Minnesota: The Exclave with Raphi Nussbaum

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Education, History

4.9 • 15.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In this episode, Sharon speaks with Raphi Nussbaum about Angle Inlet, Minnesota, a tiny community in North America’s Lake of the Woods. Angle Inlet is an exclave of American Territory that is entirely surrounded by water, Ontario, and Manitoba. Nestled in the Lake of the Woods, Angle Inlet is home to approximately 120 residents among 35 households. The exclave houses the last operating one-room schoolhouse in America, a post office, a customs office, and a humble cafe. Listen to learn more about how residents and tourists access this remote peninsula that shares no border with the contiguous United States.

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0:00.0	Hello my friends I am delighted that you're here today. I have a fascinating story about my home state of Minnesota. I had to get a good story
0:10.3	Needed to tell all the Minnesotans something they probably didn't already know, so it was not
0:16.1	going to be a story about like, the Mall of America.
0:19.8	Something that all Minnesotans know?
0:21.3	No.
0:22.3	Had to come up with something different. So I hope I shall meet your expectations,
0:26.0	and I am joined by my friend who does not live in Minnesota. He lives in Jerusalem, Rafi Nussbaum.
0:32.4	Rafi isusbaum. Rafi is a rabbi who grew up in Canada he shares my
0:36.2	affinity for cold weather and he ended up thinking this is a really cool
0:41.1	story too so let's dive in to the northwest angle.
0:47.8	I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast. Oh my goodness, thank you for joining me all the way from Jerusalem far across the world.
1:00.0	It is amazing to be here.
1:02.0	Tell everybody what you do.
1:04.0	You have about six careers at this point.
1:06.0	Right, that's basically accurate.
1:09.0	First and foremost, I guess I would say husband and father.
1:12.0	We live in Jerusalem, my wife and I Dina with five little kids the youngest is two months old
1:16.8	aside from that I teach full time and my side hustle is photography and it's quite a busy day.
1:26.0	And it's like 11.30 p.m. there.
1:30.0	And you're like squeezing me in between year 16 jobs and sleeping.
1:35.0	Right, well for Sharon for you, you know, we'll make room.
1:38.0	What do you teach?
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