John picked up a random call for What's For Breakfast and found Chris Baker on the other end of the line. Chris starts his day with hors d'oeuvres of a favorite adult beverage in his version of night after working third shift and ending his work day in the morning. He told Heidi and John about his leftovers from his mom and a special treat of leftover pizza this morning. Chris has been volunteering since the beginning of the station's history in 1976. His love of music started when he went to

Finn Jorgenson from Bemidji called in on the way to the strawberry patch to tell John and Heidi about his breakfast of a little garden harvest muffin made with zucchini and carrots and a few other things and a "just right" banana. Finn let them in on his secret beverage choice of black coffee with a double-shot of espresso (Don't tell his mom.). John and Heidi nearly hung up on him when Finn said he didn't like whipped cream, only pausing when he clarified that it could only be home-made whip

The Lakes Area Music Festival(LAMF) creates ongoing arts experiences throughout the year for adults and youth in the Brainerd Lakes Area. Each summer LAMF organizes an extensive series creating accessible chamber music over the course of several weeks. This summer, 53 unique events are happening over the course of 22 days. LAMF Executive Director Scott Lykins spoke on the morning show about the line-up. Orchestra concerts, wine and beer tastings, professional ballet, and outdoor yoga classes -

Each month we pair our liberal commentator Aaron Brown with our conservative commentator Chuck Marohn. They listen to each other and often agree with each other. Immigration is being discussed on a national level - and Aaron and Chuck guide us through some of the points each political party believes.

MN DFL Senator Tina Smit h joined us for making sausage this morning.

Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn continue the conversation this week on immigration policy and immigrant labor in our economy. Send us your thoughts! Click here for the first conversation and don't forget to sign up for the Dig Deep podcast !

Each week, our resident Phenologist John Latimer puts together a 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's report includes a full report of what's blooming right now and how this year's blooms are measuring up to the yearly average bloom dates. Rabbits foot clover, common evening primrose, sawtooth sunflower, and early goldenrod are just a sampling of what John discusses today! As

We focus on the out-of-doors every Tuesday with our Phenology Show. In our 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. In this talkback segment we hear from middle schoolers at John Glenn Middle School in the North Saint Paul-Maplewood area, Sofie and Gracie from Blackduck, and a whole bunch of other people as they report a variety of

Today John Latimer and I had the chance to talk about the events going on at the Northland Arboretum in Brainerd with executive director Vicki Foss.

A princess, is a princess, is a princess...until she's not. In her poem "For Ilene Woods (born Jaqueline)", Ali O'Reilly details the long life of one princess in particular.