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March 23, 2007 - MPR’s Curtis Gilbert profiles songwriter Jason Shannon, who has merged his current day job working as a maintenance man with his ambitions of being a rock star.
March 26, 2007 - The Current’s Steve Seel interviews American singer, songwriter, and musician Bobby Vee about working with a young Bob Dylan. Vee shares a story of Dylan playing in Vee’s band.
March 26, 2007 - The Current’s Steve Seel interviews American poet Anne Waldman about the writing and vocalization of Bob Dylan, and the singer’s connection to beat poetry scene. Waldman She was featured along with Allen Ginsberg in Bob Dylan's experimental film “Renaldo and Clara.”
March 27, 2007 - MPR’s Tom Crann visits the "Highway 61 Revisited -- Dylan's Road from Minnesota to the World" symposium sponsored by the Weisman Art Museum at University of Minnesota. Crann speaks with numerous Dylan scholars and other attendees about Dylan’s influence and importance.
April 13, 2007 - MPR’s Tim Post reports on The Stearns County Pachanga Society. Pachanga is a style of dance and a type of music from Cuba. Post interviews founder Mike Hasbrouck and two band members about the group.
May 1, 2007 - MPR’s Euan Kerr interviews author and teacher Wang Ping, who says her Chinese history is the result of some curious twists of fate.
May 11, 2007 - MPR’s Roseanne Pereira speaks with buddhist monks at the Gyuto Wheel of Dharma Monastery in Minneapolis, as they prepare to take part in a tantric choir performances in Minnesota.
June 1, 2007 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on "The Mad Ripple Friday Night Hootenanny" at Java Jack's. The event is thrown together by writer and singer/songwriter Jim Walsh, who's stage name is the Mad Ripple. Each week Walsh presents a handful of musicians, usually local, some of them rookies and some established. The artists take turns trading stories and songs, mostly originals.
June 18, 2007 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports on whether tough sex offender laws increase public safety or create a false sense of security.
June 18, 2007 - MPR’s Curtis Gilbert share a bizarre adventure which starts with having his car stolen…and ends at a do-it-yourself slaughterhouse. Gilbert investigates the police discovery of live chickens found in the trunk of his stolen car, and how they got there.