KFAI's MinneCulture Presents

Human Intelligence from The Truth We'll hear a radio-drama based on a story by  Kurt Anderson  about melting icecaps and extraterrestrial spies .  Narrated by Ed Herbstman , with John Ottavino as Nicholas, and Melanie Hoopes as Nancy.  He found it physically painful to lie, which was unfortunate for someone who had spent most of his life as a spy. Back when everything was proceeding according to plan, year after year after year, he had gotten quite sloppy -- sometimes even announcing who he was and where he lived. What did it matter? “I’m a spy,” he’d tell the curious with a smile, “here on a long-term intelligence-gathering operation. But it’s super-top-secret, so if you don’t mind, that’s really all I can say about it.”

Johnny Cash: Live at San Quentin   from Joyride Media It took  Johnny Cash  12 years to record one of his live prison shows, but it wasn't easy. He was threatened against doing it and warned it would ruin his career. Regardless, he followed his instincts and took the stage at  Folsom Prison  in '68. A year later he followed it up with " Johnny Cash at San Quentin " - which became his first #1 album on the pop charts. In  our   special hour-long episode , we'll explore how the show came about, went down, and the wake it left behind. Y ou'll hear both unreleased tracks and  Cash  nearly starting a riot in a room full of very bad men. The program features interviews with the album's producer, Bob Johnston with bassist   Marshall Grant  a bout the excitement and fear of the concert.  We'll also hear from prisoners, guards,  and reporters  Anthony DeCurtis  and  Jim Marshall, the photographer of the famous " J...

A Hiroshima Story by David Swatling On a sunny August morning in 1945, Keijiro Matsushima sat in his math class in Hiroshima. He looked out the window, saw two American bombers in the clear blue sky, and suddenly his world was torn apart. Now a retired English teacher, he fears young people today are no longer interested in his story . On a sunny June morning in Amsterdam, English teacher Kevin Hogan’s 11th graders are reading a novel about Hiroshima . They are the same age Mr. Matsushima was when the atomic bomb exploded. How will they react when they hear his story?

When Particles Collide by Eric Molinsky In a 17-mile long tunnel outside Geneva, Switzerland, a particle accelerator called the Large Hadron Collider is smashing protons at nearly the speed of light. Physicists hope it will help solve mysteries of the universe and lead to an elusive Unified Theory . Studio 360 's Eric Molinsky looks into the colorful and complex design of the largest machine on the planet. Passage to Moauv from Power Records Stardate 5440: The Enterprise is ordered to transport the noisy , cat-like pet waul of the Moauvian ambassador to his home world. The waul escapes and its telepathic projections of fear affect all crew members ...except Lt. M'Ress . Can her immunity help to save the crew from certain despair and this calamitous kitty ?!?!?

Three Records from Sundown by Charles Maynes Nick Drake died in 1974, a mostly unknown songwriter with three failed folk albums to his name. Fast forward to the present, and Drake is widely considered among the most important musicians of his era. In  Three Records from Sundown , Charles Maynes retraces the roots of the Nick Drake legend through interviews with Drake’s producer Joe Boyd .

The Road Warriors by Bob Carlson When it comes to crazy, immoral, and stupid decisions, simply nothing can match a teenager looking for a good time.  In fact, we're going to listen-in on  three Australians  who have one such story! They're  still  talking about the chaotic and violent  car chase  they found themselves in as they were heading home from a  Mr. Motocross  race, when they were 17 years old.  From our friends at UnFictional comes this EPIC tale about teenage drunken brawling, reckless driving, and kidnapping that can luckily seem hilarious as they're telling it with friends 30 years later.

Lay down your picnic blankets and don your headphones; Shakespeare comes to the Listening Lounge! We'll try our best to gain a general appreciation of Shakespeare as well as an understanding of the African-American experience with Shakespeare. Take, O Take Those Lips Away by Jayne Mansfield Antony and Cleopatra: Act II, Scene 2 by Jayne Mansfield Shakespeare in Black and White by Richard Paul Sonnet 55 by James Earl Jones The Great Themes of Shakespeare by Morris Schreiber King Leer: Act IV, Scene 7 by Dame Edith Evans, Margaret Leighton, and Sir John Gielgud The Tempest: Act IV, Scene 1; Act V, Scene 1; Epilogue by Sir John Gielgud