Drivetime with DeRusha

For the In Depth segment, Will Rolf joins Jason to talk about a new special he’s offering at Sweeney’s Saloon. If a Republican and Democrat come in together they can get a Poor Man’s Special on the house which features new options every day. Jason asks about Will’s inspiration for the idea, Will speaks to the tonic that sharing a meal can have over political tensions between parties. Sweeney’s Saloon is located on Dale Street in Cathedral Hill.

Jason DeRusha in studio with Lindsey Brown filling in for Dan Cook. To open the program, Jason talks about his new intern he’s working with and how he spent the unpaid internship period of his life. Jason and Lindsey then wade into the pajamas at the airport controversy following a tweet from the Tampa Bay airport. Dawn Southworth from Grand View Lodge joins to talk about the De’Vine Wine Weekend slated to included Jason’s appearance. Finally, Lindsey continues to make a case for Jason to watch Heated Rivalry.

Dawn Southworth the Managing Director at Grand View Lodge joins Jason for DeRusha Eats to preview a big weekend up North for the wine crowd. Dawn provides some details about the weekend slate of events, how you can still get a reservation and hints at a “celebrity” appearance.

Jason DeRusha in studio with Lindsey Brown filling in for Dan Cook. To open the program, a discussion about Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his relationship/influence with President Donald Trump. Then, Jason weighs in on the city of Champlin’s decision to fly the old Minnesota state flag. Gloria Perez from the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota stops by to share some updates to fundraising efforts supporting our community. Jason wraps the hour with a discussion about an Inspector General for the State of Minnesota.

The Women's Foundation of Minnesota President & CEO Gloria Perez joins Drivetime with DeRusha to discuss the ten million dollars that was raised by thirty two different organizations and given to the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota to facilitate to those in need under Operation Metro Surge. Gloria shares some of the organizations they’re working with and some of the communities/areas they’re supporting during this difficult time. She also speaks to the level of work that will be needed to be done to rebuild our community.

How to psychologically give up a bad habit at Lent or any other time with Dr. Judy O of supercharged life podcast with Tommy Tucker at WWL and more.

The full episode of Drivetime with DeRusha for February 25th, 2026.

Jason and Lindsey sift through some of today’s headlines which includes last night’s State of the Union, a Minnesota influencer catching hell and the 2026 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jason chats with Blois Olson to talk about the Minnesota political scene as well as last night’s State of the Union address. Finally, Jason and Lindsey talk about what they’ve had ENOUGH of.

Jason and Lindsey sift through some of today’s headlines which includes last night’s State of the Union, a Minnesota influencer catching hell and the 2026 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jason chats with Blois Olson to talk about the Minnesota political scene as well as last night’s State of the Union address.

Jason poses the question: what’s the worst thing about being an adult? Lindsey wonders about the necessity of taxes. They then touch on the controversial United States Men’s Hockey Team. Then, Lisa Radzak from WithAll stops by the studio to talk about the prevalence of eating disorders and WithAll’s partnership with Olympic Champion Jesse Diggins.

Lisa Radzak from WithAll, an organization focused on “Helping young people feel good in their bodies and with food”. Lisa shares some information on the prevalence of eating disorders especially amongst athletes. She and Jason talk about WithAll partnering with Jesse Diggins and how they’re looking to help people. https://withall.org/

Jason DeRusha in studio with Lindsey Brown filling in for Dan Cook. To open the program Jason discusses President Trump’s State of the Union Address and his support for Rep. Ilhan Omar’s in-chamber dissent. Jason interacts with and gets their thoughts. Tracy Perlman makes her weekly appearance on the show.

Tracy Perlman is the Director of Communications and Marketing for Grand Casino Arena and the Saint Paul RiverCentre. She joins Drivetime every Wednesday at 3:35pm. They begin with a discussion about how great the Olympics are and opine about potential pricing for LA28. Tracy declares that she is firmly Team Aldi in the grocery wars. They go through some topics Jason asked ChatGPT to conjure.

Jason reacts to the feds want to stop the start/stop thing in your car, he chats up Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management Director Eric Taubel about the latest delays in THC Seltzer testing, plus he wonders what movies/tv shows you've walked out on, and we have DeRush Hour Headlines.

Jason talks with the Director of the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management Eric Taubel about the latest delays in THC Seltzer testing, looking for new cannabis testing facilities, the similarities of food testing, facing a lot of ambiguity at the federal level, and more.

This hour Jason wonders if Minnesota really is heading in the wrong direction, we have winners in the "Name a Snowplow" contest, and Jason is joined by Kitchen and Rail Co-Owner Joe Newhouse on DeRusha Eats.

This hour Jason kicks off the hour by wondering what you think of the current state and direction of Minnesota.

On this episode of DeRusha Eats, Jason is joined by Kitchen and Rail Co-Owner Joe Newhouse as they discuss opening a second location, opening during challenging times, their tribute to "Mort's Deli", what makes a good pastrami sandwich, having an "approachable menu" and more.

This hour Jason wonders if Minnesota is still a good place to raise a family, and why there is a separation of metro vs. rural Minnesota, and he discusses tonight's State of the Union with Political Commentator Chris Cillizza, and he's joined by Vineeta Sawkar from Florida.

This hour Jason wonders if Minnesota is still a good place to raise a family, and why there is a separation of metro vs. rural Minnesota.

Jason talks with Political Commentator Chris Cillizza about tonight's State of the Union, how people consume it, how media has changed, why everything is politically coated, and more.

This hour Jason discusses the city of Anoka's situation after the failed Northstar commuter rail and why that could be a net positive, he chats up Dave Schwartz about the Gold Medal winning United States Men's and Women's Hockey teams, plus we have the DeRush Hour Headlines.

Jason chats up Dave Schwartz about the fantastic Winter Olympics for the United States Men's and Women's Hockey teams, why the NHL has historically not been able to take advantage of it, Dan Cook not wanting to partake in "forced fun", Mike Tirico's ability and more.

Jason chats up Anoka Mayor Eric Skogquist about how the failed Northstar commuter rail could actually be a positive, why the Amtrak Empire Builder would be a great fit, how investments work with each and more.

This hour Jason wonders if people have an issue with FBI Director Kash Patel partying with the US Men's Hockey team after their Gold Medal win, we get more reaction about Donald Trump's phone call to the US Men's Hockey team, and Jason reacts to longtime KARE 11 Meteorologist Belinda Jensen is calling it a career.

Jason wonders why people are getting upset at Donald Trump's phone call to the United States Men's Hockey Olympic Team, and he talks about the Minnesota Frost influence with General Manager Melissa Caruso and how the PWHL can build off this momentum and more!

Jason kicks off the show by wondering if people really want to send them all back, and do we have to reallocate sources to find some sort of amnesty, and more.

Jason talks with Minnesota Frost General Manager Melissa Caruso about the big Gold Medal win for the United States Women's Hockey team, do the recent actions by the Trump administration and the Men;s team damper the win, the self made promotion for the PWHL,do getting support from the Men's Team.

It was a shortened show today because we finally have Twins baseball in Ft. Myers! We begin the show discussing the latest with the SCOTUS ruling with Trump’s tariff proposal, play a game of Card DeSharks, Brooks Lee and Ty McDevitt join to talk Twins-Gophers and Gavin Kaysen stops by to talk food as well as we put a bow on DriveTime LIVE from Ft. Myers at Twins Spring Training!

In the final hour of the shortened show today we play a game of Card DeSharks, chat with Gavin Kaysen and send you all off with a big thank you for this week of DriveTime at Spring Training!

The last couple of months has greatly affected the restaurant industry and we talked to Gavin Kaysen about where people are at now, the recovery of these businesses going forward and truly the impact the ICE presence had and continues to have on the food service industry in Minneapolis and surrounding areas!

What is better than Card DeSharks? Playing Card DeSharks at Minnesota Twins Spring Training! We put Scott up against Emmy to see who wins a $50 Jester Concepts Gift Card!

Final day of DriveTime from Ft. Myers and we break down the details of today’s breaking news of the Supreme Court rejecting Trump’s tariffs in a 6-3 vote and the fallout from this! Then we talk to Brooks Lee and Ty McDevitt ahead of today’s traditional Gophers-Twins matchup!

It is finally here! Twins Spring Training action - Jason previews today’s matchup and chats with Brooks Lee of the Twins and Ty McDevitt, new manger of the Gophers and of course the latest on Pablo Lopez officially being out for the 2026 season!

After today’s bombshell of a Supreme Court ruling 6-3 on rejecting his emergency tariffs - we look to what is next? Trump says he has a backup plan and also how and when could we expect to get money back!

Well we survived the snowstorm of February - we move onward and we start the show discussing Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty saying that a state investigation would be in “good standing” when it comes to the federal ICE agents involved with the death of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, we also chat with Twins General Manager Jeremy Zoll, the latest following today’s event for the Minneapolis Downtown Council - Adam Duininck joins for more on that and we have DeRush Hour Lead and In Depth and of course, more Twins coverage!

Final hour of the show on DriveTime and we dive into some of the big stories of the day with The Lead and go In Depth with Hennepin County Commissioner District 1Jeffrey Lunde on the struggles he is seeing with Hennepin Healthcare and how their hopes for a better future could be tied to the sales tax for Target Field! Then we chat Twins baseball at Spring Training with Ryan Jeffers and Grady Sizemore

We had the chance to catch up with Ryan Jeffers, Minnesota Twins catcher to talk about the beginning of a new season with new coaching and one of those coaches being a former menace to Twins pitching but current Twins first base (and outfield) coach Grady Sizemore!

U2 dropped a new song in honor of Renee Good, Congressional candidate Matt Little was followed by ICE and we then go in depth with Hennepin County Commissioner Jeffrey Lunde on the struggles Hennepin Healthcare is currently facing and how they are turning to Target Field in hopes for a sales tax extension that would help them via the legislature so we talked to Jeffrey about that and what their plans are going forward!

Jason begins the second hour talking I-94 as MNDoT is eyeing a few different ways to revamp the stretch near Hiawatha, we chat with Royce Lewis about his offseason, what he added to his routine this offseason and look ahead to another season for him and then the CEO of the Minneapolis Downtown Council, Adam Duininck joins to talk about some of the things discussed at their annual meeting, where Minneapolis downtown area is today as far as safety and workplace environment and also the hotel situation that made buzz this week! Then Jason pays tribute to Diane’s Place who was nominated with a special award LIVE on Good Morning America!

It was a busy day of meeting together to plan out the current state and future of downtown Minneapolis and the CEO of the Minneapolis Downtown Council, Adam Duininck joins to talk about some of the things discussed at their annual meeting, where Minneapolis downtown area is today as far as safety and workplace environment and also the hotel situation that made buzz this week!

While he has suffered injuries, Royce Lewis knows his contributions to this ballclub, we talked to him about his optimism about a new fresh season, and check in on his first week on the Spring Training grind!

Jason has a new proposal for the supposed revamping I-94, specifically along the Hiawatha area as MNDoT is looking into a few different options but Jason has his pitch for what he thinks needs to be done!

First out of the gate we discuss a story from the Minnesota Star Tribune discussing Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and the belief that she has that state officials are in “good standing” to potentially charge the agents involved! Then we discuss the ups and downs of the Minnesota Twins in just this past week and the Spring Training outlook with Twins General Manager Jeremy Zoll! Finally, we talk media day at Twins Spring Training!

Well the Minnesota Twins suffered a blow with Pablo Lopez suffering what appears to be a season ending elbow injury - we also discuss the young group coming into this season, the tradition of UMN vs Twins in the first game of Spring Training and much more with the General Manager of the Minnesota Twins, Jeremy Zoll!

When it comes to the killing of Alex Pretti and Renee Good - Mary Moriarty believes the state is in “good shape” to consider charging the federal ICE agents involved - but should we pick which one to investigate?

It is snowing in Minnesota, but it is not in Ft. Myers and that is where Dan and Jason broadcast from on this Wednesday afternoon and we talked to our friend Tracy Perlman in the first hour, a weather update from Chris Shaffer, Jason shares his thoughts on the Minneapolis City Council and their hotel controversy and much more! Plus we have The Lead and go In Depth with DeRush Hour News Headlines and what have you had ENOUGH of!

Jason brings you up to speed on today’s news and biggest stories and we chat with the Mayor of Eagan about a data center issue in his town! Also what have you had ENOUGH of?

What have you had Enough of? We sift through some of the things bothering you on this Wednesday including poor habits in this snow!

We bring you the big stories of the day including fire being set to the memorial site for Renee Good, snow is flying all over Minnesota and ‘Quinnesota’ leads Team USA past the Swedes! Then we talked to Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire about the data center being placed on a one year old!