MinneCulture In-Depth

Series produced by KFAI Minneapolis

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Stories, documentaries and music about Minnesota's rich heritage of arts, culture and history. All audio airs on KFAI, SoundCloud, Ampers.org, PRX and KFAI's MinneCulture page on Facebook. MinneCulture is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Stories, documentaries and music about Minnesota's rich heritage of arts, culture and history. All audio airs on KFAI, SoundCloud, Ampers.org, PRX and KFAI's MinneCulture page on Facebook. MinneCulture is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.


173 Pieces

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Shooting Hoops, Making Friends
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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At lot of young men in the St. Paul Adaptive Recreation basketball league aren't just teammates, they're friends. KFAI's Katey DeCelle reports on t...

  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 05:07
Michelle Leon: Inside the Alt Rock Explosion
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Michelle Leon helped catapult Babes in Toyland, the kickin', all-female punk band, to alternative rock fame. Her new book, "I Live Inside: Memoirs ...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 09:10
Capitol Insider Captures Quiet Political Moments
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Getting a bill to become law is an arduous task. So is capturing quiet political moments at the Minnesota State Capitol. KFAI's Will Wright reports...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 05:09
Desdamona: No Man's Land
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Desdamona is an emcee who doesn't want you to call her a femme cee. On her newest album, "No Man's Land," the Minnesota musician conjures a world w...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 04:29
In The Ring: Minnesota's Wrestling Obsession
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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From Verne Gagne to Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Minnesota has long been infatuated by pro wrestling. Although not as popular these days, there's stil...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 27:19
  • Purchases: 1
Trouble Boys: A Conversation with Replacements Biographer Bob Mehr
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Swinging from chandeliers at a club in Portland. Lurking in the bushes. The wildly unscripted Saturday Night Live performance of "Bastards of Young...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:24
Spiderbaby: Getting Noticed HIs Way
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Pretty much everyone wants to be noticed. Especially professional wrestlers. Terrance Griep is a Minnesota grappler who gained recognition in 2003 ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 05:15
From Super Tired To Superposition: The Return of P.O.S
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Minneapolis hip hop artist P.O.S had to take an extended break from touring and performing to deal with the chronic kidney disease he’s had since h...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 04:59
Tom Schroeder: Animating Memories For Film
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Tom Schroeder’s animated films grapple with memories, very often his own recollections. But the McKnight-winning artist’s most recent film relies o...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota's Forgotten Storybook Artist
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Like most artists, Richard Holzschuh had a day job. His was working as a bookkeeper at Standard Oil. At night, the Minneapolis man slipped into his...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 05:52
Minneapolis 1931: A Blitzkrieg of Bigotry
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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In the summer of 1931, Arthur and Edith Lee, bought a home in South Minneapolis and caught hell. They were black. The neighborhood was white. The L...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 1
Scream Like Hell: Ringside with Wrestling Fans
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Professional wrestling didn't fade when Jesse "The Body" Ventura stepped out of the ring. At VFW halls and American Legions around the Twin Cities,...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 06:11
Before Animal Planet, Dioramas Revealed Nature in 3-D
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Animal entertainment is at an all time high. Too lazy to drive to the zoo? Flip on National Geographic, Animal Planet or the Discovery Channel. But...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2016
  • Length: 05:31
Sketching Courtroom History
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Since Minnesota bars cameras in courtrooms, we rely on sketch artists to show us what defendants look like while awaiting their fate. But what goes...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
The Poetry of Sun Yung Shin
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Sun Yung Shin is a Minneapolis writer whose work takes on topics as ancient as Greek history and as futuristic as robots, with commentaries on race...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 05:09
Hooked on Ice Fishing
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Jerrel Matthews gets his catch., Credit: Nancy Rosenbaum
Walter Humphrey and Jerrel Matthews are two friends who love nothing more than to fish from dawn until dusk. KFAI's Nancy Rosenbaum spent a day wit...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2016
  • Length: 04:06
Unraveling the Mystery of the Minneapolis Mummies
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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For most of the last century, books weren't the only attraction at the Minneapolis Public Library. A pair of Egyptian mummies were. But around 198...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:29
A Library of Saws, Hammers and Grinders
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Not everyone who wants to make stuff has the tools. Or a place to store them. Enter the Tool Library in Northeast Minneapolis. For $55 a year, memb...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 03:36
Dogs + Skis = Skijoring
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Cross-country skiing and dog sled racing are among Minnesota's more popular winter sports. But what if you combined the two? KFAI’s Ryan Dawes repo...

Bought by KUOW and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 04:36
  • Purchases: 2
The Mysterious Foshay Tower March
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Wilbur Foshay mugshot
Before Donald Trump splashed his name on everything he built, there was a man named Wilbur Foshay. In 1929, when Minneapolis’ first skyscraper was ...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 06:05

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