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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Cook County, Minn. native Anna Steel is trust and safety operations manager in Europe for Airbnb, and she's based in Dublin. Airbnb is a new way fo...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
  • Length: 19:01
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WTIP's Dick Swanson & Ann Possis welcomed local musicians John Gruber (guitar) and Max Bichel (violin) to Studio A for fun conversation and delight...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2014
  • Length: 23:30
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Marc Hosmer is executive director of Urban Boatbuilders, a St. Paul-based nonprofit that works with schools, community organizations, and correctio...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2014
  • Length: 21:19
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Cartoonist Bill Barnes chatted with WTIP's Ann Possis recently about what's so special about cartooning, how the Web has changed the business, how ...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2014
  • Length: 14:43
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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