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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Caption: Rob Genadek & Courtney Yasmineh
Rock 'n' roll singer-songwriter Courtney Yasmineh visited The Roadhouse for the first time recently, while in town to perform at the Stars of the N...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 40:57
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Mike Stout of Prior Lake recently crossed the Lake Superior alone in his kayak, something few people ever do. He chatted with WTIP's CJ Heithoff ab...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 15:28
  • Purchases: 1
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St. Paul-based band Crazy Chester honors the music of classic, blues-filled roots rock. They made their Roadhouse debut when they were in town rece...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 43:55
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Most of us have heard the common wisdom that our happiness can affect our physical health--and now a team of researchers has confirmed it. Prof. Ed...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 16:33
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Outdoor co-op REI recently launched a comprehensive effort to promote gender equity in the outdoors. WTIP's CJ Heithoff spoke with Bloomington REI ...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 15:40
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Eos II, Credit: courtesy umnsvp.org
The U of MN Solar Vehicle Project has a long and successful history. WTIP's Dave TerSteeg chatted with this year's co-leaders of the project, stude...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2017
  • Length: 18:28
Caption: Joey Shaheen of The Wrong Omar
Fun Twin Cities band The Wrong Omar showed up again at WTIP to play during membership drive, outside under the big tent. The Wrong Omar is: Logan A...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 32:03
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Longtime Duluth News Tribune columnist and frequent Roadhouse guest Sam Cook chatted with WTIP's CJ Heithoff recently. This time, it was about the ...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 13:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "The Spirit and the Sky" by Mark Hollabaugh
Mark Hollabugh has written a very interesting book about the role and significance of astronomy in Lakota culture, "The Spirit in the Sky: Lakota V...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 15:11
Caption: Mary Cutrufello, Credit: Photo by Marina Chavez
St. Paul-based roots rocker Mary Cutrufello has been in the business for 25 years, on a musical journey from Connecticut to Texas to the Midwest. S...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 41:42
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Charcoal or gas? Marinate or no? Should you let the meat rest before cutting? These, and many more, questions answered in this chat between WTIP's ...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 11:53
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Dudley Riggs is a fifth-generation member of a distinguished show business family. He's worked in many areas of the biz, as everything from an aeri...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 18:32
Caption: Amy & Dave Freeman, Credit: Bryan Hansel
Explorers & adventurers Amy and Dave Freeman, who recently spent a year living in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, are back in Cook Count...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 21:39
Caption: Triple Truffle Trotters, Credit: courtesy MN State Fair
It's only two months away...the start of the 2017 MN State Fair. And every summer there are fun new foods to try, like Swine & Spuds, or Bacon Fluf...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 11:13
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Minneapolis performance artist Patrick Scully has created a one-man show about the life and times of Walt Whitman. It's called "Leaves of Grass--Il...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 31:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Josephine Michener & Jerry Vandiver
Nashville singer-songwriter Jerry Vandiver, made his annual pilgrimage to the north country, this time accompanied by fiddler Josephine Michener. W...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 33:32
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David Cooper is an archaeologist with the National Park Service. When David was posted at Grand Portage National Monument, he was instrumental in b...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 18:44
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North House Folk School instructor Lindy Lind joined WTIP's CJ Heithoff recently to talk about bushcraft, wilderness survival, and building a bark ...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2017
  • Length: 19:30
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The Minneapolis-based experimental musical ensemble Pyrrha was in Grand Marais to perform their original score for the 1928 silent film "The Fall o...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 26:28
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Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims have written a gorgeous, illustrated history of a very special watercraft: "Canoes: A Natural History in North America,...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 23:09