Minnesota Experience: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Minnesota Experience Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Becoming Big League
Oct 14, 2019
"Becoming Big League" explores how sport was changing in 1960 and how that changed Minnesota. From Olympic hockey to High School hoops, from pro-sports origins in Big Ten titles, "
Mayo Clinic: Faith - Hope - Science
Sep 25, 2018
Take a look at how the Mayo Clinic, which is "world renowned for its medical arts," has met the changing demands of healthcare for 150 years, and what it can teach us about facing
St. Paul's Historic Hill: Salvaging a Gilded Past
Oct 28, 2019
One of the oldest neighborhoods in the Twin Cities is the focus of this 60 minute documentary that explores its birth, growth, decline and reclamation over the course of more than
The Experimental City
Nov 4, 2019
The Experimental City is a documentary about the Minnesota Experimental City project, a futuristic attempt to solve urban problems by creating a full-size city from scratch in the
Historic Trails in Northern Minnesota
Dec 9, 2019
Follow the Gunflint Trail and Mesabi Trail through their fascinating pasts, their multi-faceted modern uses, and explore what lays ahead for these winding paths. Enjoy the amazing
Minnesota 13: From Grain to Glass
Dec 16, 2019
Minnesota 13 explores the little-known history of an elite moonshine produced in the heart of Minnesota during Prohibition, and the modern-day attempts of a micro-distillery to res
Brew North: A Beer Story
Jan 13, 2020
Explore the pioneering spirit and passion that connects the brewing community through time. From historic breweries in Duluth, Virginia, and Tower to the current craft beer revolut
North Star: Civil War Stories
Feb 3, 2020
Four stories bring to light the hidden histories of African American Minnesotans during and after the Civil War. These unsung heroes made unique contributions to the Union and thei
Solid State: Minnesota’s High Tech Industry
Feb 10, 2020
Born for espionage in World War II, the computer has touched nearly every part of human life. And for decades Minnesota was the global epicenter of computing as birthplace of the s
Country Music: Made In Minnesota
Feb 17, 2020
Compelling stories about Minnesotans who have shaped the sounds of our beloved country music. Narrated and produced by former KARE 11 news anchor Diana Pierce, the half hour docume
This Free North
Feb 24, 2020
Celebrating the University of Minnesota's 50th Anniversary of the African American Studies program, This Free North reflects on the people and events that led to its formation as w
Best of Lost Twin Cities
Mar 2, 2020
The Lost Twin Cities programs revisit places of the past that no longer exist in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The four programs recalled lost chapters in Twin Cities history. Best of
Deadliest Blizzards & Fiercest Fires
Mar 16, 2020
Mary Lahammer teams up with historian Hy Berman and meteorologists Mark Seeley and Paul Douglas to tell the stories of Minnesota's most damaging historic blizzards and forest fires
Set In Stone: Exploring St. Paul's Oldest Neighborhood
Mar 23, 2020
Mary Lahammer leads us on a tour of the oldest neighborhood in the Twin Cities: the Uppertown and Irvine Park area of St. Paul. We explore how early builders used limestone mined n
First Avenue: Closer to the Stars
Mar 30, 2020
A possibly true story of the legendary Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue. Prince may have made the club famous, but many others have toiled backstage to keep this landmark standin
Bound By Earth: Archaeology In Minnesota
Apr 27, 2020
Bound by Earth: Archaeology in Minnesota focuses on the science and new technology archaeologists use to uncover and preserve archaeological resources in a non-invasive way, and ho
Parks for the People
May 18, 2020
The landscape of Minneapolis was once that of a tall grass prairie The landscape of Minneapolis was once that of a tall grass prairie with few trees and marshy lakes. Today the cit
Minnesota Remembers Vietnam: Perspectives
May 25, 2020
Stories originating in places like Willmar, Bemidji, St. Paul, Fort Campbell, and South Vietnam provide personal perspectives of what the war in Vietnam was like for the teens and
Lost Twin Cities 5
Jun 1, 2020
This fifth installment of the popular series explores the vibrant history of lost places and cultures in the metropolitan area. From All Star Wrestling to vanishing drive-in movie