As time goes on, the younger generations forget what it’s like to live in moments of the past. Each of these moments in time are experienced and remembered by older generations that are still around today. On today’s Culture Clique, we take a look at book author, Myrtle Johnson Clark with her book, Memoirs of a Farm Girl which details an astonishing story about the author and her life experiences growing up in the upper mid-west during the Great Depression and how each moment helped shape her core values
Original air date: 02/09/2023
Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings! Playing an assortment of tunes by writers who are fairly new to MHB, including ones by Bubba Maki, MorningBird, Samantha Grimes and more! And we report on how much beer America will consume on Super Bowl Sunday–all on MHB!
(Aired 02/09/2023)
“Pretendians” is a term new to many of us. Really, it’s another term for fraud and cultural appropriation, specific to the Indigenous communities. From academia to the arts, non-Native peoples are faking their cultural background in order to gain recognition and work. Pretendians and cultural frauds cause more harm to the communities they appropriate than just taking away work opportunities. Guests: Guest co-host Emilia Gonzales Avalos, guest Graci Horne of the Mnisota Native Artists Alliance
Today producer Katie Carter is joined by Bemidji High School Speech Coach Tom Lucas and High School speech students Ev Cordts and Amy Frenzel. Katie congratulates Tom on becoming the 2022 MN Class Speech Coach of the Year. Tom talks about the rewards and aspects of coaching high school speech and what it has meant to him.
Festival director Jacob White joins producer Katie Carter to talk about the inaugural event in Ely, the End of the Road! film festival. The event will be held February 9th – 12th, 2023 at Ely’s Historic State Theater. The festival will feature local, regional and national filmmakers, who will present works that explore themes of identity, community, connection to place, adventure and creativity.