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Former Governor Tim Pawlenty is back in the host chair today and begins the show talking about watching last night's NCAA tournament championship game and the state of politics today related to the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson. Later, Rep. Pat Garofalo joins to talk about sports gambling, our budget surplus and other issues facing the legislature as the session continues.

Monica Guzman, author of I Never Thought of it That Way, saying one of the keys to avoiding anger while debating a political issues is embracing a curiosity for the other side's beliefs and asking 'how' instead of  'why' a person believes what they do.

Tim Pawlenty explores the pros and cons of the proposed Page Amendment with Mike McFadden and Katherine Kersten with discussions about how the amendment could impact Minnesota's children and schools.

Tim Pawlenty chats with Mike McFadden and Katherine Kersten at different points during the hour about their views on the proposed Page Amendment and the impact it would have on Minnesota schools. We also talk about the rise in rude behavior over the course of the pandemic.

Former Governor Tim Pawlenty chats with Pete Najarian about the current state of the stock market and the economy and Professor Vivian Fang about the world of cryptocurrency. Tim also notes that today marks 54 years since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr and reflects on his work in the fight in the civil rights movement.

Professor Vivian Fang at the U of M's Carlson School of Management joins Tim Pawlenty to provide some background on cryptocurrency, how it works, and where she sees it's impact on the economy and investing in the future.

Pete Najarian joins Tim Pawlenty to talk about how the stock market works today, how the pandemic and other factors are impacting today's economy and much more.

Author Monica Guzman joins Tim Pawlenty to discuss her new book all about embracing curiosity instead of fear of the other side of controversial issues and how to have debates about politics while leaving anger and divisiveness behind.

Former Governor Tim Pawlenty is in the host seat today and starts with a conversation about some of the issues facing Minnesotan's today including continued violence crime in the downtowns. Later, author Monica Guzman joins for a great discussion about ways explore controversial issues free from anger.

As Adam Carter is calling out some fools in honor of April Fool's Day, a caller joins the conversation to roast his own boss with some startling details and the boss, upon hearing the complaints, call in to defend himself with Adam.

Adam Carter opens the hour talking about road construction projects that are coming, should be coming, or that have already happened but didn't actually help the flow of traffic. Later, Chad Hartman joins the show with another two segments of Dumber Than We Thought.

Chad Hartman joins Adam Carter to discuss a few sports topics, feelings about April Fool's Day and more.

Adam Carter speaks with local woman Luda Anastazievsky, chair of the Ukrainian American Advocacy Committee, about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, her family still living there, and the emotions she feels everyday seeing the images of her home country being attacked and destroyed.

The hour begins with Adam's struggle to get his Ukraine flag magnet to stick to his truck and some talk about hotel and motel memories. Later, Adam speaks with Luda Anastazievsky, chair of the Ukrainian American Advocacy Committee, about her emotions upon watching her hometown or Mariupol being destroyed by Russian attacks.

Adam Carter is back in the host chair calling out some of the fools in the world on April Fool's Day and taking a pair of wild calls from coworkers calling each other out as fools. Also, Dr. Karen Weaver joins with great insight into the state of women's college sports and what's happened in the 50 years since Title IX became law.

Dr. Karen Weaver joins Adam Carter with great insight into the state of women's college athletics, what Title IX has done in the 50 years since it was enacted, and the financial side of college sports.

Tom Bakk talks about his great friend in the state senate David Tomassoni and the respect and admiration Tomassoni has earned from everyone around him.

Bruce Willis has stepped away from acting due to his struggle with aphasia. Neurologist Dr. Ronald Tarrel joins Adam Carter to tell us about aphasia and how it disrupt the brain.

Dr. Ronald Tarrel joins Adam Carter to tell us about aphasia and how it may be impacting Bruce Willis upon hearing news he's stepped away from acting due to the condition. Later, Adam takes plenty of input from listeners on the restaurants and dishes that are no longer around in the Twin Cities.

Adam Carter starts the hour with a discussion about the problems in today's climate of partisan politics. Later, Joy Summers joins to discuss the list she helped compile at the Star Tribune of the 40 most iconic foods in the Twin Cities.