MN90: From Minnesota to Wild on the Pacific Crest Trail
By 1995, Cheryl Strayed had married, divorced and lost her mother to cancer. Britt Aamodt reports how the writer left home and found a new direction on the hiking trail. [Read Transcript...]
Women
MN90: A Camera, Two Kids and Annie Griffiths’ Ripple Effect
Annie Griffiths was only taking pictures for a photo class at the University of Minnesota. But what she saw through a lens made her change her major—and, says Britt Aamodt, gave her the tools to change women’s lives through visual storytelling. [Read Transcript...]
MN90: St. Joan of the Arches
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...]
MN90: Dessa’s Hamilton Mixtape
What do you get when you mix the Broadway hit Hamilton with one of Minneapolis’ hip hop icons? A revolutionary mixtape, says Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]