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July 1907, nearly 15,000 miners rose up to protest low pay and unfair and dangerous work conditions on the Mesabi Iron Range. The strike would go d...
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- Added: Feb 20, 2013
- Length: 09:47
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With over 50 professions in his life Marcel, now homeless, lives with a camera, a dog and a passion for cars.
- Added: Feb 09, 2013
- Length: 06:31
KAXE contributor, Aaron Brown, reads a piece about trying new things. Brown's aspirations seem high initially before adding a healthy dose of reali...
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 03:07
Steve Downing, like Aaron Brown, looks at his seasonal tasks this winter and why those tasks should be avoided at all costs. Downing specifically a...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:52
In his essay, "Winter Projects," Aaron Brown lightheartedly looks back at his past tasks for winter. He also discusses the preparations, obstacles,...
- Added: Jan 17, 2013
- Length: 02:41
LouAnn Shepard Muhm is a widely published poet and teacher living in northern Minnesota. She has been featured in the mnartists.org series "What Li...
- Added: Nov 27, 2012
- Length: 02:02
Jacob Albee was supposed to be a raptor biologist, living in a tent, studying exotic birds. Somehow, he ended up becoming a designer jeweler, makin...
- Added: Oct 02, 2012
- Length: 06:11
John Thornberg is a poet living in Chisago City, Minnesota. He is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Group of Park Rapids, and the Mulberry Street P...
- Added: Sep 10, 2012
- Length: 01:52
When Matt O'Meilia was 10 years old, a rock star moved into his neighborhood. And not just any rock star. A hometown boy made good.
The rock star...
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- Added: Apr 02, 2012
- Length: 04:14
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While researching a book, author Richard Hicks was a long haul trucker for a year and a half. He shares the unique perspective that truckers have ...
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- Added: Apr 02, 2012
- Length: 05:04
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The Coalition of Immokalee Workers organized a rally in front of a center city Trader Joes and the Philly Student Union was there to help support.
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 03:04
This Sunday, February 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the Buffalo Creek Disaster in Logan County, West Virginia. The disaster occured when the da...
- Added: Feb 24, 2012
- Length: 08:53
One drunken afternoon at an Irish Pub in lower Manhattan, a fellow bellhop co-worker of mine informed me that he could see the future. This is an ...
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 17:54
Touching on ethics, justice, democracy, and global citizenship, Rabble Rousers explores the notion of protest as a spontaneous installation of impr...
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- Added: Feb 01, 2012
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
A round-the-world tour of protests in Canada, England, France, Spain, Ukraine, the United States, and beyond.
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- Added: Dec 22, 2011
- Length: 05:40
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Bob Jordan has a 3000-degree forge in his garage. He’s a blacksmith with over 40 years of experience – including work with German, Italian and Nort...
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- Added: Dec 04, 2011
- Length: 04:27
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Sam is blindsided with an unfortunate realization on the Grand Central Parkway.
- Added: Oct 19, 2011
- Length: 09:15
Kris Gosney and her husband were like most of their neighbors in northwestern Oklahoma: conventional farmers relying heavily on chemicals to produc...
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- Added: Sep 29, 2011
- Length: 04:17
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Sam makes a not-so-triumphant return to the Hilton, where an old nemesis rears its ugly head.
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 08:49
An orange naugahyde sofa. A pay-phone. A river of chicken blood.
- Added: Sep 16, 2011
- Length: 07:32
Oklahoma is considered a conservative state these days. But in the early 1900s, Oklahoma had an active leftist movement. Equally active was the Ku ...
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- Added: Sep 06, 2011
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A complex set of circumstances results in Sam awakening at 4:30am on a frigid January morning for his first day as a New York City cab driver.
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 07:35
Graduate students at UCONN are helping small businesses learn about enterprise risk management and they are producing stellar results.
- Added: Aug 24, 2011
- Length: 59:57
Steve Smith calls himself the clown sandwich between two ministers. Both his father and his son preach. Early in life, Smith set off down that same...
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- Added: Aug 05, 2011
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It's easy to take electricity for granted - until a storm hits and the lights go out. In this segment, Michael Parrick shares his love for "lightin...
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- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 03:35
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