Episodes 25
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Since Jun 2025
Latest Episode Mar 2026

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www.dansbikerides.com

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About This Podcast

The Bike Rides Radio Show is a weekly, one hour, locally produced variety program that airs on KMSU independent public radio in Mankato, Minnesota. Bike Rides is at times whimsical and other times sharp, featuring music and conversation that flows together nicely like a summer bicycle ride through the countryside.

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Recent Episodes

Episode 560 - 03-20-2026

Mar 17, 2026

From murder ballads to hard rock to lesbian bars, this ride is all over the road in more ways than one. Included: Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School of Medicine; Doug MacLeod; Grant Lee…

Episode 559 - 03-13-2026

Mar 11, 2026

Dan rides solo and anyone who wasn't nuts before certainly will be after this ride, especially the leader. Included: Debbie Harry; Bob Dylan; LP & Waddy Wachtel; Dead Man Winter; Brandi Carlile;…

Episode 558 - 03-06-2026

Mar 03, 2026

Charlie Parr make his FIFTH in-studio appearance for an exclusive interview and performance like none you've ever heard! Hang on to your handlebars folks, this ride quickly leaves the comfort of the…

Episode 557 - 02-06-2026

Feb 03, 2026

It's Dan and Hank navigating through a myriad of interesting genres and eras that make for a flowey ride this week. Included: Bill Callahan; Geese; Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Magnolia Electric…

Episode 556 - 01-30-2026

Jan 30, 2026

Minneapolis loves bike rides and Bike Rides loves Minneapolis. Hank and Dan serve up a proper salute to the hearty city and shining state following one of the most difficult weeks in their collective…

Episode 555 - 01-23-2026

Jan 22, 2026

It's a REALLY different ride this week as A.I. takes over and replaces Hank and Dan with A.I. bots in an extreme cost saving measure. Songs about technology (NOT 'techno', there's a difference) all…

Episode 554 - 01-09-2026

Jan 09, 2026

LOL, it's the annual Facebook Friends Ride and hopefully it's worth a share or two. Dan throws out a playlist request to all 780 of his FB friends on a cold and lonely Friday night in January and…

Episode 553 - 12-26-2025

Dec 24, 2025

It's the obligatory New Year's show as the guys parlay a darker playlist that reflects their golden expectations for 2026. Included: Small Hoop; Mary Chapin Carpenter; Joe Purdy; Onety-One; Ricki Lee…

Episode 552 - 12-19-2025

Dec 17, 2025

If you're looking for a true seasonally inspired radio show featuring all the greatest hits this ain't it, 'Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer' lives to infinity elsewhere on your radio dial.…

Episode 551 - 12-12-2025

Dec 09, 2025

This annual 4th of July in December ride always confuses the unfamiliar listeners. Tough $-h-*-T. Included; Joni Mitchell; Joe Purdy; Joe Purdy (again); Jeff Tweedy; Boy Genius; Iron and Wine; Elvis…

Episode 550 - 11-28-2025

Dec 02, 2025

Put your hood up, sunglasses on and get yourself to the darkest corner of your basement to mount the steep slide toward the colorless abyss of the solstice. It's BikeRides live, 15th annual…

Episode 549 - 11-07-2025

Nov 06, 2025

Hank's got dog problems so Dan had to fill the void, even playing one song twice just to make it happen. I wonder if there are any messages in the music. Included: Paul McCartney; Counting Crows;…

Episode 548 - 10-31-2025

Oct 29, 2025

It's the last day of the fall pledge drive at KSMQ, AND it's HALLOWEEN! Nothing but spirited music and a couple pledge reminders this week as another October pledge drive winds down on the Bike Rides…

Episode 547 - 10-24-2025

Oct 21, 2025

It's the Fall Pledge Drive at KSMQ and Dan plays the sympathy card for pledges. Included: Fat's Domino; Devo(x6); Dan Fogelberg

Episode 546 - 10-10-2025

Oct 09, 2025

Nothing to see here but your average bike riding radio show, you've heard one, you've heard them all. Included: Harry Styles; Tom Waits; Michael McLean/John Batdorf; Neko Case; Father John Misty;…

Episode 545 - 10-03-2025

Oct 01, 2025

Hank joins Dan to celebrate the ivory anniversary of all this nonesense known in dark circles as the BikeRides Radio Show. Included: The Box and Banjo Band; Dylan Hughs; Jordan Patterson; My Morning…

Episode 544 - 09-19-2025

Sep 18, 2025

Dan's back from his solo vacation for another solo ride this week, as he describes a solo ride he took at Cuyuna Lakes, buy himself. Included: Ron Gallo; George Winston; Rush; Mark Knopfler; Neko…

Episode 543 - 09-05-2025

Sep 02, 2025

It's a very special ride this week as the audience of AMPERS sister station KAXE joins the KMSU riders and listeners to celebrate the music of Grand Rapids Riverfest, on September 6th. Included: Alan…

Episode 542 - 08-29-2025

Aug 26, 2025

What starts as an innocent ride finds the guys stripped to the skivvies by the end; listen and find out how it got there. Included: Brett Horton; Wilco; Joe Purdy; Mildred Bailey; Renaissance; Noah…

Episode 541 - 08-15-2025

Aug 13, 2025

Hank and Dan present another wide array of genre bending music, only fit for consumption by the deepest musical palette, even when that palette shows up in the form of a frog at the studio window.…

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