Episodes

  • Zenith Bookstore - The Wussow's Podcast Episode 16
    Jun 4 2024

    This month we're joined by Bob Dobrow and Sarah Brown, owner and store manager respectively of Zenith Bookstore! Stop by on June 20th for the inaugural Summer Block Party, featuring performances from Gaelynn Lea and other local musicians, Rambler food truck, tarot readings, face paintings from Peach Tattoo, and much more!

    Today, we discuss being a transplant in Duluth, how Bob found West Duluth, running a small business through the pandemic, and more!

    New episodes on the FIRST TUESDAY of EVERY MONTH!

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    49 mins
  • Scott Lunt (AKA Starfire) - The Wussow's Podcast Episode 15
    May 7 2024

    Scott Lunt, also known as Starfire, is the guitarist and vocalist for Father Hennepin, founder of Homegrown Music Festival and Perfect Duluth Day, plus a radio DJ at The North (among other skills and hobbies). He joins hosts Jason and Terry to discuss how Father Hennepin came to be the first band to play at the cafe, Pirate Radio, the impact of Homegrown, travel, and more!

    New episodes on the FIRST TUESDAY of EVERY MONTH!

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    40 mins
  • Baharat - The Wussow's Podcast Episode 14
    Apr 9 2024

    This month we're joined by Lyla Abukhodair, Manny Eisele, Marshall Dillon, and Rob Runnels of Duluth based band Baharat to discuss their upcoming album, Lyla's new market/deli Falastin opening this Spring in the New London Cafe building, collaborating on creative work, and more!

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    40 mins
  • Annmarie Geniusz and Sparkly Steve - The Wussow's Podcast Episode 13
    Mar 5 2024

    This month, artist and Art Coordinator for the café Annmarie Geniusz and her partner/local fashion icon Sparkly Steve sit down to discuss their time before coming to and embracing Duluth, creating art, how frisbee has shaped their lives, and more!

    New episode of the Wussow's Podcast release the FIRST TUESDAY of EVERY MONTH!

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    51 mins
  • Karin Kraemer of Duluth Pottery - The Wussow's Podcast Episode 12
    Feb 6 2024

    On this month's episode, artist and owner of Duluth Pottery, Tile & Gallery Karin Kraemer sits down with hosts Jason Wussow and Terry Johnson to discuss her life before Duluth Pottery, running an arts non-profit, The Empty Bowl, an encounter with a tornado, life as an artist in Duluth, and more!

    New episodes on the FIRST TUESDAY of EVERY MONTH. Basically.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Sam Miltich, the Hotclub of Duluth band - The Wussow's Podcast Episode 11
    Jan 2 2024

    This month on the Wussow's podcast, Jazz guitarist and mental health advocate Sam Miltich and the Hotclub of Duluth band sit down with host Jason Wussow to discuss the Hotclub of San Francisco, Hotclub of Duluth's current members, Jazz in Northern Minnesota, creating art with disabilities, and more!

    New episodes of The Wussow's Podcast are available on the FIRST TUESDAY of EVERY MONTH.

    Wussow's Concert Cafe | 324 N Central Ave, Duluth, MN

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    40 mins
  • Barry Pirkola - The Wussow's Podcast Episode 10
    Dec 5 2023

    From designing lighting for Bentleyville, playing at Baystock, to painting murals and designing logos for the cafe, Barry Pirkola has been an integral part of the Duluth/Minnesota art scene for over 20 years. Today, he sits down with hosts Jason and Terry to discussing the early days of Wussow's and Bentleyville, his own musical ups and downs, collecting records, and more!

    New episodes of The Wussow's Podcast are available on the FIRST TUESDAY of EVERY MONTH.

    Wussow's Concert Cafe | 324 N Central Ave, Duluth, MN

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    52 mins
  • Ellie Shoenfeld, Linda LeGarde Grover, Tina Higgins Wussow - The Wussow's Podcast Episode 9
    Nov 21 2023

    Guests Linda LeGarde Grover, Ellie Shoenfeld, and Tina Higgins Wussow are all writers and poets, and today they sit down with hosts Jason and Terry to talk all about it!

    Ellie Shoenfeld is a Duluth writer and poet, the 2016-18 Duluth Poet Laureate, and co-founder of Duluth's Poetry Harbor alongside Pat McKinnon.

    Linda LeGarde Grover is a professor-emeritus of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, a member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe, and award winning author of several Ojibwe novels, short stories, and poems. Her lastest book, "A Song Over Miskwaa Rapids" is available at Zenith Bookstore, next door to Wussow's Concert Cafe in West Duluth, or wherever you buy your books.

    Tina Higgins Wussow is a writing teacher at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, as well as a poet, curator and host of the Homegrown Music Fest Poetry Showcase, and the Writer's Salon on the third Thursday over every month at Wussow's Concert Cafe.

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    1 hr and 20 mins