WCCO 9-Noon

Command Sergeant Major Douglas Wortham from the National Guard joins Cory to talk about the upcoming trip to Kuwait and share details about what life is like for those serving at home and abroad today. Later, we have some medical news and Chief Nerd Correspondent Dan Cook on last night's Game of Thrones episode.

Cory is heading to Kuwait next week to visit our MN National Guard members! Command Sergeant Major Douglas Wortham joined to share what life is like for members serving at home and abroad.

A high school is in the news because they'll stop naming a valedictorian and, after learning the details, Cory likes it. Jennifer Grant joins during the hour to talk about that and more during her monthly visit. We also talk about new job opportunities with Amazon and Natural Light.

The show begins with the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT that Cory is taking the show to Kuwait next week! Cory lays out the details of the trip and welcomes National Guard Captain Melanie Nelson in studio to learn more about the conditions he'll experience while there. Also, Cory recaps his experience in the home run derby Saturday at Target Field.

After the announcement that Cory is taking the show to Kuwait next week, Cory spot with National Guard Captain Melanie Nelson about what he can expect on the trip and what life is like for military members overseas today.

Research scientist Sarah Flood joins to talk about a study looking at the amount of work moms do around the house. That leads to a discussion about sharing duties between husbands and wives before Jennifer Hjelle from the ALS Association stops in studio to slam a whipped cream pie in Cory's face!

Weezer's Blue Album is 25 years old today! We talk a bit about the album and some of our favorite concerts before Twins CBO Derek Falvey joins to talk baseball.

The show begins with Today's Top 3 and some talk about the school lunch controversy happening around the country. Later, Cory gets into the Twins a bit and shares some ideas for things to watch on TV this weekend.

Twins Chief Baseball Officer Derek Falvey joined Cory to talk about the team's fast start to the season and all that went into building what has been a very successful roster so far in 2019.