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Documenting an Invisible Island
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island
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For more than a century, it was almost impossible to find out much about people buried on Hart Island. But in 2008, that all changed — thanks in la...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 17:56
Women of the Fur Trade
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: Laura Powell-Marxen works in the basement of her Grand Marais home. Laura makes hats, mittens and other apparel from the fur from animals of the North Woods., Credit: Joe Friedrichs
The role of women, particularly Indigenous women, during the legendary fur trade in Minnesota is often overlooked. KFAI contributor Joe Friedrichs ...

  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 21:58
Submerged history in the land of 10,000 lakes
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: A volunteer with the non-profit Maritime Heritage explores a boat wreck at the bottom of Christmas Lake, Credit: Josh Knutson / Maritime Heritage
Have you ever accidentally dropped something in a lake? Plenty of Minnesotans have. That's why lake and river bottoms are full of artifacts and boa...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 06:38
KBFT Outdoor Series - Gene Goodsky Wild Ricing
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Outdoor Series 2021
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In this segment we meet with Bois Forte Elder and Spiritual Advisor for the Band, Gene Goodsky - who shares his stories on Wild Ricing in Nett Lake...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 10:32
GN_4.57_Earth Day
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Earth Day is the largest secular observance in the world, but it wouldn't have been possible if people didn't speak up for what is right. 40 years ...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_4.26_Nazis Against Nazis
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
One step for hate, two steps for peace. A village in Germany took action against local Nazis by tricking them into raising money against their cause.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
EP148 Blues for 2020
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A collection of Blues songs that have relevance to current issues in 2020

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:13
Episode 108: The Numbers
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When Fannie Davis and her family moved to Detroit in the mid-1950s, they hadn’t prepared themselves for how hard it would be. They had trouble find...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 31:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Navigators Part 5
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: The Navigators
Caption: Hokule'a
The Navigators chronicles the Pacific Islanders voyaging across the vast Pacific Ocean in search of new islands to settle.

  • Added: Dec 31, 2015
  • Length: 04:56
Centerstage Minnesota Feature: A Primer from Charlie Pulkrabek on Funk and Soul Singer Sonny Knight
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota Features
Caption: Funk and Soul Musician: Sonny Knight, Credit: Charlie Pulkrabek - 10/25/14
Sonny Knight considers himself blessed. If that's true, he is being rewarded for his positive attitude, and incredible amount of patience. It began...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Chamizal: A Town Between Two Borders
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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For more than a century, the Rio Grande has been the border between the U.S. and Mexico. But rivers can move.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 13:25
  • Purchases: 2
Teachings From Turtle Island - Hour Three
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island
This is the third installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island is a series of ten progr...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 56:48
  • Purchases: 4
Culturology: "Finns In Minnesota: Finn Halls" by Britt Aamodt
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Cokato Temperence Hall, Credit: Britt Aamodt
When traveling through Minnesota's Finn country, you'll see a good number of Finnish-style log cabins, a lot of saunas, and, if you look hard, a ha...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:24
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: "Finns In Minnesota: Crosby's Communist Mayor" by Britt Aamodt
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Karl Emil Nygard
During the past year, Northern Community Radio has been running a mini-series produced by Britt Aamodt focusing on Minnesota Finns. In this segment...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 3
Culturology: "Finns In Minnesota: The First Minnesota Finns" by Britt Aamodt
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Harvey Barberg of Cokato Stands By the One-room Cabin Where Ancestors Spent Their First Winter
For the past year, Northern Community Radio has been running a mini-series on Minnesota Finns. This is our last segment and perhaps ironically -- o...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 3
Culturology: Author Mary Losure Talks To Heidi Holtan in a Real Good Words Interview
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron." by Mary Losure
Mary Losure began her wandering career path backpacking in the mountains of California and Oregon and kayaking in the Prince William Sound in Alask...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 19:55
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: A Real Good Words Interview with Chad Lewis About the History of Organized Crime In Minnesota
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Author: Chad Lewis
Author Chad Lewis talks with Heidi Holtan and Michael Small about his new book "The Minnesota Guide To Gangster Hot Spots," in this Real Good Words...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 10:32
  • Purchases: 2
Acoustic Stories : Aaron Brown : "Lincoln"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
"Finns In Minnesota: The 1907 Mesabi Range Strike" by Britt Aamodt
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Iron Ore Car
July 1907, nearly 15,000 miners rose up to protest low pay and unfair and dangerous work conditions on the Mesabi Iron Range. The strike would go d...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 20, 2013
  • Length: 09:47
  • Purchases: 2
March of the Bonus Army
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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In the summer of 1932, a group of World War I veterans in Portland, Oregon hopped a freight train and started riding the rails to Washington DC.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KPIK-LP, PRX Remix, WRPI, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 11:56
  • Purchases: 5
Centerstage Minnesota: Sean Daley, AKA MC Slug of Atmosphere and Rhymesayers Entertainment talks to Charlie Pulkrabek
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Atmosphere
Sean Daley, AKA MC Slug from Minneapolis hip-hop group Atmosphere and record label Rhymesayers Entertainment talks with Charlie Pulkrabek about the...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: "Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota" - Author Stewart Van Cleve talks with Heidi Holtan in a Real Good Words interview
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota" by Stewart Van Cleve
Heidi Holtan and Stewart Van Cleve have an in-depth conversation about the history of "queer" in Minnesota. Stewart Van Cleve's book "Land of 10,00...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 39:38
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: "Finns In Minnesota: Saunas" by Britt Aamodt
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Chris Niskanen with his sauna, Credit: Britt Aamodt
The first Finnish immigrants to arrive in Minnesota settled here sometime around the middle of the 19th century and the close of the Civil War. Min...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 3
This Week in Texas Music History: Erbie Bowser
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the first week of May (5/5): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at the journey one musician made from the fields of west ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
Our History: United States vs. Dakota War
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Our History
Caption: US-Dakota War Exhibit
Director of the Minnesota History Center Museum Dan Spock details the 1862 war between the U.S. government and the Dakota Indians.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:31
  • Purchases: 3