Explore the Minnesota Public Radio Archives, featuring preserved audio broadcasts, photos, records, and more from MPR and select American Public Media content. Discover a growing digital collection dating back to 1967, curated to inform, include, and inspire.
MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with champion air guitarist Jonathan Maki, who shares a few ‘tricks of the trade’ in the art form. Maki is one of the seven finer practitioners in the area to gather at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis for the U.S. Air Guitar Regional Championships.
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Elected as U.S. Senator in November 2026, Peggy Flanagan is a member of the White Earth Nation, currently serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of Minnesota. She is the second Native American woman to be elected to statewide executive office in U.S. history and the first to hold a U.S. Senate seat
Elected as Minnesota's first woman governor in November 2026, MPR Archive presents a chronological look at Amy Klobuchar over the years. The American Democrat politician and lawyer currently represents Minnesota in the United States Senate.
Theater arts has been at the center of the creative atmosphere within Minnesota for decades. The varied array of local venues have both fostered talent through the years and brought world-renowned individuals to present their artistic approaches to our Minnesota stages. The theater scene has also been integral in social dynamics within our communities…from social issues, race, to gender.
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MPR Archive portal presents a small curation of audio material on the artistic genius of renowned classical guitarist Sharon Isbin.
Elected as U.S. Senator in November 2026, Peggy Flanagan is a member of the White Earth Nation, currently serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of Minnesota. She is the second Native American woman to be elected to statewide executive office in U.S. history and the first to hold a U.S. Senate seat
Jim Northrup was an Anishinaabe newspaper columnist, poet, performer, and political commentator. His Anishinaabe name was "Chibenashi" ("Big little-bird"). Northrup lived a traditional life of the Anishinaabe in the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation of northern Minnesota. He was featured on MPR numerous times discussing his writing, his experience as a Vietnam veteran, and his activism on Native American hunting and fishing rights. Northrup passed away on August 1st, 2016.
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