Minnesota Medleys
Hey, there! Welcome to Minnesota Medleys - the podcast that is BY Minnesotans, and FOR Minnesotans (okay, other folks, too, but wipe your feet before you come in)! From Apple Orchards to Zoos, from Ada to Zumbrota, and everything and everywhere in between, our topic is the great State of Minnesota and everything we love about it! You can look forward to interviews with some pretty famous folks and some not-so-famous folks. You’ll want to listen to the live podcasts, too - anything can happen! Your podcast hosts are Jess and Travis - both were born and raised in Minnesota. Sure, they tried living in other states way back when, but the beauty, the seasons, the lakes, the people, and their families were the perfect reasons to return home. If you love Minnesota, you are in the right place. We’re gonna have some fun here so get ready to celebrate Minnesota with us! You’re home!
Episodes
Enjoy this episode as we interview Minnesota author, Candace Simar. She writes historical fiction that will draw you in and immerse you in these wonderful stories!
In this episode, we recall our first 22 episodes and we express our gratitude for everyone involved in making them fun and memorable! Thanks, everyone!
Did you know that the vast majority of Northern Minnesota is under one area code? Did you know that the area code is 218? Did you know that there is a weekend-long event that celebrates all that's great about that entire area? Well, have we got a great episode for you! Check it out!
In this episode, we are talking with two experts in their respective festivals! We've got all the info on the Frozen River Film Festival and the Winona Ice (climbing) Festival! February in Winona is an exciting time with these two unique events. Check it out!
Our great state has more fun, interesting, exciting, amazing things to do and see than you can shake a pronto pup at, and our guest on this episode, Julie Jo Larson, can help you narrow it down to one or two (or two hundred) ideas for something to do! She's got 2 great guidebooks for your next Minnesota adventure! Check it, and them, out!
This 'little town on the lake' in southwestern Minnesota epitomizes what a charming, family-oriented, know-your-neighbors small town can be! You'll want to visit this great town after you hear what it has to offer! Welcome to our episode, Minnesota Towns: Hendricks!
If you're going to live in Minnesota, you better have some ideas for enjoyable Winter activities! On this episode, we talk about what we enjoy doing through the dark, cold months...many things we enjoy take us right out into the cold! Why not? We're Minnesotans!
There's something special about a Minnesota Christmas - the music, the cookies, the cold weather, the snow, and of course, family. Join us as we talk about Christmas past, present, and future! We'll play a little music for ya', too! Merry Christmas, everyone!
Minnesota is full of talented people, and among those talented folks are some amazing authors. We had the privilege of talking to one of them for this special episode. Don Carr was our guest and he will be a favorite author of yours soon! You'll see why with this great interview. Enjoy!
Up in Brainerd you'll find a resort that has it all! It's Cragun's Resort on Gull Lake! We aren't kidding - they have it all! We're in conversation with their General Manager, Eric Peterson, and he'll tell you all about it. Enjoy!
Here's another great town in Minnesota - Marshall! Great festivals, vibrant downtown, exciting restaurants, and so much more down there in the Southwest corner of this great state! Check it out and get your bags packed - we're going to Marshall!
Check out this scary episode in which we chat with members of the Twin Cities Paranormal Society - the oldest paranormal investigative organization in the state of Minnesota! Enjoy!
Get ready for a scary good time with us as we interview Justin, a member of Johnsdale Paranormal Group. He shares some personal paranormal experiences and educates us on what it takes to get involved in this very unique (and creepy) profession. Enjoy (at your own risk)!
Lights, camera, oh sher you betcha'! It's movie time on Minnesota Medleys! There sure have been a ton of movies filmed in Minnesota! We're talking about some of our favorites and we're saying "never heard of that one" quite a bit, too. How many do you recognize? How many have you seen? Join us as we talk cinema in the great state of Minnesota!
Welcome to another Minnesota Medleys episode from our ongoing, periodic series, Minnesota Towns! Winona is our focus on this episode, and we imagine you are going to fall in love with this amazing town!
You know that it goes Duck, Duck, GREY DUCK, right? Of course you do - AND it's SO Minnesotan! We've compiled some words, terms, and phrases that, if you hear them, you'll KNOW you're in Minnesota! Enjoy!
We're going to be featuring resorts around Minnesota from time to time, and we're kicking it off with a very popular North Shore destination - Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts! This gorgeous spot for a get-away has it all! We've included an interview with a very special Bluefin "insider", too! Enjoy!
You know what a Minnesota Goodbye is. You cannot live in Minnesota and have not partaken in one! Minnesota Goodbyes are a long-standing tradition and on this episode, they're another thing we're celebrating about Minnesota!
Minnesota Medleys is happy to present the first of an ongoing, intermittently published series, "Towns of Minnesota"! This great state is full of amazing towns and we're starting with our hometown, Stillwater! Enjoy!
What do you love about Summers in Minnesota? Everything? We do, too! Spending time at The Lake, golfing, camping, going to local festivals, fishing....just being outdoors! It's Summer in Minnesota, and we love it!
Popular Podcasts
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
The Burden is a documentary series that takes listeners into the hidden places where justice is done (and undone). It dives deep into the lives of heroes and villains. And it focuses a spotlight on those who triumph even when the odds are against them. Season 5 - The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another young man admitted to the murder, and David breathed a sigh of relief, until the confessed murderer fingered David; “He paid me to do it.” David was sentenced to life without parole. Two decades later, Pulitzer winner and podcast host, Maggie Freleng (Bone Valley Season 3: Graves County, Wrongful Conviction, Suave) launched a “live” investigation into David's conviction alongside Jason Baldwin (himself wrongfully convicted as a member of the West Memphis Three). Maggie had come to believe that the entire investigation of David was botched by the tiny local police department, or worse, covered up the real killer. Was Maggie correct? Was David’s claim of innocence credible? In Death and Deceit in Alliance, Maggie recounts the case that launched her career, and ultimately, “broke” her.” The results will shock the listener and reduce Maggie to tears and self-doubt. This is not your typical wrongful conviction story. In fact, it turns the genre on its head. It asks the question: What if our champions are foolish? Season 4 - The Burden: Get the Money and Run “Trying to murder my father, this was the thing that put me on the path.” That’s Joe Loya and that path was bank robbery. Bank, bank, bank, bank, bank. In season 4 of The Burden: Get the Money and Run, we hear from Joe who was once the most prolific bank robber in Southern California, and beyond. He used disguises, body doubles, proxies. He leaped over counters, grabbed the money and ran. Even as the FBI was closing in. It was a showdown between a daring bank robber, and a patient FBI agent. Joe was no ordinary bank robber. He was bright, articulate, charismatic, and driven by a dark rage that he summoned up at will. In seven episodes, Joe tells all: the what, the how… and the why. Including why he tried to murder his father. Season 3 - The Burden: Avenger Miriam Lewin is one of Argentina’s leading journalists today. At 19 years old, she was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires for her political activism and thrown into a concentration camp. Thousands of her fellow inmates were executed, tossed alive from a cargo plane into the ocean. Miriam, along with a handful of others, will survive the camp. Then as a journalist, she will wage a decades long campaign to bring her tormentors to justice. Avenger is about one woman’s triumphant battle against unbelievable odds to survive torture, claim justice for the crimes done against her and others like her, and change the future of her country. Season 2 - The Burden: Empire on Blood Empire on Blood is set in the Bronx, NY, in the early 90s, when two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as “The Corner on Blood.” The boss, Calvin Buari, lived large. He and a protege swore they would build an empire on blood. Then the relationship frayed and the protege accused Calvin of a double homicide which he claimed he didn’t do. But did he? Award-winning journalist Steve Fishman spent seven years to answer that question. This is the story of one man’s last chance to overturn his life sentence. He may prevail, but someone’s gotta pay. The Burden: Empire on Blood is the director’s cut of the true crime classic which reached #1 on the charts when it was first released half a dozen years ago. Season 1 - The Burden In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. In a city overrun by violent crime, he cracked the toughest cases and put away the worst criminals. “The Hulk” was his nickname. Then the story changed. Scarcella ran into a group of convicted murderers who all say they are innocent. They turned themselves into jailhouse-lawyers and in prison founded a lway firm. When they realized Scarcella helped put many of them away, they set their sights on taking him down. And with the help of a NY Times reporter they have a chance. For years, Scarcella insisted he did nothing wrong. But that’s all he’d say. Until we tracked Scarcella to a sauna in a Russian bathhouse, where he started to talk..and talk and talk. “The guilty have gone free,” he whispered. And then agreed to take us into the belly of the beast. Welcome to The Burden.
"SmartLess" with Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, & Will Arnett is a podcast that connects and unites people from all walks of life to learn about shared experiences through thoughtful dialogue and organic hilarity. A nice surprise: in each episode of SmartLess, one of the hosts reveals his mystery guest to the other two. What ensues is a genuinely improvised and authentic conversation filled with laughter and newfound knowledge to feed the SmartLess mind. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of SmartLess ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
The World's Most Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club, With DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, And Charlamagne Tha God!