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.


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The MN Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center has a new lab at the U of MN, St. Paul campus. WTIP's Dave TerSteeg chatted with Sue Galatowitsch, ...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 16:44
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In the wake of the Silver Bay City Council ban of Bent Paddle beer, we wondered...how effective are boycotts anyway? Brayden King is professor of ...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 17:58
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Duluth/Superior-based Black River Revue dropped by WTIP's The Roadhouse on a recent visit to Grand Marais. They chatted with Dave TerSteeg and Ann ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 35:38
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Severe myopia (nearsightedness) is on the rise among youth everywhere, and scientists think they know why. And it's likely not, as might seem obvio...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2016
  • Length: 16:26
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Duluth's shipping season just opened, and it's big business. Adele Yorde, PR director for the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, chatted with WTIP's Dav...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2016
  • Length: 18:45
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Singer-songwriter Boyd Blomberg stopped by WTIP's Studio A recently to chat and play some great original tunes. You can learn more about Boyd, his ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 41:20
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Following the recent crash of a driverless car, there's been a lot of talk about these vehicles. Frank Douma is a transportation policy expert and ...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 16:08
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Author, radio producer, and college instructor Aaron Brown writes about life and politics on the Iron Range on his website, minnesotabrown.com. He ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 19:43
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March is Women's History Month. A new book, "Women of Mayo Clinic:The Founding Generation," explores the significant contributions women made to th...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 17:51
  • Purchases: 1
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You know his voice...now learn about who's behind it. Hollywood voiceover professional Bill Ratner chatted with WTIP's DaveTerSteeg about how he go...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 24:16
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Prof. Mae Davenport of the University of Minnesota Department of Forest Resources, along with colleagues from many other fields, has just completed...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 13:48
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Caption: Jon Kallberg on harp guitar
Musician Jon Kallberg of Lutsen has played guitar for many years, and made his Roadhouse debut recently with a harp guitar (pictured) and a six-str...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 32:42
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Dr. Cristina Eisenberg is chief scientist at the nonprofit Earthwatch Institute, and author of several books including "The Carnivore Way: Coexisti...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 19:44
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The CDC just released a study showing that 30% of Americans are sleep-deprived. So we wanted to know...how does this affect a person's body and emo...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 13:44
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Musicians Gordon Thorne and Jim Ohlschmidt stopped by WTIP to play The Roadhouse for membership drive. Listen for their special, original "Cabin Fe...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 24:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Chel Anderson is a botanist and plant ecologist who has lived and worked on the North Shore since 1974. She's the Northwoods Naturalist on WTIP and...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 17:20
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Cabin fever is real! And it sets in about this time of year...boredom, irritability, moodiness...need we go on? Marcia Hyatt, leadership and life c...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 11:29
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Most people have an overused word or two that drives them crazy when they hear it, and the folks at Lake Superior State University are doing someth...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 18:35
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For 20 years now the Birchwood Cafe has served innovative, sustainable food in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. Birchwood owner Tracy Single...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 20:53
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We all know the feeling of your heart skipping a beat when you fall in love, or being heartbroken...but what really happens to your heart when you'...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 14:47