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Brown on the Air: DO-OVERS!
If you could do something over, what would it be? If you could live something over, what would you choose? The topic of the Saturday morning call-in and music show Between You and Me on Northern Community Radio this week is “Do-Overs.” I argue, humorously, with my typical self-deprecating memoir, that do-overs are not possible.…
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Brown on the Air: POETRY!
I’ll be returning to my commentary role on Northern Community Radio’s “Between You and Me” call-in and music program this Saturday morning, speaking on the topic of poems and poetry for National Poetry Month. I’ll be discussing 50 years of Minnesota’s most successful poet, Duluth and Hibbing’s Bob Dylan. You may recall that I am…
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Brown on the Air: KITCHEN GADGETS!
I’ll be on Northern Community Radio’s “Between You and Me” this Saturday morning with a commentary on kitchen gadgets. This should be a fun show, featuring guest hosts Maggie Montgomery and Ross Williams. I detail my ineptitude with kitchen gadgets and my predisposition toward the sort of canned, processed foods common to people who grew…
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Brown on the Air: EARLY SPRING!
This week’s Between You and Me on Northern Community Radio deals with the unusual early spring in northern Minnesota. What are you seeing? What does this mean? Stories of nature and the nature of change will abound. My essay is adapted from my column last week, so if you liked that and would like to…
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Brown on the Air: LANGUAGES! (and news)
I’ll have an essay joining the show topic of “learning languages” on Saturday morning’s “Between You and Me,” Northern Community Radio’s conversation and music show. You can hear the show from 10 a.m. to noon on 91.7 KAXE in northern Minnesota and streaming live and archived at kaxe.org. Stay tuned for the launch of Northern…
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Brown on the Air: SAVING TIME!
Daylight savings time is upon us. Clocks spring forward this Sunday morning, ushering in the annual period of unnatural light adjustment indicative of modern life. All I know is that I’ve spent the last several weeks trying to explain how days get longer in the spring to my first grader and now when we go…
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Brown on the Air: FAME and POLITICS
The topic of the Saturday morning talk and music show “Between You and Me” on KAXE will be “brush with fame.” Guest host John Bauer will be taking calls from people sharing their stories of meeting celebrities, athletes or other prominent public figures. I’ve produced a piece that details how my feelings have changed about…
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Brown on the Air: OSCARS!
This week on 91.7 KAXE’s “Between You and Me” the topic veers into the pop culture apex that is Sunday’s Academy Award ceremony in Hollywood. My essay is just good clean wackiness merged with cultural observation. I have charted my seven-year plan to win an Oscar. Step One: acquire film skills. You can hear the…
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Brown on the Air: PETS!
It’s fundraiser time at 91.7 KAXE – Northern Community Radio. I did a stint on the air yesterday afternoon and will be on with my weekly commentary for “Between You and Me” Saturday morning. That show’s topic is “Love Your Pet” and my essay talks about the natural oddity that is human-animal friendship. I talk…
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"This woe-some news is of great providence"
I don’t always share the audio of my commentaries for the Saturday morning KAXE program “Between You and Me” here at the blog, but think you might enjoy this one. I wrote a radio sketch for the “accidental recipes” show last week, taking a look at the creation of a certain famous soap back in…
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Brown on the Air: ACCIDENTAL RECIPES of RADIO FARCE
This week’s topic on “Between You and Me” is one of those classic ones: Accidental Recipes. That would be recipes improved by unexpected changes. And of course, they don’t have to be good. Maybe it was bad. By all means, call in. My contribution to the show is not about food, however. I talk about…
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Brown on the Air: ENOUGH!
This week on “Between You and Me,” the unique Saturday morning conversation program on 91.7 KAXE, the topic is “enough.” The idea comes from an exhibit and program going on now in Itasca County called “Enough for All.” It’s a look at poverty. Poverty, eh? Well, I get a little tired of the same-old, same-old…
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Brown on the Air: FITNESS!
The topic for this week’s “Between You and Me,” the Saturday morning call-in and talk special on 91.7 KAXE, is fitness. As with many, the new year has me thinking about my shape — round — and making plans to get things back under control. My essay this week, a reprisal of a previous humorous…
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Christmas on the Air!
Saturday morning brings a special Christmas Eve morning episode of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE. The call-in and music show will take calls, requests and stories about your favorite (or least favorite) Christmas music. Guest host Grant Frashier helms the program, which features the people of northern Minnesota, including a few regular essayists…
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Brown on the Air: ICE!
I talked about ice earlier this week. Should be an interesting holiday week with 45 degree temps forecast for Sunday. You can enjoy what might be the denouement of the historically good ice conditions in northern Minnesota this Saturday with 91.7 KAXE’s “Between You and Me.” The call-in and music program will be detailing the…