Whether it’s by bike, kayak, or pint glass, the way visitors (and residents) explore Duluth takes on many forms these days. And Dave Grandmaison, co-owner of The Duluth Experience has a little something to do with that.

“There was a niche to be filled,” said Grandmaison, who started the tour company in 2012 with a few friends.

On this week’s podcast, he shares with us how the Duluth Experience came to be, what types of tours they offer and what to expect when you book a tour with them.

What we are into this week: Glensheen Mansion play, bean bag toss, handkerchief, and the Beach Boys.

Located in the "cave" of the Duluth News Tribune newsroom is where you'll find today's guests.

Get to know the women behind two new community weekly newspapers. Western Weekly editor Teri Cadeau and Eastern Observer editor Elly Power share their journalism backgrounds and what they hope these print only publications will become for residents of Duluth. 

Have a guest or topic idea for a future podcasts? Let us know at podcast@duluthnews.com. 

The Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra begins its concert seasons this week. Artistic director Warren Friesen highlights the four concerts, including one that features Duluth-based violinist and singer/songwriter Gaelynn Lea Tressler.

Last spring, Gaelynn Lea won NPR's "Tiny Desk Concert" and gained national attention. She has traveled the world in the last year and she will be debuting a new work for the LSCO concert on July 27.

He was just 30 years old and only four years out of law school when Duluth heiress Elizabeth Congdon was discovered smothered to death in her bed at Glensheen Mansion, her night nurse Velma Pietila fatally beaten with a candlestick.

Forty years later, then chief prosecutor John DeSanto joins the podcast this week to share his firsthand experience with Duluth's most well-known murder case.

"The day of June 27, 1977, Monday. I remember it like it was yesterday," DeSanto said.

To get in touch with the Pressroom Podcast, email us at podcast@duluthnews.com.