We've been talking all week about the questions for the next MN Governor with our liberal commentator Aaron Brown and our conservative, Chuck Marohn . Don't forget to listen to the podcast only edition as well! Sign up for the dig deep podcast!

Harry Hutchins and John Latimer talk on the wildside - this time about the impact of the soon to be retired Mark Jacobs - the Land Commissioner of Aitkin County .

Marshall has the scoop today on the problems for the city of Cook and the August 14th primaries, more on the PUC's meetings about Frontier Communications and a eastern orthodox church in the tiny town of Bramble.

School has just begin or will start next week in northern Minnesota and John Bauer and I took the time to thank some of the teachers that meant the most to us. We had a chance to talk with the husband-wife duo from Brainerd that had a huge impact on my growing up there - Andre and Marilyn LaMourea. They were mentioned in the Brainerd paper for retiring 20 years ago... Andre wrote to the paper thanking them for the notice - and put their phone number in the article, stating how much they have

Sylvia Allen was our guest today. Among many things she is putting on the Harvest Moon Brew Fest in Aitkin on Saturday September 8th. She also told us about the building she bought to restore - t he historic Butler's Building in downtown Aitkin .

Jerry Ford is Network Coordinator for the Sustainable Farming Assn of MN, Co-Director of the MN Premium Garlic Project, Director of the MN Garlic Festival, and one of the owners of Living Song Farm in Howard Lake MN. He’s coming to Orr on September 8 th to present a workshop called “Growing Great Garlic in MN” as part of the 2018 Sustainability and Homesteading Expo . We asked Jerry if it is hard to grow great garlic in Minnesota. “Well,” he said, “If it was hard, I wouldn’t be able to do it. If

Jonathan Thunder is a painter, illustrator, experimental filmmaker and cartoonist. Influenced by his native heritage, Thunder's bold, vibrant, work inspires conversation around contemporary and historical themes. His illustrations accompany many Ojibwe language projects. His artist in residence projects engage youth in the creation of public art. His films ignite curiosity and wonder. Look for Thunder's upcoming projection installation at the Tweed Museum in Duluth and his illustrations in the

Lakeland Public Television revived a favorite local program a few years ago when it brought Backroads back to viewers. Backroads features Minnesota musicians in a ten episode series. The 2018-2019 season of Backroads will film September 10th thru 14th at the Rail River Folk School in Bemidji and feature 10 musical acts - all of whose shows will be open to the public while recording. Andrew Dziengel produces the program and stopped by the KBXE studio to chat about this year's line-up. To secure

Each week, our resident Phenologist John Latimer compiles his report of the subtle and not so subtle phenological changes he's noticed in the past week and he shares those observations with our listeners. This week, in addition to a discussion about how monarchs sample milkweed, John is talking about those subtle yet significant changes indicating fall is on the horizon... barred owls, nighthawk migration, the oranging of poisen ivy and much more. As always, we love to hear what our listeners

In our phenology talkback segment we share comments related to the outdoors that have come our way over the course of the week. It's a fantastic time of the year to be outside relishing in all the glory nature has to offer. Flying ants, milk weed pods and so much more is included in this week's talkback segment. Are you someone who is jazzed about the natural world around you? Send along your observations and questions about what you are seeing outside. We'd love to hear from you. Don't hesitate