The Grit City Podcast
The Premier Business, Community, Entertainment, and Nightlife Podcast. Hosted from The Grit City - Tacoma, Washington! Located in the heart of the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Displaying all 2 Episode of The Grit City Podcast with the tag “minnesota life”.
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GCP: Saturday Night Grit - Star Trek Secrets, the MTV Era, and the Mystery of Comet Atlas
January 9th, 2026 | 56 mins 4 secs
comet a/i, comet atlas, desilu studios, elko, ely, floating ice bar, gene roddenberry, headbangers ball, ice fishing, idiocracy movie, interstellar objects., lucille ball, minnesota life, mtv, mtv history, mtv's remote control, music videos, nevada geography, star trek history
Kick off 2026 with Jeff, Scott, and Mike on this episode of Saturday Night Grit. The crew dives into the "non-gravitational acceleration" of Comet A/I (Atlas), the golden age and eventual decline of MTV, and the wild history of Star Trek—from Gene Roddenberry’s complicated legacy to how Lucille Ball personally saved the franchise. Plus, a look at floating ice bars in the Midwest, the dangers of driving on frozen lakes, and a debate on why Americans don't travel enough.
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GCP: National Grit – Hot Dongles, Walleye, and Weed Laws
September 10th, 2025 | 1 hr 3 mins
baton rouge, comedy storytelling podcast, cruise ship drinking package, fishing, freeway horror stories, hot dongle tech fail, ice fishing culture, international travel fears, marijuana legalization, minnesota life, minnesota pizza, minnesota weed laws, national episode, road trips, walleye
The Grit City crew goes national in this laugh-packed episode, connecting from Baton Rouge to the Twin Cities and back to Tacoma. From wild freeway ramps and Minnesota’s walleye obsession to Michigan’s evolving weed laws, cruise ship drinking packages, and a tech meltdown over a “hot dongle,” it’s a mix of comedy, storytelling, and pure GCP chaos you don’t want to miss.