JOURNALISTS.

IT'S BETTER FOR READERS.

>> ERIC: AND THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE HAS CONTINUED TO CHANGE AT BREAKNECK PACE SINCE THAT INTERVIEW 20 YEARS AGO.

OUR CREDITS ARE SET TO ROLL IN LESS THAN THREE MINUTES.

THAT CAN MEAN JUST ONE THING.

IT'S MINNESOTA HISTORY TIME.

THE YEAR IS 1965.

IT'S BEEN A LONG, COLD WINTER WHEN HEAVY RAINS BEGIN TO FALL IN APRIL, LEADING TO RECORD-BREAKING FLOODS IN RIVERS AROUND THE REGION.

OUR MYSTERY PERSON QUESTION THIS WEEK CONCERNS NOT A RIVER BUT A ROAD.

35W FLOODING IN MID-APRIL LED A BELOVED MINNESOTAN TO USE UNUSUAL TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO WORK ONE CHILLY AFTERNOON.

WHO IS THIS MYSTERY MINNESOTAN, AND HOW DID HE OR SHE GET TO WORK THAT SPRING DAY?

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU ARE CALLING FROM BIG SNOW LAKE, BLUE SNOW LAKE, SNOWBALL, OR FROST, MINNESOTA, DOWN IN FARIBAULT COUNTY.

651-229-1430 IS THE NUMBER TO CALL WITH ALL YOUR GUESSES, RIGHT OR WRONG.

IF YOU'RE ALL TALKED OUT BY THE END OF THE WEEK, YOU CAN ALWAYS DROP US A NOTE INSTEAD.

YOU'LL FIND OUR INBOX AT ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.

WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME LEFT FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.

TEN YEARS AGO THIS WEEK, KATY VERNON STOPPED BY WITH HER BAND.

WE HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY THAT SHE HAS A NEW BAND.

MIGHT BE A GOOD EXCUSE TO HAVE HER BACK SOON.

TAKE A LISTEN.

AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

AND BE CAREFUL.

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