Deep North: Recent Episodes
Steve Ray
From street theatre to fine art, ramen to injera, maple forests to grass that grows right up to the road, the north indeed extends much deeper than commonly known.
This is a show about the nature and culture of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Dispelling the myths of 'Minnesota nice' for the urbane side of cities that the world, country, and even some Minnesotans haven’t experienced. In each episode we explore the food scene, the art scene, the sidewalk scene, meeting the people you’ve never known, standing right outside your door.
Subscribe for Steve Ray updates at https://tinyletter.com/FarmingGod . My great great grandma left the White Earth Reservation in 1915 and our family has never returned. I’m turning 30 and am biking back. Amidst statistical poverty, attacks on Ojibwe culture, and a century of land theft, White Earth, Minnesota is rich in natural beauty and the people carry a truth that they will share if you listen. Donate to Niijii radio here: http://www.niijiiradio.com/ Subscribe for Steve updates at https://tinyletter.com/FarmingGod Thanks to the Ojibwe People’s dictionary for providing the Ojibwe chapter titles. You can look up Ojibwe words and pronunciation here: https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/ Thanks to my grandma, Maggie Rousu, Merlin Deegan, Joe Allen, Father Joe and the White Earth community.
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Within Minneapolis and St. Paul there are 84 neighborhoods. Unique enclaves scattered with shops, parks, museums, and Universities. Boundaries are blurry but when meandering from one to another, distinct identities emerge. On this show, we stroll through one of the 84 neighborhoods that, in its odd uniqueness, represents one of the many eclectic corners of MSP.
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On today's show- the climate controlled hallways that elevate Minneapolis and St. Paul humans to the second floor. The value of these skyways is a contentious issue. Some say they kill street life and hurt small business. Others see the skyways as an asset for less mobile populations, and a comfortable way to get out of the office.
But for this show, we’re going to set the debate aside and take a walk through these elevated hallways. With professional place maker, Max Musicant, we’ll explore how design affects people, how people shape the built environment, and how these spaces foster civic life.
Music by Enjoy the Cat, and Zack Baltich
Interested in experimenting with public design? Try transforming your front yard into a place that makes your community come alive by grabbing the free front yard tool kit from the Musicant group.
Follow @St3veRay and subscribe to the email list to hear about eclectic happenings throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul.
On today's show:
An old factory on the Minneapolis St. Paul border has forgone it’s 20th century widgets for much different wares. Today coffee roasts, beer brews, drills grind, and golf clubs putt. The building’s new tenants embody the potential of creative enterprise and inspire the artist in all of us.
Music by Enjoy the Cat, the Limozine Group, Zack Baltich, and Chad (the Tipsy Kangaroo naughty puppet review keyboardist)
Do you think MN is more than just an uninhabited chunk of land? Leave a review on iTunes and let us know.
Featured in this show:
- Can Can Wonderland
- Vestibule Trailers
- True Stone Coffee roasters
- Naughty Puppet Review
- Creative Enterprise Zone
Follow @St3veRay to hear about eclectic happenings throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul.
In this episode, Jay Walljasper (author of The Great Neighborhood Book) and Alexandra Connett (Minneapolis transplant) make a case for a city beyond cows, cold, and camp snoopy. Before moving to Minneapolis, Alexandra had no expectations for Minnesota, "Everyone was asking me why I was moving to the middle of nowhere." Since arriving, her experience has been much different than she had imagined.
Walljaspersays Alexandra isn't a unique case and that this perception is partially Minnesotans fault. In the age of social media and the brand called you "it's time that MSP set aside its suburban sensibility and proudly say we are a city."
Music by Zack Baltich and intro music by Enjoy the Cat
Click here to learn more about Jay Walljasper
Interested in partnering with Deep North? Email DeepNorthPodcast@gmail.com
It’s cold here. Embracing it instills community in very different ways. In this episode we visit the spaces shifting the paradigm of what it means to gather during winter.
Featured happenings:
- European Christmas Market
- Hmong Village
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Music by Enjoy the Cat, the Limozine Group, Zack Baltich.
Alternative Wednesday morning musing on the street, food, and art scene of MSP.
Featured happenings:
- Southwest Light Rail Line
- The Czech Chef
- Instagram Strategy and the Power of Video
- @FoodstFilms and @EatDrinkDishMPLS
Get exclusive Minneapolis and St. Paul musings by subscribing to the email list at deepnorthpodcast.com. Music in this show is by Anthony Novak, Brian Thavis, Saint John's A.C.R. Male Chorus, and yours truly.
Alternative Wednesday morning musing on the street, food, and art of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Featured happenings:
- Attend Minneapolis 2040 Public Hearing OR Provide Feedback
- Sweet Potato Samosa Purses with Cranberry Chutney
- @St3veRay
- Dan (Chrysler) Smith
Get exclusive Minneapolis and St. Paul musings by subscribing to the email list at deepnorthpodcast.com. Music in this show is by Holy Hive, Anthony Novak, Brian Thavis, and yours truly. Hey search engines- this is a Minnesota podcast (it’s worth a shot right?).
Alternative Wednesday morning musings on the street, food, and art scene of MSP.
Featured happenings:
- Mississippi Bouldering Wall
- Burritos Better Than Chipotle
- Sophia Heymans- Without Us
Get exclusive Minneapolis and St. Paul musings by subscribing to the email list at deepnorthpodcast.com. Music in this show is by Anthony Novak, Brian Thavis, and yours truly. Gold Spam feature by Qubodup.
Alternative Minneapolis and St. Paul musings from the street, food, and art scenes of The Cities
Featured happenings:
- MN Tool Library
- Denny Rain- Pastry Chef
- Michelle Price- The DIY School
Get exclusive Minneapolis and St. Paul musings by subscribing to the email list at deepnorthpodcast.com. Music in this show is by Anthony Novak, Brian Thavis, and yours truly. Thanks to TC Agenda for being a great resource for life in The Cities.
Alternative Wednesday morning musing on the street, food, and art scene of MSP.
Featured happenings:
- Cycles For Change Open Shop
- Lake Monster Bash
- Angela Hed Vincent- Weekly Inbox Art
Get exclusive Minneapolis and St. Paul musings by subscribing to the email list at deepnorthpodcast.com. Music in this show is by Anthony Novak, Brian Thavis, and yours truly.
Alternative Wednesday morning musing on the street, food, and art scene of MSP.
Music in this show is by Anthony Novak, Brian Thavis, and yours truly. Chant vocals by Annie Griffin
Featured happenings:
- St. Anthony Park Community Council
- MN DNR Tree Sale
- John Gagliardi (1926-2018)
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Alternative Wednesday morning musing on the street, food, and art scene of MSP. It's the 1st week of October.
Music in this show is by Anthony Novak, Brian Thavis, and yours truly.
Featured happenings:
- Twin Cities Start Up Week (free ticket)
- Make MN Magazine
- MN Lace Society Monthly Meeting
Get the exclusive news from the street, art, and food scene by subscribing to the email list at deepnorthpodcast.com.
Alternative Wednesday morning musing on the food, art, and streets of MSP. It's the 4th week of September.
Music in this show is by Anthony Novak, Brian Thavis, and yours truly.
Featured happenings:
- Open Streets
- Mildas Cafe
- Dessa at the Loft
Get the exclusive news from the street, art, and food scene by subscribing to the email list at deepnorthpodcast.com.
Alternative musings on the food, art, and streets of MSP. It’s the 3rd week of September. Get the exclusive news from the street, art, and food scene by subscribing to the email list at deepnorthpodcast.com.
Music in this show is by Anthony Novak, Brian Thavis, and yours truly.
Featured Happenings:
- Jam For Justice
- Illuminate The Lock
- Kegs and Cases
While Deep North discerns how to most effectively move forward, here are some things you should know about:
1.) Story Moves: Narrative-based dance fitness- October 13th 2:00pm at Can Can Wonderland
2.) If your organization is interested in a creative way to reach your fans, check out our work at Steveraymedia.com
Stay subscribed to Deep North on iTunes. If there is any way we can work together, email deepnorthpodcast@gmail.com
Thank you for your support.
Music by Brian Thavis
With more than 10,000 lakes and more shoreline than Florida, Hawaii, and California combined, it’s difficult to travel anywhere in Minnesota without crossing a lake, waterfall or river. The name Minneapolis even comes from a combination of the Dakota Sioux word "mini," meaning water and the Greek word "apolis" meaning city.
Despite its abundance and the profound connection between Minnesotans and their water, some families in North Minneapolis have been cut off from the river for generations. But with the city’s recent acquisition of 48 acres of Mississippi river waterfront, known as the Upper Harbor Terminal, this could change.
Music by Enjoy the Cat, the Limozine Group, Zack Baltich, and Anthony Novak
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Sign up for Upper Harbor Terminal updates at http://upperharbormpls.com/
Places, people, and businesses featured:
- Project Sweetie Pie
- Wirth Co-op
- Thor Construction
- TC Agenda
- Streets.MN
Artist density in Minnesota is 150% greater than the national average, Minnesota is second to only New York City in theatre employment, and Minnesotans lay claim to icons like Bob Dylan, The Replacements, and Rhyme sayers record label.
Despite overwhelming participation in the arts, Minnesota artists receive limited national and international attention. So, if artists remain in Minneapolis/St. Paul, can they make a living? On this episode, we speak with people creating and ask how they’re doing. Checking on if, in a city that prides itself on arts and culture, it is indeed possible to live the artist life in MSP.
Music by Enjoy the Cat, the Limozine Group, Zack Baltich, and Paul Spring
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Places, people, and businesses featured:
- The Playwright Center
- Minsky theatre
- Shiela Smith at CreativeMN.org and Minnesota Citizen for the Arts. To keep updated on action at the capital in support of the arts, subscribe to newsletter by emailing staff@artsmn.org
- Adrian Daniel Schramm at TiltMN.com
- TC Agenda
- Streets.MN
Within Minneapolis and St. Paul there are 84 neighborhoods. Unique enclaves scattered with shops, parks, museums, and Universities. Boundaries are blurry but when meandering from one to another, distinct identities emerge. On this show, we stroll through one of the 84 neighborhoods that, in it’s odd uniqueness, represents one of the many eclectic corners of MSP.
Music by Enjoy the Cat, the Limozine Group, and Zack Baltich,
To hear plans for season 2 and beyond, visit deepnorthpodcast.com, and subscribe to the email list. You don’t want to miss it.
Places, people, and businesses featured:
- Rita Kovtun
- Forrest Wasko
- Jared Tuttle
- MCAD
- Mush
- TC Agenda
- Streets.MN
It’s cold here. Embracing it instills community in very different ways. In this episode we visit the spaces shifting the paradigm of what it means to gather during winter.
Music by Enjoy the Cat, the Limozine Group, Zack Baltich,
This episode marks the halfway point of Season 1. To hear plans for season 2 and beyond, visit deepnorthpodcast.com, and subscribe to the email list.
Places, people, and businesses featured:
- European Christmas Market
- Hmong Village
- Wunder wafers
- Namakan Fur
- TC Agenda
- Streets.MN
This week on Deep North: the climate controlled hallways that elevate Minneapolis and St. Paul humans to the second floor. The value of these skyways is a contentious issue. Some say they kill street life and hurt small business. Others see the skyways as an asset for less mobile populations, and a comfortable way to get out of the office.
But for this show, we’re going to set the debate aside and take a walk through these elevated hallways. With professional place maker, Max Musicant, we’ll explore how design affects people, how people shape the built environment, and how these spaces foster civic life.
Subscribe to Deep North updates at DeepNorthPodcast.com
Music by Enjoy the Cat, and Zack Baltich
Interested in experimenting with public design? Try transforming your front yard into a place that makes your community come alive by grabbing the free front yard tool kit from the Musicant group.
Photo by Rita Kovtun
An old factory on the Minneapolis St. Paul border has forgone it’s 20th century widgets for much different wares. Today coffee roasts, beer brews, drills grind, and golf clubs putt. The building’s new tenants embody the potential of creative enterprise and inspire the artist in all of us.
Music by Enjoy the Cat, the Limozine Group, Zack Baltich, and Chad (the Tipsy Kangaroo naughty puppet review keyboardist)
Do you think MN is more than just an uninhabited chunk of land? Leave a review on iTunes and let us know.
Featured in this show:
- Can Can Wonderland
- Vestibule Trailers
- True Stone Coffee roasters
- Naughty Puppet Review
- Creative Enterprise Zone
In collaboration with Streets.MN and TC Agenda.
Jay Walljasper (author of The Great Neighborhood Book) and Alexandra Connett (Minneapolis transplant) make a case for a city beyond cows, cold, and camp snoopy. Before moving to Minneapolis, Alexandra had no expectations for Minnesota, "Everyone was asking me why I was moving to the middle of nowhere." Since arriving, her experience has been much different than she had imagined.
Walljaspersays Alexandra isn't a unique case and that this perception is partially Minnesotans fault. In the age of social media and the brand called you "it's time that MSP set aside its suburban sensibility and proudly say we are a city."
Music by Zack Baltich and intro music by Enjoy the Cat
Click here to learn more about Jay Walljasper
Interested in partnering with Deep North? Email DeepNorthPodcast@gmail.com
In collaboration with Twin Cities Agenda and Streets.MN
Welcome to the Deep North. Dispelling the myths of Minnesota nice for the urbane side of cities that the world, country, and even some Minnesotans haven’t experienced. In each episode we explore the food scene, the art scene, the sidewalk scene, meeting the people you’ve never known, standing right outside your door.
Music by Enjoy the Cat and the Limozine Group