MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

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MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds" is a history program airing on Ampers stations in Minnesota. It is a co-production of Ampers and the Minnesota Historical Society.

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds" is a history program airing on Ampers stations in Minnesota. It is a co-production of Ampers and the Minnesota Historical Society.


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MN90: About a Cellist
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Series: MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
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In 2001, Walker Art Center curator Joan Rothfuss had a light bulb moment. Not about a visual artist. But about an experimental cellist, Charlotte M...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
MN90: Jam and Lewis Scream
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1993 – Minneapolis producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis had given Janet Jackson her first platinum albums. Now they were going back in the studio wi...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
Mn90: Hey, Hey, He’s a Monkee
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1963 – Peter Thorkelson flunked out of Carleton College in Northfield for the second time. He’d been more interested in music and drama than his E...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
MN90: Elk River’s Secret Chef
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Josh Walbolt lost his restaurant job in the COVID pandemic and found himself working for DoorDash. It paid the bills. But he had other irons in the...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
MN90: The Maidens and the Cult Leader
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Victor Barnard was not only a religious leader but Jesus in the flesh. That’s what he told his followers in rural Pine County. Now he wanted them t...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
MN90: Zing Went the Strings of Her Heart
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Born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Judy Garland was destined for show business from the ripe old age of 2. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel takes a closer...

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
MN90: Pushed Out of Congress
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Coya Knutson made history as the first woman from Minnesota to serve in Washington. But, as MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports, Knutson’s estranged...

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 01:31
  • Purchases: 7
MN90: Funkytown is Definitely Not Near Wisconsin
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At the dawn of disco’s demise in 1980, Minnesota musicians unleashed the disco sensation Funkytown. Thirty years later, the one-hit-wonder is still...

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
MN90: Mother Bootlegger
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Kate Champa just wanted to feed her ten kids and keep a roof over their heads. But the law had a problem with how she was doing it: making bootleg ...

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8
Dan Patch Breaks the World Record
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Dan Patch was the greatest athlete in the country. Now the standardbred horse was going to make it official by breaking the world record for harnes...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
The Arsonist and the Bible
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There was an arsonist loose in Minneapolis. Luckily, he wrote his letter, threatening to burn the city, on a page torn from a book that could be tr...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
The Northwestern National Life Insurance Architect
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Northwestern National Life Insurance had outgrown its building in Minneapolis. So it tapped Minoru Yamasaki, a Detroit architect and designer of th...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
Briana Scurry’s Gold Medals
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Briana Scurry was a legendary soccer player, a World Cup Champion and two-time Olympian. But what was she supposed to do after a concussion sidelin...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
Charles Schulz: Comic Book Legacy
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In 1947, 25-year-old Charles M. Schulz made history with his “Peanuts” debut in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, marking the genesis of an enduring Amer...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
Richard Saholt: From War to Art
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Veteran and collage artist Richard Saholt was a remarkable individual whose art gives us a look inside the mind of someone living with PTSD and sch...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 6
St. Peter Fire of 1880
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On a bitterly cold night in St. Peter, Minnesota, tragedy struck. It was November 1880, when a devastating fire engulfed the St. Peter State Hospit...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
Native Majesty: The Showy Lady Slipper
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The Showy Lady's Slipper, also known as the Pink-and-White Lady's Slipper, is not just a flower; it's a symbol of beauty, resilience, and Minnesota...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
The Great Lakes Storm of 1913
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It was November 1913 when the tranquil town of Duluth, Minnesota, was suddenly thrust into the heart of a tempest that would go down in history. Kn...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
Magnetic Minnesota
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Series: MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
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For those in search of a unique hiking experience, Magnetic Rock Trail promises a journey off the beaten path, where the rewards are as extraordina...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 7
Totino’s Take the Twin Cities
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The creation of pizza rolls was a stroke of genius, combining the convenience of a bite-sized snack with the deliciousness of pizza.

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 8

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