10,000 Fresh Voices

Series produced by KFAI Minneapolis

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Local arts, culture, history and environmental features made possible by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Local arts, culture, history and environmental features made possible by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.


949 Pieces

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Scott LeDoux: Never a Champ, But a Beloved Boxer
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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He didn't float like a butterfly or sting like a bee, but Scott LeDoux was Minnesota's heavyweight boxer. In the 1970s and 80s, the native of Crosb...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 06:15
The Grumpy, But Talented Charles Biederman
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: #4, Diaz, by Charles Biederman, Credit: Biederman Archive, Weisman Art Museum
One job of a museum curator is to get great art. So near the end of his life, the abstract artist Charles Biederman was getting wooed by the Detroi...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 06:10
Christina Ham's Imaginary Worlds
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Playwright Christina Ham loves little known stories inspired by history. But after she digs in the archives, Ham sets aside the research and lets h...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 04:06
Siama Matuzungidi and the Global River of Soukous
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Siama Matuzungidi grew up near the Congo River in south central Africa. Today, the Minnesota musician lives near another mighty river, the Mississi...

  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 04:32
A Short History of the Spinning, Swooping Tilt-a-Whirl
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Faribault, Minnesota is known for a few things. A heritage woolen mill. A fancy prep school for rich kids. And oh yeah, a spinning, twirling carniv...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 04:51
6,000 board games. And counting.
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Richard Tatge plays one of his 6,000 board games., Credit: Emily Bright
In the age of Pokeman Go, some people still love old-fashioned board games like Monopoly and Candy Land. One Minnesotan really, really loves them. ...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2016
  • Length: 04:19
Zaynab Abdi: This Is My Story
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Zaynab Ali
After bullets prevented her from attending school in Yemen, Zaynab Abdi arrived in Minnesota with a strong desire to learn. Instead, she was met by...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 1
Dropping St. Thomas For A Music Dream
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Ness Nite, Credit: Courtesy of Ness Nite
Ness Nite studied at the University of St. Thomas a couple of years ago. But she's given up college to pursue a music career. After gigs at First ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
Del Toro's Scary Obsession With Monsters
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: An object in Guillermo del Toro's monster collection., Credit: Xan Holston
Monsters: they’re everywhere: behind the door, under the bed, and currently, at the museum. KFAI’s Xan Holston wandered through the cabinet of curi...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 04:34
A World Lit By Neon
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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There's something romantic and dangerous about neon. Maybe it's because it comes alive at night, and has lit the Hollywood fantasies of film noir b...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
The Unvarnished, Unholy Tour of Franklin Avenue
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Tom LaBlanc leads the Unholy Tour along Minneapolis' Franklin Avenue in 2018., Credit: Mike Rivard
Tom LaBlanc joined the American Indian Movement in 1970, just two years after its founding. Today, he's still active, performing politically-inspir...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 04:52
She's Sly — With An Axe
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Jess Hirsch of Women's Woodshop., Credit: Angela Lundberg
Jess Hirsch visited Sweden to learn how to carve spoons. Now she's an advocate of "slug slöjd," a clever artistic technique favoring axes and saws ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
Meow! The Kids Book That Changed The Genre Forever
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Wanda Gag and her cat, Snoopy., Credit: Children's Literature Research Collections, University of Minnesota Libraries
Decades before "Cat in the Hat," another children’s book surprised readers with its inventiveness. "Millions of Cats," by Minnesota's Wanda Gag, co...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 30, 2018
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 2
Dyani White Hawk: Abstract Visions
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Dyani White Hawk, Credit: David Ellis
Dyani White Hawk is a Minneapolis-based artist who is Sičangu Lakota and European-American. She combines symbols and motifs from her heritage to cr...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:15
The Sci-Fi Metal Art Sculptor
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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What can an object reveal about interplanetary travel? Sculptor Sara Hanson created bio-scenic public art sculptures designed to share images betwe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast


  • Added: Dec 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 3
The Cuban-American Who Loved Castro
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Felino De la Peña, cira 1962
Most Cuban-Americans despise Fidel Castro. Not Felino De la Peña. The Minnesotan marched in the streets in support of the Cuban leader. And for tha...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 04:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Return Of The Caustic College Professor
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Author Julie Schumacher just couldn't get enough of the caustic college professor readers love to hate. So she wrote a follow-up to her 2014 novel ...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 03:58
Born Dancing, Literally
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Djenane Saint Juste of Afoutayi Dance, Music, and Arts Company., Credit: Anna Stitt
In 2010, an earthquake shook Haiti, killing at least 200,000 people. In response, some Minnesota couples adopted Haitian children. That inspired a ...

Bought by Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 3

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