Sahar Mustafah a writer and teacher currently in the Chicago area, and she's the daughter of Palestinian immigrants. Her new novel is The Beauty of Your Face, a powerful and compelling story. We get insight into the difficulties of the immigrant experience, along with many of the same family and relationship issues like love, loss and acceptance, which unite all of us.

Louise Waakaa'igan spent 16 years in prison. During that time, she leaned on a coping mechanism she developed in her early teens - poetry. Inspired and encouraged by the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop , she honed her writing skills while incarcerated. Her first collection of poetry This is Where is autobiographical, symbolic, honest and steeped in her Ojibwe culture. Louise discusses her poetry, prison life and freedom in this segment of Area Voices. ...this life is beautiful and crazy and

KAXE/KBXE's Heidi Holtan hosts a weekly statewide conversation with Minnesota State Officials. It's your opportunity to ask questions about Minnesota’s response and plans concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, the Minnesota Department of Health Director of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division, Kris Ehresmann answered questions regarding a vaccine, rising COVID cases in the state and more! For more information on the states response to COVID-19 visit the

Sports Page is on the Thursday Morning Show each week when Kyle Erickson and Fred Freidman join John Bauer to talk sports. This week, with increasing COVID-19 cases, they discuss the argument over whether college and high school sports should be played during the pandemic. They discuss the future of the Vikings and share some fun trivia.

…rather than looking at the incident itself that led them there or the series of incidents, I turn over the platform for these incredible poets and prose writers and memoirists to share their words and to share their humanity in a hope that we can collapse that gap between us and them... And I think that this project We Are All Criminals certainly does seek to shine a spotlight on the racial disparities within our criminal legal system from the start to the end and then back again... Prisons…

Phenology is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Each week, resident phenologist John Latimer closely assesses the subtle changes happening outside and gives a full, official phenology report. Deer hunting opens this weekend. In this report, John addresses that and much more! Let us know what you are noticing outside by leaving a voicemail at 218-999-9876 or sending us an email . We would love to hear from you! Also, check out our KAXE-KBXE Season Watch page of

Phenology Talkbacks are an opportunity for our community to connect with the station thru nature… Each week listeners and students report observations and present questions to our resident phenologist John Latimer. What are you noticing? Send your observations via email or voicemail at 218-999-9876. You could even record a voice memo on your phone and send your thought that way! If you are a teacher interested in getting your class on the phenology trail, John has created a whole phenology

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, Genevieve of Bemidji began with a main course of pourover coffee and nothing else mattered after that. 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 !

Today on Boozhoo Nana Boozhoo we learn the Ojibwe word for "The Freezing Over Moon" or November. Gashkadino-Giizis. Nana Boozhoo also teaches us to say deer in Ojibwe in honor of the hunting season coming up. Here for more Nana Boozhoo .

There's a lot of talking about who will win the elections on Tuesday November 3rd. And there's a lot of apprehension about what will happen AFTER the elections. What do you think? How will your community respond? Dig Deep is a podcast and radio feature that aims to model some good behavior in our world. It features liberal Aaron Brown - an author, blogger, newspaper columnist, podcaster and instructor at Hibbing Community College from Balsam Township. And Chuck Marohn - CEO and founder of Strong