Acoustic Stories

Series produced by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota

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Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice. As of July 1, 2015, Acoustic Stories will continue as Arts Review.

Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice about topics related to northern Minnesota art, culture and history.

Made possible in part by the Minnesota Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment.

As of July 1, 2015, Acoustic Stories will continue as Arts Review.


252 Pieces

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Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Our Woods - "Associating Safety Only With the Avoidance of Mortal Danger Is Limiting."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2014
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On The Oscars - "And the Oscar Goes To...Molecular Activity."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On The Oscars - "The Oscars, the Year's Spectacle and Pivot Point In the Lives of Americans Without Lives."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Movies - "Oh, the Wonderment of Technology."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On Souvenirs - "Is a Souvenir a Trinket, or Something Much More Complex?"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Souvenirs - "Pants from France, A Soup Spoon From Rangoon, Propecia From Indonesia."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Mike Forbes On Souvenirs - "Paul Simon Was Right."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mike Forbes is a Bemidji area writer. He's been published in Fire Ring, The Talking Stick, The Poet's Touch Stone, Voices For the Land, among other...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Jim Gallagher - "Like a Bookmark, a Tangible Object To Help Recall Tangible Experiences In Our Past."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Jim Gallagher lives with his wife, and writes from his home near Bemidji, MN.

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  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Souvenirs - "Post-It Notes Don't Adhere Very Successfully To Stone, Natural or Man-Made."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

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  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Robert Jevne On Romance In the Polar Vortex - "Is Freezing Your Assets the Same As Dwindling Royalties? Ask A Muskrat With A Hat."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Romance In the Polar Vortex - "When I Say, "Two People, Winter, Teepee, and Dutch Oven," You don't Imagine Romance, But You're Wrong."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Mike Forbes- "Bestop My Heart."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Mike Forbes is a Bemidji area writer. He's been published in Fire Ring, The Talking Stick, The Poet's Touch Stone, Voices For the Land, among other...

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Romance In the Polar Vortex - "A Good Listener, Yes. But Even Your Furnace Is Helpless In the Face of Energy Market Manipulation By Oligarchs."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Community Theater - "Hey Kids, Let's Put On A Show."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Local Theater - "Local Theater Has Existed Longer Than the Concept of Zero."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Community Theater - "If You Live In "The Stool Capital of the World," We Want To Bring Our Show To Your Town."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 03:54
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Super Bowl Appetizers- "I Love the Super Bowl...Can't Wait To See What Walter Payton Does Year! My Money's On the Martinis."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 04:22
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Super Bowl Appetizers - "A Thorough Assessment of the 'Human Sports Eat Meeting."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 03:04
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg on Technology We Miss - "The Future's So Bright I Wish I Had My Blu Blockers."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On Technology We Miss: "VHS Versus Beta, the Results Are Almost In."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1