Look around your car and try to count how many safety features there are: seat belt, a padded dashboard. And then there are the hidden ones: air bags, crumple zone, reflective stickers. Almost every part of a modern day car, from the volume knobs to the shape of the hood, is designed with safety in mind—but it wasn’t always that way. Though driving is still quite dangerous, it used to be worse, and back in the 1950s one University of Minnesota professor put his body on the line to make automobiles safer. KFAI’s Matthew Schneeman has the story.This story was written and produced by Matthew Schneeman. Erika Janik is the managing editor of MinneCulture. Support for MinneCulture is provided by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Look around your car and try to count how many safety features there are: seat belt, a padded dashboard. And then there are the hidden ones: air bags, crumple zone, reflective stickers. Almost every part of a modern day car, from the volume knobs to the shape of the hood, is designed with safety in mind—but it wasn’t always that way. Though driving is still quite dangerous, it used to be worse, and back in the 1950s one University of Minnesota professor put his body on the line to make automobiles safer. KFAI’s Matthew Schneeman has the story. This story was written and produced by Matthew Schneeman. Erika Janik is the managing editor of MinneCulture. Support for MinneCulture is provided by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

10K Fresh Voices | The Original Crash Test Dummy: Prof James ‘Crash’ Ryan’s work and advocacy for automobile safety

In the 19th century, the Minneapolis Industrial Expo, an event intended to rival the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul, made an impact on the history of Mexicans in the state. In 1886, the festival hosted 56 musicians from Mexico as headliners, and at least one of those musicians — Luis Garzon — ended up staying and becoming a community leader here. Meanwhile, Luis’s brother, Gabriel Garzon, and band leader Juan Macias, wrote tunes for the band that would be published as piano sheet music, the first published material by Mexican artists in the state. KFAI’s Sheila Regan tells us about this historic visit and efforts to preserve and share the story of Latinos in Minnesota.  This story was written and produced by Sheila Regan. Erika Janik is the managing editor of MinneCulture. Support for MinneCulture comes from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

In the 19th century, the Minneapolis Industrial Expo, an event intended to rival the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul, made an impact on the history of Mexicans in the state. In 1886, the festival hosted 56 musicians from Mexico as headliners, and at least one of those musicians — Luis Garzon — ended up staying and becoming a community leader here. Meanwhile, Luis’s brother, Gabriel Garzon, and band leader Juan Macias, wrote tunes for the band that would be published as piano sheet music, the first published material by Mexican artists in the state. KFAI’s Sheila Regan tells us about this historic visit and efforts to preserve and share the story of Latinos in Minnesota. This story was written and produced by Sheila Regan. Erika Janik is the managing editor of MinneCulture. Support for MinneCulture comes from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

In the 19th century, the Minneapolis Industrial Expo, an event intended to rival the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul, made an impact on the history of Mexicans in the state. In 1886, the festival hosted 56 musicians from Mexico as headliners, and at least one of those musicians — Luis Garzon — ended up staying and becoming a community leader here. Meanwhile, Luis’s brother, Gabriel Garzon, and band leader Juan Macias, wrote tunes for the band that would be published as piano sheet music, the first published material by Mexican artists in the state. KFAI’s Sheila Regan tells us about this historic visit and efforts to preserve and share the story of Latinos in Minnesota.&nbsp;&nbsp;This story was written and produced by Sheila Regan. Erika Janik is the managing editor of MinneCulture. Support for MinneCulture comes from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

10K Fresh Voices | 140 Years Ago Mexican Musicians Made their Minneapolis Mark

The White Earth reservation in northwestern Minnesota was created through a treaty with the federal government in 1867. The reservation was meant to be a space where the Anishinaabe people could be protected from white settlement. But within 50 years, timber companies had moved in and stripped the land bare. Producer John Gwinn brings us the story.This story was produced by John Gwinn and narrated by Deanne Standing Cloud. Erika Janik is the managing editor of MinneCulture. Support for MinneCulture on KFAI is provided by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

The White Earth reservation in northwestern Minnesota was created through a treaty with the federal government in 1867. The reservation was meant to be a space where the Anishinaabe people could be protected from white settlement. But within 50 years, timber companies had moved in and stripped the land bare. Producer John Gwinn brings us the story. This story was produced by John Gwinn and narrated by Deanne Standing Cloud. Erika Janik is the managing editor of MinneCulture. Support for MinneCulture on KFAI is provided by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

The White Earth reservation in northwestern Minnesota was created through a treaty with the federal government in 1867. The reservation was meant to be a space where the Anishinaabe people could be protected from white settlement. But within 50 years, timber companies had moved in and stripped the land bare. Producer John Gwinn brings us the story.This story was produced by John Gwinn and narrated by Deanne Standing Cloud. Erika Janik is the managing editor of MinneCulture. Support for MinneCulture on KFAI is provided by the Minnesota Arts &amp; Cultural Heritage Fund.

Your Land Is My Land

When freedom seekers stepped off the steamboat in St. Paul, local people of color met them at the landing. Underground Railroad agents worked as barbers, musicians, laundresses, steamboat stewards and cooks. Some of these residents had never been enslaved and grew up in eastern cities. Others fled the South to settle in Minnesota — a territory that was supposed to be free, yet tolerated slavery within its borders. Local sheriffs and Southern enslavers spent weeks offering bribes to find people sheltered in places like the church belfry, the ice cream saloon, a horse stable hayloft and the home of William and Adeline Taylor. In the season 9 finale of MinneCulture, historians share the little-known story of St. Paul’s Underground Railroad. This episode was written and produced by Michelle Bruch. MinneCulture is hosted by John Gebretatose and edited by Julie Censullo. Support for MinneCulture is provided by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund. Citations:‘Reminiscences of the Underground Railway,’ St. Paul Pioneer Press May 5, 1895; ‘When St. Paul was an Underground Station’ St. Paul Globe April 16, 1905; National Park Service website: Lambert’s Landing; Shaving saloon advertisement, The Minnesota Pioneer July 3, 1851; Biographical sketches of William Taylor, Joseph Farr, AB Brackett from ‘Pen pictures of St. Paul’ by T.M. Newson; ‘A sheaf of remembrances’ by Rebecca Cathcart; ‘Here, everybody dances’ by Bob Skiba, Minnesota History Magazine; ‘Joseph Farr Remembers the Underground Railroad in St. Paul’ edited by Deborah Swanson for Minnesota History Magazine; Story by Mamie Ruth Butler, St. Paul Recorder May 27, 1949; ‘Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865’ by Christopher P Lehman; ‘Dred Scott’s Case’ by Vincent C Hopkins; ‘American State Trials’ by John D Lawson; Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), National Archives website; ‘Admission of Minnesota into the Union,’ Minnesota Secretary of State website; Letter from Moses Dickson, Minnesota Weekly Times March 28, 1857; ‘Manual of the International Order of Twelve and Knights and Daughters of Tabor’ by Rev. Moses Dickson; Historic consumer price index data, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis website; ‘Slavery’s Reach’ by Christopher P Lehman; ‘Our Colored Citizens,’ St. Paul Pioneer Press Dec 11 1887; ‘Seventeen more killed,’ The Weekly Pioneer and Democrat August 29, 1862; ‘Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862’ edited by Gary Clayton Anderson and Alan R Woolworth; Letter from Little Crow to Henry Sibley dated September 7, 1862 from Minnesota Historical Society; ‘History of the Sioux War and massacres of 1862 and 1863’ by Isaac V. D. Heard; Minnesota Territorial and State Census records; ‘US-Dakota War of 1862,’ Minnesota Historical Society websites; Story reports William Taylor among those killed, The Saint Paul Daily Press September 2, 1862; Adeline Taylor visits family, The Minneapolis Tribune April 15, 1887; Adeline Taylor visits Lake Harriet, Western Appeal August 11, 1888; Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 database, FamilySearch website; ‘Gone to her rest,’ St Paul Pioneer Press Jan 21 1895; Notice of Joseph Farr’s death, Stillwater Daily Gazette December 30, 1910; ‘A most highly respected citizen gone to his reward,’ The Appeal December 31, 1910; National Park Service: National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom website; ‘The Ground Swallowed Them Up: Slavery and the Underground Railroad in York County, Pa.’ by Scott Mingus; ‘It took courage’ by Christopher P Lehman; ‘Degrees of Freedom’ by William D Green; ‘Hester Patterson, Freedom Seeker’ by Sue Hunter Weir, The Alley Newspaper Jan 3 2025; VocalEssence WITNESS Teacher Resource Guide 2016-17: Underground Railroad.Images from Saint Paul Pioneer Press May 5 1895; Hennepin County Library; Murphy Library Special Collections/ARC, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.River audio by klankbeeld via <a href="http://freesound.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);">freesound.org</a>.“I Got My Ticket” performed by the Traveller Home Singers and “The Old Ship of Zion” performed by the Holloway High School Quartet from the John Work Collection (AFC 1941/035) at the Library of Congress.“Steal Away” and “Swing low, sweet chariot” performed by the Tuskegee Institute Singers, available courtesy of Library of Congress, National Jukebox.“Wade in the water” and “Moses, Moses Don’t Get Lost” performed by the Georgia Sea Island Singers and recorded by Alan Lomax. Published by Global Jukebox Publishing, BMI; used with permission of Global Jukebox Publishing, courtesy of the Lomax Archives.“Who Will Be A Witness” arranged by Joel Thompson and performed by VocalEssence.Instrumental music “Jadie Grange,” “Neatly Folded,” “A Pulse of Rain” and “Under Cover of Night” by Blue Dot Sessions.“The Gift to Sing,” poetry by James Weldon Johnson, composed by Emily Feld and performed by VocalEssence.“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” performed by Joe Carter for the On Being with Krista Tippett episode "<a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/joe-carter-the-spirituals-aug2018/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);">Joe Carter, The Spirituals</a>," originally aired May 9, 2003, rebroadcast August 9, 2018. Used with permission.

When freedom seekers stepped off the steamboat in St. Paul, local people of color met them at the landing. Underground Railroad agents worked as barbers, musicians, laundresses, steamboat stewards and cooks. Some of these residents had never been enslaved and grew up in eastern cities. Others fled the South to settle in Minnesota — a territory that was supposed to be free, yet tolerated slavery within its borders. Local sheriffs and Southern enslavers spent weeks offering bribes to find people sheltered in places like the church belfry, the ice cream saloon, a horse stable hayloft and the home of William and Adeline Taylor. In the season 9 finale of MinneCulture, historians share the little-known story of St. Paul’s Underground Railroad. This episode was written and produced by Michelle Bruch. MinneCulture is hosted by John Gebretatose and edited by Julie Censullo. Support for MinneCulture is provided by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund. Citations: ‘Reminiscences of the Underground Railway,’ St. Paul Pioneer Press May 5, 1895; ‘When St. Paul was an Underground Station’ St. Paul Globe April 16, 1905; National Park Service website: Lambert’s Landing; Shaving saloon advertisement, The Minnesota Pioneer July 3, 1851; Biographical sketches of William Taylor, Joseph Farr, AB Brackett from ‘Pen pictures of St. Paul’ by T.M. Newson; ‘A sheaf of remembrances’ by Rebecca Cathcart; ‘Here, everybody dances’ by Bob Skiba, Minnesota History Magazine; ‘Joseph Farr Remembers the Underground Railroad in St. Paul’ edited by Deborah Swanson for Minnesota History Magazine; Story by Mamie Ruth Butler, St. Paul Recorder May 27, 1949; ‘Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865’ by Christopher P Lehman; ‘Dred Scott’s Case’ by Vincent C Hopkins; ‘American State Trials’ by John D Lawson; Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), National Archives website; ‘Admission of Minnesota into the Union,’ Minnesota Secretary of State website; Letter from Moses Dickson, Minnesota Weekly Times March 28, 1857; ‘Manual of the International Order of Twelve and Knights and Daughters of Tabor’ by Rev. Moses Dickson; Historic consumer price index data, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis website; ‘Slavery’s Reach’ by Christopher P Lehman; ‘Our Colored Citizens,’ St. Paul Pioneer Press Dec 11 1887; ‘Seventeen more killed,’ The Weekly Pioneer and Democrat August 29, 1862; ‘Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862’ edited by Gary Clayton Anderson and Alan R Woolworth; Letter from Little Crow to Henry Sibley dated September 7, 1862 from Minnesota Historical Society; ‘History of the Sioux War and massacres of 1862 and 1863’ by Isaac V. D. Heard; Minnesota Territorial and State Census records; ‘US-Dakota War of 1862,’ Minnesota Historical Society websites; Story reports William Taylor among those killed, The Saint Paul Daily Press September 2, 1862; Adeline Taylor visits family, The Minneapolis Tribune April 15, 1887; Adeline Taylor visits Lake Harriet, Western Appeal August 11, 1888; Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 database, FamilySearch website; ‘Gone to her rest,’ St Paul Pioneer Press Jan 21 1895; Notice of Joseph Farr’s death, Stillwater Daily Gazette December 30, 1910; ‘A most highly respected citizen gone to his reward,’ The Appeal December 31, 1910; National Park Service: National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom website; ‘The Ground Swallowed Them Up: Slavery and the Underground Railroad in York County, Pa.’ by Scott Mingus; ‘It took courage’ by Christopher P Lehman; ‘Degrees of Freedom’ by William D Green; ‘Hester Patterson, Freedom Seeker’ by Sue Hunter Weir, The Alley Newspaper Jan 3 2025; VocalEssence WITNESS Teacher Resource Guide 2016-17: Underground Railroad. Images from Saint Paul Pioneer Press May 5 1895; Hennepin County Library; Murphy Library Special Collections/ARC, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. River audio by klankbeeld via freesound.org. “I Got My Ticket” performed by the Traveller Home Singers and “The Old Ship of Zion” performed by the Holloway High School Quartet from the John Work Collection (AFC 1941/035) at the Library of Congress. “Steal Away” and “Swing low, sweet chariot” performed by the Tuskegee Institute Singers, available courtesy of Library of Congress, National Jukebox. “Wade in the water” and “Moses, Moses Don’t Get Lost” performed by the Georgia Sea Island Singers and recorded by Alan Lomax. Published by Global Jukebox Publishing, BMI; used with permission of Global Jukebox Publishing, courtesy of the Lomax Archives. “Who Will Be A Witness” arranged by Joel Thompson and performed by VocalEssence. Instrumental music “Jadie Grange,” “Neatly Folded,” “A Pulse of Rain” and “Under Cover of Night” by Blue Dot Sessions. “The Gift to Sing,” poetry by James Weldon Johnson, composed by Emily Feld and performed by VocalEssence. “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” performed by Joe Carter for the On Being with Krista Tippett episode "Joe Carter, The Spirituals," originally aired May 9, 2003, rebroadcast August 9, 2018. Used with permission.

When freedom seekers stepped off the steamboat in St. Paul, local people of color met them at the landing. Underground Railroad agents worked as barbers, musicians, laundresses, steamboat stewards and cooks. Some of these residents&nbsp;had never been enslaved and grew up in eastern cities. Others fled the South to settle in Minnesota — a territory&nbsp;that was supposed to be free, yet tolerated slavery within its borders. Local sheriffs and Southern enslavers spent weeks offering bribes to find people sheltered in places like the church belfry, the ice cream saloon, a horse stable hayloft and the home of William and Adeline Taylor. In the season 9 finale of MinneCulture, historians share the little-known story of St. Paul’s Underground Railroad.&nbsp;This episode was written and produced by Michelle Bruch. MinneCulture is hosted by John Gebretatose and edited by Julie Censullo. Support for MinneCulture is provided by the Minnesota Arts &amp; Cultural Heritage Fund. Citations:‘Reminiscences of the Underground Railway,’ St. Paul Pioneer Press May 5, 1895;&nbsp;‘When St. Paul was an Underground Station’ St. Paul Globe April 16, 1905; National Park Service website: Lambert’s Landing; Shaving saloon advertisement, The Minnesota Pioneer July 3, 1851; Biographical sketches of William Taylor, Joseph Farr, AB Brackett from ‘Pen pictures of St. Paul’ by T.M. Newson; ‘A sheaf of remembrances’ by Rebecca Cathcart; ‘Here, everybody dances’ by Bob Skiba, Minnesota History Magazine; ‘Joseph Farr Remembers the Underground Railroad in St. Paul’ edited by Deborah Swanson for Minnesota History Magazine; Story by Mamie Ruth Butler, St. Paul Recorder May 27, 1949; ‘Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865’ by Christopher P Lehman; ‘Dred Scott’s Case’ by Vincent C Hopkins; ‘American State Trials’ by John D Lawson; Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), National Archives website; ‘Admission of Minnesota into the Union,’ Minnesota Secretary of State website; Letter from Moses Dickson, Minnesota Weekly Times March 28, 1857; ‘Manual of the International Order of Twelve and Knights and Daughters of Tabor’ by Rev. Moses Dickson; Historic consumer price index data, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis website; ‘Slavery’s Reach’ by Christopher P Lehman; ‘Our Colored Citizens,’ St. Paul Pioneer Press Dec 11 1887; ‘Seventeen more killed,’ The Weekly Pioneer and Democrat August 29, 1862; ‘Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862’ edited by Gary Clayton Anderson and Alan R Woolworth; Letter from Little Crow to Henry Sibley dated September 7, 1862 from Minnesota Historical Society;&nbsp;‘History of the Sioux War and massacres of 1862 and 1863’ by Isaac V. D. Heard; Minnesota Territorial and State Census records; ‘US-Dakota War of 1862,’ Minnesota Historical Society websites; Story reports William Taylor among those killed, The Saint Paul Daily Press September 2, 1862;&nbsp;Adeline Taylor visits family,&nbsp;The Minneapolis Tribune April 15, 1887; Adeline Taylor visits Lake Harriet, Western Appeal August 11, 1888; Minnesota, Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990 database,&nbsp;FamilySearch website; ‘Gone to her rest,’ St Paul Pioneer Press Jan 21 1895; Notice of Joseph Farr’s death, Stillwater Daily Gazette December 30, 1910; ‘A most highly respected citizen gone to his reward,’ The Appeal December 31, 1910; National Park Service: National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom website; ‘The Ground Swallowed Them Up: Slavery and the Underground Railroad in York County, Pa.’ by Scott Mingus; ‘It took courage’ by Christopher P Lehman; ‘Degrees of Freedom’ by William D Green; ‘Hester Patterson, Freedom Seeker’ by Sue Hunter Weir, The Alley Newspaper Jan 3 2025; VocalEssence WITNESS Teacher Resource Guide 2016-17: Underground Railroad.Images from Saint Paul Pioneer Press May 5 1895; Hennepin County Library; Murphy Library Special Collections/ARC, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.River audio by klankbeeld via&nbsp;<a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">freesound.org</a>.“I Got My Ticket” performed by the Traveller Home Singers and&nbsp;“The Old Ship of Zion” performed by the Holloway High School Quartet from the John Work Collection (AFC 1941/035) at the Library of Congress.“Steal Away” and “Swing low, sweet chariot” performed by the Tuskegee Institute Singers, available courtesy of Library of Congress, National Jukebox.“Wade in the water” and “Moses, Moses Don’t Get Lost” performed by the Georgia Sea Island Singers and recorded by Alan Lomax. Published by Global Jukebox Publishing, BMI; used with permission of Global Jukebox Publishing, courtesy of the Lomax Archives.“Who Will Be A Witness” arranged by Joel Thompson and performed by VocalEssence.Instrumental music “Jadie Grange,” “Neatly Folded,” “A Pulse of Rain” and “Under Cover of Night” by Blue Dot Sessions.“The&nbsp;Gift&nbsp;to&nbsp;Sing,” poetry by James Weldon Johnson, composed by Emily Feld and performed by VocalEssence.“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” performed by Joe Carter for the On Being with Krista Tippett episode "<a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/joe-carter-the-spirituals-aug2018/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Joe Carter, The Spirituals</a>," originally aired May 9, 2003, rebroadcast August 9, 2018. Used with permission.&nbsp;

Seeking Freedom in Minnesota

The Mississippi River is one of the defining geographic features of our state. The river's headwaters begin up north in Lake Itasca and meander for 650 miles through the cities, bluffs, forests and iron ranges of Minnesota, before crossing the border into Wisconsin and Iowa. The River has long captured our imagination. And, for many, it has provided a home.Boathouse communities, though less common today, have long formed up and down the river. These enclaves of shanty boats and floating homes provide affordable living and organic community for residents. Producer Gina Favano spent 10 years living in a boathouse on Latsch Island, home to the only legally sanctioned year round habitable boathouse community left on the Mississippi. She has documented the story of a floating neighborhood, their struggle to maintain their legality, and the people who call it home.This story was written and produced by Gina Favano. Portions of this episode were originally published on Gina's podcast <a href="https://www.backchannelradio.org/">Back Channel Radio</a>. Gina is currently writing a book about Latch Island based on her reporting, which you can learn more about <a href="https://www.patreon.com/backchannelradio">here</a>. Special thanks to Suzanne Hogan of KCUR in Kansas City, who was the original producer for the Back Channel Radio podcast.MinneCulture is hosted by John Gebretatose and edited by Julie Censullo. Support for MinneCulture is provided by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

The Mississippi River is one of the defining geographic features of our state. The river's headwaters begin up north in Lake Itasca and meander for 650 miles through the cities, bluffs, forests and iron ranges of Minnesota, before crossing the border into Wisconsin and Iowa. The River has long captured our imagination. And, for many, it has provided a home. Boathouse communities, though less common today, have long formed up and down the river. These enclaves of shanty boats and floating homes provide affordable living and organic community for residents. Producer Gina Favano spent 10 years living in a boathouse on Latsch Island, home to the only legally sanctioned year round habitable boathouse community left on the Mississippi. She has documented the story of a floating neighborhood, their struggle to maintain their legality, and the people who call it home. This story was written and produced by Gina Favano. Portions of this episode were originally published on Gina's podcast Back Channel Radio. Gina is currently writing a book about Latch Island based on her reporting, which you can learn more about here. Special thanks to Suzanne Hogan of KCUR in Kansas City, who was the original producer for the Back Channel Radio podcast. MinneCulture is hosted by John Gebretatose and edited by Julie Censullo. Support for MinneCulture is provided by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

The Mississippi River is one of the defining geographic features of our state. The river's headwaters begin up north in Lake Itasca and meander for 650 miles through the cities, bluffs, forests and iron ranges of Minnesota, before crossing the border into Wisconsin and Iowa. The River has long captured our imagination. And, for many, it has provided a home.Boathouse communities, though less common today, have long formed up and down the river. These enclaves of shanty boats and floating homes provide affordable living and organic community for residents. Producer Gina Favano spent 10 years living in a boathouse on Latsch Island, home to the only legally sanctioned year round habitable boathouse community left on the Mississippi. She has documented the story of a floating neighborhood, their struggle to maintain their legality, and the people who call it home.This story was written and produced by Gina Favano. Portions of this episode were originally published on Gina's podcast <a href="https://www.backchannelradio.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Back Channel Radio</a>. Gina is currently writing a book about Latch Island based on her reporting, which you can learn more about <a href="https://www.patreon.com/backchannelradio" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. Special thanks to Suzanne Hogan of KCUR in Kansas City, who was the original producer for the Back Channel Radio podcast.MinneCulture is hosted by John Gebretatose and edited by Julie Censullo. Support for MinneCulture is provided by the Minnesota Arts &amp; Cultural Heritage Fund.

Life on the Back Channel

A harpist has been playing for primates at the Como Zoo in St. Paul for almost a decade. We hear how they react, with a beautiful sound of their own. And, inside a 28-hour music marathon in Minneapolis. Theme music by Javier Santiago. Support for Minneculture is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Ep. 4: When The Gorillas Purr

A new documentary about what’s known historically as the Indian Adoption Project, a US government program designed to place Native American children with white parents. This documentary explores the impact of that program on adoptees and their families. Theme music by Javier Santiago. Support for Minneculture is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Ep. 3: Stolen Childhoods

Two Minnesotans take very different paths toward a common goal: to dive deeper into the animal world. Featuring interviews with videographer Sam Easterson and taxidermist Sarina Brewer. Theme music by Javier Santiago. Support for Minneculture is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Ep. 2: An Animal Perspective

Introducing the MinneCulture podcast, featuring the best arts, culture and history reporting from KFAI in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. On this episode, "How Black Lives Matter Got An Anthem" and the story behind how a college student from Minnesota got the Swedish band Roxette on U.S. radio. Theme music by Javier Santiago. Support for MinneCulture is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Ep. 1: How Black Lives Matter Got An Anthem

MinneCulture is KFAI’s award-winning audio storytelling program, exploring Minnesota’s art, culture, and history. We tell stories about musical sensations, small town heroes, cultural icons, local lore, and everything in between. We highlight the diverse experiences and lives of the place we all call home.

 Support for MinneCulture on KFAI is provided by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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