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The Current Presents...Radio Happy Hour

Posted at 3:21 PM on February 17, 2010 by Lindsay Kimball
Filed under: The Current Presents

For the last several weeks, we've been trying something new called The Current Presents, where we air new shows on Sunday nights at 9pm. So far we've had an extended interview with Brian Eno, a review of the Grammy Awards, a review of women in rock music, a heads up on new hot music, and "Something, Anything - A show about nothing."

This week we're going flip it another 180 degrees and head into the realm of the radio drama. (It's The Current Presents! Who knows what you'll hear it week!) Back in January of 2008 we aired four episodes of the Twin Cities' own Electric Arc Radio Show. Since then, one of the main characters, Sam Osterhout, has moved to New York and created Radio Happy Hour, a mix of murder mystery/comedy done in a late-night talk show style with interviews and liver performances from the guests.

This episode features three guests - author Chuck Klosterman as well as musicians Craig Finn and Tad Kubler of The Hold Steady. With the cast of Radio Happy Hour, they become a family stranded in small town Manhattan, Minnesota during a snow storm for a hilarious murder mystery. (Chuck is the dad, and Tad and Craig are the kids. Go figure.) The show also features an interview with the three guests as well as acoustic performances by Tad and Craig.

Check it out this Sunday night at 9pm on 89.3 The Current.

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