The Roadhouse

Series produced by WTIP

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Image by: courtesy Buck Benson 

The Roadhouse is an interview and music program that airs live every Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. to kick off the weekend.

WTIP's The Roadhoue is two hours packed with insightful interviews, weekend happenings, local features and toe-tapping music. You never know quite what to expect on the Roadhouse! Funding is provided in part by the MN Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.


984 Pieces

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Caption: Red Dirt Girl
New musical duo Red Dirt Girl (Michele Miller & Amymarie Schmidt) made their radio debut on WTIP's The Roadhouse last week. Look for them performin...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 38:14
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Researchers at the MN Invasive Terrestrial Plants & Pests Center recently compiled an extensive paper that ranks the 124 top invaders--and now they...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 21:41
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Ever hear of forest bathing? It's an idea that comes from Japan, of literally immersing yourself in nature to improve your mental and physical heal...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2016
  • Length: 19:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Cook County, Minn. residents Tom McCann and Hillary Freeman are organizers of a read & study group that focuses solely on the works of Shakespeare....

  • Added: Jul 11, 2016
  • Length: 09:36
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A recent report from the U of MN's Energy Transition Lab indicates that biomass and solar energy expansion could add over 2,000 jobs to the NE Minn...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 17:52
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Just in time for the holiday weekend, WTIP's Dick Swanson checked in with Kurt Steele, district ranger for the Tofte district of the U.S. Forest Se...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 19:48
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Northern Minnesota band Rich Mattson and the Northstars stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse to talk and share their unique brand of original music. In ...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 31:40
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Dennis Larson is the lucky guy who chooses new foods each year for the Minnesota State Fair. He chatted with WTIP's Berta Bauer recently about what...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 17:56
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Summer is now in full swing...and with it, the Grill Us Hotline. LongHorn Steakhouse's grill masters will be available by phone Sunday, July 3, to ...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2016
  • Length: 16:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jerry Vandiver
Award-winning Nashville songwriter Jerry Vandiver and his fiddle partner, Amberly Rosen, stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse for what's become an annua...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2016
  • Length: 37:15
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Ricardo Lemvo and his L.A.-based band, Makina Loca, play music that's a mix of many styles, cultures, and languages. They visited Studio A to chat ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 39:39
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The beginning of summer seems like a great time to revisit safety in the woods. Tom Suter, wilderness trail director for the Border Route Trail Ass...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 12:46
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Superior Hiking Trail, a 310-mile footpath following the ridgeline above Lake Superior. Superior Hiking...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 20:34
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Cook County resident Scott Husby has spent a lifetime repairing, conserving, and researching rare books, working with such institutions as the Smit...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 19:44
  • Purchases: 1
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Three young friends who met at Northland College, Andy Butter, Evan Flom, and Allissa Stutte, are running around Lake Superior this summer--that's ...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 20:04
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Eric Dregni's latest book, "Let's Go Fishing! Fish Tales from the North Woods," is a celebration of the sport of fishing in the Northland. WTIP's D...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2016
  • Length: 16:46
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Twin Cities-based bluegrass band The Thirsty River (Jake Jungbauer, guitar; Mike Store, bass; Evan Jungbauer, banjo; Ben Jungbauer, mandolin; Dave ...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 40:32
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Four women (Steph Branchaud, Chelsea Froemke, Tessa Larson & Whitney Vogel) set out May 29 from Seagull Lake, at the end of the Gunflint Trail, to ...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 19:55
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Fingerstyle guitar master Phil Heywood was in Grand Marais recently for a performance with Tim Sparks. Phil stopped by The Roadhouse with his guita...

  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 36:18
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The U of MN Bell Museum of Natural History just launched an online, searchable interface providing access to all of its biodiversity collections. D...

  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 14:45