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Brown on the Air: BRAINERD!
This week on “Between You and Me,” the 91.7 KAXE Saturday morning call-in and music program featuring the voices of northern Minnesota, the topic is “Brainerd.” That’s right, the central Minnesota town whose pronunciation accentuates the regional accent gets its own show. This was a special challenge for me, a writer and teacher from the…
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Seeds of "military industrial complex" found in northern Minn. boat house
If you’re a fan of politics or history you might recall the legendary quote from President Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address delivered 50 years ago today. The speech warned of the rise of a “military industrial complex” that would grow to drain our federal budget by entangling us in a series of nonstop overseas entanglements. Eisenhower’s…
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Brown on the Air: GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS!
This week on “Between You and Me,” the Saturday morning call-in and music program on 91.7 KAXE, we are talking “the good news and the bad news.” Take this however you want. My essay explores the origins of the “good news bad news” joke structure. The concept for the show, however, was inspired by my…
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Brown on the Air: SPECIAL TALENTS
Tune in this week for 91.7 KAXE‘s “Between You and Me,” the Saturday morning call-in and music spectacular featuring host Heidi Holtan and YOU, the affiliated folks of northern Minnesota. The topic this Saturday is “Special Talents.” This is a chance to share your interesting or strange special talent, or those of someone you know.…
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Brown on the Air: For days of Auld Lang Mine
I’ll be on 91.7 KAXE Monday morning at 8:10 to talk about the year ahead for the Iron Range and northern Minnesota. I’ll be dabbling in mining news and trying out some of my new riffs on the “fate vs. free will” concepts I’ve been working with lately. I’m going to make that so much…
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It IS a Wonderful Life
Merry Christmas from MinnesotaBrown.com! I’ll be on a special prerecorded Christmas morning edition of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE. The show will cover many different aspects of Christmas, along with some appropriate tunes. My essay will explore the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.” It’s dubbed a holiday classic though I’ll be talking about…
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Inside the Christmas tree
In honor of Christmas I’m sharing some bonus content this week. Here’s an essay I wrote for KAXE a couple weeks ago. The topic for the show that week was “Christmas Trees.” Inside the Christmas tree By Aaron J. Brown HOST INTRO: It’s Between You and Me on KAXE. Today, with the holiday season upon…
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Brown on the Air: HOLIDAY TRAVEL!
“Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE this Saturday morning features calls, music and commentary about travel for the holidays. Many of us will be on the roads, rails or in the air this upcoming week. Host Heidi Holtan will be listening to your stories and sharing some great music on the last Saturday before…
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Brown on the Air: O CHRISTMAS TREE!
I won’t say it’s been a slow week on the Iron Range. It really hasn’t. But I’ve not been able to write the things I normally would what with classes winding down at the college. Meantime, take a listen to “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE this Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to noon.…
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Brown on the Air: BATH vs. SHOWER!
Almost forgot to mention this week’s edition of “Between You and Me” Saturday morning on 91.7 KAXE. The show’s topic is “bath vs. shower.” Which is your preference? I’ll be chiming in with an attempt at being clever and guest host DJ the DJ will be taking stories from you and others in, around, and…
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Brown on the Air: GRANDMOTHERS!
This week on 91.7 KAXE‘s “Between You and Me” the show explores the topic of grandmothers. With this season of holiday gatherings and matronly traditions, what better time to share stories about your grandmother or your experience of being a grandmother. I’ll have my usual quasi-comedic occasionally though-provoking contribution during the first segment of the…
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The "real" story of Thanksgiving from me, a noted fraudulent historian
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us (me) at MinnesotaBrown. What a great holiday! FOOD! LOW EXPECTATIONS! Can it BE more American? I think not. A couple weeks ago I wrote a fun little comic piece for KAXE about the first Thanksgiving. It stars Mark Twain as the overly self-aware protagonist. Just some clean holiday fun…
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Brown on the Air: COURAGE!
Tune in to “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE this Saturday morning for a wide-ranging discussion and musical selection on the topic of courage. What is courage to you? Have you ever been courageous? Who is the most courageous person you know? “Between You and Me” combines calls, music and commentators like me for…
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Brown on the Air: THANKSGIVING PREP
This week on “Between You and Me,” the Saturday morning radio show sensation from the northern indy powerhouse 91.7 KAXE, host Heidi Holtan is taking your calls about getting ready for Thanksgiving. Holiday purists know that Thanksgiving, with its dogmatic commitment to eating and forced interaction with family, is the one true American holiday. I…
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Brown on the Air: HOUSES
This Saturday on 91.7 KAXE‘s “Between You and Me” guest hosts Michael Goldberg and Gail Otteson will be exploring the topic of “This Old House.” They’ll be taking calls with stories of your current house or a house from your memory. My weekly commentary goes a slightly different direction, talking about the role of houses…