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In 1968, Eugene McCarthy, a Democratic Senator from Minnesota, mobilized an army of anti-war youth to help him in his bid for president. Though Republican Richard M. Nixon won the election, MN90 producer Marisa Helms tells us McCarthy made political history by tapping into the growing opposition to the Vietnam war and bringing hippies into the mainstream of American politics. [Read Transcript...]
You can go practically anywhere on a Greyhound bus nowadays, but when two men from Hibbing started the company in 1914, the only route was from Hibbing to Alice and back again. That is, until a new fleet of sleek, gray buses changed everything. [Read Transcript...]
2011 marks the 50th anniversary of major leagues sports in Minnesota. As MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports, the arrival of the Twins and the Vikings to the state helped transform Minnesota from flyover country to an entertainment destination. [Read Transcript...]
