MinneCulture Podcast
Series produced by KFAI Minneapolis
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The best of KFAI's MinneCulture series.
46 Pieces
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For some artists, sickness can fuel their creativity. But for others, illness can drain the inspiration right out of them. In this episode, musicia...
- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 17:21
Minnesota's oldest auctioneer reflects on rural life, the Kim Loo Sisters face discrimination in the jazz scene during the 1930s and 1940s, and a r...
- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 19:35
There are often parts of a job no one else understands or even knows about. We're talking about the unheralded tasks that are executed in the shado...
- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 14:30
For our Season 3 finale, stories about the late, great Prince Rogers Nelson. You'll hear from the guy credited with "discovering" Prince, what it w...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 26:17
- Purchases: 1
Hear stories of Minnesota artists making it work in this time of social distancing. Barb Abney hosts the Season 4 launch from her daughter's bedroo...
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- Added: May 19, 2020
- Length: 19:37
- Purchases: 1
We’re still social distancing. But we’re still making stuff. Some artists have changed what they make. Others have changed how they make it. KFAI’s...
- Added: Jun 30, 2020
- Length: 26:36
When George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police on Memorial Day, pain and anger blasted like a shock wave across the Twin Cities and the world. ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2020
- Length: 24:45
Anthony Brutus Cassius was questioned by the FBI, fought to be the first Black person in Minnesota to get a liquor license, and his famous greasy b...
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- Added: Jul 09, 2021
- Length: 56:32
- Purchases: 2
The plain, uninteresting Mary Fridley Price. Not the sort of girl anyone would notice—except now she'd gone and leapt over a cliff to save her poor...
- Added: Jul 15, 2021
- Length: 18:43
James Garrett Jr. is an architect at 4RM+ULA architects. His family has deep ties to St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood. During his childhood, James fel...
- Added: Jul 19, 2021
- Length: 19:20
When Dave Mruz was three, his parents bought him a subscription to Donald Duck comics. Years later, he learned those same comics had been created b...
- Added: Jul 19, 2021
- Length: 18:58
The Twin Cities metro area used to be freckled with Amusement Parks. Minnesotans a hundred years ago flocked, or rode trolleys, to these parks to r...
- Added: May 25, 2022
- Length: 23:23
Minnesota's moose count is the highest it's been since 2011. But behind that encouraging number, there's a long history of decline. And the people ...
- Added: May 25, 2022
- Length: 22:43
Meridel LeSueur was a herald for a populist vision of America in the first half of the 20th century, especially in the Twin Cities. Despite being s...
- Added: Jun 02, 2022
- Length: 17:01
You may know that Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota is named after doctor WW Mayo who founded the clinic with his sons. But fewer people know of ...
- Added: Jun 16, 2022
- Length: 13:03
For a few short years, St. Paul was the Blue Cheese Capital of the World. In this episode of MinneCulture, Tony Williams takes us on a tour through...
- Added: Jun 23, 2022
- Length: 18:18
For Minnesotans, the common loon is more than our state bird. It's a symbol of the beauty of our home. For scientists, the loon's health is also an...
- Added: Jan 19, 2023
- Length: 20:38
Ta-Coumba Aiken and Seitu Jones are two Twin Cities-based artists that have international reputations. 40 years ago, the two were part of the vibra...
- Added: Mar 02, 2023
- Length: 30:48
The Minneapolis Humane Society formed in the late 1800s to protect animals — and even children — who could not speak for themselves. The early year...
- Added: Mar 16, 2023
- Length: 25:16
Archives tell an important story. The people in them—and the people left out—say a lot about our politics, culture, and consciousness. Today, resea...
- Added: Apr 13, 2023
- Length: 17:12