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Featuring writers Seressia Glass, Naomi Krupitsky, Kevin Birmingham and Jean Chen Ho. Also Children's Book contributor, Tracy Kampa.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:00
Caption: Patty Peterson, Credit: Jennifer Bong
Ricky, Linda, Paul and Patty, members of Minnesota’s Peterson jazz family provide a scholarship to study jazz performance at the University of Minn...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 08:00
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This week's edition of Folk Salad will showcase Black Mesa Records, a Oklahoma based record label, helping mostly Oklahoma artists get their music ...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
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On this edition of Folk Salad we celebrate the ladies of song. We will play songs from Sarah Jarosz, Wailin' Jenny's and then shift gears to Areth...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
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A top 10 countdown of our favorite WWR authors and interviews, best children's books of the year, and looking towards 2022.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
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On today’s show…You ever have the urge to escape? To get in your car and just drive and keep on driving? That’s what Phoebe Fox’s main character di...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:57
Caption: Ingebretsen's Scandanavian Gifts, Credit: Britta Greene
It’s the busiest time of the year at Ingebretson’s, a Scandanavian market and gift shop on Lake Street in Minneapolis. As Ingebretson’s marks its 1...

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Today we’ll hear about an #OwnVoices psychological thriller from newcomer Amanda Jayatissa; Canadian writer Lecia Cornwall has a new work of histor...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:00
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We hear from writer Ruth Ozeki-- her new novel is called The Book of Form and Emptiness. Historian Nathaniel Philbrick’s new travel memoir is Trave...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:00
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We'll hear from Paula Hawkins, Leila Slimani, Freya Sampson, and Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:55
Caption: Chief Standing Bear
As the United States spread west, indigenous people were displaced without being given the most basic recognition under law: being "people." When t...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 46:34
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It's ladies night on Folk Salad, featuring artists from Sarah Jarosz to Wanda Jackson, and at the half hour we invite The Burney Sisters into the s...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2021
  • Length: 58:57
Caption: Kenne Thomas, Credit: Diane Thomas
Kenne Thomas is from Chicago, has lived and played jazz in Japan and then took up residence in the Twin Cities. Kenne’s group, knits together many ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Kenne Thomas, Credit: Diane Thomas
Kenne Thomas leads his band into Jazz Central in Minneapolis Saturday evening August 28 from 8 till 10 PM. Kenne is from Chicago, lived and played ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
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Poet Douglas Kearney and musician Val jeanty discuss their experimental hybrid album, Fodder.

  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 14:09
Caption: Anthony Ihrig and Eric Christopher, Credit: Anthony Ihrig
2021 marks the 9th year of High 48s bluegrass brunches. It’s virtual, from 11 till noon every Saturday in January and February. The shows feature ...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: La producción teatral Fidelio de la Ópera Nacional de Washington, Credit: Courtesy of Washington National Opera
A Ruth Bader Ginsberg le encantaba la única ópera de Ludwig van Beethoven.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:38
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Dana Nachman talks sitting by the phone, having a game plan, and being a preemie.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 14:06
Caption: Supreme Court of Iowa. Emma Coger v. North Western Union Packet Company
In 1872, a black school teacher traveled by steamboat from Quincy, IL, to Keokuk, IA, to visit her family. Along the way, she was forcibly removed ...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2020
  • Length: 05:20
Caption: Brooke Ullman, author of Bellevue Porchella., Credit: Charles McGuigan
COVID-19 cancelled Richmond's premier music event--the Richmond Folk Festival, which annually attracts a couple hundred thousand people to three da...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 26:59
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Aaron Wolf talks rooting for the underdog, doing his homework, and Graham Greene’s eyes.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2020
  • Length: 14:44
Caption: Mitch Treadwell paddling Kid's Creek in Traverse City, Credit: Linnaea Melcarek
Mitch Treadwell is an avid paddler who kayaks a small creek in downtown Traverse City, Michigan, called Kid's Creek.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 04:20
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Dave Franco talks logistics, light-headedness, and channeling his paranoia.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 12:15
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We hear from authors Kristin Higgins, Anne Enright, and David Pepper--they all have new novels to tell us about, and later in the show we’ll hear f...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:54
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Long-time mushroom enthusiast Andre Kohler takes us on a foraging trip through the Santa Monica mountains.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 02:28