My Ely Story
Stories from the diverse array of characters who live, work, play and explore around the small outdoor adventure town of Ely, Minnesota.
Podcasting since 2020 • 13 episodes
My Ely Story
Latest Episodes
"...I'm always amazed that there's this many people here that I still don't know..." Alanna Dore
Alanna Dore spent 12 years as Executive Director of the Listening Point Foundation and was instrumental in the beginning of both the Ely Art Walk and Ely’s Historic State Theater.
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Episode 13
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54:21
"...we have such an infusion of energetic, skilled, talented, wonderful young people..." Johnnie Hyde
Johnnie Hyde is an EMT, wilderness first responder, publisher, dancer, choreographer, and long time mover and shaker in the Ely community.
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1:07:20
"There are so many memorable things that we did there..." "Trader Craig" Loughery
"Trader Craig" Loughery is the longtime host of WELY Radio's "End of the Road Trading Post."
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Episode 11
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1:00:42
"...the freedom for our children to just be kids..." -Dafne Caruso
A first generation American, artist Dafne Caruso talks about her transition from the concrete of Queens, NY to the wilderness of Ely.
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Episode 10
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1:09:01
"The minute I hit Northernair, I knew this was a stepping stone back into where I wanted to be." - Francis "Fitz" Fitzgerald
Francis Fitzgerald is a Vietnam Veteran, former Ely area resort owner, author and conservationist. He shares how he found salvation from the darkness of war, through the light of nature.
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Episode 9
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1:18:36
