Gaelynn Lea talks with Katie Carter on the extended hour of the Morning Show. Gaelynn is a singer, violinist, public speaker and disability advocate from Duluth. She shares ways that her and her family are getting through the stay at home order. Gaelynn talks about how disabled people are effected and often misunderstood during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can hear Gaelynn Lea's virtual concerts weekly on Sundays at 2:00. For more information go to violinscratches.com.

How are all your homemade meals treating you? Feel like trying something new? Like Sauerkraut Soup or Beet Pickled Deviled Eggs with Hot Mustard Dust? We talked with Amy Thielen this week to get some meal inspiration. Amy Thielen is a cook and a 2x James Beard Award-winning writer. Her books are The New Midwestern Table and Give a Girl a Knife (A Memoir). She is also host of Food Network’s Heartland Table and a contributing editor to Saveur magazine . @amyrosethielen Instagram and Twitter

On the Friday Morning Show Lisa Desrocher from 5Rocks Distillling Co . in Brainerd talks with John and Heidi. Lisa shares what it's like to open up a microdistillery and what led up to starting the business. She also tells about joining the community effort against the coronavirus pandemic by making hand sanitizer and giving it out free to the public. You can see their products like vodka, whiskey and gin as well as cocktail kits here.

KAXE/KBXE's Heidi Holtan hosts a weekly statewide conversation with Minnesota State Officials. It was an opportunity to ask questions about Minnesota’s response and plans concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, the Minnesota Department of Health Director, Kris Ehresmann. For more information on the states response to COVID-19 visit the Minnesota State's Website. If you’d like to ask the Lieutenant Governor a question email [email protected] or call 612-562-9895.

...there's a lot of innovative and exciting approaches that, quite honestly, youth are driving...the younger generation is so keyed in on our responsibilities, we're seeing some amazing efforts to protect and preserve our our environment and understand the interconnectedness and relatedness...I get hope...from seeing this....it's an amazing thing. - Dr. Anna Carlson Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! Anna Carlson, professor of Environmental Studies at Bemidji State University and Aili

Cecelia McKeig has been passionate about local history for as long as she can remember. She's written several books about area locales such as Remer, Federal Dam, the Bemidji Poor Farm and Bena. She's currently been working on a book about the history of resorts on Cass Lake that will be published this summer. Since Covid-19 has changed our lives, she's been entertaining social media fans with her "On the Street Where you Live" posts on the "You might be from Bemidji, MN....." Facebook page.

KAXE/KBXE's Heidi Holtan hosted a statewide conversation with Minnesota’s Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. It was an opportunity to ask questions about Minnesota’s response and plans concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, the Lt Governor provide clarification on the Peacetime State of Emergency Extension, addressed questions in regards to small businesses and other business closures, broader access to wide-spread testing, and more. For more information on the states response to COVID-19

Since Covid has eliminated opportunities for entertainment, Mary Overlie found herself missing live music, local musicians and open mic nights. She's created a virtual experience called Songcatchers to satisfy her cravings... Just like typical open mic nights, musicians sign up for a performance slot in advance and folks gather to watch and experience their music. In keeping with the regularly scheduled open mic night at Brigid's pub in Bemidji , Songcatchers happens every Thursday from 7-8:30.

KAXE/KBXE's Heidi Holtan hosted a statewide conversation with Minnesota’s Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. It was an opportunity to ask questions about Minnesota’s response and plans concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information on the states response to COVID-19 visit the Minnesota State's Website. Do you have questions facing you or your small business as a result of COVID-19, email KAXE/KBXE - Northern Community Radio.

...the first language speakers are the ones that are elderly and they're passing on to the next world, s o it's a scary time for a lot of a lot of tribal nations to try to scramble to figure out what to do . So there's a lot of amazing work going on right now in language revitalization . You'll see it more and more in schools . - Erika Bailey-Johnson Erika Bailey- Johnson is committed to sustainability, honoring Mother Earth, and exposing children to Ojibwe language. A newly enrolled member of