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A show about Minneapolis politics from the maker of Wedge LIVE, the award winning local news website.

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00:57:25

Bryant Avenue Switcheroo - Monthly with Melody

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2023/04/11

John is joined by Melody Hoffmann from Southwest Voices for a conversation about the city's last minute changes to the Bryant Ave South reconstruction project. Other topics: a shortage of farmers markets, money in local politics, the latest outrages affecting the people of the lakes area, a dramatic reading of comments from the Bryant Avenue reconstruction meeting, and Melody's vegetable characters (possibly related to Christian fundamentalism). You can find Melody's work at

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01:03:16

Jeremiah Ellison - Ward 5 Minneapolis City Council...

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2023/04/06

John's conversation with Council Member Jeremiah Ellison, who's running for re-election to the Minneapolis City Council in Ward 5. Watch: https://youtube.com/wedgelive Join the conversation: https://twitter.com/wedgelive Support the show: https://patreon.com/wedgelive Wedge LIVE theme song by Anthony Kasper x LaFontsee

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00:22:01

Booker Hodges Sex Sting

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2023/03/30

In an episode inspired by Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, John is joined by Andi Snow of SWOP Mpls (Sex Workers Outreach Project) for a conversation about sex work, the distinction between sex work and "trafficking," and the policy agenda her group is advocating for here in Minneapolis and across the state of Minnesota. Watch: https://youtube.com/wedgelive Join the conversation: https://twitter.com/wedgelive Support the show: https://patreon.com/wedgelive Wedge LIVE theme song by

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01:02:09

111th Episode!!!

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2023/03/28

John is joined by Jason Garcia and Taylor Dahlin for a fond look back at more than 100 episodes of the Wedge LIVE podcast - and a look forward at some of the challenges facing Minneapolis in this year's city council election. Watch: https://youtube.com/wedgelive Join the conversation: https://twitter.com/wedgelive Support the show: https://patreon.com/wedgelive Wedge LIVE theme song by Anthony Kasper x LaFontsee

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00:55:08

Katie Cashman - Ward 7 Candidate for Minneapolis City...

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2023/03/22

John's conversation with Katie Cashman, who's running for Minneapolis City Council in Ward 7. Watch: https://youtube.com/wedgelive Join the conversation: https://twitter.com/wedgelive Support the show: https://patreon.com/wedgelive Wedge LIVE theme song by Anthony Kasper x LaFontsee

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01:00:39

Kate Mortenson - Ward 13 Candidate for Minneapolis...

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2023/03/13

John's conversation with Kate Mortenson, who's running for Minneapolis City Council in Ward 13. Incumbent Ward 13 Council Member Linea Palmisano has been invited on the podcast and is welcome anytime. You don't have to wait until November to have an impact. Minneapolis DFL precinct caucuses are happening citywide on March 14. Get out there and become the only kind of person these candidates care about right now - a delegate to a DFL ward convention: https://minneapolisdfl.org/ Watch:

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00:54:04

Soren Stevenson - Ward 8 Candidate for Minneapolis...

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2023/03/08

Today's episode features John's conversation with Soren Stevenson, who's running for Minneapolis City Council in Ward 8. In the coming weeks, we hope to schedule a conversation with City Council President Andrea Jenkins, who is running for reelection in Ward 8. You don't have to wait until November to have animpact. Minneapolis DFL precinct caucuses are happening citywide on March 14. Get out there and become the only kind of person thesecandidates care about right now - a delegate to a DFL ward

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00:58:03

Conrad Zbikowski - Ward 3 Candidate for Minneapolis...

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2023/03/02

John spends significant portions of this episode unsuccessfully goading Conrad Zbikowski, Ward 3 candidate for Minneapolis City Council, into attacking his opponent, incumbent Michael Rainville. We talk about public safety failures, Conrad's unapologetically pro-housing agenda, rent control, homeless encampment response, zoning for complete neighborhoods where everyone has a grocery store, Conrad's campaign strategy (bring in new people or focus on reliable caucus-goers?), and much more. Most

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00:49:24

If Not a Sexually Oriented Use, How About a Grocery...

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2023/02/21

We're at the next step of 2040 Plan implementation in Minneapolis. This time it's not about the scary things like density and building height. At the risk of oversimplifying, this isn't about how big you can build a given property, but about what that property is used for. Is this neighborhood solely residential? Are commercial uses allowed? If yes, what kind? Dry cleaning? Child care? How many square feet? What about parking lots? Planners at the City of Minneapolis have put forward a proposal to

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00:58:48

Park Planning and the Future of Cedar-Isles

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2023/02/14

John is joined by former TV weatherman Aaron Shaffer (@AShafferWX) for a conversation about the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board's long term plan for the area around Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles (Cedar-Isles). We talk bathroom politics; rain gardens and water quality; scarce pedestrian space; ADA accessibility; the fate of the trails through the wooded northeast corner of Cedar Lake; two-way bike routes; commuter traffic vs recreation; and the far-too-wide parkways devoted to car traffic

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01:11:54

Ice Cast Ep. 3: St. Paul Cat Show

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2023/02/08

With zero degree weather having cancelled our plans for winter sports, John and lifestyle producer Paula Chesley head indoors to spend time with award winning cats at the Saintly City Cat Club's 45th Annual Championship & Household Pet Cat Show. We hear the stories of cat show participants from all over the country, visit with a few vendors, Paula becomes notorious on the convention hall for spilling soup on a grand champion, and we witness the crowning of the king and queen of cats. That's

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01:06:03

Jerome T. Evans - Ward 12 Candidate for Minneapolis...

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2023/02/01

It's an election year in Minneapolis. All 13 wards are voting for who will represent them on the City Council. With incumbent Andrew Johnson leaving office, there's an open seat in Ward 12. I had conversations with three of the candidates vying to replace him: Aurin Chowdhury, Jerome T. Evans, and Luther Ranheim. We talked about public safety, police accountability, housing and zoning, rent control, transportation and much more. You don't have to wait until November to have an impact. Minneapolis

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01:02:10

Aurin Chowdhury - Ward 12 Candidate for Minneapolis...

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2023/02/01

It's an election year in Minneapolis. All 13 wards are voting for who will represent them on the City Council. With incumbent Andrew Johnson leaving office, there's an open seat in Ward 12. I had conversations with three of the candidates vying to replace him: Aurin Chowdhury, Jerome T. Evans, and Luther Ranheim. We talked about public safety, police accountability, housing and zoning, rent control, transportation and much more. You don't have to wait until November to have an impact. Minneapolis

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00:49:14

Luther Ranheim - Ward 12 Candidate for Minneapolis...

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2023/02/01

It's an election year in Minneapolis. All 13 wards are voting for who will represent them on the City Council. With incumbent Andrew Johnson leaving office, there's an open seat in Ward 12. I had conversations with three of the candidates vying to replace him: Aurin Chowdhury, Jerome T. Evans, and Luther Ranheim. We talked about public safety, police accountability, housing and zoning, rent control, transportation and much more. You don't have to wait until November to have an impact. Minneapolis

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00:53:40

Ice Cast Ep. 2: Art Shanties

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2023/01/26

John is joined by Wedge LIVE lifestyle producer Paula Chesley for a special miniseries featuring the stories of real people, not just surviving, but thriving through a Minneapolis winter. This time we're featuring the artists and participants in the Art Shanty Projects. Music, meditation, climate awareness, winter fashion, froga (frozen yoga), bathwater ice sculpting -- this episode has something for everyone. You can see the Art Shanty Projects at the Lake Harriet bandshell Saturdays and Sundays

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01:15:41

Mitra Jalali Reflects on Another Election Year in the...

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2023/01/24

With city councils in both Minneapolis and St. Paul on the ballot in 2023, John has a conversation with St. Paul Councilmember Mitra Jalali about the issues that will define this election year. What is the conversation we should be having on public safety? What accounts for the different approach and results in the Twin Cities when it comes to homeless encampments? Are there lessons for Minneapolis in the St. Paul rent control experience? We talk about how Mitra's relationship to the internet has

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00:52:57

Winter Sidwalk Talk with Grammy-nominated recording...

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2023/01/19

John is joined by Grammy-nominated transportation organizer José Antonio Zayas Cabán (Our Streets Minneapolis) for a conversation about the push for municipal sidewalk clearing. In a northern city with significant annual snowfall every winter, how seriously do we take our commitment that each of our neighbors should get where they're going with bodies unbroken? We talk about the cost to do it right, the skepticism, what it looks like in other places, why the city council voted down funding for a

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01:02:12

It Begins: Minneapolis Election 2023

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2023/01/12

John is joined by Josh Martin (aka "the new new Larry Jacobs") for an introduction to another Minneapolis City Council election year. Why should you get off your butt and pay attention? Will we rehash the crime-themed election of 2021 or find a new theme? What are the big issues? Which wards are especially key or likely to be competitive? Please share this episode with your friends so they can get pumped about Minneapolis Election 2023! Content warning: Any lip smacking you hear in this episode was

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00:37:35

The Work Group Experience with Jonathan Kim

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2023/01/10

John is joined by biostats grad student Jonathan Kim for a conversation about rent control. Jonathan's claim to fame is that he spent 2022 serving on two very high profile volunteer work groups for the City of Minneapolis: one to come up with a recommendation on rent stabilization policy and the other on citywide redistricting. We talk about what swayed him towards the more aggressive version of rent control policy, some of his potential concerns, and his assessment of how effectively the work group

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00:50:48

Pretend Environmentalists vs. the 2040 Plan

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2023/01/05

This episode features endless frustration about fake environmentalism weaponized against something that's unquestionably an environmental good, with guests Adam Wysopal and Alex Schieferdecker. Adam provides an update on the 2040 Plan lawsuit, initiated in 2018 by a group of rich southwest Minneapolis residents unhappy that their neighborhoods would no longer be reserved exclusively for single-family homes. Last last month, an appeals court upheld one part of the district court's decision (regarding

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