Bob Collins
An 88-year old man didn’t talk about his war experiences much, until he had an emotional reunion with an airplane.
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Is ‘grammar change’ real, peeking in the windows of Baldwin Township, how do actors learn their lines, the WiFi bus, and what happens when you ask a politician for specifics?
Back when it was 1968, did you imagine Bob Dylan and Joan Baez playing a gig at the White House?
The warmer, the snowier; the dangers of flying cheap; Phil Harris dies; what would make you give a kidney to a stranger; and the perfect house for growing pot.
Homeless teens in Minnesota, a history of PTSD, how Jay got on the couch with Dave, the cancer risk tease, and another Golden Snowball Challenge round.
How Minnesota stacks up boozewise, Super Bowl ads, Shackleton’s whiskey, Salinger’s secretary, and a failure of the common-sense gene.
The orchestrated life of a politician, connecting Toyota’s dots, the Art Shanty cure for winter, technology and the North Shore, and what’s wrong with the National Anthem?
Politicians say the government should budget the way families do. The problem is it already is.
Human trafficking in Haiti, embracing winter, who should be on money, the reading gap, and why a coin-flip isn’t a 50-50 proposition.
Plus: A Haiti humanitarian flight up close, should government be in your mouth, the largest moon of the year, and what’s the worst job you can imagine?
Behind the murders in Minneapolis, State of the Union follow-up, the most famous person from Cherry Grove, Minnesota, and your moment of Zinn.