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Brown on the Air: INVENTIONS!
This week’s edition of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE explores inventions: things you’ve invented, inventions you’ve loved, inventions you wish were invented. The topic will be dissected in traditional call-in and music-playing fashion, blending the unique voices of northern Minnesota and the expert moderation of host/producer Heidi Holtan. My regular contribution explores an…
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Brown on the Air: JOKES!
Tune in to “Between You and Me” Saturday morning on 91.7 KAXE for music, commentary and listener contributions about this week’s rotating topic: JOKES! Guest hosts Michael Goldberg and Gail Otteson will be taking calls and celebrating 9/11 humor! Ha ha! Too soon? Yes. Too soon. They’ll be taking jokes from the audience and not…
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Brown on the Air: WORST JOBS
My weekly contribution to 91.7 KAXE‘s Saturday morning program “Between You and Me” joins the rotating topic of “worst job you’ve ever had.” This is, loosely speaking, a tribute to Labor Day, but admittedly a bit of a sacrilegious one. Never mind; if there’s one thing that members of the proletariat have in common it’s…
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Brown on the Air: BACK TO SCHOOL!
Saturday morning’s edition of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE explores a topic close to my heart, “Back to School.” Guest host Maddi Frick, a college student about to head back to campus herself, will be leading the conversation. She’s got a great name and a smooth drinkin’ public radio voice, so give it…
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Brown on the Air: SUMMER WHATNOT!
And in a dramatic change in tone, we move on to this week’s delightful homespun radio program. “Between You and Me,” the Saturday morning call-in and music show on 91.7 KAXE features “summer recipes” this week. This will be a wide ranging celebration of the end of summer and the things we like about the…
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Brown on the Air: ROAD TRIP!
Tune in this Saturday morning for “Between You and Me,” the call-in and music program on 91.7 KAXE. The topic this week is “road trips.” I’ve written about road trips in the past so I decided to go a different direction this week, instead writing another character piece about road trips from the viewpoint of…
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Brown on the Air: STORMY WEATHER!
This week’s edition of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE explores the topic of stormy weather. I’ll be joining the Saturday morning call-in and music program to offer commentary on one particular side effect of storms in our house, the bellowing of the weather alert radio my beautiful bride of almost 10 years keeps…
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Brown on the Air: CAMPFIRES!
Tune in to 91.7 KAXE‘s weekly call-in and music program “Between You and Me” Saturday morning. This week’s topic is “campfires,” a hot one — HOT, GET IT! Guest hosts Michael Goldberg and Gail Otteson will lead a conversation that will explore every corner of campfire traditions and stories. Like Michael and Gail, I’m a…
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Brown on the Air: CONCERTS AGAIN
Tune in tomorrow morning from 10 a.m. to noon for the weekly call-in and music sensation “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE. This week’s topic is “outdoor concerts” or some approximation of that, in advance of Saturday afternoon’s Mississippi River Festival at the KAXE Rotary Tent along the Mighty Miss. I’ll be joining the…
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Brown on the Air: WEDDINGS!
Tune in tomorrow morning for “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE where I’ll join host Heidi Holtan and the people of northern Minnesota (and beyond) in analyzing the weekly topic of “weddings.” It’s summer, so weddings are a big deal. Marriages are all about winter — survival, scarce resources, eating bark — but weddings…
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Brown on the Air: LAWN MOWING!
Tomorrow on 91.7 KAXE‘s weekly call-in and music program “Between You and Me” I’ll be joining the show’s rotating topic of lawn mowing, with a creative piece that describes — in metaphoric bliss — the exact procedure of how my lawn is mowed each week. Is there a moral? Oh, I think you know there…
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Brown on the Air: THE SIXTH SENSE
Tune in tomorrow for the Saturday morning radio spectacular “Between You and Me” on northern Minnesota’s 91.7 KAXE. The show airs from 10 a.m. to noon and each week deals with a new topic for host Heidi Holtan, regular contributors like me, and callers to explore through stories and music. This week we talk about…
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Brown on the Air: STATE PARKS
My weekly contribution to “Between You and Me,” KAXE‘s weekly Saturday morning call-in and music show joins this episode’s theme of “State Parks.” What better place to talk about state parks than northern Minnesota, where the really good parks are located? I jump in the fray with the perspective of a northern Minnesotan who lives…
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Brown on the Air: TATTOOS!
What would a guy like me say if he were assigned to write an essay about tattoos? As I write this (for advance posting, mind you; in real time I am in the Chicago suburbs attending a conference about online education assessment improvement) I am wearing khaki pants and a soft, very nice cotton t-shirt…
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Brown on the Air: SURVIVAL!
This Saturday morning’s topic on “Between You and Me,” the KAXE call-in and music program lighting up the northern half of the best state ever, is “survival.” Host and producer Heidi Holtan and others will be asking for stories of survival, thoughts on survival and its many meanings. I’ll chime in with my usual thematic…