Lisa Johnson
- Username: LisaJohnson
- PRX Member
- Role: Host: Station-Based
Recent Pieces from Lisa Johnson
In the Spirit of Medicine: the journey of Chief Buffalo and this pipe
(06:59)
From: KUMD
The story of the pipe and the path and struggles it took to get to this ceremony reached deep inside me. Toward the end of the ceremony we all walked past the pipe so we ...
In the Spirit of Medicine: My grandmother's sewing machine, Part 2
(10:11)
From: KUMD
I have no doubt this sewing machine made face masks over a hundred years ago and my grandmother would have made masks. There was a huge second wave of that pandemic and ...
Journey to Wellness: "To know that one person froze to death is something to fight for"
(04:02)
From: KUMD
Last week, the Twin Ports/Fond du Lac chapter of the American Indian Movement (AIM)marched to bring visibility to homelessness in Duluth. With bans on eviction and ...
In the Spirit of Medicine: in August I danced for the first time
(05:38)
From: KUMD
George has always told me seeing a doctor dancing would be healing for everyone and I discovered that meant me as much as anyone else.
In the Spirit of Medicine: you were put here for a purpose
(06:27)
From: KUMD
At his 70th birthday party, he took me aside and it was like a little ceremony with just me and him in the corner. “Arne, you need to write. I know you have at least one ...
In the Spirit of Medicine: My grandmother's sewing machine, Part 1
(07:46)
From: KUMD
She had a Singer treadle sewing machine and I was fascinated by the steady “click-click-click” of the needle going up and down. I watched her rock her foot to thread the ...
MN Reads: "One Summer Up North" by John Owens
(08:06)
From: KUMD
Freelance illustrator and University of Minnesota instructor John Owens didn't grow up heading to the Boundary Waters every summer, but once he went, he was ...
MN Reads: Second Sunday Reading Series with Gary Boelhower
(11:41)
From: KUMD
The repercussions on society from the pandemic are usually pretty grim. But Duluth's poet laureate, Gary Boelhower, says poetry reading began a resurgence a couple ...
MN Reads: "A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota" edited by Sun Yung Shin
(14:28)
From: KUMD
A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota was published back in 2016, but it's enjoyed a renaissance of sorts this summer. The collection of essays. features 16 ...
