My favorite weekends are Great Northern Radio Show weekends. They are exhausting, invigorating and inspiring. And another one begins today. The Great Northern Radio Show, my personal twist on the old variety show format, will broadcast live from Armory Square in downtown Park Rapids, Minnesota, this Saturday from 5-7 p.m. on Northern Community Radio. At… Read More →
Great Northern Radio Show in Park Rapids on 9/27
September 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
If you’ve wondered why posting has sluffed off some here at the Iron Range’s fastest-growing news and culture blog there is good reason. I’ve been writing the latest edition of the Great Northern Radio Show while balancing my usual mix of writing, teaching and cloak-and-dagger projects. I’m happy to announce that the script is done… Read More →
Hear Ely Great Northern Radio Show, support KAXE/KBXE
June 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I took my Great Northern Radio Show up to Ely, Minnesota, on June 14 and had a wonderful time telling stories, making music and approximating humor. People seemed to like the show, which aired live on Northern Community Radio, and I’d argue that it was a pretty good calling card for what we do: explore the… Read More →
The ‘bright lights’ of Great Northern Radio Show weekend
June 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
We’re headed up to Ely now, getting ready for Saturday’s big Great Northern Radio Show, broadcasting live 5-7 p.m. from the Vermilion Community College Theater. Find out how you can attend or listen here. I love show weekends. Love, love, love. Here’s where we’re going: June 8, 2014 Auroras on Burntside Lake near Ely, MN… Read More →
Great Northern Radio Show heads to Ely
June 6, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Believe it or not, I don’t sit around thinking about mining and northern Minnesota politics all day. In fact, I try to do as little of that as possible (with middling success). What I’ve really been cooking up here at my woodland compound has been a little show I think you’ll like regardless of your position on… Read More →
Great Northern Radio Show to air in Duluth
May 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
103.3 KUMD in Duluth will rebroadcast our latest edition of the Great Northern Radio Show, recorded live in Virginia, Minnesota, earlier this spring. The show airs from 10 a.m. to noon on Monday, May 26, 2014: Memorial Day. For those enjoying a day outside or traveling to and from the various Memorial Day ceremonies around… Read More →
Enjoy Easter weekend with the Great Northern podcast
April 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
At long last the Virginia show podcast from my Great Northern Radio Show is online, ready for download and distribution. Right click and download this link, loading the MP3 into your iTunes or whatever system you use to listen to such things. A side note, I am well aware of how annoying it is to… Read More →
Hear the Virginia, MN, Great Northern Radio Show
April 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
You can hear our most recent episode of the Great Northern Radio Show this Saturday, April 5, from 10 a.m.-noon on Northern Community Radio. Later you’ll be able to download the podcast, allowing everyone to hear the broadcast we did in front of an audience at Mesabi Range College on March 22. We filled the… Read More →
Great Northern Radio Show is Saturday night
March 21, 2014 by 1 Comment
It’s an exciting day: the live broadcast of my Great Northern Radio Show on Northern Community Radio is Saturday night, beaming out from the Mesabi Range College theater in Virginia, Minnesota. The Great Northern Radio Show broadcasts from small towns and offbeat theaters around northern Minnesota, telling the story of the place and its people,… Read More →
Great Northern Radio Show in Virginia, MN on 3/22
March 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
My next Great Northern Radio Show will broadcast live from Mesabi Range College in Virginia, Minnesota, at 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 22, 2014. Our traveling radio variety show doesn’t have a home theater; so being on the Iron Range is as close to home as we get. For this and several other reasons, I’m… Read More →
