Episodes

  • Weekend Wakeup 10/17/26

    Weekend Wakeup 10/17/26
    Oct 17 2026
    Laura starts the Weekend Wakeup checking in with WCCO listeners about what they’re doing up so early on this brisk Saturday morning. Minnesotans sure do take advantage of their weekends! Then we move onto this morning’s question: are you superstitious? If you are, what about? Plus we preview weekend festivals and events and chat with Cynthia Schneider Smith with Cyn City Tours about Ghosts and Gables Haunted Summit Avenue!
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    42 mins
  • Weekend Wakeup 10/10/26

    Weekend Wakeup 10/10/26
    Oct 10 2026
    Weather wise... summer is back if only for the weekend. We check in with our warm weather weekend plans for our Festivals and Events segment. Brent Turner joins us to talk about a big high school marching band competition at U-S Bank Stadium! Laura's Morning Question asks us which month is our favorite and why. Hint: hers is spooky.
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    40 mins
  • Weekend Wakeup 10/3/26

    Weekend Wakeup 10/3/26
    Oct 3 2026
    We’re always learning and growing, and Laura Oakes starts the Weekend Wakeup asking listeners this week’s Morning Question: What is something you’re learning? Then we get into This Day in History and Music History! Plus we preview weekend festivals and events and get the lowdown on cabaret.
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    21 mins
  • Weekend Wakeup 9/26/26

    Weekend Wakeup 9/26/26
    Sep 26 2026
    Welcome to the WCCO Wakeup CLUB! We love being up early together starting Saturday morning off right, so we decided to start a club. Then, our Morning Questions gets us thinking about our dream job AND what job we could never do. Laura and Candice both wanted to be Broadway stars growing up. Members of our "club" text in with theirs :)
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    34 mins
  • Weekend Wakeup 9/19/26

    Weekend Wakeup 9/19/26
    Sep 19 2026
    This Day in Music History teaches us that Steppenwolf's Born to Wild was originally a... ballad? Then Laura's Morning Question gets us to admit our phone addiction. Would you be okay leaving your phone at home? For a whole day?! Then we wrap up the hour with guest Karen Bachman Thull with Bachman's who invites us to Bachman’s Fall Crawl this weekend!
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    39 mins
  • College Football Fever, Morning Question and Monarch Festival!

    College Football Fever, Morning Question and Monarch Festival!
    Sep 14 2026
    Laura begins the show sharing the week that was including her love for College Gameday, then we dive into the Morning Question - what was the best part of your summer and then we chat with MaryLynn Pulscher previewing the Monarch Festival!
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    38 mins
  • Weekend Wakeup LIVE at The Minnesota State Fair 9/5/26

    Weekend Wakeup LIVE at The Minnesota State Fair 9/5/26
    Sep 6 2026
    Laura is back at the Minnesota State Fair and is joined with 4H State Ambassador Joni Giersdorf Thompson who talks about her show goat Tracy!
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    38 mins
  • Weekend Wakeup LIVE at The Minnesota State Fair 8/30/26

    Weekend Wakeup LIVE at The Minnesota State Fair 8/30/26
    Aug 30 2026
    Laura and Candice are live at the Minnesota State Fair! Maria Hayden, State Fair spokeswoman, shares with us all the fun and HIDDEN things to do at the fair!
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    40 mins