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Brown on the Air: LANGUAGES! (and news)
I’ll have an essay joining the show topic of “learning languages” on Saturday morning’s “Between You and Me,” Northern Community Radio’s conversation and music show. You can hear the show from 10 a.m. to noon on 91.7 KAXE in northern Minnesota and streaming live and archived at kaxe.org. Stay tuned for the launch of Northern…
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Brown on the Air: SAVING TIME!
Daylight savings time is upon us. Clocks spring forward this Sunday morning, ushering in the annual period of unnatural light adjustment indicative of modern life. All I know is that I’ve spent the last several weeks trying to explain how days get longer in the spring to my first grader and now when we go…
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Brown on the Air: FAME and POLITICS
The topic of the Saturday morning talk and music show “Between You and Me” on KAXE will be “brush with fame.” Guest host John Bauer will be taking calls from people sharing their stories of meeting celebrities, athletes or other prominent public figures. I’ve produced a piece that details how my feelings have changed about…
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Brown on the Air: OSCARS!
This week on 91.7 KAXE’s “Between You and Me” the topic veers into the pop culture apex that is Sunday’s Academy Award ceremony in Hollywood. My essay is just good clean wackiness merged with cultural observation. I have charted my seven-year plan to win an Oscar. Step One: acquire film skills. You can hear the…
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Brown on the Air: PETS!
It’s fundraiser time at 91.7 KAXE – Northern Community Radio. I did a stint on the air yesterday afternoon and will be on with my weekly commentary for “Between You and Me” Saturday morning. That show’s topic is “Love Your Pet” and my essay talks about the natural oddity that is human-animal friendship. I talk…
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"This woe-some news is of great providence"
I don’t always share the audio of my commentaries for the Saturday morning KAXE program “Between You and Me” here at the blog, but think you might enjoy this one. I wrote a radio sketch for the “accidental recipes” show last week, taking a look at the creation of a certain famous soap back in…
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What you need to know about MN-8; also, updated numbers
With the conclusion to the MN-8 DFL straw poll the race for Congress in northern Minnesota enters a new phase. If you missed my radio piece about DFL candidates Rick Nolan, Jeff Anderson and Tarryl Clark on 91.7 KAXE you can hear it online now. KAXE has also compiled my candidate interview videos. I’ll be…
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Tune to 91.7 KAXE radio story on MN-8 interviews
For some, the 35-minute format of my video interviews with MN-8 DFL candidates Rick Nolan, Jeff Anderson and Tarryl Clark might have been too long. If so, consider listening to a distilled version of my conversations with the potential challengers to Rep. Chip Cravaack (R-MN8) on Monday’s KAXE Morning Show. At 7:20 a.m. Monday I…
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Brown on the Air: ACCIDENTAL RECIPES of RADIO FARCE
This week’s topic on “Between You and Me” is one of those classic ones: Accidental Recipes. That would be recipes improved by unexpected changes. And of course, they don’t have to be good. Maybe it was bad. By all means, call in. My contribution to the show is not about food, however. I talk about…
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Tarryl Clark: the MinnesotaBrown/KAXE interview
Today I feature an interview with Tarryl Clark, DFL candidate for Congress in MN-8. Tarryl Clark is a former State Senator from the St. Cloud area. She is now co-chair of the Jobs 21 initiative based in Duluth. This interview was conducted Jan. 18 at the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm as part of a…
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Jeff Anderson: the MinnesotaBrown/KAXE interview
Today I feature an interview with Jeff Anderson, DFL candidate for Congress in MN-8. Anderson is a recent Duluth city councilor and radio ad executive who grew up in Ely. This interview was conducted Jan. 18 at the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm as part of a series that includes Anderson’s DFL opponents, Rick Nolan…
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Rick Nolan: the MinnesotaBrown/KAXE interview
Today I feature an interview with Rick Nolan, DFL candidate for Congress in MN-8. Nolan is a former Congressman from the Crosby area. In 1980 Nolan opted not to seek re-election and has since run a sawmill and international trading business. This interview was conducted Jan. 18 at the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm as…
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Brown on the Air: ENOUGH!
This week on “Between You and Me,” the unique Saturday morning conversation program on 91.7 KAXE, the topic is “enough.” The idea comes from an exhibit and program going on now in Itasca County called “Enough for All.” It’s a look at poverty. Poverty, eh? Well, I get a little tired of the same-old, same-old…
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Brown on the Air: FITNESS!
The topic for this week’s “Between You and Me,” the Saturday morning call-in and talk special on 91.7 KAXE, is fitness. As with many, the new year has me thinking about my shape — round — and making plans to get things back under control. My essay this week, a reprisal of a previous humorous…
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Great Northern Radio Show to play four great northern cities in 2012
While many readers come here for political news, I hope you consider checking out my preferred 2012 endeavor: the first full season of my Great Northern Radio Show originating on 91.7 KAXE. We’ll be broadcasting live stage shows from Bemidji, Brainerd, Eveleth and Bigfork. The Great Northern Radio Show is a live music, comedy and…