Valerie Brown-Kuchera
Host and writer, Little Spouse on the PrairieHost of Little Spouse on the Prairie, a regional comedy feature that airs Sundays at 8:35 a.m. during Weekend Edition.
Find out more about her program here!
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I’m starting out today with a shout out to the Kansas City musician, Kelly Werts, who composed the theme song for this show, “The Little House Rag.” I’d… -
Recently, I began to notice that purveyors of print material and packaging designers have started using much smaller fonts than they used to. This annoyed… -
We’ve been talking about fears the last couple of weeks. I’ve shared some of the phobias my teenager and my middle-schooler have inherited from their… -
Last week, I talked about how maternal fears impact offspring, even when those children haven’t been specifically conditioned to be afraid. It’s almost as… -
I have many fears - probably more than most people, I’m afraid. Do I have more than most? I do, don’t I? I hope my kids don’t inherit this flaw. They… -
Last week, High Plains listeners got an analogy about how weight gain is essentially like compound interest – as you add kids, you actually have more… -
One of the lessons we’ve been learning through this long, long, long, long, loooooooong time at home is the difference between assertive, passive… -
In the first weeks of what I assumed would be a month-long shut-down, I was determined to be one of those “use-the-pandemic-to-enrich-my-life types.” I… -
I remember a time early in my teaching career – this would have been in the early 1990s – when a particularly virulent strain of flu shut down our local… -
I’m prefacing today’s sketch, “Fearful Symmetry,” with a couple of disclaimers. First, I am an incredibly lucky person. I understand that to be able to…
