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Brown on the Air: "Feminism in the Stand"
My radio essay for KAXE’s “Between You and Me” is special for this week’s topic, “Women Who Hunt.” I’ve written about hunting in the past, including my family’s hunting traditions and the local cultural significance of hunting. This time I focus on how the media likes to beat the heck out of stories like, well,…
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Brown on the Air: "The Books of Youth"
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Bananas on deadline
I’m going to give readers a glimpse into the creative process. I write two things on a weekly deadline, a newspaper column and a radio essay. The radio essay topic is generally dictated by KAXE’s “Between You and Me” show topic that week. In a way, that makes this piece easier to write because it’s…
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Brown on the air, at the shack
Saturday brings my weekly essay for the “Between You and Me” program on 91.7 KAXE. This week’s topic is “five minutes.” The idea came from the stories of those evacuated from the California wild fires. Many of them were given just five minutes to collect things before they had to abandon their homes. What would…
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Brown on the air: Oct. 27
I’m on the air Saturday with another original essay for Heidi Holtan’s “Between You and Me” radio program on 91.7 KAXE. The show’s topic this week is “junk drawers.” Every week the show explores some seemingly random and sometimes timely topic to offer a glimpse into the culture and heart of Northern Minnesota. Music, interviews,…