Host Ron "Boogiemonster" Gerber has a soft spot for everything original in pop music, from the dizzying heights (Stevie Wonder, Tears For Fears, Toy Matinee, Holly Knight, Crowded House, Marshall Crenshaw, Jellyfish, ...), to the stultifying depths (Stars on 45, MC Hammer, the Ethel Merman Disco Album, Milli Vanilli, anything on Kid Stuff Records...), to the spellbindingly odd (Peter Cetera singing in Japanese?!?). As the old saying goes, "There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only ...
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MinneCulture explores the people, culture, and art that are inspiring, shaping, and changing Minnesota every day. We go beyond the gallery walls to tell stories about artists and people who live, work and create here.
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Knight Yellow Music and MRNC present: Solid Foundations. Born from the now defunct radio show on KFAI, MRNC brings a monthly mix of all new, all original house and techno.
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Crap From The Past - May 23, 2025: City Pop from Listener Dave, and a few covers from listener Tim
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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…
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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 provide…
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The M.A. Gedney Pickling Company was established in Minneapolis in 1881 by a man named Matthias Gedney. The Gedney Company contracted with hundreds of Minnesota farmers to grow the cucumbers used for their pickle products. Many of the farmers, in turn, ended up paying their children to pick the cucumbers as part of their summer chores, using the mo…
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Chinese food is a staple of the American diet. But the story of how Chinese food became popular in the United States – and specifically in Minnesota – is a story of racism, mixed identity, adaptation, and cultural preservation. This story from producer Sheila Regan traces the history of Chinese cuisine in Minnesota — from the Canton Cafe in the 19t…
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The Woman Who Helped Control the Spread of Tuberculosis in Minnesota
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20:15Tuberculosis is a highly contagious and infectious disease. As the Trump administration freezes foreign aid, tuberculosis is resurgent worldwide. In Minnesota, the numbers are falling with 21 Minnesota counties reporting a total of 160 new cases of active tuberculosis last year. But those numbers are still chilling when you consider that there was …
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The Long, Dark Shadow of Minnesota's Eugenic Sterilization Program
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39:44Between 1925 and 1945, 2,204 people — 77% of whom were women — were eugenically sterilized in Minnesota. Minnesota's sterilization program targeted "sexually promiscuous" women and impoverished people. The intended goal of the program was to lessen poverty and welfare costs by ending the family lines of people deemed "immoral" or "feebleminded." A …
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Crap From The Past - March 28, 2025: Old Soul, plus Mix Of The Century Mainstream Part 3 Segment 5B
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In the Mississippi River, between the Franklin Avenue and Lake Street/Marshall Avenue bridges, sits an abandoned ruin. The ruin is almost invisible from the river bank. You may never know it exists unless you’re paddling directly on top of it, or avoiding its edges in a motor boat. The ghostly structure was once a fully operational lock and dam, th…
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Crap From The Past - March 21, 2025: She Don't Know 1 2 3 Alive, plus Mix Of The Century Hot AC Part 3 Segment 5B
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Season 9 of MinneCulture drops on March 27. This season features: lots of local food history stories about life and commerce along the Mississippi River a Minnesota woman who developed a new form of contact tracing for tuberculosis a barber and fiddler who helped run the Underground Railroad in Minnesota a haunting story about Minnesota's 20th cent…
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Crap From The Past - March 14, 2025: Midnight Sky-like, plus Mix Of The Century Crossover Part 3 Segment 5B
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Crap From The Past - March 7, 2025: Mostly In Memorium, and Mix Of The Century Mainstream Part 3 Segment 5A
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Crap From The Past - February 28, 2025: Roberta Barry Turtles and Mix Of The Century Hot AC Part 3 Segment 5A
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Crap From The Past - February 21, 2025: Rumors, Champagne, and Mix Of The Century Crossover Part 3 Segment 5A
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Crap From The Past - February 14, 2025: CRZ's Crappy Valentine's Day or There's A Disco Version Of Everything
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Crap From The Past - January 24, 2025: Some 1984 stuff, and Mix Of The Century Mainstream Part 3 Segment 4B
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Crap From The Past - January 17, 2025: Ish, Melissa, and Mix Of The Century Hot AC Part 3 Segment 4B
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Crap From The Past - January 10, 2025: Renee, Neneh, live stuff, and Mix Of The Century Crossover Part 3 Segment 4B
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Crap From The Past - December 13, 2024: Take The Q Train, plus Mix Of The Century Crossover Part 3 Segment 4B
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Crap From The Past - December 6, 2024: Leftovers, plus Mix Of The Century Mainstream Part 3 Segment 4A
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Crap From The Past - November 22, 2024: Ava Can't Stop The Music, plus Mix Of The Century Hot AC Part 3 Segment 4A
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Crap From The Past - November 15, 2024: Buncha requests, plus Mix Of The Century Crossover Part 3 Segment 4A
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Crap From The Past - October 25, 2024: Stevie Oddities, plus Mix Of The Century Mainstream Part 3 Segment 3B
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Crap From The Past - October 18, 2024: Request Me Deadly, plus Mix Of The Century Hot AC Part 3 Segment 3B
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Crap From The Past - October 11, 2024: Chicago, plus Mix Of The Century Crossover Part 3 Segment 3B
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