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Kirby Taylor’s play A Pink Triangle depicts the last moments in a concentration camp where a father and son attempt to find common ground, hope, and forgiveness. In this episode, Taylor, along with Joe Eggers Interim Director for the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Bry Sharland, Historian & Artist, Pink Triangle Portraits, and Chris Breault, Greater Minnesota Community Organizer, OutFront Minnesota join us to discuss the themes and history of the Pink Triangle. The show has been extended at the Phoenix Theatre. For tickets and more info: https://kirbytaylor.com/a-pink-triangle

Robert Pilot is joined by Arvina Martin of Emerge Wiscomsin.

Federal government shutdown; AI actress controversy; Matt looks at the economy; Jeff Stein’s Wednesday visit; update on alcohol-involved fire truck crash; adult man found enrolled at White Bear Lake HS; new candidate in CD2; special session drama continues; Orange Shirt Day: Title IX lawsuit.

Jeff Stein of KXEL/Waterloo joins Matt every Wednesday at 3:30 to discuss national politics.

Austene C Van, Artistic Director of Yellow Tree Theatre joins us to discuss the attack on the arts and current lack of federal funding, as well as the representation and scrutinization of LGBTQIA, POC, and female presenting leadership within the theater landscape. Plus, Misery is now playing at Yellow Tree Theatre. For tickets and more info: https://yellowtreetheatre.com/misery2025

Plus, the passing of Jane Goodall and the latest on the US government shutdown.

This week’s Big Story is about transgender people fighting back—two female trans athletes suing universities and the NCAA for denying them the right to compete, and five trans youth/their families and adults suing the University of PA Medical Center for denying them gender affirming care. Good for them and for the brave lawyers taking their cases! The Big Interview is with The New Republic writer Melissa Gira Grant who details MAGA efforts to designate trans advocates as domestic terrorists. In Random Acts, I talk about serendipity in Boston and the kindness of strangers who sent me supportive post cards. So needed!

Tonight we are live from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church for the Home, Hope, Health: Minneapolis Mayoral Candidate and Voter Education Forum. Robert Pilot from Native Roots Radio and John Parker from the Gaily Show host our coverage.

Impending federal government shutdown; Trump policies continue to hurt agriculture; Pete Hegseth assembles military brass for a meeting in Virginia today; sports roundup; Patrick Coolican’s Tuesday visit; potential special session on guns.

It’s our weekly Tuesday conversation with Patrick Coolican, editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Reformer. This week we talk about Patrick’s column on fraud in Minnesota state government and the Reformer’s recent Q&A with Secretary of State Steve Simon about Trump’s DOJ lawsuit over access to Minnesota’s voter rolls. Find everything we talked about at:

https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/25/they-were-warned-how-state-government-kept-allowing-the-theft-of-the-peoples-money/

https://minnesotareformer.com/briefs/a-q-a-with-secretary-of-state-steve-simon-who-the-trump-administration-is-suing-over-voter-rolls/