I can't step into every bedroom in America and say, ‘oh, wait a minute, let's put on a condom!’…What I could do, though… write a book that uses storytelling and humor to turn people's interest towards the subject as opposed to the narrative we have now, which is that these are terrible and scary things that I should want to run away from… I'm hoping to shift the feeling away from ‘I did something wrong’ to ‘this is just something that happens and I have the power to take care of it.’ – Dr. Ina

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. KAXE-KBXE Northern Community Radio is

Every piece of music sort of creates its own world, its own universe, and you get to live in that universe when you're when you're playing the music...Each of those universes has a certain character, a certain feeling...a lot of times there are emotions that are expressed within the music and you get to feel those often very powerful emotions without having to experience whatever would have normally caused those emotions to exist within a person. - Alexander Sandor.

In our final Statewide Conversation Governor Tim Walz joined us to talk about the current state of the pandemic in Minnesota. He looked back at how the state handled things - and reflected that he could have done things differently that might have lessened the political polarization. Thanks to AMPERS - diverse radio for MN Communities for creating this conversation that kept us up to date over the last 14 months. Special thanks to Joel, Erin, Justus and Sarah Bignall. We are pausing this

Friday mornings during Border News Roundup we get a chance to check in with Marshall Helmberger, the editor and publisher of The Timberjay newspaper serving NE Minnesota. This week Marshall explains the request made by Twin Metals to block review of state mining rules that could ultimately prove fatal to the company’s plans to construct a copper-nickel mine near Ely. A state district court judge has denied the request and it could take several years to resolve this issue. Marshall moves on to

Tamara Lowney executive director of the Itasca Economic Development Corporation joins Heidi Holtan and John Bauer to talk about the formation of Innovate 218. This is a regional launch MN group created to reach out and help innovators and entrepreneurs. IEDC is an organization helping existing businesses as well as new ones. Tamara tells us how Innovate 218 helps people in our area who have great ideas go about starting a business. Find more information at itascadv.org .

Senator Tina Smith joins Heidi Holtan and John Bauer on the Thursday Morning Show for Making Sausage. Senator Smith talks about her new bill the 21st Century Workforce Partnerships Act. It was put together to give grants to local school districts and community & technical colleges to build a partnership with businesses to help create and expand a better career pathway for students. Senator Smith tells us about the innovative state and federal partnership to get dollars out to help people who

Fred Freidman and Kyle Erickson join John Bauer for Sports Page on the Thursday Morning Show. This week they discuss the Twins losing streak and the changes that should be made to their roster. They talk about changes the MLB has made in regards to pitching, the unwritten rules of baseball and players getting hit by pitches. They discuss what a tough start the Lynx are having and the unfairness given to female sports. The trivia theme today is hitters with multi home run games.

Early Bird Fishing Guide Jeff Sundin talks with John Bauer and Heidi Holtan on the Thursday Morning Show. He gives opening week reports from Winnie, Leech and Red Lake. With the reports he has received he has determined that this was not on ordinary opener but more like summer fishing. Jeff gives us a tip that when the lilacs are in bloom it is a clue that the pan fish are biting. He tells us how to determine the male and female fish with crappies and sunfish, and which gender is better to

John Green is the award-winning, bestselling author of novels including Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars , and Turtles All the Way Down . He’s also the writer and host of the critically acclaimed podcast The Anthropocene Reviewed where he “reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale.” You’ll find essays from that podcast as well as many new ones in his new book also called The Anthropocene Reviewed . This collection takes us from Halley’s comet to Scratch