Shows A-Z

Community Conversations is a monthly program on KUMD dedicated to topics of interest in our community and fostering our community connections.

A national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.

On the air since 1991, eTown is an exciting live-performance, weekly radio broadcast hosted by Nick and Helen Forster. eTown produces musical, social and environmental programming to uplift and inspire listeners around the world. The eTown community comes for the music, and stays for the message. The shows are recorded in front of a live audience, in eTown Hall, a solar powered theater in Boulder Colorado, which also serves as a social and environmental hub for community events. Previous guests include: Deer Tick, Garland Jeffreys, Gregory Alan Isakov, Laura Veirs, Band of Heathens and many others. The hosts of the show Nick and Helen Forster: Nick is a musician, in the band Hot Rize and Helen, a Minnesotan, has had a musical and performance career, on an stage and behind the scenes, even performing on Prairie Home Companion.

Alternative hip-hop

With help from the MN Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund, The North 103.3 FM has constructed the most grandiose and ornate amphitheater dedicated to the imaginary world of radio theater. Partnering with Take It With You theater group and others, Lake Superior Radio Theater explores the past, present, and future of radio theater every Saturday night at 9 p.m.

Ojibwe Stories is a program of Ojibwe culture, language, and ideas that aired on The North 103.3 FM in Duluth, Minnesota. It was produced by Chris Harwood at The North 103.3 and the University of Minnesota, Duluth Department of American Indian Studies. Ojibwe Stories was made possible by Ampers and the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

"Take it With You" is a live radio play with music and comedy airing on KUMD on the second Satuday of each month. Set in a tavern on the shores of Lake Superior, the show follows Blake Thomas and a colorful group of his multi-talented pals, patrons and employees as they stumble through each 60-minute adventure filled with original music, laughs, sound effects and conversation. Performed in front of a live audience in Duluth at The Underground, it features local leaders and business owners, and musical performances by regional artists.

Indie rock, alt-country

Women's Words is a program bringing you the written work of the women of Minnesota, airing every Sunday afternoon at 1:30 and 3:30 during the Women's Music Show. Funding for this program is provided by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.Women's Words is produced by Chris Harwood, Assistant Producer is Hayley Westphal.Subscribe to the Women's Words podcast.