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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What mysteries do mushrooms hold?
2m 52s
With the health benefits of mushrooms in the news and the fabulous fungi a top food trend for 2018, we took a walk in the woods with Ness to see what we could discover.
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What's up with Kimchi and Kombucha?
4m 36s
Conversations about probiotics have taken over dinner conversation, and gut health is something that people care about all of a sudden. How did fermented foods become so popular? GYST Fermentation Bar is a restaurant that serves every type of fermented food that you can think of.
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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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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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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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5 Unique Job Interview Tips for Beginners
3m 8s
Jennifer Rogers is the associate director of employer relations at the University of St. Thomas and she details the following tips to help you succeed.
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Work It: Player's Health | An App that's Working to Reduce Y
6m 24s
Meet Tyrre Burks of Player's Health, a powerful platform to manage the health and wellness of an entire sports organization. Player's Health provides athletic organizations with the essential medical information and injury reporting via a HIPAA compliant mobile application to manage the health and care of youth athletes. More at http://www.rewire.org/.
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Public TV Producer Leya Hale Explains Reclaiming Tobacco
5m 12s
Rewire spoke with Twin Cities PBS associate producer Leya Hale about her connection to the topic and what it was like to produce a documentary all on her own for the first time.
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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!
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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
Extras + Features
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TV Takeover - Circus Juventas | Fashion Show
3m 42s
It takes a lot of work from a lot of people to make a Circus Juventas show happen. Let's take a look at some of the brilliantly designed costumes that have been showcased under the big top over the years.
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TV Takeover - Circus Juventas | Finale
6m 23s
Set to the moving "There's So Much Energy in Us" by Cloud Cult - enjoy the big finale number from Circus Juventas' TV Takeover episode!
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TV Takeover - Circus Juventas | Fun Fact #2
1m 7s
From traditional to contemporary, circus has always been a place of death-defying and extraordinary acts. Learn more about circus' past and present!
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TV Takeover - Circus Juventas | Adia Learns the Trapeze
1m 58s
The host of TV Takeover, Adia Morris, tries her hand at a trick on the static trapeze!
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Filming Kismet Kill
6m 15s
Go behind the scenes as a shot from Haley Bonar's music video "Kismet Kill" is filmed! We picked members of the TV Takeover audience to play some very key roles.
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Phantom
3m 59s
Ever wonder what a modern score to a classic silent film would sound like? Check out this scoring of 1925's The Phantom of the Opera - directed and composed by Barbara Cohen.
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Within the Skin
8m 27s
"Within the Skin" by filmmaker Emily Goldberg is a documentary that follows a tattoo artist as she works on her passion project - capturing photos of people's scars, tattoos, or birthmarks -- anything that has a story.
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Filmetto
4m 19s
This film from Ann Prim is a meditation on the subject of "human desire." Enjoy this clip from TV Takeover!
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Solo
5m 8s
Student filmmaker Abby Thompson explores the idea of romance in college. Is it for everyone?
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Women in Film
3m 12s
Only 1 in 5 people working in film production are women. So, what does it mean to be a female filmmaker in today's film industry?
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | Leonard
3m 20s
"Leonard" is a project from Michelle Brost's senior year studying animation at MCAD. It tells a delightful story of a lumberjack, his hobby, and his impatient companion.
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TV Takeover - IFP Minnesota | What is IFP?
2m 45s
What is Independent FIlmmaker Project MN (IFP MN) all about?
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