This week on This Must Be The Place, we dig into all things Whittier — the Minneapolis neighborhood that somehow manages to be both the birthplace of the city’s arts scene and the epicenter of mysterious acronyms. MIA, MCAD, CTC... we cover the ones you’ve heard of and make up a few more just for fun.

We also confront an uncomfortable historical truth: pretty much every revered institution from the 19th and 20th century has a sleazy white guy somewhere in the background. Neat! Andrew pitches alternative names for the Juicy Lucy while attempting to bridge the gender gap in American bar food.

Trivia is played, boom times are analyzed, and Casey tells the story of how he nearly lost his nieces and nephews in a shark attack,, and more.

Join us — for art, burgers, light trauma, and a bit of Whittier history.

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00:00 We Begin

00:45 ANDY INTRO

02:18 JUICY LUCY ALTERNATIVES

02:42 Neighborhood Watch Whittier

03:15 Slick Nick or Damp Mallory?

05:52 Burger Bitch and other truths

06:30 What’s in a trend?

08:30 New Sylvie-isms

09:25 Whittier

10:40 Boundaries, Borders and Stats

19:04 MCAD Minneapolis College of Art and Design)

25:30 Arts and counter culture politics

30:12 MIA (Minneapolis Institute of Art)

30:33 GIANTS exhibit

33:46 artists?

35:25 Oldest piece of art in MIA

35:55 late 1800s The Birth of Art in Minnesota

36:40 Creepy Troubled Architect of MIA

44:49 Children’s Theater (smoothest transition ever)

46:38 Whittier Triva

52:19 BoomTimes

53:15 THE WIRE

58:24 Savannah Georgia

01:03:52 Shark Attacks