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.


957 Pieces

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Saving the Upper Post at Fort Snelling
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Historic Fort Snelling served as a military base for over 120 years before becoming a historic site and adjacent state park. The Upper Post is a pa...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 04:59
The Shuttering of St. Anthony Lock and Dam
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Mike DeRusha, Credit: Diane Richard
If you’ve ever marveled at the big bathtub beneath the Stone Arch Bridge, the Upper St. Anthony Lock and Dam, see it now. Because, as of June 10, 2...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 1
Penumbra's New Direction
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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After grappling with budget shortfalls in recent years, St. Paul's Penumbra Theater is back with a full slate of plays for its 2015-16 season. And ...

  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:09
Farming Like It's 1859 at Oliver Kelley
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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This story is part of "MinneHistory" — a series taking listeners behind the legends of some of Minnesota’s most famous landmarks, to uncover juicy ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
St. Paul Cathedral Turns 100
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Saint Paul Cathedral is celebrating its 100th anniversary. This place of worship is one of the most iconic symbols the city has to offer. Repor...

  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 02:54
Bushwhacking for Good
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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For some, the modern career path focuses on college, for others it includes bushwhacking their way through Conservation Corps Minnesota. With roots...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Magic: The Social Gathering
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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“Magic the Gathering” is a fantasy-based, collectible card game over 20 years old. The game has fostered an ever-growing international culture of p...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 1
Work of Art on Wheels
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Classic car fans from across the metro gathered over the weekend on St. Paul's Westside for the annual Cinco de Mayo Car Show. It’s famous for “low...

  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 03:51
Ice, Pancakes and Bigfoot — A Spring Trip to the BWCA
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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About 250,000 people visit Minnesota's Boundary Water Canoe Area every summer. But if you go before May 1, you pretty much have the place to yourse...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 1
Famous for animal videos, Sam Easterson finds peace in Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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After gaining fame for his animal point-of-view video footage of armadillos and alligators, artist Sam Easterson now enjoys quiet walks along the M...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1
Boneshaker Books is a bike-centric collective
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Boneshaker Books is a collectively run, all-volunteer, progressive bookstore in the Seward neighborhood in Minneapolis. It has a year round. free b...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
A Passion for Science at The Bakken
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Science and medicine was a main passion for Earl Bakken, inventor of the portable pacemaker. As a co-founder of Medtronic he began collecting early...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2015
  • Length: 04:57
Love the Architecture. The Art? Not So Much.
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Minnesota's State Capitol is an architectural gem, but there's increasing controversy about its art. Many Native Americans say that now that the bu...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 1
The Gangster Museum
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: FBI mug shot of Homer Van Meter
A peek inside the St. Paul Police Museum, home to relics from the city’s 1930s gangster past. Among the artifacts on display is a notorious, once-f...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
Books for Women Prisoners
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Tens of thousands of women are locked up in U.S. prisons. The Minneapolis-based Women's Prison Book Project aims to get reading material into the h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WDSE


  • Added: Apr 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 2
Goodbye Midway Stadium
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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A look back at Midway Stadium, home to the Minnesota Saints minor league baseball team.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 09, 2015
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 1
Saved by Faith and Verse: Abdillahi H. Ganey
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The son of respected Somali orator, playwright and poet Hassan Ganey, St. Paul's Abdillahi H. Ganey is a poet in his own right. In this recording f...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Saved by Faith and Verse: Ahmed Assad
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Ahmed Assad has been described as an "orator that uses the Somali language to compose poetry about the Somali condition and social justice issues."...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 07:07
Saved by Faith and Verse: Ayan Mohamud
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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When young Somali-Americans wed, they often call on Ayan Mohamud of Minneapolis to recite one of her traditional wedding poems, "Laf Dhabar." The p...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 02:09
Saved by Faith and Verse: Abdi Phenomenal
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Abdi Phenomenal is a spoken word artist who writes, "The resiliency of the human spirit is what moves me." Born in Somalia in 1987, Abdi Phenomenal...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 01:31

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