Untold Stories of Central Minnesota

Series produced by KVSC

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The Untold Stories of Central Minnesota is a Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Legacy funded program where your host Jeff Carmack brings listeners a series of features about the parts of our local central Minnesotan culture that may have been lost within the mist of history.

Did you know that the Mayor of St. Martin, MN, served on the USS Essex during the Bay of Pigs Invasion then went on to be a NYPD Detective for over 30 years?

Did you know that one of KVSC founding members from 1967 is actually Santa Claus?

Did you know that there are hundreds of ghost towns in Minnesota?

All these stories and more can be found right here!

The Untold Stories of Central Minnesota is made possible through support from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

The Untold Stories of Central Minnesota is a Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Legacy funded program where your host Jeff Carmack brings listeners a series of features about the parts of our local central Minnesotan culture that may have been lost within the mist of history.

Did you know that the Mayor of St. Martin, MN, served on the USS Essex during the Bay of Pigs Invasion then went on to be a NYPD Detective for over 30 years?

Did you know that one of KVSC founding members from 1967 is actually Santa Claus?

Did you know that there are hundreds of ghost towns in Minnesota?

All these stories and more can be found right here!

The Untold Stories of Central Minnesota is made possible through support from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.


300 Pieces

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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we experience the blending of historic preservation and the development of an artistic community as A...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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In today’s EXTENDED Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with forensic psychologist and mystery ...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2022
  • Length: 44:45
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with forensic psychologist and mystery author Fr...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:59
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In today’s EXTENDED Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits with members from the St. Cloud Mornin...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 42:16
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits with members from the St. Cloud Morning Optimis...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:50
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In today's Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack explores a St. Cloud connection to the war in Ukrain...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 38:18
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In today's Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack explores a St. Cloud connection to the war in Ukrain...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Terrel X, also known as Carnage the Executi...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:38
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits the Stearns History Museum to talk with retirin...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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In this episode of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, making an experience out of diversity and inclusion is, in itself, the act of teaching ...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:34
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack checks in with Central Minnesota Arts Board Executive ...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 27:43
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack speaks with Anna Marie’s Alliance Executive Director C...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we travel way back in time to one of the original farmsteads in central Minnesota, the William W. War...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 27:55
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In this episode of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, school is out for the summer! The epic and strange carnival which has been the 2021-2...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:43
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, the more things change, the more they stay the same as the iconic 80’s movie The Breakfast Club is “s...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2022
  • Length: 23:36
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks again with Minnesota State Auditor Julie Blaha. ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:31
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, the lights are starting to be turned on once again on the area’s theatrical stages, but after two yea...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack sits down with Minneapolis musician Chris Koza for an ...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 27:16
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack dodges roving packs of grandmas as he follows artist a...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:40
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with artist, curator, and SCSU graduate KOBI abo...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 30:00