Common Ground: Paul Bunyan Mushroom Club, Mushroom Hunting

Season 5, Episode 22 In the final episode of this season, Common Ground takers viewers on a mushroom hunt and members share secrets for finding the sought after Morel...

Common Ground: Mississippi Water Walkers, Sharon Day

Season 5, Episode 21 Common Ground talks to Water Walker Sharon Day about her walk down the length of the Mississippi. Day is an Anishinaabe grandmother whose Ojibwe name...

Common Ground: Carter’s Red Wagon Farm Mid-Winter Interlude & Henry Boucha

Season 5, Episode 20 Meet the creator of a remarkable Corn Maze as Common Ground visits Carter’s Red Wagon Farm in Park Rapids, listen in as Warroad Hockey legend...

Common Ground: Farm Girls Candace Simar and Angela Foster

Season 5, Episode 19 Two sisters reminisce in poetry and prose as they return to the family farm and share the triumphs and trials of their immigrant forbears. Candace...

Common Ground: Pirate Play Solway Elementary & Flutist Cody Blackbird

Season 5, Episode 18 Common Ground follows the process as a theater evangelist initiates second graders into the joys of performing theater and in part two meets an award...

Common Ground: Communist Mayor & Serbian Sisters in Crosby/Ironton

Season 5, Episode 17 Common Ground visits Crosby-Ironton to explore how iron mining has impacted both the politics and culture of the Cuyuna Range. The show begins by...

Common Ground: Minnesota Fishing Museum & Al Baert

Season 5, Episode 16 From a 1902 electric trolling motor to a unique collection of fishing flies going back to the late 1800’s Common Ground uncovers them all as it takes...

Common Ground: Art From Within & Nigerian American storyteller Okokon Udo

Season 5, Episode 15 A Nigerian immigrant presents a one man show that examines the effects of colonial oppression and artist Mike Lemon highlights the role of art in...

Common Ground: Crosby Plaza Mural

Season 5, Episode 14 In this episode of Common Ground, we explore the stories behind a mural on main street that aims to bring revival to the city of Crosby, Minnesota. A...

Common Ground: Historic Ford Tri-Motor Airplane

Season 5, Episode 13 Ride along as Common Ground joins an air-tour of Bemidji in a historic airplane. The 1929 Ford Tri-motor is credited with birthing the modern airline...

Common Ground: Explorer Dean Jacobs

Season 5, Episode 12 Explorer Dean Jacobs is on a mission to discover teachable moments from his adventures and share them with schoolchildren. Jacobs came to the...

Common Ground: Governor’s Fishing Opener Woven Welcome

Season 5, Episode 11 Common Ground follows the process as multiple community groups collaborate to weave a huge rug for Governor Dayton. “Stunningly beautiful” was how...