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. 

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36 Pieces

In an effort to contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, the United States recruited, trained and financed the Hmong and Loas to serve as surrogate soldiers in the American armed forces. Today, there are over 350,000 Hmong living in the United States, with over 81,000 individuals in Minnesota, the largest urbanized Hmong population in the US. Veterans Voices': The Secret War is a program featuring the stories of some of these veterans. To learn more, visit MinnesotaVets.org

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: May 02, 2023
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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

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Counter Stories cofounder and cohost Donald Eubanks unexpectedly passed away in March. He was laid to rest next to his mother in the traditional Oj...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 28:41
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This is Minnesota Native News. I’m Marie Rock. This week, Minnesota Lynx draft part Samoan, part Alaska Native Alissa Pili, the Red Lake Nation Col...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, WTIP, and WGZS


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Brandon Baity is Anishinaabe and a descendant of the White Earth Nation. He grew up in Brooklyn Park, MN and currently lives in Moorhead, MN with h...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
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This week the University of Minnesota is considering a new policy for how it conducts research with indigenous communities. The Minnesota Indian Ar...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, and WTIP


  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
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A new bill proposes to transfer state lands encompassing Upper Red Lake in northern Minnesota to the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. Although this propo...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and WDSE


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Bryce Premo is a Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe citizen and brother of Native Lights hosts Leah Lemm and Cole Premo. Bryce on the cusp of an exciting tr...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
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Ruth Buffalo is a citizen of the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation and a descendant of the Chiricahua Apache. She has served on advisory councils focus...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
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The Tilt-A-Whirl, one of the most iconic and gut spinning amusement park rides, was invented by Herbert W. Sellner, an entrepreneur from Minnesota.

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KVSC, KBEM, WDSE, KRPR and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 6
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In 1921, a 10-year-old wagon trained horse named "Whiskey" was introduced to Fort Snelling. He was a wild and restless horse, often overlooked beca...

Bought by KSRQ, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KVSC, KBEM, WDSE and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
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Near the Sand Creek township in Scott County, Minnesota, there stands a building with a history, in mud. Patients would visit the spa in hopes of r...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSRQ, KVSC, KBEM, WDSE and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7