Hangin' Out with Bob

Gone, but not forgotten. The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis once served as home to Major League Baseball’s Minnesota Twins, the National Football League’s Minnesota Vikings, and the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers football team. It was also the only stadium to host the World Series, MLB All-Star Game, Super Bowl, and NCAA Final Four. The Metrodome opened in 1982 and...

There’s something special about friends reconnecting, especially when they’ve gone decades without seeing each other. Podcaster Bob Edholm and his friend, Wayne Damerow, grew up in the same neighborhood in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, attended the same elementary, junior high and senior high schools, followed the same sports teams, and had similar tastes in music. But by the mid-1970s, both had mo...

Bus stops. While it seems like most people waiting at bus stops these days are looking at their phones until their bus arrives, that’s not always the case. There were these two guys who were standing at a bus stop and not looking at their phones. One guy noticed that the other guy was wearing a jacket with a local sports team’s logo on it. “Small talk” about sports began at that bus stop and conti...

What’s the best thing about winter in Minnesota? For some people, those commonly referred to as "snowbirds," the answer is…leaving it to go live somewhere else. Podcast host Bob Edholm launches the second episode of his “Hangin’ Out with Bob” podcast series with Tom Madigan, his snowbird buddy who lives half of the year in Minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes, and the other half in Arizona, the lan...

Who doesn’t like to tell a good story, especially when it’s their own? For that matter, who doesn’t like to hear a good story? Podcast host Bob Edholm launches the first episode of “Hangin’ Out with Bob” with his two brothers, Dave and Tom. And the stories they like to tell are worth the listen. All three Edholm brothers grew up in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, a first-ring northern suburb of Minne...

Welcome to “Hangin’ Out with Bob,” with podcast host Bob Edholm. Start here and listen for the fun as Bob’s guests hang out with him to tell their stories and share laughs.