Ragamala Dance Company Blends Generations and Cultures
For the Ramaswamy family, dance — specifically Bharatanatyam, a South Indian classical dance form — is both lifeblood and business. Now in its 26th season, Ragamala Dance Company is a world-renowned company. The Ramaswamy family members consider themselves lucky to be able to pursue what they love. And lucky to be able to do it all with each other.
Episodes
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Farmer Willie's Is Now Willie's Superbrew
5m 59s
McNeill built out a brand ambassador program to take craft ginger beer company Farmer Willie's to the next level as Willie's Superbrew. Helping her navigate the transition is mentor Kim Eddleston, senior editor, Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange, and professor of entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University’s D’Amore-McKim School of Business.
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Making it Work: Queblo
7m 14s
Queblo is an online marketplace that connects builders and homeowners with Spanish-speaking contractors. It does this through an app where workers create a portfolio of their work.
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Shopping in the 1930s with Heimie's Haberdashery
4m 19s
Heimie’s Haberdashery gives its customers a shopping experience of nearly 100 years ago, a time when the department store served as the cultural hub of a city.
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The Super Bowl's Recycling Solution
8m 16s
Since China has banned the United States’ recyclables, the price for recyclable material has gone down, and the cost to sort the materials has gone up.
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Why Do We Miss Vinyl Records?
4m
Raoul Benavides, owner of Flashlight Vinyl, explains why he was able to open a record store in 2016, and why we miss listening to vinyl.
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Skip the Gym and Try Taking an Acrobatics Class
4m 44s
Acrobatics is not easy. Have you ever seen an aerialist or contortionist at the circus and wondered how many decades they’ve been practicing their tricks?
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Work it: Pure Cycles | Four Fixed-Gear Bike-Loving Entrepren
4m 43s
Meet Pure Cycles. Three grade school best friends that followed their passion for bicycling and made a successful business out of it.
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Happy Birthday PBS!
1m
What does PBS mean to you? To celebrate PBS's anniversary, here's the internet's love letter to public television.
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Duchess Harris Explains the Politics of Possibility
2m 2s
Duchess Harris' grandmother, Mariam D. Mann, was among the first Black women who started working NASA in the 1940s
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The Fashion Story of Queen Victoria
2m 26s
Did you know that the tradition of wearing a white wedding dress started with Queen Victoria? She was influential in more than just politics!
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Cohousing: Is it right for you?
6m 45s
Cohousing is the term for an intentional community of unrelated folks who live together—either in the same building or on the same land—and share the responsibility of maintaining the place they live.
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Grown Up Club
9m 50s
As we get older, it can feel harder and harder to make friends. And, depending on your personality, it can be tough opening up to new people once you're in social situations.
Extras + Features
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | Close Quarters
4m 35s
This dance from Black Label Movement is inspired by the idea of a group of people together in the last watertight compartment of a sinking ship.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | India
2m 51s
Carl Flink and other members of BLM travel to India to teach the idea of "bodystorming".
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | Fame
4m 3s
Queen Drea sings a mashup of "Fame" by David Bowie and the iconic musical on Black Label Movement's episode of TV Takeover.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | UMN
4m 41s
Carl Flink of BLM also teaches a class at University of MN. The group performs a dance.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | Marciano
2m 48s
Marciano from Contempo dance teaches the audience some moves.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | Contempo
2m 57s
What happens when you mix two different Twin Cities dance companies? Something amazing and unexpected! Check out this collaboration between Contempo Dance and Black Label Movement.
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TV Takeover - Black Label Movement | HBLC Live
5m 18s
The Hmong Breakers Leadership Council performs live!
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TV Takeover - American Craft Council | Arm Knitting Part 1
4m 49s
Watch as our two teams of Craft Cage Matchers face off in the first physical challenge of the night: Arm Knitting!
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TV Takeover - American Craft Council | Trivia Round 2
3m 41s
See our Craft Cage Match competitors try to answer questions, Family Feud style in Round #2 of trivia!
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TV Takeover - American Craft Council | Craft in a Magazine
2m 14s
What does it take to be featured in American Craft Magazine? Editor in Chief Monica Moses and featured artist Jennifer Merchant share some insight.
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TV Takeover - American Craft Council |Blindfolded Pottery Vo
6m 10s
Who will win this year's Craft Cage Match? Watch as the audience votes on whose blindfolded pot was best!
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TV Takeover - American Craft Council | Jennifer Merchant
2m 38s
Jennifer Merchant makes incredible jewelry - and it's a very complicated process! Take a peek.
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