Getting Bridged with Gar and Kelli

by Jerry Hallsten and Kelli Hallsten Erickson

Gar and Kelli, lifelong Duluth, Minnesota, residents, chat over the places in Duluth with stories that need to be told. It's light on history and heavy on nostalgia, and when you're waiting in line for the Arial Lift Bridge to come back down as a Laker is heading through, this might be just what you need.
History
Personal Journals
Places & Travel
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Podcast episodes

  • Season 3

  • Who doesn't love the mall?

    Who doesn't love the mall?

    S03 E02
    Mar 14, 2025
    28:51

    Gar and Kelli talk about the history of the Miller Hill Mall...one of the first in the nation! The cover photo of this episode is the interior of JCPenney when the mall opened. Want to learn more about mall history? Head on down to the Duluth Public Library to the second floor local history section. You won't be sorry!

  • Oh, the awkwardness: Junior High

    Oh, the awkwardness: Junior High

    S03 E01
    Feb 20, 2025
    24:57

    Gar and Kelli talk about his junior high experience at the old Lincoln Junior High School. Swimming pools and shillelaghs?? Yes sir! Thanks to the Duluth Public Library for...well...everything, really, but most especially for the assistance in finding information about Lincoln Junior.

  • The Malls That Weren't

    Bonus

    The Malls That Weren't

    S03
    Mar 28, 2025
    12:20
    Bonus

    Kelli tells Gar all about a piece of Duluth history he was too busy to remember: the Harbor Square Mall and Ridgewood Mall Smackdown. Thanks to Perfect Duluth Day for the cover art for this episode, which can be found here: Harbor Square Mall

  • Season 2

  • Hittin' the Road

    Hittin' the Road

    S02 E07
    Mar 15, 2024
    27:09

    Let's go on vacation! Gar talks about his trips around These United States as a kid, always in August, and always in cars without air conditioning. This is part one in a two-part series on EPIC family vacations.

  • Happy Birthday???

    Happy Birthday???

    S02 E06
    Feb 24, 2024
    24:03

    Kelli revels in the joy of birthdays past while Gar's recollections are as stoic as his Swedish family. Thanks to Wikimedia Commons for the episode pic of Chuck E. Cheese and to Perfect Duluth Day for their dates on the now-closed roller rink.