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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Caption: Chris Gillis (l.) & Gordon Thorne
Cook County musicians Gordon Thorne (guitar) and Chris Gillis (keyboard) stopped by WTIP's Studio A recently for fun chat and great tunes...old and...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 44:28
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The first "Deep Winter Greenhouse" is done and ready to go in Finland, at the Organic Consumers Association. It's a project of the NE MN Regional S...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 17:05
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Mike Klein is an artist working in drawing, sculpture, and community murals. When he's not creating art, he's an assistant professor in the Departm...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 08:41
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Sean Meyers is an architect with CR-BPS, a firm located in Isabella, Minn., that specializes in passive building techniques. He spoke with WTIP's D...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 13:16
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The wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University have been busy compiling nominations and votes for their annual "List of Words Banished from the Q...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 17:18
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A young Twin Cities band, If Eye May, made their WTIP debut recently and rocked The Roadhouse with great, original sound.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:08
Caption: Michael Monroe
Cook County & Minnesota fave Michael Monroe stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse to share his special brand of music, both originals and covers. He's cu...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 41:13
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Grand Marais' Timmy Haus is a versatile musician who's been playing professionally for years. He joined WTIP's Dave TerSteeg and Dick Swanson for f...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 36:52
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Steve Harwin bought his first diner in 1987...and has been preserving this special part of American history ever since. WTIP's Dave TerSteeg caught...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 18:05
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Lutsen guitarist Jon Kallberg made a long-awaited return visit to WTIP's The Roadhouse with two beautiful guitars. Listen for stories about these u...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 41:20
Caption: Jim McGowan
Local musician Jim McGowan plays guitar on the Roadhouse.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 36:51
Caption: William Arnold
On January 1st, Minnesota became the first state in the nation to ban soaps containing a common antibacterial agent called triclosan. Professor Wil...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 19:05
Caption: Jay Walljasper
Jay Walljasper is a writer, speaker, and authority on vital communities. He shares stories and strategies that inspire people to make changes in th...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2017
  • Length: 19:33
Caption: Buck Benson
Local adventurer and former WTIP host Buck Benson returns to the Roadhouse to talk about his latest biking trip to Nepal. He's giving a full presen...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2017
  • Length: 34:52
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Every year, students taking the U of MN intro to engineering class are charged with designing a robot that does something 'useful.' WTIP's Dave Ter...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 16:53
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The National Ice Core Laboratory near Denver is a really cool place. It's the repository for miles of ice that contains information about the plane...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 17:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Gene LaFond & Amy Grillo have been writing and performing together since 2012. They made their way up the shore recently to join WTIP for their fir...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 40:53
Caption: giant sequoias, Credit: courtesy Wendy Baxter
The iconic giant sequoias are under stress from years of drought and climate change. Wendy Baxter, of the Dawson Lab at the University of Californi...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 19:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Cook County's Plucked Up String Band made a return appearance on The Roadhouse. The band is: Will Moore, upright bass; Elliot Noyce, mandolin; Matt...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 42:11
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Bob King, creator of the Duluth News-Tribune's Astro Bob blog, has written a great new book about how to find planets, constellations, satellites, ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 18:13
  • Purchases: 1