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Ignatius Donnelly was a lot of things—lieutenant governor of Minnesota, state senator, amateur scientist and gentleman farmer. But Britt Aamodt goes back to 1882 in search of the book—and its far-fetched premise—that made Donnelly an international star. [Read Transcript...]
Numbering only 31 issues, The Little Sandy Review influenced the voice and scope of music journalism. Britt Aamodt traces the folk music 'zine's roots to Dinkytown in 1961. [Read Transcript...]
He was one of the best-selling authors of the Jazz Age and a Minnesotan. Britt Aamodt goes back to 1930 when Sauk Centre native Sinclair Lewis became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. [Read Transcript...]
The 1940s marked the Golden Age of comic books. It was an era of Pow! Kabam! and, in Minneapolis, a few amens. Britt Aamodt investigates Catholic Publications Company, whose comics taught lessons that went beyond supervillains. [Read Transcript...]
