My Ely Story

"...I'm always amazed that there's this many people here that I still don't know..." Alanna Dore 07.11.2023 54:21 ↓

Alanna Dore spent 12 years as Executive Director of the Listening Point Foundation and was instrumental in the beginning of both the Ely Art Walk and Ely’s Historic State Theater.

"...we have such an infusion of energetic, skilled, talented, wonderful young people..." Johnnie Hyde 24.04.2023 1:07:20 ↓

Johnnie Hyde is an EMT, wilderness first responder, publisher, dancer, choreographer, and long time mover and shaker in the Ely community.

"There are so many memorable things that we did there..." "Trader Craig" Loughery 10.03.2023 1:00:42 ↓

"Trader Craig" Loughery is the longtime host of WELY Radio's "End of the Road Trading Post."

"...the freedom for our children to just be kids..." -Dafne Caruso 14.02.2023 1:09:01 ↓

A first generation American, artist Dafne Caruso talks about her transition from the concrete of Queens, NY to the wilderness of Ely.

"The minute I hit Northernair, I knew this was a stepping stone back into where I wanted to be." - Francis "Fitz" Fitzgerald 19.01.2023 1:18:36 ↓

Francis Fitzgerald is a Vietnam Veteran, former Ely area resort owner, author and conservationist. He shares how he found salvation from the darkness of war, through the light of nature.

"This really is a community of learners..." -Lacey Squier 02.01.2023 1:07:35 ↓

Lifelong learner, extracurricular educator, pie enthusiast and host of the brand new What's Up Ely podcast! 

"I'm the crazy guy in the jeep." -Seraphine Rolando 08.09.2021 1:25:59 ↓

Local legend Seraphine Rolando sits down to discuss the history of mining and growing up in Ely, Minnesota.

"Not really inappropriate but... potentially sensitive." - Sarah Guy Levar 26.06.2021 1:06:02 ↓

Artist, author, storyteller and all around amazing woman, Sarah Guy Levar was sharing Ely stories before we knew what podcasts were. 

"There's such a vast wilderness and open space... I just want to explore it." -Carl Skustad 23.10.2020 51:29 ↓

Carl Skustad, a guy who never stops moving, coaching, training and tackling ultramarathons -in running shoes or on skis- joins us to share his Ely story

"...just a weird menagerie of people..." -Shaun Chosa 23.10.2020 1:10:42 ↓

Artist, iconoclast and curmudgeon in training, Shaun Chosa joins the podcast.

"You just figure out how to handle whatever comes along" -Julie Hignell 18.09.2020 1:02:43 ↓

Explorer, educator and shepherd of the youth of our community, Julie Hignell shares her Ely story.

"Creativity is a muscle" Christopher David Hanson 17.09.2020 1:10:51 ↓

The morning radio voice of Ely joins us to talk about pursuing his musical passion in the Northwoods.

"We're already gonna have to start over." Cindy Beans 14.09.2020 57:32 ↓

The brand new podcast kicks off with guest Cindy Beans.