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Brown on the Air: BARTERING!
UPDATE: Oh, hell, this was bound to happen eventually. Spring is NEXT week’s topic. My books were cooked. This week the “Between You and Me” topic is “bartering.” What are you willing to do or give to get something else? Does this economy have you thinking about bartering for goods and services? For instance, I…
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Brown on the Air: HATS
This week’s topic for KAXE‘s “Between You and Me” is hats. I’ll be presenting my usual commentary near the beginning of the call-in and music program, which airs between 10 a.m. and noon on 91.7 FM in northern Minnesota and streaming online all over the world at www.kaxe.org. I’ll be talking about literal hats and…
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Brown on the Air: ‘Final Edition’ and RISK!
In a rare double whammy, I’m promoting two radio appearances today. Today at 5 p.m. I’ll be a guest on the 91.3 FM KUWS (Superior, Wisconsin) program “Final Edition,” a roundtable discussion about journalism in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. The topic is “blogging” and I’m on with Barrett Chase of “Perfect Duluth Day” and Beth…
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Brown on the Air: THANK YOU!
My weekly essay for KAXE’s Saturday morning “Between You and Me” program joins the show in exploring the concept of thanks. KAXE will be thanking everyone who participated in their winter fundraiser (if you haven’t kicked in your share yet, join KAXE now). I will be talking about the words “thank you” when emitted from…
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Wii won’t let me go
This is my weekly column that was published in the Sunday, March 1, 2009 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece was used as an essay broadcast on 91.7 KAXE‘s “Between You and Me” program this past December. Wii won’t let me goBy Aaron J. Brown There’s a machine in my…
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Brown on the Air: BOOKS AND STARDUST
This week my essay for KAXE’s Saturday morning call-in and music program “Between You and Me” will explore my thoughts on a book I read recently. The show’s topic is “winter reading list” and callers will be sharing their favorite reads as cabin fever drives us all mad. I’ll be sharing a shorter, snappier, retooled…
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Brown on the Air: BREAKFAST CEREAL!
My weekly essay for the 91.7 KAXE call-in and music program “Between You and Me” will feature a 90-second spoof advertisement for a product I call “Jammer Pops.” The satirical piece is among the craziest things I have ever attempted, so by all means tune in. (I swear to all things holy, it includes me…
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‘These things are old; these things are true’
This is my weekly column published Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009 in the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I read a portion of this for a recent episode of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE. ‘These things are old; these things are true’By Aaron J. Brown We live in a time of great abstraction. Economists most folks…
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Brown on the Air: PERFECT DATE
This week’s topic for “Between You and Me,” the Saturday morning call-in and music program on 91.7 KAXE, is “the perfect date.” Saturday is Valentine’s Day and I’ll be offering my weekly radio essay for the show. I cover the theme from a few different angles in a (cross your fingers) humorous way. You can…
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Superior and the Iron Range: together at last
CORRECTION: When I wrote this I meant to say Bukoski’s Ironworld lecture was Saturday, Feb. 21, the week after his radio interview. A great working class writer, Anthony Bukoski, is going to be venturing north from his Superior, Wis., base to appear on the Iron Range next week. Bukoski writes short stories about the people…
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Brown on the Air: OLD THINGS
My weekly essay for the 91.7 KAXE Saturday morning call-in and music program “Between You and Me” covers the topic de jour of “Old Things.” If I recall correctly, this topic was selected because someone in the show’s sphere of influence has a really old snowblower that they just won’t give up on. So this…
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Brown on the Air: NO!
My weekly essay for the KAXE’s Saturday morning flagship program “Between You and Me” deals with the show’s rotating topic of “Just Say No.” The call-in and music program will explore the idea of how hard it is to say “no” sometimes and what people do to deal with it. I have a bit of…
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Brown on the Air: CLASSIFIEDS
My weekly essay for the Saturday, Jan. 24 edition of KAXE’s “Between You and Me” call-in and music program will explore the show’s special topic of “classifieds.” The topic was picked in connection to this week’s unveiling of the Northern Community Internet project, a KAXE-sponsored community journalism site featuring news and views from citizens across…
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Brown on the Air: SOUP
My essay for the Saturday morning call-in and music program “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE will deal with the show’s unique weekly topic: soup. January is National Soup Month. Didn’t know that, did you? Second question: have you ever had to write a 500 word essay about soup? No? Well, you’ll want to…
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The seven habits of highly stressed parents
This is my weekly column that ran in the Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009 Hibbing Daily Tribune. I used a version of this piece for a recent edition of KAXE‘s “Between You and Me” program where I am also a regular contributor. The seven habit of highly stressed parentsBy Aaron J. Brown Normally when people talk…