Between You & Me

Host Grant Frashier talks with Doug Workman and Becky Peterson about the Vermilion Cultural Center project and their Seasons of Broadway fundraiser which will be held Saturday, June 17th in Tower, MN.

This is the story of Ginny Moon - a new Young Adult Novel by Benjamin Ludwig . To Ginny, a child with autism, the word Forever means until the police come. Five years ago the police forcibly removed her from the home of her abusive birth mother, Gloria. Now fourteen, and in her fourth Forever Home, Ginny remains hell-bent on finding her way back to Gloria’s apartment. She has no illusions about her mother’s addictions or lack of parenting skills. She knows that it might be dangerous – that it

Last week on Dig Deep we talked infrastructure. In our final conversation we talked about the modern version of infrastructure Broadband. Bernadine Joselyn was in the studios to elaborate on Chuck and Aaron's discussion.

For many of us summer is a time to read, but read a little differently. I just went on a road trip and picked up some new books to read - and I purposely chose things I don't always read. I've got a few books going, but my favorite right now is David Sedaris's "Theft By Finding Diaries 1977-2002". Most of us first fell for David Sedaris with his amazing holiday time NPR Santaland Diaries . Or on This American Life or many conversations with Terry Gross on WHYY's Fresh Air . So I knew I liked him

Cook Minnesota is located at the intersection of US Highway 53 and MN Hwy 1 in St Louis County. Cook is the western gateway to Lake Vermilion country . This small town is known for resorts, stores, and restaurants—but not necessarily for its growing season. Nevertheless, every summer more than 20 farmers, gardeners, and local food producers meet in the City Park each Saturday morning—rain or shine—for the Cook Area Farmers’ Market . Kelly Dahl serves as president of the market. He and his wife

Every Tuesday we combine all the phenology notes people have phoned, emailed, texted or sent in via mail-carrier and present them to you during the "talkback" section of the Tuesday Phenology show. This week was a busy one out in nature... maple trees being buzzed by bees, cicadas calling, turtles laying eggs, dragonflies, butterflies, spiders, and more were all reported to us! Click on the link for the full report. We love hearing from our listeners! Email or leave a voice message at 218.999

Outfront MN has a mission to create a state where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people are free to be who they are, love who they love, and live without fear of violence, harassment or discrimination. In May Outfront visited schools in northern MN and stopped by our studios. In this conversation we meet Blaine Kelly – Youth and Schools Coordinator and Esme Rodriguez – School Equity Director. Outfront MN’s Exectutive Director Monica Meyer tells us what they do.

Lynda V. Mapes is the environmental reporter for the Seattle Times . She researched and wrote Witness Tree while a Knight Fellow in science journalism at MIT and a Bullard Fellow in forest research in residence with her oak at the Harvard Forest. John Latimer met Lynda when he spent time at Harvard Forest talking about his extensive Phenology notes for over 34 years and his program on KAXE/KBXE Tuesday mornings. Listen to their conversation here about a tree that Lynda studied for a year in the

Program 22: Women of Grand Rapids, 1902 A radio series produced by historian Don Boese. Don is the author of eight books dealing with local history in Itasca County, including "John C. Greenway and the Opening of the Western Mesabi", and the main source for this series, "Papermakers: the Blandin Paper Company and Grand Rapids, Minnesota". The series begins with the arrival of the first Euro-Americans to the forested wilderness of Itasca County in the 1870s. In those early days the site that

Aaron Brown has been a strong advocate for rural broadband. Chuck? Not quite as much. Listen to this conversation and let us know what you think! Don't forget to sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!