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Cafesjian's Carousel in Como Park celebrates its centennial this year. In 1914, Austin McFadden paid the Philadelphia Toboggan Company to build a c...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 06:27
Laura Belman is descended from three signers of the Declaration of Independence, and is working to preserve the history of early Washington, D.C.
- Added: Oct 11, 2014
- Length: 03:06
Yankee pride, shoot-outs, and an eclectic square dance hall. The story of Ed Thrall’s Hall is a drama made for the big screen, that took place in t...
- Added: Oct 01, 2014
- Length: 14:40
Often imitated, but never duplicated, the "Jucy Lucy" is a Minneapolis food favorite. In this piece, learn the backstory and true mark of this icon...
- Added: Sep 28, 2014
- Length: 03:58
A family living in Idaho during the early 20th Century test the limits of the Postal Service, when they send a very special parcel through the Post.
Bought by Boise State Public Radio
- Added: Sep 26, 2014
- Length: 06:09
- Purchases: 1
There is Broadway in New York, Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Sunset in LA, and Bourbon in New Orleans, but Peachtree Street is more than famous, it i...
- Added: Aug 11, 2014
- Length: 33:49
After spending eleven years in Africa as bureau chief for The Associated Press, Chris Tomlinson returned home to Texas. Seeing oppression and apart...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 31, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
As one of the largest art venues in the state, the Minneapolis Institute of Art is home to historic collections and contemporary local art but it i...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jul 29, 2014
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 1
Did now-banned pesticides contribute to the obesity epidemic?
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WLPR , KMXT, and WXDU
- Added: Jul 26, 2014
- Length: 01:05
- Purchases: 4
Jim Bedeau was born in 1939 during the Indian Recognition Era in Onigum. Host: Elaine Fleming
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jul 01, 2014
- Length: 09:18
- Purchases: 1
Twin Cities leader of the Lila Ammons Jazz Quintet and the Jazz Trio, Lila Ammons was destined to be a blues and jazz singer. She grew up in Chicag...
- Added: Jun 28, 2014
- Length: 56:38
- Purchases: 2
Thompson Williams talks about his father's legacy with his son, Kiamichi-tet Williams.
- Added: Jun 13, 2014
- Length: 02:09
- Purchases: 6
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Producer Nate DiMeo tells the story of Anna Jarvis and the history of Mother’s Day.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, WSGE, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WUTC and more
- Added: May 13, 2014
- Length: 06:04
- Purchases: 12
When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. New information has emerged suggesting that some of those...
- Added: May 02, 2014
- Length: 53:52
- Purchases: 2
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 05:57
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 10:00
It’s popular these days to debate the merits of Black History Month, but, says contributor Avis Jones-DeWeever, though African-American history is ...
Bought by KBEM, KZYX, RadioStPete Florida, Radio Catskill, 90.5 WSNC and more
- Added: Mar 04, 2014
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 6
In 1951, Willie McGee was executed in Mississippi's traveling electric chair for raping a white woman. Six decades later, his granddaughter is on a...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Georgia Public Broadcasting
- Added: Feb 13, 2014
- Length: 28:11
- Purchases: 2
Radio Curious discusses interracial relationships with Harvard professor Randall Kennedy, author of “Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identit...
Bought by WFHB
- Added: Jan 21, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jan 08, 2014
- Length: 03:54
- Purchases: 1
Jim Gallagher lives with his wife, and writes from his home near Bemidji, MN.
- Added: Dec 31, 2013
- Length: 03:44
MN Reads spoke with Neal Karlen. His book, Augie's Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip is an excavation of historical r...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 09:14
A small group of Mainers is working hard to revitalize and modernize their local grange, while holding onto traditions that date back to the 1800s.
- Added: Dec 23, 2013
- Length: 05:44
Harvey Brooks is an electric bass player who came of age as a musician and a producer in New York in the early sixties.
He played on Bob Dylan's ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 10:25
Generational discussion on Opportunity...then and now
- Added: Dec 08, 2013
- Length: 29:00
