Liz Collin Reports
Meaningful Minnesota conversations with Liz Collin. New stories and guests every episode. Liz Collin is a Minnesota native raised in Worthington and a multi-Emmy-Award-winning investigative reporter and news anchor. She is the producer of The Fall of Minneapolis and Minnesota v We the People documentary films, and author of They’re Lying: The Media, the Left, and The Death of George Floyd. Her work has prompted important state laws. Yet perhaps most of all, Liz has been giving a voice to the truth—and helping others tell their stories—for more than 20 years.
Episodes
Chris Madel, a prominent defense attorney who won a high-profile case for Trooper Ryan Londregan, explains how once again politicians are ignoring the facts and the presumption of innocence with the shooting involving an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
Madel joined Liz Collin on her podcast. He also represents Alpha News and is a republican running for governor of Minnesota.
In talking about the constitu...
Michele Bachmann—a former U.S. congresswoman who represented Minnesota's 6th District from 2007 until 2015, and a former Republican presidential candidate in 2012—joined Liz Collin on her podcast for an exclusive conversation on Minnesota fraud.
As Governor Tim Walz announced he will not seek a third term and fraud continues to make national news, Alpha News has been taking an even closer look at the wa...
Prompted by a flood of tips from readers about facilities that tipsters say do not appear to be providing services, Alpha News reporters Liz Collin and Jenna Gloeb visited more than a dozen autism centers and adult day care businesses across the Twin Cities during posted business hours on Monday, Dec. 15.
Vacant rooms and autism therapy centers with no children present were among the findings as the reporters examined ...
Jeremy Christenson, a former Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agent, joined Liz Collin on her podcast and explained how cases of cash smuggling and fraudulent day care centers were ignored by prosecutors.
Christensen said many of the cases he investigated “went away into thin air.” He had concerns ever since he started investigating cases of fraud in Minnesota some 10 years ago.
But with Somali fraud ma...
He once wanted to die for Allah, but courageously left Islam for Christianity and is now working to save Muslims around the world. Mohamad Faridi shared his journey and his message to Minnesota with Liz Collin on her podcast.
Faridi pointed out that while the United States is a country founded on religious freedom, it seems that talking about the truth of Islam is somehow forbidden.
In speaking abou...
A whistleblower who works in county government—and tried to call attention to fraud in Minnesota—joined Liz Collin on her podcast. She asked that we protect her identity for the interview, so we called her Susan.
She spoke out on Minnesota's Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) fraud, a program funded by Medicaid and administered by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. The program was officially ...
In hindsight, she says the suitcases filled with millions of dollars in cash seem like an obvious connection to the estimated billions of dollars in fraud.
While traveling with large amounts of money is not illegal, as long as it's documented, she also explains how much money she saw, how law enforcement officers were contacted—and how little was done about it—during her interview with Liz Collin.
AJ Kern, who ran for congress herself, joined Liz Collin on her podcast to talk about the shocking details in documents related to Rep. Omar's personal history and immigration status.
Rep. Omar has repeatedly "claimed that she became a citizen at the age of 17," Kern explained.
However, based on public records, Kern said it seems as though Rep. Omar "was actually 18 in the year 20...
A common language, a common border, but somehow worlds apart.
A Somaliland activist offers some perspective on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Somali fraud in Minnesota, and more.
An outspoken conservative professor has been taking on woke indoctrination and ideology at a Wisconsin college campus. His social media post in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination went viral as he’s pushed for more open dialogue.
Dr. Trevor Tomesh is a computer science professor at the University of Wisconsin in River Falls. He joined Liz Collin on her podcast. Dr. Tomesh has been speaking out for some time on co...
Alpha News reporters Jenna Gloeb and Liz Collin provide an update on their investigation into a state autism program, prompting more questions than answers.
A bombshell filing alleging prosecutorial misconduct in Derek Chauvin's trial has gone viral, with people like like Elon Musk, Jack Posobiec, and Tim Pool weighing in. However, Minnesota’s corporate media has yet to even mention the latest filings regarding the state’s highest profile murder case in history.
Meanwhile, the city of Minneapolis has dismissed a formal complaint against their assistant pol...
A Minnesota businessman explains how he was the victim of check forgery and how the suspect was released after committing other crimes—including the attempted bribery of "Juror #52" in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud scheme.
Sebastian Stoss uncovered some shocking numbers in Ramsey County.
On top of high property taxes—and a proposed 9.75% increase—Stoss found that the county spent $38.4 million on 213 NGOs (non-governmental organizations).
Richard Ghazal, the executive director of In Defense of Christians, joined Liz Collin on her podcast.
Ghazal said the United States has largely failed to acknowledge “anti-Christian sentiment” that has “a direct causation with the decay in society that we witness.”
He spoke about the atrocities of Christian persecution abroad and the significant concerns at home in America.
Minnesota State Representative Elliott Engen (R-District 36A), who is seeking election as Minnesota’s next state auditor, joined Liz Collin on her podcast.
Rep. Engen was just 22 years old when he was elected and became Minnesota's first Gen Z representative. He is serving a second term representing parts of Anoka and Ramsey counties. But now, Engen has recently announced his run for auditor.
C...
A longtime employee of Hennepin Healthcare—who wished to remain anonymous—joined Liz Collin on her podcast and talked about how a DEIB training aims to make the organization “anti-racist,” but is more like a “slap in the face.”
Maxx Beeler, the Turning Point USA field representative for Minnesota, joined Liz Collin on her podcast.
Beeler spoke about how student membership in high school and college Turning Point USA chapters in the state has tripled since the tragic assassination of founder Charlie Kirk—despite protests and continued threats of violence on and off campus.
Former inmate Jayme Ali shared her message to Governor Tim Walz and President Trump about what she calls a dangerous policy that allows predatory men (transgender women) to be housed inside Minnesota's Shakopee Correctional Facility.
Ali said “that was cruel and unusual—and is cruel and unusual—punishment to be forced to live with predatory men.”
As part of her fight, she is leading a protest ...
U.S. Congressman Brad Finstad (R - Minnesota) joined Liz Collin on her podcast for a wide-ranging conversation.
Congressman Finstad is a Republican who represents Minnesota's first congressional district. He’s also a fourth generation farmer from the New Ulm area—and joined Collin from his combine for the interview.
Rep. Finstad weighed in on the government shutdown; the Minneapolis mayoral ra...
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