The Roadhouse

What do you do when you’re in a bad mood—have a piece of chocolate, maybe, or a glass of wine?

Psychology professor Douglas Gentile suggests that maybe the best thing you can do for yourself is to wish others well.  Professor Gentile is an award-winning research scientist, educator, author, and is professor of developmental psychology at Iowa State
University.  He joined The Roadhouse to tell us about his recent study.

It's just about the prime season for steelhead fishing on the North Shore.  DNR Lake Superior Area Fisheries Supervisor Cory Goldsworthy joined The Roadhouse to tell us all about this species of fish.  

Mahtowa musician Colleen Myhre joins Tony Peterson of The Social Animals for a performance on The Roadhouse.  Colleen also gives us a preview of her upcoming album.

The Minnesota Twins' season is finally underway.  If you've watched any of their games so far, you may have noticed Target Field has a new, greener look this year.  Twins' Communication Manager Matt Hodson joined us on The Roadhouse to tell us about all the changes.

Image from Minnesota Twins

It's the busy time of year for traveling and often that means flying.  Recently, the option to purchase a carbon offset for your flight is becoming popular.  University of Montana philosophy professor and author Christopher Preston joined The Roadhouse to tell us more about carbon offsets, and whether it's worth purchasing. 

Christopher article mentioned in the interview can be found here.

Jon Kallberg stopped by The Roadhouse with a new guitar to play some of his music for us.  Jon also chatted with Dave about the various inspirations for his music and more.

Brian talked with Paul Huttner, MPR meteorologist, about the recent spring-like conditions, wacky weather terminology, and more. 

On March 11, climbers Lonnie Dupre of Grand Marais and Pascale Marceau of Canmore, Alberta, reached the summit of Mt. Wood despite wind chills of -45.  Mt. Wood is located in the Saint Elias Mountains of Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon, Canada, and is Canada's sixth highest peak at 15,912 feet.  Marceau is now the first known woman to summit a major subarctic peak in winter.

Dupre and Marceau joined The Roadhouse to tell us about their accomplishment and the eventful two days leading up to reaching the summit.
 

Jim McGowan stopped by the Roadhouse over St. Patrick's Day weekend.  He spoke with hosts Dave and Ann about what his plans for the weekend were, as well as play a few Irish songs for us.

The 10th Fingerstyle Master Weekend will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 19 and 20 at Cascade Lodge.  The event features Phil Heywood, Randy Sabien, and Gordon Thorne.  

Friday night there will be pub session with Randy and Gordon.  On Saturday there are multiple guitar workshops, one at 10 am with Gordon, and one at 1 pm with Phil.  There will also be a fiddle workshop with Randy on Saturday.  Also on Saturday, there will be a concert at 7:30 pm.

Gordon Thorne stopped by the Roadhouse to chat with Ann and Dave about the upcoming weekend, and of course, play a few songs while in the studio.