John Hines

Susan Moores, founder of Roots for the Home Team, joins John Hines to talk about bringing tremendous salads to Target Field over 10 seasons, where and when you can find the salads at the ballpark, and how her organization uses their salads as a vehicle to boost and inspire local teens.

John Hines begins the hour by speaking by Susan Moores of Roots for the Home Team about the amazing salads coming back to Target Field again this summer and how her organization works to boost teens from around the area. Later, we chat about a few new grandstand shows added to the State Fair lineup and which ones we're most interested in seeing.

Will we know the truth of what our government knows about UAP/UFO's today? John Hines speaks about today's hearing at Washington DC and we hear from a few listeners about strange phenomena they've seen in the sky. Later, Scott and Josie Gwin of The Resilience Resource join to talk about their experience helping people on the ground in Poland and western Ukraine through this time of war.

Bethel University students Scott and Josie Gwin join John Hines to speak about The Resilience Resource and their experience traveling to Poland and western Ukraine to aid the folks struggling right now through Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

John Hines opens the show with some notes from this day in history which leads him into a great radio prank played on him by a listener many years ago. Later, Katherine Campbell of Groves Learning Organization joins to talk about their work teaching the science of reading to their students at Groves Academy and many other schools around the area.

Katharine Campbell, Director of Groves Literacy Partnerships, joins John Hines to talk about the vital importance of teaching reading skills to children and how Groves Learning Organization has partnered with many schools around the area to teach the science of reading education.

John Hines begins his final hour today speaking with Bob Dittel about the current vehicle market and how he's made a living helping consumers by taking the stress out of the car buying process. Later, local author David Housewright joins John to share about his popular Rushmore McKenzie series of novels and more.

Local author David Housewright joins John Hines to talk about his popular novels, how he develops his characters, St. Paul playing a large role in his writing and much more.

Barbecue hall-of-famer Meathead tells us why there's no reason to waste beer on a beer can chicken.

It's a fun hour as John Hines chats with Pete Najarian about a shout-out from Snoop Dogg and the issues impacting your wallet. Plus, we celebrate National BBQ Day by diving into the science of great barbecue with Meathead!

What are the secrets to fantastic barbecue? Is a beer can chicken really any better than a plain grilled bird? John Hines gets the answers to those questions and many more as he celebrates National BBQ Day with Meathead.

Snoop Dogg tweeted over the weekend that he wants Pete Najarian, among others, to join him in taking over Twitter! Pete joins John Hines to talk about getting his shout-out, why Elon Musk is really one of the few people that could actually purchase Twitter, and much more related to our money.

Vineeta hangs out after the Morning News to chat with John Hines about her move to radio, his life after full-time radio and much more in a fun conversation.

John Hines is back in the host chair today and the show begins with Vineeta Sawkar sticking around for some extra innings conversation! Later, we discuss weddings today and how many folks have been scaling down the celebration during the pandemic and that trend appears ready to stay.

The Rink Live hockey writer Jess Myers joins Tom Hauser to talk how it all went so wrong for the Wild in game 6 and the rest of their series with the Blues and some of the difficult decisions facing the club in the offseason.

Tom Hauser begins his final hour talking about some highlights from the newly released Vikings schedule for the coming season and the status of sports betting bills at the legislature. We also discuss a Norm Macdonald comedy special coming to Netflix at the end of the month shot before he passed away and hockey writer Jess Myers joins to put a bow on the short playoff run for the Wild.

Jake Reint of Flint Hills Resources joins Tom Hauser to talk about the company constructing a massive solar array to supply power for the Pine Bend Refinery in Rosemount.

Adam Carter joins Tom Hauser live from the Governor's Fishing Opener in Cass Lake to share about what's happening this weekend and whether it's mostly fishing or politics.

Adam Carter joins Tom Hauser live from the Governor's Fishing Opener at Cass Lake to talk about what's happening this weekend. Later, we speak with Jake Reint of Flint Hills Resources about a huge solar array they're construction to power their Rosemount refinery.

Carleton College political science professor Steven Schier joins Tom Hauser with a preview of this weekend's GOP convention in Rochester and talk about some of the other issues impacting Minnesotans right now.