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Brown on the Air: Love, Misc.
I’m on the air Saturday morning for my weekly essay on KAXE’s “Between You and Me.” This week’s show topic is about love and dating, sort of a whiplash off of this week’s Valentine’s Day holiday. I offer “tips for dating Iron Rangers.” Usually, the essay is complete by the time I write this post.…
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Coleman KAXE interview reveals northern strategy, foretells battle over coal gas boondoggle
U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman gave an interview to Scott Hall on the KAXE morning show today in which he covered a broad range of issues. KAXE is a unique and popular independent public radio station serving most of northern Minnesota. The most interesting details came near the end after Scott asked his final question, and…
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Brown on the Air: Gym Class
Tune in Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon on 91.7 KAXE to hear “Between You and Me.” I contribute essays to the call-in and music show, which profiles a different cultural topic each week from a distinctly northern Minnesota point of view. This week we’re talking about gym class. That’s a sore subject for a…
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Brown on the Air: Mystery Theatre
Tune in for this week’s “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE to hear my 4-minute radio mystery “The DeRanger Code.” This week’s show explores the topic of mystery novels, so I wrote a parody of Dan Brown’s “The DaVinci Code” set on the Mesabi Iron Range. Heavy-duty production work was involved and the I…
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Brown on the Air: Kids Say the Darnedest Things
My weekly radio essay on Saturday’s “Between You and Me” on KAXE deals with the cute little things that kids say. If that sounds too sugary for you, don’t worry. My essay also involves Scotch. (You’ll have to listen to figure out the connection). “Between You and Me” is a call-in and music show that…
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Join me in ‘real time’ for 1/23 blogging seminar in Grand Rapids
For those interested in joining a special project for northern Minnesota, take note. KAXE is part of a community journalism initiative to create a website to share local news and culture. They have been holding Community Journalism seminars for people interested in gathering, analyzing and sharing information. Starting this week MinnesotaBrown is getting involved. This…
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Brown on the Air: Riding the Bus
Saturday’s edition of “Between You and Me” with Heidi Holtan on 91.7 KAXE will explore the world of buses in advance of the KAXE bus trip to declare rural Effie as the “Capital of KAXE.” (Find out more below). In my weekly essay contribution I talk about the dynamics of my time on a school…
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Brown on the Air: Movies
My essay for KAXE’s “Between You and Me” with Heidi Holtan tomorrow will be about movies. As usual this remains consistent with the call-in show’s topic for the week. Expect a lot of talk about people’s favorite movies and what movies mean in our society. You can hear the show from 10 a.m. to noon…
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Brown on the Air: Coffee
My weekly radio essay for Saturday’s “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE is about coffee, which is also the show’s theme this week. Breaking a recent trend I don’t wax philosophic about the deep meaning of coffee. Rather, I talk about the base value of coffee: a fast, reliable source of caffeine. I do…
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Brown on the Air: Time
I had the high honor of appearing as the guest on this morning’s “What’s for Breakfast” segment on the 91.7 KAXE Morning Show. Tomorrow, my weekly essay will appear on “Between You and Me” between 10 a.m. and noon. The topic this week is appropriate for today: time. See, today is my birthday, the big…
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Brown on the Air: Winter Wonderland
The long Christmas weekend begins Saturday with the topic of KAXE’s “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE: Winter Wonderland. We northern Minnesotans live in just such a wonderland. My essay is about how recent unusual winters have been a drag for our local snow enthusiasts. Only it’s supposed to be funnier than how I…
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Brown on the Air: Home for the Holidays
The topic for this week’s “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE is “Home for the Holidays.” Host Heidi Holtan and anyone who cares to call in will be discussing what it’s like coming home for Christmas, including traditions, stories and reflections. My weekly essay contribution is about my drive home from a college in…
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Brown on the Air: Sports Woes
My radio essay for this week is about sports, specifically my inability to successfully play sports. The piece will air early in the “Between You and Me” program on 91.7 KAXE this Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007. Scott Hall and Fred Friedman, co-hosts of the “Sports Page” segment on KAXE will be guest hosting the Saturday…
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Brown on the Air: Cookies!!!!
My radio essay for Saturday’s “Between You and Me” program (10 a.m. to noon on 91.7 KAXE) deals with the topic of cookies. Indeed, the whole show will talk about cookies, but I focus in on the grand poo-bah of cookies for my generation, Cookie Monster. You should tune in if only to hear me…
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Behold … THE FUTURE!
Here’s an invite that I almost ignored, but now I’m going. My book will include a section on the future of the Iron Range so this gives me easy material. I get lazy when the deadlines start snarling at me. My notations are below as well. Have you ever wondered what Grand Rapids will be…