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Ron West talks with Matt Wallace of the North Dakota Museum of Art about the upcoming “Summer Concert in the Garden” series.

Glen Braget and Grizzled Vet Mike McCurdy welcome Alex "The Pug" Porteau to the show to share pro wrestling of career that has taken him many places since making his debut in 1987. Alex talks about his time working for the World Class Championship Wrestling, USWA,  Puerto Rico,  Global Wrestling Federation,  and the World Wrestling Federation. Alex also discusses his current role as a pro wrestlin...

Glen Braget and the Grizzled Vet Mike McCurdy welcome former NWA Heavyweight Champion Tim Storm to the program to share some of his Rasslin Memories. Tim has worked primarily across the central and southern United States, most notably for Traditional Championship Wrestling.

Glen Braget catches up with Laura Stengrim of Visit Thief River Falls to give the listener a look into of some of the regional and statewide tourism organizations that both Laura and Visit Thief River Falls are involved with to help further the mission of creating successful regional/statewide tourism campaigns.

Don Merkens of Ada, MN is President of the Norman County Fair Board, and he shares details of the upcoming Norman County Fair in Ada – the 124th year of the fair and entertainment sponsorship by the NWMAC of a musician/singer from Halstad, MN who will perform at the fair!

Glen Braget and the Grizzled Vet Mike McCurdy welcome pro wrestler/announcer/actor/reality show star and former co-holder of the Yolo County tag team championship, AJ Kirsch. AJ shares his stories of breaking into the pro wrestling business, his time on WWE Tough Enough, working with the Rock, and some of his recent work with Hoodslam.

Guest: Shannon Christenson of Hallock, MN Topic: A native of Kittson County in Northwest Minnesota, Shannon Christenson loves to teach at Kittson County Central School (Hallock, MN), and among her favorite subjects is art in its various mediums. Thanks to a grant from the NW Minnesota Arts Council, Shannon will direct a “Camp Art” in late June for regional students Kindergarten through the 8th gra...

Guest: Alicia Spilde of Karlstad, MN Topic: Spilde is an illustrator and mixed media artist in Karlstad. She has a piece of art in the NWMAC "Parenthood" exhibit, at the NWMAC gallery in East Grand Forks, MN. Alicia regularly has art in NW Minnesota Art Exhibitions sponsored by the NWMAC. She also has a “We Are Water” piece in St. Paul, as part of the State Art's Board Exhibition “A Creative Inves...

Glen Braget welcomes pro wrestling personality Nikita Breznikov to the program to discuss his wonderful new book. 'When It Was Real', a look at back  into the magical world of professional wrestling, specifically the World Wide Wrestling Federation,  during the years 1970 to 1979. Nikita Breznikov tells the story from two perspectives — that of a starry-eyed fan, and as the manager and tag team pa...

Glen Braget and the Grizzled Vet Mike McCurdy welcome back R.D. Reynolds to the program to discuss more of the lighter side of pro wrestling.

Doug Clifford shares his memories of performing at the original Woodstock Festival in 1969

Glen Braget catches up with Laura Stengrim of Visit Thief River Falls to discuss a variety of topics including: Visit TRF's Spring Social Media campaign update Updates to Photo and Video usage policy Bike Rental Program Uff Da Games and Norwegian Heritage Week Upcoming Events

Glen Braget catches up with Laura Stengrim of Visit Thief River Falls to discuss a variety of topics including: Visit TRF's Spring advertising campaign on Social Media TRF on RFD-TV The Explore MN & MN Gophers Campaign on Social Media TRF Community Expo Info Upcoming Events

Rasslin Memories Then and Now was Live and on the scene at the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum in Wichita Falls, Texas for the Big Hall of Fame Class of 2019 Induction Weekend festivities. Grizzled Vet Mike McCurdy is joined by several guests including Cowboy Johnny Mantell, Hands of Stone Ronnie Garvin, Beverly Shade and Miranda Gordy just to name a few. Find out more about the Professional W...

Date of Broadcast: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 Guest: Jane Anderson of Thief River Falls, MN Topic: Jane is the Executive Director of the Thief River Falls Area Community Theater and she discusses the upcoming summer season of performances by the TRFACT; to include “Death of a Salesman”, “Cabaret”, “The Jungle Book for Kids” and “The Music Man.”

Date of Broadcast: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 Guest: Crookston, MN photographer Andy Hall Topic: Andy Hall was born and raised in southeast Minnesota, lived and worked in the Twin Cities for many years and eventually moved to Crookston, in northwest Minnesota. He’s the owner of the “Sweetlight Gallery” in Crookston where he has a public exhibit called "The Fournet Experience" until May 25. The Fournet b...

Date of Broadcast: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Guest: Warroad, MN author Kim Hruba Topic: Upcoming Writer’s Retreat on Lake of the Woods Kim give details of her education, training and experience as an author and an upcoming artist retreat that she organizes every year at the Lake of the Woods. She also held a couple of workshops earlier this year called You're Not Ready: A workshop on the path to pub...

Date of Broadcast: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 Guest: Sherri Kukowski of Badger, MN Topic: Sherri is originally from the Wannaska, MN area, is a mosaic artist and teacher. She started teaching in Badger public school 16 years ago and is the junior high and high school math teacher. There is no art department, so she and another teacher started an art club shortly after she arrived. The Art Club includ...

Glen Braget welcomes Cowboy Scott Casey to the program to talk about his life in pro wrestling and the release of his new book,  One The Last Ride: The Tale of Cowboy Scott Casey. Books are available for purchase at www.cowboyscottcasey.com

Rasslin Memories Then and Now looks back on the career of Bruno Sammartino this week as Glen Braget welcomes Sal Corrente to the program. Corrente worked with Bruno Sammartino for the recently released book, Bruno Sammartino: The Autobiography of Wrestling's Living Legend.

Glen Braget and the Grizzled Vet Michael McCurdy pay tribute to the life and career of Owen Hart with Owen's brother Bruce Hart on this very special edition of Rasslin Memories Then and Now.

Glen Braget and Grizzled Vet Michael McCurdy are joined by Mr. WrestleCrap R.D. Reynolds to share some of the lighter side of Rasslin Memories including the AWA's Team Challenge Series syndicated pilot and the recently uncovered Battle of the Breakfast Cereals show.

Glen Braget and Griz McCurdy welcome pro wrestling writer and historian Mike Mooneyham to the program to talk about his latest book Final Bell. Final Bell is collection of his previous columns that remember some of pro-wrestling’s finest movers and shakers. From their rise to fame to the end of their days, Final Bell: Legends of the Mat Remembered pays tribute to fallen wrestlers such as Dusty Rho...

Glen Braget and Grizzled Vet Michael McCurdy welcome Independent Professional Wrestler Greg Anthony to the program to share some of his own Rasslin Memories of his 18 years in the ring.

Glen Braget and the Grizzled Vet Michael McCurdy pay tribute to the "8th Wonder of the World" Andre the Giant with Chris Owens one of the foremost experts on Andre's life and career.