Dork

The fine line between "Awkward & Awesome" continues with Hall of Famer, Mark Rosen! Learn how "dorky" little Marky Rosen was before becoming "Little Marky Rosen". How he worried about actually becoming Governor of Minnesota, his run-ins with Sofia Loren and Mohammed Ali (both in an elevator) that made him "dork out", how radio has bailed him out multiple times in his career, and his key to longevity in broadcasting! He is as large a personality as he is a DORK!

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Again we discover the fine line between awkward and awesome! This time with KFAN's/Power Trip's/VEN's/Vikings Radio Network's/Amsoil's/Chris Hawkey Band's....Chris Hawkey. Learn about Hawk's "Daisey Dudes" that almost exposed his "Boys", his sing over the lyrics to show my love for you "mixtapes", how a simple dorky thing he did as an 8 year old kid helped him in his career, his friends Mike Hunt & Mike Cox from Indiana, and details behind Twin Cities Summer Jam.

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We are all DORKS! The coolest, most fashionable, the beloved...are really DORKY! Even KARE 11's Belinda Jensen. For 25 years Belinda has been at KARE, the last 13 years as the Chief Meteorologist. Saturday Mornings and Grow with KARE, we love Bel! Hear about her really DORKY beginnings in Prescott, WI. Belinda talks about being really hung over when she meet one of her favorite celebrities, how swearing changed her life, how she is known to walk into her kids' school in her pajamas and more overall DORKDOM!

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This episode my guest is Mark Parrish! Parrish played 11 seasons in the NHL (including for the WILD) and now works for the NHL Network. Mark tells the story of how he "Dork'd Out" on the ice, during a game with Wayne Gretzky! How he was a DORK hanging out with Garth Brooks, the fact he and his wife fell in love because they were both "such nerds", his friendship with the band Nickleback, his DORKDOM that lead to "Fookey"and of course the DORKY things he did as a kid to become an NHLer!

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My Guest this time around is Paul "Meatsauce" Lambert from KFAN's Power Trip Morning Show! Paul and I talk about his skate boarding days - more like the fact he was terrible at skate boarding but had all the gear, how his scary appearance and scarier voice made me afraid of him when he was our board op, how he's Dorked out meeting John Randle, Tom Bernard & Jim Kleinsasser, his friendship with Nick Swardson, how we shared a bed and had "morning beers" at Eelpout and more!

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Episode #5 my guest is former Minnesota Viking, 10 year NFL veteran, & fellow Vikings Radio Network broadcaster Ben Leber! Okay, he is also a national and local television football analyst....oh, good for Ben! I know, it's envy and jealousy. Ben and I talk "Hutch" football uniformed - front yard workouts, how he tried to impress a girl with a boombox (ala John Cusak in "Say Antything"), my foray into the theater and acting, how Ben became friends with "Modern Family" actor Eric Stonestreet (Cam) and how he "DORKED OUT" meeting Ed O'Neill on the set......not Sofia Vergara as much as Jay Pritchett. We also talk about his new Bourbon venture and his St. Jude Golf Charity Tournament coming up in June.

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Episode #4 my “DORK” Guest is WCCO TV’s Chris Shaffer! I’ve known Chris since he was “Cheeks” on The Point’s Morning Show. He worked with us here at K102, all the while forming his plan to chase his true dream of Chief Meteorologist.




Chris and I talk early formative years of “Dorkdom”, his crazy love of Halloween (there’s a creepy mannequin moment), the time Gene Simmons hit on his wife…and how excited Chris was about it, and our shared “Dorkiness” about the Minnesota Vikings (the Curse of 27)!

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DORK #3 is a guy that took what normal 14 year olds “Dork Out” about in their bedrooms (clean it up!) and made it a career! Granger Smith grew up in Dallas, and at 14 he taught himself to play guitar. At 19 he moved to Nashville, 21 years later Granger and his wife Amber and 3 kids remain….COUNTRY!

Find out how a massive DORK OUT by Granger lead to Oscar Award Winner (Russell Crowe) refusing to shake his hand, his early days in Nashville with Jason Aldean, his teenage Hip-Hop/Grunge/George Strait phase, and how war documentaries and “Drunk History” are his current DORKDOM!

Also find out about his “They Were There” – A Hero’s Documentary! The documentary is a “Heave-Cry” and beautiful!

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DORK #2 is one of the greatest "All Around" Vikings, Chad Greenway! Chad played all of his 11 seasons in the NFL as a Viking. He and his family have made Minnesota their home, and his "Lead The Way Foundation" continues to give back to his adopted State (he's from SoDak).

Chad and I "DORK" out about "Coke-Bottle" glasses, corduroy pants and an unfortunate accident, Garth Brooks, and how he grew up in the worst part of the 80's.

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My first "DORK" episode is with my favorite dork and probably the sole reason the idea popped into my head, Former Minnesota Viking (and inevitable Hall of Famer) Jared Allen!

We talk about how we met, his shirtless childhood, how I was a massive DORK at his wedding, his Olympic dreams, how he pissed off Michael Bolton, and more!

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