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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It's not rocket science...it's food science for rockets! Feeding people on deep space missions
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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How do you feed a six-person crew on a three-year mission to Mars? WTIP's Buck Benson spoke recently with Dr. Grace Douglas, project scientist on A...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 14:55
Colliding galaxies, choosing a telescope, Perseid meteor showers, and more...from Astrobob
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Series: The Roadhouse
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One of WTIP's favorite Roadhouse guests, Bob King (aka Astrobob), joined Dick Swanson to catch up on what's new in the sky and how best to see it.

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 18:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Wrong Omar makes the right music
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Twin Cities band The Wrong Omar joined Buck & Dick recently for great music, fun conversation, and general hilarity.

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 31:18
  • Purchases: 1
Wilderness preservationist Ernest Oberholtzer's legacy lives on
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dick Swanson welcomed the executive director of the Ernest Oberholtzer Foundation, Beth Waterhouse, to The Roadhouse recently. She told the...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 20:18
Dan Quick & Leslie Quick Pedersen remember their father, artist & Grand Marais Art Colony founder Birney Quick
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Leslie Quick Pedersen & Dan Quick stopped by The Roadhouse recently to talk with WTIP's Buck Benson about their dad, Birney Quick, an artist and in...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 22:07
Musical duo Cherry Dirt make their Roadhouse debut
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson & Dick Swanson welcomed Staci Stringer (vocals) & Ryan Cihlar (vocals & ukulele), the duo known as Cherry Dirt, to the studio re...

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  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 33:32
  • Purchases: 1
How North Shore rivers show their geologic history
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Ann Possis spoke recently with Dr. Karen Gran, a geology professor at UMD, about North Shore rivers and their history. She explains what can...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 12:43
Roadhouse host & avid athlete Buck Benson sets off on South American bicycle adventure
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
Caption: Buck Benson, right, prepares to ride zipline, Credit: Chris Polydoroff
WTIP's The Roadhouse producer Ann Possis turned the tables on host Buck Benson to learn about his upcoming adventure in the Andes, biking from the ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 17:43
Maria Nickolay brings wonderful music to The Roadhouse
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson & Ann Possis welcomed local singer-songwriter Maria Nickolay to Studio A recently for fun conversation about her musical influen...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2014
  • Length: 30:36
  • Purchases: 1
New "By Way of Water" exhibit at Cook County Historical Museum
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Series: The Roadhouse
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"By Way of Water: Our History with Lake Superior" is a new exhibit at the Cook County Historical Museum in Grand Marais. It shares tories of how t...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2014
  • Length: 24:28
U of MN Solar Vehicle Project car takes 2nd in American Solar Challenge race
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project is an organization of undergraduate engineering students who research, design and construct a sol...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2014
  • Length: 16:58
South Shore band Floydian Slip rocks The Roadhouse
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dick Swanson & Ann Possis welcomed the Ashland-Washburn area band Floydian Slip to Studio A recently for fun conversation and great original...

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2014
  • Length: 37:52
  • Purchases: 1
Author Mary Relindes Ellis on her new novel, "The Bohemian Flats"
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Ann Possis chatted recently with Mary Relindes Ellis, author of "The Bohemian Flats," a novel set in a vibrant immigrant enclave in Minneapo...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 36:58
Nashville singer-songwriter Jerry Vandiver drops by The Roadhouse
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Grammy Award-winning songwriter Jerry Vandiver stopped by The Roadhouse recently with his guitar to chat with WTIP's Ann Possis & Roger Linehan, an...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 24:46
  • Purchases: 1
The Sweet Papa Dave band rocks Studio A
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Ann Possis & Roger Linehan hosted The Sweet Papa Dave Band in studio recently for high-energy, original music that will get you out of your ...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 37:58
  • Purchases: 1
Less materialistic people are happier...plus it's better for the environment.
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dick Swanson spoke with Dr. Miriam Tatzel, a psychologist at Empire State College in New York, about why true happiness involves personally ...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 18:47
Grand Marais musician Pete Kavanaugh offers acoustic set on The Roadhouse
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Bob Carter & Dick Swanson welcomed Grand Marais blues guitarist Pete Kavanaugh to Studio A recently for fun conversation and great tunes. Yo...

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 36:07
  • Purchases: 1
Fresh Energy expert explains solar energy in Minn., proposed solar array in Lutsen, and more
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dave TerSteeg spoke recently with Erin Stojan Ruccolo, director of electricity markets for Fresh Energy, about various aspects of generating...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 12:11
Expanding agriculture selectively could produce more food, save more carbon
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Dr. Justin Andrew Johnson, an economist with the Natural Capital Project at the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota, spoke ...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2014
  • Length: 36:54
  • Purchases: 1
Amy & Dave Freeman paddling to DC to mark the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act
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Series: The Roadhouse
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National Geographic Adventurers of the Year Dave & Amy Freeman are starting their next adventure, Paddle to DC, to mark the 50th anniversary of the...

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  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 22:32
  • Purchases: 2