American Experiment Podcast

Grace Keating, Kathryn Johnson, & Bill Walsh
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Why are so many Minnesota high school graduates unable to read or do math at grade level? Does Tim Walz actually think he's going to be the next president of the United States? And why does he keep swearing so much?  These are the kinds of hard-hitting questions we get into every week on the American Experiment Podcast, where we unpack the week's biggest stories, interview Minnesota's movers and shakers, and "stop the tape" on clips of our state's most ridiculous elected officials.  New episodes drop every Tuesday afternoon and are available on every major podcasting platform.

  1. 5D AGO

    Episode 118 - UNCOVERED: The Origin Story of Fraud in Minnesota

    Send a text We unmask where all the fraud in Minnesota started... Check out the American Experiment Podcast Welcome back! This week on the American Experiment Podcast…  This week, Kathryn and Bill kick things off with the DFL’s new proposal to tax ICE agents who worked in Minnesota. One Republican asked whether that tax would also apply to paid protesters, something the DFL didn’t seem to appreciate, despite their well-known love of higher taxes. Next, after years of Governor Walz taking advantage of earmarks that sent hundreds of millions of dollars to friendly nonprofits, he now says he wants to end the practice. A good decision, or a day late and a couple hundred million short? Thanks to this system, billions have been lost to fraud in Minnesota over the years. We open up the vault to show you the exact moment it all began. Then, Bill and Kathryn break down some of the craziness at the Capitol—including a DFL representative suggesting we should study the benefits of shoplifting. On the back half of the episode, Grace joins Bill and Kathryn to break down the brand-new results from the latest Thinking Minnesota Poll, including what Minnesotans really think about Operation Metro Surge. Remember to LIKE, SHARE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE and never miss an episode of the American Experiment Podcast! See you next Tuesday afternoon! Find the full audio show wherever you get your podcasts including: Apple Podcasts, and Spotify! Check out our NEW legal podcast: The rationally Based Podcast  Follow The American Experiment on: Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok 00:00 - Coming up on today's episode... 00:36 - Welcome Back! 01:16 - SHOCKING - DFL introduces another bill raising taxes 05:39 - Do the paid protesters get taxes too?? 10:25 - After sending hundreds of millions to non profits, Walz opposes earmarks for nonprofits... 15:25 - The MOMENT the fraud began in Minnesota 19:46 - The Minnesota Promise Act: the same fraud a decade later 23:06 - Everything going on at the Capitol 25:30 - DFL Rep says paid leave program just means she can't "buy fancy shoes" 29:39 - DFL wants to "study the benefit of shoplifting" 32:33 - DHS refuses to show up to the fraud committee 35:41 - BREAKING: New MN Poll on Metro Surge 40:55 - Is Minnesota on the right or wrong track? 46:40 - The presence of ICE and whether MN law enforcement should cooperate 48:37 - What do Independents think? 53:41 - Has Walz helped deescalate the situation? 56:03 - The rise of political activism 59:54 - Bill's one big takeaway ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #minneapolis #governorwalz #walz #minnesota #legislature #capitol #mn #republicans #democrats #politics #gop #dfl #stpaul #culture #politics #fraud #corruption #committeemeeting #hearing

    1h 2m

  2. MAR 3

    Episode 117 - Feds HALT Minnesota Medicaid Payments

    Send a text The Feds HALT Minnesota's medicaid payments until it can get its fraud problem figured out.... Check out the American Experiment Podcast! Welcome back! This week on the American Experiment Podcast…  Our hosts dig into why the Trump administration is halting $260 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota. Is it really about stopping fraud, or just “political retribution,” as Gov. Walz claims? Later, they examine another unintended consequence of Minnesota’s fraud fallout: a state budget forecast that (at least at first glance) gives us a surplus, not a deficit. Finally, they question the governor’s latest “gun control” plan. (Why is it based on yet another tax? And shouldn’t we start by actually enforcing the firearm laws we already have?) On the back half, they sit down with Hillsdale College professor David Azerrad for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of modern conservatism, what it means to be a true “American,” and why it’s our country’s spirit, not its dream, that makes us great.  Remember to LIKE, SHARE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE and never miss an episode of the American Experiment Podcast! See you next Tuesday afternoon! Find the full audio show wherever you get your podcasts, including on Apple, or Spotify! Check out our NEW legal podcast: rationally Based Podcast Follow The American Experiment on all social platforms: X, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #minneapolis #governorwalz #walz #minnesota #legislature #capitol #mn #republicans #democrats #politics #gop #dfl #stpaul #culture #politics

    56 min

  3. FEB 24

    Episode 116 - STOP THE TAPE: the DFL vs the TRUTH

    Send a text We Stop The Tape on the DFL's absurd fixation on ICE and determination to allow protesting at public officials’ homes Check out the American Experiment Podcast Welcome back! This week on the American Experiment Podcast…  Just a few days into the 2026 Minnesota legislative session, the American Experiment Podcast team is so overwhelmed with content that we are bringing you a SPECIAL full-length STOP THE TAPE episode featuring Bill Walsh! Grace, Kathryn, and Bill tackle the DFL’s absurd fixation on ICE, plus the drama surrounding the anti-fraud Inspector General bill. They finish with a lightning found of legislative lunacy, from Rep. Leah Finke’s wild stance on access to “mature content” for minors to the DFL’s determination to allow protesting at public officials’ homes. Buckle up… It’s going to be a bumpy ride! Remember to LIKE, SHARE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE and never miss an episode of the American Experiment Podcast! See you next Tuesday afternoon! Find the full audio show wherever you get your podcasts including Apple and Spotify. Check out our NEW legal podcast: Rationally Based Podcast Follow The American Experiment on all social platforms: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok! 00:00 - Coming up on today's episode... 00:29 - Welcome Back! 03:05 - The start of the 2026 session 06:05 - Sen. Erin Murphy wants you to know how she feels 15:18 - Boston man says ICE tried to kill him......TWICE! 21:24 - Middle school teacher, aka anti-ICE activist 26:22 - Rep. Walter Hudson's GREAT response 28:19 - Do NOT clap for the peanuts!! 34:20 - Rep. Jim Nash calling out DFL's hypocrisy 43:50 - Rep. Leigh Finke WANTS your kids to access "mature content" 48:06 - Bill wanting harsher sentence for repeat offenders using a gun struck down by DFL 49:40 - DFL opposes BAN on protesting at private homes 51:40 - $2.9 BILLION deficit coming down the pipe for Minnesotans 53:39 - Hearing from YOU! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #minneapolis #governorwalz #walz #minnesota #legislature #capitol #mn #republicans #democrats #politics #gop #dfl #stpaul #culture #politics

    55 min

  4. FEB 17

    Episode 115 - Walz's $10 MILLION Anti-ICE Handout

    Send a text Governor Walz purposes a $10 million handout right on the heals of MASSIVE state fraud... Check out more of the American Experiment Podcast Welcome back! This week on the American Experiment Podcast…  Grace and Kathryn dig into Governor Walz’s $10 million “relief package” proposal to bail out businesses negatively impacted by the ICE surge. How can we trust this administration to hand out more money without losing it to fraud? Speaking of which, the Department of Human Services (a.k.a. fraud central) put out a fraud fact-checking website that strangely lacks any facts of its own...and be sure to check out www.MNFraudFiles.com! Later, Bill Walsh gives a preview of Minnesota’s 2026 legislative session, which starts TODAY. Will the DFL pass an “assault weapons” ban? Why are Republicans pushing for “conformity” with the feds? And should the state try to avoid a bonding bill?  Lastly, Grace and Kathryn get Rachel Paulose’s thoughts on the ICE force reduction, turmoil in the Minnesota U.S. Attorney’s office, protecting fraud whistleblowers, and even the release of the Epstein files. Remember to LIKE, SHARE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE and never miss an episode of the American Experiment Podcast! See you next Tuesday afternoon! Find the full audio show on Apple or  Spotify Check out our NEW legal podcast @RationallyBasedPodcast  Follow The American Experiment on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok 00:00 - Coming up on today's episode... 00:36 - Welcome Back! 01:25 - Walz's $10 MILLION Anti-ICE relief package 05:02 - DHS's Fact-less "fact check" of MN Fraud 07:45 - Check out MNFraudFiles.com 08:20 - First Day of Legislation Preview with Bill Walsh 11:16 - MN's debts and spending 15:45 - New security at the Capitol 17:16 - Gun control on the table in 2026?! 19:00 - DFL's Anti-ICE priorities in St. Paul 22:13 - Office of Inspector General chances to pass in 26? 22:40 - Will MN Opt-IN to School Choice?! 26:19 - Rachel Paulose joins the show! 1:03:16 - Hearing from you! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #ice #minneapolis #governorwalz #walz #minnesota #epsteinfiles #legislature #capitol #mn #republicans #democrats #politics

    1h 5m

  5. FEB 10

    Episode 114 - Minneapolis Yoga Karens Have an Anti-ICE MELTDOWN

    Send a text Minneapolis Yoga Karens throw HUGE meltdown, berating employees, caught on camera... Check out the American Experiment Podcast! Welcome back! This week on the American Experiment Podcast… Grace and Kathryn break down the insane footage from inside a Minneapolis CorePower yoga studio, where a pack of wild Karens berated two employees over the company’s stance on ICE. (Yes, it’s as crazy as it sounds.) Then, they investigate Minnesota’s new Paid Family Leave program, which Governor Walz loves to brag about but is already spending way more than was promised. (Remember, it’s only been open since January 1.) Later, the girls examine a study showing more young people are earning college degrees than ever before… yet they have fewer skills and lower test scores? (If these posters from St. Cloud State University are any indication, it’s no wonder why…) And finally, healthcare policy fellow Matt Dean joins the show to share some big news surrounding transgender procedures for children; he also explores why healthcare practitioners using their platform to attack ICE is so problematic. Remember to LIKE, SHARE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE and never miss an episode of the American Experiment Podcast! See you next Tuesday afternoon! Find the full audio show wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Spotify Check out our NEW legal podcast  @RationallyBasedPodcast  Follow The American Experiment on all social platforms: Twitter Instagram Facebook TikTok 00:00 - Coming up on today's episode... 00:34 - Welcome Back! 01:16 - Super Bowl Recap with Producer Isaac 02:55 - Liberal attack each other at CorePower Yoga Studio 04:03 - STOP THE TAPE - Yoga Karens MELTDOWN 07:19 - Analyzing the entitlement of the self-centered 12:50 - Heather (a.k.a. "twinmom740") gets banned... 14:35 - The Paid Family Medical Leave Program is already BROKE 19:34 - BREAKING: College credentials and degrees don't equate smarts 23:21 - St. Cloud State University's clubs! 25:59 - The state of higher education in America 28:26 - Matt Dean joins the show! 29:17 - Children's MN reverses "gender-affirming care" policies 38:21 - The Problem with healthcare professionals attacking ICE 45:27 - More healthcare FRAUD on the horizon... 56:18 - Hearing from you! 57:18 - Coming up...see you next week!

    58 min

  6. FEB 3

    Episode 113 - Dr. Oz Pulls Back the Curtain on MN FRAUD!

    Send a text Welcome back to the American Experiment Podcast! Grace and Kathryn sit down to catch you up on all the latest legal drama here in Minnesota. First, a judge orders the release of an illegal immigrant, and his 5-year-old son, after the man abandoned the child while fleeing from ICE. And, Keith Ellison suffers a loss in court as he attempts to block Operation Metro Surge. After that, they dig into a story from the Star Tribune: an Ecuadorian family of illegal immigrants living in Minnesota decides to self-deport. Next, Dr. Oz, Administrator of CMS, pays a visit to Minnesota—one of the most notorious fraud hubs in the country and home to more than $400 million in fraud. Be sure to visit our new site, MNFraudFiles.com, for the latest information and updates on Minnesota’s growing fraud scandal. Finally, Renee Carlson from Minnesota Family Council joins the show to talk about defending women before the Supreme Court. Check out our NEW legal podcast  ⁨@RationallyBasedPodcast⁩ Remember to LIKE, SHARE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE and never miss an episode of the American Experiment Podcast! See you next Tuesday afternoon! Find the full audio show wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Spotify Follow The American Experiment on all social platforms: Twitter Instagram Facebook TikTok 00:00 - Coming up on today's episode... 00:31 - Welcome Back! 01:45 - Federal Judge orders release of 5 year old and illegal immigrant dad 04:10 - Don't fall for the propaganda... 05:13 - Keith Ellison LOSES in court trying to stop ICE 05:59 - More Habeas cases in January than ALL of 2025 08:35 - Ecuadorian family living in MN decides to SELF DEPORT 15:31 - Be sure to check out rationally BASED podcast! 17:02 - Dr. Oz pays notorious MN fraud site, a visit 20:53 - Could MN lose $2 BILLION in federal funding?! 23:46 - Check out MNFraudFiles.com 25:58 - Renee Carlson joins the show!

    58 min
  7. BONUS | Rationally Based: Episode 1- Swarm of Harpies

    FEB 2

    BONUS | Rationally Based: Episode 1- Swarm of Harpies

    Send a text Welcome to a bonus episode of our new show, rationally BASED! Hosted by Ilan Wurman, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, along with our very own Grace Keating and Kathryn Johnson. Check it out and be sure to subscribe to the channel:  @RationallyBasedPodcast And follow along on social media for exclusive content: Instagram Facebook X TikTok

    1h 4m

  8. JAN 27

    Episode 112 - Elected Dems Help Direct Anti-ICE CHAOS

    Send a text Welcome back to the American Experiment Podcast! This week, Grace and Kathryn kick things off with a chilling new update from the FBI on the protesters who stormed Cities Church in Minneapolis, and it’s even worse than what the videos showed. Next, a shocking revelation: elected Democrat leaders here in Minnesota were actively involved in directing the anti-ICE chaos through group chats on the app Signal. After that, stop us if you’ve heard this one before...the Minnesota Teachers’ Union is once again pushing radical political doctrine. Finally, we welcome special guest, talk radio show host, and former congressman Jason Lewis to the show. He joins us to talk about how Minnesota can find its way back to the “good life." Remember to LIKE, SHARE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE and never miss an episode of the American Experiment Podcast! See you next Tuesday afternoon! 00:00 - Coming up... 00:30 - Welcome back! 02:03 - The Trump and Walz phone call 04:15 - The Cities Church Storming was WORSE than we thought... 07:18 - Elected Dems caught in Anti-ICE group chats 14:02 - "Put your bodies on the line" - Lt. Gov Flanagan 16:31 - Rep. Falconer brags about Anti-ICE Chaos 17:55 - MN Teachers' Union Pushes MORE Radical Politics 24:10 - Fmr. Congressman Jason Lewis joins the show! 49:53 - Hearing from you all!

    51 min
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Why are so many Minnesota high school graduates unable to read or do math at grade level? Does Tim Walz actually think he's going to be the next president of the United States? And why does he keep swearing so much?  These are the kinds of hard-hitting questions we get into every week on the American Experiment Podcast, where we unpack the week's biggest stories, interview Minnesota's movers and shakers, and "stop the tape" on clips of our state's most ridiculous elected officials.  New episodes drop every Tuesday afternoon and are available on every major podcasting platform.

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  • Creator
    Grace Keating, Kathryn Johnson, & Bill Walsh
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    119
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 American Experiment Podcast
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