Tom Barnard Morning Show Podcast
1) Michele Tafoya for senate, Ralph Bashioum in France - #2951
Michele and Ralph both return after a long absence. Ralph is retired and is enjoying doing whatever he wants. Michele is the opposite of retired, choosing to vie for a senate seat here in Minnesota....Show More
2) An all expenses paid trip to Washington DC - #2950
Members of congress make $174,000 a year. That's pretty good, right? Wait until you hear how much their stipend is for trips to the Capitol. It'll drive you to bring your state into the top 10 terr...Show More
3) I've got $20 on someone bringing up Epstein tomorrow - #2949
Hollywood is largely uneventful as everyone watches the Olympics instead. If you like movies and don't like watching athletes be athletic, what's left? Gambling? We can't recommend it. Yo-J? They...Show More
4) AI can create a video and code an app, but I'd like to see it do a ski jump - #2948
Astonishingly, we managed not to bring up Epstein today. Instead, we focused on the inexorable passage of time and how everything you thought was new and cool is actually old. Then again, all that o...Show More
5) Every controversy everywhere all at once - #2947
This episode's a doozy. We've got talk of Epstein, musicians having inappropriate relationships, Kid Rock vs. Bad Bunny, billionaire taxes, the decline of education. We even say something positive a...Show More
6) Vinnie Tortorich explains how hormones (and Doritos) are making you fat - #2946
Vinnie's back, and he's still crusading against obesity. It's a topic relevant to basically everyone, whether they themselves are obese or they're directly related to someone who is. Hence his succe...Show More
7) But enough about football - #2945
Are you sick of hearing about football? Then you're in luck, because Costaki has been once again banished for seven months. And if you weren't, well the season is over anyway. But you know what's n...Show More
8) The Super Bowl was a big win for Minnesota by proxy - #2944
Well, it happened. The Seahawks won, and in the process proved that the Vikings' biggest problem is that they don't know how to build a team. They also saved us from another year of smug Patriots gl...Show More
9) Powerful blood-drinking monsters, and also Dracula - #2943
If you're looking for a cozy read, how about the Epstein files? Apparently they're very popular at the moment. Then when you get tired of hearing about people in positions of power talking about thi...Show More
10) These are the days of our lives - #2942
Picture this: everywhere you go, strangers congratulate you on the birth of your child. Years later, those same people are congratulating your child having a child. They know you, but you don't know...Show More