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My Mississippi River: Five People on What the Mississippi Means to Them
Episode 18
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What’s your Mississippi River like? Why do you keep coming back? For many people, the Mississippi means barges and Mark Twain, but th…
3 years, 5 months ago
Boundaries and Bridges
Episode 17
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It seems to be in our nature to draw lines that separate us from this or that. Rivers offer a convenient way for us to draw some of t…
3 years, 6 months ago
Winona’s Unique Community of Floating Houses
Episode 16
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Just across the main channel of the Mississippi River from downtown Winona, Minnesota, you’ll find a unique community of folks who li…
3 years, 7 months ago
Spring Birding Hikes... and Beer
Episode 15
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Spring is in the air, at least for the lower two-thirds of the Mississippi Valley. Birds are on the move already, and early spring fl…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Remarkable Earthworks and People of Poverty Point
Episode 14
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Over 3,000 years ago, a community of people who lived off the land constructed a remarkable group of earthworks that includes mounds,…
3 years, 8 months ago
Hidden History, Facebook Photos Group, and River-Inspired Poetry
Episode 13
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If there’s one thing we love to debate, it’s history and what history we should teach and idolize. In this episode, I share a few tho…
3 years, 8 months ago
All About Bald Eagles with Ed Hahn
Episode 12
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Bald eagles! January and February are popular months for eagle watching along the Mississippi River, as the birds congregate near ope…
3 years, 9 months ago
Jeff Grunwald on the New Madrid Earthquakes
Episode 11
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Early in the morning of December 16, 1811, residents of New Madrid, Missouri were literally shaken out of their beds. One of the larg…
3 years, 11 months ago
Victoria Bradford Styrbicki on Running the Mississippi River
Episode 10
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In 2019, Victoria Bradford Styrbicki ran the length of the Mississippi River. Not content with the physical challenge of doing that, …
4 years ago
What If We'd Named the Mississippi Something Else?
Episode 9
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What’s in a name? Would the Mississippi sound as sweet by any other name? If Colbert had carried the day, would Mark Twain have still…
4 years ago