In the first segment we are joined by special guest Rasheem Harris, the CEO of R&B Edibles about their popular snack Puff Puff Pop popcorn. We talk about his experience being an entrepreneur, running a start up, juggling fatherhood, marriage, and his evolution as a rising Rap star.

In Part 2 of the program we talk to Professor Michael Griffin who teaches Media and Cultural Studies at Macalister College. We talk about the impacts to media in the era of Trump and how the Fourth Estate is under daily attack. Professor Griffin shares insights on the history of how we got here and a hopeful message about his students.

Radio Free Nation is heard weekly every Tuesday from 4PM to 5PM CST on WFNU 94.1 in the Twin Cities.

Radio Free Nation is produced in cooperation with Voices For The People. You can listen to past episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/5h8zWXhIha8ODmbuiWmUtK?si=4f55a1188efc4499⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Hosted by Marty Owings with Production assistance from Mac Metzelars, Ernie Banks, Cartwright Jones, Mazzy Billingham, Harold Carmichael and Robert Seal. Technical Engineers Monty Scott and G. Laforge.

About our staff:

Ocassional Panelists: 

Bill Tre - Metropolitan State University Graduate in Humanities. Retired Navy Veteran and Naval Warfare Specialist.

Jay Stone - Graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Computer Science. World renowned technology Consultant and Jazz Aficionado.

Bryan Johnson -  Army Veteran and retired Federal Employee for more than 31 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers and spent most of his career in Germany and other parts of the world supporting construction projects.

Host:

Marty Owings - Veteran political and poverty Journalist, US Army Veteran, Graduate of Metropolitan State University in History and Political Science. Attended Graduate School at St. Catherine's College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Society of Professional Journalists Page One Award Winner for Reporting.

Special Guest Noel Nix joins Radio Free Nation to talk about how people can cope with the stress of an oppressive political environment. is a pre-licensed mental health clinical counselor. Mr. Nix is focused on supporting the mental health of those working in community service professions and their families. Mr. Nix has a masters degree in urban planning from the University of Minnesota and completed his masters of counseling psychology this spring at the University of St. Thomas.  

Radio Free Nation is heard weekly every Tuesday from 4PM to 5PM CST on WFNU 94.1 in the Twin Cities.

Radio Free Nation is produced in cooperation with Voices For The People. You can listen to past episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/5h8zWXhIha8ODmbuiWmUtK?si=4f55a1188efc4499⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Hosted by Marty Owings and Panelists William Tre, Bryan Johnson and Jay Stone. Production assistance from Mac Metzelars, Ernie Banks, Cartwright Jones, Mazzy Billingham, Harold Carmichael and Robert Seal. Technical Engineers Monty Scott and G. Laforge.

About our staff:

Frequent Panelists: 

Bill Tre - Metropolitan State University Graduate in Humanities. Retired Navy Veteran and Naval Warfare Specialist.

Jay Stone - Graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Computer Science. World renowned technology Consultant and Jazz Aficionado.

Bryan Johnson -  Army Veteran and retired Federal Employee for more than 31 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers and spent most of his career in Germany and other parts of the world supporting construction projects.

Host:

Marty Owings - Veteran political and poverty Journalist, US Army Veteran, Graduate of Metropolitan State University in History and Political Science. Attended Graduate School at St. Catherine's College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Society of Professional Journalists Page One Award Winner for Reporting.

Special Guest Katey DeCelle from Public Radio fame and Co-Founder of WFNU joins the crew to talk politics, WFNU news and to play a special edition of, "Is This A Real Trump Tweet Or Not?"

Radio Free Nation is heard weekly every Tuesday from 4PM to 5PM CST on WFNU 94.1 in the Twin Cities.

Radio Free Nation is produced in cooperation with Voices For The People. You can listen to past episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/5h8zWXhIha8ODmbuiWmUtK?si=4f55a1188efc4499⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Hosted by Marty Owings and Panelists William Tre, Bryan Johnson and Jay Stone. Production assistance from Mac Metzelars, Ernie Banks, Cartwright Jones, Mazzy Billingham, Harold Carmichael and Robert Seal. Technical Engineers Monty Scott and G. Laforge.

About our staff:

Frequent Panelists: 

Bill Tre - Metropolitan State University Graduate in Humanities. Retired Navy Veteran and Naval Warfare Specialist.

Jay Stone - Graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Computer Science. World renowned technology Consultant and Jazz Aficionado.

Bryan Johnson -  Army Veteran and retired Federal Employee for more than 31 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers and spent most of his career in Germany and other parts of the world supporting construction projects.

Host:

Marty Owings - Veteran political and poverty Journalist, US Army Veteran, Graduate of Metropolitan State University in History and Political Science. Attended Graduate School at St. Catherine's College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Society of Professional Journalists Page One Award Winner for Reporting.

Special Report from the Minnesota State Capitol - In this special report Marty Owings interviews Protesters to find out what is bringing them out to protest and who they are. The findings are surprising and definitely NOT what the propagandists are saying about them. .

Radio Free Nation is heard weekly every Tuesday from 4PM to 5PM CST on WFNU 94.1 in the Twin Cities.

Radio Free Nation is produced in cooperation with Voices For The People. You can listen to past episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/5h8zWXhIha8ODmbuiWmUtK?si=4f55a1188efc4499⁠⁠⁠⁠

Hosted by Marty Owings and Panelists William Tre, Bryan Johnson and Jay Stone. Production assistance from Mac Metzelars, Ernie Banks, Cartwright Jones, Mazzy Billingham, Harold Carmichael and Robert Seal. Technical Engineers Monty Scott and G. Laforge.

About our staff:

Frequent Panelists: 

Bill Tre - Metropolitan State University Graduate in Humanities. Retired Navy Veteran and Naval Warfare Specialist.

Jay Stone - Graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Computer Science. World renowned technology Consultant and Jazz Aficionado.

Bryan Johnson -  Army Veteran and retired Federal Employee for more than 31 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers and spent most of his career in Germany and other parts of the world supporting construction projects.

Host:

Marty Owings - Veteran political and poverty Journalist, US Army Veteran, Graduate of Metropolitan State University in History and Political Science. Attended Graduate School at St. Catherine's College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Society of Professional Journalists Page One Award Winner for Reporting.

In the first segment we are joined by Professor Phil to discuss the impacts of Trumps dismantling DEI and demanding Universities follow his Administrations directives. In the second segment Marty, Bill, Bryan and Jay bring you up-to-date on all the latest news and information from Politics. BONUS GAME - The group plays, "Is This A Real Trump Tweet Or Not?"

Radio Free Nation is heard weekly every Tuesday from 4PM to 5PM CST on WFNU 94.1 in the Twin Cities.

Radio Free Nation is produced in cooperation with Voices For The People. You can listen to past episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/5h8zWXhIha8ODmbuiWmUtK?si=4f55a1188efc4499⁠⁠⁠⁠

Hosted by Marty Owings and Panelists William Tre, Bryan Johnson and Jay Stone. Production assistance from Mac Metzelars, Ernie Banks, Cartwright Jones, Mazzy Billingham, Harold Carmichael and Robert Seal. Technical Engineers Monty Scott and G. Laforge.

About our staff:

Frequent Panelists: 

Bill Tre - Metropolitan State University Graduate in Humanities. Retired Navy Veteran and Naval Warfare Specialist.

Jay Stone - Graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Computer Science. World renowned technology Consultant and Jazz Aficionado.

Bryan Johnson -  Army Veteran and retired Federal Employee for more than 31 years in the US Army Corps of Engineers and spent most of his career in Germany and other parts of the world supporting construction projects.

Host:

Marty Owings - Veteran political and poverty Journalist, US Army Veteran, Graduate of Metropolitan State University in History and Political Science. Attended Graduate School at St. Catherine's College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Society of Professional Journalists Page One Award Winner for Reporting.

Bill and Marty discuss the latest our of the Trump Administration including gestapo style arrests, attacks on free speech and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's Concentration Camp Photo Op.

Radio Free Nation is heard weekly every Tuesday from 4PM to 5PM CST on WFNU 94.1 in the Twin Cities. Radio Free Nation is produced in cooperation with Voices For The People. You can listen to past episodes at ⁠https://open.spotify.com/episode/5h8zWXhIha8ODmbuiWmUtK?si=4f55a1188efc4499⁠

Hosted by Marty Owings and Panelists William Tre and Jay Stone. Production assistance from Mac Metzelars, Ernie Banks, Cartwright Jones, Mazzy Billingham, Harold Carmichael and Robert Seal. Technical Engineers Monty Scott and G. Laforge.

This week on Radio Free Nation - We are joined by Mitch Berg, MAGA Radio Personality and Trump Supporter. The Panel offers fact-checking as Mitch spins everything from Project 2025 to Trumps repeated falsehoods.

In the second segment we welcome Mr. Tom Horner who served as chief of staff to the late U.S. Republican Senator Dave Durenberger and was the Independence Party candidate for governor of Minnesota back in 2010. He is the principal owner at Horner Strategies, a public relations and policy firm based in Minnesota.

Radio Free Nation is heard weekly every Tuesday from 4PM to 5PM CST on WFNU 94.1 in the Twin Cities. Radio Free Nation is produced in cooperation with Voices For The People.

Hosted by Marty Owings and Panelists William Tre and Jay Stone. Production assistance from Mac Metzelars, Ernie Banks, Cartwright Jones, Mazzy Billingham, Harold Carmichael and Robert Seal. Technical Engineers Monty Scott and G. Laforge.

This week on Radio Free Nation - We are joined by Veteran Political Reporter John Croman to discuss changes in media over his long career and the impacts of the Trump Administration on journalism. In the second half we welcome Max Parthas from Abolish Slavery National Network to discuss the exception clause in the 13th Amendment that allows legal slavery to exist in the United States and the organizations efforts to change State Constitutions to remove this clause..

Radio Free Nation is produced in cooperation with Voices For The People. Hosted by Marty Owings and Panelists William Tre and Jay Stone. Production assistance from Mac Metzelars, Ernie Banks, Cartwright Jones, Mazzy Billingham, Harold Carmichael and Robert Seal. Technical Engineers Monty Scott and G. Laforge.

This week on Radio Free Nation - We are joined by Organizing Director Ryan Perez to discuss the ICE raids taking place in the community and how it's impacting the community. Joining us in the second half is veteran Organizer and Writer Paul Boyle to discuss recent actions by the Trump Administration.

Marty and the panel take apart Trumps address to Congress and the Democrats reactions. The fact-checking in this Podcast ONLY episode may offend MAGA's.