Critical Thought

Critical Thought 69 - Ham Radio Field Day 2024

June 19th, 2024  |  39 mins 24 secs

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Ryan Dickelman joins Critical Thought to discuss Ham Radio Field Day 2024. We take your questions about Field Day and ham radio live on the air!

Critical Thought 66 - with Mike Fridolfs

February 2nd, 2024  |  38 mins 55 secs

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Mike Fridolfs, candidate for the Grand Forks City Council returns to answer your questions, and share more about his vision for Grand Forks.

Critical Thought 66 - Bitcoin ETF and Mike Fridolfs

January 19th, 2024  |  1 hr 22 mins

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The Securities and Exchange Commission granted approval to spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds. Chris Fisher from Jupiter Broadcasting joins Noah to talk about how this change makes Bitcoin available to you through your traditional investment platforms, and the impacts to the wider Bitcoin world.

Mike Fridolfs joins Noah to discuss his background, his approach to leadership, and his views on the role of city government, in his run for ward 5.

The Fall of Minneapolis with Liz Collins

November 27th, 2023  |  28 mins 8 secs

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Award-winning investigative journalist Liz Collin sets the record straight. She uncovers what really happened on Chicago Avenue and exposes the truth of the 2020 riots.

Based on conversations with those who were there—including Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, and other Minneapolis police officers who’ve never spoken out before—Liz exposes how the facts were manipulated to dupe and divide America.

Critical Thought 64 - Difficult Christian Questions

October 12th, 2023  |  36 mins 48 secs

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Have we out learned our capacity to love? Pastors Paul Knight and Mason Peters from HOPE Church join Noah as we walk through difficult questions with no easy answers.

Critical Thought 63 - Binary Triggers & The Fed

July 27th, 2023  |  1 hr 13 mins

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The man who fired on police officers in Fargo earlier this month chose to use a gun that was modified with a binary trigger. Some states do ban the purchase of binary triggers specifically or modifications like binary triggers generally.

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate another 0.25% on Wednesday, reviving its inflation fight despite a significant cooldown of price increases in recent months. The rate hike brought the Fed's benchmark interest rate to a 22-year high of between 5.25% and 5.5%.

Critical Thought 62 - Fargo Officer Killed

July 18th, 2023  |  59 mins 29 secs

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Officers in Fargo were attacked by a shooter that left one officer dead, two others critical injured, and the shooter dead! What is changing in our communities and how do we keep officers safe?

Critical Thought 061

May 18th, 2023  |  43 mins 21 secs

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College programs that leave graduates underpaid or buried in loans would be cut off from federal money under a proposal issued Wednesday by the Biden administration, but the rules would apply only to for-profit colleges and a tiny fraction of programs at traditional universities. Dr. Mark Jendrysik joins Critical Thought and we discuss!

Episode 60: Critical Thought 60 - (RESTRICT Act & SpaceX)

April 21st, 2023  |  1 hr 1 min

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Senator Kevin Cramer joins the program and we talk the RESTRICT Act. The most powerful launch vehicle ever constructed ended in an eruption of flames over the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday. was the launch really a success?

Episode 59: Critical Thought 59 - Leaked Pentagon Documents (Jack Teixeira)

April 14th, 2023  |  1 hr 9 mins

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Nathan Wolf CubicleNate joins Critical Thought and we break down the timeline and the way Jack Teixeira leaked documents which ultimately made their way to Discord, Telegram, 4Chan and Twitter.

Episode 58: Critical Thought 58

April 13th, 2023  |  36 mins 22 secs

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We know more about the leaked pentagon papers. They appear to have come from a Discord user using the handle "OG". He was one of the 1.25 million people given access to top secret documents. North Dakota Gov. Dog Burgum on Tuesday signed two laws prohibiting transgender girls and women from joining female sports teams in K-12 and college.

Episode 57: Critical Thought 57 - Why are People Leaving Churches?

March 3rd, 2023  |  1 hr 43 mins

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Pastor Mason Peters joins Critical Thought and we explore why people are leaving churches. There is an erosion of trust, a lack of perceived need from the Church, what can churches do differently to serve people more effectively?