Marshall Helmberger joins Sarah Bignall on the Friday Morning Show for Border News Roundup. This week Marshall tells us about two issues that are making the tribal governments upset at both state and federal officials. The tribes are putting pressure on Minnesota Governor Walz to clean up mining pollution and voicing criticism of Congressman Pete Stauber for his efforts to derail the first Native American Cabinet member Deb Haaland. Marshall talks about the passing of the former executive editor

Each week John and Heidi pull up a chair to one of our member’s kitchen tables and get to know them a little bit better. This week’s caller, Charlie from Longville thinks there's nothing better than the standard bacon, eggs, and toast. Hear the whole conversation by clicking below. Thanks to our sponsor Homestead Mills for their support of this program! Let us know if you want to be our guest on What's For Breakfast . All it takes is your membership and an email !

It's your opportunity to ask questions about Minnesota’s response and plans during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Hosted by News and Public Affairs Director Heidi Holtan. This week listener questions about the change in Federal Goverment, when communities can expect more vaccines, and we learned more about Laura Waterman Wittstock - an elder, advocate and founder of Migizi, she passed away this week. If you didn’t get a chance to send or call in your question this week email [email protected] or

Dr. Martin Luther King...provided so much hope and inspiration for all of humanity. And for me, when I think about the impact he had on my life, I think about him being an advocate for people that he never even got an opportunity to meet and how he still had the courage to be able to build community and build relationships...not just about his own race...I feel like Dr. Martin Luther King's life provided me with the roadmap on how I could strive to do some of the same things that he did and try

...if you give students an opportunity to be brilliant, they will be brilliant most of the time, but you have to give them the chance to do this. And I really think this activity provides a venue and provides an opportunity for these students to to really experience great growth in their communication and their creativity... - Tom Lucas, Bemidji High School Speech Coach

Fred Freidman and Kyle Erickson join John Bauer for the Sports Page. They talk Major League Baseball and cover the many recent losses of players, the Twins roster, the National League decision on designated hitters and when spring training will start. There is discussion on the Gophers basketball win over Michigan and the Timberwolves loss to Orlando. Listen below to hear more Thursday morning sports talk.

In 1998, author Sharon G Flake wrote the novel The Skin I’m In. Aimed at young adults, it told the story of 13 year-old Maleeka Madison: tall, skinny, and dark-skinned--she struggles against the burden of low self-esteem that many black girls face when they're darker skinned. To make her life easier, Maleeka befriends the toughest girl in school, Charlese Jones, who only makes life harder for Maleeka until she finally learns to stand up for herself and love the skin she’s in. Twenty-two years

Each week John and Heidi pull up a chair to one of our member’s kitchen tables and get to know them a little bit better. This week’s caller, the Jevre family from Plymouth share their birthday breakfast celebration. Hear the whole conversation by clicking below. Thanks to our sponsor Homestead Mills for their support of this program! Let us know if you want to be our guest on What's For Breakfast . All it takes is your membership and an email !

I really hope people just take away a little bit more curiosity about thinking about their own self in relationship to their space and in relationship to their public and private personas and what that means for their own gender identities and what that means for visioning futures where we all can be our fullest and most authentic selves. - Kandace Creel Falcón Kandace Creel Falcón is a university professor and writer whose focus has long been feminist studies. Recently adding an art degree to a

This week we welcomed back the folks from Northern Waters Land Trust. Our guests were John Sumption – Land Conservation Specialist and Annie Johnson Grants Manager/Conservation Specialist and board member Bob Karls. The Northern Waters Land Trust (NWLT) is a non-profit conservation organization working to protect water quality and preserve environmentally sensitive lands and water resources. Formerly the Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation, NWLT serves the watersheds in Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard