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MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Daily dose of Minnesota history - MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds" is a history program airing on Ampers stations in Minnesota. It is a co-production of Ampers and the Minnesota Historical Society. Made possible by funding from the Minnesota Art's and Cultural Heritage fund.
Episodes
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
The Cereal Shot from Guns
Everybody would like to have the kind of accident botanist Alexander Anderson had at the turn of the 20th century. He went looking for starch granules and…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
The Citizens League
What makes Minnesota unique? The lakes, the weather...and the Minnesota Citizen's League. For over 60 years, the Minnesota Citizens League has helped tackle…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
The Death of Superman
Dan Jurgens had a Clark Kent childhood in Ortonville, Minnesota. But Britt Aamodt reveals that Jurgens's relationship with the Man of Steel didn’t end there.
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
World's Toughest (Toy) Trucks
The variety of toys available today seems endless. But in the 1940s, a now-classic toy designed near Lake Minnetonka practically ruled the industry. MN90…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Whoopee John
He was born John Wilfart in New Ulm, Minnesota. But legions of fans knew him as Whoopee John. Britt Aamodt resurrects the king of Midwest polka.
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Wilde Nights
Before Oscar Wilde became a dead author studied in literature courses, he was a dandy with a love of beauty, the arts and the written word. Britt Aamodt gets…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Weaver's Sweet Land
Will Weaver needed to get away from his father’s dairy farm to have more time to write. And did he write. Britt Aamodt examines how one of Weaver’s story went…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
A National Geographic Photographer’s Time at the Lake
William Albert Allard spent boyhood summers at Lake Gladstone outside Nisswa, Minnesota. Decades later, the National Geographic photographer returned, says…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Yanni's Chameleon Years
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…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
A Sleepy Eye Babe
Babe Ruth was born in Baltimore, traded by Boston and beloved by the world. But Britt Aamodt looks at a day in 1922 when Babe Ruth came to Sleepy Eye…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Father Time
Franz Halberg, a scientist and physician at the University of Minnesota, was fascinated by the human body’s daily rhythms. Not only did people wake and sleep…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
A Small Town's Identity Bound By Twine
With a population of around 300 people, the town of Darwin, Minnesota, is fairly small. But it’s home to one gigantic ball of twine. Weighing in at nearly 9…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
When Minnesota Learned to Meditate
He was called Paramahansa Yogananda but many knew him better at Swami Yoganada, the Indian guru whose spiritual mission brought him to America in 1920. Britt…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Up and Atom
America in the 1950s was preparing for the Soviets to drop the bomb any minutes. But less than two decades later, says Britt Aamodt, Minnesota was building the…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Bon Appetit!
In 1995, hundreds of Minnesotans lined up at the Minneapolis Dayton’s with cookbooks under their arms. There were here to see cookbook author and television…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Van Gogh, the Final Frontier
Leonard Nimoy created an iconic character for Star Trek in Spock. Britt Aamodt tells us about another of Nimoy’s iconic roles produced with the help of a…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
What's That Smell?
3M is famous for inventing the Post-It note. But Britt Aamodt has uncovered a 3M that gave you a scratch you just had to sniff.
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Cow Town
In 1886, Alpheus Beede Stickney built a stockyard along the Mississippi. Britt Aamodt traces the history of South Saint Paul as Minnesota’s cow town.
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Tom Nelson vs. the Ghost Bird
Tom Nelson was an electrical engineer living in Minnesota who got involved in a birding controversy. Britt Aamodt reports how the engineer weighed on the…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Eat Well and Stay Well
Ancel and Margaret Keys, researchers at the University of Minnesota, wondered why Twin Cities businessmen were dying of heart disease, while, an ocean away…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Dr. Martha Ripley, an Early Champion for Women's Rights
Martha Ripley was a nurse by training when she moved to Minneapolis with her husband in 1883. Her expertise in medical care and her commitment to the rights of…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
High Priestess of the Women’s Magazine
Minnesotan Margaret Culkin Banning (1891-1982) is probably one of the most prolific writers you’ve never heard of. Though often overlooked, Banning wrote 36…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Women in the House
The feminists who arose in the '60s and '70s set out to change the world. Britt Aamodt finds out how one Minnesota feminist made changes one legislative seat…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Gary Paulsen’s Tales of the Wild
Gary Paulsen was working for an aeronautics firm when it suddenly dawned on him: he was meant to be a writer. Britt Aamodt finds the connections between…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Women Strike for Equal Pay
In the late 1970s, eight female employees from the Citizens’ National Bank in Willmar stirred up controversy in their town and across the country when they…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Minnesota's Glacial Days
Minnesotans grouse about long, cold winters now. But until 10,000 years ago, those long cold stretches were positively glacial, says Britt Aamodt.
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Forever Ours
Dr. Janis Amutuzio started collecting stories about the possibility of life after death, though she didn’t know it yet, as a first-year medical intern in…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Kirkbride Sanctuary
They were known as Kirkbride facilities, hospitals designed to give more comfort and privacy to patients with mental illness. Britt Aamodt takes us to…
- MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds
Janis' Albert Lea Drummer
The photo is iconic: Janis Joplin astride a Harley-Davidson. Britt Aamodt tells us how a Minnesotan captured that indelible image.