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The musician Yanni is famous for his New Age style and prolific solo career. But before he went out on his own, he was part of a “bombastic pop band” in the Twin Cities called Chameleon. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel gives Chameleon a closer listen. [Read Transcript...]

By the time Jesse James and his gang showed up to rob a bank in Northfield, Minnesota, they’d been at it for over a decade. But on that fateful September day, their efforts were thwarted. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel finds out why First National Bank in Northfield was that gang’s last stand. [Read Transcript...]

In the 1930's and 1940's, when polio was rampant in the United States, the predominant treatment method was to immobilize the patient’s body in braces and splints. But Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian nurse who resettled here in 1940, believed in a controversial alternative method. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel learns how this Aussie-Minnesotan revolutionized polio care. [Read Transcript...]

Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978) is one of Minnesota’s most beloved and influential politicians. In the late 1940s, while he was Mayor of Minneapolis, Humphrey became vocal about his opposition to racial segregation, and in 1948, he made one of the most important speeches in political history. MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports that Humphrey’s passionate civil rights speech spurred the Democratic Party to adopt a civil rights plank into its platform. Years later, as a U.S. Senator, Humphrey was instrumental in helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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