Area Voices

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

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Area Voices explores the arts, culture, and history of Northern Minnesota. Through in-depth interviews, hosts of Northern Community Radio's Morning Show connect listeners to the area's unique cultural heritage and the experience of life in northern Minnesota.

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

Area Voices explores the arts, culture, and history of Northern Minnesota. Through in-depth interviews, hosts of Northern Community Radio's Morning Show keep you up-to-date on the local arts scene, help you stay informed on cultural happenings, and transport you to Minnesota's storied past. Connecting listeners to the area's unique cultural heritage and the experience of life in Northern Minnesota. All in a week's work on Area Voices.

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


781 Pieces

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Minnesota musician Paul Metsa joins Heidi Holtan and Kari Hedland for a chat on Area Voices. Metsa is a legendary musician and songwriter born on ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 13:10
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Mack, who describes herself as a hybrid of Minnesota and Wisconsin with a severe cheese dependency, has performed all over the country and on telev...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 12:58
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Today on Area Voices producer Katie Carter has a conversation with Bemidji High Schools activities director Kristen McRae. They talk about her work...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 15:52
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February 14th has become an international day of remembrance and awareness of missing and murdered indigenous people. Marches and ceremonies took p...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 12:51
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After a career in teaching, Rachel Gray returned to her family's ranch, where she now breeds designer cattle in an effort to best serve her buyers ...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 21:40
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Katie Carter talks with Bob Shimek of White Earth about the cultural significance of the ricing season for the Ojibwe people. Bob shares his thoug...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 22:14
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Today producer Katie Carter is joined by Bemidji High School Speech Coach Tom Lucas and High School speech students Ev Cordts and Amy Frenzel. Kati...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 18:34
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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 w...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 12:01
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Producer Katie Carter is at the Miikanan Gallery in the Watermark Art center in Bemidji. She talks with Kevin Finney, executive director of Great ...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 15:08
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William Tecku shares parts from his collection of holiday themed poetry called Christmas Coffee. This is a holiday related gift from Tecku’s 6 and...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 07:19
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William Tecku shares parts from his collection of holiday themed poetry called Christmas Coffee. This is a holiday related gift from Tecku’s 6 and...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 15:38
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Producer Katie Carter connects with Vicky Kinney from My Neighbor to Love Coalition in Brainerd. Their mission is to end homelessness in Central Mi...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 14:56
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Area Voices producer Katie Carter talks to Chance Adams, vice president of the Minnesota Back Hunters & Anglers Association, to talk about Chronic ...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 12:54
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Sara Pajunen is a composer, improvisational musician, photographer and audiovisual artist. She joins Katie Carter to talk about her latest project ...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 09:59
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Producer Katie Carter has a conversation with Tim Nelson about his public sculpture walks across Minnesota and Wisconsin. His large scale works of ...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 15:56
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Bob Shimek joins Katie Carter on the morning show to explain the indigenous game of Snow Snakes. He shares how to play the game, and how it relates...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:20
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On the first Friday of this month we check in with producer Katie Carter to find out what will be happening on First Friday in Bemidji. She gives u...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 09:07
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Every first Friday of the month we check in with Katie Marshall from the MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids to find out what will be happening on...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2023
  • Length: 06:55
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World-renowned hoop dancer and interdisciplinary artist Samsoche Sampson joined the morning show recently discussing his heritage, his journey as a...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 21:53
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Gen Z and voters under 30 showed up to polling places and had a profound impact on elections this November. In this Area Voices, we hear thoughts f...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2023
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