Jennifer Olson is an assistant professor of voice with the Bemidji State University Music Department. She joins Heidi and John on the Thursday Morning Show to talk about the online video series she has created. She says when Covid hit and teachers had to go virtual she realized there was no educational content out there for them to use. Jennifer then worked hard to create a free online video series of dynamic virtual content to supplement middle school and high school choir curriculum. So far,

...these paintings are really talking about that level of energy that's out there and those patterns that you find in nature that we also find within ourselves and how they line up and match a little bit... So painting these large scale paintings - to me, they sort of have to be large, because that's kind of the experience when you're out there. You're completely immersed in it. - Mark Granlund on his Unutterable Spaces exhibit

Jeff Sundin joins John and Heidi from the shores of Lake of the Woods for Early Bird Fishing Guide. Jeff is getting ready to head out fishing and reports the walleye are biting and there is a foot more of ice on the lake after the recent cold snap making him second guess his earlier ice out prediction. He reminds us this is the last week of the walleye season except for those lakes sharing a border with Canada. Fish houses have to be off the lakes for all lakes south of MN200. Jeff talks with

I love their faces, but their faces are usually a reflection of something they’ve gone thru our why we love watching them or why we love their work...really human things that you imagine public figures are able to avoid for some reason. A lot of the women that I do are survivors of violence, of sexual assault...people who seem really resilient or poppy or glamorous have been through it....I’ve seen their artwork...and now to read about them and look at their face and know that that’s not what

Phenology is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Phenology Talkbacks are an opportunity for us to hear what you are noticing outside. Each week, our resident phenologist John Latimer gathers the talkback comments and closely assesses the subtle changes happening outside. On Tuesdays during the Phenology Show, we hear all about it! KAXE-KBXE Northern Community Radio is listener funded. If you appreciate that programming like this exists in the world, consider

Phenology is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Phenology Talkbacks are an opportunity for us to hear what you are noticing outside. This week we heard from a few listeners and the kids from Pike Lake School! Joel wrote to John about snow depth and temperatures as he cross referenced this year's averages with his many years of data. He also wondered why some branches seem lower now than in the summer. The kids at Pike Lake School have been watching their trail

On the Tuesday Morning Show John and Heidi welcome back Pam Perry, a retired non-game wildlife biologist for the Minnesota DNR. Pam was joining them this morning to talk birds, but she lets us know that her bird feeder has been boring lately and she would rather talk about mammals instead. Having recently spotted a short-tailed shrew, under her bird feeder, she shares her knowledge of this small nocturnal mammal with us. They are seldom spotted because they burrow under the snow in the winter

I serve everybody...I'm a servant leader... I humbly walk alongside the people, not in front of them. And that's kind of where I'm at. -Audrey Thayer, Bemidji's first Indigenous City Councilwoman As leadership professor at Leech Lake Tribal College, Audrey Thayer inspires and empowers her students to make positive change in the world. Her life experience has given her a unique perspective on societal stereotypes, limiting systems, and navigating both legal and political platforms. In this Area

Today on Boozhoo Nana Boozhoo Kermit the Frog calls in to share the Ojibwe phrase of the day “Gaawiin Wendadzii Oshaawashko”. It’s not easy being green! To watch Nana Boozhoo click here .

Heidi and John check in with staff physicist Aaron Wenger on the Friday Morning Show. They talk about NASA’s Perseverance rover touch down on Mars on Thursday, February 18, 2021.