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Brown on the Air: YOUTH SPORTS!
This week on “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE, guest host Julie Crabb engages the people of northern Minnesota in a conversation on youth sports. I join the program with a short commentary on my time as a sacrifice-only, middle relief right fielder in youth baseball. I think you’ll enjoy it. “Between You and…
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Brown on the Air: SWAP MEET!
This week on “Between You and Me” guest host Maddi Frick lights up Saturday morning with talk of swap meets. Not coincidentally the annual Itasca County Swap Meet will be going on throughout the weekend at the fairgrounds in Grand Rapids. I’ll be joining the 91.7 KAXE call-in and music program with another of my…
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Brown on the Air: OMENS!
This Saturday morning on 91.7 KAXE‘s “Between You and Me,” guest hosts Michael Goldberg and Gail Otteson explore the topic of omens with music, calls from listeners and the writing of several commentators such as myself. Omens can be good, but most folks tend to focus on “ominous” signs, or the bad. But not all…
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Brown on the Air: BRUSH WITH FAME!
“Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE this Saturday morning calls for stories of your “brush with fame.” Guest host Julie Crabb will be taking calls, playing tunes and sharing material from contributors like me. My piece begins with the phrase “I am a quintessential B-list local celebrity.” It’s self-indulgent, sure, but I like to…
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Brown on the Air: MORE FOOD!
This Saturday’s topic for the call-in and music program “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE is food. There are a few tried and true topics for this show; one of them is food. Food lets you talk about all the things that really matter behind the veil of a recipe, a smell or a…
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Brown on the Air: TOGETHER WE KNOW EVERYTHING
The Saturday morning call-in and music program “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE tackles an ambitious project this week. The topic is “Together We Know Everything.” Callers, program host Heidi Holtan and contributors like me will all present pieces of knowledge while asking questions about what we don’t know. This is a complicated project…
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Brown on the Air: SHUTDOWN?
The “Between You and Me” program on 91.7 KAXE this Saturday morning represents a bit of a departure. The show, which begins at 10 a.m. and runs until noon, dedicates its weekly discussion to the impending state government shutdown. I’ll be joining the conversation with my usual weekly commentary, this time sounding a bit more…
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Brown on the Air: CRUNCH TIME!
Stop your internet shenanigans right now and go over to www.kaxe.org or call 218-326-1234 to become a member of Northern Community Radio. 91.7 KAXE is a unique independent public radio station in northern Minnesota producing a wide variety of quality shows. KAXE is a big supporter of my work and I need you to become…
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Brown on the Air: LUNCH!
Are you enjoying your lunch right now? This year the book “Minnesota Lunch: From Pasties to Bahn Mi” by James Norton came out. In another of my Forrest Gump moments, I was interviewed for this book, which combines elements of a traditional cookbook with cultural narrative of the meaning of the food in question. Jim…
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Brown on the Air: KICKING THE HABIT!
The topic for this Saturday morning’s call-in and music program “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE is “Kicking the Habit.” Guest host Julie Crabb, fresh off quitting smoking, will welcome stories from listeners about the time you kicked a habit. My weekly commentary generally runs in the first hour of the show, which runs…
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Brown on the Air: BOB DYLAN AT 70!
My weekly contribution to the Saturday morning 91.7 KAXE program “Between You and Me” joins the show’s rotating topic: Bob Dylan at 70. Dylan Days is going on now in Dylan’s hometown of Hibbing. With Dylan turning 70 last week, a generation is forced to reckon with its own mortality. This is has been a…
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Brown on the Air: OUTSIDE THE COMFORT ZONE
My weekly contribution to the Saturday morning 91.7 KAXE program “Between You and Me” joins the show’s rotating topic, “Outside the Comfort Zone.” Guest hosts Michael Goldberg and Gail Otteson will share stories and music relating to times we step outside our comfort zones, the roles we play as we become strangers in strange lands.…
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Brown on the Air: WHAT’S IN A NAME?
This week the Saturday morning call-in and music program “Between You and Me” lights up the airwaves on 91.7 KAXE with the topic “What’s in a name?” The show features a variety of songs and produced elements, including my essay, but mostly highlights the voices of the people of northern Minnesota calling in to talk…
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Brown on the Air: MOM ADVICE!
Tune in from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday to hear “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE. My commentary will be a part of the show’s rotating topic “Motherly Advice,” in honor of Mothers Day on Sunday. I contrast the various styles of advice I’ve received from the mother figures in my life. It’s adorable,…
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Brown on the Air: GARDENING!
This week my contribution to the KAXE Saturday morning call in and music program “Between You and Me” joins the show’s topic of gardening stories. Gardens are firing up around northern Minnesota (finally, we think) and the Browns will be expanding our garden know-how as well. A version of this piece ran as my Sunday…