Best Switching Careers At 40 Podcasts (2025)

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Cheers & Jeers with Rochelle Olson and Am I Wrong featuring the Austin Powers Goldmember soundtrack 35:45

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Rochelle Olson from the Star Tribune kicks off the final hour of The Chad Hartman Show for the week. Cheers & Jeers is the bit and the column. They start their chat with this morning’s Minneapolis mayoral debate which featured topics such as police presence and funding, fraud-ridden services and potential conflicts of interest. In the second segmen…

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Am I Wrong ft. Lindsey Brown & Big Mama 12:10

10m ago12:10

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Lindsey Brown leads the Am I Wrong segment for this week. Her topics include improving feline relations, expensive rocks, Renaissance Fest and scary movies.

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Rochelle Olson would like to advance the discussion 23:34

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Rochelle Olson from the Star Tribune kicks off the final hour of The Chad Hartman Show for the week. Cheers & Jeers is the bit and the column. They start their chat with this morning’s Minneapolis mayoral debate which featured topics such as police presence and funding, fraud-ridden services and potential conflicts of interest. In the second segmen…

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Do not question Chad Hartman's patriotism especially when he's cheering for Team Europe 35:39

21m ago35:39

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Sheletta Brundidge joins Chad Hartman as she does each and every Friday. She’s not in the studio though, she’s on her way down to Kansas City for a NASCAR race and potential career opportunity for her son. Sheletta talks about how important it is to see it for one to be it when it comes to dreams and BBQ.In their second segment, Chad and Sheletta d…

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No one should ever doubt the determination of Sheletta 18:33

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Sheletta Brundidge joins Chad Hartman as she does each and every Friday. She’s not in the studio though, she’s on her way down to Kansas City for a NASCAR race and potential career opportunity for her son. Sheletta talks about how important it is to see it for one to be it when it comes to dreams and BBQ.In their second segment, Chad and Sheletta d…

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Things to look forward to, Ryder Cup talk and a visit with Matthew Coller 36:11

6h ago36:11

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Chad Hartman and Lindsey Brown in for a full program today. Chad opens the show asking about events that we’re looking forward to (and not so much) in honor of the Ryder Cup starting today. Chad says he’s looking forward to his son’s upcoming wedding in Hawaii. Lindsey mentions how much she’s looking forward to seeing trick or treaters at her house…

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Matthew Coller from Purple Insider stops by to talk Lynx in the playoffs and the Vikings in Dublin. Chad asks about the challenge the Lynx have faced early in their series against the Phoenix Mercury and ... 15:17

1h ago15:17

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Matthew Coller from Purple Insider stops by to talk Lynx in the playoffs and the Vikings in Dublin. Chad asks about the challenge the Lynx have faced early in their series against the Phoenix Mercury and what Matthew’s concerns are from the end of their game 2 loss. The Vikings are playing the Steelers this week in Dublin, Ireland. Chad asks about …

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BONUS: Is Tylenol really bad for pregnant women, and if not, why would the president say it? 31:45

15h ago31:45

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Much like President Donald Trump trying to pronounce acetaminophen, confusion is rife among women, their doctors, politicians and more about the announcement that the president and his health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr made about Tylenol, and about a new treatment they recommend for autism. Here are doctors, public health officials and others br…

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Move it along Chad 36:50

1h ago36:50

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Chad Hartman and Lindsey Brown in for a short program today with the Twins set to face the Rangers this afternoon.Major Garrett joins Chad to kick off the show to discuss the national political scene. They touch on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth calling for a sudden meeting of top military officials, a potential tectonic shift in administrative …

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Tom Lehman says watching the Ryder Cup is the hardest part 14:46

1h ago14:46

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Tom shares his most poignant Ryder Cup memory from his illustrious career, why the casual sports fan should tune into the Ryder Cup, captaining Team USA in 2006 and the challenges facing this year’s captain Keegan Bradley.

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Major Garrett on triple sabotage, political vengeance and potential government shutdown 19:40

1d ago19:40

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Major Garrett joins Chad to kick off the show to discuss the national political scene. They touch on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth calling for a sudden meeting of top military officials, a potential tectonic shift in administrative policy concerning Ukraine and Russia, the potential indictment of James Comey and whether or not President Trump w…

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Lulu: “I deeply disliked myself!” Recovering from alcoholism and trauma 1:01:19

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Lulu shot to fame at 15, and she’s been playing that part, masking who she really is – Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie – for the six decades since. In this chat with Fearne, Lulu explains how she felt that everything from her real name and accent, to her personality and childhood weren’t good enough, so she created a character for the public to lo…

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'I was in a bad mood:' Professor who called Charlie Kirk a 'POS' fights for his job as Kimmel returns from short suspension: the latest 26:00

28m ago26:00

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Social media was rife with nasty comments in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination and millionaire late night host Jimmy Kimmel made international headlines for what he said. But what about regular people who did the same? Hear from a Minnesota professor who is being targeted by a state lawmaker over what he wrote. Here's the latest on free spee…

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Tom Hauser, Susie's horrible morning & Kimmel's return 39:13

18m ago39:13

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Tom Hauser speaks with Chad to open the hour about the incredible impact Stan Turner had on Tom's broadcast news career after Stan passed away on Sunday. Later, we hear about the horrible morning of events the Susie Jones went through today before Chad reacts to Jimmy Kimmel's return to TV last night and the several days of events between his suspe…

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What did you think of Kimmel's monologue after returning to the show? Chad reacts. 13:23

21m ago13:23

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Chad reacts to everything that has happened over the past several days with Jimmy Kimmel, the Trump administration, and Kimmel's show returning to ABC last night.

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Tom Hauser speaks about the impact his mentor Stan Turner on his own career in TV news 13:01

40m ago13:01

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KSTP-TV political reporter Tom Hauser joins Chad to share about the huge impact his mentor, Stan Turner, had on his own broadcast news career. Stan passed away on Sunday after a battle with cancer.

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Arthur Caplan, Jim Petersen & Texas ICE shooting 39:38

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Medical ethics expert Arthur Caplan joins Chad at the top of the hour to talk about his great disappointment in the announcement from the Trump administration linking Tylenol to autism and how science as already spoken on the issue. Later, Jim Petersen joins on the rough playoffs loss for the Lynx last night and Chad shares feelings about the shoot…

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Are the Lynx in trouble after blowing a 20-point lead in game 2? Jim Petersen joins! 10:19

9m ago10:19

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Jim Petersen joins Chad to talk about what went wrong for the Lynx last night in their playoff loss to the Mercury and how much trouble they could be in with the series tied and moving to Phoenix.

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Arthur Caplan rips the Trump Tylenol/autism connection announcement as a 'nothingburger' 16:34

1h ago16:34

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Arthur Caplan, renowned expert in medical ethics, joins Chad to share why he was greatly disappointed by the Trump administration drawing correlations between Tylenol and autism and how medical science strongly disagrees with any connection.

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Erika Kirk's powerful forgiveness & Rena Sarigianopoulos 38:16

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Could you and would you forgive your spouse's murderer as Erika Kirk did on Sunday? Adam Carter hangs around with Chad for two segments to share in that conversation before Rena Sarigianopoulos of KARE-11 joins the show for her weekly segments.

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How does Rena review her own work hosting The Morning News earlier this week on WCCO? 17:10

6m ago17:10

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Rena Sarigianopoulos joins Chad to talk about her first two days filling in for Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News and share some emotions about recently losing her beloved dog Baxter.

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Could you and would you forgive as Erika Kirk did her husband's murderer on Sunday? 21:06

1h ago21:06

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Adam Carter hangs around for two extra segments with Chad to talk about Erika Kirk publicly forgiving the murderer of her husband, Charlie, and what it says about a person who is either able or unable to do the same thing.

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Tyler Schipper, Vikings and Lynx, empty Gold Line busses & DeRusha 35:48

13h ago35:48

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Chris Egert's final hour covering for Chad today starts with a conversation about the economy with St. Thomas professor Tyler Schipper. Later, we dive into a sports conversation about the Vikings and Lynx, a story from channel 5 about poor ridership on the new Metro Transit Gold Line bus route and a food question that leaves Jason DeRusha stumped f…

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What shape is the US economy in? It's complicated 11:47

13h ago11:47

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St. Thomas economics professor Tyler Schipper joins to talk about the state of the US economy and why it's a very complicated situation.

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Kimmel returning tonight, MLB adding robot umps for 2026 & McConaughey's bedroom advice 35:04

14h ago35:04

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Chris Egert discusses Jimmy Kimmel returning to the air on ABC tonight, MLB announcing robot umpires and challenges to balls and strikes will be part of the game next year, and Matthew McConaughey's bedroom advice for all of us.

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Robots umpires will be watching ball and strikes in MLB next season 8:45

14h ago8:45

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MLB will bring the robot umpires to games in time for next season with a challenges system for players to argue balls and strikes. How do you feel about it?

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Will you be watching Kimmel tonight and what do you expect he will say? 11:40

14h ago11:40

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Chris Egert talks about Jimmy Kimmel Live returning to ABC tonight, though with some stations still choosing not to air the show, and what we think will happen in his return broadcast.

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Trump vs. acetaminophen, life on autopilot & Capitol building security 33:27

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Chris Egert is in for Chad today. The opening hour features talk about President Trump's with the word 'acetaminophen' yesterday, a new study showing the large amount of our lives we spend on autopilot, and an update on the push for increased security at the Capitol building.

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Are we all living your life on autopilot? 8:43

15h ago8:43

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Chris Egert reacts to a study that shows just how much of our daily lives are set on autopilot.

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Trump's struggle to say 'acetaminophen' wasn't a great start to the press conference 20:55

15h ago20:55

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Chris Egert is in for Chad today with reaction to the autism press conference at the White House yesterday and how people felt seeing President Trump struggle with pronouncing 'acetaminophen.'

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Chip Scoggins, pity for Pam Bondi & Jimmy Kimmel returning tomorrow night 34:45

1d ago34:45

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Chip Scoggins joins Scott Korzenowski for two segments of talk on the Vikings, Lynx and more. Later, Korzo explains why he feels bad for Pam Bondi and the spot she is in under President Trump and we react to news that Jimmy Kimmel will return to his show tomorrow night.

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Korzo says he's feeling sorry for Pam Bondi amidst the pressure she's receiving from President Trump 8:27

1d ago8:27

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Scott Korzenowski explains, as an attorney in his regular job, why he's feeling sorry for the spot Pam Bondi is in as Attorney General with Donald Trump as President.

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Chip Scoggins talks Vikings, Lynx, Kaprizov and more! 18:01

1d ago18:01

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Star Tribune sports columnist Chip Scoggins joins Korzo for his weekly visit to the show, beginning with talk about a blowout win for the Vikings on Sunday over the Bengals.

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Overrated, Underrated or Properly Rated & Reid Forgrave 33:42

1d ago33:42

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Susie Jones is back from Ireland and joins Korzo and Dave with the good and bad from her trip to begin Overrated, Underrated or Properly Rated. Later, Scott speaks with Reid Forgrave from the Star Tribune about a story of a Minnesota man still in prison despite being recommended for exoneration over a year ago.…

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A Minnesota man was recommended to be exonerated over a year ago. Why is he still behind bars? 10:41

1d ago10:41

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Reid Forgrave of the Star Tribune joins Korzo with details of a Minnesota man, convicted of murder decades ago but recently recommended by a review board to be exonerated and released. So why is Brian Pippitt still in prison?

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Susie Jones shares the good and bad from her Ireland trip 18:10

1d ago18:10

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Overrated, Underrated or Properly Rated opens with Susie Jones back and sharing the good and bad from her two week trip around Ireland!

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Vikings blowout win, Charlie Kirk memorial & Jon Bream on Farm Aid 40 35:41

1d ago35:41

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Scott Korzenowski is in for Chad today. His first hour starts with talk about the Vikings crushing the Bengals, Charlie Kirk's packed memorial service, and Star Tribune music critic Jon Bream calling Farm Aid 40 possibly the best concert he's ever attended.

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Jon Bream calls Farm Aid 40 perhaps the best concert he's ever attended 13:00

1d ago13:00

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Star Tribune music critic Jon Bream praises the Farm Aid lineup and performances, saying it may take the top spot among the best concerts he's ever seen.

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Erika Kirk and President Trump shared very different messages at Charlie Kirk's memorial 7:24

1d ago7:24

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Scott Korzenowski talks about Charlie Kirk's memorial drawing a huge crowd and the vastly different tones shared by speakers like Erika Kirk and President Trump.

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Joanna Page: I was breastfeeding on set! How to have a career and children 58:21

2d ago58:21

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Gavin and Stacey’s Joanna Page didn’t want kids, until she suddenly did at 35! In this chat with Fearne, Joanna explains how she had to bring her baby on set in order to keep working as a new mum, and why she ultimately decided to focus on family over career. They chat about why it’s ok to do average – or even shit – work sometimes, and why perfect…

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BONUS: Deep sea aliens, babies switched at birth and a peek behind Alice Cooper's curtain 17:10

4d ago17:10

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Here's another "Something Offbeat" roundup of weird news. This week, we've got more alien headlines from The Dave Glover Show, a nurse who was fired for reporting babies switched at birth from the Dana & Parks Show and and the offbeat origins of shock rock with Alice Cooper and WWL's Scoot.

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Rochelle Olson & Am I Wrong? 35:10

5d ago35:10

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Star Tribune columnist Rochelle Olson joins Chad to talk Cheers & Jeers and plenty of hot local political topics before we hear from the Am I Wrong? Committee spokesperson with this week's resolutions to wrap up the show.

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The Committee issues a formal censure of Chad Hartman to open this week's Am I Wrong? segment 11:33

5d ago11:33

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What does Chad think of being formally censured by the Am I Wrong? Committee for his conduct last week? The segment opens there before jumping into the resolutions of the week.

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Cheers & Jeers and plenty of politics with Rochelle Olson 23:36

5d ago23:36

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Star Tribune columnist Rochelle Olson gets emotional after hearing the new open to her weekly segment with Chad before diving in politics and her Cheers& Jeers column in the paper.

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Jimmy Kimmel's off the air: Could SNL be next? Here's the latest on the free speech controversy 34:48

8d ago34:48

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Jimmy Kimmel is off the air after intense pressure from President Donald Trump on his parent company. Some say it was a business decision while others see a clear violation of the First Amendment. Today, experts weigh in on on what it means and who could be next.

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Matthew Coller & your favorite multiple big act concert 35:04

5d ago35:04

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Matthew Coller of Purple Insider joins Chad for two segments of excellent Vikings and Lynx discussion before we turn to a conversation about live music with the Farm Aid 40 show in town tomorrow.

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What's the best concert you've seen with multiple big acts? 12:41

5d ago12:41

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With the huge Farm Aid show in town tomorrow, Chad shares the best concert he attended with multiple big acts and we hear from many listeners with their own picks.

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Matthew Coller says he does see a possible scenario where Carson Wentz is the Vikings' longer term starting QB 22:22

7d ago22:22

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Purple Insider founder Matthew Coller joins Chad with plenty of great stuff on the Vikings including talk about the QB position, Christian Darrisaw, injuries on the defense and much more.

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Text-a-Topic & Tim Pawlenty 33:00

5d ago33:00

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The listeners take over at the top of the show as we welcome suggestions via Text-a-Topic before a conversation covering local and national politics with Tim Pawlenty.

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Tim Pawlenty says he has no plans to run for Senate, but has been approached several times by GOP officials to gauge his interest 15:47

5d ago15:47

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Former Governor Tim Pawlenty is excellent with Chad on several topics including the GOP field for next year's gubernatorial election, Tim Walz's problems in trying to win a third term, and his feelings about running for Tina Smith's Senate seat after being approached multiple times by Republican officials.…