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MPR News with Angela Davis

Angela Davis MPR News Podcast
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Conversations about life in Minnesota and how the state is changing, weekdays at 9 a.m. Call us at 651-227-6000.

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Power Pairs: Listen to a new series featuring prominent Minnesotans in a close relationship. Maybe they're siblings, a married couple or best friends. You may know of them separately but they reveal a whole new side of themselves when Angela Davis sits them down together. Listen to the interviews here.

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Terence Blanchard on the intersections of music and social justice

Terence Blanchard on the intersections of music and social justice

New Orleans-born jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard is much more than a musician. He uses his craft to create conversations around social justice issues.
by Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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Do you believe?

A record number of teens and young adults reject organized religion. They are part of what researchers call “religious nones.” Listeners called to share why they left organized religious institutions, and local faith leaders explored what the future of Christianity looks like in America.
by Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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What’s the formula for raising successful kids?

What’s the formula for raising successful kids?

MPR News host Angela Davis talked with a Harvard economist and an award-winning journalist who teamed up to study how parenting can help shape happy, high-achieving children. Their book is called “The Formula: Unlocking the Secrets to Raising Highly Successful Children.”
by Julie Siple and Angela Davis

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What will it take to close the achievement gap in Minnesota?

What will it take to close the achievement gap in Minnesota?

Minnesota has some of the worst educational disparities in the nation. As a group, students of color score lower on standardized tests and are less likely to graduate from high school than their white peers. As part of the Progressive Education Network National Conference in Minneapolis, MPR News’ Angela Davis hosted a conversation about those disparities — and what to do about them.
by Julie Siple and Angela Davis

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Counter Stories: Ending violence against indigenous women

Counter Stories: Ending violence against indigenous women

DFL State Rep. Mary Kunesh-Podein joined the Counter Stories team to talk about the underreported issue of missing and murdered indigenous women. Kunesh-Podein authored legislation that created the state’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force.
by Marianne Combs and Jo Erickson

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Penumbra’s Lou Bellamy on the role theater can play in its community

Penumbra’s Lou Bellamy on the role theater can play in its community

Minnesota theater icon Lou Bellamy reflects on the role St. Paul’s Penumbra Theatre has in the Twin Cities, and why it’s important to stage productions that are relevant and thought-provoking.
by Angela Davis and Karen Zamora

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What do overseas journalists think of the U.S. press?

What do overseas journalists think of the U.S. press?

Ten journalists with the World Press Institute have been traveling around the United States since August, learning about both the U.S. media and American society. MPR News’ Euan Kerr sat down with three of them for a conversation about the future of journalism, the challenges facing journalists in their home countries and what the U.S. press looks like through their eyes.
by Euan Kerr and Julie Siple

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