Listeners’ Voices airs at 11am alternate Saturdays and is repeated Monday evenings at 9pm. The show shares written and recorded responses from listeners (writers and non-writers alike) to the prompt of the week. To get on the Voices email list, to submit a response and/or to get more information, email ktwhwriters@gmail.com or call the station at 218-595-6195.
CURRENT PROMPT for the November 23 show:
“Trains! Tales of train travel here or abroad, or travel by other unconventional means“
Send your responses to ktwhwriters@gmail.com by Wednesday November 21 if possible or bring them to the station, written or recorded. (An emailed voice memo works.) Late responses will be shared on the following show.
We will air your replies anonymously if you prefer.
***Responses to previous prompts are always welcome as well as suggestions for future prompts***
ARCHIVED EPISODES
Episode 35: Handmade – November 9, 2024
Episode 34: Encounters with Wild Animals, October 26, 2024 – everything from mice and wildebeests to moose and beluga whales!
A meandering moose, by Emma Linn and a Beluga Whale
Episode 33: Season Change, October 12, 2024
Episode 32: FUNd Drive Compilation, excerpts from previous episodes, October 5, 2024
Episode 31: What I did this summer September 28, 2024
Episode 30: A compilation of responses to various prompts over our 7 months of producing this show. September 14, 2024
Episode 29: Books: which have amused, enlightened or changed you, or which you recommend to others September 7, 2024
Episode 28: Foods! favorites with a story, or a family or cultural connection, maybe a memorable food fight August 31, 2024
KTWH celebrates itself with FOOD at an annual Harvest Moon Gala
Episode 27: Ukuleles and other music-making or music appreciation stories August 17, 2024
Episode 26: What’s on your Bucket List? August 10, 2024
Episode 25: What makes a “good day” for you? August 3, 2024
photo by Terry Gydesen
Episode 24: Advice I Would Give My Younger Self July 27, 2024
Episode 23: Memories and impressions of lighthouses and foghorns (and sounds of foghorns around the world) July 20, 2024
Split Rock Lighthouse photo by Richmond Scharf
Episode 22: Interviews with Carol Langer and Dick Selissen, both of lighthouse keeper families. July 13, 2024
Two Harbors Lighthouse, photo by Becky Norlien
Episode 21: Independence. July 6, 2024
Episode 20: A Few Of My Favorite Things. June 22, 2024
Episode 19: Trees or forests I have known. June 15, 2024
Becky’s leaning spruce tree
Episode 18: On the waterfront – ideas for Agate Bay waterfront’s future. June 8, 2024
Episode 17: Bugs! ‘Tis the season. June 1, 2024
Further explorations of all things bugs:
The book referred to in our episode: Bite, Sting, Kill: The Incredible Science of Toxins, Venom, Fangs and Stingers, by Julie Beer (2024)
Fireflies: http://www.agatemag.com/2024/06/save-the-fireflies/
Is the loss of insects a desperate cry for help from a planet under assault? The Hartmann report
Episode 16: Graduation! and other life transitions. May 25, 2024
Fran’s brother Ken receiving a graduation acknowledgement from JFK in the Rose Garden, June 10, 1963
Episode 15: Spring has sprung! What does that mean for you? May 18, 2024
Marsh Marigolds by the Knife River, at the feet of Terry Gydesen 🙂
Episode 14: What brought you here, what keeps you here (wherever you are)? May 11, 2024
Episode 13: The role of community radio May 4, 2024
Episode 12: Personal influencers in your past, whether they knew it or not April 27, 2024
Episode 11: Smells and the memories and emotions they trigger April 20, 2024
Episode 10: Lake Superior April 13, 2024. The last 10 minutes of this episode also includes a field recording from the solar eclipse totality zone made by two KTWH volunteers near Flora, Illinois
Episode 9: My First Job [Part 2] April 6, 2024
Episode 8: My First Job [Part 1] March 30, 2024
Episode 7: Animal Companions (takes all kinds!) [Part 2] March 23, 2024
More stories – this time including hamsters, turtles, a guinea pig (Fuzzy Butt), goats (including Buttercup), chickens, a sea and a canoe-tripping pet!
Episode 6: Animal Companions (takes all kinds!) [Part 1] March 16, 2024
We heard about Fritz, Bella, Radar, Goku, Toot the Pigologist and many more – looking forward to hearing more next week. Must be some chicken stories out there…?
Goku the ball python, prefers his rats fresh, not frozen
Sammi had a good life with Martha
Toot helping out at work
Episode 5: Businesses lost and/or longed for, past and present, in Two Harbors [Part 2] March 9, 2024
Episode 4: Businesses lost and/or longed for, past and present, in Two Harbors [Part 1] March 2, 2024
Episode 3: What do you consider to be “My song”? February 24, 2024
Episode 2: Ep. 1 – Continued – this weird winter weather! – Part 2 February 17, 2024
Episode 1: What do you think of this exceptional winter we are experiencing, for better or worse? February 10, 2024
