Ampers

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Ampers is an association of 18 independent community radio stations in Minnesota.  Each station is locally managed and programmed by and for the local communities they serve.  Ampers is the largest network of community radio stations in the state of Minnesota and one of the largest of its kind in the United States. From Grand Marais, and Thief River Falls, to Mankato and Winona, and just about everywhere in between, we’ve got Minnesota covered. Our combined audience is about 250,000 devoted listeners.  Ampers has no affiliation with Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and receives no financial support from MPR. 

Series

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30 Pieces

Memories and stories from Minnesota Veterans

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: May 12, 2023
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22 Pieces

Native American veterans explain why protecting our land and resources is an important part of Native culture and traditions.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Dec 29, 2016
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8 Pieces

Extended podcast versions of Kevyn Burger's interviews with some of the Minnesota Vietnam Veterans featured in the Ampers radio series

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Aug 24, 2017
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3 Pieces

Memories and stories from Minnesota's WWII Veterans

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Oct 21, 2019
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34 Pieces

Family conversations exploring the question “what matters most?” to those involved in providing or receiving care in the last stages of life. Allina Health helped fund this project.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Dec 29, 2016

Pieces

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Jama talks about the challenge of facing diabetes, a disease no one in his family ever experienced.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Don gets frustrated by health care providers who see him as a number, rather than as a person.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Denise keeps her anger in check, when it comes to diabetes.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Writing a blog is Deb’s way of holding herself accountable.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Deb is determined not to become diabetic, even though diabetes is widespread within her family.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Deb shares her strategy for keeping her commitment to herself and beginning an exercise program.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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David talks about the importance of looking at choices in the long term and managing your overall life.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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David shares how managing diabetes has changed for him, as he has grown up.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Carol reveals the hardest part of sticking to her diet was giving up her favorite snack: potato chips.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Carol shares how she did not even remember what brought her to the doctor, so she was shocked to learn she had diabetes.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:30