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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Veteran Paul Yang recalls his journey from student, to personal secretary to a colonel, to a solider.

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  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Veteran Wa Joe Vu recalls weapons being brought into his village, but being too young to hold a gun. He would eventually join the fight when he was...

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  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Veteran Nhia Xiong Her (Sherman) takes pride in the fact that he felt he and the other Hmong soldiers stepped up in order to try and protect their ...

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  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Veteran Manichan Xiong describes how she received the rank of commander after unofficially training under her husband during the war.

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  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Veteran Seng Ly recalls getting injured by a bomb and how he and his family decided to flee along with thousands of others.

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  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Veteran Nhia Ying Lor was 10-years-old when the Vietnam War started, too young to join the fight at the beginning. But would go on to see many year...

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  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Veteran Cheu Xiong Yang became a soldier when he was just 14-years-old and recalls a time he made rice for a General that came out red.

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  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Veteran Charles Vu describes his journey fleeing to Thailand after the end of the war.

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  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Veteran Bua Hu Thao recalls one battle he was involved in, where his division was the only one that survived the night.

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  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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The crew is joined by local author David Mura, whose most recent book is “The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and our American Narrati...

Bought by KWIT, KVSC, and WYAP


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 3