KFAI's MinneCulture Presents

Crime Pays: A Look At Who's Getting Rich From the Prison Boom takes an in-depth look at the corporations that have profited so greatly from the prison system: private prison corporations, telephone companies, for-profit prison health care services, private prison transportation companies and corporate vendors. Crime Pays was written and produced by JoAnn Mar in collaboration with Grassroots Leadership. This documentary will air in two parts on April 12 and 19 on the Listening Lounge, KFAI, Wednesdays at 11:30am.

The Lies My Grandma Told Me is an examination of what makes a lie and why we tell them. How can you tell a lie from the truth? Does it really matter? Local producer Kristina Lundino recorded this piece with John Gerlach on a reel-to-reel. We will also be re-airing a piece called Keeping Secrets by producer Aaron Henkin. Keeping Secrets is an extended interview with artist Frank Warren, who has become the recipient of thousands of secrets submitted from anonymous individuals by postcard. (4/3/06)

Welcome to a special KFAI pledge drive edition of Listening Lounge. We are pleased to air selections from Reflections on Return . An Iraqi war veteran struggles to adjust to life in the United States again. American troops reflect on the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison. And three African-American soilders tell their stories of the Iraq war. Reflections on Return is a Youth Radio project.

Heroin addicts often bring to mind images of disheveled homeless people littering city parks and doorways. The truth is that intravenous drug use and heroin addiction is everywhere. Taming the Snake is an Edward R. Murrow award-winning documentary.

Spend St. Patrick's Day boozing in Butte, Montana and you might think it's a good idea to explore empty buildings at night. Listen to the "True Story of St. Patrick" --- a tale of drinking, adventure and incarceration ---- on the Listening Lounge.

Alva Maxey-Boyd, now in her nineties, defied race covenants, urban renewal bulldozers, and two Mayor Daleys in a seven-decade battle to get and keep her gorgeous 19th-century mansion. Now, she's left as the last resident on her block of Chicago's South Prairie Avenue. Produced by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister of Long Haul Productions .

Mandela: An Audio History is narrated by Desmond Tutu and is the story of South Africa's struggle against apartheid, told in the words of Nelson Mandela, as well as those who fought with him - and against him. Mandela: An Audio History is a groundbreaking project that weaves together an unprecedented collection of archival sound materials documenting and preserving the story of Nelson Mandela and the struggle against apartheid. Hear a rare recording of the 1964 trial that resulted in Mandela's life sentence; a visit between Mandela and his wife, Winnie, secretly recorded by a prison guard; marching songs of guerilla soldiers; government propaganda films; and pirate radio broadcasts from the African National Conference (ANC). Mandela: An Audio History was produced by Radio Diaries .