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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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January 2, 2023 9:31 AM

Three Black women make Minnesota Senate history

Coming up on at 9 a.m. on Monday, we listen back to MPR News host Angela Davis’s conversation with the three Black women elected to the state senate. They talk about what drew them to politics, their goals for the upcoming term and the perspective they’ll bring to the chamber.

by Angela Davis, Samantha Matsumoto and Matthew Alvarez

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December 29, 2022 3:41 PM

MPR News host Angela Davis shares some of her favorite shows from 2022

All this week, we’re listening back to some of the conversations we’ve had on this show over the past year. MPR News host Angela Davis shares some of her favorite shows from 2022.

by Angela Davis

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December 29, 2022 1:22 PM

Best of 2022 with producer Matthew Alvarez

All this week, we’re listening back to some of the conversations we’ve had on this show over the past year. Associate producer Matthew Alvarez joined MPR News host Angela Davis to share some of the shows that have stood out to him.

by Matthew Alvarez and Angela Davis

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December 28, 2022 6:53 PM

The best of 2022 with producer Maja Beckstrom

All this week, we’re listening back to some of the conversations we’ve had on this show over the past year. Producer Maja Beckstrom joined MPR News host Angela Davis to share some of the shows that have stood out to her.

by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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December 27, 2022 4:32 PM

The best of 2022 with producer Samantha Matsumoto

All this week, we’re listening back to some of the conversations we’ve had on this show over the past year. Associate producer Samantha Matsumoto joined MPR News host Angela Davis to share some of the shows that have stood out to her.

by Angela Davis and Samantha Matsumoto

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December 24, 2022 10:00 AM

Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong - A special radio presentation

Listen to an exposé of how educators came to believe in a wrong idea of how children learn to read. MPR News with Angela Davis presents a three-hour radio version of American Public Media’s investigative podcast “Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong.”

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December 22, 2022 11:00 AM

Can Minnesota schools do better at teaching kids to read?

Many children have a hard time reading because the way they've been taught failed them. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Minnesota educators about reading instruction and the response to APM's investigative podcast Sold a Story.

by Angela Davis, Maja Beckstrom and Nicole Johnson

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December 21, 2022 4:19 PM

Share your winter holiday traditions with us

Minnesota’s holiday traditions are as unique and varied as the people who call the state home. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with three guests about the many unique holiday traditions in our state, where they came from and why they are important to us.

by Angela Davis and Samantha Matsumoto

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December 20, 2022 11:45 AM

Gifting a DNA test? You might reveal a life-changing family secret

DNA tests can tell you a lot about your family history, but they can also lead to some unintended holiday stress. MPR News host Angela Davis spoke with a family therapist who’s witnessed family secrets revealed and a writer who discovered an unknown relative.

by Angela Davis, Matthew Alvarez and Nicole Johnson

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December 16, 2022 11:58 AM

Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho has big plans to get more Minnesotans into homes

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with Minnesota Housing Finance Commissioner Jennifer Ho about preventing evictions, the scope of homelessness and why she thinks its time for state government to “go big” to help lower-income Minnesotans into housing.

by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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