Jearlyn Steele

What are your thoughts on President Trump's planned immigration raids?  Jearlyn takes your calls.  Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Haym Benaroya reminisces on the 1969 Moon landing ahead of the event's 50th anniversary.

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WCCO Radio host Paul Douglas joins the program to discuss his thoughts on the latest severe weather events.  Mark Kudla of the Insurance Federation of Minnesota explains how you can insure your property in cases of natural disaster.  Jenny Stohl Powell from the Immigration Law Center on Minnesota talks about the planned raids on illegal immigrants in the U.S.

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"When your feet are on the ground, and everything under you is shaking, it’s extremely disorienting." That's the way Michael tells his mom Jearlyn that he felt when the California earthquake and aftershock happened.

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Jearlyn Steele takes Center Stage on Steele Talkin' to talk about her upcoming show called This Is Me 2 at The Dakota in MInneapolis on Saturday May 20th.

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Jearlyn loves to hug people so it truly saddened her to learn that women in the Shakopee prison are banned from any human touch or contact. 

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Dozens of listners weigh in on whether or not it's time to update our nation's flag to represent modern day America...

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Michael is moving in to a new place.  Can we trust Twitter regarding the number of followers celebrities have?  Plus, Michael reviews the latest in the "Toy Story" franchise.

During this edition of Center Stage, we hear from:

Cast & crew of Stage Theatre Company's "Willy Wonka" (Sandy Boren Barrett, Logan Bitz Daum, & Aidan Einhorn)

Jolly Pops musician Billy Hartong

Musician Molly Sowash

Pay Gap Comedy Tour organizer Buffie Blesi and comedienne Carolyn Pool

What's the 2040 Plan?  How are they being introduced and implemented in Minneapolis and St. Paul?  Lucy Thompson (St. Paul's Principal Planner) and Heather Worthington (Minneapolis' Planning Director) explain.  Then, Erin Rupp (Founder/Exec. Director of Pollinate Minnesota) and Willa Childress (organizer for the Pesticide Action Network) bring more awareness to the importance of pollination.

Concordia-St. Paul political science professor David Woodard discusses President Trump's re-election campaign, which officially kicked off Tuesday.  Rae Blaylark, founder of the Sickle Cell Foundation of Minnesota, talks about this all too common disease.