Wall of Power Radio Hour – July 28, 2018

Paul Metsa had a great chat with author, liberal blogger for Esquire.com, and all around cool cat Charles Pierce. They talked about Charlie’s love of the Midwest, beer, politics, mutual acquaintances, muskie museums, his early influences, as well as his Presidential pick in 2020. A good time was had by all, and no animals were…

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Wall Of Power Radio Hour – July 21, 2018

Paul Metsa has a great chat with MN Senate Candidate Richard Painter and his wife Karen (also a professor at the UofMN.) They chatted about how they met, when they married, and moving around the country settling in to different jobs as they started raising a family. Karen teaches musicology and she spoke about the…

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Wall Of Power Radio Hour – July 7, 2018

Paul Metsa conducts a fascinating and fun interview with Pat Thomas (author, drummer, record producer, close personal friend of Syd Straw’s) about his great new 5 freakin’ pound book, “Did It! From Yippie to Yuppie: Jerry Rubin, An American Revolutionary. To trying to levitate the Pentagon with Allen Ginsberg, founding the Yippies with Abbie Hoffman,…

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Wall Of Power Radio Hour – April 28, 2018 – Bill Sullivan

Bill Sullivan is taking an insider’s look back at when the band were at their creative (and destructive) peak. Sullivan, the co-owner of the 400 Bar with his brother Tom, began serving as an unpaid, self-described “driver/gopher” during the Replacements’ East Coast tour in 1983.

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Wall Of Power Hour Radio Show – August 5th, 2017

Wall Of Power Hour Radio Showr – August 5th, 2017- We have darkness and light on this show. It starts with Brian O’Shaughnssey, the father of Jonathan-who was killed in a random drive-by shooting on July 3rd in Richfield, MN. We reached out to folks that were there that night hoping to bring new witnesses…

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Wall Of Power Power Hour – July 8th, 2017

Wall Of Power Power Hour – July 8th, 2017- Host Paul Metsa has a great conversation with legendary bar and restaurant man Kieran Foillard. Kieran shares his story of growing up in Ireland, working for his dad and his old man’s wisdom that has sustained his life and work, boxing with his dog Blackie as…

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Wall Of Power Radio Hour – May 6, 2017

We have a fascinating show with Mr. Jim Stowell, one of Minnesota’s finest storytellers. Jim is also an actor, playwright, producer and Park Ranger. We chatted about Jim’s theater background, his projects, as well as his love of storytelling. He regaled us with his trip to the Amazon River and ends the show reciting a…

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Wall of Power Radio Hour – February 11, 2017

Paul Metsa’s Wall of Power Radio Hour – February 11, 2017 This replay is the first of two episodes featuring CIA agent and whistleblower John Kiriakou. Mr. Kiriakou talks about his 25 year career as a CIA agent, his reasons for letting America know that the CIA was waterboarding Al Qaeda prisoners overseas. He and…

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Wall of Power Radio Hour – February 4, 2017

This week we have a bluegrass powered radio show with Steve Howard, a great bluegrass guitar and banjo picker. Steve moved to the Twin Cities from the West Coast in 1981. He tells us about his training in LA under the great thespian John Houseman (Paper Chase among others) and after spending time at the…

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Wall of Power Radio Hour – January 28, 2017

Hot off the heels of the 100,000 strong person MN Women’s March (1/21/17 MN State Capitol) host Paul Metsa had the pleasure of chatting with one of the organizers Ms. Kate Redden. We chatted with Kate about how she got involved with social issues, her work with the other organizers which included over 100 volunteers,…

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Wall of Power Radio Hour – November 5, 2016

Longtime MN troubadour and activist Larry Long is featured on the Wall of Power Radio Hour along with his cousin, rocker Melvin James, who produced Long’s latest recording Doves With Claws. Paul and Larry chatted about how got interested in folk music, his early years hopping railroad trains, and his work on behalf of social…

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Wall Of Power Radio Hour – October 8, 2016

We have a great show on the Wall of Power Radio Hour this week featuring Dave and Amy Freeman (named the 2014 National Geographic Adventurers of the Year) talking about their recently completed 366 day Year in the Wilderness. These fearless duo spent the last several years highlighting the importance of maintaining a pristine BWCA…

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Wall of Power Radio Hour – October 1, 2016

Paul Metsa interviews legendary KUMD.org DJ John Bushey. John is celebrating his 25th year of hosting Highway 61 Revisited, a show honoring Bob Dylan and features live and unreleased Dylan recordings you won’t hear anywhere else. John considers himself an “abstract expressionist of the radio” and creates shows around various themes and different aspects of…

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Wall Of Power Radio Hour – September 17, 2016

This week’s Wall of Power Radio Hour features author, historian, musician, and producer Pat Thomas. Pat curated the 3 CD music set of Beat Poet King Allen Ginsberg entitled The Last Word on First Blues. Sifting through musical recordings from the 70’s and 80’s Mr. Thomas has created a wonderful musical and historical document of…

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Wall of Power Radio Hour – September 10, 2016

This week’s show centered around the issue of gun violence. Our guests included Rev. Nancy Nord Bence who is the executive director of the non-profit Protect MN, the oldest group in the state that addresses the issues surrounding gun violence. Our musical guest was JD Steele, one of the finest soul and gospel singers in…

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