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OVERTIME!
Thanks so much to everyone who has
pledged so far... we're motoring on
until we reach our goal of $50,000,
and then we'll shut it down.
We've got new t-shirts available
inclulding this brilliant Phenology
t-shirt. Available at at our $10/month
$120/year level.. Thanks so
much!
Call 800-662-5799, or
pledge online.
We are in countdown mode!
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REALGOODWORDS features Minnesota native
author
David Treuer. David is in
Minnesota to talk about his new book
"Rez Life" and Charlie Pulkrabek
visited with him. "Rez
Life" incorporates "memoir, journalism, and history... tackles the harrowing losses of
Treuer's family and tribe as well as
the surprising triumphs of Indians
over their own lives and in their
own efforts to shape what America
means." We've got copies available
of "Rez Life" when you
support local
radio that brings you extended
conversations with authors from near
and far. Also featured this
week,
Ralph Sassone and "The
Intimates". Call 800-662-5799, or
pledge online. |
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NEW MUSIC
Leonard Cohen is back in the
recording business. His
gravelly, 77-year old voice imparts
meaning and timing, if not a
three-octave range, on
Old Ideas.
Also new: Heartless Bastards, the
new Bob Dylan tribute Chimes of
Freedom, First Aid Kit, Dion,
and many more. See the list of
new music in the collection
here. |
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REQUEST
FOR PROPOSAL
FOR ARTWORK AT KBXE
Northern Community Radio's new FM
station, 90.5 KBXE (coming on air in
March), will continue the commitment
to art established by 91.7 KAXE,
particularly to art produced by
artists living and working in the
communities we serve. To that end,
we plan to make the facade of our
KBXE studios and office space in
Bemidji a work of art, designed and
implemented by artists in the Region
2 Arts Council neighborhood.
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MN
LEGACY
FUND SURVEY
With help
from the MN Legacy Fund, we've been
able to produce programs like
CenterStage MN, the Great Northern
Radio Show, Realgoodwords, Morning
Show Segments and Culturology.
Now the state needs
YOUR feedback
on these programs.
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KBXE
RECEPTION REPORTS
90.5 KBXE has been operating in test
mode on and off for a few days.
We're starting to hear encouraging
reception reports.
Where have
you heard 90.5?
See the full map and read
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KAXE Audio Highlights
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 DAIRY
BROAD REAPPEARS ON VALENTINE'S
DAY "DARK SIDE OF LOVE"
Longtime
volunteer programmer Julie Crabb did
her annual anti-valentine show and
asked for stories about love lost.
Who calls but none other than Dairy
Broad, our friend and hoister who
was jilted by John Bauer. Tell us
your story of woe! |
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AARON
BROWN & THE 8TH DISTRICT INTERVIEWS
Independent
producer Aaron Brown brought us his
conversations with potential DFL
challengers to the 8th district
congressional seat currently held by
Chip Cravaack (R). They include Rick
Nolan, Jeff Anderson and Tarryl
Clark... read
more on
MinnesotaBrown.com... see his
video interviews
here. |
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What's
For Breakfast in Texas?
A couple of weeks
ago we talked with Minnesota native
and current Austin, Texas resident
Pamela about all kinds of things -
her breakfast, life in Minnesota,
her work, electric cars. Each
week on What's For Breakfast on
Friday mornings at 7:45 we talk to
one of our members and get to know
them a little bit better. We
start with What's For Breakfast and
who knows where we end up!
Want to be a guest? Emaili
comments@kaxe.org. |
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Gil
Quaal on the real Super Bowl We are so
grateful for the time he spent on
KAXE sharing his knowledge about
wild foods. Listen here for
Gil's own version of the Super
Bowl. |
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Levon
Helm, Emmylou Harris, Ry Cooder,
Lucinda Williams, and... who?
Linda Chorney
put a lot of work into her new,
self-released album,
Emotional Jukebox, and
embraced social media to make it a
Grammy competitor in the Americana
Album category this year.
Hear the Currents interview with
this surprising contender. |
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Susan
Carol Hauser:
"My Kind of River Journey: Seeking
Passage On the Mississippi"
Bemidji area resident Susan Carol
Hauser's most recent book is a
nonfiction chronicle of an 18 day
journey down the Mississippi.
Susan joins Maggie and Scott on
the morning show to talk about the
experience of their trip down the
big river and of writing the book. |
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Jim
Jones,
Cultural
Resources Director of the
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
talks with
Scott Hall about
the closing of the Pamida store in
Bemidji and what he thinks she be
done with that site, which is a
sacred burial ground of at least 22
Dakota people. You can also
read
Megan
Treuer's letter to the editor in the
Bemidji Pioneer for more
information. |
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Minnesota
assumes management of the Wolf:
The gray wolf recently went off the
Federal Endangered Species List. DNR
Wildlife Biologist Dan Stark talks
about how the state will manage the
wolf. |
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Steve
Downing examines the things he
appreciates in his life,
on this week's
Between You and Me. Our
topic was
5 Things We Appreciate, from the
Facebook page started by Sarah
MacRostie.
Mary
Finch SINGS!
Ever have
that problem of not being able to
get a song out of your head?
When
Mary Finch set to writing
her essay for
Between You and Me she
couldn't get Julie Andrews singing
"My Favorite Things" out of her
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Iris
Jensen on What's For Breakfast:
Iris was the feel-good hit in
KAXE-land last week when she joined
John and Heidi on the Friday morning
show for What's for Breakfast.
You can hear the whole interview
here, including her beautiful
rendition of "Hark The Herald Angels
Sing". Grab a hanky before you
listen. |
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Oliver
and Gertie Juntenen and the History
of Suomi: It's not a town
or township, but when
Finnish-American families moved
there 95 years ago it became a
vibrant community that exists to
this day. Oliver and Gertie were
born and raised there. They met in
grade school and still live on their
family's original homestead |
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Paul
Metsa's "Blue Guitar Highway"
Paul Metsa joins Charlie
Pulkrabek on
Centerstage Minnesota to talk
about Minnesota music and his new
book titled
Blue Guitar Highway. |
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Project
Care Free Clinics
Free clinics in Hibbing, Ely, and
Grand rapids are now seeing people
without insurance or underinsured.
Most are employed but can't afford
basic health care or insurance.
In this interview, the Executive
Director of
Project Care Free, Carrie
Estey-Dix, Nurse-Practioner Sue
Koprowski, and Paramedic Tim George
talk about how the clinics got
started and the people who use them. |
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Marty
Cobenais from the Indigenous
Enviornmental Nework on the Morning
Show. Tribal
leaders from all over the U.S.
recently attended the White House
Tribal Leaders Summit in Washington
D.C. At the Top of their
agenda was to present President
Obama with the "Mother Earth Accord"
and urge him to oppose the Keystone
Pipeline Project that proposes to
build a 1700 mile pipeline from
Alberta to the western plains to
Gulf of Mexico. Marty talked
with KAXE's Scott Hall this week
about the Keystone Pipeline Project. |
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Travis
Ryder talks about doing his part as
an honest carnivore
outside New Ulm on Thanksgiving
weekend. This commentary comes
from the December 1 edition of
Culturology.
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A
Converation with Patrick Desjarlait
about new Red Lake welcome signs
Scott Hall and Maggie Montgomery
speak with artist Patrick Desjarlait
about the new welcome signs for the
Red Lake Nation. The artwork is
entitled "The Council of Clans" and
features the symbols of the Seven
Clans at Red Lake. |
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Elaine
Fleming from the Leech Lake Tribal
College talks about
"de-colonizing your diet" during
Native American Heritage Month at
Leech
Lake Tribal College with Maggie
Montgomery on the Wednesday Morning
Show.
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They're finally here - the
higher-fidelity recordings of the
inaugural Great Northern Radio Show
with Aaron Brown, broadcast live
from Hibbing October 15, 2011.
Great Northern Radio Show #1101,
hour 1
Great Northern Radio Show #1101,
hour 2 |
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Jackie
Blue from Leech Lake Tribal College
Mika
Pacheco-Northbird from Leech Lake
Tribal College
Miikinaa is the Ojibwe word for
path. Listen to this conversation,
"Miikinaa": First-generation Leech
Lake Tribal College students share
their stories.
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From
Chelsea Annette's Discovering Ojibwe
We've got the tracks to Place Names
and 11 Teachings from Discovering
the Little Brothers. On our
Ojibwemowin page. |
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