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Our commentators - Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn began the conversation about the State of Rural by telling us about their upbringing, political beginnings and why they choose to live in rural Minnesot... more
FAQs about Dig Deep:How many episodes does Dig Deep have?The podcast currently has 133 episodes available.
June 11, 2018Extra/Podcast Dig Deep: the End of the MN Legislative Session 2018Chuck and Aaron Dig Deeper yet by discussing the end of the MN Legislative Session this year and the governor's vetoes. Don't forget! Live DIG DEEP EVENT at the KAXE studios in Grand Rapids Tuesday June 12th at 6pm - Aaron and Chuck will talk MN politics! Free and open to the public - if you have q uestions to ask them send them our way!...more27minPlay
June 10, 2018Dig Deep - Future of Retail/Downtowns pt 3Aaron and Chuck continue the conversation on the closing of major retail stores like Herberger's by looking to the future. They differ on what should/could happen. What do you think? What would make your town better? Email us! Don't forget! Live DIG DEEP EVENT at the KAXE studios in Grand Rapids Tuesday June 12th at 6pm - Aaron and Chuck will talk MN politics! Free and open to the public - if you have q uestions to ask them send them our way!...more21minPlay
June 07, 2018Dig Deep: How does the closing of Herberger's affect the workers of northern MN?When the iron mines layoff workers or shut down, we hear about programs to assist them and training to move into other jobs. What about retail workers? On Dig Deep liberal Aaron Brown and conservative Chuck Marohn look at those jobs and what it means. Aaron wrote in his blog, Minnesota Brown : But let me ask you this. What if we weren’t talking about a mine? What if we weren’t talking about one business, but hundreds? And what if I told you that 700 jobs was just the beginning, and that those...more23minPlay
June 05, 2018Dig Deep on Retail Closings Impact on Rural MN, pt. 1Our liberal commentator Aaron Brown from Minnesota Brown and our conservative commentator from Strong Towns Chuck Marohn wax nostalgic on department stores of their youth and then move into the impact of the closings of Herbergers Stores across the region. In our next segment we'll talk about the effects on workers. Sign up for the podcast here!...more17minPlay
April 30, 2018Dig Deep WEB/PODCAST ONLY edition: previewing the KAXE/KBXE MN Governor Debate and election talkIn this WEB/PODCAST exclusive Dig Deep conversation liberal Aaron Brown and conservative Chuck Marohn talk with KAXE/KBXE News Director Heidi Holtan about the planned August 21st rural MN Governor forum at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids. Sign up for the podcast!...more22minPlay
April 27, 2018Dig Deep: Parliamentary System in the US?Part 3 of April's Dig Deep takes a look at how Parliamentary governments work....more21minPlay
April 25, 2018Dig Deep: Is there a magic bullet?Heidi Holtan: Listening to dig deep on Northern Community radio. I'm Heidi Holton with Aaron Brown or liberal commentator and Chuck Marohn is our conservative commentator today. We are talking about. Small towns. Our small towns of northern Minnesota and how to get things done. Is there a Magic Bullet? We in our prior conversations about what a university of four-year University be that silver bullet that would change everything. How do you start having these conversations? Chuck Marohn: Well, I...more20minPlay
April 23, 2018Dig Deep: Where Is the White Knight for our Small Towns in Rural Minnesota?*Dig Deep – Where Is the White Knight in our Small Towns of Minnesota? Pt. 1 Heidi: You're listening to Dig Deep on Northern Community Radio it's where we pair conservative commentator Chuck Marohn with our liberal commentator Aaron Brown. Thanks for being back you guys. I'm Heidi Holtan. We had a great time doing a live dig deep our first run at that Itasca Community College last month. And I wanted to revisit some of the things that we talked about there especially a question that was posed to...more19minPlay
April 03, 2018Climate Chaos: DNR's Senior Climatologist in Brainerd Wednesday April 4thDr. Kenny Blumenfeld will be at Central Lakes College in Brainerd on Wednesday April 4th at noon at the Chalberg Theater for a climate seminar "Climate Chaos in Minnesota". Tune in to our conversation from the Morning Show. And check out the DNR's climate change page with lots of information including ice-out dates ....more13minPlay
March 31, 2018LIVE Dig Deep with Aaron Brown and Chuck MarohnTune in to this special LIVE edition of Dig Deep -liberal Aaron Brown and conservative Chuck Marohn were part of Itasca Community College's recent conference "Navigating Information in a Post-Truth Era". Chuck and Aaron discuss why they do Dig Deep - why it is important to not only TALK to people who have different opinions than you, but to LISTEN. They also talk fake news and take questions from the audience. In this conversation, Chuck mentions the book "Thinking Fast and Thinking Slow" by...more41minPlay
FAQs about Dig Deep:How many episodes does Dig Deep have?The podcast currently has 133 episodes available.