Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
Duluth roots-rock band The Slamming Doors has released two EPs during the pandemic, Brown Bears Volumes 1 and 2, the latter of which came out on Valentine’s Day. Adam Herman of the band stopped by for a session on Thursday, February 25, 2021 to talk about the EPs (and his latest book-he’s also an author!) and musican life during a pandemic and to perform some tunes from the latest EP.
After 11 months, we at KUMD were excited to host our first live, in-person Live from Studio A since last March. COVID protocols were in full effect when Duluth musician Breanne Marie joined us to play some tunes and talk about her new album, Juniper, with her alt-country band the Front Porch Sinners on February 19, 2021.
We connect with Betty Firth from the Ely Folk School every first Friday of the month. She educates us on all the learning opportunities happening at the folk school. Cheese making, photography, canoe building and backcountry baking are just a few of this month’s offerings!
Every First Friday Katie Marshall from the MacRostie Art Center fills us in on the first Friday events and the new exhibits at the MacRostie galleries! Food trucks, live music and art, oh my! People are starting to enjoy art and community in groups again! It’s a beautiful thing.
In this episode of Real College Podcast we will unpack what happened in March by educating ourselves on the history of sexual assault legislation, speaking with campus experts and discussing what resources students have access to, as well as hearing from fellow gophers about how they keep themselves safe and an analysis of music therapy and its benefits for victim survivors!
1:27-Sexual Assault Law-Isaac Maruyama,
7:58-Campus Resources-Emma Morris & Casey McCabe,
28:17-Student Safety-Max Kaelberer,
31:28-Music Therapy-Ethan Olson
Senator Tina Smith joined the morning show just after attending the wreath laying ceremony at Fort Snelling this morning. She discussed the ceremony, what Memorial Day means to her, and new legislation she’s helped pass that will support veterans: The Commander John Scott Hannon Mental Healthcare Improvement Act will build capacity in mental health at the VA, the Tribal Advisory Committee Act will improve resources for Native veterans, and the Deborah Sampson Act expands women’s health care at the VA. She also discussed the Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act, the progress of three new veterans homes in Minnesota, and the Yellow Ribbon Program supporting service families.
Poet, writer, retired English teacher, and longtime Dylan aficionado William Tecku joined the morning show on Dylan’s 80th birthday to chat about the genius of Dylan and how he used Dylan’s works to teach literary concepts in his English classroom. He also shared an original poem he wrote on the morning of Dylan’s thirty seventh birthday in 1978.
What started as something called the “Brainerd Lakes Area Anti-Racism Conversations” morphed into an anti-racism book club in the Brainerd area that has its members taking a deep dive into racism and its history in the United States and beyond. Club members Lowell Johnson and Erin Wilmot joined the morning show to discuss how the books they’ve studied so far have impacted their lives and they also shared how this unique book club is designed for safe vulnerability and intimate conversations. It’s all come to be in response to the killing of George Floyd. Over the course of one year, members have realized there is much about race and race relations they were not taught in school.
Ina Park, MD is a sex-positive STI enthusiast on a mission to normalize conversation around STDs in an effort to break down stigmas associated with them so that people can live healthier, happier lives. Her book Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History and Surprising Secrets of STDs is a helpful tool for her quest. In this Area Voices segment, she discusses her book, the omnipresence of STDs, the cancer fighting benefit of HPV vaccinations and ways to navigate herpes, HPV, HIV, and gonorrhea.
