here and beat Danny in a playoff game. I remember that and remember Danny. We were very upset with Danny then. And then a month later the story about the hijinks taking place at Winter park broke and any chance to ever have a relationship with Denny. We pretty much went out the window. Remember Joey went down to the bunker. He looked like out in the bunker doing his interview.

[Joe Soucheray]

Did you watch a team last night that'll be in the boys trip tournament?

[Pat]

Yes, I watched two. I watched Hills. Beaver Creek, which is by the way, the Most Hills is the most southwestern city in Minnesota. It is four miles from the South Dakota border and two miles from the Iowa border. And they are nine man power. But they in football. But this is the first time they've gone to the state basketball tournament. But then Jackson county, which has this hotshot Gopher football recruit, Roman Voss, they Also upset Morris. And they're coming to the state tournament, too.

[Joe Soucheray]

Would those teams be in Rock County?

[Pat]

Yes, they are. Rock County, Hills, Beaver Creek. They're six miles apart. And when I'm so old that I believe when I was down in Fulda, they had separate high schools in District 8. But here's what I heard they do down there. Now, somebody told me they're four miles from the South Dakota border. There's a little town right over the border. They all go over there and move into dumpy. $40,000 a year, houses, don't pay any taxes, and then come back, then open and roll at Hills, Beaver Creek.

[Joe Soucheray]

I'll be D ain't.

[Pat]

What the hell, Dodge. Minnesota, Texas, but not.

[Joe Soucheray]

Who can blame them?

[Pat]

This has been a few people

[Chris Reivers]

we need to offer up our congratulations. Yesterday it was announced that joining Joe Sushere and Patrick Royce in the Broadcasting hall of Fame is Danny Gladden. And I believe Danny is joining because of this call.

[Patrick Royce]

Can't see it. And it's going to fall for a double D. She just looking up. He had his glove up by his eyes and then at the last minute just put his palms out and the ball landed in front of him.

[Chris Reivers]

Congratulations, Dazzleman.

[Pat]

Is he gonna have Atterberry introduce him? We'll still be waiting here for.

[Joe Soucheray]

And our own Dan Seaman went in.

[Chris Reivers]

Yes, I saw the emails.

[Joe Soucheray]

Really?

[Kenny Olson]

How long has Dan Glad been doing that?

[Joe Soucheray]

Dan Glad's been doing the twins for what, 15 years?

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, it's way longer than 20 years, maybe, because.

[John Height]

Did he work with.

[Kenny Olson]

With Herb?

[Joe Soucheray]

Was it Herb still in the booth work with Gordo?

[Chris Reivers]

Right.

[John Height]

But I thought.

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't think he worked with Herb.

[Pat]

No, I don't think. Maybe. Maybe he did. I don't know. I don't.

[Patrick Royce]

How many ever. How many radio shows did Dan Sema

[Joe Soucheray]

do while you get in for executive level?

[Pat]

Hang on, hang on, hang on.

[Patrick Royce]

Let's.

[Joe Soucheray]

There's executives.

[Kenny Olson]

We're on. We're on the air.

[Joe Soucheray]

Ken, I wouldn't return your call either if I was searching. Pat.

[Pat]

They let me in. They'll let anybody in.

[John Height]

Danny did work.

[Pat]

It says on my plaque caddy,

[Joe Soucheray]

That

[Chris Reivers]

is a great life.

[Patrick Royce]

I figured out the other day that I've been doing traffic longer than John Lindell did, and I realized that that's nothing to be proud of.

[Pat]

Oh, that's right.

[Patrick Royce]

That's something I should be ashamed of.

[Pat]

Especially now that everybody looks at their phone and doesn't give a damn.

[John Height]

Yep.

[Patrick Royce]

Nobody cares.

[Joe Soucheray]

I wish that hall had, you know, Blazers with a patch on it.

[Kenny Olson]

When you went there, you'd be like, hey,

[Joe Soucheray]

yes, exactly.

[John Height]

I know.

[Patrick Royce]

They no longer wear them, so they're available. The century 21 gold blazers. Remember those from the 70s?

[Pat]

Jim McKay 1. The gold laser.

[John Height]

That's right.

[Pat]

Yeah, that's. That's the one we want. So what do you think? Are we really going to get 19 inches of snow?

[Joe Soucheray]

I think the more they sell it, the less we'll get. That's the way it's been working out. But we could. I don't know. It's March.

[Ricey]

Who cares?

[Joe Soucheray]

It'll go away.

[Pat]

We're going to have another problem. Yeah, everybody's going to call this the state tournament Blizzard.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, that's what happens every year.

[Pat]

The state tournament Blizzard is tied to the boys basketball tournament. Historically, yes. The last week of March. You can't take five different weeks and say, anyone wrestling, Girls hockey, Boys hockey, girls basketball, boys. It's only the boys basketball tournament that qualifies as. As a traditional state tournament Blizzard.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you.

[Kenny Olson]

I have rules. Yes.

[Pat]

I have rules for everything, including state permit Blizzard.

[Joe Soucheray]

Pat, my new favorite golf course in the world is Sawgrass. Well, you watch that Players Championship. And that course is amazing.

[Pat]

It's just really neat. I haven't. I gotta get in front of a TV here. I don't even know who's leading. Who's leading?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, you get home now from the bank. You could turn that on. She's on this afternoon.

[Pat]

Who's. Who's. Who's our leader? Who's our leader?

[Joe Soucheray]

I don't know. I'm. I'm not in front of a TV either.

[Pat]

Who was our leader yesterday? Well, I picked up the paper today, but they were on the third tee when they printed it, so I don't know.

[Chris Reivers]

You guys have to go ahead.

[Kenny Olson]

Pat.

[Chris Reivers]

Go ahead.

[Pat]

What do you think the idea of having the Pioneer Press and the star tribute on our Stupar Sunday morning if we have 19 inches, I'm not liking our chances here at the boy. I got a hunch that maybe, maybe we'll get those babies about Tuesday.

[Chris Reivers]

You guys gotta go find this clip. It's online. Speaking of the Players Championship. So on that Mike Greenberg show on espn, I saw this clip on social media. They were at the NFL free agency news desk and they panned to Adam Schefter and he's having him like, oh, my God. And they're like, what's, what's up, Sheft? He's like, colin Morikawa just dropped out of the Players Championship. I had him in my fantasy league so they go to for the breaking NFL news and he's melting down about golf. It was fantastic.

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, Pat, I'll see you here. I'll see you here Monday if we live through this.

[Pat]

Yes, we will.

[Josh Arnold (Guest)]

We will.

[Pat]

I don't go out and shovel. I'll get hire somebody better go.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah. All right. Thank you.

[Pat]

Okay, goodbye.

[Joe Soucheray]

Thank you. Okay, bye.

[John Height]

Okay, bye.

[Joe Soucheray]

Take a turn, a time turn. Now turn, turn, turn, turn, turn to

[Chris Reivers]

a two turntables and a microphone.

[Joe Soucheray]

That's it.

[Chris Reivers]

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[Kenny Olson]

Ah, let's wrap her up. Storms are coming. Crock pots are warming up.

[Joe Soucheray]

Finally.

[Chris Reivers]

I'm not looking at it right.

[Joe Soucheray]

TG.

[Chris Reivers]

Gets excited about a croc.

[Pat]

Let's go.

[John Height]

Today

[Joe Soucheray]

there's only one. They come to us from the Lymans. There's only one thing in this day in history.

[Kenny Olson]

You gotta be kidding me.

[Chris Reivers]

What'd we do on March 13th?

[Joe Soucheray]

Well, on this day in 1858, Kennebec, Kennebec county and Kuchi Ching are your K counties. Kennebec county was formed out of Pine County. Kennebec, Kennebec is an approximation of Jin Big, the Ojibwe word for snake. The Snake river flows through Kennebec. Kennebec County, Kennebec County, Ojai, Kitson and Coogiche. That's it. One thing. Today, 1858, we got a new county. That's it.

[Kenny Olson]

That was right after we were a state.

[Joe Soucheray]

No.

[Kenny Olson]

Or that same year.

[Joe Soucheray]

Same year we gained statehood. Sometime in the summer of 18. 1858.

[Kenny Olson]

That's when it was. Now I remember.

[Joe Soucheray]

This is March of 1858. Thank you so much.

[Chris Reivers]

Oh, okay. No sports disappointments.

[Joe Soucheray]

Not today. There might have been, but I lost time.

[Kenny Olson]

Well, Danny Green, that whole thing from Pat.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yeah, I don't know why.

[Kenny Olson]

Viking.

[Patrick Royce]

What about the syrup? Glr.

[Joe Soucheray]

Yep, we got one.

[Kenny Olson]

Appreciate you.

[Chris Reivers]

I'm gonna email Ross and find out who it was.

[Kenny Olson]

Coming Monday.

[Patrick Royce]

I guess I should shut up.

[Chris Reivers]

That's okay.

[Patrick Royce]

Sorry about that. Can I name somebody?

[Chris Reivers]

Sure. No, don't. Okay. Hey, do us a favor. How about you join the 50,000 followers we have on our Facebook page? That's right. You can also find us on x Instagram and YouTube where you can watch the show each and every single day starting at noon. And you can see full segments, there's video shorts, there's all sorts of great content. Just search Garage Logic on all of those platforms and find out [e-mail]. It is time once again that we check in with our guy, Mr. Money Talk. Josh Arnold is with us once again right here in garagelogic. And now is the time for you to do the same. So do not delay, do exactly what I did and pick up that phone and dial 952-925-5608. That number once again is 952-925-5608. When you call that number, number you're going to get Josh. And he is there for you for that. Free. Yes, I use the word free. 48 minute financial consultation with absolutely zero obligation. And he will always give you the straight talk. He will never give you the sugar coated advice. And he is on the line with us once again right here in garagelogic. And boy, Josh, so much worry, so much bad news right now. But boy, oh boy, it's baseball season. And that has an effect, doesn't it?

[Josh Arnold (Guest)]

We love baseball, Chris. We love baseball. The US US WBCT made it into the quarterfinals thanks to Italy. Although the USA team got mo by Italy the other night. Very, very interesting game. Italy, look, Italy in the WBC looks to be on fire. So hopefully the USA team turns it around. In the quarterfinals and makes it to the semis and then to an interesting final, we hope against Japan in a replay of 2023. Meantime, DNBC came out with their valuation for baseball and this is very, very interesting. The top valuation is the Bronx Bombers. They are, they are valued about $9 billion. And while St. Louis Cardinals are not not even up in the top five in terms of valuation, the St. Louis Cardinals are widely considered to be one of the biggest brands in baseball. Now the Bronco Bombers do become the 10 brand sports franchise worth at least $9 billion. They are still behind the Dallas Cowboys, the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Rams, the New York Football Giants, the New York Knicks, the Lakers, the Las Vegas Raiders Patriots and the lowly York Jets. The Los Angeles Dodgers though Dodgers back to base are worth 8 billion. But I say but the Dodger Rogers generated almost a billion dollars in revenues last which is about a quarter, excuse me, about 200 million more than the Yankees. That's a lot of revenue and I would venture to get when the labor agreement comes up later this year that there's going to be a lot of talk about revenue sharing, probably salary cap among the players or excuse me, amongst the players and the team. The biggest teams that increased in value last included the Padres whose value increased 48% to $3.1 billion. We saw the Oakland Athletic, their value increased 25% to two and a half billion. And I think that on the back of the franchise moving to Las Vegas in a few years, years, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, you know, are now worth 1.7 billion and that's an increase of 21% last year. And that's even without the race. Having their own ballpark and right now having to play in the Yankee spring training center. The Tigers increased their value just under 2 billion on the backs of their postseason play. But these valuations for professional sports can continue to go up. The teams in order. You have the Yankees, the Dodgers, Cubs, the Red Sox, the Giants and the, and the Phillies, the Mets, the Astros, the Braves and the Padres are the top 10 team. By the way, you can get an ownership in the, in the Atlanta Braves through the Liberty. The Liberty state market symbol is B A T Y A. Not a lot of shares are traded on a regular, regular basis. And the valuation of Liberty's ownership stake in the Brave is significantly below. We'll say the current market market value of that court are still, we'll say it's still a thing. Many, many large scale investors tried to diversify their holdings by owning Ford franchises. We'll say including baseball. But there are several other ways that you can participate in Ford, whether it's ownership stakes in Manchester United, ownership stake in Formula One for or even an ownership stake in Ultimate Fighting the WWE through tko whose stock today is under under pressure. And that is a position that I and my client own. And speaking of under pressure, well the market today is definitely under pressure ahead of a ahead of the weekend with traders not knowing what could what could transpire. So there's a lot of selling going on, not to mention margin calls after very very big down down. We still maintain keeping up to 30% in cash but using some of that cash to pick up companies that have been sold off but are still providing plenty of growth opportunities, particularly Internet related companies and leisure related market market worries. We'll keep them short. You definitely have to worry about oil price of oil going above $100 a barrel and the implication of that slowing the economy through higher energy prices and that being inflationary which leads to concerns about interest rates not going down the balance of this year. The Fed does meet middle of next week and my guess is the Fed will not cut interest rates which I have said before and will probably voice concerns about the rise of oil and its impact on inflation more than concerns about increasing unemployment. Then you still have the worry about credit and the number of large scale investors that are trying to liquidate positions. I'll say liquidate ill liquid positions they have in credit oriented funds through the likes of Morgan Stanley, Blackrock, Blackstone, KK are Carlisle, Apollo and Blue Owl Capital. And that doesn't even mention we still have to get all the agencies in the government operating. So a lot of negative out there. Volatility has increased but that does give you an opportunity to pick up some very good companies on the cheap.

[Chris Reivers]

Excellent advice as always Mr. MoneyTalk. You heard him G Y ers. Now is the time for you to pick up the phone and make the call for that free 48 minute financial consultation again with zero obligation. And you do that just like I did by dialing 952-925-5608 where you always get straight talk and never ever sugarcoated advice. Josh, once again, thank you so much for the time and the chat. Enjoy the rest of your day. Have a fantastic fantastic weekend and we'll talk to you again next week.

[Josh Arnold (Guest)]

Look forward to it.

[John Height]

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[Chris Reivers]

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[Joe Soucheray]

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