The Monitor spoke with Brother Love (BL) and Patrice Winston-Love (PL) in the control room of Studio A. The Loves produce "The Difference Makers," which is on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. on MTN 75. Tell me about "The Difference Makers." BL "The Difference Makers" is the show for people that are making a difference. For example, Shane Price was a guest on the show. He is making a difference with the African American Men Project. Peter McLaughlin was on and he's been doing so many things to help people who are getting out of jail. We feel that the community should know who these people are and recognize, acknowledge, and support them. As public access producers, you two have an interesting story. Could you talk about how you met? PL In 1995 I started at MTN. In 1999 I met Brother Love. He was going to do a show in St Paul. I told him he could be a guest on my show and he jumped at that, and so he was on "Moving Forward." Over the next few years we made TV shows and we became engaged and got married. We had a fairy tale marriage in City Hall. The mayor R. T. Rybak married us, and a lot of important people were there. And we've been doing the shows ever since. What does your forum on MTN allow you to accomplish? BL it gives us an opportunity to let the community know about serious issues concerning them, and how they can get involved. There have been so many topics we have covered. One of the first major shows we did was about homeless people staying at 519 Portland, the old city morgue. We have an election coming up. A lot of people made a lot of promises when they ran for election, and many of those people have turned their backs on the same issues they ran on. If people promised something when they were running for office and didn't deliver on that promise, we're going to tell our TV audience. How is MTN different from other kinds of television? PL The difference is that public access allows each person free speech. You can't do that on regular TV. Public access is informative. Everybody is able to express how they feel. What kind of advice do you have for other people who need a voice? BL One thing that I would suggest is that they go to community meetings and support each other. There are so many problems, like racial profiling, discrimination, people getting cut off from the welfare-to-work program. Our show gives people an opportunity to find out what's going on. People often don't know about the resources that can help them in their day-to-day lives. We are going to continue to be the voice for the people and we are going to continue to bring on "The Difference Makers" the people who are really making a difference. Is there anything else you would like to add? BL We couldn't have done this without MTN. MTN has been here for us; they have supported us. I recommend that everyone watch MTN 16, 17 and 75. PL I would like to make a special recognition of MTN's 21 years of service. We're very grateful. We couldn't do any of this without you.