Episodes
Listen in to the third part of our Dig Deep conversation with liberal commentator Aaron Brown and conservative Chuck Marohn. The conversation moves into impeachment of Presidents Nixon and Clinton. Read more here about the three articles of impeachment of President Nixon and the two articles of impeachment of President Clinton. Don't forget to join us at the LIVE Dig Deep Community Conversation on Strong Towns at the Reif Center on Tuesday December 10th at 7pm. Along with a Dig Deep conversation
Published 12/04/19
Today we continued the conversation with Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn on the history of impeachment. This time they set the stage for us on the impeachement of President Andrew Johnson who became president with the assassination of President Lincoln in 1868. Chuck and Aaron take a look at the reconstruction period and the 11 articles of impeachment of President Johnson which were: Dismissing Edwin Stanton from office after the Senate had voted not to concur with his dismissal and had ordered him
Published 11/25/19
Dig Deep is a conversation between our liberal commentator Aaron Brown and conservative Chuck Marohn . They come at topics from different angles, but model for us how to talk to people with different beliefs. In this episode, we hear about the origins of the impeachment clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article 1. If you'd like to meet Chuck and Aaron and participate in a community conversation you are invited to join us for Dig Deep at the Reif Center on Tuesday December 10th at 7pm. We'll talk
Published 11/18/19
This month our conversation has been about the concepts in Chuck Marohn's new book Strong Towns - A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity . In this podcast only edition our commentators Chuck Marohn and Aaron Brown go a little deeper yet.
Published 11/09/19
What do buildings mean to a town? What does the current model of large parking lots, big box stores, few trees and large signs mean to the residents of a town? Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn continue the Strong Towns - the book - conversation here. What makes your town special? How do we plan growth in small towns now compared to before WWII? Do things that seem small - sidewalks, trees, parks matter to where we live? A new approach will require innovation, organic co-creation of the community,
Published 11/08/19
We continue our conversation with Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn today on Dig Deep about Chuck's book that was recently released "Strong Towns - A Bottom Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity". You can meet Chuck and Aaron and ask them questions at the LIVE Dig Deep Event celebrating the publication of Strong Towns at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids December 10th at 7pm. Sign up for the Dig Deep Podcast!
Published 11/07/19
Dig Deep is a podcast of KAXE/KBXE – with Chuck Marohn and Aaron Brown – Minnesota leaders with different perspectives digging into the way our towns and cities work and don't work. Today we’re celebrating the release of Chuck Marohn’s book. In this first part of our conversation on Dig Deep this fall, we go deep with Chuck Marohn about Strong Towns: A Bottom Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity. Strong Towns is a book of ideas - some old and some new - with a modern take on what could
Published 11/04/19
The final podcast-only edition is here of Dig Deep for September as we drill down to money in politics and lobbying, etc. Aaron Brown is our liberal commentator and Chuck Marohn is our conservative - send us your thoughts! Sign up for the Dig Deep Podcast!
Published 09/13/19
We continue on looking at 2020 elections with conservative Chuck Marohn and liberal Aaron Brown on Dig Deep. We look this time at how candidates are picked and the inside baseball of the presidential elections. Is there an issue that you vote on for president? Let us know! Sign up for the Dig Deep Podcast!
Published 09/13/19
More from our Dig Deep commentators Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn on how the system works - how elections 2020 are at this moment - how the primaries and early campaigning actually work. Sign up for the Dig Deep Podcast!
Published 09/11/19
It's time for our next round of our monthly Dig Deep conversations with liberal commentator Aaron Brown and conservative Chuck Marohn. They tell us about their summers and then take a look, from their differing political perspectives, at how the presidential election is playing out and why the candidates are doing what they are doing. Sign up for the Dig Deep Podcast!
Published 09/09/19
We continue the conversation on copper nickel mining with conservative Chuck marohn and liberal Aaron Brown on Dig Deep. If you have a topic you'd like them to tackle - send it our way! Sign up for a Dig Deep podcast!
Published 06/17/19
For our June edition of Dig Deep we were live on the air discussing national media and what it doesn't get about rural/small towns. Tune in as a caller asks about copper nickel mining with our liberal commentator Aaron Brown and our conservative Chuck Marohn. If you have a topic you'd like them to tackle - send it our way! Sign up for a Dig Deep podcast!
Published 06/16/19
We continue our live Dig Deep Conversation here with Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn. Do we become what the national media says we are? For our June edition of Dig Deep we were live on the air discussing national media and what it doesn't get about rural/small towns. Tune in for the 2nd part of our conversation with our liberal commentator Aaron Brown and our conservative Chuck Marohn. If you have a topic you'd like them to tackle - send it our way! Sign up for a Dig Deep podcast!
Published 06/15/19
For our June edition of Dig Deep we were live on the air discussing national media and what it doesn't get about rural/small towns. Tune in for this conversation with our liberal commentator Aaron Brown and our conservative Chuck Marohn. If you have a topic you'd like them to tackle - send it our way! Sign up for a Dig Deep podcast!
Published 06/14/19
In this podcast only edition of Dig Deep, Aaron and Chuck kick back a little bit and ask some pithy questions about education and certification and pose this idea: are we forcing people into debt to get a degree that will not actually help them or lead them to a good paying job and a life without debt. Sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!
Published 05/31/19
Conservative Chuck Marohn and liberal Aaron Brown continue the Dig Deep conversation on education by looking at a Scandinavian model. Sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!
Published 05/31/19
Liberal Aaron Brown and conservative Chuck Marohn continue the conversation on education. Why do we put so much value on college degrees, especially when it comes to student debt. Chuck calls education a "racket" and you can tune in to see how Mr. Brown the Hibbing Community College instructor responds to that word. Sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!
Published 05/29/19
Chuck Marohn our conservative commentator for Dig Deep asks a provocative question to liberal commentator Aaron Brown (he's an educator) : does more money for education make a town "less poor"? And Aaron then asks, what do they mean by the word education? Education, Aaron argues, can be very political. They talk about books by some of their favorite authors including Jane Jacobs and Jared Diamond . Sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!
Published 05/27/19
Chuck poses the question for our podcast only edition of Dig Deep this month. Is there something special about small towns? Where people pull together? Do you cross groups and have more personal connections that make us more altruistic? Sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!
Published 04/19/19
Dig Deep continues the conversation this time moving into solutions for social problems. Students in Aaron Brown's Hibbing Community College classes have over the last 10 years always listed "there's nothing to do in this town" as one of the biggest problems. As Aaron explains here - building a new mall or new kids museum won't change issues of poverty and substance abuse. Chuck Marohn says these problems are multi-vector. They don't have one simple cause so they don't have one simple solution.
Published 04/19/19
So what ISN'T working in small town America? Chuck and Aaron give us their thoughts.
Published 04/17/19
In our April Dig Deep conversation, Aaron Brown talks about an assignment he gives to his students at Hibbing Community College. Identify what you think is one of the biggest social problems, and ways to solve it. Over the last 10 years there's a similar answer. "there's nothing to do in small towns!" Aaron and Chuck break it down.
Published 04/16/19
This month the topic is Socialism with Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn . Sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!
Published 03/22/19
Our podcast only editions of Dig Deep are a little looser, you'll want to check this one out on the Green New Deal . Listen in to Chuck Marohn our conservative commentator and Strong Towns CEO and founder - as well as liberal commentator Aaron Brown - journalist and creator of Minnesota Brown and host/producer of KAXE/KBXE's Great Northern Radio Show .
Published 03/08/19