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Pressroom Podcast
by Forum Communications Co.
Tune in every Wednesday to hear Duluth News Tribune reporters Brady Slater, Christa Lawler and Tom Olsen talk with local guests about music, shipwrecks, giant ducks, politics, food and more.
Episodes
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Duluth News Tribune Minute launches in February
Duluth News Tribune readers will now be able to hear the top stories of the day in a quick, easy-to-follow podcast. The "Duluth News Tribune Minute" will feature the most important news from around the Northland, including weather and sports, every weekday morning. Brought to you by the reporters...
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Listen to this: New podcast by the Duluth News Tribune
Hey Pressroom Podcast listeners. No, we aren't back with new episodes. Sorry. But we do want to let you know about a new podcast produced by the Duluth News Tribune that you might be interested in. One hundred years ago, on June 15, 1920, three black circus workers, Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson…
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Non-episode: Be back soon
The bad news: We're going on hiatus. The good news: We will be back later this year with even more things Duluth. In the meantime, if you have suggestions for guests, topics or just want to say hello, you can reach us at [email protected]. Thanks for listening and we will be back soon.
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Episode 188: Farming in the Northland with Heather-Marie Bloom
She's been coined the "landless farmer." Heather-Marie Bloom never set out to be a farmer, but after taking a farming course and leasing some land in Esko in 2011 she was hooked. She now operates Rising Phoenix Community Farm, a CSA (community supported agriculture) south of Floodwood where she...
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Episode 187: Analyzing politics with UMD's Cynthia Rugeley
This week we are joined by a Texas native who has quickly become a go-to political authority for Northland media when it comes to analyzing national politics. University of Minnesota Duluth political science professor, and former journalist, Cynthia Rugeley (rhymes with hugely) discusses Sen. Amy...
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Episode 186: Breaking down patterns of violence with writer Chris Godsey
This week we have with us a writer who caught a wide audience with his recent Saturday Essay "Why Some Men Kill Women" on Perfect Duluth Day. After a Duluth man was charged with fatally stabbing his wife not too far away from his home, Chris Godesy felt compelled to share his experiences and...
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Episode 185: Basically improv with Duluth Huskies broadcast interns
This week a pair of radio broadcasters whose voices have become a regular part of Duluth summers stop by the newsroom. Duluth Huskies summer broadcast interns Eric Moon and Andrew Murphy, as heard on 92.1 The Fan, share how they got here, what they like best about Duluth and Wade Stadium, and…
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Episode 184: Lining up summer entertainment with the DECC's Jeff Stark
Summer is just ramping up in Duluth and with that comes a full lineup of outdoor concerts at Bayfront Festival Park. This week, Jeff Stark, head of DECC venue operations, joins us to talk about what goes into booking big names and big community events at the waterfront park overlooking the Aerial...
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Episode 183: Supporting women in leadership with Beth Olson
Being the only woman on the St. Louis County Board can be a "lonely" job. This week County Commissioner Beth Olson, representative for West Duluth, shares what made her decide to run for a position that is predominantly male across the state of Minnesota. She shares how she is supporting other...
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Episode 182: Winning the first Grandma's Marathon with Wendy Cregg
In the summer of 1977, an 18-year-old girl from the Iron Range who just wanted to see if she could run a marathon became the first woman to cross the finish line of a now iconic race. On this week's episode, Wendy (Hovland) Cregg, the first Grandma's Marathon female champion, shares what it was...
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Episode 181: A cup of joe with Duluth City Councilor Noah Hobbs
He's on cup 75 out of 100 and still going strong, just like he takes his coffee. Last fall, Duluth City Council President Noah Hobbs started his effort to sit down and drink 100 cups of coffee with citizens of Duluth. On this week's episode he shares his tales from the coffee shop, of which he's...
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Episode 180: Tearing it up during wedding season with photographer Derek Montgomery
Wedding season is upon us and this week we have a Duluth photographer who takes wedding portraits to the next level. Derek Montgomery has been known to summon the northern lights and conjure up lightning for priceless photos in his clients wedding albums, but he also has a keen photographic eye...
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Episode 179: What makes a good movie with local filmmakers Matt Dressel and Mike Scholtz
This week we have with us two movie-minded guys — both filmmakers, film consumers, film curators — Matthew Dressel, a screenplay writer who has taken the lead on this year's Duluth Superior Film Fest, and Mike Scholtz, a documentary filmmaker whose "Riplist" will open this year's festival. We…
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Episode 178: Exploring the outdoors with John Myers
It's not the "hook and bullet" crowd it once was, says this week's guest News Tribune outdoors reporter John Myers about the outdoor scene in northern Minnesota. While he is still out there writing stories about fishing openers and deer camp, in the first 53 weeks in his new position at the paper...
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Episode 177: Creating the Smelt Queen with artist Jim Ouray
"A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men," recites this week's guest Jim Ouray. The artist behind one of Duluth's quirkiest events, the Smelt Parade, Ouray joins us on the podcast this week to tell us more about how the event got started, smelting and his background in…
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Episode 176: How to Homegrown with The Current's Brittany Lind
This week Brittany Lind, creator of Ellipsis Duluth on Twitter and host of The Duluth Local Show on Minnesota Public Radio's The Current, joins the podcast to share how she takes on Homegrown Music Festival, which is happening right now. Not a musician herself, unless you count playing the bass...
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Episode 175: Saying goodbye to the newsroom with Edward Moody
This week we have with us one of Duluth's top free agents and a trusted source in a rich history of well-regarded television news anchors who worked in Duluth. Edward Moody, former news anchor at CBS 3 Duluth, has been out of the business for a month now but he is still in the area and he's still...
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Episode 174: Vignettes of life as an actor with Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Joel McKinnon Miller
Opera, UMD, Sammy's Pizza, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", eating lunch with Bill Paxton, there's not much we didn't talk about during this week's episode with actor Joel McKinnon Miller. McKinnon Miller, who stars as detective Norm Scully on the NBC sitcom and visits Duluth fairly regularly, shares…
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Episode 173: The retired life with Sam Cook
It's been about a year since he retired from a long career as the News Tribune's outdoors reporter. This week, we catch up with Sam Cook to see if he set a new record of nights slept on the ground. Cook, who still writes a weekly column for the paper, fills us in on his retirement adventures…
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Episode 172: Bulldogs head to third consecutive NCAA Frozen Four
Hockey continues into April. For the third year in a row. This week it's a crossover episode between the News Tribune's two podcasts. Sports reporter Matt Wellens, host of the Bulldogs Insider Podcast, joins fellow reporters Christa Lawler and Brady Slater along with KDAL radio guest Bruce Ciskie...
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Episode 171: Forecasting the Northland with WDIO meteorologist Justin Liles
We blame him when we get dumped on with snow and call him a liar when it rains when he said it would be sunny. But that's what comes with the job title says WDIO chief meteorologist Justin Liles. He's been forecasting the Northland for 14 years and he's learned a thing or two along the way, like...
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Episode 170 : Rescuing St. Louis County with Captain Rick Slatten
In 2018, the St. Louis County Rescue Squad responded to over 400 emergency calls, 73 of which were missing persons cases. "It's very easy to get lost," said this week's guest, Captain Rick Slatten, about St. Louis County. Slatten leads the 66-person volunteer squad made up of engineers, OR docs,...
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Episode 169: Exploring opinions with Mayor Emily Larson
"We are all just people," says our guest Duluth Mayor Emily Larson on this week's episode. It's a theme she keeps referring to when talking about people's opinions about the city's search for a new flag, or their opinions about women in leadership roles, or their opinions with her end of year...
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Episode 168: 'There is an issue here' with opioid technician Jessica McCarthy
When she first moved to the Twin Ports, Jessica McCarthy said it was really easy to find drugs. All she had to do was one loop around town and in about a half an hour she had access to opioids. Now the opioid technician with the Duluth Police Department, McCarthy is tasked with getting overdose...
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Episode 167 - Bare bottoms in Lake Superior
This week we have with us two winter enthusiasts unafraid to take a dip in Lake Superior — even if it means cutting through the ice. Rich Narum and Troy Rogers take a leap into the big lake once a month no matter how cold the temperature. Partaking in this ritual since 1995, Narum is a veteran...
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Episode 166- Actual life with Actual Wolf
Back in town after living in California for awhile, Actual Wolf, aka Eric Pollard, stops by the podcast this week to talk about his new music and a wide array of other topics. The new dad and regular sauna goer offers sound parenting advice ("just keep 'em alive and be nice"), the theory of...
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Episode 165: Falling in love with the port with Adele Yorde
She's been teaching us about the port for the better part of a decade. This week, Adele Yorde, recently retired marketing specialist with the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, gives us an inside look at the port and the people who work on the vessels and on the docks. Not knowing much about the...
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Episode 164: 'Living in awe' with Fulbright Scholar Jocelyn Pihlaja
This week's guest calls her recent teaching experience "faith restoring" and a good reminder that "innocence still exists." Back from a five month stint in Belarus, Fulbright Scholar and Lake Superior College English teacher Jocelyn Pihlaja shares her experience with us. From starting a lending...
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Episode 163: Embracing the underdog story with Olympic gold medalist John Shuster
It's been almost a year since his team took home the gold in South Korea. This week we catch up with Olympic curler John Shuster to hear how his life has changed since his team embraced their underdog story, took out the competition and climbed to the top of the podium. The Chisholm native tells…
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Episode 162 - Winter camping in the BWCAW
Find firewood, carry firewood back to camp, split said firewood, place firewood in stove. Repeat. Sounds like a lot of work, but for those who enjoy winter camping it's all part of the experience. This week we are joined by Molly and Shannon Solberg of Duluth who started winter camping years ago…
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Episode 161 - Goals, not resolutions, with trainer Jessica Rossing
If you want to hang out with Jessica Rossing you better be up for something active. The seven-time amateur Team USA triathlete turned boutique fitness studio owner did something she doesn't normally do. She sat. She sat down with us this week to help us focus in on our fitness goals for 2019....
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Episode 160: Heating things up with Duluth's first mobile sauna
No matter how you pronounce it, northern Minnesotans love their saunas. But if you don't have one in your basement or at your cabin then you might be missing out on the Finnish steam bath. Until now. This week on the podcast we meet Whitney and Kelby Sundquist, who own Duluth's new portable sauna...
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Happy New Year
We are taking a quick break, but we will be back next week with some hot new content.
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Episode 159 - Top stories of 2018
A presidential visit, a giant refinery fire, bringing home Olympic gold, winning national titles, an historic theater reopening. The list goes on and on. 2018 was a very newsy year. This week we discuss those top stories, how they were covered, and how they affected our readers with News Tribune...
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Episode 158- Behind the lyrics with Rachael Kilgour
This week we are catching up with a Pressroom Podcast veteran. Duluth musician Rachael Kilgour's new song, "Holy Are We," recently attracted the attention of Rolling Stone magazine. They may have spelled her name incorrectly and used the same word twice in one sentence, but Kilgour says she is...
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Episode 157: Taking to the skies with Whitney Horky
This week we talk with an adventurer who recently drove more than 6,000 miles in 28 days visiting 14 states and flying in 11 of them. Whitney Horky is a paramotorer — she tours the sky from something she has described as a "glorified lawn mower and a bedsheet." When she found herself "less…
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Episode 156 - Day trippin' with Jake Boyce
Whether you paddle, pole, pedal or plod (that's hiking), Jake Boyce and his team of adventurers has you covered. Boyce, co-owner of Day Tripper of Duluth, has turned the North Shore into his playground and takes the public along for the ride. But it's his love of surfing on Lake Superior that he...
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Episode 155: After 39 years, photographer Bob King retires from the News Tribune
Whether you know him as Bob King or Astro Bob, everyone's favorite photographer is retiring in December after a 39 year career at the Duluth News Tribune. Bob tells us how a guy from Illinois with a German major got into photography. He shares some of his favorite assignments and the great…
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Episode 154: Ask a trooper with Sgt. Neil Dickenson
Zipper merge, window tint, dogs in laps, feet on the dashboard, quotas and much more. Sgt. Neil Dickenson stops by the podcast and answers your traffic questions. The face of the Minnesota State Patrol and one of our most read columnists, Dickenson answers your pressing questions and shares…
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Episode 153: Handcrafting community with Duluth Folk School's Bryan French
The Duluth Folk School is now your one-stop shop for learning how to sharpen your chainsaw, making your own foraged tea, decorating an egg Ukrainian style, and grabbing a cup of coffee and a bite to eat at the new Dovetail Cafe and Marketplace. Director and co-founder Bryan French tells us how…
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Episode 152: Telling the story of the Iron Range with Aaron Brown
This week's guest is "vaguely well-known in a small part of the country." His words not ours. On a visit to the big city Aaron Brown, voice of the Iron Range with his blog Minnesota Brown, talks with us about his journalism background, national media descending upon the Range during the political...
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Episode 151 - Building that "zero waste muscle" with April Hepokoski
During the month of September our guest created only a mason jar full of garbage. And it took her six days to make any trash at all. April Hepokoski, the mind behind the Zero Waste Duluth Facebook page, shares how her journey to sustainability began, what first steps she made in eliminating...
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Episode 150 - Duluth news anchor Dan Hanger tells all. Seriously.
This week we have with us a famous face from Fox 21 News who recently landed in front of a national audience on NBC. Anchor Dan Hanger was involved with a moment of awkward banter during a newscast that caught the attention of Jimmy Fallon. We talk about that moment, but that's just the tip of…
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Episode 149 - Making it as a full-time artist
To some she is known as "the sticker artist," but local watercolor artist Sam Nielson is much more than that. After successfully starting her business and selling her art on Etsy.com, Nielson decided to become a full-time artist last spring. This week, Nielson shares what Duluth scenes inspire…
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Episode 148: Twin Ports Tonight with Andrew Kirov
This week we have with us a natural-born talk show host who has been interviewing people in front of a live studio audience since he was in high school. Recently, WDSE has picked up his show "Twin Ports Tonight." Andrew Kirov talks the writing process, pitching sketch ideas, what's funny and how…
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Episode 147: Duluth artist Adam Swanson blends science and art
One of Duluth's most visible - and busiest - artists Adam Swanson recently returned from an artist residency aboard the research vessel Falkor, where he captured images of science with art. Swanson, who recently finished a giant owl mural in Duluth's Lincoln Park neighborhood, joins Christa…
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Episode 146 - Experiencing Duluth's dark history
It's not all ghosts and goblins, Duluth has a dark history all its own without needing to dive into stories of paranormal hauntings. Although those stories have their place, too. During the month of October, The Duluth Experience offers a Dark History tour which explores the city's lesser-known...
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Episode 145 - On tap with Duluth Cider
Jake and Valerie Scott discovered the craft cider scene while living out east, and decided to bring it back to Duluth - where both graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth. Before venturing into the cider business, the couple always enjoyed making beer together, they even made their own...
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Episode 144 - Femn Fest returns to Duluth
Abigail Mlinar and Melissa LaTour, two of the people involved with creating Femn Fest, join us this week to discuss feminism - what common misconceptions people have about feminists - and what they have in store for year two of the festival. Billed as "an unapologetically feminist festival," the...
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Episode 143- Conquering the Tour Divide with Alexandera Houchin
This week we have with us Alexandera Houchin who, in early July, was the female winner of the 2,745 mile Tour Divide - a bike race from Banff, Alberta, to the Mexican border. Alexandera, a senior at the University of Minnesota Duluth, tells us about the grueling race, which she completed in 23…
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