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In addition to long underwear and hot dish, Minnesotans have another secret to staying warm in the winter: Skyways. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel finds out about skyways’ Minnesota debut, and how they continue to shape our city streets. [Read Transcript...]
The Honeywell round thermostat design is one of the most user-friendly and underappreciated appliance designs of all time. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel explains what has made the “T86 Round” so popular and so enduring. (Image by midnightcomm) [Read Transcript...]
Minnesotan Gordon Parks (1912-2006) became famous as the director of the 1971 hit film, Shaft. The blockbuster broke racial boundaries in the detective genre, featuring a Black actor in the lead. But Parks was more than a filmmaker. He had several careers. MN90 producer Marisa Helms tells us Parks was a self-made man and a self-taught musician, poet, and novelist. He was also the first African American photographer and essayist for Life Magazine, where he worked for nearly a quarter century. Photo: Gordon Parks, self-portrait, 1945, Courtesy The Gordon Parks Foundation. [Read Transcript...]
The Mayo Clinic treats more than half a million people each year in Rochester, Minnesota, and in facilities in Florida and Arizona. MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports that the Mayo family philosophy of team-based patient care was established early on, and continues to be a hallmark of the world-famous hospital. [Read Transcript...]
