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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Joe Friedrichs is just out with a book about Janice Matichuk, Quetico’s longest-serving interior ranger. The book is called Her Island. Ann spoke ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2021
  • Length: 20:01
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Jazz guitarist Sam Miltich joined Ann and Will live from Grand Rapids to perform a few songs and chat about what he's been up to during the pandemi...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2020
  • Length: 42:36
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Jayson Hron is the director of communication and marketing for the Duluth Seaway Port Authority. We last spoke with him in April when the 2020 Gre...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2020
  • Length: 15:29
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Hazel Belvo has been an influential artist, art educator, and feminist leader for more than 50 years. Her output ranges from delicate drawings to m...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2020
  • Length: 21:16
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Researchers with the Univesity of Minnesota's Voyageurs Wolf Project and Voyageurs National Park have observed and demonstrated that wolves affect ...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 12:58
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It's been a pretty mild winter so far, so we thought we'd chat with MPR's Chief Meteorologist Paul Huttner about what's been happening and what's t...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 12:34
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Will and Ann welcomed Rhoda Anderson Habedank back on the WTIP airwaves, this time virtually from Oregon. Rhoda shared some stories and songs from...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 41:24
Caption: Photo from Cory Coffman via Facebook
Cory Coffman is a Duluth-based musician; you may remember him previously as a part of The Cuckoo Bees. Cory has since set off on a new solo advent...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2020
  • Length: 38:45
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Beatrice Ojakangas is the author of 30 cookbooks, including the just-reissued gem, “The Soup & Bread Cookbook”.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2020
  • Length: 16:41
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It’s time again to talk turkey! The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line fields thousands of calls at this time of year.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2020
  • Length: 12:13
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Winter is fast approaching, and with it comes new challenges for staying fit while staying safe.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 10:09
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Thunder Bay author Elle Andra-Warner is out with a new book, "Lighthouses of Lake Superior's North Shore".

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 13:49
Caption: Paul Metsa - photo by Howard Christopherson via Facebook
Paul Metsa is a legendary musician and songwriter from Minnesota. Born on the Iron Range, he has been based in Minneapolis since 1978. Will spoke ...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 23:23
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Chuck and Kim Corliss (you might know them from North Shore Winery in Lutsen) are about to set off on a sailing adventure to the east coast of the ...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 09:24
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Local artist Emily Wick makes woven goods that are practical, displayable, and wearable. Will spoke with Emily about her work.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 11:06
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Kaitlin Kimmel is a new Cook County resident doing some interesting work related to climate change.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 10:41
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After several recent incidents of people using emergency beacons to summon rescue from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, we thought we'd t...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2020
  • Length: 10:14
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The Carpenter Ants, a group from West Virginia and known to many locally who attend the Radiowaves Music Festival, are out with a new album, "Teari...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 17:17
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Internationally renowned wolf expert Dave Mech got his start studying wolves on Isle Royale when he was a graduate student in the late 1950s.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 20:46
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A new app developed by the University of Minnesota is helping first responders across the country manage compassion fatigue.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 13:39