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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Marlene Zuk on "Paleofantasy," her new book about what evolution really tells us
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dick Swanson talked recently with Dr. Marlene Zuk, professor of ecology, evolution & behavior at the U of Minn., about her recent book, "Pal...

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 23:07
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Cook County native Tim McDonnell's new memoir about growing up on the Gunflint Trail
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson welcomed retired teacher Tim McDonnell to Studio A recently to chat about his memoir, "The Whole Forest for a Backyard: A Gunfli...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 20:10
Mel Duncan of Nonviolent Peaceforce, on peaceful civilian response to conflict around the world
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dick Swanson spoke recently with Mel Duncan, co-founder and director of advocacy & research of Nonviolent Peaceforce. Their mission is to to...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 17:37
"Sole Survivor" film explores lives of lone survivors of commercial plane crashes
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Ky Dickens has made a powerful new film, "Sole Survivor," which documents the struggles of people who were the only ones to survive deadly plane cr...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 17:27
  • Purchases: 2
Delightful new book assembles stories from the Boundary Waters
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Boundary Waters lover Barry Johnson has put together a book of essays about his favorite place, the "BWCA Reader." Several dozen stories from diffe...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 14:13
  • Purchases: 1
The 23rd First Annual IgNobels, recognizing wacky science that makes you laugh, then think
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with Marc Abrahams of Improbable Research, which publishes a magazine and awards the IgNobel Prizes for researc...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 16:50
  • Purchases: 1
Community change expert Rich Harwood on moving forward after tragedy
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Series: The Roadhouse
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In the wake of the Navy Yard shootings in Washington, D.C., WTIP's Buck Benson spoke with Rich Harwood, founder and president of the D.C.-based Har...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 19:15
Chicago-based The Bricklayers mask theatre visits The Roadhouse
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Series: The Roadhouse
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The Bricklayers (Matt Trucano, founding artistic director; Kyle Cadotte, co-founding artistic director, and Jonathan Greene, international theater ...

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2013
  • Length: 16:56
  • Purchases: 1
Dream of Wild Health saves seeds traditionally cultivated by Native American communities
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Diane Wilson is executive director of Dream of Wild Health, a St. Paul nonprofit working to collect and save seeds once cultivated by Indian commun...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 19:21
  • Purchases: 1
Government shutdown commentary by political expert Kathryn Pearson
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Bob Carter spoke recently with Prof. Kathryn Pearson of the U of MN political science department to get her take on the government shutdown,...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 20:01
  • Purchases: 1
Bushwhack through the Quetico & BWCAW? Ely outfitter's overland adventure
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Jason Zabokrtsky, owner of Ely Outfitting Company, set off Oct. 11 to bushwhack from Atikokan, Ontario to Ely, a distance of about 80 miles. No wat...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: 21:02
British adventurer Sarah Outen circling the globe by kayak, rowboat & bicycle
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Sarah Outen, a young British adventurer, is circling the globe by herself under her own power. She calls her expedition London 2 London Via the Wo...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: 21:10
Polar explorer Lonnie Dupre discusses his new film about the world's frozen places, "Cold Love"
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted with Grand Marais polar explorer Lonnie Dupre about his new film, "Cold Love," an exploration of the beauty of the world...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: 17:12
  • Purchases: 1
Kayaking from Northwest Angle to Key West....and back?
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Daniel Alvarez, a former corporate lawyer, started kayaking from Northwest Angle to Key West in June 2012. He liked it so much that when he arrived...

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 21:22
  • Purchases: 1
Ancient water in Earth's crust may help scientists understand life here & possibly on other planets
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Dr. Barbara Sherwood Lollar of the University of Toronto was recently named by Canadian Geographic as someone making a significant difference in Ca...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 18:09
Dr. John Smol, one of the world's top Arctic researchers, studies climate change through lake sediment samples
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson spoke recently with Prof. John Smol of Queen's University in Ontario about his work in paleolimnology, or the study of lake sedi...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 18:56
  • Purchases: 1
New study launched on youth football and concussion
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Football and concussions have been in the news more and more lately. Dr. Andrew Peterson of the U of Iowa Sports Medicine department joined WTIP's ...

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  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 17:05
  • Purchases: 1
Ely man bushwhacks from Atikokan back to Ely in 15 days
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dick Swanson checked in with Jason Zabokrtsky of Ely, who just finished an overland adventure from Atikokan to Ely, 90 miles or so of bushwh...

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  • Added: Nov 08, 2013
  • Length: 22:36
  • Purchases: 1
"Deerland," a thoughtful exploration of white-tailed deer & their impact on our world
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Did you know there are 30 million deer in America today, 100 times more than a century ago? On the eve of the Minnesota deer opener, WTIP's Buckley...

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  • Added: Nov 11, 2013
  • Length: 20:37
  • Purchases: 2
Maritime historian Frederick Stonehouse on the storms of November
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Nov. 10 was the 38th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, with all 29 lives aboard lost. Frederick Stonehouse, maritime historian a...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 21:17