If you’ve ever been in the Green Room at a hole in the wall music venue, then you’ve heard the conversations that Grant Glad has with musicians every Wednesday on his podcast “Glad You’re Here”. Glad dives into the creative process with his guests, exploring the struggles and triumphs of taking the road less traveled and what it’s really like to be the only ones at Thanksgiving dinner who are still chasing a dream. Grant Glad is based in Duluth, MN and has interviewed guests such as Dan Murp ...
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Live, down to earth, unscripted interviews that aim to connect, inform and entertain. Real people share real stories with Cathy Wurzer. It’s journalism that doesn’t take itself too seriously and puts people first.
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Siri Undlin of Humbird on performing songs about home while on the road
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Humbird has been on the Minnesota music scene for a handful of years at this point and their growing popularity has sent them on a national tour and supporting acts like Lady Lamb and the Cactus Blossoms. Siri Undlin is the voice and writer behind the musical project Humbird. She is currently on tour with her new album “Right On” and joined MPR New…
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A board in Washington state canceled a use of force training with former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter, who killed Daunte Wright in 2021. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer heard from the former prosecutor who was set to present with Potter. We learned about one effort to shake downtown St. Paul out of its pandemic slump — and heard from the ow…
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Vikings win caps off winning weekend for Minnesota‘s sports teams
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Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold led the Minnesota Vikings to a 23-to-17-point win against his former team — and the defending conference champions — the San Francisco 49ers. Across football, baseball, basketball and soccer, it was a winning weekend for Minnesota teams. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson about it.…
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Eagan native Mallory Weggemann on her Paralympic wins
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Eagan native Mallory Weggemann has just returned to Minnesota after another amazing Paralympic run. And she’s added some hardware to her collection. She took silver in the women’s 50-meter butterfly and gold in the women’s 200-meter individual medley. Weggemann spoke with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer about her wins. Use the audio player above to list…
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Washington state cancels use-of-force training by Kim Potter, ex-Minnesota cop who killed Daunte Wright
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Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer who shot and killed Daunte Wright is back in the news. She was scheduled to lead a training workshop on use-of-force for a law enforcement board in the state of Washington September 23rd. But the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis board cancelled the event after learning that Potter was tapped…
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What will it take to revitalize downtown St. Paul?
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An organization created to rejuvenate downtown St. Paul will soon include all commercial and residential buildings in the area. The Downtown Improvement District provides services like street cleaning and security. Saint Paul’s city council voted this summer to double the size of the district and include residences — not just businesses — for the f…
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Thursday the state saw a wave of school threats. We heard how even unfounded threats have an impact on student wellbeing. And as the final person killed in the tragedy at Park Tavern is memorialized Thursday, we discussed how to prevent future drinking and driving tragedies. Olympic swimmer Regan Smith is back in town from Paris with five medals an…
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She rapped with Ludacris at the State Fair, TikTokers helped make sure she would be able to cherish it
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Alex Campbell had the moment of a lifetime at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand concert with Ludacris and T-Pain. She got to rap the verse in the hit song “Baby.” After the show she posted to TikTok hoping someone recorded the moment and could send it to her. The video has more than 9 million views. It was no surprise that she was flooded with me…
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In light of Park Tavern crash, substance-use recovery advocates say comprehensive approach needed
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People are gathering at Westwood Lutheran Church in St. Louis Park to remember Kristina Folkerts on Thursday. Folkerts was killed last week when a driver slammed his vehicle into the patio at the Park Tavern, where she was working as a server. The driver, Steven Bailey, has been charged in the case. Authorities said Bailey’s blood alcohol level was…
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A wave of school threats hits Minnesota schools, experts say even unfounded ones impact students
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Two charter schools in St. Paul closed Thursday and a third stepped up its security due to threats of violence that have been circulating online — mainly through social media platforms TikTok and Snapchat. The posts mentioned several schools in St. Paul and throughout the Twin Cities metro. St. Paul Public Schools said in an email to parents that t…
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Regan Smith shares her path to resilience after struggling under pressure
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Olympic gold medalist Regan Smith is back home in Minnesota after an amazing run at the summer Olympic Games in Paris. The 22-year-old Lakeville native won two gold medals, three silvers and set a world record in the 100 meter backstroke. But her path to Paris wasn’t easy. Smith was struggling during the Tokyo games. And she worked a lot on herself…
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Warm, dry weather to continue, hazy skies to clear Thursday
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Have you gotten outside this week? This unseasonably warm weather has been lovely! One part that is not quite ideal, though, is the haziness in the region. MPR News chief meteorologist Paul Huttner joined MPR News host Nina Moini to explain the smoke in the air and the weather ahead.על ידי Minnesota Public Radio
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State of Democra-Z: How Trump-Harris debate performance landed with 3 young voters
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The television ratings for the presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump had not been released as of Wednesday at noon. But it was shortly after the last debate that President Joe Biden left the race, setting off a turn of events that left Harris and Trump just a few months to campaign against one an…
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It was a fierce presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris and Minnesota policies and events were brought up several times. We break down what the candidates said. Plus, we hear from Minnesota Now’s Gen Z panel on what they took away from the evening. It has been 23 years since the 9/11 terror attacks. We take you back to a conversa…
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Fact check: Trump calls out Minnesota abortion law, 2020 unrest in presidential debate
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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off Tuesday night in their first — and only scheduled — televised debate. The discussion spurred multiple mentions of Minnesota, in particular noting Harris’ running mate Gov. Tim Walz and his policy track record here. MPR News senior politics reporter Dana Ferguson joined MPR New…
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From the archive: remembering Minnesotan Tom Burnett, 23 years after the 9/11 attacks
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On Sept. 11, 2001, Tom Burnett was aboard a hijacked airliner when it crashed in rural Pennsylvania. Tom grew up in Bloomington. He managed to call his wife Deena four times from his cell phone before the plane went down. Just two months after the terrorist attack, Deena Burnett sat down with MPR News deputy managing editor Lorna Benson. We listen …
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How to manage the financial anxieties behind 'money dysmorphia'
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It’s hard for a lot of people to feel good about their finances and their future. Now there’s a new term for that: money dysmorphia. It borrows from the term “body dysmorphia,” a mental health condition that causes a person to obsess about a perceived physical flaw. Money dysmorphia is not an actual diagnosis. Still, there are many people who feel …
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UW-River Falls vice chancellor on lingering impact of 4 student deaths last year
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It’s been almost a year since a suicide cluster hit the University of Wisconsin-River Falls community. Four students died in the span of two months. It was a difficult time for the campus community, which is committed to making sure it never happens again. On Tuesday, school officials are outlining a “suicide postvention” plan. Laura King is the vi…
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Tuesday night is the first and only scheduled presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. How might it influence Minnesota voters in a tight race? We took a look and heard perspective from an expert on the art of the debate. Nearly a year after a cluster of suicides at the University of Wisconsin Rive…
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‘It’s a different sense of time and space’: New art exhibit aims to help process grief
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Between a pandemic, wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and social uprising and unrest in Minneapolis and across the country, the past four years have had Minnesotans thinking about loss and grief a lot. A new interactive art exhibition opening Thursday in the Prospect Park neighborhood in Minneapolis dares us to begin to process it all. It’s called “Legacy …
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Honoring a tuberculosis trailblazer: Dr. Kathleen Jordan’s legacy in focus at Granite Falls exhibit
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So far in 2024 there have been 100 diagnosed cases of tuberculosis in Minnesota. TB is a highly contagious disease that was at one time the leading cause of death across the country. You probably don’t hear about TB much anymore. In Minnesota, that’s thanks in no small part to Dr. Kathleen Jordan. She worked to detect the illness in children early …
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As Trump and Harris prepare to square off Tuesday evening, UMN debate coach predicts tactics
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The first and only scheduled presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will be held Tuesday evening. According to a poll released Tuesday, about 70 percent of Americans are planning to tune in and 30 percent of registered voters are planning to use what happens Tuesday night to decide their vote. Uni…
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The presidential campaigns are not pouring advertising money into Minnesota right now. But our listeners and television viewers in western Wisconsin are getting a lot of attention from both presidential campaigns. A longtime Wisconsin political reporter explained what makes the region uniquely competitive. Gov. Tim Walz’s rising profile has also li…
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Vikings kick off season with satisfying win, and other sports news
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Sunday night, the Minnesota Vikings started the season with a satisfying win against the New York Giants: 28 to 6. That’s a pretty good way for Sam Darnold to start his tenure as quarterback. He told reporters after the game the offensive, defensive and special teams had a lot to be proud of. For his part, “staying efficient” was the motto. MPR New…
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Fully-accessible resort, first of its kind, opens in Ely
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A one-of-a-kind resort is now open in Ely. North of North Resort and Outfitters was built from the ground up to be accessible for everyone, and that means everyone. The entire resort is accessible for people with disabilities. And it’s not just the lodging and the saunas that are accessible. It is also offering outdoor recreation programming for pe…
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Why western Wisconsin is a focal point in the 2024 presidential election
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Governor Tim Walz is in the midst of making another solo campaign swing through cities like Dallas and Reno on Monday, and Vegas and Phoenix on Tuesday. He’ll land in more familiar territory Friday when he campaigns a second time in Eau Claire, Wis. Eau Claire is an important region in the battleground state of Wisconsin. It’s not too far from the …
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With costs ballooning, what’s the future of universal school lunch programs?
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Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz have not announced plans to try to make school meals free for all U.S. students if they’re elected to the White House. But the idea has gotten a lot of attention recently due to Walz’s rising national profile. He signed a law in 2023 that created a universal school meals program that is now e…
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The route less paddled: Minnesotans canoe to Arctic Circle in 105 days
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This summer was a decent one for paddling in area lake in a canoe or kayak. Those who are adventurous love paddling the Boundary Waters for a longer canoe experience. Two Minnesotans have taken their love of canoeing to another level. Zach Fritz and Taylor Rau have just returned after canoeing from Minnesota to Canada’s Arctic Circle. It’s a more t…
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