This week on Minnesota Music notes Brett Carter features multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter Jillian Rae. Rae’s latest album I Can’t Be the One You Want Me to Be , came out in March 2019. The songs range from indie pop to folk/americana to some straight up rock and roll with the song Buried Alive. Rae will perform with her whole band for the first time in over a year…Live on Facebook and Youtube from The Historic Chief Theater in Bemidji on Thursday, April 8 th at 7:30. More at

This week on Boozhoo Nana Boozhoo we learn the Ojibwe word for it is windy, “Noodin”. In honor of Easter, Nana Boozhoo recites the Lord’s Prayer in Ojibwe and Natasha translates in English. More Boozhoo Nana Boozhoo here .

" Among fake Instagram pages, long-buried family secrets, and the horrors of middle school, one suburban mom searches to find herself." What We're Reading producer and Staff Librarian Tammy Bobrowsky talks with Minnesota writer Kathleen West. Her new novel is called Are We There Yet .

What We're Reading producer and Staff Librarian Tammy Bobrowsky talks with writer David Arnold. His new novel is called The Electric Kingdom . It's a unique take on storytelling and the post-apocalpytic novel. David talks about how the 2016 movie Arrival inspired him to try his hand at science-fiction, and what it was like to release a post-apocalyptic novel in the middle of a real-life pandemic.

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, Tom from the Tarpaper Observatory fills the hole in his stomach with a beaker of maple syrup in his oatmeal and yogurt. 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 !

Marshall Helmberger is editor and publisher of the Timberjay newspaper , he joins Heidi each Friday for Border News Roundup. This week Marshall talks about the rise in Covid-19 cases in Ely causing the schools to go back to distance learning and the restaurants to begin take-out only serving. He tells us about a letter sent by U.S. Sen. Tina Smith to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland asking them to resume a two-year study on withdrawal of mineral rights on

On this week's Statewide Conversation with Minnesota’s state officials on COVID-19, Heidi Holtan welcomed MDH Director of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control Division – Kris Ehresmann. Every week this is an opportunity to ask questions about Minnesota’s response and plans during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This week, update on vaccine distribution, and advice for the upcoming Easter weekend. Since up for the v accine connector through the state of Minnsota. If you didn’t

Kent Montgomery joins Heidi and John on the Thursday Morning Show to talk about his experiences collecting sap to make maple syrup. He tells us this year hasn’t been the greatest year for collecting but not the worst either. Kent talks about the time and energy that goes into producing syrup with about 30 to 35 gallons of sap per one gallon of syrup. He describes the importance of friends and family gathering together to converse and enjoy one another’s company while watching the sap boil.

Scott Hall and Fred Freidman join John and Heidi for Sports Page on the Thursday Morning Show. They talk about the Minnesota State High School League with discussion on the girl’s state basketball tournament and the Hill Murray boy’s hockey lawsuit over not playing because of Covid restrictions. They talk with excitement about the Major League Baseball Opening Day and give some season predictions. The theme for today’s trivia is opening days.

The Red Lake Nation has been working on a project for a few years now, bringing buffalo to the area. And in September 2020, buffalo arrived from Wind Cave National Park. Today on Northern Voices, we’ll hear how the Red Lake Buffalo project is growing, and how one particular young buffalo went on an adventure. Cherylin Spears is the project coordinator for Red Lake Economic Development and she shares what’s happening on the expanding 80 acre area that’s currently home to seven buffalo, with more