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Living Space

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we talked about the new book "Living Space" by Michael E. Veal, which is a thorough and creative examination of John Coltrane's fr...

Love in America - The Grapes of The Wrath of Khan

From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love in America

The love of Ricardo and Georgiana Montalban: Star Trek meets Corinthian leather on Fantasy Island; Foreplay chardonnay and “wining” about winter in...

Minnesota vs. Big Tobacco

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth

Caption: Anti-smoking ad campaign, Credit: Minnesota Department of Health

Minnesota was the first state to take Big Tobacco to trial in the 1990s. Minnesota was also the first state to take the vaping company Juul to tria...

Constant Wonder - From Emancipation to the Great Migration: A Family Journey

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

History is made by the daily decisions of regular people. One family's story of the Great Migration.

Constant Wonder - A Cartoonist Uses Pen & Paper to Rediscover Her Lost Grandparents

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

A cartoonist’s journey: an unlikely path to finding awe, family, and a place in the world.

John & Annie Glenn: A Love That Defied Gravity

From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love Is History

John and Annie Glenn's life story is one small step for a man and one giant leap for love!

Constant Wonder - The Next Everest

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Imagine being caught in an earthquake on Mount Everest!

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP

Constant Wonder - Uncovering Archaeology's Hidden Treasures . . . Out of Desert and Ice

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

National Geographic's Ann Williams has been an eyewitness to some of the greatest archaeological treasures of the last century.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, and WYAP

Top of Mind - We Don't Agree on America's Founding Story. Do We Need To?

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Was America founded by divine intervention, or profit-seeking slaveholders, or noble men in pursuit of freedom? The angst over America's Founding s...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, KMXT, and WYAP

Top of Mind - Who Owns Our Cultural Heritage? — Museums, Repatriation, and Appropriation

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Who should decide how stories and artifacts of a cultural heritage are shared? What's the difference between appropriation and appreciation?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, KMXT, and WYAP

Ghostly Encounters of a Third Kind Part 2

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: ILLUSTRATION, Credit: by Doug Dobey

More ghostly encounters of a Third Kind with a woman named Sarah who seems to have something of a shine.

Constant Wonder - Freedom House

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Freedom House is on the way!

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

Constant Wonder - The Search for a Lost Jewish Community

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

One hundred year old Stella Levi, wants you to know about her childhood home on the island of Rhodes, on Constant Wonder.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

Constant Wonder - The Unfinished Story of America's Anthem

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

A true national anthem isn't set by law: it's chosen by the people and often emerges out of conflict.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, and RadioStPete Florida

Constant Wonder - A Passion for the Past

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

One man's quest to save Civil War-era photos and uncover the lives they documented.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

Constant Wonder - Body, Soul & Memory: What would you do with a lock of George Washington's hair?

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Clippings of Washington's hair were, for some, like a "selfie." For others, they were used to claim racial superiority.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida

Women of the Fur Trade

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth

Caption: Laura Powell-Marxen works in the basement of her Grand Marais home. Laura makes hats, mittens and other apparel from the fur from animals of the North Woods., Credit: Joe Friedrichs

The role of women, particularly Indigenous women, during the legendary fur trade in Minnesota is often overlooked. KFAI contributor Joe Friedrichs ...

Artifact or Artifice: The Kensington Runestone Hoax

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast

Caption: Reporter Matthew Schneeman poses in front of the runestone at the Kensington Runestone Museum, Credit: Mattew Scheeman

In 1898, a farmer dug up a stone engraved with a Nordic language in a field in Kensington, Minnesota. People have been arguing about it ever since...

Constant Wonder - Making the Modern Christmas

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Christmas wouldn't be the same without Dickens. And, the railroads changed Christmas forever.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida

Constant Wonder - Audrey Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder

Topic 1: This movie star knew what depravation felt like; Topic 2: How Jimmy Stewart stole our hearts

Bought by WYAP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and RadioStPete Florida

Storycorps: Linda Mae Lawelawe and Doug Carillo

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Half siblings Linda Mae Lawelawe and Doug Carillo talk about how their lives were shaped by Kalaupapa--America’s largest leprosy colony.

Bought by WYAP

Submerged history in the land of 10,000 lakes

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Caption: A volunteer with the non-profit Maritime Heritage explores a boat wreck at the bottom of Christmas Lake, Credit: Josh Knutson / Maritime Heritage

Have you ever accidentally dropped something in a lake? Plenty of Minnesotans have. That's why lake and river bottoms are full of artifacts and boa...