Drivetime with DeRusha

Dan Hayes covers the Minnesota Twins for the Athletic. He joins Jason DeRusha to talk about a CRITICAL series for the Twins in Chicago this weekend. Jason asks about Byron Buxton’s hip injury that will require surgery this offseason. Dan says he knows he has to get it fixed but is still going to try to help push for the playoffs this season. Dan also breaks down what’s transpired in the last few weeks after having a chance to make some noise only to falter down the stretch.

Jason DeRusha and Dan Cook are LIVE from the Minnesota State Fair! Today is the last day to catch Drivetime with DeRusha live but we’d love it if you’d stop by and say hi if you find yourself on the fairgrounds. Head on down to Carnes and Underwood and take in the shade under the WCCO Radio pergola. For the first half of the hour we play Card DeSharks with Les and Mike! Then, Adri Lee stops by to give advice.

Adri Lee is an advice columnist for the Minnesota Star Tribune. She joins Jason at the Fair to give out advice and celebrate her new job at the Star Tribune. Listeners send in their questions and Adri does what she does best. She explains what a situationship is, how normal it is to define a relationship, how one knows if they’re the problem and getting ghosted at 60.

Card DeSharks takes place every Friday at 4pm but today we get to do it live! The cards and Jason are at the Fair, naturally so are our contestants this week. Les and Mike square off in State Fair related trivia.

Jason DeRusha and Dan Cook are LIVE from the Minnesota State Fair! Today is the last day to catch Drivetime with DeRusha live but we’d love it if you’d stop by and say hi if you find yourself on the fairgrounds. Head on down to Carnes and Underwood and take in the shade under the WCCO Radio pergola. To open the show Jason voices his frustration with the systemic failure that resulted in the loss of lives in the Minneapolis mass shooting earlier this week. Listeners weigh in with their thoughts. Then, he provides an update on the ongoing custody battle for the ICE officer who lied about a shooting in North Minneapolis earlier this year. To finish off the first hour Michele Tafoya joins to talk about her campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Michele Tafoya is the Republican nominee running for U.S. Senate. Jason asks if Michele is embarrassed of Minnesota after saying she was ready to flee the state a couple years ago. She says she hears it from people every day and speaks to her passion for Minnesota and what it's meant to her family. Jason goes on to ask Michele about the war in Iran, higher prices, voting for cabinet nominees, Operation Metro Surge and if she would call out presidential policies that would be hurtful to Minnesota.

Michele says high prices didn’t start with the Iran War, she points to the Biden administration having an all time high level of inflation five years ago. She also says that she is not pleased with how Operation Metro Surge was handled.

Jason DeRusha and Dan Cook are LIVE from the Minnesota State Fair! Today is day 6 of 7 of live shows that you can stop by and listen to if you find yourself on the fairgrounds. Head on down to Carnes and Underwood and take in the shade under the WCCO Radio pergola.

Jason DeRusha and Dan Cook are LIVE from the Minnesota State Fair! Today is day 6 of 7 of live shows that you can stop by and listen to if you find yourself on the fairgrounds. Head on down to Carnes and Underwood and take in the shade under the WCCO Radio pergola. Mark Norquist from Culligan water joins Jason to kick off the third hour of the show. Jason then discusses an article saying we’re speaking less and less each year. Mike Patterson from the Pork Board stops by to talk piggies.

Mike Patterson from the Pork Booth joins Jason on the WCCO front porch. He’s a pig farmer from Kenyon and he’s at the fair to show his family’s pigs. He speaks to the scale of the competition at the State Fair, apparently it's the biggest in the country. Jason asks about the difference between raising pigs for production vs raising them for show. Mike gives Jason some ideas on how to use ground pork. They speak to the versatility of pork and the impact of politics on the pig business.

Mark Norquist from Culligan water joins Jason to kick off the third hour of the show. Culligan turns 90 this year and what once was just a company tackling hard water has turned into a filtration technologies company. Jason asks how the water game has changed (yes they still sell the jugs). Mark says they offer their best deals of the year at the Fair.