River Radio

About River Radio

News and information featuring interviews with prominent newsmakers from Minnesota, across the U.S. and the St. Croix Valley of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Hosted by Jim Maher and Gayle Knutson, with technical director Matt Quast.

Publisher

Jim Maher & Gayle Knutson

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Jan 2021

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

103 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   October 7, 2026 - Marine City Council and Mayor Candidate Forum

   Send us your questions or comments River Radio hosts Jim Maher and Gayle Knutson conduct a public forum (recorded at the Marine Village Hall) with mayoral candidate Dan Willenbring and two of the three City Council candidates, Rosetta Peters and Diane Mills. Matt Quast is technical director.

2. 

   3 Oct 2026

   October 3, 2026 – The Midterms Are Upon Us

   Send us your questions or comments Back for an 8th season! The Marine Community Library’s own River Radio podcast returns for Season 8 with a focus on the upcoming elections. Hosts Jim Maher and Gayle Knutson welcome Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon to discuss what voters should prepare for this election season (5:00). Then a discussion with the political roundtable of Lori Sturdevant of the Minnesota Star Tribune and River Radio national political editor Brian Gruis to preview what’s...

3. 

   2 May 2026

   May 2, 2026 – The Summer 2026 Book Show

   Jim talks to Craig Fehrman, author of the new book “This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis and Clark,” about additional details he’s uncovered about this historic adventure (3:00). Gayle gets a fresh batch of summer book recommendations from Literary Fairy Godmother Pamela Klinger-Horn (28:30). Plus and update of local news (51:00). Matt Quast is technical director. This Week’s Guests Craig Fehrman, author, This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark Pamela Klinger-Horn, Va...

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100

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

Quality

53

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

71

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Books guests

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