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Warm Showers is a reciprocal hospitality organization that connects local hosts with adventure cyclists traveling along the popular cross-country route on Highway 2. KAXE/KBXE Board Member and supporter, Mary Mitchell, joined Heidi Holtan and Scott Hall on the Morning Show to explain why she participates in the community and how reciprocal hospitality has opened up the world to her. Click the "Listen" player above to hear the full conversation.

Homelessness continues to be a problem around the country, state, and here in northern Minnesota. Vicky Kinney, along with the non-profit organization My Neighbor To Love Coalition, is dedicated to lifting up people experiencing homelessness with a three-pronged, community-first approach. Vicky joined Heidi and Kari on the KAXE/KBXE Morning Show to talk about the progress being made in Brainerd. Click the "Listen" player above for the whole conversation.

Jayne Cowie's new speculative fiction novel imagines a future where men live under curfew in Curfew.

Continuing his journey to visit all 66 Minnesota State Parks this summer, Luke Gorski visited some of the parks that listeners to KAXE/KBXE are quite familiar with. In this conversation with Heidi Holtan on the Morning Show, Luke follows some advice given by a listener and explores the offerings of parks in the north-central part of the state. Click the "Listen" player above to hear the full conversation.

KAXE's Tuesday Morning Show strives to take an in-depth look at some natural resource-based issues important to our region. Producer Mark Jacobs and hosts Heidi Holtan and John Latimer hope to discuss not only the problems but also highlight some creative solutions.

This Wednesday, artist and cultural organizer Shanai Matteson of Palisade is going to trial in Aitkin County. Matteson has been charged with gross misdemeanor for allegedly conspiring, aiding, and abetting criminal trespass on critical public infrastructure pipeline during the movement to Stop Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 pipeline. She has pled not guilty to these charges.Matteson spoke with Heidi Holtan and John Bauer on the KAXE/KBXE Morning Show to explain the charges, describe her experience, and share what's next for the other 800 people who are facing charges related to the opposition to the Line 3 project. Click the "Listen" player above to hear the full conversation.