KFAI's MinneCulture Presents

A Perpetrator Priest Speaks Out and in Dialogue with a Survivor  from Reckonings We are going to hear an  uncommon conversation  about clergy sex abuse between both a perpetrator and a victim.  As a young priest in Minnesota,  Gil Gustafson  sexually abused  four boys  in his parish. When he was confronted about his behavior, he confessed. Now a convicted pedophile, he finds himself on a decades-long journey of recovery and reparation. When Saint Paulite  Susan Pavlak  was in high school, she was sexually abused by her Catholic teacher, a former nun. She has also been on a path of healing - including a face-to-face meeting with her abuser. In 2006, Gustafson and Pavlak met at a conference on preventing sexual abuse. That encounter sparked a continuous line of communication between the pair and a bond which is  difficult  to imagine. Producer  Stephanie Lepp  seeks to find how this  unlikely collaboration  - between a perpetrator and survivor of clergy sex abuse - is now at the foref

Music and Evolution  from The Nerve Why did music evolve in the first place? Some people think music is merely an evolutionary frill, a by-product that has no evolutionary purpose. Darwin himself was puzzled by music. Observing songbirds, he suggested music's role was in sexual selection . Others believe music's origins may be found in the mother-infant interactions we call baby talk. Simply consider the importance of the lullaby and the need to pacify infants. Many theorize that music developed in tandem with the social cohesion necessary to the survival of bands of early humans, critical to them through its power to strengthen communal bonds.

Charles Burnett   on The Drunk Projectionist Critic Terrence Rafferty of GQ called " Killer of Sheep ," a film by Charles Burnett, "one of the most  striking  debuts in movie history." Host  Todd Melby  interviews writer/director Burnett, about this important film. " Killer of Sheep " examines the black Los Angeles ghetto of Watts in the mid-1970s through the eyes of Stan, a sensitive dreamer who is growing detached and numb from the psychic toll of working at a slaughterhouse. Frustrated by money problems, he finds respite in moments of simple beauty: the warmth of a teacup against his cheek, slow dancing with his wife, holding his daughter. The movie offers no solutions; it merely presents life - sometimes hauntingly bleak, sometimes filled with  transcendent joy  and gentle humor. The film was shot in roughly a year of weekends on a budget of less than $10,000, and also out of the pocket of Burnett himself. Filmed on location, the picture offers an e

Jillian Rae  Live from Minnesota Recorded live at  Broken World Records  in Winona at the 5th annual  MidWest Music Fest . Produced and recorded for KFAI’s  Minneculture  by the one and only Tom Garneau.  If you have a few minutes to spare, we recommend that you hear her cover of Prince's  When Doves Cry  at her Bandcamp page. Plus, she's got a new album out. Ayvah   Live from Minnesota In the second half of our show, the jazz and funk influenced  Twin Cities quintet Ayvah  perform live at  The Icehouse  in Minneapolis. Ayvah is Ava McFarlane on vocals, Samuel Rosenstone on piano, DeCarlo Jackson on bass, Joey C. Hays on drums and Andy Schupp on guitar. This "Live from Minnesota" concert was recorded by  Ryan Mach . It was expertly mixed and produced by  Tom Garneau . You can hear more from Ayvah by visiting  their Soundclound .