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Ampers at the Minnesota State Fair 2017

MHB – VARIETY SHOW

Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings! Lots of variety on this episode, including tunes by Aaron Tank, Walzing On Waves, Sarah Morris, Cole Diamond and more. Plus we report on the continuing fall of Budweiser–all on MHB.

(Aired 8/10/2023)


Counter Stories: Legislative Wrap Up, A Carbon Free Minnesota

In this year’s Legislative Wrap-Up, the crew discusses the 100% Carbon-Free Electricity by 2040 requiring utilities offer customers 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040. The discussion includes equity in climate change efforts, opportunities for Minnesotans to incorporate clean energy in their everyday life, and how more education of these topics is needed in our community. Dr. Brenda Casselius and Anjali Bains, Fresh Energy


Sam Zimmerman’s Journey Back to Painting and the Homelands

Leah and Cole chat with artist Sam Zimmerman (Grand Portage). After two decades on the east coast in public education Sam moved back to Minnesota to rededicate himself to his passion for painting and to be closer to his family and community. His artwork explores his Ojibwe heritage, as well as his learnings and experiences in nature after returning to his ancestral homelands. Sam shares about learning language and culture through community collaborations, illustrating books for Native authors, and collaborating with family. He tells Leah and Cole about his path, which began with a college-age passion for painting, and then a love for teaching, and has now come full circle as he returns home.


Kezar Music Showroom Presents: The Skally Line

Featuring music and stories of Minnesota history by The Skally Line, recorded live at Floyd B. Olson Park, Thief River Falls, MN.


MN Reads: “Too Much Sea For Their Decks” by Michael Schumacher

Author Michael Schumacher talks about his new book “Too Much Sea For Their Decks: Shipwrecks of Minnesota’s North Shore and Isle Royale”


Minnesota Native News: Recreational Cannabis, Indigenous Milk Medicine Week, Tashia Hart’s New Book & More

This week MN Native News reporter Emma Needham brings us some of the latest from Minnesota’s native communities including a new novel from the author of Good Berry Cookbook, a doctoral study about the effects of tribal membership on Native American identity, and how Red Lake, White Earth, and Lower Sioux communities are leading the state in recreational marijuana and hemp industries


Luke Enyeart

Rising singer/songwriter, Luke Enyeart, speaks about his May 2023 release “Phases” and the advantages of being proficient in production as a musician on this week’s episode of Behind the Scenes.


Kezar Music Showroom Presents: The Acoust Hicks

Featuring Bemidji-area band The Acoust Hicks, recorded live at the Pennington County Fair in Thief River Falls, MN.


Preserving Organ Music in NW Minnesota!

Dr. George French of the University of Minnesota – Crookston Campus – has received a grant from the NW Minnesota Arts Council to teach organ playing within the region. He is a 40-plue year tenured music teacher at UM-Crookston and is well know for his skills in organ music!


Moose!

Every visitor to the Gunflint Trail wants to see a moose. They are magnificent animals and beautiful in their ungainly way.


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McKnight FoundationPohlad family foundationThe Minneapolis FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesota Foundation