Indigenous seed-saving traditions in Minnesota are being revived today through community and library programs that preserve ancestral crops and the knowledge behind them.

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Editor: Britt Aamodt 

Producer: Faaya Adem

Editorial support: Emily Krumberger 

Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood
Photo Credit: Faaya Adem

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For two days in June 1984, Bruce Springsteen recorded a music video for a new single he was putting out at the St. Paul Civic Center. The video was pretty basic, but it would help make "Dancing in the Dark" the biggest hit of his career.
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Editor: Britt Aamodt 

Producer:  Britt Aamodt 

Editorial support: Emily Krumberger 

Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood 
Photo Credit: MN Historical Society
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Dar Al-Hijrah is the oldest Somali masjid in Minnesota. Founded in 1988 in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, the masjid is a center for the Somali community.

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Editor: Britt Aamodt 
Producer: Faaya Adem
Editorial support: Emily Krumberger 
Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood

From humble prayer meetings in their home, Paul and Mattie Brown helped birth one of Minnesota’s oldest Black churches. Despite setbacks and exclusion, the congregation built St. James AME in Minneapolis – leaving a lasting symbol of faith and freedom.

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Editor: Britt Aamodt 
Producer: Amira Warren-Yearby
Editorial support: Emily Krumberger 
Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood

On a quiet November day in 1951, Betty Klein’s three sons went out to play and never came home. Though the case was closed as a presumed drowning, their bodies were never found—and Minnesota’s oldest cold case remains a haunting mystery.

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Editor: Britt Aamodt 
Producer: Amira Warren-Yearby
Editorial support: Emily Krumberger 
Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood

Oromos began immigrating to Minnesota in large numbers during the 1970s and 1980s, fleeing government violence in Ethiopia.

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Editor: Britt Aamodt 

Producer: Faaya Adem 

Editorial support: Emily Krumberger 

Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood

At the heart of the Wadi family were their recipes. Wajdi, the eldest son knew they were special. Hear how a small storefront in northeast Minneapolis became a go-to destination for Middle Eastern food.

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Producer: Amira Warren-Yearby 
Editorial support: Britt Aamodt, Emily Krumberger 
Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood

Minnesota native Duane Pederson moved to California with dreams of entertainment but instead launched —a radical, Jesus-centered publication that sparked a revival. He helped birth one of the largest religious movements in America.
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Producer: Amira Warren-Yearby 
Editorial support: Britt Aamodt & Emily Krumberger 
Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood

Inspired by the collaborative art colonies he experienced in Boston, Duluth native Birney Quick returned to Minnesota, where a single summer cohort with his students in Grand Marais sparked the founding of the state’s first art colony.

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Producer: Amira Warren-Yearby 
Editorial support: Emily Krumberger & Britt Aamodt 
Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood

Widely remembered as an illustrious wedding venue, the Aria building in downtown Minneapolis holds a dramatic history that stretches back to 1889, when it first rose as a bustling industrial warehouse with grand architectural ambition.
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Producer: Amira Warren-Yearby 
Editorial support: Britt Aamodt & Emily Krumberger 
Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood