Explore Minnesota More

About Explore Minnesota More

Stories about the outdoor recreation experience in Minnesota. New episodes every other Thursday! Have an idea for a show? Let us know! Contact: randolph.briley@state.mn.us

Publisher

Minnesota Outdoor Recreation Industry Partnership

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Jun 2024

Latest episode

3 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

48 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Aug 2026

   The Northwest Angle: Adventure at the Top of Minnesota

   Send us Fan Mail You're on island time now. It just feels different. The Northwest Angle is a geographic oddity — the only place in the contiguous U.S. you can't reach without crossing an international border — and one of the most story-dense square miles in Minnesota. In this episode, host Randolph Briley sits down with Joe Henry (Executive Director, Lake of the Woods Tourism) and Joe Laurin (25-year Angle resident, informal historian, and tour guide) to explore how a place this remote ended...

2. 

   25 Jun 2026

   Built to Last: Arctic Cat, Thief River Falls, and the People Who Wouldn't Quit

   Send us Fan Mail In a town of about 9,000 people in Minnesota's northwest corner, one company has shared space with the place for more than 60 years. This episode tells the story of Arctic Cat and Thief River Falls — a restless founder, a bankruptcy that impacted the town, and not one but two resurrections, the second sealed on a date almost too perfect to be true. Host Randolph Briley sits down with Troy Halvorson, Director of Product Strategy at Arctic Cat. Troy grew up in Thief River Falls...

3. 

   16 Jun 2026

   1K Miles, gummy clusters, and a pair of Gnomes: Kari Gibbons, Wild Winter Women, and Minnesota's Ultra Spirit

   Send us Fan Mail What does it take to walk a thousand miles across Alaska in winter — and finish wishing you could keep going? In this episode, we sit down with Kari Gibbons, a North Minneapolis artist, winter ultra athlete, and founder of Wild Winter Women. Kari made history in February 2025 as the fourth woman ever to complete the Iditarod Trail Invitational 1000 — 1,000 miles on foot from Knik Lake outside Anchorage to Nome — in 27 days, 6 hours, and 42 minutes. She pulled a sled with 55 p...

Who has been a guest on Explore Minnesota More

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Michael Sullivan
• Sarah Berhow
• Barry Thoele
• Doug Staley
• Chris Perkins

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 16 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

19

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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