Shows

Coping with prolonged grief over George Floyd, mass shootings and the pandemic 
Wednesday marks two years since George Floyd was murdered. And, now we’re mourning yet another mass shooting in a Texas school. MPR News Host Angela Davis talks with two therapists about prolonged grief and how we can cope with waves of loss and trauma.
From the archives: Dr. Abraham Verghese on his novel, 'Cutting for Stone'
This Friday’s Big Books and Bold Ideas is a conversation with novelist Marie Myung Ok-Lee. Her new novel, “The Evening Hero,” is about changes in rural medicine, as told through the eyes of a physician who practices at a northern Minnesota hospital. To whet your appetite, we are bringing back one of host Kerri Miller’s all-time favorite Talking Volume conversations, with Dr. Abraham Verghese, practicing doctor and author of one of the great modern classics, “Cutting for Stone.”
Minnesotans respond to  the rise in anti-LGBTQ legislation
MPR News host Angela Davis talks about how proposed anti-LGBTQ bills across the country affect youth locally, and how Minnesotans are responding. She talks with a transgender youth advocate and their mother about advocating for a safe, inclusive space in school. And she talks with a health care leader about how anti-LGBTQ hate affects children’s health.