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Brown on the Air: BEING SINGLE
This week’s topic on Saturday morning’s “Between You and Me” show on KAXE celebrates Valentine’s Day by talking about the perils and pitfalls of being single in northern Minnesota. My regular contribution explains how my relatively early marriage prevented me from a chain smoking, deeply awkward hardscrabble bachelor life on the Iron Range. Also I…
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Brown on the Air: WINTER OLYMPICS!
The Winter Olympics are almost here and the Saturday morning talk/music show “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE will preview the events and explore the cultural phenomenon of the Olympics and winter sports this Saturday morning. My regular essay is a thinly-veiled construct designed solely to let me: 1) complain about NBC’s Olympic coverage…
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Brown on the Air: BREAD!
This week on 91.7 KAXE‘s weekly “Between You and Me” program the topic trends toward carbs. The Saturday morning call-in/music show will explore bread: how to make it, what we like about it and what bread means. I’ll chime in with my usual contribution, in my case exploring the world of the second-day bread store.…
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Brown on the Air: MLK, yesterday and today
This week edition of the Saturday morning call-in and radio program “Between You and Me” on KAXE explores the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King in northern Minnesota in these modern times. Each week the show reviews a new topic, highlighting the voices, attitudes and cultures of this unique region. Also, cool music and good…
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Brown on the Air: MINNESOTA ACCENTS!
Every once in a while I can sense when an episode of “Between You and Me,” the 91.7 KAXE Saturday morning call-in and music radio show juggernaut, will stick to the ribs. This Saturday’s show (10 a.m. to noon) should do just that as host Heidi Holtan leads a discussion about the unique words and…
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Brown on the Air: WHAT I’LL BE WHEN I GROW UP
What will you be when you grow up? That’s the question many of us weathered as we actually grew up but one that few of us ponder once we get there. This is the topic of this Saturday morning’s “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE and the subject of my weekly essay contribution. My…
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Brown on the Air: TOP WORDS
The Saturday morning KAXE call-in and music program “Between You and Me” will be exploring winter book recommendations this week. I’ll be joining the conversation with my regular contribution, this week recalling 2009’s top words according to the Global Language Monitor, an annual tradition of mine. This year’s top word is Twitter and I actually…
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Predict This!
Tune in this morning from 10 a.m. to noon for “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE (live streaming available) for a show about 2010 New Year predictions. My annual tradition of consulting the Oracle of the Sax-Zim bog continues. Related posts: No related posts.
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Brown on the Air: 2010 PREDICTIONS!
With Christmas absorbing the end of the week, I’ll just throw this out there and hope everyone remembers. Make a note that 91.7 KAXE‘s Saturday morning call-in show “Between You and Me” will explore 2010 New Year predictions this week and I’ll be sharing my annual new year predictions via the Oracle of the Sax-Zim…
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Brown on the Air: STOCKINGS!
This week’s edition of the 91.7 KAXE call-in and music program “Between You and Me” will explore the holiday topic of Christmas stockings. What’s your family tradition regarding stockings? If you don’t have one, what do you think about this whole thing? I did some research and, boy howdy, Wikipedia can lead you to some…
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Brown on the Air: HOT STOVE LEAGUE (you know, sports)
This week’s topic on 91.7 KAXE‘s Saturday morning call-in and music radio show “Between You and Me” is “Hot Stove League.” The hot stove league is an archaic but lovable term for talking about baseball in the winter. (Hellz, yes, 1950s!) The show features guest hosts Scott Hall and Fred Friedman, the regulars from the…
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Brown on the Air: HOW RUDE!
When you’re driving to Duluth to attend my book signing at Northern Lights Books and Gifts*, tune in to “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE from 10 a.m. to noon. Heck, even if you aren’t, why not give this radio program a shot? It’s a call-in and music show that highlights the passions, stories…
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Brown on the Air: FAMILY LANGUAGE
This Saturday’s edition of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE should be a lot of fun. From 10 a.m. to noon callers can share their stories of “family language,” or all the unique sayings that become part of the way members of a family talk to each other. With today’s holiday and the likelihood…
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Brown on the Air: GIVING THANKS
The Saturday morning call in/music program “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE returns this weekend with guest host Linda Johnson. My regular contribution is an encore presentation that fits with this week’s topic of “Thanksgiving.” The piece is about the importance of two little words, “thank you,” in parenting. It’s all funny and cute…
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Brown on the Air: LAKES!
Tune in Saturday morning for 91.7 KAXE‘s call-in/music program “Between You and Me.” My weekly contribution joins the show’s topic of “lakes.” Living in a state known for 10,000 (plus) lakes, in a relatively small county that boasts more than 1,000 lakes, and living on on of those lakes — hey, let’s just say I’m…