Ampers

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Ampers is an association of 18 independent community radio stations in Minnesota.  Each station is locally managed and programmed by and for the local communities they serve.  Ampers is the largest network of community radio stations in the state of Minnesota and one of the largest of its kind in the United States. From Grand Marais, and Thief River Falls, to Mankato and Winona, and just about everywhere in between, we’ve got Minnesota covered. Our combined audience is about 250,000 devoted listeners.  Ampers has no affiliation with Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) and receives no financial support from MPR. 

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36 Pieces

In an effort to contain the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, the United States recruited, trained and financed the Hmong and Loas to serve as surrogate soldiers in the American armed forces. Today, there are over 350,000 Hmong living in the United States, with over 81,000 individuals in Minnesota, the largest urbanized Hmong population in the US. Veterans Voices': The Secret War is a program featuring the stories of some of these veterans. To learn more, visit MinnesotaVets.org

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: May 02, 2023
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30 Pieces

Memories and stories from Minnesota Veterans

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: May 12, 2023
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22 Pieces

Native American veterans explain why protecting our land and resources is an important part of Native culture and traditions.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Dec 29, 2016
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8 Pieces

Extended podcast versions of Kevyn Burger's interviews with some of the Minnesota Vietnam Veterans featured in the Ampers radio series

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Aug 24, 2017
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3 Pieces

Memories and stories from Minnesota's WWII Veterans

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Oct 21, 2019
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34 Pieces

Family conversations exploring the question “what matters most?” to those involved in providing or receiving care in the last stages of life. Allina Health helped fund this project.

  • From: Ampers
  • Updated: Dec 29, 2016

Pieces

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Alice talks about caregiving as a team effort among family members, in order to support each other.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Alice recalls the importance of helping keep her mother’s pride and integrity intact, even as her health declined.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Michelle stresses the value of having a care conference with health care providers and family members, to help get what you need.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Sunny shares about how talking with others is key to support, when family members face serious illness.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Sunny reflects on how speaking about a loved one after they pass, helps comfort surviving family members.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Colin reflects on how he had to put his own feelings aside, as he cared for loved one dying of cancer.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Colin shares how asking the Creator to take his father, was one of the hardest thing he has ever done.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Narin talks about the importance of taking time to seek help from an interpreter, when making serious decisions about treatment and care for a love...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Narin speaks about how caregiving includes looking after surviving elderly relatives, following the loss of a family member.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
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Janice reflects on how she had struggled to choose between completing school and caregiving, when her father faced his final days.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:30