Dan Olson

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• Voices of Minnesota: Bill Holm shares memories, music from Minnesota Christmas past

  MPR News Presents a broadcast of a 1997 Voices of Minnesota special with When Minnesota poet, author, and musician Bill Holm. The program includes Holm sharing memories and reading from his book, Faces of Christmas Past. Program includes music, a Christmas ghost story from Iceland, and a little holiday philosophy from Bill Holm.

  Dec. 23, 201651 minSave
• Voices of Minnesota: Remembering Robert Treuer

  With the death of Minnesota writer Robert Treuer at the age of 89, MPR News rebroadcasts Dan Olson interviewing Robert Treuer back in 2007, as part of MPR’s Voices of Minnesota series.

  Jan. 22, 201627 minSave
• Minnesota Sounds and Voices: Clyde Bellecourt

  On this episode of Minnesota Sounds and Voices, MPR’s Dan Olson profiles Native American activist and White Earth band member Clyde Bellecourt.

  May. 19, 20154 minSave
• Minnesota Sounds and Voices: Managing a herd - Bison could help restore Minnesota prairie

  On this episode of MPR’s Minnesota Sound and Voices, Dan Olson profiles the wildlife management of bison in Blue Mounds State Park and raising them for meat on a nearby ranch.

  Sep. 25, 20147 minSave
• Minnesota Sounds and Voices: From chaos to college - Scholarships honor family's journey

  On this episode of Minnesota Sounds and Voices, MPR’s Dan Olson talks with Chue Vang about his family’s experience fleeing Laos and coming to the U.S. as refugees. Today, he aims to honor the opportunities found in his adopted home and a late brother with a new scholarship for Hmong students.

  Jul. 31, 2014Save
• Minnesota Sound and Voices: Orkestar Bez Ime write, play their own brand of Balkan folk

  On this episode of Minnesota Sounds and Voices, MPR’s Dan Olson profiles Orkestar Bez Ime, an Eastern European music group, which has become known as a Balkan party band. Olson interviews members of the band about the complicated music form.

  Mar. 27, 20145 minSave
• "Temporary Like Achilles" lyrics, regional maps, and bibles now artifacts

  On this Minnesota Sights and Sounds segment, Minnesota Historical Society curator Patrick Coleman leads MPR’s Dan Olson on a tour of their library stacks. Items in collection includes Minnesota native Bob Dylan’s sheet of paper with the words for that song, "Temporary Like Achilles."

  Jan. 9, 20145 minSave
• Minnesota Sounds and Voices: For Hmong American women, flag football breaks barriers

  On this episode of Minnesota Sounds and Voices, MPR’s Dan Olson profiles several women's Hmong American flag football teams as they prepare to compete at this year's Hmong Freedom Celebration. Playing the game was a formidable cultural hurdle the young Hmong American women had to overcome, as families place a high value on women as wives, rather than competitors.

  Jun. 28, 2013Save
• African American dialect at the heart of Penumbra's "Spunk"

  MPR’s Dan Olson presents an episode of Minnesota Sounds and Voices with a profile of the langauge in the play Spunk.

  Apr. 5, 20135 minSave
• Minnesota Sounds and Voices: Dulcimer virtuoso Karen Mueller tunes up for a classical excursion

  On this episode of Minnesota Sounds and Voices, MPR’s Dan Olson profiles dulcimer player Karen Mueller. Mueller is one of the country's top dulcimer and autoharp players, classically trained, steeped in Appalachian, Celtic and folk music. The Minneapolis musician is trying something new: performing a rarely heard classical work with a chamber group.

  Mar. 15, 20134 minSave