MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

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MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds" is a history program airing on Ampers stations in Minnesota. It is a co-production of Ampers and the Minnesota Historical Society.

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds" is a history program airing on Ampers stations in Minnesota. It is a co-production of Ampers and the Minnesota Historical Society.


788 Pieces

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MN90: Funkytown is Definitely Not Near Wisconsin
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Series: MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
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At the dawn of disco’s demise in 1980, Minnesota musicians unleashed the disco sensation Funkytown. Thirty years later, the one-hit-wonder is still...

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
MN90: Pushed Out of Congress
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Coya Knutson made history as the first woman from Minnesota to serve in Washington. But, as MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports, Knutson’s estranged...

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 01:31
  • Purchases: 7
MN90: Zing Went the Strings of Her Heart
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Born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Judy Garland was destined for show business from the ripe old age of 2. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel takes a closer...

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
MN90: The Maidens and the Cult Leader
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Victor Barnard was not only a religious leader but Jesus in the flesh. That’s what he told his followers in rural Pine County. Now he wanted them t...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
MN90: Elk River’s Secret Chef
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Josh Walbolt lost his restaurant job in the COVID pandemic and found himself working for DoorDash. It paid the bills. But he had other irons in the...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
Mn90: Hey, Hey, He’s a Monkee
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Series: MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
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1963 – Peter Thorkelson flunked out of Carleton College in Northfield for the second time. He’d been more interested in music and drama than his E...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
MN90: Jam and Lewis Scream
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1993 – Minneapolis producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis had given Janet Jackson her first platinum albums. Now they were going back in the studio wi...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
MN90: About a Cellist
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In 2001, Walker Art Center curator Joan Rothfuss had a light bulb moment. Not about a visual artist. But about an experimental cellist, Charlotte M...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
MN90: Waterskiing's Unsung Hero
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In 1922, Ralph Samuelson steamed the ends of two 8-foot boards, strapped them to his feet, and water skiing was born. But it was 40 years until any...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 5
MN90: Dave Frishberg’s Bill
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1975 – St. Paul composer and lyricist Dave Frishberg was known for hits like “I’m Hip” and “Peel a Grape.” Now he was being asking to write a song ...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
MN90: Roses For Virginia
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1986 – Virginia Clemens’ multiple sclerosis was making it harder for her to go outside and enjoy her favorite flowers. So her husband gave the land...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
MN90: Tim Burton’s Mars Movie
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1996 – Hollywood director Tim Burton fell in love with Topps trading card images created by two Minnesota artists thirty years before. But would au...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
MN90: Jim Denomie’s Year of Daily Paintings
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2005 – Jim Denomie, Ojibwe artist from Minneapolis, had only been painting for fifteen years. Now 50, he wanted to bring the fun back into his art ...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
MN90: Warroad Hockey Legend, Henry Boucha
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In 1975, Henry Boucha, Ojibwe hockey talent from Warroad, played for the Minnesota North Stars. He had a promising career ahead of him, until a win...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
From a Minneapolis Hotel Room to an American Rebirth
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In a Minneapolis hotel room in 1990, Johnny Cash lamented the decline of his career. Britt Aamodt looks at how the music legend rose from the ashes...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 6
MN90: Blue Earth’s Green Giant
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1978 – A new interstate, I-90, would soon be passing through Blue Earth County. So why not create something to grab motorists’ attention? Why not b...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
MN90: Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator
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August 1969 – Dave Arneson loved war games. That’s what drew him to the board game convention Gen Con, and to fellow gamer Gary Gygax. Five years l...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
MN90: The Most Blacklisted Artist in America
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June 1952 – Paul Robeson was one of the most famous singers in America. But he was also one of the most blacklisted because of his ties to Soviet R...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
MN90: Oscar Pettiford’s Minneapolis
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November 1946 – Jazz bassist Oscar Pettiford was only in Minneapolis for a couple days. To play a concert with Duke Ellington. And to hang out with...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
MN90: The Graves on Beechy Island
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June 1986 – Dr Derek Nottman stared at a face thawed from the ice of Beechy Island. The dead man was a crewmember from the doomed 19th century Fran...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8

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