Minnesota Experience
- 2018-2025
- 6 seasons
- Documentary
Season 6 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 2024 - 2025
Episode 1
Broadcast Wars: Just the Facts
Tue, Nov 26, 2024 31 mins
Stanley E. Hubbard is an early pioneer in radio and television, and KSTP is the top local TV news for decades. Dave Moore newscast at WCCO that ignites a fierce war. Women and people of color fight their way into smoky, insular newsrooms.
Episode 2
Broadcast Wars: Ratings Frenzy
Tue, Nov 26, 2024 47 mins
KSTP hires a consultant to find the perfect anchor, reporters of color begin to find slightly greater welcome in local newsrooms, while stations dabble with putting women at the anchor desk.
Episode 3
Broadcast Wars: Out of Nowhere
Tue, Nov 26, 2024 46 mins
KARE11 goes from laughingstock to ratings powerhouse. The Hubbards pour millions into a technology. Seismic shifts are felt when major anchors swap stations. Newscasters chafe as the public and media take interest in their private lives.
Episode 4
Brutal Utopias
Tue, Apr 15, 2025 35 mins
A poetic exploration of architecture, utopia, and resistance to urban renewal in the 1970s and its aftermath in Minneapolis' Cedar Riverside neighborhood.
Episode 5
Paradox: Early History of the MPD and Reform
Tue, Oct 21, 2025 43 mins
Since it's beginning in the late 19th century, what the Minneapolis Police Department would look like has always been up for debate. Dr. Williams explores that early history and its implications.
Episode 6
Paradox: Mid Century Changes and Challenges
Tue, Oct 21, 2025 49 mins
With the 60s came new progressive movements all across the US. How will this affect policing in Minneapolis? Proposed reforms, a strengthening police union, and new Mayors will all have a new vision for the future.
Episode 7
Paradox: 80s, 90s, and Their Echoes
Tue, Oct 21, 2025 30 mins
The 1980s brought the controversial Chief Tony Bouza to MPLS. A look at his paradoxical views on policing and their impact. How does this history echo into the present?