♪♪ >> IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.

>> DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, JOE BIDEN, MADE HIS FIRST STOP IN MINNESOTA IN DULUTH.

>> HERE ON THE IRON RANGE, YOU CAN SEE THE RESILIENCE AND THE GRIT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT MELT AMERICA, METALS ARE MADE OF.

>> I AM THRILLED TO BE BACK IN THE GREAT STATE OF MINNESOTA.

>> Mary: TRUMP HAS ALSO VISITED DULUTH.

IT WAS HIS FIRST STOP TO A STATE HE DIDN'T WIN AFTER BEING ELECTED PRESIDENT.

>> WE CAME THIS CLOSE TO WINNING THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.

>> Mary: THE SAME DAY AS THE BIDEN VISIT, THE PRESIDENT IS SCHEDULED TO TOUCHDOWN IN BEMIDJI.

>> ERIC: THERE'S ALWAYS MORE TO TALK ABOUT THAN WE CAN FIT INTO AN HOUR.

BUT WE DO OUR BEST.

WE'VE REACHED THE PORTION OF THE SHOW WHERE WE ASK YOU THE QUESTIONS.

THIS WEEK, WE TRAVEL BACK IN TIME 44 YEARS.

IN 1981, A NEW YORKER MADE THEIR WAY TO MINNESOTA, WHERE THEY WOULD EVENTUALLY MOVE PERMANENTLY.

IT WAS A NOTABLE TRIP FOR SEVERAL REASONS, INCLUDING THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TOOK AND THE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

WE WANT TO KNOW, WHO WAS THIS MYSTERY NEW YORKER TURNED MINNESOTAN, AND HOW DID THEY GET HERE?

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU WHETHER YOU'RE CALLING FROM HORSESHOE LAKE, MORGAN MINNESOTA OR EVEN SAVAGE, MINNESOTA.

651-229-1430 IS THE NUMBER TO CALL WITH YOUR ANSWERS.

FOR THE TYPISTS OUT THERE, EMAIL US YOUR ANSWERS.

WE CHECK THEM ALL.

THAT'S ALMANAC@TPT.ORG.

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW NEXT WEEK WHO WAS RIGHT AND WHO WAS NOT.

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

IT WAS THIS WEEK WAY BACK IN 1998 THAT THE LATE "SPIDER" JOHN KOERNER PERFORMED FOR US IN STUDIO.

SPIDER JOHN WAS PART OF THE WEST BANK MUSIC SCENE THAT INSPIRED A YOUNG BOB DYLAN WHO HAS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK THAT HE WILL JOIN WILLIE NELSON, NEIL YOUNG, JOHN MELLENCAMP, AND DAVE MATTHEWS AT FARM AID 40 IN MINNEAPOLIS TOMORROW.

HERE'S "SPIDER" JOHN KOERNER.

STAY SAFE.

BE CAREFUL.

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