In 2010 , '' The Bat of Minerva '' videotaped the University of Minnesota course “ Oil and Water : The Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 ” and offered the lectures online through the Institute . In 2011 , '' The Bat of Minerva '' held a special interview series in response to the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the 2011 Mississippi River floods . In 2012-13 , Peter Shea did a series of interviews on Minnesota food producers , interviewing farmers , activists , food shelf operators , restaurant owners and workers , and others concerned with the production of food in southwest Minnesota . Shea has also begun a series of interviews with prominent electronic musicians
2011 Mississippi River floods
2011 Mississippi River floods
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