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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The Untold Story of "Am I Real?", an EXTENDED Conversation about Star Trek Picard with SCSU Professor Mike Dando
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota EXTENDED INTERVIEW, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with SCSU English Professor M...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 38:34
The Untold Story of "Am I Real?", a Conversation about Star Trek Picard with SCSU Professor Mike Dando
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with SCSU English Professor Mike Dando about a r...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
The Untold Story of Detroit Pistons Team Psychologist Corey Yeager and the Smithsonian Exhibit "The Bias Inside Us"
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with visiting lecturer Dr. Corey Yeager, Team Ps...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
The Untold Story of Minnesota State Auditor Julie Blaha and Her Award Winning State Fair Crop Art
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack delves into a rather seedy aspect of the Minnesota Sta...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:23
The Untold Story of the 2021 MN State Fair in the Time of COVID
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with a variety of Minnesota State Fair exhibitor...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
The Untold Story of The Long Road East with Author Quentin Super
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we travel by bicycle to the east from St. Cloud to Portland, Maine. Quentin Super is an SCSU graduat...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2021
  • Length: 27:45
The EXTENDED Untold Story of Dr. Annette Atkins' Missing Pieces at the Stearns History Museum Breakfast Club
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s FULL and EXTENDED Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack attends the Stearns History Museum’s...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:13:08
The Untold Story of Dr. Annette Atkins' Missing Pieces at the Stearns History Museum Breakfast Club
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack attends the Stearns History Museum’s Breakfast Club pr...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
The Untold Story of the 1905 Darling, Minnesota Murder of Annie Kintop
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we take true-crime back over 100 years to Darling, Minnesota, and the murder of Annie Kintop. Not on...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:52
The EXTENDED Untold Story of Photographer and Historian Jay Grammond and His Project to Record World War II Stories
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s EXTENDED INTERVIEW Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with photographer and histori...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 41:38
The Untold Story of Photographer and Historian Jay Grammond and His Project to Record World War II Stories
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with photographer and historian Jay Grammond. G...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
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The Untold Story of the 2021 Minnesota State Fair's Return
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, it’s back to the Minnesota State Fair! As COVID restrictions have nearly all been relaxed, the 2021 ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2021
  • Length: 26:53
The Untold Story of the 2021 48th Annual Lemonade Art Fair on the St. Cloud State University Campus
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today's Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack strolls through the 48th annual Lemonade Art Fair on t...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 25:20
The Untold Story of St. Cloud Police Officer Ryan Priebe's Award of Officer of the Year 2021 from the Minnesota Peace and Police Officer Association
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with St. Cloud Police Officer Ryan Priebe as he ...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2021
  • Length: 28:20
The Complete and Unedited Untold Story of the St. Cloud Hospital During the 1918 Pandemic with CentraCare Archivist Brendon Duffy
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we go back over 100 years to hear about the St. Cloud Hospital in the days of the Spanish Influenza p...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 52:33
The Untold Story of the St. Cloud Hospital During the 1918 Pandemic with CentraCare Archivist Brendon Duffy
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we go back over 100 years to hear about the St. Cloud Hospital in the days of the Spanish Influenza p...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
The Untold Story of the Stearns History Museum Reopening to the Public as the COVID Pandemic Fades
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack sits down with Stearns History Museum Executive Direct...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:37
The Untold Story of Tyler "Smokey" Lydeen's Song Pretty, a Partnership with Athlos Academy in St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s instalment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, we turn our attention towards the power of one particular song. Joining Arts & C...

  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
The Untold Story of The Whit Gallery in Downtown St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, we get another glimpse at the light at the end of the COVID tunnel as life begin...

  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 28:57
The Untold Story of GREAT Theatre's Partnership with KVSC Radio to Produce Sasperalla Truffea is Dancing
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, we get a look behind the scenes of KVSC and GREAT Theater’s production of Sasper...

  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 30:00