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 December 21 show:

“Cars [and pickups?]: first cars, favorite cars, lemons and dream cars – in other words, memorable cars

 Send your responses to ktwhwriters@gmail.com by Thursday December 19 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 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

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

       

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  

 

Episode 18: On the waterfront – ideas for Agate Bay waterfront’s future. June 8, 2024

An ore boat leaving Agate Bay, shot from the waterfront, June 7, 2024. Photo by Becky Norlien

 

 

Episode 17: Bugs! ‘Tis the season. June 1, 2024

An awesome “bug” at the Denver Botanical Garden, photo by Katherine Hussey

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

Photo by Richmond Scharf

 

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…?

Radar the Comforter     

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

This episode includes a short audio excerpt from the video, The Story of Winter: Minnesota’s Most Iconic Season produced by DNR climatologist Kenny Blumenfeld and photographer Alec Johnson. It is available on YouTube here.