Chad Hartman

Chad opens with a survey showing how fears about the high costs of raising children is impacting the nation's birthrate before two segments of excellent political discussion with Major Garrett of CBS News.

Major Garrett of CBS News joins Chad to talk about new developments and the long history of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, affordability concerns Americans have today and much more from the political world.

Young couples are claiming financial concerns are now the top reason they choose to wait on having children. Chad opens a conversation about the high costs of raising children and why 70% of the country believe it's too expensive.

Chad's show today features guest visits from Jim Petersen on the Wolves and Jason DeRusha discussing World Kindness Day as well as conversations about bail reform, aging and grief, and much more!

Chad touches on several topics during two segments of Rapid Fire Radio before Jason DeRusha makes his usual extended Thursday visit to talk about kindness in our society on World Kindness Day.

Jason DeRusha joins us for two segments of discussing mostly about kindness and the state of our society on World Kindness Day.

The Athletic reports that MLS is considering changing their schedule to be off during the summer months and play during the winter. That ridiculous idea is one of the big topics we discuss during two segments of Rapid Fire Radio.

Chad splits the hour between two segments of Wolves talk with Jim Petersen and a deep discussion about the possibility of bail reform in America.

Chad opens a conversation about bail reform, where the system is broken, and if it's even possible for any politician to propose changes without quickly being labeled soft on crime.

Chad has two segments of excellent hoops talk with Jim Petersen reacting to a string of good games and victories from the Wolves against some of the poorer teams in the NBA.

A full hour of Text-a-Topic provides great input from listeners and a wide variety of topics, ranging from utter nonsense to very serious.

Chad reacts to a listener text during Text-a-Topic leading to a conversation about aging, the enormous costs of living later in life, grief after losing a loved one and more.

How does a conversation about prices evolve into talk about foot fetishes and toe sucking? Anything can happen during Text-a-Topic and that's how Chad opens the show today.

The full show today features visits with Rena Sarigianopoulos and Stephanie Hansen, talk about the release of Jeffrey Epstein emails from both sides of the political aisle today, a potential federal ban on THC products and much more!

Chad comes out strong against a THC ban that was buried deep inside the deal to end the government shutdown before talk about his disdain for the french dip sandwich and other foods we just don't understand how they are popular.

It's National French Dip Day and Chad uses that to talk about his disdain for the sandwich and other foods which he cannot understand why they are popular.

Chad shares strong opinions about the potential federal ban on THC products buried in the government shutdown deal and the impact it could have on breweries in Minnesota and around the country.

Did you catch the Northern Lights last night? Susie Jones stops in to talk about how none of us saw the show in the skies. Plus, Chad's longtime friend Stephanie Hansen joins the show to talk about her meteoric rise to media superstardom and the hottest news from the local food scene.

Stephanie Hansen joins Chad to relieve how they first met decades ago, talk about her rise to media dominance and share about some of the biggest stories from the local food scene today.

The headlines today were supposed to be about Democrats and Republicans reaching an agreement about reopening the government ... And then a trove of new emails from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released. Among them, he wrote of President Donald Trump, “I know how dirty donald is,” and another in 2019 where he wrote "Trump knew about the girls." Here's the latest on Epstein, including Trump's reaction.