KFAI's MinneCulture Presents

Episode 9: Love Stories from The MinneCulture Podcast When is love an art form in and of itself? Like art, true love comes in many forms. A Congolese couple, separated by the ocean, sing to each other over the phone to stay connected. An all-grrrl punk band sing through a telephone (repurposed as a microphone) to the community that supports them. Corrie Harrigan, Laura Larson, and Liz Elton comprise  Kitten Forever . The three-piece punk band blazes minimalist dance punk in their underwear, swap instrument duties, and love each other. Episode 10: Dress Code s from The MinneCulture Podcast Why do people dress a certain way? What does dress say about who we are, and what connects us? People pick their uniforms for various reasons, but often it’s to fit in. For the Minnesota Dandies  - a group of sharply dressed black men - it means dressing for success and respect. For one Minnesotan woman during the Civil War, it meant disguising herself as men in order to serve her co...

Pride outLoud from Youth Radio The youth producers of outLoud Radio bring us an hour of stories about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and otherwise non-straight life. We'll hear stories on LGBT topics from awkward  Sex Education , exemplar  vampires , coming out, and what happens when you're transgender and want to play sports. The outLoud Radio Project gives voice to youth who are otherwise silenced because of who they love or their gender they claim. It's young people of diverse genders and sexualities using the media to explore the issues that affect their lives. It's getting the word out, because understanding is essential. It's young people taking control of how their lives are represented.

The View from Room 205 by Linda Lutton This one-hour documentary takes an unflinching look at the intersection of poverty and education in our country. It tells the story of a fourth grade classroom at William Penn Elementary , a public school in one of the nation’s poorest neighborhoods, North Lawndale on Chicago’s West Side. The piece weaves together human stories in the school, from the children to their teacher to the principal, and pulls back to explain the big picture. It looks at poverty’s hold on school achievement and explores the unintended consequences of a core belief driving school reform today – that poverty is no excuse for low achievement. Peabody Award-winning reporter Linda Lutton of WBEZ Chicago spent months reporting from Penn and the neighborhood around the school. Her work tackles fundamental questions about how we educate poor children, and whether schools can actually overcome poverty. It documents - often painfully - how we struggle and fail to lift pover...

Nooky Jones Live from Minnesota Looking for some funky, fresh sexy soul? Then you ought to hear  Nooky Jones ' recent set at  Icehouse in Minneapolis. Joining Cameron Kinghorn 's vocals are Adam Meckler on trumpet, Scott Agster plays trombone, Kevin Gastonguay on keys, Andrew Foreman on bass, and Reid Kennedy banging drums. Recorded by Jay Perlman and Ryan Mach. KFAI's Tom Garneau mixed and produced the concert. Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps Live from Minnesota Merging neo-soul with her indie-rock roots, Caroline Smith has got everything here that we could ever need. Joining the Detroit Lakes native in this performance are The Goodnight Sleeps featuring  Jesse Schuster , Arlen Peiffer , David Earl,  Garrett Neal ,  Mina Moore , Hannah von der Hoff , and  Lizzo . Recorded live in 2014 at the Masonic Temple in Winona during Midwest Music Fest  by Tom Garneau for Minneculture.