The Roadhouse
Series produced by WTIP
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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Cook County super string group the Plucked Up String Band joined the show for membership drive. The band is: Will Moore, upright bass; Elliott Noyc...
- Added: Mar 07, 2018
- Length: 32:45
Dale Mulfinger is a Minneapolis-based architect, author and 'cabinologist'. He's written several books on the subject, including his latest, "The F...
- Added: Mar 07, 2018
- Length: 37:38
Twin Cities alt rock band If Eye May made a return appearance on The Roadhouse, before their gig at the Wunderbar in Grand Marais. Great, high-ener...
- Added: Feb 20, 2018
- Length: 34:57
Danny Saathoff is a Twin Cities jeweler and artist who recently received a grant from the MN State Arts Board for his work, "Swinging the Compass,"...
- Added: Feb 20, 2018
- Length: 16:52
With slow travel nearly forgotten, some explorers are rediscovering its charm. Adventurer and writer Stevie Anna Plummer, a former Cook County resi...
- Added: Feb 20, 2018
- Length: 19:18
"The Inconvenient Indian" from the U of MN Press is an unconventional, subversive account of Indian-White relations in North America since initial ...
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- Added: Feb 19, 2018
- Length: 26:15
- Purchases: 1
Get into the spirit of Mardi Gras with jazz musicians Chris Gillis, Thomas Stamps and Max Bichel. They joined WTIP's Tracy Bensonand Jay Andersen i...
- Added: Feb 14, 2018
- Length: 01:37:10
Musician & songwriter Leah Thomas is well-known for her distinctive voice, killer accordion and clever lyrics, and has played with and fronted many...
- Added: Feb 07, 2018
- Length: 25:28
We all know someone who's fallen and injured themselves on the ice...maybe it's happened to you, too. Older people are especially vulnerable. Jessi...
- Added: Feb 07, 2018
- Length: 14:35
Jazz guitarist Briand Morrison stopped by The Roadhouse on his way to a gig at Bluefin Bay in Tofte. He shared his smooth jazz music, as well as so...
- Added: Jan 30, 2018
- Length: 32:56
Shane Loeffler is a grad student in the Earth Science department at the U of MN, as well as a Finland, Minn. native. He recently came up with a mob...
- Added: Jan 30, 2018
- Length: 14:43
By studying wild rice in lakes and streams, a team of researchers led by the U of MN has discovered harmful effects of sulfate in waterways, on wil...
- Added: Jan 30, 2018
- Length: 21:40
A few of our favorite musical guests, Rich Mattson & the Northstars, stopped by WTIP's Studio A to share some cosmic folk and chat about what they'...
- Added: Jan 24, 2018
- Length: 38:11
Sean Sherman is an Oglala Lakota chef and founder of The Sioux Chef. His new cookbook, "The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen," shares award-winning ...
- Added: Jan 24, 2018
- Length: 17:12
Offshore wind projects on the Great Lakes have been discussed for years, and the first one will likely happen soon, on Lake Erie. Andy Balaskovitz,...
- Added: Jan 24, 2018
- Length: 17:08
One of The Roadhouse's favorite musical guests, Jim McGowan, stopped by Studio A for the last show of 2017. He shared delightful music to start you...
- Added: Jan 03, 2018
- Length: 34:28
It's that time of year when many of us plan to eat better, exercise more, lose weight, watch TV less...the list goes on. Prof. Chris Wharton of Ari...
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- Added: Jan 03, 2018
- Length: 22:09
- Purchases: 1
Gail Francis is an author and outdoor enthusiast based in Duluth. Her book, "Bliss(ters): How I Walked From Mexico to Canada One Summer," chronicl...
- Added: Jan 03, 2018
- Length: 20:40
The Celtic-Americana duo SisterTree made their Roadhouse debut. Listen for beautiful harmonies from Dee Brust (guitar & vocals) and Kerri Joy (fidd...
- Added: Dec 18, 2017
- Length: 31:58
Winter is here and that means salt on our roads. Where does all that salt go? WTIP's Jay Andersen chatted with science and nature writer Greg Brein...
- Added: Dec 18, 2017
- Length: 15:24
