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.


955 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Leslye Orr: An Orchestra Is Going On All The Time
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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These days, it's pretty easy to create sound effects with computers. But if you want spontaneous, inspired sound effects or a one-woman play featur...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
A Toast to the Original Champagne Lady
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Lois Best Herman, Credit: Minnesota Music Hall of Fame
During the Great Depression, her voice lifted spirits. During the big band era, her beauty radiated from the stage of St. Paul's Prom Ballroom. But...

Bought by KSRQ, KSRQ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSRQ, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 6
Anyone Can Play a Uke — Even Our Reporter
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Musicians who pick up the ukulele say that anyone can play the tiny, four-string instrument. But KFAI's Britt Aamodt isn't a musician. And she can'...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
A Hmong Farm For The Future
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Unlike a lot of white farmers, Hmong-American farmers didn’t inherit land from their parents. So they’ve had to make do on rented plots of soil. On...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2015
  • Length: 03:32
Goofy, Not Hateful Soccer Fans
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Dark Cloud fan group of Minnesota United FC, Credit: Ryan Dawes
In other countries, soccer fans are sometimes known as hooligans or thugs. That’s because they sometimes get drunk, fight and taunt players with ra...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 23, 2015
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Naturalist's Protest: 365 Days in the BWCA
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Dave and Amy Freeman, Credit: Paul Brohaugh
What do you do if you’re worried about a proposed copper-nickel mine near the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area? Dave and Amy Freeman did the usu...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 1
Snarky, Smart Novel Wins Big Prize for Julie Schumacher
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Julie Schumacher
We know that laughter is the best medicine. What about laughs that fall on the other side of Minnesota Nice? The biting humor of University of Minn...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 04:08
Think Tiny: St. Paul's Smallest Museum
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Smallest Museum in St. Paul is in a vintage fire-hose cabinet just outside the door of the Workhorse Coffee Bar. The brainchild of Shannon Forn...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
Free Arts for Freya
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Freya Wade is 11-years-old and spunky. She loves making things. Thanks to Free Arts Minnesota, Freya recently got the opportunity to build a sculpt...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 1
Lookout LeBron, She's Got Game Now
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Imagine WNBA star Maya Moore trying to sink a 20-foot jumper while wearing a full-length skirt. That would be really tough. Yet that’s exactly how ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 2
Who's beauty is it? U/G/L/Y examines how we view ourselves, others
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Sha Cage recently won an Ivey Award, recognizing one of her solo performances as an actor. But the multi-talented Cage is also a playwright. in her...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:26
How Mosquito Control Decides How Much Is Too Much
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In a few short weeks, mosquitos should be history — until next year. That means off-season for the Metropolitan Mosquito Control Agency, the govern...

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


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 2
His Name Is Lance
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Lance Wileman loves making animal balloons for kids., Credit: Nancy Rosenbaum
Some people get joy from making other people happy. Lance Wileman makes animal-shaped balloons at Minneapolis farmers markets. And boy, does that b...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:12
Minnesota's New Farm: Pitchforks, Pickups and Drones
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: A thermal image of Todd Golly's land., Credit: Jess Mador
Farming isn't the lonely, labor-intensive job it once was. Like the rest of America, it increasingly relies on machines and technology to get thing...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:18
From 'Lower Landing' to Hip, Urban Neighborhood
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: St. Paul Steamboat Landing and River, Credit: Minnesota Historical Society
Lowertown in St. Paul, Minnesota is home now to a new ballpark, loft apartments and a newly restored historic landmark Union Depot. But back when s...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
A Spinning World of 78s at Vintage Music
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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At Scott Holthus's Vintage Music Co. in South Minneapolis, music doesn't upload, stream or compress. It spins on turntables. It rotates on cylinder...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
A Tale of Two Night Markets
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Open air night markets attract big crowds in Taipei, Bangkok and other Asian cities. Merchants sell bootleg DVDs, crafts, steamed buns and fresh se...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
Cecil E. Newman: A Strong Black Leader
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Cecil Newman with U.S. senator Walter Mondale, 1967., Credit: Courtesy Spokesman-Recorder
Not long after the turn of the 20th century, a grandson of former slaves headed north to Minnesota from Kansas City with about a dollar in his pock...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
Pedro Park: From Gravel-Filled Lot to Urban Flower Field
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Creating a new urban park is tougher than you might think. One St. Paul artist discovered this while trying to turn a gravel-filled lot into an urb...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:56
  • Purchases: 1
Peas So Large They Called Them 'Green Giants'
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Jolly Green Giant, Credit: Courtesy of General Mills
In this story, we hear how a small-town Minnesota company grew to become one of the largest producers of canned vegetables in the United States and...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1

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