Strong Women
A KAXE/KBXE podcast edition of our on-air and off-air conversations about the lived experience of women in Minnesota, especially women in northern Minnesota. Hosted by Heidi Holtan - with consultation and focus groups by Laura Connelly.
Latest Episodes
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Mary Casanova's latest book of fiction published by the University of Minnesota Press is her third on Rainy Lake. Set in the year 1922 this time we meet…
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I can't step into every bedroom in America and say, ‘oh, wait a minute, let's put on a condom!’…What I could do, though… write a book that uses…
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Senator Tina Smith joins Heidi Holtan and John Bauer on the Thursday Morning Show for Making Sausage. Senator Smith talks about her new bill the 21st…
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Of Women and Salt takes us from present day to Miami to a family detention center in Texas, to Mexico and then back to a 19th century cigar factory in…
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Strong Women: DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen on the Fishing OpenerDNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen joins Heidi and John on the Thursday Morning Show to talk about the importance of fishing to the state of Minnesota. She…
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...hundreds of 17 year old girls at the Minnesota State Capitol. And...OK, we need to go. We need to get out of here... Everyone knew that the protests…
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Laura Connelly is the facilitator of the Strong Women Project at KAXE/KBXE, funded by the MN Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. She had this to say about…
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I've definitely gone through a bit of a mourning period...I was performing anywhere between one to four shows a week, for the last seven, eight years.…
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The Red Lake Nation has been working on a project for a few years now, bringing buffalo to the area. And in September 2020, buffalo arrived from Wind Cave…
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Strong Women facilitator Laura Connelly joins Heidi Holtan to discuss the recent women’s focus group they held to ask women how they are holding up during…