Ken Rudin's Political Junkie

Recent Episodes

Episode #264: Can “Minnesota Nice” Survive This Climate?

Posted February 14, 2019 • 00:55:30

With all the professional politicians and presidential hopefuls calling for Gov. Ralph Northam to step down in the wake of a race-based controversy,...

Episode #186: Declaration of Independents

Posted July 6, 2017 • 01:09:07

There’s no way we can celebrate Independence Day without hearing about significant independent presidential candidates of the past half century. ...

Episode #185: A Clean Bill of Health Care?

Posted June 29, 2017 • 01:04:02

After all but guaranteeing a vote on their version of a health care bill before the July 4th break, Senate Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell, realized...

Episode #184: Jesse Ventura Wrestles With 2017

Posted June 22, 2017 • 01:02:27

Even without the filibuster, it still took a while for President Trump’s cabinet to get confirmed. So just how hard is it to get through the confirmation...

Episode #183: Liars, Leakers and Losers

Posted June 15, 2017 • 01:04:17

The torrent of political headlines since 2017 began has been enough to bend anybody out of shape, political junkies included. So perhaps it’s not...