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For more than a century, it was almost impossible to find out much about people buried on Hart Island. But in 2008, that all changed — thanks in la...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 17:56
The song “I Fought the Law” by the Bobby Fuller Four reached number 9 on the Billboard Charts in the week of March 12, 1966. Just months later, Bob...
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 42:01
One Sunday afternoon, a man named William Mumler decided to take a self portrait. He said he was alone in the photography studio, but as the photog...
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 36:51
On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls took command of a Confederate ship and liberated himself and his family from enslavement. His great-great-grandson, ...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 29:27
In May 1991, a bank robber walked into a bank in Irving, Texas, and without speaking handed the teller a note that read, “This is a bank robbery. G...
- Added: May 19, 2020
- Length: 31:54
“The police had surrounded the house. They had been there for quite a while. They didn’t want to try to rush the house because they thought he migh...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 29:07
In 1930, a Cuban woman named Elena de Hoyos went to the hospital in Key West, Florida. She had a bad cough, and her family was afraid she had Tuber...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 18:24
John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious faculty positions at Yale, Duke and NYU, before surprisin...
- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 28:12
Georgia Tann of Memphis, Tennessee bragged that she had a rigorous selection process that matched the perfect child with the perfect home.
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 36:44
When Fannie Davis and her family moved to Detroit in the mid-1950s, they hadn’t prepared themselves for how hard it would be. They had trouble find...
Bought by ABC
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 31:50
- Purchases: 1
This feature uses the natural sounds and rhythms of a watchmaker’s workshop to take listeners on a journey through time and space.
- Added: Dec 22, 2017
- Length: 05:02
Bobby speaks with Joseph Campo, executive producer at Grassroots Films and the director of the St. Francis House. The two discuss a range of topics...
- Added: Sep 21, 2013
- Length: 01:05:38
When traveling through Minnesota's Finn country, you'll see a good number of Finnish-style log cabins, a lot of saunas, and, if you look hard, a ha...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ
- Added: Jun 19, 2013
- Length: 08:24
- Purchases: 2
During the past year, Northern Community Radio has been running a mini-series produced by Britt Aamodt focusing on Minnesota Finns. In this segment...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Jun 18, 2013
- Length: 10:05
- Purchases: 3
For the past year, Northern Community Radio has been running a mini-series on Minnesota Finns. This is our last segment and perhaps ironically -- o...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Jun 13, 2013
- Length: 09:31
- Purchases: 3
Mary Losure began her wandering career path backpacking in the mountains of California and Oregon and kayaking in the Prince William Sound in Alask...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ
- Added: May 14, 2013
- Length: 19:55
- Purchases: 2
Author Chad Lewis talks with Heidi Holtan and Michael Small about his new book "The Minnesota Guide To Gangster Hot Spots," in this Real Good Words...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ
- Added: Apr 29, 2013
- Length: 10:32
- Purchases: 2
Sean Daley, AKA MC Slug from Minneapolis hip-hop group Atmosphere and record label Rhymesayers Entertainment talks with Charlie Pulkrabek about the...
- Added: Nov 19, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Heidi Holtan and Stewart Van Cleve have an in-depth conversation about the history of "queer" in Minnesota. Stewart Van Cleve's book "Land of 10,00...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 39:38
- Purchases: 2
The first Finnish immigrants to arrive in Minnesota settled here sometime around the middle of the 19th century and the close of the Civil War. Min...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Oct 23, 2012
- Length: 10:00
- Purchases: 3
For the first week of May (5/5): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at the journey one musician made from the fields of west ...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:40
For the last week of September (9/27): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a man who helped establish the first Baptist mus...
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 01:43
Director of the Minnesota History Center Museum Dan Spock details the 1862 war between the U.S. government and the Dakota Indians.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KSRQ
- Added: Jul 12, 2012
- Length: 09:31
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Apr 30, 2012
- Length: 04:28
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Apr 30, 2012
- Length: 07:18
- Purchases: 1
