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Dan's Bike Rides
by Dan Urlick
The Bike Rides Radio Show is a weekly, one hour, locally produced variety program that airs on KMSU independent public radio in Mankato, Minnesota. Bike Rides is at times whimsical and other times sharp, featuring music and conversation that flows together nicely like a summer bicycle ride through the countryside.
Episodes
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Episode 578 - 10-09-2026
Dan takes a solo ride to process the recent loss of his father; songs you know well from artists you don't. Included: Sarah Collins; Dana Zinni; Diana; Liz Gillies; Sall Shaar; Bea Herrera; Trousdale; Sabrina Weiser; Nora Aunor; Dani Wilde
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Episode 577 - 10-02-2026
Break out the best 'crystal,' it's the BikeRides 15th anniversary and the guys throw down a wild ride to celebrate. Meanwhile, Hank's feud with the riders and listeners continues to heat up. Included: Seraoko; Conscious Trap; Of Monsters & Men; Fleetwood mac; Styx; Connie Talbot; Drive By…
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Episode 576 - 09-25-2026
Dan tries his best to de-escalate a feud Hank recently started with the riders and listeners but Hank seems intent on doubling down and makes fun of Dan's wardrobe in the process. Included: Anna Stine; Manfred Mann; Counting Crows; Cowboy Junkies; Houndmouth; Jefferson Airplane; Chris Cornell; T....
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Episode 575 - 09-11-2026
The guys share a variety of tracks on this week's ride while Hank decides to get a little cocky with the riders and listeners, creating a feud that doesn't yet seem to be settled. Included: Faux Jean; Rodney Crowell; Anouk; Tom Waits; Anouk (again); Leonard Cohan; Larry Grab; Bleachers; Wren; The...
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Episode 574 - 09-04-2026
Dan rides solo for this ride and plays a lot of interesting tracks that lack proper flow, but somehow still connect all the dots. Oh, and Hank has 'Ozzy" dad socks. Hear that story and more. Included: Charley Crockett; Jon Batiste; Lucinda Williams; Earth To Eve; Jonathan Richman; Black Sabbath;...
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Episode 573 - 08-28-2026
It's an anniversary ride of sorts that swirls between serious and ridiculous like a psychedelic lava lamp. And, not many people know this but there are several interesting songs about weed eaters out there just dying to be heard. Included: Jimmy Ferras; Zoh Amba; House Plants; That Mexican OT…
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Episode 572 - 08-14-2026
Keep your shirts on folks, Hank joins Dan for a 12 song ride and tells a story about how he acquired a brand new nickname on a family vacation. Included: Mark G. Davis; Wren; The Chicks; Jade Bird; Jillian Ray; Warren Zevon; The Killers; Silver Jews; Bill Miller; Billy Bragg; The Linda Lindas x2
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Episode 571 - 08-07-2026
Dan tries to bring the BikeRides Show into relevancy by playing 30 minutes of new music, then follows that up with another irrelevant half-hour of music - baby steps, right? Included: The Sugar Cubes; Courtney Barnett x 2; Kevin Morby x 2; Allison Russell x2; Jorma Kaukonen; Bleachers; Glen...
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Episode 570 - 07-24-2026
Get ready for a long ride with enough people to populate an entire mid-sized city on wheels, it's RAGBRA 2026! Team Strange Brew is the Bike Rides programmer for the day, and did these wild and hearty riders ever pick an amazing soundtrack for the occasion. Included: Waylon Jennings; Waylon...
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Episode 569 - 07-17-2026
It's Hank's 92nd birthday show and he doesn't sound a day over 70! Hank decides to spread the "love" this week, playing all love related songs on his new mixer this week. Included: Kerry Lasch; The Flower Kings; Jewels & The Polar Bears; George Michael and Queen; Jason Molina; Ten Years After…
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Episode 568 - 06-12-2026
June is PRIDE month so Dan throws down a PRIDE related ride. It's only songs with 'pride' in the title, lyrics and/or as artist, and a surprisingly good mix comes out of it all. Included: The Bicycles; The Black Crows (shhhhhhh.......it); Bamboo; Robert Palmer; Tessa Belifante; George Michael…
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Episode 567 - 06-05-2026
It's a rando June ride this week as Dan serves up a sweet soundtrack for your listening pleasure. Included: Linda Rondstadt; Doug McCloud; Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia; Xavier Rudd; Jorma Kaukonen; Low; Courtney Barnett; Cleo Reed; Miriam Mandipira & Soul Family
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Episode 566 - 05-29-2026
Dan takes a contemplative turn and it's reflected in the music. Included: Bruce Cockburn; Ren; Dawes; Carsie Blanton; Superorganism; J'EM Improv; Kim Karnes; Natalie Merchant/David Byrne; The Onious Monk Septet
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Episode 565 - 05-22-2026
Hank and Dan both leave the state, but only one returns in time for the show, and the other may never return. Listen as Dan recalls his recent biking/graduation trip to Sioux Falls and enjoy an entire playlist inspired by the Queen City. Included: The Bare Naked Ladies; Delbert Black Horse &…
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Episode 564 - 05-08-2026
Shine those shoes and manicure your phalanges before sliding into your white silk gloves, it's a ballroom dance like you've never heard, as the guys skid their bikes across the granite floor to a variety of fine dance songs. Included: Tia Carrere; The Carter Family; Hank Snow; Ella Fitzgerald;...
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Episode 563 - 04-24-2026
It's Spring Pledge Drive and the guys go live in what turns out to be a bit of a bumpy ride, technically speaking. But (spoiler alert) everything works out in the end when a matching grant from Key City Bikes is met and then surpassed. Included: Prince; Bee Balm Fields; The Belfast Cowboys; Sting...
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Episode 562 - 04-17-2026
Random is not a strong enough word to describe this week's ride that uses the whole trail and occasionally leaves it. Included: The Grateful Cat; Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies; Kevin Ayers; Kasey Chambers; Gorillas (featuring The Sparks); Charlie Chaplin Featuring Bob Dylan; White Stripes;...
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Episode 561 - 04-03-2026
Local independent musician AND fellow KMSU Radio host/volunteer, Ben Scruggs joins Hank and Dan for conversation and songs from his new album 'Heart River.' Also: Geese; X
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Episode 560 - 03-20-2026
From murder ballads to hard rock to lesbian bars, this ride is all over the road in more ways than one. Included: Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine; Doug MacLeod; Grant Lee Buffalo; Emmy Lou Harris; Marianne Faithful; Jonathon Richman; Sunny Bill Glover; Crooked Fingers; Sparks;...
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Episode 559 - 03-13-2026
Dan rides solo and anyone who wasn't nuts before certainly will be after this ride, especially the leader. Included: Debbie Harry; Bob Dylan; LP & Waddy Wachtel; Dead Man Winter; Brandi Carlile; Penny Pearce; Rusty Cage; Charlie Parr; Blind Melon; Taylor Goyette; Carol Channing; Screaming Queens...
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Episode 558 - 03-06-2026
Charlie Parr make his FIFTH in-studio appearance for an exclusive interview and performance like none you've ever heard! Hang on to your handlebars folks, this ride quickly leaves the comfort of the paved trail for the weeds and stays bumpy the rest of the way. Despite Dan making a critical and...
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Episode 557 - 02-06-2026
It's Dan and Hank navigating through a myriad of interesting genres and eras that make for a flowey ride this week. Included: Bill Callahan; Geese; Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Magnolia Electric Company/Scout Niblett; Big Thief; Greg Brown; Carol King; Jade Bird; Tracy Chapman with The Muppets
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Episode 556 - 01-30-2026
Minneapolis loves bike rides and Bike Rides loves Minneapolis. Hank and Dan serve up a proper salute to the hearty city and shining state following one of the most difficult weeks in their collective histories. Included: Northern Lights; Greg Bikowski; Marc Skjervem; Wren; Chad Elliot; Billy…
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Episode 555 - 01-23-2026
It's a REALLY different ride this week as A.I. takes over and replaces Hank and Dan with A.I. bots in an extreme cost saving measure. Songs about technology (NOT 'techno', there's a difference) all hour. Included: Tino Drima; Alec Sullivan; Janelle; Troldhaugen; Bright Eyes; Tenacious D; Rush…
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Episode 554 - 01-09-2026
LOL, it's the annual Facebook Friends Ride and hopefully it's worth a share or two. Dan throws out a playlist request to all 780 of his FB friends on a cold and lonely Friday night in January and gets some great songs and a little love in return. Included: John Mellencamp; Santo & Johnny; James...
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Episode 553 - 12-26-2025
It's the obligatory New Year's show as the guys parlay a darker playlist that reflects their golden expectations for 2026. Included: Small Hoop; Mary Chapin Carpenter; Joe Purdy; Onety-One; Ricki Lee Jones; Otis Redding; Carla Thomas; Scrawl; Ray Wily Hubbard; Counting Crows; Bad Moves; Dan...
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Episode 552 - 12-19-2025
If you're looking for a true seasonally inspired radio show featuring all the greatest hits this ain't it, 'Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer' lives to infinity elsewhere on your radio dial. Inspired by all the darkness a double tap from the winter solstice and human injustice can bring; it's…
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Episode 551 - 12-12-2025
This annual 4th of July in December ride always confuses the unfamiliar listeners. Tough $-h-*-T. Included; Joni Mitchell; Joe Purdy; Joe Purdy (again); Jeff Tweedy; Boy Genius; Iron and Wine; Elvis Costello; Attila Domos; Joni Mitchell (again)
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Episode 550 - 11-28-2025
Put your hood up, sunglasses on and get yourself to the darkest corner of your basement to mount the steep slide toward the colorless abyss of the solstice. It's BikeRides live, 15th annual longest-ride-of-the-year, black Friday special. Lite up, it's going to be an interesting ride. Included…
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Episode 549 - 11-07-2025
Hank's got dog problems so Dan had to fill the void, even playing one song twice just to make it happen. I wonder if there are any messages in the music. Included: Paul McCartney; Counting Crows; Margo Clicker; Palmyra; Amanda Shires; Dutch Interior; Charlie Parr; Lucinda Williams; Drew Peterson;...
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Episode 548 - 10-31-2025
It's the last day of the fall pledge drive at KSMQ, AND it's HALLOWEEN! Nothing but spirited music and a couple pledge reminders this week as another October pledge drive winds down on the Bike Rides Radio Show. Featured: Beat'n Awake; Siouxsie and the Banshees; Misfits; Kids on Bikes; Ryan…
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Episode 547 - 10-24-2025
It's the Fall Pledge Drive at KSMQ and Dan plays the sympathy card for pledges. Included: Fat's Domino; Devo(x6); Dan Fogelberg
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Episode 546 - 10-10-2025
Nothing to see here but your average bike riding radio show, you've heard one, you've heard them all. Included: Harry Styles; Tom Waits; Michael McLean/John Batdorf; Neko Case; Father John Misty; Allison Russell; Courtney Barnett; Joe Pug; Jack Savoretti; Sinead O'Connor
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Episode 545 - 10-03-2025
Hank joins Dan to celebrate the ivory anniversary of all this nonesense known in dark circles as the BikeRides Radio Show. Included: The Box and Banjo Band; Dylan Hughs; Jordan Patterson; My Morning Jacket; Eric Balkey; Jon Bon Jovi/Bruce Springsteen; The Gaslight Anthem; Tibetan Pop Stars; Drop...
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Episode 544 - 09-19-2025
Dan's back from his solo vacation for another solo ride this week, as he describes a solo ride he took at Cuyuna Lakes, buy himself. Included: Ron Gallo; George Winston; Rush; Mark Knopfler; Neko Case; Frike; Tom Waits; The Silos; Courtney Barnett
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Episode 543 - 09-05-2025
It's a very special ride this week as the audience of AMPERS sister station KAXE joins the KMSU riders and listeners to celebrate the music of Grand Rapids Riverfest, on September 6th. Included: Alan Sparhawk,; Trampled by Turtles; Charlie Parr, Emily Parr; Jeremie Albino; Margo Price; Billy...
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Episode 542 - 08-29-2025
What starts as an innocent ride finds the guys stripped to the skivvies by the end; listen and find out how it got there. Included: Brett Horton; Wilco; Joe Purdy; Mildred Bailey; Renaissance; Noah Cyrus, ft. Bill Callahan; Steve Miller Band; Soccer Mommy; Wilco (again); The Brambel Patch; Jezus...
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Episode 541 - 08-15-2025
Hank and Dan present another wide array of genre bending music, only fit for consumption by the deepest musical palette, even when that palette shows up in the form of a frog at the studio window. Included: Bicycle; David Bromberg; Black Rebel; Big Thief; Angel Olsen; Lucinda Williams; Charley...
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Episode 540 - 08-08-2025
If you're one of those nocturnal freaks who doesn't finish a bike ride when the sun goes down, but begins one, this NIGHT-ride is for you. Featured: Front Street Remix; Dolly Pardon ft. Chris Stapleton; Charlie Crockett; Lucinda Williams; Ricky Lee Jones; Amos Lee; Some Nights Live on Forever…
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Episode 539 - 08-01-2025
Nothing funny about this week's ride, as the guys give voice to the victims of sexual assault. Featured: Kids on a Bike; Alanis Morissette; Taylor Swift; Lady Gaga; Ani Difranco; Fletcher; James McMurtry; HELL YEAH; Motorhead; Billy Morrison
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Episode 538 - 07-18-2025
Hank joins Dan for a tandem summer ride and they share a story about a bike crash Hank and his wife had recently. Included: Runner; Felice Brothers; Peter Mulvey; James McMurtry; Lana Del Ray, Feat Faher John Misty; Tegan and Sara; Bill Callahan with a host of others; Bright Eyes; Jack Savoriti;...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Bike Rides Radio Show is a weekly, one hour, locally produced variety program that airs on KMSU independent public radio in Mankato, Minnesota. Bike Rides is at times whimsical and other times sharp, featuring music and conversation that flows together nicely like a summer bicycle ride through the countryside.
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Dan Urlick
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The Bike Rides Radio Show is a weekly, one hour, locally produced variety program that airs on KMSU independent public radio in Mankato, Minnesota. Bike Rides is at times whimsical and other times sharp, featuring music and conversation that flows together nicely like a summer bicycle ride through...
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