Deep North

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.

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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

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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. 

Walljasper says 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

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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

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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

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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.