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Clip: Season 2026 Episode 4 | 4m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
We reveal the ’81 mystery traveler to Minnesota + archival music from Pieta Brown.
We reveal the ’81 mystery traveler to Minnesota + archival music from Pieta Brown.
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Index File Answer | Archival Music
Clip: Season 2026 Episode 4 | 4m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
We reveal the ’81 mystery traveler to Minnesota + archival music from Pieta Brown.
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WE CAN'T LOSE.
♪ ♪ >> CATHY: ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE REACHED THE END OF THE SHOW.
LAST WEEK, WE ASKED ABOUT A NEW YORKER WHO EVENTUALLY MOVED TO MINNESOTA PERMANENTLY.
THEY MOVED HERE FIRST IN 1981, AND THE TRIP WAS NOTABLE FOR SEVERAL REASONS, INCLUDING THE LENGTH OF TIME IT TOOK TO GET HERE AND THE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.
WE ASKED YOU WHO THIS MYSTERY NEW YORKER TURNED MINNESOTAN WAS AND HOW THEY GOT HERE.
AND WE GOT SOME CALLS.
LET’S START WITH THE WRONG ONES.
>> Cathy: I LOVE THAT, VERLEN, ALL GOOD GUESSES AND ALL OF THEM WRONG FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
WE DID HAVE A CALLER WITH THE RIGHT ANSWER, INCLUDING LOTS OF GREAT DETAIL.
THE AIRWAVES ARE YOURS, MIKE FROM MINNEAPOLIS.
>> Cathy: HELLO, MIKE.
YES, INDEED!
IT WAS 44 YEARS AGO THAT KYLE MACKAY AND HER MORGAN HORSE, DUNROVIN-JAY, ARRIVED AT CARLETON JUST IN TIME FOR FRESHMAN WEEK.
AS MIKE NOTED IN HIS FULL MESSAGE, THEY CARRIED JUST A TENT, BED ROLL, AND A CAMERA.
OH, MY GOSH, A CROSS-COUNTRY HORSEBACK RIDING TRIP.
I LOVE THIS!
KYLE RETURNED TO MINNESOTA YEARS LATER TO WORK AT HER ALMA MATER.
I LOVE THIS.
THANKS TO CARLETON COLLEGE AND OUR FRIEND BRENDAN HENEHAN FOR THAT QUESTION.
WE HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME FOR SOME SHOW-ENDING MUSIC.
IT WAS ON THIS DAY BACK IN 2014 THAT PIETA BROWN PERFORMED FOR US LIVE IN STUDIO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
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