Mischke shares a memory of a strange and mysterious winter trip to Northern Minnesota. 

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Mischke enters the season, that long three month march to spring, the wild otherworld that sets the North Country apart from the rest of the country. Come join him.

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Take a ride with Mischke from distant galaxies to auto-camping sites, from couples counseling sessions to nuclear war, and from dingy motels to sacred holy celebrations. Here's to the darkest time of the year.

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Mischke offers gift-buying ideas, celebrates defiance, joins JFK for happy-hour, calls Africa, and hears of a two by four going straight through a man's gut and right out his back.

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Mischke has the holiday spirit, and there's song in the air. Come celebrate with him. But remember, attend at your own risk. This party gets weird. 

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Mischke spends the hour with Geoffrey Ward, the man who wrote the script for Ken Burns' American Revolution. Along with Ken Burns, Ward has also written a massive new book called "The American Revolution: An Intimate History."

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Mischke is feeling loosey-goosey for this particular program. Blame it on the company coffee. He took a couple sips and things got weird. 

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Mischke interviews Bob Eckstein, author of "The Illustrated History of the Snowman." Then he calls down to Florida and meets a former punk rocker into Bluegrass and Baseball.

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Phone calls to two different listeners shape this entire program. 

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Mischke interviews Rachel McCarthy James, author of Whack Job: A History of Ax Murder

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