Best of Interviews - AM950 The Progressive Voice of Minnesota

Best of Interviews is a curated feed of AM950’s political interview segments, shaped by the station’s progressive identity and its Minnesota base. It favors immediacy over distance. A typical conversation starts with a guest introduction, a little banter, and then a hard turn into the week’s argument. National politics are never abstract here. Trump, voting rights, courts, military action, ceasefires, and Republican electoral pressure are discussed as live problems with civic consequences. Minnesota politics get equal weight. The digest includes conversations about state representatives facing legal trouble, legislative elections, DFL vulnerability, immigration enforcement claims, health care policy reporting, and LGBTQ+ and trans issues at the Statehouse. The show’s style is loose, but the subjects are concrete. Guests from the Minnesota Reformer bring reporting and data into the room. Jeff Stein returns as a national and presidential expert with Iowa political context. Richard Chu connects AM950’s audience to progressive radio conversations in Chicago and North Carolina. Cliff Schecter brings media, politics, Substack, and protest culture into the mix. The conversations often sound like working radio rather than packaged documentary audio. Interruptions, jokes, station references, and quick breaks remain part of the texture. That gives the feed a live-wire feel. It is best for listeners who want progressive commentary with regional grounding, not just national talking points. The show is blunt about power, skeptical of Republican leadership, and openly interested in activism. It also leaves room for music, media, and personality, from Bruce Springsteen references to Blue Amp live-stream talk. At its strongest, it makes political news feel local, personal, and immediately actionable.