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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"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
Mel Duncan of Nonviolent Peaceforce, on peaceful civilian response to conflict around the world
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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
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
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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L.A.-based Almighty Dog Entertainment to shoot movie on Iron Range
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dick Swanson chatted recently with L.A. film director Tino Struckmann, who will be shooting an action film (working title: "Sdanka's War") o...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2013
  • Length: 19:45
  • Purchases: 1
Marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Aug. 28 is the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his historic "I Have a...

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  • Added: Aug 27, 2013
  • Length: 20:35
  • Purchases: 2
New study shows Chinese meditation technique helps smokers reduce tobacco use
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dick Swanson spoke recently with Dr. Yi-Yuan Tang, director of Texas Tech's Neuroimaging Institute, about new research showing that practici...

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  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 19:07
  • Purchases: 2
Clean work environment or cluttered one? Research shows each may have its benefits
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Prof. Joe Redden of the U of MN Carlson School of Management joined WTIP's Buck Benson recently to talk about a study he co-authored showing that t...

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  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 14:43
  • Purchases: 2
Grammy award-winning songwriter Jerry Vandiver plays The Roadhouse
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Nashville songwriter Jerry Vandiver joined WTIP's Dick Swanson & Ann Possis recently to chat about his work and share his delightful music. His son...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 40:06
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What can camping teach us about better sleep?
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Ann Possis spoke recently with Evan Chinoy, a grad student at the U of Colorado-Boulder, who does most of his work in their Sleep & Chronobi...

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 12:18
  • Purchases: 1
Should we treat drug use as a crime or a public health issue?
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Naya Arbiter, vice president of the Amity Foundation, a nonprofit that provides drug treatment services, and Sarah Gordon, HIV counseling coordinat...

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2013
  • Length: 20:11
  • Purchases: 1
Gordon Thorne plays Studio A
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Fingerstyle blues guitarist Gordon Thorne of Finland, Minn., stopped by WTIP's The Roadhouse recently to chat and laugh with Buck Benson & Dick Swa...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 39:36
  • Purchases: 1
A new generation is shaping Grand Marais, Cook County
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson & Dick Swanson spoke recently with Shawn Perich, publisher of North Shore Highway 61, about the "Grand Marais renaissance" he se...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 22:22
New model of iceberg behavior suggests major breakage potential in Antarctica, Greenland
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Dr. Jeremy Bassis, assistant professor of atmospheric, oceanic & space sciences at the Univeristy of Michigan, joined WTIP's Dick Swanson recently ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 17:53
The EverGreen Grass Band plays The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson & Ann Possis recently welcomed the EverGreen Grass Band to Studio A. The four-piece group (banjo, mandolin, guitar & bass guitar...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Four-year-old mayor of Dorset, Minn. has big role for a little guy
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with Emma Tufts, mother of Bobby Tufts, the 4-year-old mayor of Dorset, Minn. Although he can't fix traffic ti...

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 11:26
  • Purchases: 2
Can you really get a great workout in just a few minutes? Mayo fitness expert weighs in
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Series: The Roadhouse
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Dr. Edward Laskowski, co-director of the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center, shares his ideas about the recent trend toward very short, intense wor...

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 1
What do couples want most from a conflict? It's not an apology
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Series: The Roadhouse
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The most common thing couples in conflict want from each other is not an apology, or even more communication, but a willingness to relinquish power...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 1
The Wrong Omar plays the right music
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson & Dick Swanson welcomed Twin Cities band The Wrong Omar to Studio A recently for chat, music, and lots of laughter. They were in...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 37:22
  • Purchases: 1
Bitcoin digital currency, explained and demystified
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Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson spoke recently with Dr. Tyler Moore, professor of computer science and engineering at Southern Methodist University, about Bitco...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 18:35
  • Purchases: 2