Community & Culture
Don’t miss this week’s edition of The Roadhouse, Friday at 5. It’s Bob’s last show after over 14 years hosting, and we’ve got lots of fun in store. Kathy Rice stops in with her just-published book, “The Pie Place Café Cookbook.” Buck & Bob...
Buck Benson & Ann Possis welcomed percussionist and educator Mark Powers to Studio A with buckets, pots & pans, and more in tow. He demoed his 'junk jam' and talked about how you can make music anywhere. Learn more at his website...
Dr. Katherine Loflin joined Ann Possis May 17 to talk about her work in "placemaking". She advises elected officials, planners, businesspeople, and community leaders who are trying to imporve their cities and towns....
Prof. Michael Wilson, assistant professor of anthropology and of ecology, evolution, and behavior at the U of Minn., joined Buck May 17 to talk about research on chimps and other primates, and what it might tell us about our human ancestors and who we are today. Prof. Wilson's...
Buck chatted May 10 with Prof. Aaron Doering of the Learning Technologies program at the U of MN. He recently returned from a two-week expedition in the Canadian Arctic, leading a crew of five whose mission is to work with Arctic communities to tell their climate change stories. The...
Author Sarah Stonich joined Bob May 10 to chat about her new book, "Vacationland," a portrait of an old fishing resort in northern Minnesota, told through intersecting stories. It's beautiful, sad, funny, and you...
Bob spoke May 10 with Dr. Anthony King, research assistant professor of psychiatry at the U of Michigan, about his recent study showing that mindfulness therapy might help vets with combat-related PTSD. Mindfulness techniques emphasize focus and attention to positive...
Buck welcomed Duluth News-Tribune outdoors editor Sam Cook to The Roadhouse May 3, where they talked about fishing openers past and present, and lots more.
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Ann Possis spoke May 3 with Erin Stojan Ruccolo of Fresh Energy, and Amanda Bilek of the Great Plains Institute, about the outlook for renewable energy in Minnesota. Thirteen percent...
A shore bird that’s often hard to spot as it makes it way through our part of the world....
Local naturalist and retired teacher Larry Weber joins us each Saturday morning to share his...
The northern shrike spends most of it’s time farther north, but it drops in during winter and...
In this edition of Moments in Time, we hear about an ancient style of timber framing from southwest...
Adolph Ojard grew up in Knife River, Minnesota, on the North Shore of Lake Superior. He's...
Our second week of month five found that stubborn Old Man of the North slipping some but still...
Every year, here at Sawbill Outfitters, we outfit a group of college freshmen from Nebraska...
I’m back in the woods once more, great to be back at home sweet home. Thanks are...
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This is an interesting place where we live, here in the West End of Cook County. Last...
“Will the ice be out for the opening of fishing?” seems to be the question on...
In this edition of the Gunflint Notebook, WTIP volunteer commentator Steve Ramberg thinks about...
Talk about snow on the Gunflint Trail! One small resident is fed up with it. In this commentary,...
The Cook County Ramble that I mentioned last week was a huge success. It brought many of Cook...
