Jearlyn spends the hour with her son MICHAEL BATTLE

SUSIE JONES

GROCERY LIST fun with listeners

The TV disaster known as NBC and Megyn Kelly….Hugh Hefner shouldn’t be celebrated…women in politics…Saudi Arabia women can drive, and boycotting movies.  Just a few of the things that Jearlyn discusses with her guest, CAROLINE HELDMAN

Roderick Cox, the Minnesota Orchestra’s associate conductor, leads the ensemble in a pair of unique concerts, this coming week at Orchestra Hall.  “Send Me Hope,” the show on Saturday, is a collaboration showcasing powerful works for orchestra and chorus, including a gospel work commemorating the 1963 Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham that killed four young girls―and Send Me Hope, conceived by Panion as a hopeful bookend to Here We Are.  Roderick joins Jearlyn. 

www.mnorch.org for more info

Rohan Preston- Theatre critic for the Mpls Star Tribune

Sod House Theater is back with the debut of “Hoopla Train,”, on tour to three historic dance halls of the Twin Cities. Known for their fantastically fun productions, Sod House joins forces with the acclaimed Chmielewski Funtime Band to include live music for audiences to dance the polka, waltz and foxtrot in this vaudeville style variety show.  Jearlyn finds out more when LUVERNE SEIFERT and DARCY ENGEN, the husband and wife duo, who are the founders of SOD HOUSE, join Jearlyn with more…

Rushford Hall   2221 Central Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418  Oct. 5–8
Czech & Slovak Sokol  383 W. Michigan St, Saint Paul, MN 55102  Oct. 12–15

http://www.sodhousetheater.org

PATTY PETERSON, our good friend, is presenting the Jazz Women all Stars at the Dakota, this coming Friday, October 6, 2017. Two shows, 7pm and 9pm.

In 2016, the Jazz Women All Stars made a terrific debut at the TC Jazz Festival in Mears Park and were a major hit. This ensemble series celebrates the great women of jazz artists in the Twin Cities including instrumentalists and vocalists. The prestigious all-star line-up for these two shows features Ginger Commodore (vocals), Lucia Newell (vocals), Linda Peterson (piano and vocals), Joan Griffith (bass), Jendeen Forberg (drums), Kathy Jensen (sax) and of course a special performance by Patty, who joins Jearlyn.

To purchase tickets:  call 612-332-5299 or www.dakotacooks.com

Jearlyn with her son Michael Battle

Susie & Jearlyn discusses hats at church and getting sunburned.  Then, Jearlyn dives into talk about the proposed Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill and the International Seed Vault.

What do you think of President Trump's commentary on player protests in the NFL?  After that, Minneapolis PD Chief Medaria Arradondo discusses a "Sleep Out" event designed to bring awareness about homelessness.

This week: Uprising Theater Company founder Shannon Kearns and actress Ashley Hovell, critic Rohan Preston, John Freeman & Mike Leonard of the Magnolias, and artistic director Wendy Knox.

In this hour of chatter, Jearlyn looks at classic kids' shows, the "new" look for a classic kids' cereal, and how we've lost the art to disagree.

Another missile shot off on Friday by North Korea, and this time, it flew over Japan. The heat is starting to buildup against North Korea now....Just what are their nuclear capabilities, and what, is their end game?   How concerned should Americans be?  Jearlyn finds out from DAVE SCHMERLER, Research Associate at JAMES MARTIN ICENTER FOR NON PROLIFERATION STUDIES at MITLEBURY INSTITUTE in Monterey California.

http://www.nonproliferation.org/   https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/north-koreas-military-capabilities

If you could help drought stricken areas with rain, would you do it?   How would "MAKING IT RAIN," affect the environment, and what does it have to do with Global Warming?   Jearlyn finds out from her guest.

www.weathermodification.com  

The WOMENVENTURE 40th ANNIVERSARY LUNCHEON is fast approaching, and Jearlyn continues her countdown to 
the big event, when she talks with another entrepreneur who benefitted from WomenVenture,  CONNIE SHEEHAN,
Last years Emerging Business Award Winner.

www.WomenVenture.org

A monkey, a selfie and a lawsuit.   Sounds like the start of a joke, but it wasn't.....it was the start of a two year saga involving
NARUTO, and his selfie....  Who owned the image that NARUTO took?   Was it another photographer, or the Monkey? 
Jearlyn found out how this case played out, when she talks with Gabe Walters, Counsel and Manager of Legislative Affairs for The PETA Foundation. 
https://www.peta.org/blog/settlement-reached-monkey-selfie-case-broke-new-ground-animal-rights/