Hangin' Out with Bob

Talk about a turnaround! The Minnesota Twins finished the 1990 season with a last-place finish in the American League West division. In stark contrast, the Twins improved dramatically in 1991 by winning the American...

Just days after celebrating his 14th birthday in March of 1972, Scott Black attended his first Minnesota boys’ state high school basketball tournament with his dad. As Scott watched the players on teams who “made it to...

“STATE CHAMPS!” No doubt about it—winning a high school state championship brings the “thrill of victory” to the teammates, the coach, and the community. Back in October 1976, Decorah High School’s girls‘ cross-country...

Should there be a hard salary cap for the Major League Baseball players? The National Football League, the National Hockey League, and the Women’s National Basketball Association all have hard salary caps for their...

The Rolling Stones have been rockin’ and rollin’ for over six decades. How have they done it? Well, there’s the musical talent. The Stones have written numerous great songs, from blues to country to rock. They’ve...

The Rolling Stones have been rockin’ and rollin’ for over six decades. How have they done it? Well, there’s the musical talent. The Stones have written numerous great songs, from blues to country to rock. They’ve...

It’s a big leap from high school football to major college football. The players in major college football are simply bigger, faster, and more athletic. But in the mid-1970s, Ron Kullas made that big leap—impressively...

Cal Stoll couldn’t wait to coach football. Literally. He played six-man football at his high school in North Dakota. After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he resumed playing football at the University of...

No doubt about it—the 1965 Minnesota Twins season was a special one. Consider this: · The Twins won their first American League pennant since moving to Minnesota in 1961 from Washington, D.C., where they were called the...

In Part Two of this podcast about the Murray Warmath era at Minnesota (1954 through 1971), host Bob Edholm gets together with his two brothers, Dave and Tom Edholm, to talk about the 1963 through 1971 seasons. They’ll...

His name was Murray Warmath. He was a football coach. Warmath was born and raised in Tennessee, but once he moved north in the mid-1950s to become the head football coach at the University of Minnesota, the Gopher State...

Do you believe in magic? The “magic” theme of the 1987 Minnesota Twins season stemmed from their improbable yet surprising World Series victory. Prior to the 1987 season, there was a betting board in Las Vegas with odds...

They called it “The Brick House.” It was Memorial Stadium, which served as the football home for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1924 through 1981. Welcome to “Hangin’ Out with Bob,” a podcast with host...

How popular was professional wrestling in the 1960s and 1970s? In the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, it was very popular. Every Saturday evening, many people had their TV sets tuned in to All Star Wrestling...

If fusion in music can be defined as the combining of two or more genres successfully, probably no band did it better than Steely Dan. Formed in 1971 by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, Steely Dan would go on to release...

Great album after great album. Between 1967 and 1972, the Moody Blues released seven studio albums, commonly referred to as the “Core Seven.” The band from Birmingham, England, still has millions of loyal fans...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.