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Todd Melby

Minnesota, Saint Paul
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Wrote a book about “Fargo,” yah
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APM's Water Main: 'Just Eat It: Why Food Waste Matters'

APM's Water Main: 'Just Eat It: Why Food Waste Matters'

MPR News — Listen Story audio Just Eat It: Why Food Waste Matters. Presented by The Water Main from American Public Media, and hosted by Marketplace's Jed Kim, "Just Eat It" presents the environmental challenges of food production and waste in a way that entertains and inspires change - rather than guilt.
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Wisconsin authorities say man confessed to kidnapping girl, 13:...

Wisconsin authorities say man confessed to kidnapping girl, 13:...

Reuters — The man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl after murdering her parents confessed to the crimes after his arrest, prosecutors said in papers filed on Monday ahead of his initial court appearance.
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How housing in the Bakken shale play evolved with the oil boom | StateImpact Pennsylvania

How housing in the Bakken shale play evolved with the oil boom | StateImpact Pennsylvania

NPR — Energy. Environment. Economy.
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Rent and Frozen Pillows: How Bakken Housing Evolved with the Oil Boom

Rent and Frozen Pillows: How Bakken Housing Evolved with the Oil Boom

Prairie Public Television — If you drove through the Bakken a few years ago, you would have seen dozens of new hotels, RV parks and mobile homes that popped up when the oil rigs
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The Jesse Ventura Ad That Almost Didn't Air

The Jesse Ventura Ad That Almost Didn't Air

soundcloud.com — In the waning days of the 1998 Minnesota gubernatorial campaign, Jesse Ventura's family fretted over a TV commercial titled "Jesse The Mind." The pro-Ventura ad showed the former wrestler posed like Rodin's sculpture "The Thinker." KFAI's Todd Melby reports.
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JD.com's CEO was arrested on allegation of rape: police

JD.com's CEO was arrested on allegation of rape: police

Reuters — The CEO of Chinese online retail giant JD.com Inc, Richard Liu, was arrested in Minneapolis last week following an allegation of rape, according to a public information report released by police on Tuesday.
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Episode 7: Napoléon

Episode 7: Napoléon

thedrunkprojectionist.com — A new Cinémathèque Française restoration of the silent masterpiece.
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Probe into Prince's opioid death brings no criminal charges

Probe into Prince's opioid death brings no criminal charges

Reuters — A two-year investigation into the death of "Purple Rain" singer Prince failed to determine where he obtained a counterfeit painkiller laced with fentanyl, resulting in no criminal charges, a Minnesota prosecutor said on Thursday.
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Episode 6: Albert Serra

Episode 6: Albert Serra

thedrunkprojectionist.com — An interview with Albert Serra, director of The Death of Louis XIV .
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Episode 5: Charles Burnett

Episode 5: Charles Burnett

thedrunkprojectionist.com — An interview with Charles Burnett, director of Killer of Sheep .
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Officer in Minnesota shooting was celebrated in Somali community

Officer in Minnesota shooting was celebrated in Somali community

Reuters — Mohamed Noor was celebrated when he became a Minneapolis police officer 21 months ago, joining a handful of other Somalis on the police force in a city with one of the United States' largest Somali communities.
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Officer in Minnesota shooting was celebrated in Somali community

Officer in Minnesota shooting was celebrated in Somali community

Reuters — Mohamed Noor was celebrated when he became a Minneapolis police officer 21 months ago, joining a handful of other Somalis on the police force in a city with one of the United States' largest Somali communities.
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Episode 4: Frederick Wiseman

Episode 4: Frederick Wiseman

www.thedrunkprojectionist.com — An interview with Frederick Wiseman, director of Titicut Follies.
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Minnesota patrolman acquitted in traffic-stop slaying of black...

Minnesota patrolman acquitted in traffic-stop slaying of black...

Reuters — A Minnesota police officer was acquitted on Friday in the slaying of a black motorist he shot five times during a traffic stop last year, an incident that drew national attention after the victim's girlfriend live-streamed the bloody aftermath on social media.
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Trial begins for Minnesota officer charged in shooting death of...

Trial begins for Minnesota officer charged in shooting death of...

Reuters — Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Tuesday in the trial of a Minnesota police officer charged with fatally shooting a black motorist, an incident that sparked outrage when the moments that followed were broadcast widely on social media.
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Trial begins for Minnesota officer charged in shooting death of...

Trial begins for Minnesota officer charged in shooting death of...

Reuters — Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Tuesday in the trial of a Minnesota police officer charged with fatally shooting a black motorist, an incident that sparked outrage when the moments that followed were broadcast widely on social media.
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Episode 3: Fargo

Episode 3: Fargo

thedrunkprojectionist.com — A radio documentary about the Coen Brothers' movie Fargo .
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Episode 2: Barbara Kopple

Episode 2: Barbara Kopple

thedrunkprojectionist.com — An interview with Barbara Kopple, director of Harlan County USA .
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Episode 1: Kelly Reichardt

Episode 1: Kelly Reichardt

thedrunkprojectionist.com — An interview with Kelly Reichardt, director of Certain Women and Wendy and Lucy .
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In Bob Dylan's hometown, an awkward embrace for its Nobel son

In Bob Dylan's hometown, an awkward embrace for its Nobel son

Reuters — Bob Dylan wins the Nobel Prize. Hibbing shrugs.
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We Don't Talk Like That: 'Fargo' and the Midwest Psyche

We Don't Talk Like That: 'Fargo' and the Midwest Psyche

soundcloud.com — The 1996 movie "Fargo" stirred widespread curiosity about snowy winters, funny accents and bloody mayhem on the frozen tundra of North Dakota and Minnesota. The film won two Oscar awards and inspired a popular television series of the same name. But how well did it actually capture and reflect the region?
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Minn. governor walks through crowd of protestors

Minn. governor walks through crowd of protestors

The Washington Post — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) met with family members of Philando Castile, the black man fatally shot by a police officer Falcon Heights, Minn.
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Dentist who killed Zimbabwean lion returns to work

Dentist who killed Zimbabwean lion returns to work

Reuters — The Minnesota dentist who killed Zimbabwean lion Cecil, sparking a global outcry from animal lovers, returned to work on Tuesday to shouts of "murderer" and "leave town" from a half dozen protesters, but support from some patients at his suburban Minneapolis office.
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In oil glut, fewer oil rigs mean less work

In oil glut, fewer oil rigs mean less work

Marketplace — The collapse of global oil prices is helping to show stock markets the way down. Over the last year, the industry that's taken the biggest hit is energy. Every company in the energy sector of Standard & Poor's 500 index is now at least 10 percent below its peak, and some much more.
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