Townies

Allie Lyman is a tug-of-war champion who travels the world for tug of war competitions, including the world games in China, a testing ground for the Olympics. Allie explains tug-of-war as a sport and talks with us about the pleasures of international travel, natural moments of discovery, being tourists in our own country, and growing up in Northfield for generations. Plus, what vegan cookies, tug-of-war, and the auto-harp have in common.

What is Townies?

Townies, is a radio program featuring interviews with people of Northfield, MN doing interesting stuff. New episodes on the first Thursday of the month. Hosted by Andrew Rossow and Betsy Spethman, Townies is a production of Artmakers