Almanac

Putting Minnesota’s COVID stats in perspective, talking racial social justice and sports with Lanier Holt, remembering Dr. John Najarian, a look at downtown Minneapolis during COVID, Dr. Mark DePaolis misses the State Fair, a Faribault County family misses showing its Sheep at the Great Minnesota Get Together, dressing llamas in costumes, political duo Javier Morillo and Noah Rouen.

Governor Tim Walz live, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, MN Education Commissioner Ricker talks about schools opening, preview of "Hippocrates Cafe" program, Makeda Zulu-Gillespie from the U of M talks about the Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center, a Tane Danger essay, Mary Lahammer gives an election night preview, political duo of Kenza Hadj-Moussa and Greg Peppin

Michael Osterholm gives us a COVID update, Mayo Clinic releases a new COVID tracking website, context for the Trump and Biden visits, Kaomi Goetz has an update on Dr. Ayaz Virji, Sheletta Brundidge is a busy parent these days, Larry Fitzgerald on sports, Doris Truong from the Poynter Institute on how well media is handling harassment stories, political scientists size up Ginsburg legacy.

Secretary of State Steve Simon on the postponed 2nd District congressional race, COVID and race, hidden Hibbing history, remembering Dudley Riggs, violinist Ariana Kim previews "How Many Breaths", the legacy of Ruther Bader Ginsburg, political analyst duo of Fritz Knaak and Ember Reichgott-Junge.

Michael Osterholm on Trump’s COVID test, Northland politics, new Strib diversity editor

Collin Peterson race, memorial to survivors of sexual violence, census deadline looms

COVID increasing, Hagedorn re-election bid, Facing Race Awards, Trump stores, Bonding bill

Senate candidate Jason Lewis, third parties on the Minnesota ballot, remembering Sid Hartman through a classic Almanac interview, Sports with Larry Fitzgerald, Dr. Mark DePaolis essay, Congressional debate between Angie Craig and Tyler Kistner

Sec. of State Steve Simon, presidential visits, Michael Osterholm on COVID surge

Trio of political scientists, changes in the legislature, our newest member of Congress.

An historic week at the state capitol, Governor Walz details new COVID restrictions, Duluth Mayor Larson on COVID in NE Minnesota, MN Hospital Association braces for surge of cases, Sheletta Brundidge essay, Enbridge Line Three critic Winona LaDuke, new head of St. Paul/Minneapolis Catholic Charities, political duo Jeff Hayden and Fritz Knaak.

Osterholm on COVID, capitol roundup, Thanksgiving recipes, Kevin Kling essay

Mayor Melvin Carter, COVID nursing home update, BLM rallies in small town Minnesota

Vaccine rollout, small-town racism, the faces of COVID, Tane Danger holiday essay

Michael Osterholm, Keith Ellison on COVID lawsuits, Sheletta Brundidge essay

Kaomi Goetz’s stories from Greater Minnesota include robotic farming, our state’s last one room schoolhouse, remembering the Duluth lynchings of 1920, the Anderson Center, Andrew Volstead and Prohibition, ice climbing, outsider artists celebrated, regenerative farming, Korean-born adoptees in Duluth. Originally broadcast July 3, 2020.

Political scientists assess Pro-Trump mob assault of Capitol building, Michael Osterholm on vaccine rollout, Kyeland Jackson compares racial disparities in Minneapolis and Louisville police arrest data, Kevin Kling essay, Jim Walsh and his book "Fear and Loving in South Minneapolis", Mary Lahammer recaps start of legislative session, live chat with Melissa Hortman and Paul Gazelka.

Capitol National Guard deployment, Pawlenty on GOP future, preview of Derek Chauvin trial

Real state of the economy, historic trauma, ice road to Canada, political science duo

Governor Walz defends his budget, Sen. Paul Gazelka offers competing budget vision, Dr. Charles Crutchfield III on push for vaccination in African American community, youngest essayist in Almanac history, preview of Derek Chauvin trial, looking for equity in capitol budgeting process, political reporter duo of Brian Bask and Torey Van Oot.

Osterholm on COVID variants, Kashkari on jobs, the big cold snap, the hunger divide

Mayor Melvin Carter, anti-racism documentary, Sheletta Brundidge, Chauvin trial preview

Schools to reopen, changes at Target, Rondo land bridge proposal, the power of saunas

Senator Amy Klobuchar, new head of Hazelden, remembering Peter Ostroushko

Michael Osterholm on COVID vaccines, Mary Lahammer interviews Sen. Tom Bakk, jury selection process in the Derek Chauvin trial, Solomon Gustavo talks Chauvin trial community preparations, Dr. Mark DePaolis has an essay, Kaomi Lee shows us the restoration of the Martin County courthouse, political scientist duo talks filibuster.

Jury selection in Chauvin trial, Target rethinks office space, Kevin Kling essay

Chauvin trial jury selection, rising violence against Asian Americans, historic canoe trip

Expanding COVID vaccine eligibility, clash over voting bills in legislature, entrepreneur Deepinder Singh of 75F, the week in sports with Larry Fitzgerald, nature photographer Dudley Edmondson, David Gillette essay, Chauvin trial preview with trio of legal analysts

Mary Moriarty on Chauvin trial, Michael Osterholm on COVID spike, artist Jonathan Thunder

Mary Moriarty on Chauvin trial this week, profile of retiring Paul Mandell, Bo Thao-Urabe talks about efforts to steam rise in hate crimes, weather roundup with Paul Douglas, Sheletta Brundidge takes on the Easter Bunny, photographer Ben Hovland shows powerful images of 38th and Chicago rally, Mary Lahammer previews end of the legislative session, political scientists talk DC politics

Mary Moriarty gives legal analysis on Chauvin trial, Nekima Levy Armstrong and Jaylani Hussein on the police killing of Daunte Wright, Brooklyn Center residents talk about Wright’s death, McKnight Foundation President Tonya Allen, Kyeland Jackson examines police killings, state lawmakers consider police reform measures, political duo assesses last month of legislative session.

Chauvin sentencing, legislators debate police reform, remembering Walter Mondale

Keith Ellison on Chauvin sentencing, Enbridge Line 3 pipeline, legislature winds down

Global COVID surge, Mother’s Day essay by Kevin Kling, lawmakers have ten days left

Top lawmakers, St. Paul Saints owner Mike Veeck, new WWII history documentary.

Governor Walz live, "Say His Name" documentary preview, education funding boost

A special edition of Almanac focused on the impact and legacy of George Floyd

New jobs report, racism in Bemidji, "Worn Within" digital series, state budget stalemate

Top lawmakers talk stalemate, body cam controversy, record June heat, Tane Danger essay

Growth of Juneteenth, police bodycam controversy, Split Rock Lighthouse history

Derek Chauvin’s sentencing, analyst Mary Moriarty, budget countdown, drought impact

An historic courthouse, Enbridge Line 3, racial reckoning and more Kaomi Lee reports.

Community activist Nekima Levy Armstrong on public safety, a Kevin Kling MN weather essay, first Somali American U of M student body president, Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho, political analyst duo.

COVID Delta variant, Mpls Police destroying evidence last summer, forest fires near BWCA

Drought hitting farmers hard, congressional politics heat up, Sheletta Brundidge essay

World Expo bid in Bloomington, new mental health crisis center, police body camera survey, David Gillette essay on Lake Superior, Daybreak Press combats anti-Muslim stereotypes, crime surge impact on victims, business panel assesses the economy

Michael Osterholm assesses Delta variant, Attorney General Keith Ellison on the new conviction review unit, remembering longtime Almanac political panelist D. J. Leary, colleagues honor former congressman Jim Ramstad, Adia Morris essay, drought and unhealthy smoke explained by Paul Douglas, political duo Javier Morillo and Brian McDaniel.

Commissioner Jan Malcom on delta variant, front line workers make plea for state COVID funds, Rachel Blount on Minnesotans at the Olympics, finding the solution to affordable housing, State Fair essay by Roy Finden, ThreeSixty Journalism story on intergenerational trauma, preview of Lowertown Guitar Festival, political duo of Abou Amara and Andy Brehm.

Jennifer Carnahan’s exit as chair of MN GOP, Greenwood Fire update, profile of pioneering Duluth judge Shawn Pearson, MN Secretary of State Steve Simon on new post-election audit recommendations, essayist Aron Woldeslassie, children’s book honors Dr. Delores Henderson, political duo tackles the week’s newsImage: Fire image from up north

Wide-ranging interview with governor Tim Walz, Senator David Tomassoni talks about his ALS diagnosis, Line 3 protests and supreme court ruling, using DNA to find out more about family history, Dominic Papatola finally gets to do a state fair essay, Pat Coleman talks about his years at MHS, latest on wildfires in northern Minnesota.