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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WTIP's Buck Benson and Dave TerSteeg welcomed Cook County musician Timmy Haus to The Roadhouse Aug. 14 for fun chat and great sound.

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Physicists just released the first data from the neutrino experiment based at the NOvA lab near International Falls. Prof. Dan Cronin-Hennessy of t...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 23:51
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Dr. Amy Krentzman of the U of MN School of Social Work and the Center for Spirituality and Healing has been studying the practice of gratitude in a...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 18:34
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Grammy award-winner Jerry Vandiver stops by WTIP every summer when he's in town for his annual Boundary Waters canoe trip. Hosts Dick Swanson & Ann...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 37:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Rendezvous Days was Aug. 7 to 9 at Grand Portage National Monument. Two of the historical re-enactors, Ray and Kelly James, joined WTIP's Dick Swa...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 25:15
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On Aug. 28, North House Folk School in Grand Marais will host a screening of the adventure travel documentary "Kharma Bums" with filmmaker Ryan Sal...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 17:46
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Cook county musicians Eric Frost (guitar) and Bill Hansen (dobro) stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse recently for laughter, chat, and great tunes.

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 33:09
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Stephen Brede of Petoskey, Mich. has a life goal to canoe around all five Great Lakes.WTIP's Dick Swanson caught up with him recently, as he was w...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 21:16
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The U of MN just broke ground on its new Bee and Pollinator Research Lab, a facility to house bee research, led by world-renowned bee expert Marla ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 21:22
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Musician Ben Weaver is riding his bicycle around Lake Superior to engage people along the route in conversation about the state of our fresh water....

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 2
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The Sustainable Agriculture Project at University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) offers an experiential learning, research and demonstration farm that w...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 22:20
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Marlais Olmstead Brand, a Lakeville writer and wilderness educator, has written a new book, "The Hungry Coast: Fables from the North Shore of Minn...

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 21:33
  • Purchases: 1
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NASA's New Horizons--the first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt--ended its 9 1/2-year journey recently as the spacecraft reached Pluto and star...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 22:38
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Twin Cities band The Wrong Omar (from left, Becky Shaheen, Laura Lou, and Joey Shaheen) dropped by WTIP's studios recently to chat, laugh, and play...

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 31:03
  • Purchases: 1
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Lou Pignolet retired to Hovland about 10 years ago and took up woodturning. He's now an expert who makes gorgeous bowls and teaches at North House ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 20:35
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Architect, author & 'cabinologist' Dale Mulfinger stopped by Studio A on a recent visit to the shore. He chatted with WTIP's Dick Swanson recently ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 14:07
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North Shore fav Michael Monroe stopped by WTIP's Studio A recently to play a few songs from his most recent album, "Folk Legends," and to talk abo...

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  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 2
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North Shore bluesman Gordon Thorne stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse recently for a few tunes... as well as conversation about everything from obscur...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 30:13
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Grand Marais artist Betsy Bowen visited Uganda in 2009 and 2010. While there, she met artists and taught art to kids. An exhibit of work by Ugandan...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 21:05
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Greg Breining is a journalist and author who focuses on travel, science and nature. He recently wrote an article about how species are increasingly...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 19:34
  • Purchases: 1