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.


297 Pieces

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The hummingbirds have all flown south, by now most of them gathered at the Gulf before taking that one long flight to their winter grounds. John L...

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 1
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We have a special guest today on Stay Human. We’re celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day with Michael Laughing Fox Charette, an internationally known...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 3
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We’re over-run by mice and squirrels, rats and bats – it’s a circus of varmints, today on Stay Human. Stories of triumph and of terror, from area ...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Dress up! The Stay Human Sartorial Commission has collected fashion tips, costumes for Halloween and for being seen, and stories about the power o...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:08
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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
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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
  • Purchases: 1
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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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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
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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
  • Purchases: 1
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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
  • Purchases: 1
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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
  • Purchases: 2
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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
  • Purchases: 1
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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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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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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
  • Purchases: 1
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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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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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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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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
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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
  • Purchases: 1