Stay Human

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

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This program consists of guest essays from local writers and essayists, read by the writer.

Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

Stay Human is a mix of music, conversation and spoken word to give us all a little encouragement. The program consists of guest essays from local writers and essayists, read by the writer.

Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.


304 Pieces

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Keep Breathing
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Today on Stay Human, “Keep Breathing.” Poetry from Susan Hawkinson, Anne Marie Erickson on her beloved’s last breath, the origin of the flute from...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:41
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Working Dogs
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Working Dogs today on Stay Human. A visit with racer Matt Hall from the recently run Iditarod, Scott Stowell tries to turn his Husky into a housed...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:57
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No Regrets
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Today on Stay Human, misadventures and good intentions gone awry, from Scott Stowell, Sue Searing, Matthew Miltich and others. Things don’t always...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:22
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Name Game
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Today on Stay Human, the tale of How Mr. Pumpkinhead Got His Name, with Don Vidal, Pat Downing and KC Johnson. Carol Hepokoski visits the Old Coun...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:36
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Island Hopping
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Come island hopping with us on Stay Human. We get a postcard from the Northern Community Radio trip to Isla Mujeres, Annie Humphrey goes to Madele...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:42
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President's Day Special
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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It's the President's Day Special today on Stay Human. Historian Mark Sage tells about his encounter with General George Washington, and The People...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:34
Looking Through the Ice
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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We’re looking through the ice tonight on Stay Human, to the hidden worlds on the other side. Anne Marie Erickson visits the frozen lake, Aaron We...

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  • Added: Feb 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:39
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Northern Minnesota Writers
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Today on Stay Human, Aaron Wenger watches ravens falling, in love. Stories and poetry of bearing witness and paying close attention. Carol Hepok...

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:47
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Eyewitness
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Where were you when the big one hit? when the shots were fired? when the towers came down? Sunday on Stay Human, Suzi McClear is evacuated from Ca...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:06
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Career Day
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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What do you want to be, when you grow up? It’ s Career Day today on Stay Human – Terry O’Brien starts a new old career, Scott Stowell plans for th...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:07
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House Party
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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We’re switchin’ in the kitchen today on Stay Human, and the tap room is open too. Some spectacular desserts from the Chop Challenge at Northern Li...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:20
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Great Spirit Moon
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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It’s the Great Spirit Moon starting with tonight’s new moon, and Stay Human features poetry, music and celestial observations – guidance for findin...

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  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:58
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5 Year Anniversary
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Stay Human is five years old this week, and to celebrate we’re throwing a surprise party for the program’s production staff – hardly the hardest wo...

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:40
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Winter Solstice
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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We’re lighting the Winter Solstice candles today on Stay Human, getting ready for the midnight of the year. Cozy up for a new children’s story by ...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:15
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Non-Human
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Today on Stay Human, some of what writers Aaron Wenger, Robert Jevne, Steve Downing and Matthew Miltich have learned from the non-humans in their l...

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:27
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Folk Schools
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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We’re celebrating the Folk School movement this week on Stay Human. Rail River in Bemidji and North House Folk School in Grand Marais are well-est...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:10
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Words
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Word Up! today on Stay Human – linger in the linguacious, with storyteller Terry O’Brien’s Death by Dictionary, Leah Lemm’s “Words”, and essays fro...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:39
Happy Trails
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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With firearms season over for this year, it’s safe to get back up into the woods. Today on Stay Human, it’s happy trails – Dan Hegstad is fat tire...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:43
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Simple Gifts
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Radio made simple, today on Stay Human. Steve Neu, the new Chief engineer at Northern Community Radio, explains how simple it all really is; Scott...

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:44
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Salute to Kurt Vonnegut
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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This week is the 99th anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut’s birth, and next week, a new documentary about him, “Unstuck In Time”, will be released. Stay ...

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  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 54:20
  • Purchases: 1

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