Bob Conzemius joins Heidi Holtan and John Latimer on the Tuesday Morning Show for the Big Weather Picture. They discuss the recent hot and very dry weather we have been experiencing in northern Minnesota. Bob gives some predictions for this area during the summer and talks about what is happening with the weather in other areas of the United States. Listen here for an explanation on our hot, dry weather.

Every First Friday Katie Marshall from the MacRostie Art Center fills us in on the first Friday events and the new exhibits at the MacRostie galleries! Food trucks, live music and art, oh my! People are starting to enjoy art and community in groups again! It's a beautiful thing.

This week Nana Boozhoo dedicates a song to the memory of the 215 children whose remains were found at the Indian Residential School in Nova Scotia, CA. The song is titled Niiwii-giiwe - "I want to go home". See more Boozhoo Nana Boozhoo here .

Marshall Helmberger, Editor and publisher of the Timberjay newspaper, joins Heidi Holtan with news from northeastern Minnesota. This week Marshall tells of two projects in Ely that were put on hold because of high construction costs due to the pandemic. Ely’s west end trailhead development project , was put on hold as well as the Ely School Districts renovation project plan. Marshall and Heidi end with a discussion on the legislative act that is still in the works to reduce the walleye limits

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, Onni Koski serves up a bowl of regular oatmeal with cinnamon and a little salt. 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 !

If you haven't been out in the forest yet, you need to get out there NOW!" - John Latimer Phenology is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Each week, our resident phenologist John Latimer closely assesses the subtle and not so subtle phenological changes happening in nature and compares them to his meticulous, decades of data. On Tuesdays during the Phenology Show, we hear his findings in the official Phenology Report.

CelloWoman is an original song story taking the stage at Rail River in Bemidji this weekend. We learned all about it and even found out what a chincello is on the morning show!

We continued our conversation about new business and entrepreneurs this week. Tamara Lowney - Executive Director of IEDC – Itasca Economic Development Corporation brought Nick Tietz into the conversation with us about this Saturday June 5th's Innovation Workshop. Nick Tietz has spent the last 15 years working as a serial entrepreneur, innovator, technologist, user experience designer, business and technology consultant. Currently Nick is Founder and CEO of ILT Studios and their second startup

Sarah Pinsker’s new novel is called We Are Satellites. In this story Sarah examines the societal effects of a brain boosting implant called "The Pilot"--and she does this through the lens of an ordinary family. Teenager David comes home from school and tells his moms Val and Julie that he wants a Pilot--a brain implant that will help him do better in school, pointing out that most of his classmates already have one. They reluctantly agree. Julie soon gets a Pilot for herself, leaving Val and

Each Thursday morning Fred Freidman and Kyle Erickson join John and Heidi for the Sports Page. This week they start out with conversation on the NFL settlement dealing with brain injuries and concussions, and their admission to race-norming. They discuss the controversy over the Olympics starting despite Covid worries, numerous coaches announcing retirement, Twins injuries, the Lynx win and tennis. The trivia theme is Nationals, Wizards and Generals.