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MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds a fun exploration of wide-ranging topics including sports, politics, environment, business, entertainment, pop culture, and more.
MN90 is fun exploration of wide-ranging topics including sports, politics, environment, business, entertainment, pop culture, and more.

MN90: Roy Wilkins, the Civil Rights Act and LBJ

Roy Wilkins earned his professional chops as a Twin Cities journalist. But it was as an activist and director of the NAACP, says producer Britt Aamodt, that Wilkins helped change history with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

MN90: The Domed City that Never Was

The 1976 film Logan’s Run posited a utopian city under a dome. But that science fiction nearly became reality in Northern Minnesota. Producer Britt Aamodt tells the story of visionary Athelstan Spilhaus and his domed city.

MN90: Keith Ellison Goes to Washington

Should a politician’s faith bar him from serving in Congress? Britt Aamodt has the story of a Minnesota congressman whose election said it shouldn’t.

MN90: William Williams and the End of Capital Punishment

Minnesota abolished the death penalty in 1911. Britt Aamodt examines the case that tipped public and political opinion against capital punishment.

MN90: From Hibbing to Helter Skelter

Growing up in Hibbing, MN, Vincent Bugliosi never could have predicted that one day he would encounter the man some called the most dangerous man alive. Britt Aamodt recounts the tale of the prosecutor who took on Charles Manson.


MN90: Final Approach: the Northwest Airlines Museum

Northwest Airlines was Minnesota’s airlines from 1926 until the merger with Delta in 2008. Britt Aamodt looks at the museum that keeps the airline flying.

MN90: Mayor for a Day

Dick Erdall was president of Minneapolis’ city council. And it was that position, says Britt Aamodt, that installed Erdall in the mayor’s office, unexpectedly, for one day.

MN90: The Minnesota Vikings Play Duck, Duck…Gray Duck?

In 2017, the Minnesota Vikings caused a controversy. After a touchdown, the offensive line acted out a game of Duck, Duck, Goose. Or, wonders producer Britt Aamodt, was it Duck, Duck, Gray Duck?

MN90: Minnesota’s Vietnam Vets and the Wall of Healing

When the United States went to war in Vietnam, Minnesotans—male and female, from every corner of the state—put on the uniform. This segment by Britt Aamodt looks at the war memorial that bears then names of those who didn’t return and its significance to those who did.

MN90: Grant Hart: Inspired by William S. Burroughs

As drummer for the Twin Cities-based hardcore punk band Husker Du, Grant Hart traveled the world and rubbed shoulders with creative giants. One of them was William S. Burroughs who, says producer Britt Aamodt, was a guiding influence on Hart’s solo album The Argument (2013).


MN90: Tim O’Brien Writing about Vietnam

Tim O’Brien knew he wanted to write from a young age. This piece by Britt Aamodt looks at how the writer-to-be found his source material in the Vietnam War.

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