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What do gamers with disabilities, the gay rodeo and anime have in common? 

They’re all lesser-known communities here in the United States—but they’ve made big impacts on mainstream culture. 

A new YouTube series takes a peek inside these communities to see what the rest of us can learn from them. 

 is produced by Twin Cities PBS for PBS Digital Studios – and host and producer Josef Lorenzo is a Minnesotan who grew up in Brooklyn Park. 

Host Cathy Wurzer talked with Lorenzo about their series.

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The new PBS documentary series takes a peek inside communities— including Minnesota’s North Star Gay Rodeo.

What do blind gamers, the gay rodeo, and anime have in common? They’re all lesser-known communities here in the United States—but they’ve made big impacts on mainstream culture. A new YouTube series takes a peek inside these communities to see what the rest of us can learn from them. Subcultured is produced by Twin Cities PBS for PBS Digital Studios – and host and producer Josef Lorenzo is a Minnesotan who grew up in Brooklyn Park. 

Josef Lorenzo explores lesser-known communities with 'Subcultured'

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