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, Melissa, from Coleraine tipped her cup of Pandemic Coffee as a traditional Friday 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 !

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 Mayor of Meadowlands, Betsy, joined by Zoom to share Christmas morning proclamations and a feast of homemade bagels. 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 !

This week Nana Boozhoo teaches us to say the Ojibwe phrase for each month of the year. From the “Halfway Moon” of January to the “Little Spirit Moon” of December. Go here to learn more about the Ojibwe months of the year.

John Bauer is joined by Kyle Erickson and Fred Freidman on the Thursday Morning Show for Sports Page. This week they talk about the recent wins by the Gopher’s Basketball team, give an overview of the Vikings along with other NFL teams and talk about the Twins. Scott Hall provides trivia on coaches for them to ponder.

Jen Sincero is a badass. She was always cool – she once played in a punk band called Crotch and worked at a record company – but she became a true badass when she took control of her financial struggles and created the life she truly wanted for herself. Since then, she’s authored several badass books : You are a Badass , You are a Badass Every Day , You are a Badass at Making Money , and her latest book Badass Habits . In this Area Voices segment, Sincero talks with host Katie Carter about her

Jeff Sundin joins John Bauer on the Thursday Morning Show for Early Bird Fishing Guide. Jeff lets us know that ice fishing is getting more convenient now with access to roads plowed on area lakes. Many of the resorts on Winnie and Leech Lake are allowing access of larger vehicles and wheelhouses onto the lakes with Mille Lacs still restricted to ATV’s and snowmobiles. Jeff and John also discuss the restrictions on the road on Lake of the Woods that leads to the resorts on the Northwest Angle.

Phenology is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Each week, our resident phenologist John Latimer closely assesses the subtle changes happening outside and gives a full, official phenology report. This week John discusses later than average below zero temps, the common polypody fern, house sparrows, ravens, and much more! KAXE-KBXE Northern Community Radio is listener funded. If you appreciate that programming like this exists in the world, consider making a year

Phenology is the biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Phenology Talkbacks are an opportunity for students and listeners to connect with the station about nature. Each week, resident phenologist John Latimer gathers the phenological correspondence and classroom observations sent his way. He shares and discusses them every Tuesday morning during the Phenology Show. In this pre-holiday talkback segement we heard from classrooms and regular listeners alike! Kids in Pike Lake noted

It actually changes your brain. It changes your body, your perception of your body, and it changes your spirit, too. - Gabrielle Congrave Baggenstoss, Support Within Reach Support Within Reach is an area nonprofit dedicated to helping victims of sexual violence. Gabrielle Congrave Baggenstoss is a Regional Navigator for Support Within Reach. In this Area Voices segment, she discusses her work, explains sexual exploitation and who is at greatest risk, discusses the prevalence of sex trafficking

I remember there being something about the presence of art as a green light for being yourself - there's just something about it…your studio - this is where things are emerging, this is where you were sort of sharing your inner process and so I could bring things that I was working on and thinking about in my inner process into the conversation. - Tiaju Geri Willimek on inspiration to share ideas upon visiting Marley Kaul’s art studio Painter Marley Kaul and poet Taiju Geri Willimek have