Now Hear This! Recent Audio Highlights from KAXE

Here are some recent highlights from 91.7 KAXE. From local authors, to local derby girls, to local cows, to local media, there is something for everyone. You can click on the link to listen, or 'right click' and 'save as' to save the file to your computer to then transfer to your mp3 player. Enjoy!

Minneapolis Hip-Hop Artist Toki Wright
Toki Wright is a hip-hop artist out of Minneapolis. Raised in a Buddhist household, and immersing himself in Black history, world culture, and community work, Toki's awareness of the diverse world we live in is translated through his content driven music. Toki is not only a well established emcee but one of the hardest working community activists in the Twin Cities area. With numerous accolades and a tour history that has taken him from New York to Uganda, he is a powerful voice prepared to educate and challenge as well as entertain. Read More...  Check out more interview on the Centertage MN page.

The Women of Roller Derby
Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby has exploded across northern MN, with the Babe City Rollers in Bemidji, and the Iron Range Maidens. Derby is a very physical sport, known for hard hits and short skirts. Producer Doug MacRostie wondered, ‘who are these derby girls, and what draws them to this sport?’, and it isn’t who he expected. Doug set out to find a dominatrix derby girl, and instead discovered The Women of Roller Derby. Get more stories on the Culturology page.

Molly Hootch Hymes and "I Remember When"
Molly Hootch Hymes about her memoir, "Molly Hootch: I Remember When - Growing Up on the Kwiguk Pass of the Lower Yukon River". Molly is a Yupik Eskimo who grew up in the village of Emmonak, Alaska. She's lived in Bemidji for the last 30 years and has finally put on paper the stories of her childhood. Molly especially respected her father and as she puts it, "how he could make ANYTHING out of nothing". The family lived a subsistence lifestyle. Molly Hootch's name became well known later in her teens. The "Molly Hootch Case" was a peition to bring hometown high schools to rural students in Alaska instead of being shipped off to boarding school. Read More... Check out more interview on the Realgoodwords page.

Raising Cows in northern Minnesota
Maggie talks to Allen Bridges, Professor of Animal Science with the University of MN North Central Research and Outreach Center in Grand Rapids.  Check out more features on the Local Food page.

 

Trumpter Swans in MN with Pam Perry
Pam Perry, a Non-Game Wildlife Bioligist with the DNR, talks with us about the recent success story of Trumpeter Swans. There have been over 5000 counted this winter in MN. Get more nature news, pix and vids on the Phenology Page. 

Aaron Brown on Community Media
Human character might be defined by the actions and thoughts of an individual, but human progress is most often accomplished when individuals interact. Get more contributions and stories at the Between You and Me page.

Guido on KBXE
Understatement of the day: this is exciting. It’s exciting for our new coverage area; it’s exciting for our entire coverage area. Northern Community Radio, good as it is and has been, is about to enhance its sound, its member and volunteer and underwriting bases, its product, its service to mission, its human and natural resources. Everything. Get more contributions and stories at the Between You and Me page.

The Last Word on Community Media

People who show up make decisions, friends, playgrounds, art, history... Get more contributions and stories at the Between You and Me page.

Load Up Your MP3 Player!

Our Audio Highlight's always have a little something for everyone. From High School bullies to drafts of Eisenhower's farewell address discovered in Northern MN, these locally produced features can be downloaded to your computer for your listening pleasure, or to enjoy on your iPhone or any mp3 player. Just "Right click" the link and "save as". 

Pieta Brown and 'One and All'
Pieta Brown is a striking Poet-songwriter with a haunting voice and unmistakable style. Daughter of Midwest folk legend Greg Brown, Pieta has a deep love for music. Her latest album "One and All" is a colorful soundscape where Americana, indie-rock and raw folk come together. With artful storytelling and soul-tinged grooves, she blurs the lines between love and loneliness. Read More...

Rosalind Wiseman and 'Boys, Girls & Other Hazardous Materials"
Rosalind Wiseman is a teen bullying expert and a NYTimes bestseller who has put out her first novel for young adults, "Boys, Girls & Other Hazardous Materials".  9^th grader Charlie has switched schools to get away from the mean girls, and she finds out it’s not just the girls who are mean….what do you remember about early high school?  Were kids mean to you?  Were you mean to others?Check out more author interviews on the RealGoodArchive.

Malcom Moos and Ike's Farewell Address
Listen to this conversation from Our History with Grant Moos. He discovered his father's drafts of Eisenhower's farewell address in their boathouse on Ten Mile Lake. Read More...

Eli Sagor and MyMinnesota Woods
Eli Sagor is an extension educator with the University of MN and manages the website www.myminnesotawoods.org, an excellent resource for anyone interested in MN forests. Woodland Webinars, healthy forests, Women's Woodland Network and more covered in this conversation. Get more nature news on the Phenology page.

Dr. Michael Fox talks about his syndicated column being dropped from the Star Tribune
Dr. Michael Fox talked with Heidi Holtan and Scott Hall about his recent dropping from the Star Tribune as a syndicated columnist. Read his article "Is Martha Stewart Living Good for Animals?" here...

Tim Byrns' Burlwood Sculptures
Northeast Minnesota artist Tim Byrns coaxes out amazing forms from hunks of burlwood and discarded lumber. KAXE's Justin Cook brings us more. Read More... Hear more arts, culture and history stories on the Culturology page.

Aaron Brown on Special Talents
Early in his life, Aaron realized he had the ability to listen to people talking about things he didn't really understand and form enough a short-hand concept to reply in a way that pleased others... Get more contributions and stories at the Between You and Me page.

Guido on The New Year
Guido is always a little reluctant to say very much about he is going to try and do differently in the new year... Get more contributions and stories at the Between You and Me page.

The Last Word on Special Talents
Sometimes people don't see their own special talents.Get more contributions and stories at the Between You and Me page.

Ricci Milan and "Rhythmic Circus"
An interview with Ricci Milan, artistic director and dancer with "Rhythmic Circus”. Rhythm Circus is an innovative group of four young dancers and seven musicians from Minneapolis. They combine tap dance routines with a variety of musical styles including Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop and Salsa. Check out more stories on the Morning Show page.

Did You Miss It? Never Fear, Our Archive is Here!

Check out some of these recent highlights from Northern Community Radio, like Winona LaDuke talking about Natural Harvest and her work at White Earth, the rich and uplifting feature on Hand Bells by Jennifer Poenix, the intimate and burning music of Sela Oveson from Orr and Anton Treuer about the dynamic and controversial 19th century Ojibwe leade Hole in the Day. Click to listen on your computer, or "right click" and "save as" to download the files and then load them onto your mp3 player. Enjoy!

Will Weaver and "The Last Hunter"
"The Last Hunter - An American Family Album" by MN Author Will Weaver. Check out more author interviews on the RealGoodArchive.

 

 

 

 

Aaron Brown on Christmas Trees
Christmas reminds us that we've survived another year and still have some semblance of a family and a haphazard network of friends... we made it! To honor this melancholy truth we cut down trees and put them in our houses. Get more contributions and stories at the Between You and Me page.

Guido on Christmas Trees
You have to actually see this Christmas tree to fully appreciate it: it's black and upside down. Get more contributions and stories at the Between You and Me page.

 

Sela Oveson and "Rogue Lightning"
I am very excited to welcome Sela Oveson back to Centerstage MN to talk about her debut album "Rogue Lightning." It's powerful stuff. As a solo artist her music is already commanding, but she invited many of her favorite Iron Range musicians to join her on this CD. When a song starts with her delicate guitar and then a bass note slides in, a drum pounds and you hear the pull of a violin the music wraps around you, inviting your mind to sail through the great unknown. Sela has captured Rogue Lightning in a bottle. Read More...

Ring Them Bells: One Woman's Hand Bell Story
Jennifer Poenix has been around hand bells since she was a youngster. The bells even rang at her wedding ceremony. Now she's in the bell choir at Community Presbyterian Church in Grand Rapids. She tells us about the history of the bells and what they mean to her. Read More...

"The Assassination of Hole In The Day:"

“The Assassination of Hole In The Day”: Author and Professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State, Anton Treuer, talks about his new book about the dynamic and controversial 19th century Ojibwe leader, Bagone-ghiizhig (a.k.a. Hole In The Day the Younger.  Get more stories from Our History here.

Winona LaDuke
Winona LaDuke talked with us about Native Harvest, local food, reviving traditional strains of corn and other goals of the White Earth Land Recovery Project. Get more Local Food stories here.