The Roadhouse

A new study shows that skylights, in addition to being aesthetically pleasing, could be a great source of sustainable heat energy for buildings.  Dave spoke with building scientist Alexandra Rempel and Earth scientist Alan Rempel, co-leaders of a study at the University of Oregon that focuses on passive solar heating.

Additional resources on passive solar heating here.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Jon Turk, scientist, author, and National Geographic award-winning explorer, is the featured speaker at North House Folk School’s Winterers Gathering this coming weekend. He’ll be outside on the North House commons Saturday, Nov. 20 at 7:00 p.m., weather permitting, or if not, will present via Zoom. He recently joined Julie to give us a preview of what he'll talk about at the Winterers Gathering.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

As we near the winter season, we thought we’d check in with Jayson Hron of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority. Jayson is the communications and marketing director there and he joined Dave on The Roadhouse.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

You likely know Paul Huttner as the chief meteorologist at MPR, but did you know he’s also a songwriter and musician? And he’s recently released an album called “Sunset Paradise” on Bandcamp. Paul joined Julie and Dave to tell us more about the album.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

There’s a shortage of blood right now, and more people are needed to step up and give.  Julie spoke with Kara Gavin, lead public relations rep at the University of Michigan academic medical center.  Kara has given 5 gallons so far and shared some of her firsthand knowledge of donating blood. 

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Astronomers have found evidence for a new planet in a galaxy called Whirlpool, 28 million light-years away from Earth.  Dave spoke with Bob King, author of the Astrobob blog. about this new discovery and other things currently happening in our night sky.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Why do we stay up later than we should, doing things like watching Netflix or looking at Facebook, when we KNOW we’ll be sorry in the morning? Julie spoke with University of Florida doctoral student in psychology Yijun Lin, who is looking at why this is.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Since the membership drive theme is Highway 61, we thought we’d take a historical look at the highway and things related to it.  Julie spoke with Patrick Coleman, former acquisitions librarian at the Minnesota Historical Society, about some of the history of Highway 61 and the arrowhead region 

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

We were surprised to learn recently that we are not the first radio station named WTIP! Brian spoke with Greg Shock from West Virginia who worked at a different WTIP some 40 years ago. 

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

The Jason Fladager Trio joined Brian and Dave in the WTIP CD Library ahead of weekend of gigs at the Gunflint Taven.

WTIP's The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.