With Cy Amundson who appears halfway through.  Yes really.

Tom Mischke is a Minnesota writer, musician, and radio talk show host on WCCO NewsRadio 830 based in Minneapolis. He was formerly employed at City Pages, a Twin Cities alternative news, arts and entertainment publication. For 17 years he hosted The Mischke Broadcast on KSTP, until it was cancelled in December 2008. His show featured quirky regular callers, stream of consciousness humor, and experts on any topic he found interesting. Since 1998, Mischke has been the winner of the “Best AM Radio Personality” award given by the local weekly alternative newspaper City Pages nine times. Mischke hosted a daily webcast entitled In the Stream for City Pages from March 2009 until February 2010. He currently hosts The Nite Show weekdays 10 PM to Midnight on WCCO Radio.

Brash, opinionated and consistently outspoken, the irascible Ron Rosenbaum is an authentic Twin Cities character. Rosenbaum is (in no particular order) a lover of gambling, cigars, and — most of all — calling it as he sees it. His political beliefs may best be described as iconoclastic. In other words, he’s not drinking anybody’s Kool-aid. He brings to Twin Cities News Talk years of experience working in talk radio and television. Years ago when he was — as he puts it — “young and stupid,” he was recruited to help tame racially torn South Boston High School. He’s also been a Boston Globe correspondent and a practicing attorney, a Minnesota Law & Politics “Super Lawyer” for years. If you’re looking around town for him, your best bet is on the golf course, in the bar at The Lex or at Canterbury Park.

Love mashed potatoes?  Then this episode is for you.

Michael Malone takes many forms on stage. His intense yet worried persona makes him consistently a crowd favorite. He stands out from his peers with his rubber face, energy, sarcasm and wildly imaginative views on life experiences. Malone has performed in over 20 states, he has been featured on the Bob and Tom Radio Show, XM Satellite Radio and performed for our U.S. Troops. Malone loves kids and is okay with the idea of playing birthday parties and dressing like a funny clown or favorite cartoon character of the child’s choice.

Over the past 20 years Tim Bedore has spent thousands of hours entertaining audiences, first on the radio and then as a comedian, headlining comedy clubs across the country. One of the few young comics to have combined the disciplines of stand-up comedy and broadcasting, Tim knows the rigors of working within demanding parameters. Tim has kept his hand in the radio business through his radio commentary feature Vague But True®, which is heard (since 1997) regularly on public radio’s prestigious Marketplace program by over six-million people. Tim has written and recorded over two hundred-fifty installments of Vague But True. Producing these weekly commentaries for the radio keeps Tim’s stand-up comedy material fresh and topical.

Brian offers the crew a feast of legends.  Chocolate legends.

My (BT’s) dad loved the radio, so it was his regular listenership that got me hooked as a kid. Dad was a great storyteller, too, so I think he would have excelled at the craft. In all my years at Robbinsdale High School, I was the anchor for the morning announcements, hence, a career path was born. (This made it hard to skip first period, though. My absence was easily noted.) After high school, I enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and really got a start on my professional track. In my 6-1/2 years in the military, I was a broadcaster and journalist and traveled the world. My first commercial radio gig was at the original K-TWIN –  a smooth jazz station broadcasting from Anoka, Minnesota. Since then, I’ve proudly spent my entire broadcast career in my home area – St. Paul and Minneapolis. The people in these Twin Cities and surrounding communities are the reason that I wouldn’t live anywhere else.

It’s the very first live show with all the future Bring Me The News regulars.  Yes, including Amy.  You’ll have to take our word for it.

Grab a poke chop and pull up a chair.  It’s time for Tales of Sadness with Nicole Curtis.

A self-taught home rehabber and designer, Nicole is also a mom, a master of salvage picking, and a spirited advocate for saving old houses. Resourceful, creative and always in motion, Nicole is hands-on with all of her projects and wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s a whirlwind of ideas, energy and vision, skilled with every tool in her belt (plus a few secrets she’s got tucked up her sleeve).

Brian Scolaro is an actor, writer, and stand-up comedian. He is most known for being Doug on TBS’s “SULLIVAN AND SON”, Stuart on FOX’s “STACKED”, and Gordon on NBC’s “THREE SISTERS”. He has also acted on SHOWTIME’S “DEXTER,” AMC’s “MAD MEN”, NBC’S “GO ON”, ABC’s “GREY’S ANATOMY,” NBC’s “HARRY’S LAW,” TNT’s “MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE”, DISNEY’S “WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE,” Bob Odenkirk’s film “THE BROTHER’S SOLOMON”, and numerous appearances on HBO’S “LIFE AND TIMES OF TIM.” as well as many other programs and films. He has done stand up on his own half hour special “COMEDY CENTRAL PRESENTS: BRIAN SCOLARO” as well on “THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON”, “LATE NITE WITH CONAN O’BRIEN”, COMEDY CENTRAL’S “LIVE AT GOTHAM”, and ABC’s “COMICS UNLEASHED “.

This is, perhaps unsurprisingly, not the first time we’ve interviewed a homeless person.

Bengt Washburn was born in Salt Lake City, Utah but grew up in a large Utah town (1,200 people) as the fifth child in a small Mormon family (7 children). Bengt is married to an officer in the United States Airforce. They have lived in 6 different cities over the last eleven years. Most recently he moved to Springfield, Virginia (Washington D.C.) after living in Stuttgart, Germany for 3 years. Bengt is a former winner of the prestigious San Francisco International Comedy Competition. He has been seen on The Late Late Show with Craig Fergusen, Live at Gotham on Comedy Central and most recently Conan on TBS. He was invited to perform at the Vancouver International Comedy Festival, The Boston Comedy Festival, the Aspen Laff Festival and Gilda’s Laugh Fest in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Come sit at the dinner table with Jim.  Make sure not to overstay your visit like we did.

Gaffigan’s comedy routines often include humorous, high-pitched “asides” representing commentary on his performance from a hypothetical naive and easily offended audience member. These were inspired by his sister. Gaffigan is also known for routines or skits relating to being lazy and eating food, especially popular routines regarding Hot Pockets, cake, and bacon. In 2004 Gaffigan’s stand up material was featured in Comedy Central’s animated series Shorties Watchin’ Shorties. His 2006 album, Beyond the Pale, consisted primarily of material regarding food and American eating habits. The album was accompanied by an hour-long special on Comedy Central of the same name, which was released on DVD. His 2009 album, King Baby, was also a television special filmed in Austin, Texas at the end of his “The Sexy Tour”. On February 25, 2012, Gaffigan taped a one-hour stand-up special Mr. Universe at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C. He announced that, based on the business model used by Louis C.K.’s Live at the Beacon Theater, the stand-up would be available online through his website for $5, with $1 of the proceeds going to the Bob Woodruff Foundation.

It’s Double Author Tuesday with Margot Leitman, author of Gawky: Tales of an Extra Long Awkward Phase, and Bob Burg, author of The Go-Giver.  Note: Double Author Tuesday is not a real thing.

Margot Leitman is an American comedic storyteller, humor writer, and teacher. Leitman is originally from Matawan, New Jersey. She appeared as a regular sketch performer on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, where she acted as the character “Gyno-blast”. Margot currently teaches storytelling at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre where she hosts the sex-themed storytelling show, Stripped Stories. She has a spouse, Dan Curry and son, Levon Dean.

Bob Burg shares information on topics vital to the success of today’s businessperson. He speaks for corporations and associations internationally, including fortune 500 companies, franchises, and numerous direct sales organizations. Bob regularly addresses audiences ranging in size from 50 to 16,000 — sharing the platform with notables including today’s top thought leaders, broadcast personalities, Olympic athletes and political leaders including a former United States President.