Mental Illness Awareness Week is October 4th through 10th. So Roshini discusses mental health with Jeffrey Zuckerman. Jeff is the author of Unglued: A Bipolar Love Story, the memoir about his five-year roller-coaster ride when his wife is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the final hour of the show, Roshini's first guest is Political Scientist, Professor Tim Lindberg. What makes someone think or act in certain ways politically? Political Tim explains the psychology behind and gets into the rural-urban divide when it comes to voting. Roshini introduces her new weekly segment "Winning Moment". The first winner of the brand new segment is Allison Hubel. Allison is a Chief Science Officer and winner of the 2020 Minnesota Cup $50K grand prize. They provide solution kits to preserve therapeutic cells used to treat cancer and other illnesses. As usual. Roshini opens up the phone lines throughout the hour.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second hour of the show, Roshini talks with Kristi Piehl who is the founder of Media Minefield. Kristi Kristi Piehl shares why she’s about to take a one month sabbatical and how you can too, even in these questionable economic times. She's also joined by Real Talk regular sports contributor Steve Silton. Sadness abounds when it comes to Minnesota sports results. How do we move forward? Steve debriefs and gets into how national crises could affect college and pro sports for the long run.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Roshini leads with the A top, the president and first lady testing positive for COID-19 last week. Mental Illness Awareness Week is October 4th through 10th. So Roshini discusses mental health with Jeffrey Zuckerman. Jeff is the author of Unglued: A Bipolar Love Story, that shares a personal account of the five year roller coaster around his wife’s bipolar disorder diagnosis. Roshini also opens up the phone lines throughout the hour.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George Parry is a former federal prosecutor, who also ran the Philadelphia Office Against Police Brutality and Misconduct from 1978 to 1983. He inspired a new documentary, The Death of George Floyd, and shares why he thinks all charges against all officers in the Floyd case should be dropped. The documentary comes out soon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hour begins with open phone lines. Chair of the Minnesota GOP Jennifer Carnahan joins Roshini for the second segment. With the Supreme Court vacancy as a backdrop, Jennifer shares why she believes Minnesota will vote red for the first time since 1972. KSTP's Brett Hoffland joins Real Talk at the bottom of the hour. Brett almost lost his life to testicular cancer, not usually a young man’s disease. He shares the random way he found out and the treatment that led to his recent good bill of health. Now, he’s proactively trying to save all men. His wife Mary McGuire makes a surprise visit on-air. She shares what it was like being right by Brett's side throughout the entire process, how they dealt with Brett's diagnosis together, and now what they're doing to spread awareness of testicular cancer and encourage all men to see a doctor regularly.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 1PM hour starts off with a bang! George Parry is a former federal prosecutor, who also ran the Philadelphia Office Against Police Brutality and Misconduct from 1978 to 1983. He inspired a new documentary, The Death of George Floyd, and shares why he thinks all charges against all officers in the Floyd case should be dropped. The documentary comes out soon. Voting in Minnesota started last Friday. Radio Host Jimmy Sengenberger joins Roshini to talk about absentee, mail-in ballots, and voter fraud, what’s a voter to do? Plus, Jimmy shares a lawsuit against the PostMaster General & predicts some possible disasters. Professor Sara Evans joins Roshini at the end of the hour to discuss 100 years of women voting. Professor Evans touches on the new documentary CITIZEN which debuts October 5th, why the idea of women voting was so unthinkable for so long, the role Minnesota women played in the fight for equal voting rights, and more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Roshini starts the show off by remembering and paying tribute to Ruth Gader Ginsburg. Airline Analyst Tony Rangaard joins Roshini in the second segment. He tells us what airlines are doing to keep customers safe, happy, and healthy during this pandemic and which airlines are doing it best. Roshini opens up the phone lines during the second half of the hour.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Verna Cornelius joins Roshini for two segments to discuss Power to the People Institute and Joe Biden choosing Kamala Harris as his running mate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WCCO colleague Henry Lake and Attorney Steve Silton joined Roshini together at the top of the hour for a sports panel. Roshini is taking a trip to Perham Minnesota soon. So, of course she turns to fellow WCCO host and Perham native Cory Hepola to discuss what to expect and what to do in while she's in Perham.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.