HAVING A BEER WITH | KEVIN FLYNN
PHOTO BY: URBAN TOAD MEDIA
Having a Beer with
Kevin Flynn (while social distancing)
WRITTEN BY: MEGHAN FEIR • PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY: MEGHAN FEIR AND KEVIN FLYNN
Some people seem to be magnets for out-of-the-ordinary experiences and run-ins with the rich and famous. During his 40 years of working in the radio industry, Kevin Flynn, the senior producer of The Flag 1100 AM, has brushed shoulders with the likes of Sally Field, James Garner and many others. As we chatted via Zoom to ensure the Coronavirus was held at bay, he regaled me with a couple of his life stories, from impromptu dinners with Bruce Willis and Demi Moore to spending the day with John Travolta. Hearing of these surreal experiences reminded me of bygone days when we actually wanted to stumble into other people; when we didn’t have to be paranoid about strangers being closer than six feet away, of shaking their hands and noticing audible signs of allergy season. Although we couldn’t sit in Drekker’s fine establishment, Flynn enjoyed a Drekker brew from the comfort of his home as we chatted about lake life, Corona isolation, and if he’s watched “Tiger King” yet. 26 / THE GOOD LIFE / urbantoadmedia.com
Good Life: With all the COVID-19 stuff happening, how has that changed your job in radio? Kevin Flynn: We’re deemed essential, since we’re a news organization. Working at The Flag is a little more weighted than my years working in music radio. People are tuning in to find out what’s going on and relying on us to be there. It’s a different world being in news talk radio, but I love it. GL: Have you stocked up on anything? KF: I live on a lake in the Detroit Lakes area. This will be our 24th summer here. We live in the country pretty far out, so I always stock up on stuff. I live on a food and water source. Let the zombies loose. I’m good. I have plenty of ammo out here, too. What got to me was the toilet paper business. Do you poop yourself to death with this thing or what?
