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Minnesota's Community Radio Stations
In the mid-1960s, Minnesota was wrapped up in “Beatle Mania” just like the rest of the nation. As Daniel Zamzow explains, their 1965 show in Bloomington was not the last time The Beatles would make an impact on our state. [Read Transcript...]
Joan Kroc was playing the organ at a Twin Cities restaurant when she met her future husband, McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc. That chance meeting would eventually lead the West St. Paul native, says Britt Aamodt, to a life devoted to philanthropy. [Read Transcript...]
Three Minnesota guys wanted to find a fun way to teach history. Britt Aamodt tells us how they did it with Conestoga wagons and bouts of dysentery. [Read Transcript...]
Jazz is a genre of music that’s been struggling in recent years, but musicians in Minnesota are working hard to keep it alive. A local group is using funds from the Legacy Amendment to monthly jazz concerts in St. Paul with some of the genre’s top artists from around the world. As producer Sam Radwany reports, the concerts are offering rare opportunities for jazz fans and musicians alike. [Read Transcript...]
