Listeners’ Voices

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 February 1st show:

“Fire“

Anything you want to say- from the dawn of civilization to the situation regarding the North Shore fuel load.

 Send your responses, written or recorded, to ktwhwriters@gmail.com by Wednesday, January 29th.  Or bring them to the station.  (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***

*NOTE: alternate weeks between new episodes now feature archived episodes of Listeners’ Voices

ARCHIVED EPISODES

Episode 40: Looking Back/Forward  January 18, 2025

Frances and her daughter Seneca, Stewart Lake Dec. 2024

Episode 39: Gratitude, reciprocity and community – January 4, 2025(!)

 

Episode 38: Cars! – December 21, 2024

    

a relative of Leslie’s “Tennis Shoe” Chevette, sans the special paint job. And Bill’s first car – 1948 Plymouth 🙂

 

Fran’s Old Rusty – ’63 Ford, now in retirement; and Bill’s Dad’s 1931 Oldsmobile (with wooden spokes!)

 

Episode 37: Unexpected Generosity – December 7, 2024

L’Chiam/To Life, Richmond’s guitar, a product of an employer-friend’s generosity

 

Episode 36: Trains, and other atypical travel – November 23, 2024

The Three Spot – the first locomotive on the iron range, pioneer of the Drummond Grade

 

Episode 35: Handmade – November 9, 2024

Handmade items from the show

 

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

Season change along the Superior Hiking Trail, October 9, 2024

 

Episode 32: FUNd Drive Compilation, excerpts from previous episodes, October 5, 2024

 

Episode 31: What I did this summer September 28, 2024

Linda fed the local chipmunks this summer!

 

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

Photos from 2024 Silver Creek International Ukulele Carnival (photos from KTwH)

 

Episode 26: What’s on your Bucket List?  August 10, 2024

 

Episode 25: What makes a “good day” for you?  August 3, 2024

 

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

 

 

Episode 22: Interviews with Carol Langer and Dick Selissen, both of lighthouse keeper families. July 13, 2024

 

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

       

The 400 year old pagoda tree in Andong, later felled by an unknown vandal, who presumably was subsequently subject to unknown consequences…

Photos by John Holstein. Many more photos of trees in Korea may be found here 

The entire article, The Multicentenarians about the veneration of trees in Korea, may be accessed at here