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Audio Clips for Feb 3rd, 10
Star Tribune reporter Kim Ode about her book "Baking with the St. Paul Bread Club - Recipes, Tips & Stories." MP3 Audio 

Stephen Mitchell about "The Second Book of the Tao." MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Jan 27th, 10
"Still Alice" by Lisa Genova, a Neuroscientist and her book from the point of view of a 50 year old realizing she has early onset Alzheimer's. MP3 Audio 

"Crazy Like Us:  The Globalization of the American Psyche" by Ethan Watters about how the U.S. has been exporting mental illness. MP3 Audio

Nathan Bergstedt reviews "It Can't Happen Here," a cautionary tale about the possibility of a fascist dictatorship taking hold in the US during the 1930s written by Sinclair Lewis  MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Jan 13th, 10
"How Philosophy Can Save Your Life - 10 Ideas That Matter Most" by Marietta McCarty MP3 Audio                              

"Seeking Peace: the "Miss Alcott's Email - Yours for Reforms of All Kinds" by Kit Bakke MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Jan 6th, 10
Jim Lewes "Ka-ka-ska-ska" MP3 Audio                              

Mary Pipher "Seeking Peace: the Worst Buddhist in the World MP3 Audio

Robert Goolrick "A Reliable Wife" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Dec 30th, 09
"Dragon House" by John Shors MP3 Audio                              

"Less is More" by Cecile Andrews MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Dec 23rd, 09
"Tis the Season!" by Lorna Landvik MP3 Audio                               

"Americans in Space" by Mary E. Mitchell MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Dec 16th, 09
The widow of Louis L'Amour, Kathy, talks with Heidi about his legacy and the newly published volume 7 of his short stories. MP3 Audio                             

"I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas" by Anna Getty MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Dec 9th, 09
Jennie Shortridge and her new novel "When She Flew," the story of an Iraq vet who is raising his child in the wild and a policewoman that risks her reputation to help them. MP3 Audio                           

Masha Hamilton and her new novel "31 Hours" about a 21 year old man who hasn't contacted his family in weeks - it is uncovered that he's been trained in Pakistan and converted to Islam to carry out a mission. MP3 Audio

Local free-lance writer Nathan Bergstedt and "Don't Mess with Texas" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Dec 2nd, 09
"The Sugarless Plum - A Ballerina's Triumph over Diabetes"  by Zippora Karz MP3 Audio                         

"Over the Holidays" by Sandra Harper MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Nov. 25th, 09
"Otter Spotters:  A Wildlife Adventure in Alaska"  by Judy Swain Garshelis, she and her husband spent over a year in the remote near Prince William Sound in Alaska, studying the breeding and eating and general movements of sea otters. MP3 Audio                        

"Ivy + Bean - Doomed to Dance" by Annie Barrows MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Nov. 18th, 09
Deborah Adele is the author of the book "Yamas & the Niyamas - Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice"and the co-owner of YogaNorth in Duluth, MN. MP3 Audio                      

Local author Tom Chase about the publication and party for his first science fiction novel "Stargazer: The First Days" MP3 Audio

Orson Welles' daughter Chris Welles Feder about her memoir "In My Father's Shadow: A Daughter Remembers Orson Welles" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Nov. 11th, 09
Michelle Maisto's  "The Gastronomy of Marriage:  A Memoir of Food and Love" MP3 Audio                    

Stephanie Stevens talks about "Isabelle and Grandma Birdie' the book for children she wrote and illustrated.  Stephanie is a Bereavement Care Coordinator for Hospice and her story talks about kids dealing with loss. MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Nov. 4th, 09
William Kent Krueger's latest is called "Heaven's Keep" and this time Cork O'Connor is not hired or called in to solve a mystery. This time the mystery is his life. His wife Jo has left northern Minnesota on a small plane, headed to a business meeting when the plane goes down in the Wyoming Rockies. MP3 Audio                  

"All Cakes Considered - A Year's Worth of Weekly Recipes Tested, Tasted, and Approved by the Staff of NPR's All Things Considered" by Melissa Gray MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Oct. 30th, 09
Pim Techamuanvivit and "The Foodie Handbook - The Almost Definitive Guide to Gastronomy". Pim has toured the world and can give you advice on how to look good ordering wine to trying something new in a restaurant to making your own food that you and others will love.  MP3 Audio                

Rachel Simon's written a great book, a self-help manual really for all the wives out there. As I can attest, getting through a self-help project (like tiling the floors perhaps) and still wanting to speak to your spouse is no easy feat. The book is called "Building a Home With My Husband - A Journey Through the Renovation of Love" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Oct. 21st, 09
Mirielle Guiliano's "Women, Work and the Art of Savoir Faire"  MP3 Audio              

Todd Boss and "Yellow Rocket" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Oct. 14th, 09
Minnesota author Sue Leaf talks about her memoir "The Bullhead Queen: a Year on Pioneer Lake" where she asks the questions what is our relationship to wild animals and what is our responsibility to them?  MP3 Audio            

New York Times best-selling novelist Allison Winn Scotch and her latest "The Time of My Life MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Oct. 7th, 09
"Missing Mark" by Minnesota author Julie Kramer  MP3 Audio          

"Remedies" by Kate Ledger MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Sept. 30th, 09
John Sandford about his latest mystery set in Grand Rapids called "Rough Country"  MP3 Audio        
John Sandford will be in Grand Rapids on Saturday October 3 at 1pm at the Village Bookstore in Grand Rapids for a book signing and Q & A.

Nick Hornby and "Juliet, Naked" MP3 Audio

Will Weaver,  the keynote speaker at the 20th annual Sinclair Lewis Writer's Conference in Sauk Center MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Sept. 23rd, 09
Young adult author John Green about his latest novel  "Paper Towns". MP3 Audio      

Laura Moriarty's new novel "While I'm Falling" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Sept. 16th, 09
Adam Shepard talks about “Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream” it’s a preview of his event in Grand Rapids at ICC’s Davies Theatre on Wed. Sept. 23rd at noon. MP3 Audio      

Julie Buxbaum talks about her novel “After You.” MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Sept. 9th, 09
John Shors about his latest novel "Dragon House" MP3 Audio                

The journal of first year teacher Esme Raji Codell "Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Sept. 2nd, 09
Tom Gjelten, National Public Radio correspondent, about Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba, a history of a country told through an international family rum business MP3 Audio              

Wally Lamb's The Hour I First Believed. MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for August 26th, 09
MN young adult author Nancy Crocker about Billie Standish Was Here. MP3 Audio            

Michael Zadoorian about his novel The Leisure Seekers about a runaway motor home-driving elderly couple. MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for August 19th, 09
Stephanie Stevens book for children called Isabelle and Grandma Birdie - the story of lessons learned after a death in the family. MP3 Audio          

Duane Schwartz first novel is Cobb's Landing, a Northern MN story of the gangsters and mobsters in Prohibition days. MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for August 12th, 09
Amy Efaw’s novel for young adults “After” explores a young woman who leaves her newborn baby in a dumpster. MP3 Audio        

MN author Jody Allen Crowe about his book “The Fatal Link – The Connection Between School Shooters and The Brain Damage from Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol.” MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for August 5th,  09
Iron Ranger Greg Suhonen and "Pike Point and the Good Lord's Earth" MP3 Audio      

Beth Carpel talks about "Assembling Georgia." MP3 Audio

A conversation with Bryan Gruley about "Starvation Lake." MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for July 29th,  09
Janet Evanovich and her latest Stephanie Plum mystery "Finger Lickin' Fifteen"  MP3 Audio    

Young adult author Charlaine Harris and "Dead and Gone" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for July 22nd,  09
Jay Asher's  "Thirteen Reasons Why"  MP3 Audio  

Rebecca Wells "The Crowning Glory of Calla Lilly Ponder" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for July 15th,  09
Susan Marks' "Historic Photos of MinnesotaMP3 Audio  

Jim Proebstle's "In the Absence of Honor" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for July 8th,  09
"The Romanov Bride" by Minnesota author Robert Alexander  MP3 Audio  

Architect Deborah Berke talks about her 25 years in the business and the new book that spotlights her theory of architecture of the "here and now". MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for July 1st,  09
"Moose:  a memoir" by Stephanie Klein  MP3 Audio  

"Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes" by Adam Ried MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for June 24th, 09
"The Sharing Solution - how to Save Money, Simplify Your Life & Build Community" by Janelle Orsi and Emily Doskow  MP3 Audio  

"Cabinology: A Handbook to Your Private Hideaway" by Dale Mulfinger MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for June 17th, 09
"Building A Home With My Husband - A Journey Through the Renovation of Love" by Rachel Simon  MP3 Audio  

"The Annunciations of Hank Meyerson, Mama's Boy and Scholar" by Scott Muskin MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for June 10th, 09
Judge Mark Munger talks about his 4 year project of the biography of his uncle called "Mr. Environment: The Willard Munger Story"  MP3 Audio  

Meg Waite Clayton's novel "The Wednesday Sisters," the story of 5 women who meet to write in the park  MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for June 3rd, 09
Adriana Trigiani's "Very Valentine"  MP3 Audio  

Ann Hood's "Comfort"  MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for May 27th, 09
Chicago bureau chief for the wall street journal Bryan Gruley talks with Heidi about hockey and his first novel "Starvation Lake"  MP3 Audio  

Aaron Newton talks about his 5 year plan to grow more calories than he consumes - he co-wrote "A Nation of Farmers - Defeating the Food Crisis on American Soil" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for May 20th, 09
MN author Nancy Crocker talked with Heidi about how the label "young adult novel" is limiting - Nancy's novel is "Billie Standish Was Here"  MP3 Audio  

The average amount of monthly text messages by the average teenager is 1742. Mark Bauerlein's book is "The Dumbest Generation - How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for May 13th, 09
MN Author Laura M. Flynn talks about growing up with a mom with schizophrenia and her memoir "Swallow the Ocean"  MP3 Audio  

May-Ling Hopgood and her memoir about finding her birth parents, "Lucky Girl"  MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for May 6th, 09
Michael Perry explains the beauty of the snotrocket or "farmer's snort" during his talk with Heidi on Realgoodwords. His new book is "Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting"  MP3 Audio  

Who inspired Bob Dylan you ask? Dylan Thomas? Woody Guthrie? Bob himself says his high school english teacher B.J. Rolfzen was a great influence on his writing. Hear what B.J. has to say about his student Robert Zimmerman. Dylan Days is May 21-24st go to www.dylandays.com for more information...  MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for April 29th, 09

Steve Lopez "The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship and the Redemptive Power of Music"  MP3 Audio  

Wally Lamb "The Hour I First Believed"  MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for April 22nd, 09

Barbara Brown Taylor's "An Altar in the World - A Geography of Faith"  MP3 Audio  

Alison Buckholtz's "Standing By:  The Making of an American Military Family in a Time of War"  MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for April 15th, 09

William Kent Krueger's latest Cork O'Connor mystery set in Northern Minnesota, "Red Knife" MP3 Audio  

Heidi's interview with the late great Bill Holm  MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for April 8th, 09:A celebration of National Poetry Month with Minnesota poets:

Todd Boss "Yellowrocket" MP3 Audio  

LouAnn Shepherd Muhm "Breaking the Glass" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for April 1st, 09:

"Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson MP3 Audio  

"Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World" by Mary Pipher MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for March 25th, 09:

Julie Kramer's "Stalking Susan" MP3 Audio  

MN Suspense novelist Brian Freeman and his latest, "In the Dark" MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for March 18th, 09:

Sandra Harper's "High Tea" MP3 Audio  

Guy Finley's "The Essential Laws of Fearless Living"  MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for March 11th, 09:

Adriana Trigiani's "Very Valentine" MP3 Audio

"The Leisure Seeker" by Michael Zadoorian  MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for March. 4th, 09:

The Beat Cafe w/ the Krebs MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Feb. 18th, 09:

"Still Summer" by Jacquelyn Mitchard MP3 Audio

"The Border of Truth" by Victoria Redel  MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Feb. 11th, 09:

Anthony Bukoski's "North of Port" and "Twelve Below Zero" MP3 Audio

Ellen Baker's "Keeping the House"  MP3 Audio

Interview Highlight:

Emily Giffin's "Love the One You're With"  MP3 Audio

Audio Clips for Feb. 4th, 09:

Gail Perry Johnston's "The Social Cause Diet: Stories of Satisfying Acts of Service"  MP3 Audio

"The Soul Thief" by Charles Baxter  MP3 Audio

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