Power Pairs

We all have different roles in our lives. We might be a parent, a partner, a daughter, a coworker and a friend, and we show different sides of ourselves depending on which role we’re playing.

That’s what we’re exploring in “Power Pairs,” a series on MPR News with Angela Davis. We’re talking with people in the news — prominent Minnesotans who you may know of separately but who reveal something new when we sit them down together.

Maybe they’re married or siblings or best friends. They could be business partners or a parent/adult child dynamic duo.

Listen in as Angela talks with two people in a close relationship about how they support each other and how they’re working to build a better Minnesota.

Power Pairs is a new series featuring prominent Minnesotans in a close relationship. You may know of them separately but they reveal a new side of themselves when they sit down together.
Power Pair: Brothers Anton Treuer and David Treuer on writing and Ojibwe culture
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with brothers Anton Treuer and David Treuer about their latest books, reclaiming Ojibwe culture and growing up together on the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota.  
Power Pair: The mother-daughter duo working to better Golden Valley and beyond
Rose McGee is president and founder of the Sweet Potato Comfort Pie organization, and her daughter, Roslyn Harmon, is the Mayor of Golden Valley.
Power Pair: The music critic and ‘The Laundry Guy’
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Pioneer Press pop music critic Ross Raihala and his partner Patric Richardson, author of “Laundry Love” and “House Love.”  
Power Pairs: Former Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm and polar explorer Ann Bancroft
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with her next Power Pair about how their long friendship supported them through expeditions, personal loss, COVID-19 and following their dreams.
Power Pair: A writer father and politician daughter want everyone's stories told
MPR News host Angela Davis talks with another dynamic duo in the Power Pair series. Writer David Mura and his daughter Rep. Samantha Sencer-Mura talk about why Minnesota is stronger when everyone’s stories are remembered and shared.
Steve and Mary Grove: Boosting each other and Minnesota
The Star Tribune’s new publisher Steve Grove and startup investor Mary Grove met when they were both working at Google. Today, they’re each other’s biggest fans and big believers in the potential of Minnesota. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the married couple as part of her Power Pairs series.  
Lessons about friendship from two prominent Minnesotans
MPR News host Angela Davis kicks off a series called “Power Pairs.” It’s about people you probably have heard of separately, but when we sit them down together, you see a different side of them. First up, a nationally-known trauma expert and a state politician who are longtime friends.