MPR News with Angela Davis

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Conversations about life in Minnesota and how the state is changing, weekdays from MPR News.

Programming note: Our colleague Angela Davis is taking a leave of absence after a recent breast cancer diagnosis. Thank you to all who have checked in and shared kind words. Angela is touched by your support as she focuses on her recovery. 

Episode Date
Author and activist john a. powell on 'The Power of Bridging'
Dec 11, 2025
New thinking on menopause and hormone therapy
Dec 10, 2025
U.S. vaccine panel reverses hepatitis B guidance
Dec 09, 2025
Job hopping vs. job hugging: Why workers are rethinking career moves
Dec 08, 2025
Kitchens of Hope: The recipes and stories that immigrants bring to Minnesota
Dec 04, 2025
Possible federal immigration operation raises questions
Dec 03, 2025
What to cook, what to bring: Holiday tips from The Splendid Table
Dec 02, 2025
Minnesota’s paid leave law: What you need to know about the 2026 launch
Dec 01, 2025
Mistaken: Minnesota’s Korean adoptees grapple with confessed systemic corruption
Nov 26, 2025
What does it really mean to be brave?
Nov 25, 2025
Hunger and shame: Breaking the stigma around food assistance
Nov 24, 2025
College radio's comeback: Why people are tuning in
Nov 20, 2025
FAFO parenting: When should kids 'find out' for themselves?
Nov 19, 2025
Can relationships across the political divide build more trust and better government?
Nov 18, 2025
Breaking down the compromise that ended the government shutdown
Nov 17, 2025
Ten years later: How the death of Jamar Clark sparked a new level of activism
Nov 13, 2025
Cannabis and young adult health in Minnesota
Nov 12, 2025
Layoffs surge as voters demand affordability: What’s really driving the economy?
Nov 11, 2025
The Edmund Fitzgerald sinking: Remembering the Great Lakes shipwreck 50 years later
Nov 10, 2025
Exploring Minnesota, one story at a time: Celebrating Dan Gunderson
Nov 06, 2025
A greener way to go? More people are rethinking what happens to their body after death
Nov 06, 2025
What's going on with health insurance in Minnesota?
Nov 05, 2025
The legal and political questions surrounding Trump's deployment of National Guard troops
Nov 04, 2025
North Star Journey Live: Is college still worth it?
Nov 03, 2025
From devoted suburban housewife to three wicked sisters, which witch is your favorite?
Oct 31, 2025
How Minnesota farmers are coping with a trade war and a government shut down
Oct 30, 2025
Why getting pregnant isn't always easy — and what you should know
Oct 29, 2025
Understanding the 2025 government shutdown: Causes, impact and what's next
Oct 28, 2025
The power of good credit: Understanding and improving your credit score
Oct 27, 2025
Rural Voice: Owatonna faces the challenge of comprehensive health care in rural Minnesota
Oct 23, 2025
Life after the kids move out: How to cope with the emotional challenges of an empty nest
Oct 22, 2025
Rural health care in Minnesota: What's changing and why?
Oct 21, 2025
What to know about data centers in Minnesota
Oct 20, 2025
Rural Voice: Community members in Wadena talk about solutions to social isolation
Oct 16, 2025
What to know about the GLP-1 weight loss drugs
Oct 15, 2025
Sue Abderholden retires after two decades shaping mental health advocacy in Minnesota
Oct 14, 2025
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day with MPR's Native News team
Oct 13, 2025
Slowing down for poetry with Maggie Smith
Oct 09, 2025
MPR News' regional reporters on the importance of living where they report
Oct 08, 2025
How The Current shapes Minnesota's music scene
Oct 07, 2025
The future of public media: MPR president on local journalism, federal cuts and what's next
Oct 06, 2025
Rural Voice: Building a sense of belonging in Willmar
Oct 02, 2025
How 2 Minnesota graduate students are helping implement free period products in schools
Oct 01, 2025
Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari on interest rates, inflation, jobs and what's next
Sep 30, 2025
Tax credits soon disappearing for home energy upgrades
Sep 29, 2025
Rural Voice: Tribal rights and sovereignty
Sep 25, 2025
What to know about COVID in 2025
Sep 24, 2025
Helping kids and teens make smart choices online
Sep 23, 2025
What type of speech can get you fired from your job?
Sep 22, 2025
Treating vertigo, dizziness and loss of balance
Sep 17, 2025
Scientists study how wake boats affect lake health
Sep 16, 2025
How immigrant entrepreneurs find success and challenges in Minnesota
Sep 15, 2025
Political violence in America after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk
Sep 11, 2025
How turmoil at the CDC could threaten public health
Sep 10, 2025
What research says about parenting, attachment and raising resilient kids
Sep 09, 2025
How colleges are preparing students for AI in the workplace
Sep 08, 2025
Preventing gun violence: A pediatrician and researcher on possible solutions
Sep 04, 2025
Dyslexia: Understanding what it is and how to find support
Sep 03, 2025
How to cope with back-to-school anxiety
Sep 02, 2025
After the shootings: How communities heal
Aug 28, 2025
From classroom to cabinet: John B. King Jr. on teachers who change lives
Aug 26, 2025
Why child care costs so much in Minnesota
Aug 25, 2025
Potluck problems solved: Recipes that travel well and always impress
Aug 21, 2025
Digital detoxing: Finding balance in a world that never logs off
Aug 20, 2025
Talking Gen Z: How young people today use slang
Aug 19, 2025
Under the hood of rideshare services
Aug 18, 2025
‘Cabaret at the Guthrie,’ 100 years of Gatsby and the most vital restaurants in MN
Aug 15, 2025
Volunteering in Minnesota: How to get involved and make a difference
Aug 14, 2025
How to manage your time so you don't feel overwhelmed
Aug 13, 2025
The changing media landscape
Aug 12, 2025
What's ahead for electric vehicles?
Aug 11, 2025
As youth sports grow more intense, some coaches and officials struggle with parent behavior
Aug 07, 2025
Rethinking ADHD and how to treat it
Aug 06, 2025
Born during COVID, starting school now: The challenges facing this year’s kindergarten class
Aug 05, 2025
Navigating artificial intelligence in the workplace
Aug 04, 2025
Meet the poet laureate of Minneapolis: Junauda Petrus
Jul 31, 2025
How yoga and mindfulness can reduce the stress in your life
Jul 30, 2025
Dating is difficult: Why it's not working like it used to
Jul 29, 2025
Jazz88: Keeping the spirit of jazz alive in Minnesota
Jul 28, 2025
Power Pair: A superintendent and a state senator focused on serving their community
Jul 24, 2025
How Medicaid changes will affect health care in Minnesota
Jul 23, 2025
Finding purpose: Steve Grove on rediscovering the Midwest
Jul 22, 2025
More Minnesotans are carrying debt into retirement
Jul 21, 2025
Turning pain into progress: The Groundbreak Coalition’s work to close the racial wealth gap
Jul 17, 2025
The healing benefits of nature
Jul 16, 2025
Talking with kids about politics: Parenting in polarized times
Jul 15, 2025
The future of news: What matters to young audiences
Jul 14, 2025
Understanding road construction season in Minnesota
Jul 10, 2025
Are you sober curious?
Jul 09, 2025
Inspiring young readers: Kids’ authors on books that connect
Jul 08, 2025
The tough job market for new college grads
Jul 07, 2025
Guide to summer birdwatching: What to look and listen for
Jul 03, 2025
Closing the gaps in mental health care
Jul 02, 2025
Building community through boxing: Inside Element Gym with Dalton Outlaw
Jul 01, 2025
The challenges of opening and running a restaurant
Jun 30, 2025
Celebrating Black Music Month: How Black music shaped every sound we know
Jun 26, 2025
The health dangers of too much sugar
Jun 25, 2025
The latest developments in the conflict between Iran, Israel and the U.S.
Jun 24, 2025
The Trump administration’s latest moves on immigration enforcement
Jun 23, 2025
Marking Juneteenth with the Minnesota Orchestra
Jun 19, 2025
Collective grief: Mourning Rep. Hortman and her husband, Mark
Jun 18, 2025
The rise of political violence in the U.S.
Jun 17, 2025
What new limits on international students mean for Minnesota
Jun 12, 2025
Weight training is about more than getting buff
Jun 11, 2025
Why Keith Ellison and other state attorneys general are pushing back on Trump
Jun 10, 2025
Poor air quality: What causes it and how to protect your health
Jun 09, 2025
Power Pair: Sportscaster Lea B. Olsen and filmmaker Daniel Bergin
Jun 05, 2025
Living with and reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia
Jun 04, 2025
Make a game plan for your summer garden
Jun 03, 2025
What’s next for remote and hybrid work?
Jun 02, 2025
St. Paul's new superintendent on the challenges in public education
May 29, 2025
How the proposed changes to Medicaid could affect Minnesotans
May 28, 2025
How to talk with kids about race
May 27, 2025
Five years after George Floyd: The healing and rebuilding that still need to happen
May 26, 2025
Silent Battles: Mental Health & Military Service
May 23, 2025
Treating the Young Mind
May 22, 2025
Promise & Peril: Technology and Mental Health
May 21, 2025
The Aging Mind
May 20, 2025
Beyond the Mirror: The Challenge of Eating Disorders
May 19, 2025
MPR News with Angela Davis: Behind the scenes with the producers
May 15, 2025
Reset your health habits with highlights from Wellness Wednesday
May 14, 2025
A new chapter for MPR host Tom Crann: From news to classical music
May 13, 2025
The future of federal funding for NPR and PBS
May 12, 2025
AmeriCorps at risk: What federal cuts mean for Minnesota
May 08, 2025
Mike Osterholm on how the Trump administration is reshaping public health in America
May 07, 2025
From inside, out: Rebuilding a life after incarceration
May 06, 2025
Credit card debt is adding up
May 05, 2025
Former police chief reflects on five years after George Floyd's murder
May 01, 2025
Why spring allergies may be getting worse and what to do about them
Apr 30, 2025
What is the meaning of work?
Apr 29, 2025
What you need to know about managing student debt
Apr 28, 2025
Creating work community with Alex West Steinman
Apr 24, 2025
Understanding autism
Apr 23, 2025
Our Canada Connections: How some Canadians are responding to Trump's tariffs
Apr 21, 2025
Representing immigrants in a time of policy changes
Apr 17, 2025
Recognizing and treating bipolar disorder
Apr 16, 2025
Scams are surging: What to know and how to stay safe
Apr 15, 2025
How tariff uncertainty affects the economy and your money
Apr 14, 2025
Going backwards? Health care equity in Minnesota, five years after COVID
Apr 10, 2025
Stopping the spread: What you need to know about measles in 2025
Apr 09, 2025
How federal job cuts at NOAA could affect weather forecasts and climate research
Apr 08, 2025
How to manage your money in an uncertain and tumbling stock market
Apr 07, 2025
Using improv to improve communication
Apr 03, 2025
Teens and addiction: How to recognize substance use disorder and offer support
Apr 02, 2025
How MSP airport volunteers and a unique nonprofit make traveling easier
Apr 01, 2025
Finding work in an uncertain job market
Mar 31, 2025
The Trump administration’s impact on free speech
Mar 27, 2025
How disrupted sleep can affect your health
Mar 26, 2025
Keeping jazz alive: The impact of JAZZ88 in Minnesota
Mar 25, 2025
Money Monday: How to manage your money in an uncertain economy
Mar 24, 2025
Why more Minnesotans are struggling to find an affordable place to live
Mar 20, 2025
Why is dating so difficult?
Mar 19, 2025
Investing in women and girls to ensure their safety, health and success
Mar 18, 2025
Sports betting is growing, along with problem gambling
Mar 17, 2025
How the Trump administration’s policies are affecting farmers
Mar 13, 2025
Five years later, how did COVID-19 change Minnesota?
Mar 12, 2025
Getting to Green: Can Minnesota get to carbon-free energy?
Mar 11, 2025
Trump’s tariffs: Understanding how they could affect Minnesotans
Mar 10, 2025
Nervous about flying? What you need to know about aviation safety
Mar 06, 2025
Running for health and community
Mar 05, 2025
How the Trump administration is affecting the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program
Mar 04, 2025
Aging in place: What it really takes to live at home as you get older
Mar 03, 2025
My family's immigration story — and yours
Feb 27, 2025
High blood pressure and your health
Feb 26, 2025
Power Pair: The rabbi and the politician
Feb 25, 2025
Managing your money in uncertain economic times
Feb 24, 2025
The power of poetry: Junauda Petrus, the new Poet Laureate of Minneapolis
Feb 20, 2025
What you need to know about bird flu
Feb 19, 2025
How President Trump is reshaping transgender people’s rights
Feb 18, 2025
How President Trump is expanding the powers of the presidency
Feb 17, 2025
The power of film music in storytelling
Feb 13, 2025
Wellness Wednesday mental health highlights
Feb 12, 2025
Sold a Story is changing how schools teach kids to read
Feb 11, 2025
Savoring the Twin Cities: Inside tips on where to eat, drink and discover hidden gems
Feb 10, 2025
Minneapolis to Montgomery: The Police and Black Men Project
Feb 06, 2025
Minneapolis police, Black men find common ground in Alabama’s past
Feb 05, 2025
David Brancaccio on rebuilding after the Los Angeles fires
Feb 04, 2025
How sports can empower youth
Feb 03, 2025
The effects of the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back DEI initiatives
Jan 30, 2025
Can microplastics harm us?
Jan 29, 2025
 How the Trump administration is altering U.S. immigration policy
Jan 28, 2025
The economics of being single: the financial trade-offs of living solo
Jan 27, 2025
Talking Sense: How does news media contribute to political polarization?
Jan 23, 2025
The link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk
Jan 22, 2025
20 years On Air: The Current’s impact on Minnesota music
Jan 21, 2025
The latest developments in the negotiations for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement
Jan 15, 2025
St. Paul City Council reflects on a historic year: ‘Ten toes down, shoulder to shoulder’
Jan 14, 2025
Climate change and how to address it
Jan 13, 2025
As Legislature prepares for new session, rifts between parties show a partisan divide
Jan 10, 2025
How mindfulness can reduce stress
Jan 07, 2025
The power of mentoring
Jan 07, 2025
Co-buying homes: Why some friends are buying houses together
Jan 06, 2025
Talking Sense: Why grief has the power to unite us or divide us
Dec 31, 2024
What are you reading? What are you watching?
Dec 31, 2024
The power of decluttering
Dec 30, 2024
Power Pair: Brothers David Treuer and Anton Treuer on writing and Ojibwe culture
Dec 26, 2024
Power Pair: This mother-daughter duo builds community in Golden Valley and beyond
Dec 24, 2024
Power Pair: ‘The Laundry Guy’ and the music critic
Dec 23, 2024
Power Pair: The Hardeman twins and their shared commitment to equity
Dec 19, 2024
Water safety for the kids who need it most
Dec 17, 2024