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.
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.
Ari Herstand graduated from music schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul. So Britt Aamodt wants to know how he went from music to a publishing deal and a cameo on one of cable’s top-rated shows.
Marlon James grew up in Jamaica. But when it came time to write a novel influenced by Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley, Britt Aamodt says, James did it in Minnesota.
Hope Jahren always felt at home in her father’s science lab in southern Minnesota. Decades on, Britt Aamodt tells us, the geobotanist has distilled the lessons learned from a life in science in a celebrated memoir.
