Liz Collin Reports

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.

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October 27, 2025 7 mins

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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. 

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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.”

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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.

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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.” 

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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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Derek Chauvin’s attorney, Greg Joseph, joined Liz Collin on her podcast. 

Joseph offered an update about the status of Chauvin’s legal battles in seeking post-conviction relief in Minnesota.

He explained to Collin that “this is really an opportunity for us to paint a picture, not only of, of what happened but also how it happened and why it happened. And this is a chance for us to make things right.”...

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With Minnesota’s Title IX violations for allowing boys to compete in girls sports—and federal enforcement looming—coach and journalist Sarah Barker joined Liz Collin on her podcast.

Barker explained why she thinks Minnesota has been violating Title IX for years.

She also pointed out what she calls “an indoctrination program for coaches to normalize males in female sports”— the “Coaching HER” program ...

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A former Duluth public school employee is blowing the whistle on a lesson that he says forced him from the school district. 

Adam Becker was hired by Duluth Public Schools to become a District Wide Paraprofessional Job Coach in 2024.

He worked for a couple of months—but "gender mapping" put a stop to his teaching career.

"This is my first year teaching at a public school. I&ap...

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Erika Rivera Kennedy, a 'Latina conservative' and host of Minnesota Latin Radio, spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast about how support for law and order and traditional values is spreading among Minnesota’s Hispanic community.

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Mille Lacs County Sheriff Kyle Burton joined Liz Collin on her podcast.

Sheriff Burton explained how Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison recently sent a letter pushing back on a program that allows state and local law enforcement to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

But Sheriff Burton is speaking out and taking a stand for law and order.

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Rep. Walter Hudson R-Albertville, a member of the Minnesota House Fraud Committee, joined Liz Collin on her podcast. 

Rep. Hudson spoke about why he believes the Minnesota government has become "one giant racketeering enterprise."


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Defense attorney Brian Karalus joined Liz Collin on the latest episode of her podcast. 

Brian spoke about the tragic case of his friend, who was brutally stabbed and slashed in the face and neck and scarred for life—and how Hennepin County prosecutors only charged the suspect, Camron Wayne Draper, with second degree assault and let him out on bail.

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Dr. Patrick Hunter, a pediatrician, spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast about his opposition to gender care for kids as a “concerned pediatrician—and father.”

Among the many issues he discussed with Collin, Dr. Hunter said, “I've seen way too many children harmed by this ideology... and it's not evidence based. It's not science based. It's not rational.”

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Avery Severson, a conservative student who founded a local Turning Point chapter at White Bear Lake High School in Minnesota, reflects on Charlie Kirk—and what he and his vision meant to her.

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Alpha News was given a rare opportunity to ride-along with ICE officers from the St. Paul field office. Take a look behind-the-scenes and see for yourself—and see how some policies and politics are making a tough job even more dangerous.

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Dr. Jill Simons, a Minnesota board-certified pediatrician and Executive Director of the American College of Pediatricians, speaks with Liz Collin on her podcast about the dangers of so-called “gender-affirming care’ for children—and how none of it reduces mental health problems.

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Brittany Layman spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast about how "the real story" behind her brother's murder has been ignored by mainstream media and many others for months.

An ICE official told Alpha News that the convicted murderer was not legally present in the country when he stabbed and killed Ben Matter in Minnesota on New Year's Eve.

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Jeff Svedahl was born and raised in northern Minnesota and spent 37 years living in Minneapolis. For decades, he also owned and successfully managed several apartment buildings—until the George Floyd riots changed everything.

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Sgt. Shane Warnke Jr. (Ret.) joined Liz Collin on her podcast to discuss how even more men have been moved to Minnesota’s women's prison, how he says taxpayers are footing the bill for men's makeup, and what seems like the end of the K-9 program in the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

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Laci Silgjord spoke with Liz Collin on her podcast about the peculiar series of events from her time serving the Cloquet police department and the Army National Guard—to now facing 20 years in prison.

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